Beacon parking lot,

Weiss

Conflicting emotions waged war inside the mind of the heiress as her and her partner departed Beacon academy. Manifestations of her own insecurity. What she was doing right now would disgrace her father. Her whole life had been taught to trust everything he said. But all he ever gave her was hurt, sadness and grief. But her partner gave her alien feelings that she never knew existed. Safety, caring and compassion. Those were things that her father had promised her ever since she was a child. But she had never obtained any of those things. They quickly made their way over to a Schnee owned limousine, earning a gasp from her partner. They quickly stepped inside, her partner still ogling over the material wealth. Fine leather upholstery, one way windows, and a chauffer. All of these things were new to Ruby. She hadn't grown up poor, but she certainly never grew up with this kind of stuff. Her small form wriggled around in the seat, the soft and well kept leather almost causing her to purr like a kitten. A quick voice from in front of her caused her attention to jolt away from her adorable partner.

"Good evening Miss Schnee. Where will I be taking you two girls today?" The chauffeur asked politely, as though he had known Weiss for quite a while. While it was normal for a chauffeur to be polite to those he was driving around in order to keep his job, his voice seemed different.

"As to you sir. If you wouldn't mind, we'll just be heading into downtown Vale if you'd be so kind as to bring us there first." She replied courteously, trying to return the kindness that he had displayed to her.

After the limousine began to lurch forward, the heiress diverted her attention back to her partner who was still preoccupied rubbing herself against the seat, oblivious to anyone or anything around her. A smile covered her face, causing Weiss to return a small smirk. Her partner was so innocent and cute when she wasn't threatening someone's life or rushing to Weiss's side.

"I know that it's nice Ruby, but do you really need to continue rubbing yourself against the seat? It can't be that nice can it?" She asked confused, wondering why her partner was getting such satisfaction to the seat.

"It's just so comfortable Weiss! How can you not love these seats?" Her partner replied energetically, her body still sliding around on the seat.

"I don't know. I guess I've just been desensitized to them, seeing as I've been around them all my life." She replied coldly, her choice of words coming back to bite her. She had been desensitized to more than just these seats.

"But they're so awesome Weiss! They're soft and warm and…" Her voice slowly faded away as Weiss's mind trailed to thoughts of other things. Thoughts of her partners embrace, and how it felt. She felt so soft and warm. How was she ever going to tell her how she really felt? She couldn't just downright tell her because she wasn't sure she felt the same way. And if she didn't feel the same way, then that would just result in her getting awkward glances from the rest of the team. She'd have to find out if she even had feelings for her before she tried to make a move.

"We are here Miss Weiss. Where would you like me to wait?" The chauffeur asked politely, the car having come to a stop in downtown Vale.

"Oh, you mustn't wait for us. I will simply message you once we are ready to return as we are most likely to spend the rest of the day here. Thank you for the offer though." She answered, checking her scroll. The number for the limousine was already added to her scroll, so she could contact him when they did indeed want to head home.

"You two girls take care of each other alright? Your father would be most disappointed if something was to happen to you Miss Schnee." He announced as their doors popped open, allowing the two girls to get out. The time had passed by so fast. How long had she been zoned out for? They watched as the limousine drove away, disappearing around a bend before they began to walk.

"Where are we going first Weiss?" Her partner asked joyfully, her trademark smile still beaming across her face.

"I thought that you had this day planned out already, seeing as you invited me on it back at Beacon." She defended happily, not really caring whether or not they had a plan.

"I guess we're just going to have to wing it huh? Do you like coffee Weiss?" Her partner asked as she pointed a finger towards a nearby store.

