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Chapter 17:

"What if I said it was with Ilia...?" Blake asked fearing how calm Ruby was, but even this far away she knew that it was going to destroy her. The only thing Blake could hope was Neo was going to be able to calm Ruby down. Even if it meant that Ruby and her were going to break up. It would just make her feel a lot better knowing that Ruby was looked after right now.

The silence in Blake's room seem so much worse, but it was made worse by the near dead air coming from over the phone. "I'll be beyond pissed and demand that we break up. She along with Vernal, Melanie and Miltia literally attacked me, nearly killing me and destroying my family's idea of safety knowing that terrible things can happen to less than morally clean people but still good, and the people that cause that shit show will only get a slap on the wrist." Ruby started in such a calm tone that was actually a lot alarming to Blake. "So tell me Blake... did you cheat on me with one of my attackers? A woman who is not only your ex-girlfriend but one of the people that tried to kill me but seemingly settled on me losing basic bowel control and even feeling of my legs?"

The tone that Ruby had maintained was one that Blake was surprised it took her this long to recognise. She wasn't sure how she didn't notice sooner, but it was the voice Ruby always used when Tai or Yang said something incredibly stupid that she was just barely holding back her rage.

Tears Blake had no idea when the started to flow down her face, but she knew that they had started to do that, was causing her further distress knowing that she'd ruined her future happiness with Ruby all from one drunken mistake that she just couldn't lie about. Not to Ruby.

"Ruby I was blackout drunk. I do-"

"THAT ISN'T AN EXCUSE BLAKE!" Ruby snapped as Blake winced from the sound. She knew that Ruby was right. She had deserved that and so much more from Ruby. This was a time that Blake felt like she was genuinely in the wrong about. Hearing a sigh coming from the other end, Blake felt her ears flex further on her head knowing the worst was yet to come. "I mean at least lie to me Blake! Tell me you were too drunk to stop anything and she forced herself onto you! Tell me anything but you actually slept with that vile monster!" Ruby yelled as she Blake felt somehow worse. Ruby was giving her an out, but she knew that she couldn't take it. At least not take it and still feel some sense of self respect.

"I wish I could Ruby... but I don't know. I don't remember the night. I was drinking something I don't even know what that was so strong and when I came to the morning after I was dishevelled on the floor and Ilia was next to me naked. I don't know what happened, or even when she got in because the place was surrounded by Perry's top men all night." Blake pleaded with Ruby hoping that it would get at least somewhat better if Ruby would just be able to accept that. Hell Blake was even doubting that Ilia and her actually slept together. "I'm just going on that she was naked and what she said Ruby."

Hearing Ruby's deep breaths was enough to shatter Blake emotionally each time. Like she was trying her hardest to try and think this through rationally but was just failing. Blake wasn't even sure if she should try and snap Ruby from that small exercise. But the wait was figuratively murder to her.

"You know, I thought the worst news of the day was going to be that Yang is now in the hospital from doing her job. But way to surprise me Blake." Blake heard followed by a loud crashing sound followed by the line going dead.

Looking at her phone she frowned at sight of the call having ended. Dropping her phone, Blake slid her knees up into her chest as she began to cry. She could feel the a knock on the door she was using for support. She didn't care who it was or even what it was that the person wanted. None of that mattered.

She just ruined her happiness by simply telling the truth to Ruby. Something that she knew was the right thing to do but it didn't make the pain she was feeling feel any better. She just wanted to cry. It was made almost triply as bad because they didn't even get to finish their conversation making her just feel somehow worse. She knew from that loud noise was from Ruby throwing her phone.

It was something that Ruby just had the penchant to do when she was feeling emotional. Especially when she was angry. She'd just throw whatever was in her hands almost always leading it to shattering. Which meant that chances are she wouldn't be able to really finish the conversation until she got back, and by that point all that will have happened was that it was left to fester which would lead to an even larger fight that she wouldn't even have the benefit of being able to be with her parents to try and console her.

Even if she wouldn't necessarily use it, it was still nice to know if she wanted that feeling, she didn't need to go to a hotel room or even get back on a boat to get back. But the knocking was making her actually contemplate taking a page from Ruby's book and shattering her phone across the person's head.

"Kitten... come on. Open the door. I can hear you crying." Blake heard her mother's plea from the other side of the door causing her to just just feel her body racking again as she began to pull her legs closer to herself.

Jumping at the sight of something whizzing past the room and smashing against the door, Neo couldn't help but feel some terrified as she stood up. As she was about to walk a single step she winced once more as she could hear something else being tossed in what she just knew was the room Ruby was.

