If you asked Weiss how she lost her vision she would first tell you how it wasn't any of your business. But, if you just HAD to know she would tell you in a bad training exercise, or someone sent her a package rigged to explode blinding dust, or she stared at the sun too long when she was younger. No matter what she told anyone, no one knew, because she changed her story every time someone asked her. Yeah, no one knew what really happened to Weiss.

Except for Ruby, of course.

Weiss herself wasn't entirely sure how it happened, but she had a pretty good guess it was related to that knight that punched her in the face and gifted her signature scar. Head injuries could do that.

It started slow. At first she just needed glasses for the occasional reading and fighting, though her vision then was still okay. It did, however, get progressively worse. Soon it was bumping into furniture that was right in front of her, glaring hard at papers in an attempt to intimidate the words to be clearer, missing marks in training, spilling coffee all over her desk because she just couldn't see the handle, and many more mishaps.

Then one day. It was just gone. Like a candle in the wind.

She was fighting hoards of Grimm with her team. The enhanced dust infused lenses she had just didn't seem to work anymore. And as more and more Grimm came closer her vision went dark. She felt surrounded, vulnerable...scared.

In an instant she felt a rush of wind and heard gunshots, then a very panicked voice.

"Weiss! What happened!? They were all around you!" Ruby screamed.

Weiss didn't respond right away, adjusting to this life changing event, or to try and control her shaking.

"Ruby. I can't see anything." She spoke softly.

"Oh." Ruby understood.

This wasn't good.

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From then on Ruby and Weiss were always seen together. At first Weiss was embarrassed to need such help for simple, everyday tasks, but Ruby was persistent.

"As team leader, your partner, and your BFF, I will help you from now on!" She shouted cheerily.

Weiss didn't disagree after she told Ruby "I'm very capable of taking care of myself." And then proceeded to slam face first into a wall trying to get away from her.

Well. She guessed if it was going to be anyone it would be Ruby. She'd rather strip naked and streak across campus than let Yang help her day to day. Weiss could end up with blonde hair and she wouldn't even know it. Blake was preferable but she was busy keeping her own partner in check. It only made sense that Ruby was the one to see Weiss through this..well...walk Weiss through this.

Surprisingly, when Weiss told Ruby she wanted to keep this a secret Ruby said okay. Of course not without a few questions, but Weiss' reasoning was warranted enough to agree to her wishes.

After all, daddy would definitely pull his precious little pawn out of Beacon if he found out.

So from then on when Weiss walked down the halls, Ruby would gently nudge her in the right direction and away from walls or knocking over people. Even so, Weiss still walked with complete confidence. She had grown to really trust Ruby over the course of their time together, so there was no reason to fear messing anything up.

And from then on, when the professor asked Weiss to read a passage from their textbook, Ruby would quietly whisper out word for word and Weiss would repeat it. She had really grown to depend on Ruby for many things, but she guessed it wasn't so bad after all.

And from then on, when they went out and fought Grimm to defend the innocent, Ruby was there. Ruby was always there.

She would shout positions to Weiss, who struck with all the grace, poise and precision she had when she could see.

And eventually, Weiss could just feel her surroundings and was capable of fighting by herself. She never did ask Ruby to leave her side though, not unless she really had to. Weiss had really grown to love Ruby's constant presence and the scent of rose petals every time she used her semblance.

It was comforting in her world of uncertainty and darkness.

At the end of the day Weiss was still Weiss. Her team still loved her, and even when a few occasional jokes were thrown around her she didn't react negatively. Sometimes there was mock hurt or annoyance, but it didn't carry the bite her tone usually held at such things.

Only for her teammates. Anyone else would be minus a limb or frozen on the spot at such teasing.

Weiss climbed into her bed and rested on her pillows. Night time had quickly become her favorite time since losing her vision oddly enough. Not because it was dead silent and calming, not because it was warm under her bedsheets, not because she could finally rest. It was because when she was awake and moving around, the world was dark. In her dreams however, she dreamed in color and could see everything that she remembered. The beautiful gardens filled with vibrant, rich colored flowers she used to walk through. She could see bright white stars being painted against a canvas of dark blues and purples. More recently though her dreams carried a sunnily optimistic and cheerful girl in a long red cloak and bright silver eyes.

Just as Weiss was about to drift off to sleep she felt the sheets being lifted. She didn't bother to ask who it was, she already knew; so she quickly scooted closer to the wall to make more room. Weiss felt the dip in the bed when an extra weight was being pressed against the mattress. Then she felt an arm wrap around her and pull her close to a warm body. The corner of her mouth tilted up just the slightest bit. This was another reason why night time had become her favorite time of day.

"Hey, Ruby." Weiss whispered.

"Hey." Ruby whispered back.

It was no secret that over the course of helping Weiss adjust to her lack of eyesight her and Ruby had become close. Like. Really close. Others would see Ruby up and early every morning getting coffee, then bring it back to her dorm. It was always for Weiss. Some would see the two quizzing each other in the library. Well. Weiss would quiz. Ruby would get distracted and doodle. They sat close to each other whenever they ate, or whenever Ruby read to Weiss. Even though Ruby found The History of Dust to be really really boring, she still read to her.

But at night, behind closed doors Ruby would sneak into bed to snuggle with Weiss.

"Ruby?" Weiss whispered again.

"...Yeah?" Came a delayed sleepy reply.

"..Thank you...for everything." Weiss whispered even softer, so soft she thought Ruby hadn't even heard it. But even though Weiss couldn't see Ruby at all, she heard the smile in her voice when she finally spoke;

"You're welcome, Weiss."

And with that Weiss felt the softest pair of lips touch her cheek for a brief moment.

"Goodnight, sweet dreams." Ruby whispered before snuggling up against her white haired companion.

"Goodnight, Ruby." Weiss smiled and closed her eyes.

She did, in fact, have sweet dreams.