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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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[flaredo]

[ Yang allows this only because she's going to reach over to break off a piece for herself. So nice try being sneaky, sis. ]

Gets... what now?

[undaunts]

[Now they're both eating chocolate, this is fine.]

You know.... [A sheepish grin and shrug.] Everything?

[flaredo]

Oh no, did he take over Weiss' best friend status??

[ MOCK DISMAY. ]

[undaunts]

What?! No!

[REAL DISMAY.]

It's not like that at all!

[flaredo]

No, huh? You two seem pretty close, though...

[undaunts]

We are, but...Weiss is Weiss, and Hiro is Hiro! It's different! Weiss is still my partner and everything!

[flaredo]

And what's Hiro?

[ Yes, go on. ]

[undaunts]

My... friend?

[She... doesn't know how to answer this!!! "Friend" doesn't seem quite right, and neither does "best friend", because Yang is Ruby's best friend. But...

He's not her partner. That's Weiss. But he is her--]

He's my hero partner? He said we'd work together to help protect people here, and I have to make sure he doesn't overdo it because he doesn't take care of himself very well.

[....that counts, right?]

[flaredo]

... Mm, yeah, he does kind of overdo it sometimes, huh? I mean, I guess he has his cool moments... maybe.

[ This is deceptively light. ]

[undaunts]

He doesn't really depend on people very easily. [Ruby's definitely musing on this hard.] But... he agreed to let me help and he said that he trusts me, so... maybe I can help somehow.

[flaredo]

Of course you can. [ SAY THAT MORE POSITIVELY, RUBY! ] If you put your mind to it, there's nobody you can't help. Looks like he's already noticed that.

[undaunts]

Yeah! Of course I can! [POSITIVITY]

So that's what I'm gonna do. I'll help him and be there for him!

[Look at how pleased she is with herself]

1/2

[flaredo]

Ruby...

[ Pilfered chocolate devoured, she reaches out to set both hands on her sister's shoulders. She's really grown, isn't she? It warms her heart to see Ruby so bound and determined to support Hiro. ]

[flaredo]

I think you liiiiiiiiiiiiiiike him.

[ Sing-song, TOTALLY OBNOXIOUS. Okay, so Yang's a great big sister, but this falls under the list of Sisterly Privileges: Point Out Possible Crushes In The Most Aggravating Way One Can Muster. ]

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[undaunts]

I mean, of course I like him, he's Hiro--

[undaunts]

[Wait.

wait.]

[undaunts]

[WAIT.]

Huh?

[undaunts]

Like... Hiro? Like like-like?

[???!?!??

THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR HER BRAIN TO COMPREHEND.

That, plus the annoying big sister tone Yang's taking, means--]

ok i'm done

[undaunts]

Yaaaang stop making fun of me!

[THIS IS TOO MUCH she doesn't know how to handle this!!!]

[flaredo]

Who's making fun? You're just kind of super obvious.

[undaunts]

I'm not-- what? Huh?

[???!!!??

She doesn't know how to deal with this at all.]

Obvious about what?

[flaredo]

The like-like, Ruby.

[ In her most patient tone, even. ]

[undaunts]

I don't--!

[Right??? She'd never really thought about it before, but now that she does, she realizes she doesn't know what to think.

UGHHHH.]

Yanggggg go away! [what about s'mores, ruby]

[flaredo]

Nope! The s'mores are calling my name.

[ DON'T BE SHY, BABY SIS. ]

[undaunts]

[SHE'S SHY]

... I guess... for s'mores...

[...]

But only because we're making marshmallow-y chocolate-y goodness on graham crackers!