"Coffee sounds amazing" she replied, a smile crossing her face. Although Ruby didn't really point it out when she said it, this was like they were going on a date. A one sided date, but it was something to start on. Something that could bring light to the darkness that consumed her life. Her partner was nearly skipping, the joy and content in her step evident. Weiss trailed slightly behind, smiling at her partner. She longed for her partner's ability to be happy no matter what happened. She no longer wore her normal combat attire, instead dressing in more casual civilian clothing. Red and black were the only colours showing, fitting her perfectly. Weiss bore her normal civilian clothing, seeing as her combat attire was currently being washed after yesterday's entire fiasco. They entered the café side by side, quickly approaching the counter and ordering themselves each a cup of coffee. Weiss took hers with as little as she could muster, trying to seem as professional as what was expected of her. Ruby, however, filled her coffee with as much sugar as she could before she earned a stern glance from her partner, warranting her to stop. Weiss settled upon a double double, while ruby took three creams and more sugar than a coffee would need. Maybe that was how she managed to maintain her constant upbeat personality. They took a seat next to a window, the sunlight scattering against the ground as it filtered through the blinds. Weiss let out a long breath as she sat down, struggling to keep her thoughts in a somewhat organized fashion.

"How do you take your coffee so light Weiss?" Her partner asked, sparking a conversation

"How do you take your coffee so sweet? I mean, doesn't the thought of your health ever pass through your mind?" She replied, not seeing a response to her question.

"Well yeah, but it just tastes so good. Have you ever tried adding a ton of sugar to your coffee Weiss?" She asked, receiving a questionable glance from her partner.

"No, I haven't, and I don't quite have the intention of ever trying. And besides, I like the coffee that I have right now."

"Are you sure you don't want to try it Weiss? It's actually pretty good." Her partner asked kindly, extending the coffee towards her.

She took the cup from her partner's hand and looked into it. It looked like your every day, common cup of coffee. The dark yellow color, the stains along the side of the cup. The cup looked completely ordinary. She placed her lips to the rim, tilting the cup back ever so slightly. The taste was different, but it was certainly good. She returned the cup back to her partner's hand, letting the taste sink in. It didn't even taste like coffee. But she could certainly get used to the taste.

"Sooooo..?" Her partner asked with a grin, her sweet voice only adding to Weiss's thoughts.

"It was alright, but I don't think I could get used to it" she lied, her egotistic nature still interfering.

"Aww, you looked like you actually liked it Weiss. Are you lying to me?" Her partner asked jokingly, taking another few swigs from her cup.

"What are we going to do after this? What did you have planned Ruby?" She asked, looking down to her normal, bland coffee that she had grown up on.

"Well, I got us tickets to see two movies at four until ten. But until then, I really don't know. What time is it Weiss?" She asked as she brought out her scroll, checking to see the time. "It's only three. That gives us what? Forty five minutes?" She asked, getting a nod from her partner. "Do you want to go for a walk? It'll help us pass the time better."

Thoughts returned to Weiss's mind, picking apart what her partner was asking. She brought her out for coffee and then to a movie? It could very well be that Ruby was bringing her out as a friend, but it just seemed odd. She'd have to find out what Ruby was thinking one of these days. She wasn't sure if maybe her leader had feelings back, but if she did, Weiss would find out.

"I'd love to. Just let me finish this coffee up first." She motioned towards her barely touched cup. "Do you think you could pass me the sugar?" She asked, receiving a smile from her partner.

Vale walkway,

Thirty minutes later,

Weiss

The walk thus far had been uneventful. The duo had been mostly silent, Weiss's attitude not helping the situation. Ruby had tried to start several conversations, but she had replied with one and two word answers, causing the newly forming conversations to wilt away as fast as they had begun. Ruby's happy look still covered her face despite being shut down by her partner. They had been walking down a slightly forested path, one that was rather rare in downtown Vale, but they had found one surprisingly fast. Now that she thought of it, they had found it too fast. They had headed down random alleyways and still managed to find it without them becoming lost even once. Maybe the impromptu day out wasn't so impromptu after all.

"Hey Weiss, are you feeling better after what happened yesterday?" Ruby asked from out of the blue, tearing Weiss away from her flurry of thoughts.

"I'm never going to completely heal from that Ruby. I really trusted him, and I nearly died for it. It wasn't even my fault! They wanted to kill me for reasons that I never caused. They wanted to kill me to get at you!" She yelled, a section of her self control breaking away, the strain that she had placed on it being too much for her to handle.

