"What is wrong with Blake?"

Weiss breached the topic that had been on her mind for the past few days.

When Ruby had said that they were going to go and follow up on some of the things that had happened last semester, like the events at the docks, Weiss could understand that. She could even perhaps applaud her partner's attempt to get their black haired teammate back to normalcy.

Yet instead of bringing Blake back, the Faunus was gone more than usual after the paladin fight, barely attending class, and consequently, her grades were starting to slip. Worse even, was the fact that her grades wasn't the only thing Blake was neglecting; the teen barely slept and ate now.

Which was why when Yang offered no more than a confused, "huh?" and an upraised eyebrow, Weiss felt herself getting a little frustrated.

"She's been quiet, anti-social and moody lately."

"Uh, have you met Blake?"

"More so then usual." Weiss didn't even try and resist and eye roll as she deadpanned. "Normally, I'd be asking her directly, but seeing as I haven't exactly seen her today, that's a little difficult now. Or what happened with her asking Ruby out?"

Yang's lips creased into a frown. That was the purple elephant in the room; both of them had been privy to Blake's attempt at a confession – though, the black haired teen probably didn't know that Weiss was in the know about it. Not that was particularly hard to guess it, especially given how Ruby and Blake keep making googly eyes at each other. When Yang had asked Weiss to leave the dorm room, it'd been pretty obvious what was going to happen... only for nothing to come of it, both to the blonde and her own confusion.

"I… got nothing." Yang mumbled after a minute and shrugged. "I've known stopping the White Fang was important to her…" - Weiss had a small understanding after the events of last semester – it was incredibly important to the black haired teen – "but this? This is taking over her life…"

Searching for the White Fang was starting to eat at Blake in a major way. Weiss knew the teen barely came back to their dorm for a little bit of sleep, mostly Blake was sequestered in the library, somewhere, searching frantically for little leads or tips. Blake had become elusive to her teammates. However, that wasn't the only person was starting to act different.

"It's not just affecting her, its affecting Ruby." True, Ruby and Weiss were not the best of friends sometimes, but they were close friends and the white haired girl had promised to be the best teammate that her partner would ever have… and right now the redhead was starting to slip up. While Ruby may not be the best student, her grades were starting to slide, and she was always looking worried now.

Yang gave a long sigh. "You aren't wrong." Lilac eyes focused on Weiss in an inquisitive fashion. "So what do you think we should do about it?"

"Have you tried talking to Blake yet?" Weiss felt with some certainty that Blake would listen to her the least; after all, I'm not her partner or even a close friend, plus, there is always the fact that she really doesn't like Schnees…

The blonde sadly nodded. "I already tried that, but she wouldn't listen to me."

"What about Ruby?" If Weiss was being completely truthful, she thought her partner had a better chance of getting through to Blake then Yang at this point. "Blake would listen to her, wouldn't she?"

A faint smile graced Yang's lips. "That's what I'm starting to think. She really does like Rubes after all." The faint smile vanished, however. "That raises another problem, getting Ruby to talk to her again."

"Again?" Weiss' brow furrowed as she echoed the word. "You mean Ruby has already spoken with her?" I would have thought the issue would be solved then and there. Weiss could honestly not imagine Blake ignoring what Ruby said, even in her current state.

"Well, Blake did listen, but, since it only got worse since we fought the paladin… I think Ruby might be blaming herself."

"Then we should talk to Ruby." Weiss stared into lilac eyes steadily. "It's not her fault."

A smile returned to Yang.

AU: Things are still happening!

Ten reviews and I actually delivered on time! Wooo!

Okay, there was some confusion for when these are taking place, so let me try and clarify. Last chapter took place during episode 3 of volume 2, when Weiss and Ruby were heading to the CCT and Ruby got sidetracked by Penny.

As of this chapter, we are past the Paladin fight and are somewhere around episode 5 of volume 2. So progress is being made.

Next chapter should be… interesting.

Quick side note; for those who read Acceptance, chapter 20 is being rewritten from scratch at the moment! Expect the updated version to go live in the next week or so!

Thank you all for reading, I hope everyone has a wonderful day! :D