The next day Weiss resumed her studying at the desk. Ruby was zooming around the room, getting ready for a day on the town. She walked up next to Weiss and opened her mouth.

Weiss cut her off. "Before you ask, I'm studying today."

Ruby was taken aback. "Um… I just wanted my scroll."

Weiss looked next to her and saw Ruby's scroll out of the redhead's reach due to her sitting there. "Oh, I'm sorry." The heiress handed her partner the scroll.

Ruby took it and took a few steps towards the door before turning back around. "What… was that about?"

"I just…" Weiss was hesitant to answer. She couldn't seem to get anything right these days. "Every weekend for as long as we've been here, you have asked me to hang out in Vale."

"And every weekend you turn me down." Ruby pointed out. "I'm hanging out with Miltia today, Weiss."

"Oh. Miltia. Right." Weiss stared on. "Well… have fun!"

Ruby was almost out the door when what Ruby said caught up with Yang up on her bed. "Wait!" She shouted.

Ruby froze in place.

"When were you going to tell me you were on a date!?" Yang bellowed.

Ruby found herself becoming very red despite herself. "It's not a date!" Ruby shouted.

"But you liiiike her!" Yang teased.

"Shut up, Happy!" Ruby scolded.

"Who is Happy?" Blake asked, and was completely ignored.

"I wasn't even thinking about her that way!" Ruby scolded.

"… But you are now?" The blonde picked up.

"ONLY BECAUSE YOU KEEP SAYING STUPID THINGS!" Ruby screamed.

"How did you two survive growing up together?" Blake wondered aimlessly.

"Cause we're sisters!" Yang answered proudly.

"Oh, that you heard?" Blake asked skeptically.

"I'm going, before I hear any more of Yang's… urghh… stupid!" Ruby told her sister off.

Weiss stared at the door after Ruby left. "So… how long has she known, what was it? Miltia?"

"I dunno." Yang shrugged, losing interest without having a sister to tease.

"Why do you care?" Blake asked. "You've always blown her off."

"I'm just… worried." Weiss didn't know how to respond, and eventually returned to her studying.

"You're worried about her?" Yang sounded unconvinced, "Since when?"

"She is my partner, Yang," Weiss pointed out.

"You never cared enough every weekend before this," Yang countered, only getting increasingly suspicious.

"I…" Weiss didn't have any further rebuttal, and simply resumed her studying.

Miltiades was nervous about today. She was actually going to hang out with the girl both her and her sister were now crushing on.

"Heya! Hiii! Hello!" Ruby shouted, skipping towards Miltiades.

"Hello, Ruby." Miltiades found herself smiling at the energy of the young girl.

"You're wearing red again." Ruby noted.

"What?" Miltia asked.

"Your dress. Last time you were wearing white. Now you're wearing red again." Ruby pointed out.

"Oh. Right." Miltia responded, knowing full well she wasn't the one wearing white. "Which do you like better?"

"I'd have to say the red. I'm kinda biased though. It's my favorite color." Ruby answered.

"I see." Miltia smiled.

"What are we doing today, Mil-… Mill-Tie… uuuhh…" Ruby struggled to pronounce her name.

"I told you, Miltia is fine." The red twin offered.

"Oh. When we talked yesterday, I kind of felt… Sorry…" Ruby nervously poked her fingers together.

"Ruby, I have to tell you something." Miltiades confessed. Ruby took a step closer to show she was listening. "Yesterday… it wasn't me you me you were talking to."

Ruby tried to put the pieces together in her head. "You mean… on the scroll? Then how are you here…?"

"No, it was me on the scroll!" The twin quickly corrected, hoping she didn't just ruin something.

"Then I don't understand…"

"At the club. That wasn't me." Miltiades told her.

"What?" Ruby was only more confused.

"That was my sister." Miltiades clarified.

"Your sister…" Ruby took a few more moments to put things together. "Wait, are you twins!?" Miltiades nodded. "Oh my god that is so cool! We should all hang out, the three of us! Wait, how can I tell you apart? Wait! You wear red, she wears white! I can totally tell you apart like that! This is gunna be so cool and very confusing for me and still VERY COOL what's her name?"

"Um." Miltiades was taken aback by the speed of Ruby's speech. "Melanie."