Taking a few steps closer to the broken pieces by the door, being careful if Ruby was going to throw something else down towards it just because Neo knew from experience how strong Ruby's arms were and she didn't want to test what it felt like to have something thrown at her even if it was light weight.

The remains she could recognise were very clearly Ruby's phone. She had no idea that you could actually break the screen out and still have it shatter into so many pieces, but there it was. The undeniable proof that it could be done. At least if someone was really angry and had serious upper body strength from years of just moving around.

Sighing softly knowing that something had to have gone terribly wrong if Ruby was going to break something that she needed like her phone. Carefully hugging the wall, Neo began to walk towards the room where she could still hear things being tossed so violently that it was just making her loath letting Ruby go and having that private conversation with Blake.

A woman that from Neo's experience was fairly nice and borderline masochistic in how she handled anything. Something that raised many a question from the likes of Neo, and not just her. Frankly if Neo hadn't met the woman and heard of the fetish from her herself, she wouldn't even dream of sleeping with Ruby.

Pushing the door open fully, Neo frowned at the sight of destroyed pieces that she had no idea how long they took to make, but knew that they were some of Ruby's favourites as the woman went from one side of the room in a blind rage to another, seemingly breaking anything in her path.

Gulping a painful gulp, Neo quickly walked into the room and stood behind Ruby just wrapping her in a gentle hug. She knew that it wasn't going to stop whatever Ruby was feeling, but at the very least it would stop this warpath of needless destruction.

"Ruby... what the hell happened?" Neo asked softly as she could feel the rage just seeping out of Ruby. A sight that was just something that was made all the more better to Neo from the sole fact that she knew that Ruby was going to feel a lot more at ease or at least bottle it up enough as to where it wouldn't kill her. At least that would make Neo feel a lot better if she had to leave Ruby today.

"Blake cheated on me with one of the few people I couldn't forgive. Even after the amount of shit I've done for her." Ruby hissed as she tried to pry Neo's arms off from around her. She just wanted to be alone so she could vent her anger without harming anyone. She didn't want to lead to someone else be hurt. Especially if Neo was going to be there for a long period of time. "Just let me smash stuff." Ruby hissed as Neo just held on tighter.

"No Ruby. Breaking things won't do anything." Neo hissed as Ruby just took a deep breath before she shrugged the arms off of her. Quickly tugging the wheels in either direction to quickly spin around her spot to glare at the woman.

"It will make me feel better!" Ruby yelled as Neo just stared into the pain filled silver eyes. It was something that had been made clear to her exactly how much it had actually cut Ruby. And how it had cut her deep.

The pain Neo was feeling from that one thing that did kind of boggle her mind, but she did know how there really was only one thing that would cause Ruby to hurt this much. And that was what Blake had just done. But that wasn't going to change Neo's stance on the topic.

"It is only short lived." Neo said as she climbed onto Ruby's lap, gently cupping either side of Ruby's head as she just stared deeply into her eyes, practically begging that Ruby was going to be alright. As the time progressed, Neo was just left feeling a little happy at the sight of anger in the silver eyes start to slowly be replaced by the feeling of pain. "Why the hell would Blake do something like that Ruby? She knows that would just destroy you like this." Neo asked once she was positive that Ruby wasn't going to do anything further destructive.

"I don't fucking know." Ruby said as she wrapped her arms around Neo's waist and pulled her closer as she rested her head on Neo's shoulder. "She claims that she was just black out drunk... but she slept with Ilia..." Ruby almost cried out as Neo hugged her gently followed her and began to rub her head. Neo couldn't help but wonder that there had to be something else. Blake in the conversations she had would never do something like that. Intentionally or not.

They stayed like that for, Neo had no idea how long. Ruby just gently crying on her shoulder as she just gently just tried to sooth the pain Ruby was going to be in. Frankly, Neo had no idea how Ruby was able to stay as composed with the way the day had been. Any one of the things would have made Neo just want to beg for the day to end. But to Ruby, she had been able to just stay up and working until the straw just broke the camel's back.

"How is my phone? Is there any chance I can save it? I probably should have a phone in case my Dad needs to reach me."

"There is no saving it... things are all over the place. I should probably sweep it up." Neo chuckled softly as she separated from Ruby. Taking careful stock of Ruby who slid an arm free and began to dry her eyes.

"If it is just the screen, I can replace that. Hell I've replaced that screen at least half a dozen times. Is the motherboard and shell alright?" Ruby clarified as Neo just shrugged her shoulders. Ruby just calmly rolled her eyes. Gripping the wheels, Ruby began to slide them out of the room she just enjoyed the fact that Neo was at least trying to help.