"What? They wanted to kill you just so that they could get at me? Weiss, you're not telling me something. You can talk to me, you can trust me. I care about you. I don't want to see you like this." Her partner spoke sincerely, her voice dropping down to a small and comforting tone, as though she was speaking to a child. It was rather quiet on the path, and they had only seen two other living souls on the path the whole time they had been on it.

"He said the same thing Ruby! He told me I could trust him, and I almost died. I would have died yesterday if you hadn't showed up. I hate him Ruby! I hate what he did to me!" She yelled, anger pouring out. She had broken. She coiled like a spring, and Ruby ventured too close. Now her partner was caught in the crossfire. Her thoughts became blurred as to who she was talking about. Not even she knew who she was talking about. Was she yelling at Mark or her father? She felt her partner's arms wrap around her body, pulling her in.

"He was a terrible person Weiss. He was, and he still is. But I'm not him. I want to be better than him. It's hard for you to trust anyone right now, but please, just let me be here for you. Forget about him. Forget everything that he did to you. He did nothing positive for you." She whispered, trying to calm her partner. Weiss wrapped her arms around her partner, pulling herself deeper into her partner's arms. She gave her partner a quick thank you and buried her head into her partner's shoulder. Ruby was her home. Somewhere she could feel safe, somewhere that she felt like she was really cared about. She was the place where she turned to when she needed something, somewhere she was always welcome.

"Are you feeling better Weiss? We don't have to leave until you're better." Her partner asked, once more stirring up her partner's emotions. Weiss didn't want to leave here. She was more than happy to stay here. But her partner had bought her tickets to a movie and she wasn't going to disappoint her.

"Yeah, I'm good. Thank you Ruby." She replied, letting herself free from her partner's arms. "Let's get going. We don't want to miss the movie do we?"

"I don't, but you seemed pretty happy staying right there Weiss." Her partner replied with a smirk, causing Weiss's heart to skip beats. Did she know? She had to know that she had feeling for her. Her wording couldn't imply anything different. But how could she know? Sure, she had come along with her, and they had hugged a few times, but those things were far from obvious.

"What do you mean, I seemed happy staying there? She asked, trying to squeeze as much information as she could.

"I have my ways of finding things out" her partner replied innocently, stirring up even more questions. "Anyways, the movie starts in ten minutes, and we'll probably miss the good seats. Let's get going."

Weiss's legs began to move, her mind occupied elsewhere. How did her partner know?

Vale theatre,

Weiss

They entered the theatre, the massive lobby dwarfing their small bodies. They treaded over to the till as Ruby pulled out two tickets, handing them over to the person behind the till.

"The plot isn't really the best, but the acting is certainly amazing" the female worker addressed as she threw the tickets into the machine, returning them with a large red "C" in the middle. "Is that all for you girls today?"

"Yeah, that'll be all. Thank you." Ruby replied as she took the tickets back and began towards theatre number five, Weiss trailing behind. They managed to find the theatre with five minutes to spare, quickly entering the theatre. Most of the seats were unoccupied, and upon seeing this, Ruby let out a long, relaxed breath. They quickly rushed up, grabbing two upper-middle seats. Pre-show advertisements played through as they got situated into their seats.

"Ruby, are these two movies really going to be six hours long?" Weiss asked confused, unsure if partner was being serious or not. Six hours seemed like too long for two movies.

"Uh uh. They're both two and something hours long, and there's two of them. So yeah, I hope you don't mind that I pulled you out of your room to sit here and watch movies with me for the next six hours Weiss" she answered with a sheepish grin, clearly anticipating her teammates anger. Instead, she was met with a smile.