"Melanie and Miltia, got it!" Ruby smiled. "Anyways… what are we doing today?"

"I'm a little hungry… Breakfast?" Miltia asked.

"Well, it would be lunch for me," Ruby nodded, "But sure!"

"Can I get the rest of this boxed?" Miltia asked the waiter at the end of the meal.

"Exactly half." Ruby noted.

"Yeah, Melanie and I usually share a meal. She doesn't eat a whole lot and I like to snack."

"I see." Ruby nodded.

The two girls had a pleasant lunch. They learned a lot about each other, and the world the other lived in. For example, Miltia never knew there was so much more to training for a huntress than learning how to fight. Ruby spoke a lot about her team, and Miltia knew she cared for team RWBY. Ruby also learned that bouncing a club didn't include as much fighting and kicking people out as one would think. Miltia had a lot to complain about as far as idiots who hassled girls, danced like morons, and couldn't hold their drink.

"It was nice talking to you today." Ruby smiled. "It feels good to have a friend outside Beacon."

"My day's still young, if you still want to do something?" Miltia ventured.

"Like what?" The redhead asked.

"I dunno…" The red twin grew nervous. "Like a movie…? Or something…?"

Ruby smile fell, and her face turned to one of thought. "Miltia? Can I ask you something?"

"What?" The twin noticed the change in tone.

Ruby fidgeted with her fingers. "Was this a date…?"

Miltia froze. She couldn't tell if Ruby's tone was simply curious, or if it was opposed to the idea. "Do you… want it to be?"

"I mean…" Ruby thought carefully about her words. "To be honest, I probably wouldn't be thinking about it if my sister wasn't teasing me over it… but still, I have been thinking about it."

"Ruby, listen," Miltia spoke up. "Before you come to any decision about that, there's something else I need to tell you. Melanie and I may not be stereotypical twins. We don't have an exact personality, She likes white, I like red, I eat, she doesn't, and so on… But we do still have that closeness. We've shared everything since birth. Everything."

It took Ruby a good minute to catch on. Her eyes widened the moment it clicked into place. "Oh."

"It's been hard on us, finding someone who is comfortable with both of us, and content with only the two of us." Miltia confessed.

"I… I don't know, Miltia. It's a lot to think about." Ruby crossed her arms. She shook her head, intent on changing the conversation. "Do you still want to go to the movies?"

"I don't think our heads will be in it." Miltia confessed. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Ruby nodded, "but if we're not doing anything else, I should probably head back to my dorm."

"I'll walk you to the airship!" Miltia offered immediately. The two girls paid for their meal and left, but the walk was awkwardly quiet. The bid each other farewell and the airship took off, leaving Ruby with a lot to think about and Miltia praying she didn't rush it and screw everything up.

Ruby walked back into the dorm, her face blank as she thought.

"Heya sis!" Yang called out. "How was your date?"

Ruby's noncommittal grunt showed she barely hear her sister.

"Rubes?"

When Ruby passed Weiss, the heiress spoke up. "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" Ruby looked to Weiss. "Oh. Yeah. Miltia just gave me… a lot to think about…"

"What, she propose on the first date?" Yang asked.

"Nothing like that," Ruby shook her head, her mind still barely there.

Yang raised an eyebrow. "Did you at least have fun on your date?"

"Yeah, we had a nice lunch," Ruby nodded.

"Any plans for future dates?" Yang continued.

"Not yet…"

"Ruby, Yang just used the word date a half-dozen times and you haven't said it wasn't yet," Weiss pointed out.

"Huh? Oh," Ruby finally snapped into the present, "Well… I'm still trying to decide if it was."

Yang noticed Weiss's eyes widen.

"Does Miltia know you're still trying to decide?" Blake finally spoke up, seeing room for her extensive, book-born romantic knowledge.

"Yeah," Ruby nodded.

"Wouldn't you be moving a little fast if it was?" Weiss suggested, trying to hide the unease in her voice.

Yang noticed. "Would it be too fast if Miltia was a boy?" she sneered, not hiding her resentment for Weiss's previous display.

"Yang, stop it. Weiss is right," Ruby told her sister, "I need to hang out with-… her, more to decide."

Blake's cocked eyebrow showed she didn't miss the hesitation in Ruby's sentence, but she decided not to ask. "You should tell her that, then. You have her number, right?"

