Weiss looked at the landscape, flames engulfing everything. She looked around for Carter, hoping he was alright. She walked with her weapon drawn, also worried that someone may attack. Something then tackled her, wrapping its arms around her. She looked to see what it was, but the ringing in her ears was distracting her from doing so.

After a while, the ringing stopped as the being who'd taken her in its arms set her up against a tree- or at least she thought it was a tree. Weiss looked up to the figure and smiled softly, seeing Carter in front of her. Her calm expression was quickly taken off of her face when she saw his angered eyes.

Looking in the direction he was looking, she saw a black figure stalking towards them as they brandished a spear. They then manipulated the weapon in their hand and threw it towards Carter, who caught it in his right hand.

The young man looked to the shadowy figure before looking to Weiss.

"Run!" He yelled.

That was all Weiss needed before she started sprinting away from them as they started fighting, electric crackling being heard behind her as she ran. She didn't know where to go, or what to do, but she had to find the others. As she ran, she could still hear the yells of Carter and the other person fighting in the background.

Ruby then suddenly appeared, fighting a green-haired girl... or at least tried as she hit the air with her scythe. Weiss didn't really know what Ruby was doing, but she had to help nonetheless.

Weiss jumped in and kicked the green-haired girl in the face, sending her flying a few yards before skidding across the ground. Ruby then blinked a couple times before looking to Weiss and smiling before looking back at her opponent.

Suddenly, a guitar was heard as she stopped in her tracks. She was bewildered as to how the sound of a guitar came out of the blue so suddenly. Unfortunately, due to her aloofness at that moment, she was pierced through the side with a spear before everything went black.

Weiss shot up into a sitting position and panted heavily, also sweating profusely. She looked around and saw Carter playing his guitar by the door, though not knowing that he ever knew how to play such an instrument. Then again, it had been seven years since she'd seen him. He then saw him look at her, their eyes piercing each other's souls. Somehow they learned the ability to communicate with just their eyes in that moment, before Weiss stood up and plunged herself into Carter's arms after he'd set his guitar down. They then held each other for a while, tears dripping from both of their eyes. Well, 'eye' in Carter's case since he really only had the one.

After a little while, a cough was heard and Carter started glaring daggers at the girl, not wanting anyone's shit at that moment. The girl then suddenly tensed up beyond belief and nodded softly, as to assume she knew what he meant. Weiss then slowly pushed herself away from the male as tears ran down her cheeks, not saying anything.

Carter then decided to speak up. "What's wrong?" He asked, his voice projecting itself as a yell to her, yet not even speaking above a whisper.

"I-I had a nightmare. I don't know what it was... but it all felt so real." Weiss stated, her voice low in volume as well.

"Lucid dream possibly, had my fair share of those over the years. All of them, coincidentally, were all about you. Enough about me though, what was your dream about?" Carter spoke those words a little louder, but he didn't care about the volume of his voice at the moment. He was worried about Weiss.

"The world was on fire, a-and I died without you there by my side. You were off doing something else." Weiss stated, not wanting to worry him with any more details.

"Hope it wasn't something stupid like gambling, I don't like gambling." He said, trying to lighten the mood a little. Luckily, it worked and Weiss softly giggled, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Well if you don't include fighting as gambling, then you weren't." Weiss stated, before her mood started to darken again.

"Here, let's not think about that right now. Let's start getting ready for the day and just not worry about it. If it comes back up, then it comes back up." Carter said, pulling her close once again.

Weiss then nodded in agreement and wiped her eyes once more before walking to the bathroom to shower. Carter then looked to Ruby and sighed before standing up slowly.

"Did you really have to do that?" He asked her, crossing his arms.

"I'm sorry, it just came out. I wanted her to feel happy again, but it looks like you got that covered." Ruby stated as she sat on the edge of her bed, her feet dangling off of the side.

Carter then sighed before speaking. "It's fine, but she'll confide in you once she trusts you. From the looks of it, you'll have a long way to go too." He said to her before walking to the closet in the room and grabbing his clothes, walking to the bathroom afterward.

He looked at the door for a moment, waiting for the shower's water to turn on. After he heard it do so, he slowly opened the door and walked in. He saw Weiss' silhouette beyond the shower curtain and blushed lightly, starting to change into his uniform quickly. However, unbeknownst to him, she knew he was in there with her.

"Did you take one last night?" Weiss asked with a small smirk on her face.

Carter jumped and accidentally slipped on the tile floor with his socks, hitting his shoulder on the wall beside him. The impact made a hole in the wall and Carter groaned softly in pain. "Why'd you have to startle me like that?" He asked, his voice laced with annoyance.

"Sorry about that, but you didn't answer my question." Weiss stated as he poked her head out of the curtain.

Carter then sighed to himself before slowly getting up from the floor. "No, I didn't." He said, a small blush of embarrassment on his face.

"Well, stop putting clothes on and get in here." Weiss said with another smirk.

Carter then softly nodded before slowly taking off the rest of his clothes, looking at the floor the whole time as Weiss stood in silence behind the curtain. After getting all of his clothes off- even the eyepatch- he slowly walked into the shower, his face beet red with embarrassment. He didn't know what to do at that point.

Weiss giggled as she looked at him before placing a hand on his right cheek. "We used to do this all the time when we were younger, right?" She asked with a smile.

"Yeah, but we're older now. It's different... I'm different." Carter stated as the blush faded, but he looked down to his feet.

"Just because you're a little less organic doesn't make you any less of a friend, or any less of a lover." Weiss stated, stepping towards Carter.

Carter looked at her with a baffled look. He didn't know what to say. Did she just confess to him, or was it just a generalization as to say that he'd be good to anyone else in the future? He then took a deep breath before putting his right hand on her hand that was on his cheek with a smile.

"Was that a confession that I heard?" He asked with a smirk, his demeanor completely flipping on its head. He felt newfound confidence in her words.

Weiss then looked at him in the eyes with a small blush, yet nodding her head up and down. Carter didn't know if it was the steam making his face hot, or the feelings that he had. Nevertheless, Carter plunged himself towards Weiss, pressing his lips on her's. He wasn't too forceful or too soft, it was just right somehow.

It was both of their first kisses, but you could almost see the sparks fly. As the hot water washed over their bodies, they slowly pulled away after a moment. They looked into each other's eyes with smiles on both of their faces and sighed in happiness in unison.

Carter's bangs hung a little over his eyes and he laughed to himself softly as Weiss pushed them out of the way. She had said to him when they were younger that she'd always liked his eyes. He didn't know how she could've then, and he certainly didn't in that hot shower.

"You know, being with you right here... is like a dream come true." Weiss said as she wrapped her arms around Carter's neck.

"Same here, Snowflake." Carter stated, wrapping his arms around Weiss' waist and pressing his forehead softly against her's.