Chapter written by Dixie

Warning: Mention of child abuse

"Ruby! Get your ass back here right now!"

The angel flapped her wings faster, weaving between the wave of angels flooding the town and soaring up above them. "No! Not until you catch me!" She called towards her wife, who stopped just below her and glared up at her, "Aww, Weiss, you know your little death glare doesn't scare me!" Ruby purred as she descended, tapping her wife's nose playfully as she flew by "I think it's kinda cute!"

Weiss' hand shot up as an attempt to latch onto Ruby's leg, the younger woman just laughed and twisted her body, easily escaping Weiss' grip. "Ruby Rose!" The older angel yelled loudly, gaining the attention of a few bypassers, "You will get down here right this instant and pick up everything you knocked over! Everything ! Do you hear me?!"

Ruby giggled, "Oh yes, I do hear you." She watched as irritation flickered through her wife's blue eyes, "Your voice is very beautiful, did you know that?" She ducked and swerved as Weiss bolted up after her, just barely managing to miss a redheaded angel as she followed Ruby. "This is kinda fun, don't you think, darling?"

"Fun for you, maybe." Weiss replied, groaning when Ruby flew out of her reach again, "I swear by the Gods' name, I will make you pay for what you did."

Aww, she'd only knocked over a stack of papers. What was so important about that? "Oooh~" Ruby sing-songed, turning to face Weiss while ascending higher into the clouds, "Pay how? I'm interested~" Rage flashed through Weiss' eyes again and Ruby just laughed, oh she was having so much fun. "Come ooon, Weissy, all I did was tackle hug you and you're trying to kill me?" She placed a hand on her chest in mock offense, "My love, I'm so hurt!"

"Those were important papers, Ruby!" Weiss snapped, ignoring the dozens upon dozens of eyes watching them. A few angels had descended to the ground to prevent being barreled over in the air, having chosen to watch the two instead. "When I get done with you, you'll be more than hurt!"

Ruby clapped her hands together, narrowly avoiding Weiss' attempt to grab her again, giggling at the frustrated look on her wife's face "Kinky~" She winked seductively, watching Weiss' pale features red with humiliation and probably some anger. "Say, Weiss. Are you sure you should be telling everybody this? I don't think they want to know about our sex-"

"Shut up! You're causing a scene!" Weiss hollered at her.

"No, actually, I'm not." Ruby clarified, gesturing to the crowd below with an innocent smile "You're the one coming at me like I'm the devil himself. I'm just stretchin' my wings!" For emphasis, the angel arched her back and stretched her wings outwards, "And then you decided to give me a chase."

"Ruby!"

"Ruby!"

The brunette's head snapped up to see Blake standing in front of her with an amused grin on her face. "You had that dopey smile on your face again," the raven-haired angel commented, taking a seat beside the younger woman, "thinking about Weiss again? What'd she do this time that was 'so cute'?"

It's been seven years since she was assigned to be Weiss' guardian angel in her human life, and it seemed like time was flying by so quickly up here, as if she was missing her entire childhood. Which was funny, because she was there for every second of it. At the moment, everybody in the household was asleep, so she'd come home.

Ruby rolled her eyes, "I wasn't thinking about human Weiss," the smile faded from her lips and her wings drooped, "I was thinking about my wife. . ." A pang of sorrow struck her and she bit her lip, willing away the tears threatening to spill. "She'll never remember me. . . I'll never hear her voice again."

Blake's brows furrowed in confusion, "What? Ruby you see her literally every day-"

"It's not the same," she cut her off, "this Weiss is human and only sees me as her friend, her imaginary friend. . . My Weiss? I went through life and death with her, I spent countless centuries with her. . . I'll never see that kind of affection in her eyes again, and when she turns fourteen, I probably won't see her until she dies."

"Yes and as a human, she'll fall in love with multiple other people, and you'll have to live knowing this." Ruby glanced over her shoulder to see Yang leaning against her house with an annoyed expression on her face. "Tragic, really."

"Yang. . ." Ruby whispered under her breath at the sight of malice in her sister's eyes.

"Calm down," Blake soothed her wife, coming to her side and placing a hand on her back, "don't get so riled up. You know how the council is about anger. . ."

Yang released a calmed sigh, her shoulders drooping as she whispered an apology to the raven-haired angel. "Ruby," she addressed the red angel carefully, "she's seven years old, she shouldn't even be able to see you anymore. . . If the council finds out-"

"I know," Ruby turned her head away, "but she needs me. . ." One of the rules was that an angel's assigned human would only be able to see them if they were a newborn towards the age of two years old. Weiss was seven now, and could still see Ruby as clear as day because Ruby allowed her to. If the council found out she was using that ability to stay connected with the girl, who knows what they'd do?

