The following morning Weiss woke up with a resolve. She would learn more about Rouvin Rose! And the first person she'd talk to will be Yang, his sister. She completed her usual morning rituals before heading down for breakfast. Weiss was surprised to see her father still at the table but otherwise, it was a normal morning.

It was a Friday so she had the first class with Yang together. When she arrived at the School she saw Yang still at the parking lot. She was waiting together with Blake and waved as soon she took notice of Weiss.

As soon as she was in reach Yang pulled her in a bear hug.

"I'm so sorry for what happened yesterday. I should have been with you when that creep attacked you!" Yang was so busy with apologizing, she didn't notice the girl she was hugging was turning blue.

"Yang….need….oxygen… can't breath"

Letting go of her victim she scratched embarrassed at her neck.

"Sorry Weiss didn't mean to kill you."

"It's…pant….fine….don't….worry."

After Weiss recovered from her near death experience

Yang started talking again. "Weiss are you really okay? You didn't get hurt right?"

Weiss put her hand on Yang's shoulder in a calming gesture" I'm fine Yang, your brother saved me before he could do anything."

Yang's expression changed. From worried and guilty to scared then relief. Weiss didn't know why but Yang never did mention Rouvin before. She swallowed. "He did?" Weiss nodded. "I guess that explained their argument last night."

"Argument?" Weiss asked. She thought everything was alright now. She had explained everything to them. It wasn't Rouvin's fault.

"Yeah. All of the guests had gone home and I was seeing Mercury off, when he came running down stairs, with our parents following suit. They were shouting at each other." Weiss frowned. That was not good. "Saying some things from the past. After a couple of minutes of shouting. He grabbed his car keys and left. I'm guessing he stayed at our uncle's place last night." There was a hint of worry in her tone. It gave relief to Weiss knowing that Yang cared about her brother.

"Well, as much as I want to listen to you two talk about someone I have no idea about." Blake started. Gaining the attention of the two. "We should get going, or else we'll be late." She said as she turned towards the school door. "And Weiss…"

"Yes?"

"If I see Neptune, his a dead man." Blake then gave her a gentle smile. Making Weiss smile. The two then followed Blake in.

The went on like normal. Weiss hadn't got a chance to talk to Yang after their class together. Deciding to ask at lunch she pushed her worries to the back of her mind and focused on the class lessons. Arriving at her fourth and final class for the morning, she heads over to her seat when she noticed that the usual empty seat beside her had an occupant today. Looking at the person, who was resting his head in his arms, his breathing was slow but normal, clearly sleeping. Looking closely she recognized him. It was Rouvin. She didn't even remember that she had a class with him. All through out current school year that seat had been empty and she had thought no one sat there, but now here he was. Sleeping right next to her.

He was still wearing his clothes from last night, indicating that he hadn't gone home yet to change. As the room starts to fill with students, murmurs and whispers could be heard. Some pitying Weiss stating that she's unlucky having to sit beside the school's delinquent. Some saying what happened last night. Giving her confirmation that rumors had already started. When the professor arrived the noises slowly died down. He then approached Rouvin and hit him on the head with a rolled paper, just enough to wake the sleeping teen. Rouvin yawned and sat up, stretching his arms.

"Good of you to join us, Mr. Rose." The professor said.

Still blinking his sleep away, Rouvin looked up to the professor. "Well, detention ended early, figured I'd show up here, Professor Watts."

"Yes well, that's smart of you. Let's see if you can catch up." Rouvin yawned and nodded. Professor Watts the begun the lecture.

Weiss listened and took down notes for a good 20 minutes before glancing at Rouvin, who was resting his chin on his hand. He then glances at Weiss and locked gazes. Just like that Weiss could feel her heart beat faster and her mind going blank. She couldn't look away. Those silver eyes pulling her, hypnotizing her with no effort. He then blinked and turned away, making Weiss frown. She tried to shake her disappointment away and focus on the lesson, but she couldn't. The rest of the class was nothing but a blur to Weiss. All she could think of were those silver eyes staring at her.

