Blake POV

I was running and running but I felt like she wasn't there anymore. I prayed that when I get there she will still be sitting there and I will see that from outside. That she will be sipping my coffee 'cause she is already bored out of her mind so decided that this is my punishment. No coffee for me. Oh, if that's all it would be. I can already see her expression clearly on her face when we get face-to-face.

I was out of breath when I finally arrived at the shop, and just as expected, Weiss wasn't there. Even the lights were out so it was already closed. I gave a closer look at the paper on the door and it showed that they close at seven. It's already passed? I needed to know the exact time. What if my parents are already home? I should really start digging that hole for my dead body. Maybe I should have gone with that girl and never come back.

I saw a passer by so I asked the time, and he told me that it's 7:13. Phew. That means that there is a bigger chance that my parents aren't home. I only have to deal with Weiss. That shouldn't make me at ease.

As I started walking home I felt like I was in a horror movie. Walking into a house that I should avoid at all cost. Weiss must be worried but angry at the same time.

I was standing at the entrance and didn't want to go in there. My face is already a mess, which tells her everything when she gets to see it. I could still put my hood on but the first thing she would do is to tear it down from my head. I spent a long one minute before I decided to open that terrifying door and face my death.

Maybe I'm just overreacting and she won't even be that mad. Maybe she just worried that I got lost on the way. She might not even be at home and searching for me right at this moment. With that in mind, I walked in much calmer.

But as soon as I looked up I saw the light and the silhouette of Weiss, leaning to the wall, crossing her arm. I was thinking of backing away and closing the door saying that 'I'm outta here' but that would piss her off even more. It was dark in the ante-room so she hadn't seen my face yet. I quietly closed the door behind me.

"Welcome home. Did you have fun?" She asked me with a tone I didn't quite place. It was calm but I could still feel the harshness of it.

"No…" I barely whispered that but it was quiet in here so it wasn't hard to understand.

"Hmm… People usually go to parties to have fun." Just the mentioning of the word 'party' made me boil inside when it left Weiss' mouth. It's not her fault. It's that fucking Adam. Everything that is connected to him should just stop existing. Well, that included me as well in a way so I take that back. Also that girl so I definitely didn't say that. But I have more important things to deal with now. Like for example a woman, who is standing in front of me and every minute I feel like the place just gets colder.

"I didn't go to that fucking party." I said it harshly but I didn't want to snap. Only that party crap just makes me emotionally unstable. I walked past her while looking down so she wouldn't see my face. I'm only deferring the inevitable but I don't want to show her my beaten up face anytime soon.

"I would like you to not speak to me like that. You are not the victim here, Blake." She followed my form with her head but soon enough, she started actually following me in the living room.

"That's right. I'm the one who hunts them down." With that said, I flopped down on the couch, spreading my whole body out as I threw my head back on the backrest, showing her my face, as she was most probably looking at it. I couldn't see because my eyes were closed.

"I had a feeling you would get into another fight. You really want me fired, huh…" I opened my eyes, couldn't believe she just said that.

"You are paying them, why would they renounce a source of money?" I could hear her huff. Well, I called her a money source but I'm not the one who is thinking that of her. She didn't say anything back. I felt like I just offended her. "Are you feeling offended now?"

"Can you close your mouth?" I think she is, because her face and pose tells it all. I was still lying there like someone who doesn't care about anything in the world.

"You are not thinking for even a second that I see you like that as well, right?" She looked at me but her expression wasn't convincing.

"I don't know what you think. Once you suddenly act like a normal student should be. But it seems that's all an act to drag me outside and then ditch me there because you have to get in a fight at any cost, not even thinking it through, that you might get into hospital because you feel like beating everyone up. No one teaches you this, at least I sure do not." I sat up normally as she rambled on about the day. Yeah, I experienced what happened, I don't need a summary of that. But was this whole thing worth it? Oh it totally did. If no one acts against them, nothing will change.

"Those people are the part of humanity that should go extinct. I'm just speeding up the process." I said flatly, looking at Weiss who couldn't believe one word I said.

"You are not a hero from a comic book, Blake. This is reality. It is full of contaminated things that can't be changed unless everyone takes a role in it. Beating these people up would make you the same."