Yang shook her head, "Anyway, Pyrrha said Blake and I need to head down to Earth for a mission. Something about a guy starting to head down the wrong path."

"Have fun. Try not to join him." Ruby calls after them, ignoring the playful glare her sister sent her.

"She'll fall in love with multiple other people."

Ruby's jaw clenched and her hands turned to fists, she bowed her head as her sister and Blake left. Yang was right, Weiss was human now, who knows who she'll fall in love with. A surge of rage and jealousy coursed through the woman, but she remained glued to her spot in front of her house. If her Weiss was happy, that's all that matters, right? Even if that happiness wasn't with her. . . She'd spent an entire life and many decades with Ruby, she could at least grant her this, right. . .?

"Ruby. . .?" She turned her head towards the heartbroken, forlorn voice she head calling her name. Weiss needed her. . . The child sounded like she'd had a bad morning, too. Damn, it was only like seven in the morning. "Ruby, where are you?" The woman brushed her sorrows aside and stood to her feet, spreading her wings and quickly teleport towards the voice.

Within a flash, she found herself standing inside of the child's room. "I'm here." She called the little girl, who had huddled in the far corner with her knees pulled to her chest. Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. . . "Nightmare?" Ruby whispered affectionately when Weiss saw her, "What was it this time, little one?"

"N-no. . ." Weiss replied back, her voice low and quivering, "F-Father. He said I-I needed to practice more on m-my singing because 'I sounded like nails on a chalkboard'. . ." That was clearly a lie, Ruby had heard her sing before, countless times, she sounded heavenly. "My tutor said I sounded fine for my age, b-but he fired her and I told him that m-my throat hurt from singing so much. . ." Well, she did sound a little hoarse, "H-he hit me. . . He said 'no child of mine will treat me with such disrespect'. I-I have to keep practicing when my new tutor c-comes in. . ." Weiss lifted her head to look at the angel, "I don't want to. . ."

"He hit me." For a brief moment, Ruby saw red and she grit her teeth, forcing the rage down below the surface. She was on duty, she couldn't let her emotions get the best of her. . . "Well," Ruby started carefully, taking a seat beside the little child, "don't you like singing?" Weiss averted her eyes and Ruby chuckled, she knew she enjoyed singing most of the time, she'd caught her dancing around her room singing multiple times since she'd begun to walk and talk. "Does your throat hurt?"

"Y-yeah. . ." Weiss whispered as if it pained her to speak.

"I see." Ruby reached up over, "Hold your head up," she requested gently, smiling when Weiss lifted her head. Hovering her hand over her throat, a golden glow surrounded her palm and she closed her hand together, smiling at the puzzled child. "All better. . ." She whispered, pulling her hand back to her side. "How does that feel?"

"How does that feel?" Ruby whispered, sliding her glowing hand across her wife's back, "All better?"

"Much better," the woman smirked over her shoulder, "I thought as angels, you weren't supposed to feel pain and aches. This was a lie."

A moment of silence passed and Weiss hesitantly opened her mouth to speak, "Much better. . . How'd you do that?" She asked, looking up at the angel. Ruby's heart skipped a beat, staring down at the almost puppy-like expression the girl was giving her. Well she couldn't tell her that she was an angel. . . That was a huge no-go.

"Magic." Ruby responded briefly, "I promised I would take care of you. I'd be breaking that promise if I didn't heal your aches and pains, wouldn't I? Do you think you can sing?"

"Do I have to?" Weiss pouted, pulling her knees to her chest and releasing a 'humph' of annoyance. Ruby giggled at the sight.

"You do, unfortunately. I know you don't want to. . ." She came around to kneel in front of the child, "But you're going to have to do what he says, okay? I don't want you getting even more hurt. Winter's still here, right? Go to her if I'm not around, she'll take care of you."

Weiss nodded meekly, "But, what if she isn't?"

Ruby hesitated, debating her response. She couldn't be here twenty-four-seven. . . "Then, I'll be here as quickly as I can. I'll protect you in anyway possible." That would mean defying the angel code more than she already was. . .

A tiny smile crossed the child's face, "Thank you."

But, it was worth it.

A/N: This is a small project that Dixie (Dreaming-Paradise) or DreamingParadise14 (on Ao3) and I are collabing together. I will state which chapters Dixie wrote and which I wrote (though if I forget, it's usually odd numbered chaps for me and even numbered chaps for Dixie). Updates will be on and off as we're working on our own fanfics, but hope that y'all enjoy!