It had started off small.

Weiss had dragged them to the preparations being done for the festival, the white hair girl was happier then Ruby had ever seen her there. She smiled so much actually creeped me out! From there they had moved throughout the city, eventually coming across a broken into Dust shop.

That was when it had started.

If Ruby was being honest Weiss was being more than a little insensitive, I mean Blake IS a Faunus after all. If she was still being honest, Blake's response was also… troubling. It should have been a clue or some kind of warning for what was to happen.

After all, it wasn't every day you found out that your teammate, your friend, and possible crush was a former terrorist that specifically targeted your partner's company and family.

What had started as bickering had escalated to a full on argument by the time the team had reached their dorm. Weiss had even shed a bit of light about herself, something that Ruby hadn't been able to get the close lipped heiress to do over the course of the entire semester.

It had taken Ruby a moment to figure out what Blake had just said. Or rather what was implied. At first she had just thought Blake meant 'maybe us Faunus'. When Yang and Weiss both stared at Blake, their mouths open in shock Ruby replayed the sentence in her mind. That perhaps she wasn't just referring to herself as a Faunus.

The second clue that Ruby got that something was wrong was when Blake darted out of the room at a speed rivalling Ruby's own semblance. Then it started to click, she implied that she was a member of the White Fang, didn't she?

Ruby's first reaction was to race after her, bolting out of the dorm room and into the hall. The problem was that Blake was nowhere to be found.

"Wait, wait come back!"

Xxx

Ruby couldn't sleep. Her team (or at least her and Yang did) had decided to look for Blake tomorrow at a certain point. They couldn't find her in the dark; that much was for sure.

Sleep however eluded Ruby. She felt tired, but she just couldn't fall asleep, her mind was too distracted by the events of the day.

Blake is with the White Fang. She's a terrorist hiding amongst us!

That was what Weiss had said. Without Blake there, there was no one to defend her actions. That can't be right, Blake isn't a terrorist. She can't be a terrorist… she's just Blake, right? Right?

Her mind wouldn't let go of that possibility that she wasn't. Blake was a lot of things to Ruby; her friend, her teammate, and possibly… possibly someone to which the red hair girl haboured a crush on. Deep down Ruby did not want to let Blake's image in her head to be tarnish… yet without her there to explain herself, it was tricky. Ruby's heart said that Blake was a good person, someone who she could depend on. While her brain told Ruby that this was awful suspicious. After all the innocent don't run…

Hugging her pillow tightly, Ruby made a promise to herself; when they did find Blake to let her explain why she ran, why she turned off her scroll, why she was hiding from them.

She owed that much to Blake not as her teammate or team leader but as her friend.

Trying to get a more comfortable position to fall asleep amidst her mental turmoil, Ruby sighed, this is going to be a long night…

AU: Well ain't this a thing. Shoot out to NarfoOnTheNet for kinda guessing this.

Not gonna lie but today was suppose to be a Acceptance update as many of you may of heard. Never fear it should be out tomorrow. I hope. I do have the next next chapter of that started which I've never done before. Meaning that Chapter 14 will be out either before the end of the month or on September 1st.

But enough about a story that isn't this story (even though I'm sure there is considerable overlap in readership), time to talk about Dilation. I have put out a astounding amount of chapters in a short period when I was being over worked and had no sleep and RTX and yes it was shitty for Author-san. With summer coming to a close I'm going to put a lot more focus on Acceptance; I've been dragging my feet with it to be honest. Dilation is something I write because why not? So there might be fewer days for the next month or so when I post it. To be fair you guys are at Six chapters this month, and its only half over. Last month I only did seven total.

So my plan for posting this month is as follows; One more chapter for Dilation barring anything else and chapter 34 will be posted on September 1st. Unless I decide to be nice and write it earlier.

BUT BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND; yes I am finally doing it. Look at the chapter title then back at me, I'm doing this finally. IT IS NOW!