"I trust that these movies will be good enough to warrant my time" she replied before leaning back into her seat, taking in the pre-show advertisements. Although they weren't interesting, they were something for her to look at, and right now, that was better than nothing. The movie began shortly after, the beginning of a long journey ahead. The story followed the life of a huntress in training and her team as they braved the life of training to become hunters and huntresses and ended with the death of her whole squad. Ruby ended up in tears, but Weiss had slept through most of the movie. Somewhere around the point where they were studying for a test they had on the next day had her out like a light. As they exited the theatre and entered the lobby once more, Ruby was still in shambles, trying to hold back tears.

"What's the big deal Ruby? Why are you almost crying?"

"That movie Weiss, what if that happens to us one day? What if all of you guys die because I made a mistake? What if I end up getting all of you guys killed?" She asked, her voice showing signs of terror that she'd never shown before. But why was she this riled up?

"It's fine Ruby. You're not going to get us killed." She replied, although comfort was not her strongest point. "Speaking of movies, what is the other one we're going to watch?"

"It's some comedy romance one." She replied, getting a questionable glance from her partner. "Come on, what's a night out on the town without a romantic comedy?" She asked, trying to recover from her mid day terror.

"They have a name for it Ruby. It's called a night on the town. Also, are you going to be alright? I don't really see you as the kind of person who gets so easily upset over a movie." She asked as concerned as she could manage, hoping that her partner would just get over it.

"I just don't want to think about that happening Weiss. I really don't want to think about it." She replied as she trudged over to the till, getting their next batch of tickets signed before waving her partner over. They made their way into yet another theatre, once more consumed by darkness. They sat down, side by side in the upper middle, basically in the same place as last time. Couples began to funnel into the theatre one by one, causing a knot to form up in the heiress's chest. Did Ruby actually know that she had feelings for her? She'd been acting too suspicious today for her to say that she didn't with certainty. But she hadn't actively done anything. She could've simply been doing things that came to her as a first reaction and not as some form of messaging. Weiss decided that she had to test the ice, try to find out if her partner really did feel something in return. She rested her head against her partner's shoulder, receiving nothing as subtle as a shake or a push away. Her ear rested nicely against her partner's collarbone, her eyes still somewhat set on the screen. She felt the comforting hand of her partner place itself against her hair, beginning small, circular motions. Weiss nearly melted into her partner then and there, the sheer comfort she was providing was immeasurable. She pulled herself in closer, trying to achieve more from her black haired teammate. She received nothing more. No more signs that she had feelings as well. She merely placed her head back on her partner's collarbone, the same, comforting hand being placed upon her snow white hair. Moments later, her conscience faded once more into nothing, allowing her mind to wander.

Vale theatre,

Three hours later,

Weiss

Weiss awoke from her spot on Ruby's arm just as the movie was ending, immediately noticing the smiling face of her partner. Her fingers rubbed their way across her eyes, her eyes having an easy time adjusting to the low light. Her eyes traced their way over to the screen, the credit reel already beginning.

"Rise and shine sleepy head" Ruby announced joyfully, her legs already rising to stand. She extended a hand to pull her partner to her feet, to which she accepted. Pins and needles surged down her legs as blood rushed back, reminding her that she was still a member of the living.

"How long was I asleep for?" She moaned, the normal punch she packed in her voice lacking.

"Well, you missed the entire movie, so I'd say a little over three hours. Movie wasn't great though. You didn't miss much." She replied as she walked down the stairs, back towards the lobby. Weiss trekked after her, pulling out her scroll and sending off a message to her chauffeur letting them know to meet them just down the road. She needed to get her legs back in use before she sat back down for another hour or so. They could've taken an airship down to Vale, but that was variable. Sometimes the airship was there and waiting for you. Sometimes it took it two hours for it to show up. It was just rolling the dice on if the airship was actually there when you needed it. Once they made it back outside and into the night, Weiss's arm extended towards the end of the road, letting her partner know where they were headed.

"I'm sorry for passing out on your arm in there Ruby. It's just that I'm kind of tired after what happened yesterday. I didn't really sleep well last night and…" Her apology was cut short by her partner, who gave her a quick shake of her head.

