A Beacon of Hope in a Castle of Ice.

Sunflower on ice.

Pov: Yang Xiao Long.

I heard Ruby enter the room about five minutes ago. Thankfully I was already out the shower and working on getting dressed in case someone needed to use the bathroom. I take forever to dry my hair, but hey, I'm not as inconsiderate as Weiss believes me to be. I just love to bother the Snow Heiress. After getting my yellow jogging shorts on and tying the black strings as I would do my shoelaces, I giggle. No matter how many times I do the whole 'bunny ear' knot, I can't help but think of Blake's ears instead.

"You DOLT! What are you doing?" I can hear Weiss scream from the other side of the door.

Great, here I thought it would be a nice peaceful morning, and Weiss is already at my sister's neck. What did Ruby do that Weiss had to make suuuuuuuch a big deal out of? I sigh and lean against the wall next to the door to listen to what is going on. I can hear Ruby stuttering, but with Weiss yelling at her I'm not surprised. If Weiss doesn't calm down now I will melt her with one punch! I don't need Ember Celica when I can just burn her with a touch. I love being a walking heater. It's awesome!

"Well . . . I, uh. You see, what had happened was that . . . well", I can hear my sister stammer.

What did she do? Why can't she say it? Wait, if Ruby can't explain... The only thing Rubes wouldn't be able to explain to Weiss is that she has a thing for her... and that means...

"It doesn't take three hours to say what happened, DOLT", Weiss screams at Ruby. As if on cue, I exit the bathroom door, just in time to save my sister's hide from more of Weiss' Bad Cop interrogation method.

"Hehehe, can't pull a simple prank for me without getting caught, eh, Sis?". Damn, I'm so smooth. Who needs books when you can crush heads with bare fists, crush hearts with awesome looks and think of excuses on the fly for any situation? This gal right here, that's who, but first let me get Ruby out of this...grossing out Weiss should do the trick. Weiss is prodding further in my supposed prank; I need to think of something fast. Oh! That's perfect!
"Well, I had to go take a shower, and I wanted Ruby to grab your phone and bring it into the bathroom so I could switch out your SD card with a backup of mine with well, let's say enough pictures that it would put you into a coma. It's my 'Happy Hour' montage."
Oddly enough, I do have a Happy Hour montage on my phone, but those pictures never go out to anyone. I've spent my share of months gathering a few pictures I would never trade for the world, but Weiss would expect me to have such a collection and doesn't care. Ruby thinks I'm just bailing her out of a situation, so this plays off too perfectly in Team Sunflower's favor! After my mental patting of my own back, I continue to listen in on the conversation between Ruby and Weiss, needing to bail Ruby out of another 'Cookie Bribe' excuse since she's used it far too many times in the past, and instead go with an excuse claiming I blackmailed her. Weiss seems to bite on it, and after a calming in the room, goes into the bathroom after Blake (who I didn't even know went in there until Weiss pointed it out) exits.

"Ugh! My hair is soaked, Rubes! Get my hairdryer from my drawer and dry it up, please! Ice Queen stole the bathroom from me!", I say pretty loud, trying to sound a little dramatic, but not overdo it. As Ruby gets my hairdryer and plugs it in, I look over to Blake who seems really unamused and fatigued.
She needs a catnap and a half. Heh, 'Catnap' I love puns.
With the sound of my super-powered hair dryer, I tug Ruby more towards my side so I can talk with her. "Ruby, you're going to need to tell Weiss you like her sooner or later, and I'm not gonna always be there to cover for you y'know".
Ruby lets out a defeated sigh and nods her head. That puppy-dog look of hers always reminds me that no matter how badass of a Grim killer she is, she is still my sister who doesn't want to be the 'Bees Knees', but a 'normal girl with normal knees'.