Someone put a prompt in my ask box on tumblr about if Ruby, Yang, and Blake tried to make Weiss laugh and this was born 30 minutes later. (I've already done a tickle fic, but is anyone really opposed to more?)

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Worth It

Chapter 1

"Weeeiiiisssss-"

"Ruby, I've already told you a thousand times to stop-"

"Wait, wait I got another one!"

"Yang, you too! You'd best shut your mouth before I-"

"What?" The blonde smirked. "Are you gonna freeze me? Since you're so Weiss cold?"

"Yang-"

"Hey, Ruby, do your impersonation of Port."

"Ruby, don't you dare-"

"Oh! Sure!" Ruby deepened her voice. "Back when I was a lad, we had to carry around textbooks! You young'ins these days are so fortunate to have newer technology!"

Yang cackled. "Oh my gosh, I hate when he pulls that speech on us."

"I knooww!" Ruby groaned. She then looked back to Weiss. She still wasn't laughing. Or smiling. In fact, her face was quite red with anger.

"You two…" She growled.

"Aw, come on, Weiss!" Ruby pouted. "You've gotta laugh at something!"

"I 'have to' do nothing of the sort!" she snapped.

"But we wanna know what it sounds like!" It was true; they had been telling horrible jokes all morning.

Weiss rolled her eyes. "For the last time, just drop it already!"

The heiress turned back to her books she had been studying before those two had suddenly come up with the brilliant idea of trying to make her laugh that morning.

Weiss made sure to send an appreciative glance at Blake who was sitting on her bed, not partaking in the sisters' antics. Yang noticed the eye contact between them and turned to her partner.

"Come on, Blake. Aren't you curious about the princess' laugh?"

"We all know what curiosity did to the cat, Blake." Weiss immediately tried to dissuade the Faunus girl from joining in.

Blake sighed as she got to her feet, crossing the room to sit beside Weiss. She offered the heiress a supportive smile.

"I'll study with you, if you'd like."

Weiss reflected the smile gratefully. "Thank you, Blake. I can always trust that you're level-headed."

The heiress turned back to her books.

Ruby and Yang pouted at Blake, thinking she had spoiled their fun. But Blake sent them a quick glance that made them perk up; that mischievous sparkle in her eyes, the way she pressed an index finger to her lips and winked…

She was definitely on their side.

Ruby and Yang took her silent advice and backed away a bit, ceasing their pun-making as they watched the master at work.

Blake was silent for the first few minutes, reading quietly to herself beside Weiss. The two girls exchanged a few mumbles as they asked one another quick questions about the material.

Before very long, Blake began to twitch her ears meaningfully; during study sessions such as these, she had quickly discovered that Weiss had a soft spot for cats, so the Faunus used this to her advantage.

She continued to flick her ears again and again until Weiss finally noticed, swallowing a little hard as she glanced sideways. As if on cue, Ruby and Yang immediately turned away, loudly talking to one another and pretending as though their attention was elsewhere. Once Weiss believed the coast was clear, she nodded to Blake, earning an encouraging smile in return.

Weiss reached her hand up to the soft ears atop Blake's head, giving a few ruffling scratches. Blake noticed her eyes would sparkle whenever she did this; she really did love cats.

Although the scratching sensation was nice for Blake, what amused her most was how Weiss would pet her like an awe-struck child, as though she had never touched a cat's ears before.

Blake caught Yang's eye, making sure she was paying attention before she scooted in closer to the heiress.

Weiss could not help but smile more when Blake moved closer, and she began to scratch her ears a little faster. Blake's hands found their way into Weiss' lap, which often happened when Weiss hit a particularly clumped patch of fur. It was not the first time Blake had unintentionally used the heiress as a scratching post, but Weiss understood that she could not help herself.

But this time, Blake sent a devilish smirk in Ruby's and Yang's direction, fully in control of her actions as she subtly ran the nails of her left hand down Weiss' side. The heiress immediately squeaked against her will, too late to stop herself from laughing out loud. She instantly slammed her lips shut and whipped around as she felt Yang's and Ruby's hungry eyes lock onto her.

"N-Now hold on a moment!" she shrieked.

"Good job, Blakey!" Yang gave her partner a thumbs-up. Weiss turned to her study partner, stricken.

"Why, you-! You set me up!" she screeched.

"Sorry," Blake shrugged, not sorry at all.

"Traitor!"

Weiss made a move to lunge at the Faunus, but it was too late. Yang had already locked her arms under the heiress' shoulders, effectively holding her defenseless.

"Now, now, princess; violence is never the answer!"

With her cue, Ruby and Blake dove in, each taking to one of Weiss' sides and running their fingers over her ribcage.

"St-STOP!" Weiss screamed, wriggling madly in Yang's vice-like grip as she was mercilessly attacked. Not a second later, her protests were drowned in high-pitched giggles, squeals, squeaks – everything no one would expect to come from the renown lips of Weiss Schnee.

"Weiss, that's so cute!" Ruby chuckled, tickling her partner's stomach.

"R-Ruby! Blake st-o-op!" Weiss cried out, laughing uncontrollably now as tears clung to her eyelashes.

"Hey, I want in on the fun, too!" Yang complained.

Ruby and Blake each took one of Weiss' hands, preventing her from struggling as Yang jabbed her fingers into her sides for a jolting jumpstart. Weiss shrieked again before the tickling continued, and despite her best efforts to swat them away, she was easily overpowered.

Of course, the other three did not consider the consequences.

When at long last they let go of their gasping, giggling teammate, Weiss' eyes ran cold like death.

"Um, Weiss?" Ruby took a step back.

"Easy, princess…" Yang was still smirking at the furious blush on the heiress' cheeks.

"It's a shame..." Blake sighed regretfully. "She was so good at scratching my ears. Guess I'll never get to feel that again…"

Weiss allowed them their final words before she let out a mortified scream, stomping her foot enough to make the room shake.

A second later, Weiss stalked out of the room, face still fuming, slamming the door behind her with all of her might. The entire room was covered in a thick layer of unforgiving ice, and this did not exclude her teammates.

Though their arms and legs had been frozen to the walls and furniture, the three girls still managed to share amused glances.

"Worth it?" Yang wondered.

"Worth it."

"So worth it."


A/N: Ah, I've gotta write more Monochrome (hence the next chapter).

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