A/N: This chapter took awhile for me to write, i rewrote it so many times. Anyway, I don't own RWBY

Chapter 6

After that first day Teams RWBY and JNPR fell into a routine, every morning Ruby would wake up her team, 'business Ruby' never made an appearance as Yang made sure she had adequate sugar throughout the day, then proceed to meet JNPR for breakfast in the cafeteria. Sure there were a few bumps in the road like Blake revealing that she was a cat faunus during an argument with Weiss, or Roman Torchwick's failed attempt at plunging Vale into a Grimm attack, but life resumed its normalcy after both of those events. But normalcy would never keep for long.

Saturdays were a relaxing day for young Ruby Rose, she always woke up early to get some hot water before her teammates hogged it all. She then proceeded to read her favorite books, all of which were the fairy tales Yang had read to her when she was younger, until . Blake woke up. The two girls would then make their way into the city of Vale for tea, it was time both of them treasured because it gave them time to relax and catch up with each other since their respective partners required alot of their time during the week whether it be Ruby's endless study sessions with Weiss or Blake pulling Weiss off of all the boys who dared to hit on her sweet and innocent sister.

This saturday however was anything but relaxing. The day had started out fine, but as they made their way into town a couple of boys from Signal academy walked up to them, one with slicked back platinum blond hair and a green emblem with snakes stitched onto his shirt, the other a brute of a man with a broken nose and a menacing grin always adorning his face. The two males walked up and greeted the girls an evil glint in their eyes.

"Well if it isn't the 'pride and joy' of Signal Academy," Sarcasm and menace evident in the blond boy's voice as he looks down on the young reaper. "I'm surprised you even sho you're face without your brute of a sister to protect you,"

"And I'm surprised to see you out of the hospital after Yang beat you senseless, guess you're father's money is good for something other than wiping your ass," Ruby retorts a smirk growing on her face at the angered face of her long time bully. "Let's go Blake, he isn't worth our time," She begins walking away but stops at the bully's next words.

"At least I never let my girlfriend die," he scoffs before walking away.

Ruby falls to her knees clutching at the pendent at her neck and begins sobbing. Blake hugs the younger girl awkwardly, having never comforted someone before she was at a comeplete loss at what to do so she just held the young team leader until the sobbing stopped.

"I'm sorry Blake," Ruby whimpers her face buried in the older girls shoulder. "I'm sorry I ruined you're Saturday,"

"Shh, it's ok, it is not you're fault. My day isn't ruined, come on let's go get our tea," She helps the young girl stand and they begin walking towards the cafe. Once seated they place their orders and an awkward silence falls on the duo. "So...want to talk about it?"

"Not really, but I think that I need too," Blake is silent waiting for Ruby to find the words to say. "I'm a le-lesbian," Blake laughs, having figured this out within the first few weeks of knowing the young girl. "Don't laugh at me," Ruby states with an embarrassed blush rising in her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I kinda already figured that part out. It's kind of obvious when you don't stare at my boyfriend's abs like Weiss and Yang do," the two girls laugh, the awkward atmosphere quickly disappearing as they do. "Don't worry, i don't think anyone else has realized it though. Does yang know?" Ruby nods enthusiastically before her smile drops off her face again.

"She found out when me an-" She stops as her sobs return again at the memories of Rote. Her hands clutching at the pendent again. "She found out when me and my girlfriend Rote told her about our relationship," Ruby starts recounting how she found out that she liked other girls, she told her of all the great times she had with Rote. "It happened about a year ago, we were going back to her dorm room after a movie, we had decided together that it was time to take our relationship to the next level. We told Yang the wrong time to come pick me up so that she wouldn't be able to interrupt our night," She stops the story to take a drink of her tea, both to calm down and to gather her thoughts. "We hadn't noticed the man following us, after we started to..well you know," Blake nods waiting for her friend to continue. "Well, after we started he snuck into the room, and before I knew what was happening, Rote had a sword through her heart and she died in my arms,"

Moving over to the distressed girl, Blake holds her again thoughts turning in her head as what Ruby said settle into her brain. "So, how did you survive?" Blake asks.

