The Bloodstained Rose

Back together

"How did you get into so much trouble without us?" Ruby was interrogating Weiss as she healed the girl.

They caught Weiss in a bad shape. Her wounds have closed but scarred her skin. Recent injuries like deep cuts and bruises have yet to heal properly. She had grown thin from all that walking and running, and she was visually a mess. Her skirt was torn on places, her shirt was stained with blood and her corset was slashed across. Weiss's hair that was kept in a braid was unraveled and flowing down, unkempt, and in serious need of a cut. Ruby didn't like the fact that she knew where these injuries came from. Half of them anyway.

"Whatever do you mean, Ruby Rose?" Weiss asked her with a painful grin, fully knowing what her girlfriend meant. She took the girl's hand and intertwined it with hers. Ruby noted how Weiss's hands felt stronger yet still looked graceful.

"You know what I mean, Schnee!" Ruby scolded her girlfriend. She gave a gentle squeeze to the girl's hand. "You're a mess. If you can see yourself right now--"

"I'd rather not do that." Weiss smiled, sighing.

"Glad to see we haven't lost you yet, Ice Queen." Yang grinned at her as she and Blake started cooking food for them. Blake gave Weiss a knowing smile as well, just as glad.

To see all the three of them again made Weiss tear up. People that she can trust. Everything felt better.

Yang and Blake kept the fire going that night while they set up camp in the house Weiss had stayed in. Blake found blankets for all of them to use and wrapped her teammates in soft fleece one by one. The silence they had wasn't full of tension, rather, it was filled more with comfort.

"How...did you find me?" Weiss groaned and turned her head to face Ruby after she did her best healing her injuries. Ruby had gotten pale and slumped her head at the handle of the couch where she laid her lover on, her eyes closed. Weiss looked up at her with worry.

Ruby had been trying to heal her for half an hour and only now did she stop. Most of her bad injuries were gone and better but the scars remained. Ruby must be desperate to see her back in shape, back to how she was before. Unfortunately, Weiss knew that wasn't going to happen.

There was also the thing with how Ruby found her. Sure, she might be a little later than Weiss expected but they found her. It must be taxing for all of them to search the entire continent for one huntress that could be potentially at the next ones over.

"I could track you on Sanus. I kept an eye on you back there." Blake started, turning to Weiss. "But that got difficult the longer we haven't seen you. Eventually, I lost your trail. Fortunately, I lost your trail at the last town you passed through before you came here."

Weiss almost forgot that Blake is a demon in contract with Ruby and Yang is her lover. That meant she didn't use magic the same way the siblings do. Weiss didn't fully know how but it seemed like Blake was more akin to Grimm. To use that much of her abilities for Weiss must be hard. She realized how much of a burden it was for her team to look for her. It was their decision altogether so she shouldn't be guilty, right?

Yang continued with a grin. "We got intel a 'Snow Angel' had crossed the sea to Anima. It wasn't hard to confirm if it was you. You were the talk of a few towns we passed by through." The blonde stood up to help Weiss sit and eat. "Then, Ruby did the rest when we got here yesterday." The former Schnee heiress flushed pink.

Weiss was doing the math. Having realized that Ruby risked her life, used so much power before, and even healed her the moment she could--Ruby must need feeding right now.

"When--When have you last fed?!" Weiss asked, turning to her lover and cupping her cheeks. Ruby had fallen asleep which was why she was silent. Weiss was crestfallen.