"Don't worry about it Weiss. To be quite honest with you, it was nice. I'd love to do it again sometime, as long as you promise to actually watch the movie with me instead of passing out. I paid money so that you could pass out in the chair you know." She answered jokingly, continuing their trek to the limousine.

A/N: Guys, I'm really sorry for this chapter being so late. I tried my hardest to make it as good as I could for you guys, and I'm not really impressed with how I wrote this chapter. Life got really really difficult for me over the last two days, and I really wanted to get a chapter up, but life intervened and I was unable despite my absolute craving to write another chapter. I really feel like I failed you guys with this chapter, and if I did, I'm really sorry. Life is just a cruel place.

We got a lot of reviews on the last chapter, and I really have to thank you guys. It really helps me out more than you guys can understand right now.

If you guys have any free time, go and check out yellowsign's writing. It's honestly amazing and is truly a good read. Better than mine I'd care to say.

Question of the day: did you guys feel as though this chapter was lacklustre? Also, do you believe that I should look around for a beta reader in order to improve the quality of my writing? I won't take hard to your answers. Feel free to be as cruel as you wish. I want to know if my real life is affecting my writing.

Shoutouts:

Noblemeta: It's nice to see you back here. You were the first review that I got on this story, and it's nice to know that it's good enough to keep you coming back. Anyways, onto the review itself. In this review, you basically state that you understand what I'm going through. So thank you. Thank you for knowing the strain that it puts us through to put up daily chapters. It's a daunting task that really strains you out emotionally. I hope to see your return in the near future, and once more, thank you.

Shadowmanji: Welcome back Shadow. I'm not sure what the last chapter ended like. Maybe I should go back and read it. Also, thank you for your support. I hope that this chapter is good quality seeing as how long it took for me to get another chapter up, but life has really crushed my mood and I hope it doesn't bring down this story.

Agent224: Nice to see you coming back my friend. Sorry for not getting your shoutout on the last chapter. Seeing as you review as an anon, I need to moderate your review before I can see it. Anyways, onto the review. This chapter served as a point where Weiss realized that she was weak. She had believed that she was strong enough to do anything, but she learns the hard way that she can't. Did I make her too weak? Very possible. Also, there was no Ruby absolute stomping scene because I was all fight scened out. I just didn't have it in me. Anyways, thank you for the review and I hope to see you back soon.

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RoxyRoxas1313: Thank you for not getting mad over my OC's. They are just there to make plot and nothing more. Weak storytelling, I know. But I need a crutch to lean on sometimes. Anyways, about Weiss's father. We will see him eventually, yes. But don't look forward to him. That's all I can say.

Yellowsign: Thank you for your constant PM'ing and reviewing. It's been nice communicating with you. Last chapter and this chapter were certainly filler. I just wanted to calm the story down a bit. It'll pick up with plot again soon. Anyways, I'll try to keep chapters coming up as often as I can, but in my current mental condition, I'm not sure it'll be quick.

Rwbybomb21: Thank you for not getting mad at my filler. I'm afraid to move the plot right now, and I want to make sure I don't choke myself out of options. Right now, if you think this is my best work honestly, thank you. Life has been difficult, and I really appreciate your support.

Undoingtech: I tried to make the chapter as good as I could, while still trying to add in some plot. Those two points will be super refined later on, at least I hope. Also, no, there was no MLP reference in there. It's one thing I refuse to watch. If there was one, good for that I suppose, but it certainly wasn't intentional.

Blitzkrizer: I kinda did that with this chapter, and I'm sorry my friend. I want to get out good chapters, but my mind is strained and hurting. I'll try to make them as good as possible, but I may need to begin searching for a beta reader.

Tatya1999: Nice to know you're still kicking with me friend. I've been trying to keep my real life out of this story as much as I can, but I'm so emotionally dead that I don't know if it's affecting the story or not. I really hope that you are still enjoying these chapters still, as that is my number one concern right now.

Kymeara: Hello my friend. Thank you for the review and hopefully many more to come. In regards to your review, what did you mean when you said 'guilty pleasure'? Who you be so kind as to clarify?