By lunch time, Weiss arrived at their usual table. There were Nora, Ren, and Blake already having lunch. Weiss sat down beside Blake when Nora and Ren greeted her.

"Hey, Weiss. How are you feeling?" Nora asked.

"We heard what happened last night," Ren added.

"I'm fine." Weiss replied. "slightly shaken, but otherwise fine."

"That's good to know," Ren said.

"Yeah, you were lucky Neptune arrived on time to help you," Nora added.

"What?!" Weiss looked at them confused, Blake raising an eyebrow.

"That's not what Yang and Weiss told me." Blake cut in.

"Well, apparently that's what everyone's saying," Jaune said as he arrived with Pyrrha.

"Hello." Pyrrha greeted. Jaune then sat beside Ren and Pyrrha sat next to him. "It's sad that people judge him for his appearance." she then turns to Weiss. "Mind telling us what really happened last night?"

Weiss nodded. "I plan too." Weiss then explained to them what happened last night. "And that's what happened."

The whole table was silence while everyone processed what they were just told.

The silence was broken by Jaune.

"So you say that everything Neptune told was a complete lie and Rouvin was the one who saved you, Right?"

Weiss nodded in his direction confirming the statement.

"Exactly, and that's why I won't stand by while that creep spreads those false rumors. That's just wrong."

Everyone could just nod to it, except Nora who jumped on the table shouting "Let's break his legs! No one comes away with such crimes against the friends of the Queen!"

Trying to calm his girlfriend Ren placed a hand on her shoulder and sighed.

"Nora you can't break his legs. Violence is no solution."

"Buuut Rennyyyy, he is evil! We have to punish him!"

"Nora…. We'll think of another way." Seeing his girlfriend jumped down from the table he also continued to eat.

Even if they didn't say it, it was obvious none of them disagreed with Nora.

The table calmed down and the conversation continued, this time it was Pyrrha who spoke up after closely watching Weiss.

"You seem to care surprisingly much about Rouvin. I don't say that's bad but as far as I know, you never met each other before."

Weiss cheeks turned a light pink from her friend observation but kept her composure.

"Well, that's not entirely true."

Getting the attention from all her friends, she sighed and explained what she meant.

"This was already the second time he saved me. The first time was about a week ago when I was attacked by a burglar in the park. I wanted to talk to him and thank him afterward but never got the chance."

"And that's why you were sighing that much the past few days right?" It was Blake who got to that conclusion

Nodding Weiss continued "Exactly. And it's really sad to see how he is framed as the bad one. After he helped me and ran away with me I wanted to talk with him and tripped, he caught me but the police officer who was driving by immediately assumed he was attacking me and wanted to arrest him."

Blake crossed her arms and nodded "I can see why you care so much, and honestly I never saw him do something bad. I mean I heard he got in some fights but never the reason for them."

"Yeah, I can remember that he once helped me with my homework when I was in the library. He never expected anything, he just helped me when he saw I was struggling." Said the blond boy.

Blake also added "I also see him often in the library studying or just reading"

Weiss was surprised to hear that her friends also had positive experiences with Rouvin.

"Honestly I don't think he really is a delinquent, It's more like everyone is just judging him for his looks without knowing him."

They were so deep in thought about their conversation, that none of them noticed Yang until she was sitting beside Blake.

"Hey guys"

"Hi Yang, what took you so long?"

"Oh, I was just talking with my brother a bit, had to make sure he was fine, after last night."

Now that they thought about it, Weiss told them that Rouvin was Yang's half-brother.

"You never told us Rouvin was your brother. I'm quite surprised that you never mentioned him." Asked the champion.

Yang was quiet for a while until she just sighed. "So Weiss told you about last night?" everyone nodded and she continued. "Then you surely have noticed that we aren't really close. Well not anymore." She got always sad thinking about the situation her brother was in.

Weiss remembered the picture she saw, in the picture they looked like a happy family without problems.

Seeing her friend so sad hurt Blake, so she put a comforting hand on her hand.

"What do you mean with not anymore?"

