It's Yang's birthday. Everyone is in on the surprise. Operation Golden Dragon Birthday Bash is a go! Everyone has a task. Ruby oversees decorations, Weiss the venue, Jaune and Pyrrha the music, Ren and Nora the cake, and Blake…. Blake is in charge of keeping Yang from being suspicious of anything!
A reoccurring snore sounded throughout the dorm room, a blanket moved with the rise and fall of each breath. Sunlight came in through the window, illuminating team RWBY's room. Ruby blearily opened her eyes letting out a long yawn as she sat up in bed. She stretched her arms above her head and ran a hand through her hair, taming some of her bedhead. Looking across the room, she noticed a large lump of blankets moving with each snore. Ruby smiled fondly as her sister continued to sleep. The blonde was sprawled out across her bed laying on her back, one arm above her head and the other resting on her stomach, her head turned to the side on her pillow with her hair spread around her like a halo.
Leaning over slightly the leader then looked down to see Weiss missing from her bed. The bed itself was already made perfectly, not a wrinkle in sight. She assumed the white haired girl was already getting ready for the day. Ruby quietly got down from her bunk, grabbing her precious red hood from her closet. She heard movement from the other side of the room, turning she noticed Blake stretching in her bed. Ruby smiled at the sleepy eyed brunette.
"Morning Blake." Ruby whispered softly as Blake got up and remade her bed before grabbing her robe from her closet.
"Morning Ruby." Blake returned softly rubbing the sleep from her eyes with a yawn.
The bathroom door to their room quietly opened revealing Weiss walking in dressed in her normal outfit. Ruby smiled offering a whispered greeting to the girl while Blake went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
"Is everything ready?" Ruby asked quietly so as not to wake up her sister. Weiss smiled and nodded holding a finger to her lips indicating Ruby to be silent. Both girls peeked at Yang whom stirred slightly in bed, continuing to sleep peacefully, light snores every so often. Blake walked out of the bathroom dressed and ready in her usual ensemble.
"All yours Ruby." Blake whispered as she put her pajamas away in her closet. Weiss sat on her bed checking her scroll.
Once Ruby was ready, Weiss and Blake made their way to the door. Ruby soundlessly propped herself up on Blakes bunk to look at her sister, she reached out fondly running a hand through the golden locks before placing a tender kiss to the older girls' forehead. Ruby made her way to the door, Blake silently shut the door as she exited the room.
In the hall Ruby smiled happily as she looked at her friends. "Alright, let's get JNPR and meet in the cafeteria." She whispered excitedly as the other two girls nodded. Knocking on team JNPR's door softly Ruby waited until she could hear shuffling on the other side of the door.
Slowly it opened, revealing a sleepy Jaune running a hand through his messy hair. "Morning guys." He yawned.
Pyrrha joined his side giving a slight wave to her friends, "Good Morning." She spoke gently.
"Morning guys! Get ready and meet us in the cafeteria. Operation Golden Dragon Birthday Bash is a go!" Ruby spoke giddily causing her friends to chuckle.
Both teams made their way to the cafeteria, gabbing some breakfast then heading to an open table. Other Beacon students were having their own breakfast, mostly the early risers. The cafeteria was relatively empty, a calm murmur of students going about their peaceful morning.
Nibbling on a piece of bacon Ruby placed her scroll on the table, opened to the notes section where a long list of items resided. "Alright let's get down to business." She spoke in what Weiss called her leader voice.
"Jaune, did you and Pyrrha secure a DJ?"
Jaune nodded grinning, "Gotcha covered." He said giving a thumbs up as Pyrrha sipped her cup of coffee with a smile.
Ruby nodded crossing off the item on the list then addressed Weiss, "Location scouted and secure?"
Rolling her eyes Weiss smiled, "Yes you dolt. I'm a Schnee, I always have everything organized to perfection." She said proud of herself, pouring another cup of coffee for herself.
Ruby smiled, "Fair enough," she said crossing off another item, "Ren and Nora, treat items ordered and cake to bake?"
Nora bounced in her seat, "Treats are on time for delivery, ma'm yes ma'm!" she saluted as she ate her short stack of pancakes. Ren slowly edged the syrup away from his partner before she could add anymore to her plate.
Ren smiled, nodding his head, "I will have the cake baked and ready by the time you asked." He said taking a sip of his green tea.
Ruby crossed off another item, scrolling through the list, "I got the decorations, Weiss can help me put them up once we get there." She trailed off, finishing off her bacon slice.
Weiss spread her strawberry cream cheese on her toasted bagel, "We should do that early before guests start to arrive."
"We can help too, the DJ asked if we could help him unload his equipment from his truck when he gets to the party." Pyrrha said helpfully, earning approving nods from the whiterose pair.
As the others spoke of the surprise plan, Blake calmly sipped her jasmine tea, still trying to wake up. The warm drink was refreshing, sweet and delicate with a distinct fresh jasmine fragrance and taste. The strong flowery aroma very soothing to Blakes senses.
"Alright that just leaves…" Ruby pondered in thought going through the list once more.
"The distraction." Weiss said pointedly taking another bite from her breakfast.
Everyone looked at Blake expectantly, making her shuffle in her seat. Ruby offered a reassuring grin, Weiss's eyes held amusement, Jaune laughed, Pyrrha's eyes held a hint of teasing, Nora looked gleeful, and Ren just sipped his tea while giving her a look saying, 'good luck'.
"What?" she asked nervously.