Coming to a stop by the door, Ruby gently gestured for Neo to get off her lap so she could see the mess. Climbing off of Ruby's lap, Neo just frowned as she could hear an angry sigh coming from from Ruby. "Figures. That is what the day needed. My phone is officially out of commission... great." Ruby said as she bent down, and felt the a sharp pang of pain in her back as she grabbed the shell of her phone, dropping it into her lap with sigh as she could see Neo staring at her.

Ignoring the question Neo wanted to ask, Ruby carefully lifted a fragment from her phone. "That, my gymnast friend is a broken phone motherboard. Something that can't be repaired." Ruby said as Neo let out a single 'ah' of understanding as Ruby began to rub her eyes. "On the bright side. I'm positive my day can't get any worse. You know short of a hospital trip my day can only get better." Ruby quipped as she swung her head back letting out a groan.

Grabbing the wheels tightly, Ruby began to maneuver herself as she began to roll towards the kitchen. "Ruby... I'll clean it up. I mean I saw you wincing a little in pain just reaching for your phone." Neo begged as she followed Ruby into the kitchen as the woman tossed open one of the cupboards.

"It is fine Neo. I mean you are a guest in this house." Ruby said as she groaned at Neo swiping the items from the cupboard and running out of the room. Groaning louder Ruby winced as she smacked her hand against the door as she tried to get out of the room. "I said I'd do it." Ruby hissed as she began to roll out of the room to try and scold the woman who had a smile on her face.

"And I am far from a guest. Most guests don't try and rub one out while the owner of the apartment is having an argument with her long time girlfriend." Neo quipped sticking her tongue out at Ruby. Something that just made Ruby roll her eyes as she slumped into her chair just staring at Neo. "Plus, again, you were in pain bending down to get your phone. I imagine any longer will hurt you a lot more. So just stuff the chivalry crap."

Slumping in her chair, Ruby began to rub her face out of irritation. "It isn't about chivalry Neo. It is about the fact I made the mess I should clean it." Ruby complained as she could feel some anger at the sight of Neo practically brushing her off. "Seriously Neo, what is with you? You know this kind of thing gets under my skin." Ruby asked as Neo stood up with a small smile on her face.

"Shockingly I don't like watching you being in pain Ruby. It isn't about if you are able to or not. And the fact you were in pain getting your phone as well as very clear emotional pain,so if I can stop you being in pain I'm going to do it. Even if I get under your skin." Neo quipped back as she began to walk toward the kitchen, smiling as she walked past Ruby and began to pour the contents of the dustpan into the bin before tossing the items into cupboard before knocking the door closed. "Seriously Ruby, I'm not trying to piss you off. We both know I know how to get that done a lot quicker." Neo continued as she could see Ruby just taking some more deep breaths.

It was something that Neo knew the cause of. That wasn't some mystery. What was, was the fact that normally once Ruby bounced back a little from something bad, she would be past the stage of deep breaths. But she just hoped that Ruby was really going to be alright about this. She had to be.

"Come on Ruby. Let's just have some drinks, and just try and cheer you up." Neo said as she softly as she rested her hand on Ruby's arm just hoping that she could make her feel a lot easier about what had happened.

"I'm not horny Neo." Ruby said as she heard some chuckling.

"Not the cheering you up I had in mind. At least entirely. I am still really horny from earlier." Neo said as Ruby just chuckled softly as they began to work their way towards the living room. "I was referring to watching one of those childish shows I know you like... even though I still say they remind me too much of Saturday morning cartoons which in my house I never got to watch. Training and such."

"Are you talking about anime? Because there are some with a lot more mature themes. And what trainer wouldn't let a child watch Saturday morning cartoons? I mean at the very least chances are you had injured yourself or needed some rest days." Ruby asked as she looked towards Neo who just had a smile on her face. "Don't give me the whole proud parent thing. You've met my Dad, and my Mom was so much worse."

"Yeah, but they weren't your trainer as well and you can even ask Gelato, our Mom was crazy about us doing it. And I just happened to enjoy it."

Smiling as she shook her head, Ruby began to crack her neck a little as reached down to lock the wheels before she gestured Neo closer. "Here, you want to help, pick me up." Ruby said as Neo just smiled and slid her arm under Ruby's legs, smiling as she felt Ruby wrapped her arms around her neck and began to lower her down onto the couch. "Thanks Neo. I'm glad you're here. Probably preventing the destruction of about another five hundred hours of work."

"Those plastic things cannot take five hundred hours." Neo said as Ruby just chuckled. "Holy shit they really do? How?"