"Yang showed up earlier than what we had agreed on. She beat the man to near death before calling the cops. it's one of the few times her over protective nature saved my life," Pulling away from Blake, she returns to her now cold tea. "It took me months to stop crying myself to sleep. I threw myself into my studies to distract myself from the fact that I let her die,"

"Ruby Rose, do not blame yourself. It isn't your fault that this happened," Blake sternly states before asking the question she knew she would hate herself for asking, but curiosity did kill the cat. "Do you know why he did it,"

"Because he was a bigot," Ruby says angrily as she slams her fist onto the table, scaring the other customers. "He apparently worked at Signal and had seen me and Rote together. He did it because he couldn't let people be happy if it meant it went against what he deemed 'proper'. And he wasn't alone in his thinking,"

"What do you mean,"

"After me and Rote came out of the closet and went public with our relationship, I received death threats and I was bullied every day," Ruby states anger evident in every word. "I became depressed, I didn't want Yang to get in trouble for fighting so I didn't tell her. And i didn't want Rote to be worried so I kept it from her as well," Ruby breathes deeply for a bit to calm herself down before stating what could very well make the other girl hate her. "They only found out about it when I tried to kill myself,"

Blake takes a sharp breath, realizing the pain the bullying had caused. "How did Yang react to that,"

"Lets just say that Signal's dormitory had to be rebuilt once she was done with every single person that had bullied me. I was sent to a therapist for awhile after that," Ruby unconsciously rubs the scars at her wrist that are barely visible unless specifically looking for them. "Rote never left my side after that, she wouldn't even let me go to the bathroom by myself untill she was sure I wasn't depressed anymore,"

"Ruby," is the only thing the faunus was able to say still in shock over the confession. "Is this the reason you haven't told anyone at Beacon about your...preferences," Ruby just nods meekly still rubbing her wrists. "Well, when you're ready to say something, just know that I will be by your side," Ruby smiles at that.

"Thank you Blake, but I don't think I will ever be ready, I just want people to see me as me, not as some freak," Blake nods, knowing all too well the feeling of wanting to be accepted for who you are rather than someone's preconceived notion of what you should be. "But... I think that JNPR and Weiss should know. Weiss still asks me why I insist on being out of the room whenever you guys are changing," Blake chuckles.

"I think that they will accept you, after all they accepted Ren when he came out of the closet," Ruby stares blankly before realization catches her off guard.

"Wait, Ren is gay," Blake nods with a giggle at the young girl's reaction. "That explains why he and Nora aren't together together. Still i had no idea,"

"Well, apparantly I'm the only one who notices who does or does not look at Sun's abs," The girls laugh again, the air finally returning to the normal relaxed air that they enjoyed. "We should head back before Yang starts tearing Vale apart looking for us," Ruby groans, realization that her sister would indeed destroy the town just to find her. The girls pay and begin the short walk back to the airships.

"Thanks Blake, you're the first person I've told about Rote's death. It feels good to talk about it. Maybe in time I'll be able to get over her death,"

"Anytime Ruby, I will always be their to talk too," the two walk into the dorms and into one of the normal arguments between Weiss and Yang. neither realizing that Ruby and Blake had entered.

"I do not need to calm down Ice Queen," Yang screams holding a lock of her precious hair in her hands. "I told you to be careful when brushing my hair, it tears easily. Now get down from Ruby's bed so I can murder you're pretty little face,"

"It was an accident Yang, i already apologized about it! Now calm down before you're sister comes in and notices me on her bed. I do not need the girl I love seeing me in this matter,"

Ruby was stunned at what Weiss said. "You love me," Ruby whispers, Weiss and yang finally notice the two standing in the doorway. Ruby vanishes in a poof of rose petals.

"Ruby! Come Back!" Weiss yells jumping from the bed and running into the hallway after her partner.

"So Weiss told you about her feelings huh?" Blake states in her normal monotone. Yang nods. "How long have you known,"

"She told me about a week ago, right after all that Torchwick stuff happened," The girls just stare at the retreating form of the young Schnee. "You really need to say something when you walk into the room, I don't think I can handle the drama it causes anymore," with that Yang plops onto her bed with a sigh.

Blake just shrugs and grabs a book off her shelf and lays down on her bed. "Maybe a good thing this time,"

A/N: Thanks for reading, hopefully the next chapter won't take as long for me to write.