Yang hesitated a bit before answering. "Well a few years ago a lot of shit happened and Rouvin started to distance himself from me. He said he didn't want to drag me in his problems. He started to build a wall around himself. His relationship with our parents just got worse and now everything they do is argue."

Weiss couldn't help but feel sympathy for her friend and sad for Rouvin. She was thinking how lonely it is, being judged everywhere he goes, even at home.

Then she remembered about Cinder.

"Yang, who is Cinder? She seemed pretty close with Rouvin." Yang brightened up, even if it's just a bit at the mention of Cinder.

"Oh she and Rouvin used to date, but now they are just really close friends."

Weiss couldn't help but feel bothered hearing they used to date. She felt a slight pain but didn't give it too much thought.

"Mom and Dad also trust her, a lot," Yang added.

They continued to talk through out lunch. Though Weiss couldn't think straight with her thoughts wondering to the thought of Rouvin and Cinder. Thinking of how Rouvin would look at her, how his eyes look and cherish her, how his voice would be so gentle and smooth, how he'd wrap his arms arm her protectively, how he'd kiss her. Rouvin and her. Weiss snapped out of her thoughts when the bell rang. Shaking her thoughts away she followed her friends back to class.

The day was uneventful until their second to the last class. Down the halls, a huge teen with burnt-orange hair that was combed backward with a slight peak at the front, and indigo eyes. He was pushing a boy with a tanned complexion, freckles, and black hair into a locker.

"Great, Cardin's on it again," Blake said. Weiss looked at the bully as he successfully pushed the smaller boy in locking him. Cardin laughed, saying something about how he should have done his homework for him. Cardin Winchester was the school's local bully. Always seen with his peers causing trouble and scaring freshmen students. Most of the student body avoid him, to avoid being his target. Just when Blake and Weiss were about to leave and avoid trouble, they notice Cardin stumble backward a bit before clutching his fists.

"HEY!" he called out. Before realizing who pushed him. His glare turns to regret. Standing in front of the locker was none other than Rouvin. In most cases, Cardin would have thrown a punch now, but not this time. A round a year ago, Cardin had decided to target Rouvin, where he greatly regrets. He got pummeled so bad that he feared the silver eyed boy.

"Hey what?" Rouvin replied, glaring at Cardin.

"N-nothing." Cardin turns and walks away with his tail between his legs.

Rouvin then turns back to the locker and opens it, allowing the boy out. He then picked up the boys bag and hand it to him. "Here you go, Oscar."

"Thanks," Oscar replied. Their tone was with familiarity like this wasn't the first time they met like this.

"Didn't I told you to avoid him?"

"Yeah. He caught me off guard today."

Just when Rouvin was to comment, Blake and Weiss had decided to talk approach them.

"Are you alright?" Blake asked Oscar. Rouvin and Oscar turn to them.

"Yes. I'm fine, thanks to Rouvin." Oscar replied. Blake nodded then turns to Rouvin.

"It's nice to know someone who can stand against bullying like that," she commented. Rouvin shrugged.

"It was nothing. He's afraid of me anyway." Rouvin said as Oscar chuckled.

Now, this closed to Rouvin, it was Weiss' chance to talk to him. Get to know him. "Rou-" Weiss was cut off by Rouvin himself.

"Hold that thought," he said as he walked past her. Turning to the direction he was looking at she saw Cinder looking at Rouvin. Rouvin approached her and took the books she was carrying. She then giggled and said something. They both turned to the opposite direction and Cinder warped her arms around Rouvin's free hand and walked.

Weiss felt a great pain at the sight.

She kept looking after them until she couldn't see them anymore.

When they were out of sight she turned to Blake who had a sly smile and was looking at her with knowingly.

"What?"

Shaking the head Blake couldn't help but chuckle "I didn't know you had a thing for bad boys."

"I..I don't know what you are talking about! I was merely curious why he just left." Crossing her arms Weiss turned to leave, but the blush on her face told her Black-haired friend everything she needed to know. Blake followed her flustered friend, but one last thought went through her head before she entered the next classroom.

Let's see how this will play out. The next few month will certainly be interesting.