Ruby giggled, "Blake! Remember we agreed you would distract Yang, so she doesn't get suspicious while we get everything ready for later." She said stealing a piece of Weiss's bagel, shoving it in her mouth as the heiress swatted at her hand. Ruby gave her partner a cheeky smile.
Blake's bow twitched nervously, "Why is it just me? I need a whole team to distract her!" she argued back reasonably. She traced the rim of her tea mug apprehensively with her fingers.
Weiss smirked, "Because the both of you already spend so much time together. Just act like you normally would." Blake gave the heiress a glare, her cheeks slightly flushed.
"Maybe if she does need help, she could call for backup?" Pyrrha suggested to Ruby who pondered the idea tapping her chin.
Ruby felt a lightbulb go off in her mind, "I got it! Sun and Neptune could be backup." She said crossing her arms in success.
Jaune nodded, "Yeah that could work, they already know about the party later. It'll be like a panic button. If Blake senses that Yang is catching on, she can call Sun to run interference." He said as he and Ruby high fived. Weiss rolled her eyes at the two as she began typing out a message to the monkey faunus.
Pyrrha noticed a hint of yellow from across the room and looked back to her friends to warn them, "Dragon is in the cafeteria." She chuckled softly as she used the agreed codename for Yang. Ruby spun around finding her sister easily as the blonde went to get her breakfast. Yang was talking with some of her friends she knew from Signal. Ruby quickly got rid of any evidence of their surprise plan.
"Quick, everybody act natural!" she shouted laughing as everyone laughed at her enthusiasm. Blake smiled at her leader and took in a deep breath to calm her nerves. Weiss gave Blake an impish look as Yang approached.
"Good luck.~ " Weiss sung teasingly.
Before Blake could retort a colorful response, Yang sat down next to her.
"Good morning!" Yang said then took a sip of her black coffee. Everyone returned her greeting with either smiles or words. Ruby elatedly appeared in a puff of red petals behind her sister giving her a hug nearly causing the blonde to spill her coffee.
"Ruby! Careful!" Yang chuckled trying to steady her cup as her sister squeezed her in a near choke hold. Ruby gave her sister a swift overdramatic kiss to her cheek before disappearing back next to Weiss with a piece of her sisters' bacon. The younger girl happily eating it.
Weiss smiled, "You sure took your time sleeping in this morning." She stated as Yang began eating her food.
"Well, I would've been up with you guys, but I guess I forgot to set my alarm." Yang shrugged, missing the mischievous look shared between Ruby and Weiss. Blake poured herself another cup of tea, Ren doing the same.
Pyrrha chuckled, "You didn't miss much, I promise." She winked causing Jaune to snort next to her, trying to cover his laugh with eating a piece of his toast. Nora giggled next to Ren as she ate a piece of her pancake. Ren nodded his head in agreement with his teammate.
Blake shook her head slightly, "Anyway, Yang…", she began, turning to face her partner, "I was hoping you could come with me? I wanted to get a new book from a place in Vale." She said hopefully. Technically she wasn't lying, she really did want to pick up a new book to read.
Yang hummed in thought for a moment then addressed the brunette, "Sure, do you want to just spend the day in Vale?" she asked noting a pink hue dust itself on the other girls face. Is she embarrassed or something, Yang wondered.
Weiss and Pyrrha held matching looks of amusement as they simultaneously sipped their coffee. Blake glared at them, Yang didn't notice.
"Yeah, sounds fun." Blake responded turning her attention back to her tea, she saw Yang smile vibrantly from the corner of her eye.
Ruby decided now would be her best chance at a get away, "Well, Weiss and I need to go practice our fighting routine for the tournament. Bye!" she spoke quickly, grabbing a startled Weiss, and disappearing in a flurry of red and white petals.
Yang frowned as she watched her sister disappear, you could hear the heiress distant squeal of 'You dolt!'. "That was weird." she mumbled. Blake saw the blonde about to ask something when Jaune jumped up from his seat.
'Real subtle Jaune.' Blake thought shaking her head slightly.
"Aw man that reminds me, Pyrrha and I are supposed to help Professor Goodwitch with dust round inventory for next weeks combat class." He said in a convincing act of panic. Pyrrha had the decency to look alarmed as well.
"Oh no! I completely forgot! We better hurry before she gets upset with us!" the tall redhead spoke worriedly. Both partners quickly cleaned up their breakfast and headed out saying their goodbyes. Ren waved lazily, then stood up himself before addressing the bumblebee pair.
"Nora and I made plans to help out with the Beacon bake sale this month. We are making everything from scratch." He spoke as Nora jumped from foot to foot beside him.
"So much cake so little time!" she shouted happily as she and Ren left saying bye to the two remaining girls.
"I don't know if I trust Nora with too much sugar." Yang said nervously watching as her friends left the cafeteria.
Blake smiled, "Well if anyone can handle a sugar crazed Nora. It's Ren." She said confidently. Yang chuckled shaking her head.
The pair made their way out of Beacon grounds, they made a quick stop as Yang grabbed two helmets from her locker. Approaching her bike Yang handed Blake the black helmet with a single purple stripe on it. The blonde had her signature yellow helmet already. Blake gladly accepted the headpiece and sat down behind her partner on the bike. The machine quickly roared to life, eager to take its passengers wherever they needed to go.
Revving the engine slightly Yang felt Blake situate herself comfortably behind her, "Ready?" she asked looking over her shoulder partially. The brunette squeezed the girl in front of her as confirmation. Pulling off from the curb, the bike quickly gained speed as it took the two girls into Vale.