Ruby: You there?

Miltiades: Yes

R: That was quick. Were you waiting for me?

R: Miltia?

M: No

M: Well… maybe

R: I was thinking about whether today was a date or not…

M: yes…

R: And I decided that… it wasn't…

R: Hello?

R: Milita?

M: This is Melanie. Milita is in the other room.

R: I didn't mean to upset her! Its not what it sounds like I swear!

M: Then what is it?

R: I just need more time to decide is all time with you both of you

R: I dont want to move to fast on accident or anything

R: I want to try being friends a while so we dont rush

R: please tell Miltia im sorry if I upset her im not good at talking to people

…

R: hello?

M: we seem to have that in common

R: Miltia?

M: I guess I should have asked you to clarify. I'm too used to these things going badly. I understand you don't want to rush, and you're right that all three of us should hang out as friends.

R: oh thank Dust… I'm busy the next few days… Thursday afternoon? That's double token night at my favorite arcade.

M: An arcade sounds fun. See you then.

Ruby was smiling as she set the scroll back down.

"It went well?" Blake asked.

"A little rocky in the middle… my own fault…" Ruby admitted, "But yeah. We're going to hang out at my arcade this Thursday."

"Isn't that double ticket night or something?" Weiss asked, surprising them all with this bit of knowledge. "What?"

"It's just… How do you know it's double ticket night?" Yang asked in return.

"Double token, actually," Ruby corrected them, "But still?"

"You told me once, right?" Weiss reminded the redhead.

"Yeah, but…" Ruby rubbed the back of her head, "I didn't think you were listening."

"Why wouldn't I?" Weiss shrugged, "We are friends, aren't we?"

"Hey, Ruby?" Yang interrupted, "Have you finished that weekend assignment for Goodwitch yet?"

"Um, no, I was going to-"

"Great!" Yang grabbed Blake and Ruby and pushed them out of the dorm, "Blake can help you finish in the library!"

"Yang, what is- Yang!" Ruby cried as the door closed.

Blake stared at the closed door, the picture coming together in her head. "I think we should head to the library…" Blake tugged on Ruby's arm and led the girl away.

"But what's going on?" Ruby was utterly confused and never received an answer.

Back inside the dorm, Yang rounded on Weiss. "What the hell is up with you today?"

"What are you talking about?" Weiss scowled.

"You suddenly acting like you care about Ruby?" Yang scowled right back.

"I do care, she's my partner. And my friend," Weiss denied.

"You always blew her off," Yang rebutted.

"She always asked when I was studying," Weiss explained.

"You're always studying!" Yang shouted, "I think this is the first day since I met you, that you haven't had a book out on that desk while you're in here!"

"Well… M-maybe…" Weiss started stuttering for a response, "Maybe I… I… regret not hanging out with her more, okay!?"

Yang gave the heiress a dubious stare. "Oh my god… I don't know if that's better or worse than I thought…"

"What?" Weiss questioned.

"You're jealous," Yang started to giggle.

"Excuse me?" Weiss crossed her arms, "My previous feelings about homosexuality aside, which by the way I am working on, I'm still quite sure I'm straight."

"Oh, maybe it's not a romantic jealousy," Yang continued between chuckles, "But just as Ruby starts hanging out with Miltia, stops annoying you about going into Vale and being BFFs, you start to pull this crap? I mean, at first I thought you were trying to trip Ruby up because of your 'previous feelings'."

"That explains your… sisterly defensive, here…" Weiss worded it carefully, "but I am not jealous, romantically or otherwise. I just obviously didn't know her as well as I thought. She's my partner, I should have known she was… you know, into women."

"You're right, you should have gotten to know her better," Yang shot, "She's been trying to be your friend all year. If you really want to be her friend now, don't start by questioning her and Miltia."

"What if Miltia turns out to be no good for her?" Weiss pointed out.

"I taught Ruby was to look for in a toxic partner myself," Yang informed the heiress, "and she's not afraid to fight someone off if she has to. I trust her, and if Miltia makes her happy, then I'll be happy for her. You should be too."

Weiss bit her lip and nodded. As much as she was certainly not jealous, she couldn't help but feel she had missed out on something nonetheless. But Yang was right, the best way to be Ruby's friend now was to support her.