Ruby slowly opened her eyes. The sunlight made her squint before they slowly adjusted. She sat up and scratched her head, yawning.

"Bathroom," she muttered to herself. She rolled off her bed, landing on the floor.

She reached out for the door handle but it was already open. Ruby paid it no mind. She walked to the bathroom rubbing her eyes, and stopped when she heard a noise.

One of the showers was running but there was another noise mixed in. Ruby walked in. It seemed empty and the only noises were the running shower and... sniffling?

"Hello?" Ruby called. The sniffling stopped.

"Are you okay?" Ruby called.

A small voice responded. "Fine," it said. Ruby recognized instantly.

"Weiss?" She said. The sniffling stopped. Then there was a thudding noise coming from the shower.

"Weiss!?" Ruby said again a little worried. She quickly moved to the shower and was greeted to the sight of Weiss, shivering, crying, and slamming her fist against the wall of the shower. Ruby grabbed a towel.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Ruby turned off the water and put the towel on Weiss. She the water was obviously cold but Weiss wasn't shivering.

She reached for the hand she punched the wall with. Weiss flinched a bit. Her knuckles were red and one was bleeding a bit. But she did leave a nice little crack in the tile.

Weiss pulled her hand away and wrapped the towel around her white body. Ruby watched her get out, grab another towel and sit down on a bench while drying her hair. Ruby walked toward her.

"Can I sit?" She asked. Weiss didn't respond. Ruby sat down.

The only sound for a bit was the sound of the towel rubbing Weiss' hair and then nothing. They got lucky and no other girls came in to make this more awkward than it already was. Then Ruby spoke up. "I'm sorry," she mumbled. Weiss didn't respond. "It's been three years, and I still can't do anything as a leader," she said chuckling a bit. "I can't even tell when my own teammate is... hurting."

Weiss huffed a bit. "You know how I was raised," she said, "I'm better at hiding it than anyone."

"I just wished you didn't."

"Old habits die hard." Weiss said getting up and moving to a sink. She began washing her hand.

Ruby sighed and leaned against the wall. "Being a good leader doesn't mean you can fix everything, dolt," Weiss said. "You're just a human with problems like everyone else. And people shouldn't expect you to be able to magically make all their problems go away."

She turned to face Ruby. "If I need your help I promise I'll ask for it," she said sincerely. "But, I need to think about what's really wrong first okay?"

It was Ruby's turn to not say anything. Weiss sighed. "Anyways," Weiss said, turning away "thank you for checking on me."

"You're welcome," Ruby said meekly. Weiss smiled a bit.

Ruby's head suddenly snapped up, and she quickly made a beeline for the nearest stall. She heard a small bit of laughter and a quiet "dolt" before she closed the door