''Yang, I really need to talk with you.''

''What is it, Rubes?''

''Well, you see, we have been going out for a while now, right? And as fun and lovely as it is, I think it might have some bad effects.''

''W-What do you mean?''

''I think we need to see some other people, Yang.''

''W-WHAT!? WHY!? WHAT DID I DO WRONG!? TELL ME, RUBY! TELL ME!''

''I didn't mean it like that, Yang!''

Truth be told, Ruby should have known better when talking to her girlfriend. Yang was one of the most volatile people in the whole world. One wrong word and the cheery blonde could turn into an enraged beast in an instant. Thinking about the situation that she was currently stuck in, the redhead could only blame herself for things to go like this. She should have chosen her words carefully, so that Yang wouldn't be crying on the floor while thinking that Ruby wanted to break up, instead of what she actually meant.

So what was Ruby really trying to say? It was simple. She thought that they should spend more time with their partners.

Teamwork was one of the most essential skills that a Huntsman needed. This is one of the reasons the students in each Huntsman academy are put on teams. In these teams, your relationship with your partner is one of the biggest things you need to look after. Not only are you stuck with that person for a long time, but depending on how you work together with your partner could have a big impact on your future career. Those who are able to be good partners tend to be received better by others, as they have shown their ability to work with other people. You are essentially setting up your reputation as a trustworthy comrade.

Ruby knew that in order to have her team work well, they needed to have a good relationship with each other. Not just as a team, but as individuals. She knew that her relationship with Yang was good, even before coming to Beacon. However, that still left two teammates that she feared had been somewhat left in the shadows a bit. Her partner, Weiss, and Yang's partner, Blake. Ever since Ruby had started dating with the brawler of the team, they had been spending less time with the other two girls. They still had activities with the whole team, but neither of the two girls had been spending time alone with either of them. The redhead feared that her teammates could get alienated from them and that a rift would form between them. She was hoping that she could prevent this with Yang's help.

Right after the blonde stopped crying and started listening that is.

''S-So... You don't want to b-break up with me?'' Yang asked while still wiping away her tears.

''For the tenth time, Yang, NO!'' Ruby said with a groan. ''I'm just saying that we should spend more time with Weiss and Blake- Gah!''

The young team leader was cut off by her girlfriend pulling her into a powerful bearhug. While the blonde was crying tears of joy and relief, the redhead was crying tears of pain.

''Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!'' Yang cried out happily while hugging Ruby. ''I'm so happy that you don't want to break up with me! I don't know what I would be without you! But what do you mean by having us see other people?''

''I would explain if you STOPPED CRUSHING ME!'' the scythe-wielder yelled angrily.

''Oops! Sorry,'' the brawler said sheepishly and let the younger girl go.

''Oops, my butt,'' Ruby mumbled angrily as she was finally allowed to breathe. ''Anyways, what I meant by us seeing other people is that we should spend more time with Weiss and Blake.''

''But we do spend time with them! We hang out as a team more than enough!'' Yang argued back.

''We might do that, but we need to spend time with them each on our own as well. I need to hang out with Weiss and you need to hang out with Blake, The reason for this is that they are our partners and we need to make sure that they do not get alienated from us.''

The older girl was about to say how her girlfriend was worried over nothing. That there was nothing with how they were doing. However, she realized that Ruby was right. The two of them had been spending a lot of time together without either of their partners. If she was completely honest, she sometimes forgot about the two other girls being on their team. They had been ignoring their other two teammates too much and needed to fix it.

''Alright, you win, Rubes,'' Yang said with a sigh. ''But I'm getting some extra cuddling for this!''

''Sure, Yang. Sure,'' Ruby said and shook her head.

The next Saturday, the four members of team RWBY were in Vale, ready to have a fun time as a team. But unknown to two of the four girls, they wouldn't be spending the day together with the four of them. Ruby and Yang were planning to split up with their partners in order for them to have a partner day.

''So, where are we going to be heading this time?'' Weiss asked while trying to feign uninterest.

''Actually, Yang and I had something a bit special planned,'' Ruby said, gaining the attention of both her partner and Blake. ''I was thinking of going to one place with you, while Yang takes Blake somewhere else.''

''Ummm... I'm not sure if I-'' Blake began to say but was quickly cut off.

''What's with this special planning?'' Weiss asked. ''Don't tell me that you want to replace Yang with me.''

''No! Absolutely not!'' Ruby quickly said, seeing her girlfriend getting rather angry at the heiress' words. ''It's just that we thought that we should spend time with our other teammates as well! That's all!''

