Weiss was sitting on her bed next to Ruby, and Yang was in a chair a few feet away. "So." Weiss broke the ice. "You're a dragon."
Yang covered her face with her hands. "Aaahhhhhuugggg you're not supposed to KNOW that..!"
"It'd be pretty hard not to, considering Ruby had her first dragon-to-human transformation in my lap while I was sleeping. And you're blood related sisters, so.." Weiss raise an eyebrow.
"Half sisters, yeah, but both our moms were dragons. She seriously did it right on top of you? Oh god." Yang groaned. "This is the first time someone's found out, I don't, I'm not sure what to do? What's the protocol for this? Am I supposed to kill you or–"
"I wouldn't let you kill her." Ruby huffed. "And I know you wouldn't do that anyways sis."
"I might, to protect you." Yang tried to look threatening. Emphases on 'tried'
"Well I'm protecting HER so NYEH!" Ruby stuck her tongue out playfully, making Weiss try to hold in a laugh.
Yang saw how Ruby and Weiss interacted, and her expression softened. "So you really like her, huh Ruby?"
"Yep! I want her to be my girlfriend!"
Weiss face palmed and Yang had a coughing fit. "I'm sorry what?" Her pervious softness was replaced by intense concern.
"I.. Explained the meaning to her, but she's still insistent." Weiss said, turning away to hide a blush.
"Uh.." Yang was at a loss for words.
"I don't see what the big deal is, I mean, you have a girlfriend don't you Yang? Haven't you told her you're a dragon?" Ruby asked.
"Uh, NO, no I have not told her." Yang looked at Ruby like she was crazy. "Literally everyone hates dragons? And they're right to, considering how many attacks happen. We're the rare ones, getting girlfriends and trying to live as people."
Ruby looked puzzled. "Are we? Huh."
"It's amazing that you found the one person in the world who wasn't scared of dragons to hang out with Ruby, but you still–" Yang tried to say, but was interrupted.
"I hated dragons." Weiss said plainly, defending Ruby. Yang and Ruby stared. "Who wouldn't? With all the story's and almost monthly attacks. When I first saw Ruby I thought I was going to DIE."
"You said you were scared, but I didn't know you were that scared.." Ruby said shifted in her seat awkwardly.
Weiss put a hand on her shoulder. "Dolt. Remember what I said? You're not so scary after getting to know you." Weiss bopped the side of her head against Ruby's head lightly, while looking away from her. "I'm glad I got stuck under that log long enough to see you for who you really are." She mumbled.
"You got trapped under a log?" Yang raised An eyebrow and snickered a little.
Weiss let out the frustrations she'd been keeping inside about that moment. "Yes, it was terrifying! I thought she was keeping me there to eat me! Turns out she just thought we were playing 'chase' and I was taking a break. I mean, she fed me some aincent miracle fruit so I wouldn't starve, and eventually helped me out of there once I asked." Weiss recalled how helpless Ruby had been in human form at first and stifled a laugh.
"I'm glad you two get along, but! The question still stands! Will you keep this secret? To the death? Also I'm still not sure how I feel about you dating my sister!" Yang dramatically pointed a finger. Her previous joking aura was being engulfed in paranoia again.
"No no, as soon as I'm on my death bed I'll shout out 'hey everyone! Dragons can take human form!'" Weiss said sarcastically. "Its her you need to worry about!" Weiss pointed to Ruby. "She wanted to sightsee after stepping on someone and breaking a window with her tail in a village!" she calmed down, and spoke more softly. "Also uh we're not datin–"
"Me? The only reason I broke that window was cause you were getting murdered!" Ruby shifted the blame.
Weiss glared "I was fine!" she wasn't fine. "I definitely could have gotten out there perfectly alright!" She definitely couldn't have.
"Wait wait wait. You two. Are you saying, Ruby, you barged into a city in your DRAGON form, and then left without doing anything?" Yang looked ready to faint.
"Well I picked up Weiss after she finished yelling at me." Ruby said under her breath.
"You two were talking? Weiss! What would you have thought if you saw someone talking to a dragon and not die, before you met Ruby." Yang clasped her hands together, and stared at Weiss.
"..that, they were a legendary dragon tamer..?" Weiss was beginning to see the problem.
"Exactly. Dragon tamers don't really exist, its usually just some human a dragon's took a liking too. It–" Yang choked on her sentence, and coughed.
"Do you want me to get you a glass of water?" Ruby offered her sister. Yang nodded.
As soon as Ruby left, Yang's tone shifted. "Alright, Weiss. You're planning on sticking with Ruby right? You need to know a few things."
"What things..?"
"Ok Ruby? We kind of accidentally emotionally and socially stunted her." Yang admitted solomly. "It was totally an accident, but uh, yeah.."
"Um, how do you emotionally and socially stunt someone?"
"Well, our dads human. And my mom left. Ruby's mom was there for a while, but, she was slain. Also don't try to get into that 'oh but you're half dragon then' no that's not how it works, as long as one parent is dragon the kid is full dragon. Their main form until 16 is just whichever form their mom gave birth to them in." Yang was giving quite the info dump.
"Ok, so her mother died, but that doesn't explain why you said she's–"
"Ah, but it does. I had my mom, and Ruby's mom to teach me stuff till I was about 5. Having a dragon mother around is CRUCIAL for a dragons development. ...Probably. I mean there's no other explanation for why she's like this." Yang shook her head. "Ruby only got 3 of the 5 years she needed." Yang looked at the door Ruby had left out of to get water. "I was to young to understand how much she needed me by her side. I was still there, but not as much as I should have been. Our dragon uncle was fun, but he wasn't around a lot. And our human dad couldn't really do much for us, despite how much he loved us both."