"What do you want me to do then!?" I snapped as I stood up. "I can't just watch as they hurt others! I can't talk them into changing! People won't change if you ask them! You just have to give the same treatment as they give you!" I was out of breath as I basically shouted Weiss' face down. I just… this fucking world is so unfair. Why do people have to suffer while those fucked up people get joy out of it?

"I know. There is no such thing as fairness in this world. There is no equality. Money can ruin people's minds. While the ones without it get the bad part out of it. But you can't change that."

"I'm not talking about the whole world here. Only those fuckers who grope girls all day and that's where they find their joy!" I said grabbing my phone out of my pocket as I texted a quick "Go fuck yourself!" text to that being called Adam and I blocked him for good. But that didn't make my anger calm down. I started kicking the couch, imagining that it's his face. I think I completely lost it. Ruining stuff in my house won't solve anything but I couldn't help it.

"Blake… Please stop this."

"Shut. Up." I didn't want to say this to Weiss but I couldn't stop hearing that bull's voice in my head as he tells me that I'm not the one who decides and then starts doing things that are against the other's will. I want to go back there and beat the crap out of him.

"Blake! I said, stop this!" I could feel her grabbing my shoulders to turn me her way.

"Get off!" I pushed her off a bit harder than I meant as she fell on her back. When I heard the loud thud that's when I snapped out of it and saw that she was laying on the floor in pain. The image of me falling down the same way when one of those big guys pushed me away suddenly showed itself in my head. Fuck. I'm acting the same way as them now. And I'm hurting the wrong person here. God. I shouldn't hurt anyone. Karma will get them eventually, it doesn't necessarily have to be me. At least I helped someone out today. But now I'm hurting the love of my life.

"Weiss! I'm so sorry!" I rushed to her to help her get up.

"I think I got enough of you today." She said as she pushed my arm away. She stood up, brushing herself down. "Now that you hurt someone, are you feeling better?" I pushed my ears down in shame.

"You know I didn't mean to hurt you."

"But you did." I know my push wasn't that hard. Even if she fell down, it didn't look like she was in pain. Okay, I know I shouldn't have done that but it wasn't that big of a deal. It's not like she broke her leg or anything.

"Yeah, but the difference between this and—" I was just about to monologue a long ass scientific reason to all this by talking about nonsense to the point she wouldn't even care anymore that I hurt her… But I heard the click of the entrance door and I knew my parents got home at that moment. Seriously, if they see my face I'm officially dead.

So the first thing that came to mind was to flee to the bathroom. That's the best hiding spot. I can say I'm using the toilet… all night. Okay that's stupid but I don't want to face them now. So I rushed away from there, leaving only the dust behind. I'm sure Weiss had no idea what the hell just happened. That click wasn't hearable for normal ears so she will see why I speeded away from there in a few seconds.

Weiss POV

I had enough of Blake already. First of all, she ditches me, now she pisses me off and then even physically hurts me. Well, she managed it mentally too with that sentence of hers. I'm not a freaking money source to anyone. She still thinks that I'm paying them but that's totally absurd. Why would I pay for anyone when I'm doing the work? Yeah, I paid them off at the beginning but not anymore. It's true that I'm doing this for free but I'm really considering quitting at this point. I spent so many years trying to get to her head but she is sixteen and she is still just causing trouble. I know she is in her rebel years but she should pay attention to other people's feelings.

And now she just runs away without facing her problems. She explains everything like she is always right. Why does she want to be a hero all of a sudden anyway? And why the heck did she leave me here alone again?

That's when I heard her parents' voices as they were talking softly. Oh, now I understand everything. That brat can't face her parents. I swear she wouldn't even raise a finger on them but hurting me is totally fine, yeah? Even though I basically spent more time with her in her entire life than her own parents. I can't believe how little she needs to do to piss me off completely.

I walked to the ante-room while brushing my hair behind, getting my kind face in action to hide my true emotions.

"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Belladonna." I said nicely, but inside I felt like going after that goofball and telling her off until I'm out of breath.

"Hello, Weiss. How has your day been?" Kali asked as I walked close to help her hang her pullover. It cooled down for the night. Although, of course Ghira was only in an undershirt.

