"Yang, I can't believe you made such a mess! I can't get this stuff off the walls!" Ruby whined as she scrubbed a wet cloth on the rainbow-stained wall.

"Says the girl that flung spaghetti all over the couch last week! We had to flip the couch cushions over it was so bad!" Yang grunted with her tongue out as she threw toilet paper scraps into a garbage bag.

Winter sighed as she tried her best to tape a mop handle back together. She'd already fixed one broom pretty well, but for some reason this handle looked short and like it didn't exactly fit. Winter sighed as she tossed the mop to the side of the wall where it almost snapped in half again.

"Uncle Qroooow, why aren't you helping? We'd get done so much faster!" Ruby explained as she started to slap the wall with her rag, like she was trying to annoy the chemicals into coming off.

Qrow was leaned against the doorway, acting like a jailer who was keeping the girls locked up until their time was served, "Maybe it's because it's my wallet that's gonna be getting lighter from all this. So consider me a supervisor. Honestly, I don't know why you two are helping though. Figured you'd say this should b some sort of lesson, Win" Qrow complained as he nodded to Winter, who had started to help Yang pick up the last bits of shredded toilet paper.

"He's right ya know, you guys don't have to help. I did it, so I should clean it up" Yang sighed, guilt weighing her face down like a brick as she put the metal cabinet back in place.

"We're helping because you're family, Yang! Family always helps each other out!" Ruby beamed as she looked at Yang before turning and looking at Winter, who gave the brunette a small grin, but didn't say anything as she started to put whatever was salvageable back on the shelf.

"I'm not gonna let you do this by yourselves, of course I'm gonna help. Plus, I think she's learned her lesson" Winter had a small smile on her face as she turned to Yang and squeezed her shoulder lightly.

"If you insist" Qrow chuckled, but stayed put as he watched them clean the last bits of the mess.

"Are we done yet?" Ruby sighed as she walked away from the wall and set her chin on Yangs shoulder. Yang patted her sisters head and turned around looked at Winter.

"Is there anything else we can do? It looks… As good as it could" Yang said, patting her sisters head like she did Zwei.

Winter stood up slowly, rubbing her sore legs as she looked around the room. "All the garbage is in the bags, we fixed what we could, and we've been here for long enough, so I think we're done. Any objections?" Winter asked, looking at Qrow. He finally moved away from the wall and looked at every inch of the room.

He looked at the floor, the shelf, paused at the wall which still had a pretty strong stench to it, picked up Winters floppy mop handle, before silently nodding to himself.

He stopped at the recently unflipped cabinet and picked up a piece of paper that hadn't been ripped to pieces, and handed it to Yang along with a pen he'd pulled from seemingly nowhere, "After she writes the janitors an apology letter, I think we'll be good"

Yang looked at the paper for a second before she slowly took it in her hands. The paper might have been light, but it looked like it took a lot of strength for Yang to hold it. She took Qrows pen and walked over to the wall and slowly, methodically, started to write. It looked like Yang was making sure every word looked at good as she could before she moved on to the next one.

"Ok, how about this? Hello Mr/Mrs Janitor, my name is Yang Xiao Long, and I'm really sorry about what I did to your closet. I lost my boxing match and got mad. I know it's not an excuse, but it's hard to stay in control when I get like that. My sister, my friend, and I tried our best to clean it up though! My uncle is also helping me out with some money to replace what we broke, I hope it's enough! I really am sorry, next time I see you I'll apologize again in person, promise, Yang" Yang looked up with a smile.

"Perfect!" Ruby sang, jumping up and giving Yang a high five.

"Good enough. Hopefully they don't kick you out of here forever though" Qrow winked at her as he took the letter, folding it around a stack of money and putting it on the cabinet for the next janitor to find.

"Ha, they wouldn't do that… Right? Can they do that?" Yang questioned, eyes getting wider than ever as she looked from Winter to Qrow, "They can't do that, right? I pay to go here!"

"Actually, I pay for you to go here, kid" Qrow chuckled as he left the small room.

"Yeah, so they can't kick me out, right?"

"I don't know Yang, you did break a lot of their stuff!" Ruby said, trying her best to sound serious while holding in giggles as she left the room.

"I mean, yeah, but I tried to fix it! And we gave them money to help replace everything!"

"I gave them money!" Qrow called from down the hall.

"You know what I mean! Winter, you don't think they're gonna kick me out of here, do you?" pled Yang, holding her hands together and looking like she was only a few seconds away from busting out into another fit of tears, and that was the last think Winter wanted.

"I doubt they'll kick you out of here. They might give you a talking to, but you tried to fix it and said you were sorry. So how angry could they be?" Winter gave Yang a warm smile, before waving her to the door, "Come on, let's get out of here. I think the chemicals are starting to get to me"

Yang gave Winter a warm smile before giving her a quick hug that was a bit too tight in the best way. "Thanks again, Winter" they both smiled and walked out of the room together, taking their time following after Qrow and Ruby. The silence between the two was nice, calming. Nothing else really needed to be said between the two right now, with only the sound of their steps filling the halls.

They hadn't made it far when out of the shadows came a pair of shimmering amber eyes and a thin smile. Bellas hands were in her pockets as she looked at Yang, not even glancing at Winter. It was pretty clear her smile was full of nerves and tension, like she was scared to talk. "I wanted to tell you that you-, uh, you did a great job earlier. You were… Fun to watch"

Bella might have been nervous at first, but when that goofy smile popped up on Yangs face, the tension left her face in a rush, with a light blush taking its place. Winter suddenly got the feeling that she was intruding.

"I'm glad you had fun! Wish I could've won though!" Yang chuckled nervously, lilac never leaving amber.

"I don't care about that. I hope you're feeling ok though, some of those punches looked like they hurt" The moment of concern triggered something in Yang, causing her to laugh and her smile double in size as she straightened her back and jumping up and down.

"I'm fine, A few punches aren't gonna keep me down for long!"

"Glad to hear it… Sorry, you're probably on your way out. It was good to meet you. Both of you" Bella finally looked up at Winter, and gave her a small nod, "Thank you again for earlier by the way" And like that she walked deeper into the facility and was gone.

Yang stood there with that dopey grin on her lips, eyes still looking where Bella had been. "Friend of yours?" Winter probed, a twinkle of mischief in her eyes. Yang suddenly blinked, like she was waking up from a sweet dream, her face cherry pink as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Uh, no, never seen her before. Must've come from another class or something. Come on, or Ruby and Qrow are gonna get worried again!" Yang fast walked away, leaving Winter in her dust. Winter walked after her, wondering if she was gonna be seeing more of that particular stranger.

Authors note

Hey everyone, another week another post! Thanks again to everyone who's still reading this! I know my post times have been a bit erratic, but with school and work it can be a bit tough to get everything done in time. But I'll always post at least one chapter every week, so no worries! Hope you guys enjoy!