"I'm having a hard time following." Weiss raised her hands in a 'slow down' motion. This was getting.. Heavy.
Yang saw how uncomfortable Weiss was becoming, and reassured her. "Well, there isn't really anything super wrong with her.."
"Then what was that lecture just now?" Weiss demanded.
"Ok, its-its hard to explain. Because she like, didn't develop fully, she's still doing it..? Or something? Its not like she has the mentality of a toddler–"
"You sure about that?"
"Yes, I'm certain. We tested it." Yang sighed. "Uuuuhhhgggg I wanna make puns! Not explain my sisters weird condition!"
"Poor you." Weiss's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"Right. So, back to the topic. Ruby is, Socially stunted. As in she doesn't make contact with other people well. I'm not sure what the HELL your deal is, but, she seems to like you. Have you ever seen her talk to someone? Other then you? Try it next time you're at the guild, trust me she's awful. A brick wall would be better at talking then her. The only people she can successfully converse with are me, our dad and uncle, and apparently you."
Weiss made a mental note to push Ruby into a conversation with someone next time they were at the guild. "What about the emotional part?"
"She can't express her emotions properly somtimes? She's able to hide it pretty well most of the time, but somtimes she'll just snap and the wrong emotion gets displayed." Yang thought a moment. "The most noticeable is pain, she'll get hurt, and half the time she starts laughing instead of crying. She still hurts, its just her brain switched laughing and crying for whatever reason."
"Ok, question: why did that take so long to explain?" Weiss jabbed at Yang.
"What? What do you mean?!"
"You went on about cryptic bull crap and back story for like, 10 minuets! Literally all you had had say was 'Ruby didn't get proper care as a child so now her emotions are screwed over and she has zero social skills'"
Yang looked into her lap, blushing faintly. "...well you don't have to be so blunt about it. Its not like I try to explain this to people very often."
Weiss flinched a little. Ah. She was doing it again. She'd lash out over something small, and everyone would leave her. "Sorry. I didn't mean to be so harsh." She hated that part of herself. It reminded her of her father. She wanted to do everything he didn't do, be everything he wasn't. Stupid. So stupid. Uhg and now her foot was starting to hurt again.
"What? Why are you crying?" Yang stood up and reached towards Weiss.
Weiss scooted away. "I'm not! Shut up this isn't about me!" She sniffeld and wiped her eyes. "We're talking about Ruby."
"Uh-huh.." Yang raised an eyebrow. "Looks like you've got some emotional bull crap to deal with as well." Weiss glared. "Ahh, I didn't mean it like that. Come on~. Now that I think about it, where's Ruby?" Yang wondered out loud.
Yeah. She was talking, quite a long time to get that water. Weiss turned back to Yang after glancing at the door. "So. What you're saying is, I need to help your sister socialize, and try not to think shes posessed if she looses an arm or something and starts giggling."
"Pretty much yeah."
"Ok I can see how that is technically emotionally and socially stunted, but, I'd advise against wording it like that next time. It makes it sound a lot worse then it is."
"There won't BE a next time, hopefully. Oh, and another thing. You know how she's like a puppy? That'll last for a while but fade eventually. Its the 'first human transformation' excitement. Everything's so new, she just has to get used to it, all this human stuff. It took me a while too. Remember, before now she was literally an animal in the woods. A smart animal, but still."
"You're not offended at calling dragons animals?" Weiss tilted her head.
"Why would I be? Everything's an animal! Fish are animals, humans are animals, faunus are animals, dragons are animals.." Yang continued on. Weiss decided not to comment on Yang's statement.
After Yang finished listing things she considered animals, Weiss stood up. "I'm going to go see whats taking Ruby. Also, what was that about 'dragon tamers' you were about to say before she left?" She walked to the door, but as soon as she opened it, she froze. A fallen glass of water spilled on the floor, and a note beside it came into her vision. 'Come to the edge of the Forrest alone, if you ever want to see her again' it read. Weiss fell to her knees.
Yang was about to reply, but stood up quickly when she saw Weiss sitting at the door entrance. "Something wrong?" Yang asked. She saw rushed over, and saw the note. "...oh god."
"Does, this mean she's been kidnapped..? What do I, I don't–" Weiss panicked. She hadn't felt like this since,,, Since forever? What emotion even was this? Fear? It was different from when she feared her father or a shadow wolf, what was it?
"I think I know who did this." Yang said, covering her face and hiding her expression.
"You do? Can you talk them out if it?" Weiss grabbed Yang's arm. Wait. Why did she care? Didn't she want to be rid if Ruby? Oh but she was so sweet, and cute, and– but no, it was, better if she was gone. Right? Ah... Weiss came to a realization. She truly DID enjoy Ruby's company. This had, never happened before. Even with Winter, Weiss didn't feel this bad when she'd left. Maybe because she knew winter was safe, and Ruby wasn't? No, it was something else. Weiss was starting to feel like she actively seeked out Ruby's affection. Oh GOD was this a crush? Noooo!
While Weiss was having her internal meltdown, Yang asked another hard hitting question. "Weiss, you wouldn't happen to be some kind of big-shot royalty would you? Like a princess? Or a queen?" That alone was enough to shock Weiss back to reality. She immediately tensed up and scooted away from Yang. How, how did she know? "Oh god you are aren't you. Oh noooo..." Yang groaned.
"What, what what does that matter?!" Weiss fumbled over her words. "Do you mean they just kidnapped Ruby to get at me? And Who, who do you even know that hunts down royalty?"
Yang winced. "...My girlfriend."