Sorry that this one jumps around a bit. I just thought all you guys might want to see how everyone is coping with what's happening. This one's a bit shorter than the others due to the nature of it, but this length shouldn't b As always, review, PM me and all that jazz.

Weiss sat in the blank, cold room that her bed-ridden lover resided in. She watched intensely for any movement from the yellow head, eyes always drifting back to the slow rising and descending of her chest. Every so often a slight grunt would emanate from her, but she wouldn't move. Weiss refused the pleas of her friends and the advice the doctors had given her to get some rest, wanting instead to be by Yang's side in case she woke up. Even Glynda, who everyone had thought to not care as much as the rest appeared one day to ask Weiss to return to school. Eventually, she was graced by a visit from Ozpin, who she still turnt down, refusing to leave the room.

"You're my little matchstick. Come on Yang, you can do this." She rubbed her hand lightly, and before long, found herself falling asleep in the same chair she'd been in all day.

Ruby and Blake returned to the academy together, not too long after they were told that Eric and Yang would be alright. They'd returned to class as normal, but had professor Oobleck as their teacher because Glynda left to talk to Weiss. Blake looked at her girlfriend and couldn't help but notice that the only way the redhead was stopping herself from crying was by tearing up the classrooms supply of paper. Eventually, her feet were covered in torn paper, as well as the desk she was sat at. Her eyes were bloodshot, her cheeks red, with little streak marks where she'd previously cried, her no longer being able to. Blake didn't look much better herself. Her normally glowing eyes had faded to a dull yellow, and her cheeks were a bright red as well.

"Umm, are you guys alright?" A voice appeared from their side. Ruby didn't turn, instead tearing up her paper while staring at the wall in front of her. Blake looked to her right to see Jaune and Pyrrha sat in the seats normally occupied by Yang and Eric.

"Y-yeah." She rubbed her sore eyes. "We're fine."

"What happened? If you don't mind me asking." Pyrrha asked.

"Erm….Yang and Eric are in hospital." At that moment Blake's scroll hummed a small tune. Not caring for Oobleck, she pulled it out to find a text from Eric saying that he's up and about. "Scratch that. Eric's awake."

"Where's he now?"

"Lemme ask him." She quickly tapped something into her scroll and a few minutes later he replied simply with "Junior's club." She laughed a little, then showed the couple next to her, one laughing as well, while the other looked grumpy.

"Why he didn't ask if I want to go, I'll never know, will I?" Jaune sank into his chair, arms across his chest. Pyrrha and Blake simply laughed at him, while Ruby was in her own little world.

What if she doesn't survive? A voice rang in the scythe wielders head.

She'll survive. Something else replied

Are you sure about that?

Of course I am. It's Yang for crying out loud. She can survive anything.

But she did get hit pretty badly.

She'll survive.

Don't place your hopes too high.

Yang won't die!

People do die. Remember your mother. She died.

Don't you dare involve her in this!

So did your dad. Yang's dad. There seem's to be a slight pattern of family members dying here. Tears rolled down Ruby's face.

She will die. I can promise you that.

"No!" She cried, loud enough to disturb the entire class. She bolted out of seat and out the classroom, a few people calling her name.

I can't help but notice that you haven't even thought for the safety of Eric.

I don't need to! Blake said he's okay!

Yes, true. She did say that. What if she was trying to make you feel better? She is your lover after all. Oh, maybe she'll die-

Shut up! Don't you dare say that! Ruby snapped out of her inner conflict to find her fist through a wall, and just next to her, in a small puddle of her own tears, was her girlfriend, inches away from her fist. But that isn't what scared Ruby the most. What scared her the most was the fact that Blake was shivering, and the pose she had made it seem as though she was flinching away from Ruby. She looked around to see that they were only outside the classroom, and the members of JNPR were poking their heads out the door, all eyes wide with shock, some with their hands over their mouth. She looked back towards Blake, her eyes bloodshot, cheeks streaky. She took a closer look at her before it struck her. Her cheeks were bruised, her lip cut and her eye swollen. Ruby pulled herself away in fear, holding her hands against her mouth, trying to stop her cries from echoing down the hallway. Blake stared at her, gently wiping her own cheeks with her hand. Pyrrha rushed towards Blake and attempted to help her up, only for Blake to wave her away. Blake shouted her name as Ruby sprinted down the corridor, leaving nothing but petals in her wake.

Weiss woke up as her scroll beeped in her pocket. Groaning, she pulled it out and flicked it open.

"A message from Pyrrha? Huh." She opened the message, squinting her eyes at the intensity of the light emanating from it. After waiting a few minutes for her eyes to adjust. she read the message in mere minutes. "My god Yang, we have a lot to tell you."