"It was fine." Way further than that. It was horrible and it's still not over unfortunately. Well, they are home finally so I can leave this place at last. I need to sleep this off. At least tomorrow is Friday and I can rest for the weekend.

I know I could totally quit this job whenever I want but my heart couldn't take it. I can't just leave Blake all by herself even if I'm angry at her right now. But who knows what would happen if I wouldn't be here anymore. They might send her to a public school or she would get another supervisor I can already see she would hate. Even if there are hard times sometimes, I can't just leave her on her own. I would love her to appreciate that for once at least. But all she is good at is speaking back to me. She really is getting on my nerves. Okay Weiss, calm down.

"Blake didn't do anything funny, I hope. She can be a rascal sometimes." Ghira said, scratching his beard.

"Oh I wonder who she got that from." Kali joked, elbowing her husband on the side. Uh… the least I need is lovebirds now. Can we skip to the part where I can finally go home, please? I tightened my eyes in irritation but changed back really quick as soon as they looked back at me.

"So where is she? She usually greets us with you." Ghira asked with actual concern in his eyes. They would be great parents for Blake, if work wouldn't take all their attention basically every day. There are times when they even work on weekends. It is rare when they are doing anything that can strengthen their bonds as a family. And Blake is an only child so she would count on her parents, but she can't. At least she can count on me, but sometimes I really want to slap her face so she would close that non stop running mouth of hers.

"You know how she is. She always loves to read all night so I'll go check on her." At least she is reading a lot of books. There were times when she stayed up all night because she couldn't put a book down. I know how that feels, but I'm not that much of a bookworm as she is. Although, you wouldn't think that of her at first, but that is her most treasured hobby.

"Okay, thank you Weiss. Tell her to come down because we will be having dinner soon. If you want you can eat with us too." Kali shouted after me when I was already on my way. Oh, she won't be that happy when she sees Blake's face.

"I appreciate the offer Mrs. Belladonna, but I have food at home I should eat before it gets spoiled.'' I was already walking upstairs as they walked into the living room. Ghira's first thing to do is to make his way to the couch and turn on the tv to watch football matches.

"Weiss, you can call me Kali." She always tells me this but I still don't call her that. I just have to give them respect. I would feel bad if I wouldn't.

"I know." That's all I said back when I kept going upstairs to deal with that dunce. I could see Kali was heading to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

As soon as they didn't see my face anymore, my expression turned dark quickly. I just have to send Blake down and the rest is her problem. That's what she gets for not thinking her actions through.

I knocked on her door but she didn't answer. I turned my face in irritation as to whether I should try again or just burst into her room. But that's when I noticed the closed door of the bathroom. Of course, why didn't I think of that? She is just a coward who doesn't want to face the consequences of her actions.

I stormed my way to the bathroom and before I could knock, the door opened. She must have heard I was coming. She pushed her head out and I could see her relax when she saw it's only me. Then she opened the door fully.

"Weiss! Please help me!" She whisper-yelled at me as she got into a praying pose. Of course she has to show her goggle-eyes. I crossed my arms but she kept the act up. Why would I help her after what she did to me? So I'm only needed if she wants something, huh?

"No. You need to tell your parents what you did." Her only answer to this was to grab my arm as she pulled me inside the bathroom, closing the door shut. I was standing in the middle of the room as I looked back at her by the door. She turned around, still showing that face of innocence. She is never the innocent one, don't believe that face.

"That absolutely can't happen. If they find this out I won't see sunlight for weeks." It's true that they can be strict if Blake gets into trouble. That's why she tries to avoid it at all costs. The thing she should avoid is getting into trouble and it would be much easier that way.

"But what are you expecting of me to do?" It's one thing if I decide to help, but what does she have in mind?

"You are an expert with make-ups. Can't you hide it somehow?" Oh yeah, it's possible and not even that hard for me. The question is, do I want to help her? I still have to think about that. I did that visibly just to tease her. "Weiss! What should I do? If I beg you on the floor, will you do it?"

"Hmmm… Still not sure." I said and I could see her dying face.

"I will lick your feet if you want."

"Why would I want that?"

"I have no idea what kind of fetishes you have." She said totally seriously.

