Blake looked up from her book to find Ruby staring at her.

It wasn't the first time in evening that Blake had caught her staring at her bow. The reason for why was obvious; it was because of the Faunus ears that the bow hide. Ruby thinks they are cute… Blake could feel a small blush forming on her face at the thought of it.

In the past week, Blake had caught Ruby staring at her bow more than a few times. It's not that I mind particularly, I just wish she wasn't so obvious about it, oh well. Giving a shrug of her shoulders, Blake went back to her book.

"Doesn't hurt?"

Blake looked back up from her book, Ruby's eyes were most definitely focused no longer on Blake's bow, but Blake's own amber eyes. "What?"

Ruby's eyes flickered up before coming back down, "Doesn't it hurt to hide your ears?"

Blake gave a look around their dorm room; they were indeed alone, "A little bit, I got used to it." Her head tilted, "Why do you ask?"

"Welllll…" Ruby put a hand under her chin as she thought for a few seconds, "You can feel them right? Having to put bindings over them has to hurt right?"

Blake gave a noncommittal shrug, "Not really. Like I said, I got used to it."

"Oh." Ruby seemed to be considering something, "You don't have to wear the bow when you are around me, y'know?"

The thought actually hadn't occurred to me. It was still an alien thought in Blake's head of Ruby knowing about her ears. Sure a few others knew, like Velvet, but she was a Faunus as well. Blake had seen her get picked on for her ears, and while she felt anger at the treatment it made her all the more resolute in her decision to keep her bow on.

Some of the staff of the school knew as well, after all Beacon Academy did look at medical records. At the very least professor Ozpin and professor Goodwitch know. Blake felt as if a few other professors knew, the most telling is when they'd give a brief glance at her bow.

Blake gave another glance around the dorm room, "I… suppose I could take it off." Slowly and carefully she removed her bow, letting her two fuzzy Faunus ears come out. It felt… odd to have them in the open air. Most times Blake had taken the bow off was either in shower or when she was changing in the bathroom. To not have it on in the main room was… just… different. Not a bad sort of different. Actually its sorta nice not to have to hide them from someone on my team…

Casting an eye over to Ruby, the girl was giving Blake a goofy smile with a fairly deep blush. Giving an amused shake of her head, Blake went back to her book, her ears unbounded, the bow laying on the bed next to her.

AU: Fairly innocent chapter. The Rubbles was quite worried about her friend's ears. I bet you all thought she was going to ask if she could touch them amiright? WELP NO! :P

But seriously fairly innocent chapter that is also quite short. I like writing shorter chapters it would seem, yup.