A/N: I'm sorry guys. I know this one isn't up to scratch, but I just couldn't get the ideas to work as well as I would have liked. I offer you this piece all the same, and two omakes to make up for it. Next week's chapter should be better.

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Hope you like it, guys.

The Last to Know

It wasn't that Weiss disliked Yang, Per se. In fact, lately she had found the golden-haired fighter had more depth than she had first thought, proving to be more than a playful thug and actually being relatively tolerable.

However, no matter what she was, what she wasn't was Weiss' partner. She hadn't studied with Ruby for just over a week, and Yang hadn't spent any time with Blake for a similar amount of time.

On top of that, Weiss realised it was starting to get difficult to even talk to her partner about classwork. What made matters worse was the fact that Weiss couldn't even speak to Ruby alone about her concerns - wherever Ruby was, Blake was too. The pair seemed to be inseparable these days, which was bizarre considering how much the faunus girl loved her privacy and space.

Another thing that had been more of an issue than Weiss expected, was that Ruby no longer even tried to hug the heiress after a particularly good team sparring match. Granted, Weiss hated personal contact with a passion, but that had never stopped Ruby constantly trying to win her over with hugs before.

Until recently, that is. Now, after every such occasion the younger girl ran straight to Blake, who seemed oddly willing to return said physical contact.

The heiress sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration. Something was going on, something that she didn't know about, and she felt it was beginning to have an impact on the team. She needed to speak to Ruby, and soon.

Yang looked up from the essay she'd been writing for Grimm studies, her brow furrowed with sudden concern. While the two didn't always get along, Yang still considered the heiress to be a friend of sorts - and apart from that, she was still her team-mate.

"Something wrong, Weiss?" The blonde's tone was light and cheerful, as always, but that seemed to aggravate the smaller girl further.

"No, you dolt!" Weiss snapped, immediately regretting it. She sighed again, changing her tone before speaking again.

"I'm sorry, that was...uncalled for. I'm just worried about Ruby, that's all."

"How so?" Yang turned on her bed, remaining cross-legged but facing Weiss - or at least, as much as she could when Weiss was a few feet lower. It seemed Beacon wasn't in a hurry to replace the bed that was ruined just over a week previously.

"How long has it been since either of us saw our partners individually? Ruby and Blake are always studying together, sparring together, and generally acting as if we are not involved. It's putting pressure on us, and I don't think it's acceptable."

Yang blinked at her. It didn't seem possible, but the proof was there - Weiss actually had no idea that Ruby and Blake were dating. Somehow, that piece of information had escaped the heiress' notice.

"Oh, that," Yang said nonchalantly, and turned back to her work. "Yeah, they've been dating for just over a week now."

"What?!" Weiss almost shrieked, and Yang looked at her in confusion.

"It's been over a week, Weiss, how-"

"No-one told me! How could no-one tell me? What do they think they're doing? This is completely unacceptable!" The heiress knew she was being unreasonable, but the news had taken her completely by surprise, and she was just as annoyed at herself for having missed the obvious as she was at everyone else for not telling her.

"Seriously Weiss, it's not that big a deal-"

"'Not that big a deal'?" Weiss echoed derisively. "It's a very big deal! It's a massive deal!" She threw her pen down with a sound of disgust, got up and headed to the dorm room door.

"I'm going to the library," She told Yang, her tone more defeated this time, and stormed out of the room.

"Well," Yang said to the empty room, "that was a thing."

Omake #1 - Holy shit, it's catching!

Everything had been fine. She could tolerate Ruby showering Blake with affection. The younger girl was overly-affectionate all the time anyway, so it was to be expected. She could just about tolerate Ruby kissing the faunus girl.

It became an issue when she saw Blake, a normally reserved and taciturn individual, show Ruby affection in return.

The other three girls looked at Weiss in confusion as the heiress crawled into the furthest corner of the room, dragging her duvet with her which she pulled up around her nose.

"Uh...Weiss?" Ruby asked.

"Don't come near me!" the heiress shouted. "It's clearly spreading!"

Yang laughed at the smaller girl's behaviour. "What's spreading? No-one's got-"

"Whatever it is she has!" she yelled, pointing an accusatory finger at Ruby. "She's got some vile affliction, and now she's passed it to Blake!"

Blake suddenly figured out what she was worried about.

"It's just affection, Weiss," she told the heiress reassuringly. "It happens when two people are dating." She emphasised the last word, as if the act of emphasis would make Weiss understand the concept.

"So you say," Weiss said defensively. "But how do I know you aren't just saying that, that your mind isn't being controlled by this affliction?"

"Are you going to stay there forever?" Ruby asked her, and Weiss shook her head.

"No, just until you two stop being so...mushy."

"So...you'll be there forever, then," Blake stated, flashing a loving smile at her girlfriend.

The others were silent for a few moments, until Weiss said what they were all thinking.

"Daaaaang."

Omake #2 - Weiss-Cream sundae

Weiss stood in the library, next to the last person she ever thought she would be telling her problems to. At least the shorter girl didn't interrupt, although it meant she was terrible at offering advice.

"So, there's the problem," Weiss said, after finishing her tale of woe. "I really need to talk to them, or at least just Ruby, but it's become so hard these days."

Neo thought for a moment. She had to admit, it was hardly her area of expertise, so she fell back on the one piece of advice she was sure would help.

She made an 'O' shape with her right-hand thumb and forefinger, and moved her other forefinger in and out of the circle. She shrugged afterwards, and smiled.

"I'm...not sure what that's meant to mean."

Neo sighed. Why did this always happen to her?

She made some lewd motions with her hips, and pointed furiously at Weiss. That worked last time. Sort of.

Shit, no it didn't, she told herself, but it was too late now.

Weiss looked horrified.

"You want me to do...that...with you?"

Neo buried her face in her palm. Beacon student, she thought, and not for the first time. They are so. Fucking. Dumb.

Neo threw her arms up in exasperated surrender, and nodded. Her expression suggested she'd had enough, which was accurate.

She wasn't prepared for Weiss grabbing her wrist and leading her out of the library.

"It's just this once and no-one ever hears about this," she told the mute girl imperiously.

Neo smiled, and allowed herself one cheerful thought.

Daaaaang.