Smiling as she began to reach towards one of the beer bottles with a smile. "Because it isn't an injection mold. It builds up from the bottom up slowly. So larger the piece the more time. Smelt good making them though. Just means I need to buy more chocolate plastic." Ruby smiled as Neo quickly swapped the bottles between her and Ruby. "Does it really matter which I drink?"

"Yes." Neo said as there was a knock on the door. Frowning a little as she looked towards Ruby who took a drink from the bottle. "Nah, Ruby... I'll get it." Neo said rolling her eyes as she stood up.

"Okay I'll just stay here with my useless legs." Ruby added as she could see Neo opening the door, who laughed at the sight of her sister being drenched.

"Say it at your own peril. I'm pissed, it is raining, and I just got yelled at for like my entire shift from some annoying, snotty woman just because she had to do her job as a conservator." Gelato hissed as Ruby smiled and waved gently at her just smiling softly as she began to do a similar gesture. "So I just want to get drunk right now..."

"Beer is in the fridge if you want anything else you might need to make it, and Neo get your sister a towel from the hall closet. Now get in you are letting out the heat if it is raining." Ruby said just trying to get the sisters away from making snide comments to each other. Something that Ruby knew from personal experience was just a sibling's right. It always was going to happen as long as both are alright.

"Telling you, she is pretty and smart." Neo said as her sister walked into the home followed by her gently kicking the door closed before skipping down the hallway with a smile on her face as Ruby just chuckled at the sight of that.

A chuckle that only grew at the raven haired woman walking into the room with a bottle as she took a seat next to Ruby causing her to smile as Neo re-entered the room and tossed the towel at her twin who had a small glare developing that just caused Ruby to look between them.

"Calm down... you both are pretty." Ruby said as she could feel the eyes staring at her.

"Is that why she isn't wearing pants." Gelato quipped as Neo just rolled her eyes and sat on the other side of Ruby.

"No. Not to say it wasn't discussed. Besides even if we were... don't act like you haven't seen me naked." Neo said hoping that she could get a reaction from Ruby. At least then she would know how bad Ruby was off.

"Yeah, still not in the mood to make a wisecrack about how that is normally what I find hot." Ruby said as she could see Neo frown a little before picking up as Ruby looked towards Gelato. "And I'm sure that the snotty woman had some shit going on. Especially if they are working as conservators. At least according to my parents who have great experience in shitty situations that probably took it out on innocent nurses." Ruby said as took a drink from her bottle.

Rolling her eyes, Gelato took a deep pull from the bottle before she lowered it down before she looked towards Ruby. "Yeah, that can only account for some shittyness. At least she was somewhat better than others I've had to deal with today. But that is a very fine line. Like very fine." Gelato said as Ruby just rolled her eyes gently.

"Right well, I don't know how else to try and make the woman seem reasonable... so let's just drink." Ruby continued as she quickly downed the rest of the contents of her bottle before she gently placed it onto the table with a smile as she heard some laughter coming from Neo from what she just knew was how she gave up trying to show Gelato at least some of the good sides to what had transpired during her day.

Gently clutching Yang's hand, Weiss took a deep breath as closed her eyes carefully. She could feel sleep wanting to take over her vigil, but she just knew that she couldn't let that happen. At least not until she knew Yang was awake. At least then, she knew how the blonde was going to react and knew how she would be fine.

"Hey Weiss, if you aren't going to sleep... have this." Tai spoke alerting Weiss to his presence again. Looking towards him, she could see a white cup being held out to her. Gently grabbing it, she just sighed softly. "Yang is going to be fine when she wakes up... even if she takes it as bad as Ruby did when she came out of the coma." Tai continued as Weiss just bitterly drank the scolding liquid.

"You probably should go Tai... it is late." Weiss said calmly as Tai just smiled at her. "Or you know check up on Ruby. Let her know I'm the worst wife ever." Weiss continued as she looked towards Yang's sleeping form, being connected to all sorts of tubes that she didn't even know what they did just knew that they had to be vital.

"I tried to call her. Went straight to voicemail. Besides she has friends with her anyways so she'll be fine. Drunk... but fine. I told her I'd swing by once everything here is fine... which includes you Weiss." Tai said calmly as Weiss just frowned softly.

"I'm fine... just dreading when Yang is going to be woken up."

"Don't think about it Weiss. Even if things go bad... you'll both still have me, Ruby and even Blake. So let's just take it one day at a time, and right now Yang is going to be out for another week if not more at least. So don't worry about what she will and won't do when she wakes up."

"I wish it was that easy Tai..."

Author's Note:

And here we have the explosion after that cliffhanger... and some more sad Weiss... hope you enjoy.