With a soft sigh, Weiss shut her text book. "What's troubling you, Ruby?"

"Um, uh…" The girl in question nervously fidgeted with the hem of her sleeves. "Um…"

"You keep fidgeting – quite nosily, if I might add – and you keep staring at me." Weiss' expression softened. "I did promise I was going to be the best teammate ever, didn't I? So talk to me Ruby."

Weiss had hit the nail right on the head, something was definitely on Ruby's mind. In fact, that was the reason she had come to her partner in the first place. The problem was trying to actually figure out how to say it, I can't just blurt out I have a crush on Blake, what should I do?! "It's um… well, you see-"

"It's about Blake, isn't it?" Weiss rolled her eyes as Ruby started to sputter. "Or am I wrong?"

"Uh, no, i-it's about, um, homework that's due…" The piercing light blue eyes were not even giving the slightest hint of believing what Ruby was saying. "Yeah-okay-maybe!" Ruby pulled her hood over her head in a blur as her face reddened with embarrassment.

How did she find out?! Did someone tell her? No, wait, I haven't told anyone yet, so then who could have told her?! "Did something happen between the two of you, or…?" Weiss gently prompted after a little while.

"No. Maybe? I dunno." Ruby shyly admitted. "I-I-I kinda, maybe, sorta, just a little… have-a-crush-on-her!" The redhead finally managed to spit out before pulling her hood more tightly over her head.

"…" The lack of any reaction was not something she'd been expecting from Weiss, Ruby tentatively pulling the hood off. "Not to be rude, but that's been pretty apparent for a while now, Ruby."

"R-r-really?" Silver eyes widened. "B-but I only realized it a few days ago…" Ruby stared sullenly at the floor. "How'd you know before me?"

"Ruby, you literally spend every moment with her, you two are as thick as thieves as the saying goes." A comforting hand rested on her arm. "It'd be odder if I didn't know notice."

"O-oh." The redhead lamely nodded, not knowing what else to say. "Um, so…"

"Yes?"

"W-what should I do?"

Weiss' brow furrowed. "About…?"

"Blake." Ruby's voice was almost a whisper it was so quiet.

The older teen blinked in momentary surprise. "Ask her out…?"

Silver eyes widened in panic. "What? No! What happens if she doesn't like me like me?! Or what if she doesn't like girls?! What if she just decides to not be friends with me anymore, and then she drops out the school and our team falls apart because I asked her out?!"

Weiss let out another small sigh. "I don't believe any of those things would happen if you asked her out. Worse case, she says no and that's it. She won't leave the team, Blake isn't quite so petty."

"But if she says no, it'd ruin our friendship!"

"I very much doubt that. Plus," Weiss waggled a finger in front of her, "you are only thinking of the bad outcome, she could always say yes."

Dating Blake… Ruby's mind now went into overdrive with the thoughts of being able to cuddle up against Blake, being wrapped in her arms as they slept... Suddenly, Ruby was rather aware of heat rising to her face as a blush that was a deeper crimson then her own cloak spread.

Ruby shook her head, dispelling the thoughts, or trying to, as the good outcome and the bad outcome started to fight for control.

"Or, you don't have to do anything."

"Buh-wha?"

"You don't have to ask Blake out." Weiss replied flatly. "If you are uncomfortable, you could always just wait before making a decision like that… or she might ask you out instead?"

"Waaaaaait, why would she ask me out?" Ruby was very, very confused at that notion. "Blake doesn't have a crush on me, right?"

By the barest of margins, the corners of Weiss' mouth twitched upwards into a very faint, but still visible smile. "Are you sure about that?"

"Does that mean?" A sudden welling of hope sprung up in the redhead. "Did Blake tell-"

"No one said anything to me." Ruby's hopeful grin started to abate. "But just call it a hunch."

With that, Weiss returned to studying, leaving her partner stuck in a myriad of thoughts.

AU: This chapter was probably shorter then is norm as of late, but here we go!

I don't feel like I did particularly good with Weiss, in fact I feel like her characterization was quite lame for what it could have been D:

I really need more practice with her!

ALSO THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING, I PROMISE!

You guys and gals did post ten chapters a while back, in fact the end number was twice that, at twenty! The reason this chapter came out a week later was mostly due to the fact that I was working hard on a very long one-shot which brings me to the next thing…

THE SUPER SECRET PROJECT, REGRETS!

Basically, I know from the sheer number of messages and reviews I got that many people feel quite, er, dissatisfied with canon!Pyrrha's fate. Yeah. I actually just posted a MASSIVE one-shot yesterday that I am VERY certain many of you will enjoy. When I say massive, I mean more than 14,000 words massive, and literally me working every day for two weeks straight on it. Quite possibly the work I am the most proud of.

It is called Regrets and it's my entry to this month's MonCon on the RWBY subreddit, the requirements were the character of Pyrrha Nikos and the theme of Happy endings :D

I really do think that it's my best work yet! :P

Thank you for reading and I hope everyone has a great day! :D