Penny looked at herself in the mirror. Whilst she was normally happy with how she looked generally; she had wanted to make certain that she looked as nice as she possibly could for today. The sleepover a couple of days ago had solidified how she felt about Ruby and Weiss, and she didn't want to wait to tell them. Sneaking away from her guards was just as easy as it had been before, and whilst it had previously elicited a small feeling of guilt, now that she knew she had strong feelings for Ruby and Weiss, she didn't feel guilty for trying to spend time with them alone.

Reaching their dorm room, she knocked on the door quickly, and Ruby opened it, smiling as soon as she saw Penny. "Penny! Hi! Come in." Ruby stepped aside and Penny walked in.

"Is Weiss here as well?"

"She left a note saying she needed to go to the library but wouldn't be too long."

"Okay then." Penny was bouncing up and down on her feet, a smile on her face.

After a moment of seeing Penny vibrate with happiness, Ruby started giggling, "You've got something you really want to say, don't you?"

"Yes!" Penny nearly shouted it, she could feel herself getting more and more excited. She was going to do it!

"What is it?" Ruby smiled at her and Penny saved another image in her folder, which by now was getting very large indeed.

"I have done some research into this and spoken with someone who has more experience than I do, and I think I'm in love with you."

Ruby's jaw dropped but felt her heart swell with happiness. Penny loved her? Dust, one of her crushes felt the same way! Then they both heard the door swing shut and looked at each other, their happiness fading quickly as they knew exactly what had just happened.

Weiss' ran down the corridor, using her glyphs to give her a little boost every now and then to keep her going quickly, but also turning down random corridors, not really caring where she was going, just that she needed to get away. Of course. Of course that would happen. I'm damaged goods. Why would anyone want me? It's only natural that they would fall for each other, they're so similar. I've just been a third wheel the whole time, haven't I? Just believing that they felt for me how I felt for them.

Weiss felt her legs give way, and she stumbled, landing hard on the stone flooring, crying out as her knee and palms stung. She looked around and felt her heart and stomach drop even further. "Great. Even when I don't know where I'm going, I go somewhere that matters to me." Weiss was muttering to herself as she looked at the same courtyard she had practiced summoning. "This was it wasn't it? I didn't notice until a while later, but this was where it started to happen. When they gave me help and support." She sat down in a corner and pulled her knees up, groaning when she saw that she'd taken some skin off her knee.

Weiss watched as her knees started to get wet from droplets of water as the tears started to flow more freely, until she was sobbing uncontrollably into her arms and knees. I never should have got close to either of them! It was always going to end this way, with people leaving me and ending up alone.

Weiss didn't hear the gasp, nor the quick footsteps, but she felt the arms surround her from both sides, and she pushed away, scrambling to her feet to look at Ruby and Penny, staring at her with such looks of worry and concern.

"Weiss…"

"No. It's fine. Don't worry about me. I just had some bad news that's all. If you'll excuse me please." Weiss turned to go but Ruby shot in front of her, the trail of rose petals floating gently to the floor behind her.

"Weiss, please wait, we need to talk to you."

"No. I really do need to go; I hope you're both very…happy together." The last words came out through gritted teeth and she turned on her heel, heading for the other entrance, only for Penny to stand in front of her, arms crossed.

"Best Friend Weiss you need to stay here and listen to what I have to say as I've been told it's best if all parties know."

"I don't. I don't need to hear anything…"

"Weiss Schnee can you please listen to me?" Weiss was surprised at the look on Penny's face, eyes narrowed, eyebrows pointed, and her mouth in a straight, tight line. It was the first time she'd seen Penny angry and she didn't like it. Especially directed at her.

"If I have to, which seeing as you appear to not be letting me leave, I do." Weiss folded her arms as well and stared at Penny.

"I love you."

"…What did you say?" Weiss' tears stopped and she quickly wiped them away to stare at Penny. "Did you just say…?"

"Yes. I did, and I do." Penny was smiling at her, but Weiss didn't return the smile.

"Penny if this is you trying to make me feel better then you need to stop and move out of my way because I am not in the mood…"

"I love you Weiss. I have very strong feelings towards you, and after having looked into it more, I have come to the conclusion that I'm in love with you."

"But…but I heard you say…" Weiss turned to look at Ruby, who was looking a little sheepish as she walked closer to the pair now Weiss had stopped trying to run.

"I did tell Ruby I love her because I do. I love both of you equally. If that's not reciprocated then I understand, but I hope it is."

Weiss watched Ruby's face, and saw the blush slowly spreading across her cheeks and felt her heart hit her throat. Could she?

"I…" Ruby looked away, one hand behind her neck and head, the other was pulled across her stomach "I'm fairly certain I love both of you as well. I mean I keep thinking of the three of us cuddling or hugging a lot, and just spending a lot of time together, going to sleep in the same bed…Not like that!" Her face lit up as red as her name as she realised what she'd said, "Like we did on the sleepover, like actually going to sleep together in the same bed. So yeah…" Her voice trailed off a little towards the end.

Weiss looked between the other two and felt her eyes start to tear up again, but this time it wasn't from sadness. "Oh, Dust, Weiss?" Ruby stepped closer and Weiss reached out and pulled her into a tight hug, crying into her shoulder. "Erm, Weiss?" She mumbled something into Ruby's shoulder, but neither Ruby nor Penny heard. "What was that? I can't hear if you talk into my shoulder." Ruby's arms were still outstretched from the shock, but she slowly lowered them onto Weiss' back.

"I love you." Ruby looked up to Penny and then back to Weiss, who had lifted her head enough so that her voice could be heard. "I love you too, you dolts."

Penny smiled, "Both of us?"

"Yes. Both of you." She buried her head into Ruby's shoulder again, and Penny stepped in, wrapping her arms as far around both of them as she could.

"But how would this even work? I mean, there's three of us. Relationships are normally between two people." Weiss looked up between Ruby and Penny trying to work it out.

"Why wouldn't it work? We each have two hands, see?" Penny stepped back from the hug and grabbed hold of one of Ruby's and one of Weiss' hands and held them up. "I'm holding both your hands, so you can hold each other's hands at the same time as well!" Ruby and Weiss just looked at each other, and then back to Penny's face, eyes wide and mouth in a wide grin in such an innocent expression of joy that neither of them could hold it back. They started giggling, and Weiss squeezed Penny's hand.

"I love you."