"I thought this was going to be a teammate fling," Weiss said, slightly embarrassed at Ruby's earnest face, "a way of scratching the itches that needed to be scratched—"
"—an attempt at building a relationship to prove that I could still get my needs met, even those needs, without having to take the abuse that came with it," Blake told an equally earnest-looking Yang well away from where Ruby and Weiss were having their conversation. "You're not surprised that it worked out this well at all, are you?"
"Communication" Yang said, shrugging, "is the secret to any relationship—"
"—and our family never communicated all that well," Ruby said sheepishly, "so we had to overcompensate, which really comes in handy when your teammate first propositions you by asking you to—"
"—take a dominant role so they can feel safe enough to ask for what they really want out of the partnership."
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"—an attempt at building a relationship to prove that I could still get my needs met, even those needs, without having to take the abuse that came with it," Blake told an equally earnest-looking Yang well away from where Ruby and Weiss were having their conversation. "You're not surprised that it worked out this well at all, are you?"
"Communication" Yang said, shrugging, "is the secret to any relationship—"
"—and our family never communicated all that well," Ruby said sheepishly, "so we had to overcompensate, which really comes in handy when your teammate first propositions you by asking you to—"
"—take a dominant role so they can feel safe enough to ask for what they really want out of the partnership."