Yang

This whole idea felt so, so wrong. "She's my sister and I'm just leaving her with my friends." My mind played that sentence over and over as I drove my truck out of the apartment. The engine's sound rumbling through my ears wasn't even enough to block it out. Driving down the street was simply a sub-conscious act while I droned through my head looking for some kind of solution. Blake wanted me to find a therapist or whatever to help me but I had no clue where to start on that front. I needed more information but I didn't even know where to get that either. It was an endless circle, repeating constantly till it felt like my head was filled with sloshing water.

Eventually it drove me crazy, causing me to need an outlet. "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!?" I screamed at my windshield. My head was light but the outburst helped me regain myself a little bit. It helped me decide to pull off into a diner parking lot where I immediately pulled out my phone. I made it flash up Blake's name on the screen and began typing up my plea.

Yang: I have no idea what I am doing. Plz help.

I left it at that and leaned my seat back so I could recline and line stuff up in my brain. The main thing I didn't understand was just how you just "find someone" to talk to about this sort of thing. My brain couldn't wrap itself around the idea of seeing a therapist. It all seemed so out place for someone like me. I'm just not in the business of letting someone pick at me. My phone vibrated and interrupted my thoughts.

Blake: Just go and find something. Trust me, there are plenty of qualified people in this town. I can't tell you what the best option is because everyone is different.

Yang: Fine, fine. I just hope I don't make a fool of myself. Tell Ruby I love her and miss her already.

Great, just great. I still have nothing to go on. How does Blake expect me to do this out of the blue? I recounted all of the events up to this moment. I gave a slight smack to the side of my head. "I blame you for all of this, you know?" No answer came from the skull. I wish it would though. It would probably offer up better solutions to the problems I have to deal with. "Oh well. I guess it's research time." I sighed and pulled my phone back out, searching for therapist or whatever.

It honestly surprised me just how many results I got within this city, but then I remembered Weiss's unfortunate event and it became justified. Every single result sounded the same to me and the thought of going to one just left me feeling uneasy. I had to do this though since I promised Blake and Weiss to get it at least under control enough to not cause harm to myself or, god forbid, Ruby. Eventually I chose a place that seemed like it would help me the best. It's not like I knew what I was doing anyway. Finally I was able to leave the parking lot with a least some direction on what I was doing.

This absolutely did not feel like a place where I should be. A simple, relatively small waiting room that contained some clothed chairs. I couldn't quite decide if the one I was sitting in was comfortable or not, but I was stuck sitting there and waiting like the room implied. There wasn't much to do once the paperwork was done and over with but the worst of it was having to pay out of pocket for this visit to someone that may not even be able to help me.

Fortunately, it seemed like I wasn't the only one who seemed a bit out place. A woman was sitting in the far corner of the room, under the complimentary television that the office was nice enough to provide for entertainment. Her leg crossing over the other in a dominant fashion which seemed out of place for her outfit. Those legs were covered in a pair form fitting jeans, followed by a white, small size blazer with sleeves that manged to barely cover her elbows. A pink blouse was underneath that blazer to compliment it but it seemed to be missing one of the top buttons which left a nice neckline that a may have lingered a bit too long on. Her face seemed to be cute but it bore the look of boredom as she absentmindedly fiddled with her phone.

I was examining her interesting choice in hair color when she suddenly looked up and caught me staring. My eyes tried flicking around to other stuff but I heard a simple, short chuckle come from the woman. When my eyes finally went back to her she was still looking at me. She chuckled again and twiddled her fingers at me as a "Hello." Behind those hands was a half-cocked smile that lasted a second or two before she finally went back to messing with her phone, though the look of boredom didn't seem to return to her.

Blake

Yang hadn't texted back yet so I'm assuming she found at least something to help her out. Though I wonder if she understands this isn't exactly a thing that can just be fixed in three days. It's about getting it under control and stopping the extreme moments of emotion. She must have been keeping a lot of emotion locked up for a long time to cause so much strife in just only a couple of days. Ruby was none the wiser about it, thankfully. Most of the day was just Ruby and Weiss spending time together. Watching shows, fixing up Ruby's stuff, and talking about multitudes of things that Ruby was curious about.

The little girl was also into horse playing but Weiss wasn't exactly as built like Yang is so Weiss didn't let that go on too long. When Ruby did get Weiss to play along, it usually caused a couple of pangs of jealously as she groped and pushed on my girlfriend without a care in the world. I just sat idly by on the couch while they went at since me joining in would be too much for our living room to take. That, and I didn't really know how I felt about kids. I loved Ruby but I don't know if I could raise a kid like her properly. A child's brain is a very delicate thing as it grows up and I felt like I wouldn't be able to let it learn and adapt to its full potential. Not to mention all of the parenting situations to awkwardly deal with if something bad or out of the ordinary happens.

Weiss had finally stopped Ruby from trying to climb over her back. "Okay, okay, I'm tired. Let's rest a bit and find something to watch." Weiss examined Ruby for a moment. "Actually, I'll find something to watch. Go and get the hair brush out of the bedside drawer in Blake's room. I want to fix your hair up a bit."

Ruby saluted and bounded off around the corner into our room to grab said brush. Weiss landed next to me on the couch and sighed. "Enjoying parenthood, Weiss?" I asked the tired beauty.

She leaned into me. "It's just a bit tiring. Fun, but tiring."

I wrapped an arm around her. "It's only fun because you skipped the baby part of it. That's the real draining part of raising a kid."

"Thank God. I like kids but I'm not ready to deal with a baby in any shape or form."

I did dramatic swipe at my forehead. "Phew, I was worried for a second."

That got a good laugh out of Weiss. I felt the vibrations of her giggles going through my side. Man, that was such a satisfying feeling. It completely distracted me from the fact that Ruby had walked back in, not with a hair brush, but instead, a prescription pill bottle.

Ruby got our attention by slightly shaking it. "Yang said you're supposed to keep these in the bathroom."

Weiss threw a puzzled look right before it registered in my head what the young girl had found. When it did, I jumped up and snatched the bottle out of Ruby's hands. Ruby stepped back after my forceful motions. "You didn't take any out of the bottle did you?" I asked Ruby. She shook her head with a slightly sad look on her face.

"That's good, Ruby." Weiss told her. "Can you go and wait in my room for a bit though? I need to talk to Blake." Weiss's voice contained a slight bit of force to it.

"I'm not in trouble, am I?" She asked quietly.

Weiss patted Ruby's head and sent her on her way. "Definitely not. Though I need to have conversation with Blake for a bit. Don't worry, Ruby. It's nothing bad."

Ruby looked back and forth between Weiss and I but finally just walked off into Weiss's room, the door shutting behind her quietly. When it did finally click into the place Weiss turned right back to me, her eyes staring into mine in a way I didn't want. I threw my head back into a groan at the prospect of trying to explain stuff that I'm never prepared to explain.

How long ago was my last chapter? Like December? At least it wasn't over a year again like my last hiatus. The update only took this long because I had writer's block for the first part of this chapter. Thankfully, I pushed through it. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter and remember to HAVE FUN!