The Cursed Heart and The Hopeful Light: Ruby Rose x Male Human(RWBY)

Medical Ward Heart-to-Heart

When we arrived back at Beacon I was immediately taken to the medical ward of the school. They examined me and while treating my broken leg they found I had a severe concussion and a bruised lung. I had lost a lot of blood, and was told the only thing that saved me from dying of blood loss was Ruby's tourniquet. I was going to be bed ridden for weeks. My leg was in a cast and I was hooked up to monitors every time I slept. Through all of this however, Ruby was always at my side. In the day she would help me do almost everything, from sitting up, to eating, whatever it was, she was there. In the night she would hold my hand, and she'd lean her head on my shoulder, never leaving my side. Through all the treatment, through all the struggle, she was there.

"Hold it still!" I yelled.

Ruby was in the midst of teasing me by moving the spoon of soup around so I had to sit up to get to it. She giggled as she lifted it a little higher.

"Doesn't this count as abuse?" I joked.

"You've got to sit up if you want to eat, your not just gonna lay there," said Ruby.

I reached up to her hand but winced in pain from my lung still being bruised. Ruby set down the soup and grabbed my hand, and I tightened my grip on it.

"This fucking sucks," I breath out.

"At least you'll be out with plenty of time before the Vytal Festival," said Ruby.

She gave me an endearing smile, and rested her head on my shoulder. I looked down to her and felt a need to know something.

"Ruby? Did you mean everything you said? About helping me?" I asked, nervously.

She sat up, and turned to face me, with an impassioned smile forming on her face.

"Halcyon, I mean't every last word," she said.

Ruby stood up and crawled onto the medical bed with me, latching onto my arm.

"I really want to be with you, and help you," said Ruby as she nuzzled up to me.

I felt a smile slightly form on my face, but it didn't look like Ruby could've seen it. I looked up to the doors of the medical ward and saw Yang standing there, but with her eyes a bright lilac opposed to the red she usually had around me.

"Ruby, can I talk to Halcyon alone, please?" Asked Yang.

Ruby very reluctantly let go of my arm and walked out the door, shooting me a bright, genuine smile. Yang walked up to my bed side and hit her knees with her hands on her knees.

"I'm so sorry... I was so worried you'd hurt her again that I wasn't thinking..." mumbled Yang.

I sat up with a lot of pain to see Yang better.

"It's my fault you got hurt, it's all my fault," said Yang, a few tears falling down her face.

I could hear the sincerity in her words, but I knew it wasn't directed just towards me.

"I don't know what I would've done if Ruby would have gotten hurt, or worse," cried Yang.

I didn't have any notion of what to say to her. As Yang lightly sobbed, I felt sympathy, I understood her. I knew exactly how she felt, because I know I felt the same.

"We're more alike than you may think," I said.

Yang looked up at me through teary eyes, filled with a desire for forgiveness.

"Neither one of us want to see her hurt, and would kill anyone who did so," I said.

I extended my hand towards her and helped her up to her feet.

"I'm going to let Ruby in. And I'll be there to protect her no matter what, even if I must do so with my life," I said.

Yang simply nodded as she cupped my hand in hers.

"If you don't, I will still kick your ass," was all she said.

Yang let go of my hand and shot me one last apologetic look before leaving the medical ward. I expected Ruby to instantly come running back in, but she didn't. After a few more minutes, Ruby walked back in and took hold of my arm, crawling onto the bed with me. We didn't say anything more, all we did was lay there. The feeling of Ruby lying next to me was unreal, and my heart pounded in my chest. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep, knowing Ruby was going to stay safe with me, and knowing she really did mean everything she said.