''I appreciate the thought, Ruby, but-'' Blake began to say again, but was cut off again.

''Well, I don't see any problem with that,'' Weiss said with a shrug before walking up to her partner. ''We'll see you two later.''

''Wait! Don't just leave me!'' the cat faunus said in an attempt at stopping the other two girls, but they simply walked away from her. Once the red and white duo had left, Blake slowly turned to look at her partner, who had a very big smile on her face. The raven-haired girl felt dread fill her body as she saw that smile.

''So, wanna hear about my last date with Ruby? I've even got pictures!'' Yang said excitedly.

''I don't like where this is going...'' Blake muttered.

Ruby was leading Weiss to a place that she thought they would both enjoy together. As they were walking, the redhead was talking happily to her partner in an attempt at making conversation. While the heiress was listening to her partner, she was only making small noises in response. Her thoughts were occupied something different than what the younger girl was talking about. There were questions on her mind that she wanted answers to.

''What's with you suddenly wanting to have a partner day?'' Weiss suddenly asked.

''W-What do you mean?'' Ruby asked in response, surprised by her partner's question.

''For a good while now, you've been happy to spend most of your time with Yang and having the occasional team activity every now and then. So why did you suddenly want to spend time with me only?'' the white-haired girl said.

The redhead looked down at her feet with an embarrassed blush on her face. She knew that her partner would start suspecting something, so she hoped that she could properly explain herself.

''It's because... I'm a bit afraid, I guess,'' Ruby answered, causing Weiss to raise her eyebrow. ''In order for a team to work properly, every member needs to feel like they're treated well. I'm afraid that since Yang and I have been spending so much time together that you and Blake would feel like you were being ignored and would get alienated from the team. As the leader, it's my responsibility to make sure that you all feel good about being in the team and that you're not mistreated in any way.''

The young team leader continued to look down at her feet, when she suddenly felt a hand being placed on her shoulder. She stopped walking and looked behind her to see her partner looking at her with a smile on her face.

''Ruby, do you know how many friends I've had before I met you?'' Weiss asked the younger girl.

''I don't know... Tons?'' Ruby answered uncertainly.

''Wrong. I had none,'' the heiress said, causing her partner to look at her with wide eyes. ''Until I came to Beacon and met you, the only people I've known besides my family were members of other rich families and other such people. However, none of them were ever really interested in me. They were only interested in the Schnee name. It was only when I met you that I finally made a real friend.''

''R-Really?'' the redhead asked.

''Really. You didn't try to get close to me as a means to getting your hands on my family fortunes, but in order to be my friend. It was thanks to you that I then became friends with the rest of our team and even team JNPR. So you shouldn't worry about making me feel bad. I know that your relationship with Yang is very important and that you're both caught in it, so you don't always have time for me. But even with that, I know that you still care about me deeply and would never want to hurt me. I feel the same way about you, so you should know that I'll always be your friend, no matter what. And I'm sure Blake feels the same way too.''

After her little speech, Weiss pulled the younger girl into a hug, like she was trying to prove her words tho her. Ruby hesitated a bit at first, but soon returned the hug to her partner. The two girls stayed like that for a while before breaking up.

''Thanks, Weiss,'' Ruby said to her partner. ''I really needed that.''

''No problem. Now, how about we get this partner day started?'' Weiss said and the two girls resumed their journey. ''By the way, what exactly were you planning for us today?''

''I was thinking about going to the movies,'' the scythe-wielder answered. ''Is that okay for you?''

''Sounds good. Do you have any idea what Yang is planning to do with Blake?''

''Don't know. They have such different tastes that I can't think of an activity that they would both be interested in. I'm guessing that she'll take Blake to a cafe or something and plan their day there.''

Little did Ruby know that she only half of her guess was right. Yang had taken her partner to a cafe, but not for what she thought.

''And this is a picture I took of Rubes while she was napping in the library! Isn't she cute?'' Yang asked excitedly while showing her Scroll to Blake.

''Yes, Yang. She is very cute,'' the cat faunus answered in a frustrated voice. ''Just like in the last forty pictures you've shown me.''

''And the lighting is just perfect! Don't you agree?''

''Yes. Just like I did on every other picture of Ruby you've shown me.''

