Ugh...I am feeling so lazy right now...

"Delta! Delta!"

I walked around campus, trying to find my boyfriend after he had seemingly disappeared after he stormed out of class. I approached the door to team SHLD, knocking on it several times. I waited patiently for what felt like forever, finally turning the knob, finding it unlocked.

"Delta?"

I opened the door, met with a small creak, peeking inside.

Only to find an empty room.

I sighed, closing the door as I heard Professor Ozpin's voice ask me, "Ruby? Aren't you supposed to be in class?"

I turned, seeing him standing in front of me.

"Yeah," I replied, "but Delta took off and…well…he's gone."

"Oh?"

Ozpin put a finger on his chin, thinking to himself for a moment. I stared at him expectantly as he finally said, "Have you tried the training grounds yet?"

"The training grounds?"

I cocked my head in question as he continued, "It's a great place to go when you're…well…stressed or in a bad way."

"Now then! If you don't have any questions, that'll conclude today's lesson!"

The bell rang just as quickly.

Sierra kept an eye on Saber as Hotel asked, "Think Ruby's found him yet?"

"Probably," she replied.

Lima's ears remained folded on her head. Blake walked over and put a hand on her shoulder. Lima looked up, her ears perking back up a bit, but then fluttered downward as she pulled the older faunus into a hug. Blake struggled to get her off as Yang walked over and asked, "What's up with Delta?"

"He's-," Sierra leaned into her ear and whispered, "-a bit pissed off that Saber's making a move regardless of their relationship."

"Huh? Saber?"

Sierra nodded, pointing at the boy who was now joking around with his team. Yang stared at him for a good while, but then started laughing, causing all of them to raise an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Ha…sorry. He's someone we met back when we lived on Patch. He was one of Ruby's first friends and…well…obviously had something for her," Yang explained. Sierra let out a sigh, then said, "So this guy's known Ruby even longer than Delta…?"

"Not really, no," Yang answered.

Sierra raised her head, surprised at the answer.

"Oh? Humor me, Yang."

"Well…," Yang said, scratching the back off her head, "It's…a long story."

I cut through dummy after dummy, not really caring if my weapons broke or not. Did I take a look at them? Yeah. All knicked up and crap.

Not that I cared at the moment.

With another cut, I heard the doors sliding open behind me, as well as Ruby's voice saying, "There you are!"

With another slash, the top half of my blade finally broke off with a "CLANG," whirring through the air. I could hear Ruby's gasp behind me as I dropped the sword handle, feeling the heat in my chest beginning to well up. I could feel my eyes getting watery as I heard a light "ching" behind me.

"Delta…?"

I slowly turned around, facing her as I fell down to my knees.

I…want to scream…so loud right now….

My breathing began to grow heavy as I could feel her arms embrace me from behind.

"Relax, Del…relax…."

I could feel tears streak down my cheek as she cooed me to relaxation. I slowly felt myself relaxing into her embrace as I found myself leaning towards her warmth. I closed my eyes momentarily, hearing her humming a tune to me.

This tune…I think…I…know…it….

Ruby stroked Delta's hair, continuing her tune as the doors swung open behind her. She turned her head around, seeing Sierra as she said, "Thought you'd be here."

Turning back to Delta, she could see that he was sound asleep in her lap. Ruby couldn't help but smile at how his just angry expression turned into such a relaxed face. If he wasn't asleep, she would've kissed him right there and then.

"Hey," Sierra said, putting a hand on her shoulder. She then took notice of the broken sword handle sitting right next to Delta's hand, as well as the other broken half of the sword. With a whistle, Sierra's eyes turned red as the sword flew back to the handle, the shards connecting back into place as she picked it up, putting it inside the sheath of Alternate Echo as she said, "That'll make it so we don't have to deal with minor repairs…for the moment."

A loud "CRACK" filled the air, causing both girls to cringe.

"Ahaha," Sierra let out a nervous laugh, "That…is what happens…unfortunately."

"The guy's got selective hearing; like you can talk to him, but everything goes through one ear and out the other," Yang explained. Sierra raised an eyebrow in curiosity as Hotel stated, "So that's why he's so intent on getting Ruby; he hasn't comprehended that she's got a boyfriend yet."

"Probably," Yang said. Sierra's gaze narrowed as she took notice of the very person walking over.

"Hey, long time no see, Yang," Saber said, motioning for a high five.

"Sure, Saber," Yang replied, punching him instead. Dagger growled, immediately reaching for her weapons, only to be stopped by Windsickle. With a sigh, Saber got back up and asked, "Rubes isn't back yet?"

"You're really annoying me by calling her what Delta calls her…," Sierra thought to herself, pulling out a knife from one of the spare straps she kept on her thighs. Yang sighed and said, "Seriously, stop calling her Rubes."

"What?"

Yang motioned to deliver another punch, only to get caught by Hotel as he said, "Relax, he isn't worth the effort."

Yang sighed, her hair, which had apparently been floating, settling down as the big guy of team SWRD raised an eyebrow. Almost in curiosity.

Hotel caught wind of it as the man, about the same size as himself if not a little shorter, walked up to her and said, "Well, feisty one, aren't you?"

He made a move to stroke one of her bangs until Hotel's hand shot forward.

"Watch it," he warned. Both men got into a stare down as Sierra sighed and said, "Alright, enough with selective hearing; order your boy to stand down, Saber."

But he didn't do anything. He seemed too amazed with the standoff.

"I said," Sierra said, her eyes glowing red with a knife at his throat, "get your boy off my boy…or we're going to have problems."

The boy slowly turned to her, flinching at the sight of the knife.

"R-Rust! Back down!"

The man shot a glance of annoyance at him, then sighed as Hotel released his grip, grabbing Yang on the shoulders and pulling her back a bit.

"Man," the man named Rust said, "why are all the hot chicks taken?"

"Because we transferred, nimrod," Dagger replied, shooting a glare at Sierra. Sierra, however, grinned. Almost in interest as Dagger said, "I'm gonna cut that dirty little smirk off yours right off your face, bitch."

"Just try it," Sierra mocked.

The younger girl finally snapped.

"Dagger, wait!"

With her dagger drawn, the girl jumped at Sierra with a victorious shout. With a blink, Sierra's irises glew red as a sudden wall of knives appeared before her. Dagger's face of victory turned into a look of horror as she couldn't stop her momentum.

Suddenly, a blast of wind blew her backwards as Windsickle caught her, looking at Sierra.

"Sorry," he said, bowing down, "I-it won't happen again, Ms. Hawthorne!"

"Ah, cut the 'Ms. Hawthorne' crap," Sierra replied, the knives disappearing as her eyes returned to normal. Saber blinked at the events that had just transpired as Sierra said, "But…if you so much as lay a finger on Ruby…."

"I'll make sure you don't see another day…," she said, suddenly dragging a knife along his jaw line. Saber jumped back in surprise and fright as Sierra smiled and turned around, saying, "SHLD, I'll see you all at base. I'm going to find Delta."