"If you keep this up, your chance of me helping you will drop to zero real quick."

"Then what do you want me to do?" I was thinking of one thing she could do but there wasn't any. I don't need her to do anything for me. I will gladly help her no matter what. That's why it's problematic to be so nice. But seeing her a bit worked up by this is fun to watch. Although, she never said thank you for my work, which I don't even think of as work. I'm doing it because I love it. Even if there are times like this more than once in awhile.

"I just need your appreciation…" I felt greedy asking for this, that's why it just slightly came out of my mouth. She looked a bit surprised. Maybe because she didn't hear it, it was so quiet but that's not the case when it comes to Blake and her cat ears. She dropped that fake act of hers and for this once, I could see her showing the true feelings.

"I'm really grateful that you are here with me, Weiss… I can't appreciate it enough. I always do inside, but I never thought about mentioning it to you until now. I'm really sorry about what happened today. You know I'm reckless and can't decline when it's about beating a bad guy up." I already wanted to open my mouth, to enlighten her that that's totally not what I have been teaching for her but she got ahead of me with that.

"I know. Your words echoed in my head when I got beaten that day." Okay, that's unexpected. Did something really stuck in her head that left my mouth? "You are right that I shouldn't do the same thing as them, but I… saw those eyes of fear." What is she talking about now? "Weiss… I saved a girl today, but that wasn't enough for me." Wait, how did a girl come into this? What is she talking about?

"Wait, Blake… What are you talking about?"

"Her name is Yang…" She continued like I didn't even ask a question just now. "...She was the only one who didn't want to be there. But they still kept her there because they had the power over her. I formed the urge inside of me to stop them so no one else has to suffer anymore. Even though she was the only one who deserved saving. I should really… forget about that place and just… appreciate what I have." She finished by looking straight into my eyes. She never showed me these kinds of emotions before. I could tell it came all from her heart.

"You see? You can do it." I said with my biggest smile and of course she is blushing. I still can't get over the fact that she is in love with me…

"Y-yeah… s-so… will you help me then?" Now she just became a stuttering wreck.

"I can't say no after that heartwarming speech of yours." I walked to the vanity unit to gather some supplies for the mascara. I never tried covering up the marks of beatings but it shouldn't be that hard. It just has to match her skin.

"Are you making fun of me now?" She was still flushed and I found that adorable.

"No… It really was beautiful." I said while opening the drawer to look for things there as well.

"You're definitely messing with me." She said lazily and sat down on the toilet with the seat cover down.

I finally gathered everything after she waited for a minute and I called for her to come here so I can see her face clearly when she is close to the light. This is the closest I could see her face and she absolutely can't complain about her look. Her skin is clean and smooth, which she can thank for being young. But other than her skin, what caught my attention the most was her eyes. It was a beautiful golden color that was more valuable than a stack of gold. Her pupils were shrinking because she was focusing on my face. What else I noticed was that her pupils weren't round but they were a bit slit. I never noticed that from afar, but only this close.

"Your eyes are beautiful." Wait what? I thought the same about hers but I wasn't the one who said that. I just realized that we are looking at each other's eyes. My movements stopped for a second as I pulled away a bit. Although, I still had to focus on the make-up I was putting on. "It reminds me of the ocean. It's calm, full of mystery… a bit of danger… something that I would like to explore…" Now that caused me to stop fully.

"Can you… stop talking? I'm trying to concentrate here." What she said was actually pretty nice. She just complimented my eyes. But it soon turned into something else that brought a bit of passion with it.

"Sure."

"And stop looking at my eyes." I pushed her face up so she would look at the ceiling. I'm already finished on the upper part of her face and it turned out pretty good. There is still a bit of bruise around her chin I have to cover. At least now she is occupied with something else other than my orbs.

After a bit of work here and there I finally finished and moved her in front of the mirror to admire my work. She actually looked amazed that her face looked normal, like nothing happened. I'm still a bit not okay that she is lying to her parents but I guess I can understand where she is coming from.

"Now let's go down because they are already waiting for you." I grabbed her by the shoulders as I pushed her outside to finally greet her parents.

I think I did enough for today. I just have to go through a small talk and then I can finally rest... Why do I have the feeling it won't be that easy?