Like Ruby had guessed, Yang had taken her partner to a cafe. But instead of the two girls discussing what they would be doing for the day while enjoying some tasty treats, Blake was being subjected to the inhuman torture of having every picture of Ruby that her partner had being shown to her, while having to listen to the blonde gush about just how cute and perfect the redhead was. After only a couple of minutes of this, the cat faunus felt like she would rather face a Deathstalker unarmed than have Yang show her any of her pictures anymore.

''Oooh! Now this is a really good one!'' Yang said excitedly as she found another picture, causing Blake to groan. ''Here's one where I managed to get Ruby to dress up as a cowgirl!''

The raven-haired girl looked at the picture with a frown at first, but then her face turned into one of surprise as she saw the picture. The costume Ruby was dressed in was a bit revealing and she had a blush on her face while wearing it. Blake had to admit that the younger girl definitely looked good, to say the least.

''She looks good, doesn't she?'' Yang asked with a grin.

''Yeah. She definitely looks real sexy,'' Blake answered with a small blush on her face.

The moment she heard the word ''sexy,'' something snapped inside the blonde's head. Her eyes turned red and she grabbed her partner by the front of her shirt and pulled her close, so that she could glare at the faunus straight in the eyes.

''What do you mean by that?'' Yang asked with barely contained anger.

''I-I mean that she's very beautiful and that you're very lucky to have someone like her in your life,'' Blake answered with fear in her voice.

''Oh! That's very true!'' the blonde said happily and let the cat faunus go. ''Now this next one is when we were visiting dad and she fell asleep on the couch with Zwei.''

Blake banged her head on the table and let out a loud groan, which wasn't noticed by her partner. It was going to be a long day for the raven-haired girl.

Later in the evening, both Ruby and Weiss were at the Bullhead station, waiting for their other two teammates to arrive. The two of them had spent the day doing different activities together, like going to the movies, going to a restaurant and such. Now with their day spent, they just needed to wait for the other two girls on their team and they could head back to Beacon.

''What's taking those two so long?'' Weiss asked in a frustrated tone as she looked at her Scroll to check the time. ''The next Bullhead will leave soon.''

''Maybe we should call them?'' Ruby suggested. ''Maybe they lost track of time while having fun and forgot about meeting us here.''

''If that's what happened, then I don't think we should waste our time by waiting for them. Those two should have known to come here on time and not have us miss our ride. I suggest that we go without them. There's still some studying that I need to do today,'' the heiress said.

''I guess you're right,'' the redhead said with a sigh. ''I'll just send a message to Yang, so she knows not to wait for us here.''

The red and white duo went to the Bullhead and were soon on their way to Beacon. It didn't take long until the two of them were back in the school and in their dorm, waiting for their teammates to arrive. Weiss went to study a bit more and Ruby was reading one of her books. However, the two girls couldn't help but feel a bit worried over their missing teammates.

Luckily for them, the two missing girls soon arrived with Yang kicking the door open. The blonde quickly looked around the room until she spotted Ruby on her bed.

''Yang, where have you-? Gah!'' the young team leader began to ask, but was cut off by being pulled into a very tight hug.

''Rubes! Why did you leave without us!?'' the blonde asked as she tightened her hug on the younger girl. ''I was worried when I didn't see you at the Bullhead station!''

''We decided to return ahead of you because you didn't arrive at the station on the time we agreed on!'' Ruby managed to say while struggling to breathe. ''Can you let me go!? I need air!''

''Oops! Sorry,'' Yang said and let go of her girlfriend. ''I guess we lost track of time. Can you forgive me?''

''It's okay, Yang. Just try not to let it happen again,'' the redhead said while catching her breath. ''By the way, what did you and Blake do on your partner day?''

''Well, I just took Blakey to see some of my favorite places around here. Especially one where a couple of my very good friends work at,'' the blonde answered before heading to the bathroom. ''Anyways, I gotta wash off a bit. Get ready to be cuddled after that!''

As soon as Yang went inside the bathroom, Blake arrived at the dorm. Ruby was shocked to see the state her teammate was in, as the faunus looked like she had been through hell. Her eyes were wide, her face was pale and she had bruises all over her body. Blake was also staggering a bit while walking, and she was mumbling things over and over like, ''Don't start a fight. Stop punching the owner. Don't send the twins at me.''

''Ummm... Blake? Is everything okay?'' Ruby asked carefully.

Upon hearing the redhead's voice, Blake slowly turned her head to look at her. Her face then turned into one of fury as she grabbed Ruby by the front of her shirt, pulled her close and glared at her in the eyes.

''Never. Ever. Do this to me. AGAIN!'' the cat faunus said with pure rage in her voice as she shook her team leader angrily