Ahem… so here is another chapter to probably one of my most favorite stories I have ever written. This beats out writing The Blackening Rose already because it feels so personal and most of what I'm writing is inspired by my feelings and those story-driven games I have played over the years, including Life is Strange in which I made a reference to by the butterfly effect Ruby had in the last chapter. Thank you all for helping me get here… it means a lot. Now, let's begin Chapter 13… I realized that we're getting close to end here… seven more chapters left after this one. There may be a sequel to this story? I don't know yet…

Sleep found its way to me and I welcomed it, the sound of the blizzard outside going faint as I fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. I opened my eyes to see that I was somewhere else… some place that I didn't know of until now. Something rubbed against me gently and I sat up to see that I was laying on grass. I haven't seen this green stuff in a while. I thought and sighed. When was the last time it was spring? Man, I can't even remember; fall and winter dragged on forever and it's only a month away before I could see grass and not a patch of snow instead.

Suddenly, I heard a voice… a voice so angelic and familiar that it made my eyes struggle to stay open. "Ruby… where are you?" That voice was Weiss.

I laid back down on the grass slowly and I murmured. "I'm right here… Weiss."

A few seconds later, I heard footsteps and someone laying down beside me; it was none other than Weiss herself. "Are you okay?" she asked softly.

I turned to her and wrapped my arms around her. "I'm okay Weiss… why do you ask?"

I felt her soft and smooth hand caressing my hair gently. "Because you walked out on us after you finished playing."

I gave her a confused look and blinked to see that I was back in reality, noticing that I was now in bed with her. "How did I end up here?"

She giggled at my confusion "Yang lifted you up and placed you on the bed for me you dunce."

"Oh…" I sighed at my sister's name being mentioned, "I'm guessing she got worried and followed me with you?" I asked.

She nodded and gave me a worried look. "Are you okay?" she repeated.

I gave her an assuring smile and nodded. "Why wouldn't I be?"

Weiss smiled back and pecked my cheek. "I'm glad you are… even though you'll always be fine, I just tend to get worried about you."

I blushed. "Y-you don't need to get worried because of me.

"But I want to Ruby… you're my everything and if I lose you, I'll… I'll..."

I silenced her by kissing her lips for a moment; then I pulled away and leaned into her ear. "I'll never leave you alone Weiss… you don't deserve that fate." She buried her head in my chest and cried softly. I softly caressed her hair and comforted her the best I could; slowly her sobs died out and she only trembled. "I'll always be here; don't ever think the opposite."

She looked up at me, tears still falling from her eyes. "It's just that those that have been with me, relatives, friends, they never cared about me… they left me without hesitation. All they saw was someone they could take advantage of to get money. "

My eyes widened at what she had said. Weiss never told me about her life in general, only this or that about her relationship with her father. Hearing this though… it made me understand why she was so clingy and caring for me. So I wouldn't leave her. I thought. It hurt for me to think that. Everything that Weiss had done for us, rent out a suite, buy a house and add things in that would make us more comfortable in it… it just hurt so much. She sacrificed so much to get to this point and if I leave her, then it would have been for nothing.

So I made my move and got on top of her. "R-Ruby, what are you doing?" she asked, her eyes showing anxiety.

I may have went too far already. "S-sorry… I just…" I got off of her and sat up at the edge of my side of the bed.

"Ruby…" Weiss wrapped her arms around my waist from behind and sighed before continuing, "for one, you're way too young to do that sort of thing and I guess you got that from your sister?"

I shook my head and chuckled nervously. "I read this book Blake had and the main character shared her love for this girl by-"

She closed my mouth before I could finish. "That is all I need to hear!" I closed my mouth and she pulled her hand away from it once she knew I would not speak by my expression I was giving her. "Don't you think you should make sure you know what kind of book you're reading?"

I blushed and sighed. Maybe I should have. I thought and mentally kicked myself. "Good point." We sat there in silence and I pried her arms off of me so I can turn to her. "Then what can I do to show you that I love you dearly?"

She looked like she was thinking deeply about the topic and a smile suddenly formed on her face. "Let's have a movie night."

I raised a brow. I never expected her to say that. The last two words signaled one Yang Xiao Long to barge into the room as if she heard it through and intercom or something that was loud enough for her to hear. "Did somebody say movie night?!" she exclaimed.

I pointed at Weiss. "She said it."

Blake peeked her head over the doorway and cleared her throat, grabbing our attention in an instant. "I don't want to ruin the excitement but we don't have a TV or any sort of internet connection to use… um what was that movie streaming service again that Yang had on her scroll?"

"You mean Netflix?" Yang asked.

"Yeah, that."

I sighed and stood up. "Well then what's plan-"

"Let's rush over to that one huge technology store and buy ourselves a new TV!" Yang shouted, her excitement rising at every second.

I knew what store she meant. I think it was called ValeTech but we haven't been there in a while since we didn't really have that much money to buy the stuff there except for movies if ValeMart doesn't have one. I also love ValeTech because there's just so much stuff like computers and TV's and a lot of video game gear that my friend Jaune gets because he's such a gamer. "Let's go then! I want a huge TV!"

Weiss raised a brow at the both of us. "Just you two? I feel like Blake should go with you… the last thing we need is for us to blow up expensive establishments."

Yang and I laughed hard. "Oh Weiss, we would never go that." Yang said.

"Yeah, we're only looking for TV's, not stopping a robbery or anything that makes us have to use our own weapons." I added.

She narrowed her eyes. "Right… well I'll let you two go but if I hear that you both-"

My sister and I turned around and ran out the door. "We get it, we'll be back in a couple of minutes!" we shouted simultaneously and went downstairs.

"We are soooo going to buy a kickass TV." Yang said and opened the door to the outside.

I squeaked in excitement. "Heck yeah we are! Wait… don't we need internet for that movie thingy you use?"

We stopped and she sighed. "I'll just text Weiss, she'll probably find some way to get amazing internet."

I shrugged. "She is the one giving us- wait, she didn't even give us money!" I exclaimed.

Yang calmed me down and smirked. "That's why I'm always one step ahead." She reached into her pocket and took out tons of lien.

"How much is that?!" I asked, surprise evident in my voice.

"Maybe thirty-thousand lien? Anyways, it'll be more than enough for a TV so we can get some other cool stuff while we're there."

I sighed. "Let's not lose the money while we head there okay?"

Yang gave me a puzzled look. "I can handle money; who do you think helped managed our financials back at home?"

"Mom?"

She went quiet and sighed. "Good point." We called for a cab and a couple of moments, it showed up. We got in and then our quiet ride to ValeTech began.

So my writing's been taking a while… it's also gotten a bit degraded in quality but I have my reasons. That's because my dad decided to be awful to me and take my computer away from me. Why am I pissed? I had schoolwork that was almost finished (they were open because I was working on them when I got home) and I was streaming when he pulled the power cord forcefully from my PC, corrupting the files and fucking my stream up. I was about to get a $100 donation from someone and when he pulled the cord, it closed my donation page and canceled the donation. So he screwed me… a lot. Anyways, I hope you guys are having a better time than me and I'll see you later. Stay classy.