"You just don't realize how much you mean to me" Weiss yelled at Ruby who was only a foot away.

"Well if I meant so much, then why didn't you defend me when your parents repeatedly insulted me?" Ruby, who was nearly in tears, shouted back.

"I had no choice. If I say a word against them, they'll kick me out and I'll lose my family," Weiss shook her head. "You really don't know what it was like to stand there, helpless as the girl I loved was put through all of that..."

"Loved?" Ruby whispered.

"Yes, what about it?"

"You never said you loved me before." Ruby looked up, cheeks wet from tears.

"I never could tell you, I didn't have the heart because I knew this would happen." Weiss muttered as she walked towards the door of the dorm.

"Knew what would happen?" Ruby asked, afraid.

"We can't be together anymore, I can't love you, and I'm being removed from Beacon. I leave tomorrow." She muttered.

Weiss looked away. Ruby made an attempt to hold her and Weiss pushed her away. Weiss quickly walked out the room with no final words.

Ruby was stunned. A wave crashed over her that was a mixture guilt and pain. She fell on to Blake's bunk and stared at the ground, unable to register her own thoughts.

Ruby was far too hurt to cry. Death would have been far less painful. There wasn't much Ruby could have called her own, but Weiss was hers. Now she was being taken away, no explanation other than Weiss' parents were sure Ruby wasn't good enough. Ruby fell back on to the bunk and curled up in her cloak. Something poked her chest sharply. Ruby uncurled to see what the object was. It was the Schnee family crest necklace Weiss had given her. That was the last straw. Ruby tore it off and threw it at Weiss' bunk.

She grabbed a pillow and sobbed and screamed until stress, fear, and exhaustion put her into a deep, disturbed sleep.

"R-ruby…? Ruby… C'mon, wake up." A voice floated across into Ruby's mind.

"Do you think she's alright? She doesn't look too good."

"She never looks good when she sleeps, Blake. You know that."

Ruby stirred a little and her eyes fluttered open. Yang and Blake stood over her, both looking concerned.

"Hey little sis… What're ya doing on Blake's bed? Yours is over there…"

"I-I… Don't know… I can't tell if it was real or a nightmare."