Sorry for skipping Sunday, but my computer broke and by the time it was fixed I figured I might as well just wait until now. So in return, you guys get an extra shippy chapter.
Ruby almost yelped as she felt the heavy weight of a blanket fall across her shoulders. Sniffling, she turned to see Weiss settling down beside her.
"Weiss?" Ruby tried her hardest to keep her hands from shaking as she signed the name, to quietly wipe at the fresh tears that she seemed to wake up to on a nightly basis, to perk up enough so that she wouldn't be too obvious.
"I can hear you crying in my sleep." The statement might have been considered offensive to people who didn't know Weiss well, but Ruby knew there wasn't any real bite to it, and could even feel the worry lacing the edges. "What were you dreaming about?"
Ruby shrugged even under Weiss' glare. She really didn't know by now; her dreams were to chaotic to comprehend. All she could recall were flashes of fire, smoke and grim mixed with frantic screams, and a low sinister voice watching over it all.
Weiss sighed, shifting so she could cover herself in the blanket too. The two sat in a comfortable silence and Ruby couldn't help but notice how the moonlight drifting through the window highlighted Weiss' eyes.
"How long has this been going on? Exactly." Weiss asked, her eyes piercing into Ruby's.
Ruby shrugged again, looking out towards the night sky.
"Ruby." Weiss warned, her voice low.
"A while." Ruby signed her answer with a subdued resignation.
"Have you talked to Yang about it yet?"
Ruby shook her head, and Weiss sighed again.
"You're such an idiot."
Ruby simply leaned against Weiss' shoulder, soaking in the assurance that she wasn't alone.
For once, Weiss returned the gesture, shifting some of her weight for Ruby to support. Ruby didn't bother to acknowledge it, her eyes already sliding shut with ease. A part of her recognized that it was unusual for her to fall back asleep so readily, but that part was lost in the soft warmth exuding from Weiss.
"Goodnight." Weiss froze at the sleepy mumble that rang through the silence, the voice unfamiliar. Her eyes found their way to Ruby, who was now asleep with a peaceful smile.
"Dolt. You can't just out and say something when you're half asleep." Weiss snorted, a small smile on her face. "Who does that anyways?"
The two were woken up by Blake in the morning, a knowing smile on the faunus' face that both Weiss and Ruby did their best to ignore.
Weiss also feigned indifference to the small note she found stuffed in her binder later that day.
"Thank you. Last night was nice."
Funny thing, when I first started this, I didn't have any overarching plot or anything that I was planning, it was whatever came to me. Except that now, I more or less actually have an ending point and plot for this. There's still going to be fluff and filler sprinkled in between, and it will still be sporadic in a sense, the plot is slowly going to appear, so enjoy!