「The Crow and the Wolf」

「Chapter Ten - A Dream」

It was getting more frequent, where it wasn't the male counterpart of the couple that started the argument. It was the woman. Yet, as she yelled, she seemed to be holding back. She poured her heart into her words, but still kept it locked, not revealing anything at the same time.

"Qrow, I'm trying my best to help you! But you don't see it! My best is obviously not enough since you feel like I'm a wall at this point!" The woman seethed through her teeth, but she kept her distance from her fiancé. "You need help, I can see that, but how am I supposed to help you when I'm struggling myself? I'm straining myself just so I can try to do at least something that can make you feel better, but I'm obviously not good enough. What am I even doing at this point, huh? How come when I suggest I leave, you tell me to stay? Am I some kind of toy to you, Qrow?"

"No! I just have some needs, and either you do way too much, or don't even put in the effort! I need a happy medium, Thyra!" The male argued. "I want you to stay, but I don't want you doing too much or too little."

"I can't do that, Qrow! I can't! I'm not whole enough to reach that happy medium you expect from me! I'm falling apart, but I'm trying to keep you together at the same time, so in the end we're both breaking at the seams." Thyra ran her hands through her hair, which she had taken out of its usual braid. "I don't know what to do! Sometimes I wish that I had never met you, so then you wouldn't have to deal with me. I'm just ruining everything at this point- at least that's what it feels like. I just feel like I'm holding you down, when you have so much potential!"

"Thyra." The  male's voice had softened considerably, and as he tried to take a step forward, he froze, watching her flinch. "That's not true, okay? I'm sorry I'm so stressed all the time and that I'm letting it all out on you. I love you, okay?" He tried to step forward again, and then relaxed when she let him come closer this time. He wrapped his arms around her.

"Okay."

Yang's eyes shot open, and she let out a brief sigh. She sat up from her position on the floor, seeing everyone in a mess of blankets and pillows. She smiled briefly, and looked out the window.

"Too bad that's not what happened," she mumbled to herself, letting out a bitter chuckle.

Her Uncle's reply had been vicious. He told his fiancée to stop making herself look like a victim. He didn't take any blame of any sort, and if he did, it was very little. Her Aunt, though starting the argument, had replied with a soft voice.

"I don't think forever's going to work for us, Qrow. It seems so unrealistic, and I sometimes feel like we weren't really meant for each other and this is a mistake. We're falling apart, and I don't think we can fix it."

And neither of them said anything further. Her Uncle didn't reply, her Aunt had nothing left to say, and a young Yang was left with the sight of her saddened Aunt and stoic Uncle. It was a nightmare, watching their love that had bloomed for so long, whither due to improper care. It's like they had been fed the idea that love never lasted, and in the end, their flame would turn to ash. Maybe it would be agonizing, or maybe they'd feel nothing at all, but all young Yang knew is that she didn't want to be there when it all fell apart, but it was far too late to avoid it. They had broke right in front of her. All these memories haunted her, to a degree that was different than the one's that Ruby faced.

Ruby was young anyways, she couldn't possibly remember as much as Yang did about the two's relationship during their early childhood. They'd been there from the start. Happy, since Yang's birth, though there was a slight fallout when Raven had left, but they powered through it, and made it just fine. But those missions, missions that they never spoke about, something changed. There was something different about those missions that made it so that they couldn't hold on.