"Weiss. Wake up, Weiss." Ruby shook the girls arm in a gentle manner. The redhead had to keep herself in line not to explode with excitement. While she wanted to just burst and share this special day with the Heiress, it was quite easy to understand that it would not be the best way to wake someone up. Especially if you plan on convincing them to do something.

"Nnghh...R-Ruby? What is it? Did something happen? What time is it." The white haired girl would grumble as she slowly opened her eyes. It took her a moment to comprehend her current situation, before she looked at the nearby clock. "Ruby, we still have an hour of sleep left. Let me get some rest." With that, Weiss simply rolled over to the other side.

Ruby frowned and puffed her cheeks as she saw the Heiress go back to sleep. If she didn't want to cooperate and go willingly, then it was time to act.

"Nope! Wake up! Its super special day today!" Ruby yelled as she dived onto the Heiress bed. The girl in question jumped out of her resting place in surprise, an audiable squeak followed by a huff as her rump would make contact with the floor.

"Ruby Rose, you have exactly ten seconds to explain yourself, before I decide to do something horrible to you for throwing me off my bed!" Weiss was on her feet, and Ruby could swear that she saw a vein almost pop out of her forehead as she sent her a death glare. The red cloaked girl gulped and for a brief second considered running away, perhaps hiding somewhere. She heard Menagerie is lovely this time of year.

'No!' Ruby thought as she shook her head to get rid of her fear. This was part of the plan. Well, plan b, but still. Plan is a plan. Ruby would hop up from the Heiress bed and stand before the white haired girl. Not too close, mind you. Not close for the white haired girl to be able to easily reach towards her at least.

"Well I tried to wake you up, but you said you would rather go back to sleep, and because we have to start early if we are to celebrate this special day together, then-mmmpf!" Her words were muffled as a cold hand landed on her mouth. Her eyes grew bigger and her pupils shrank in fear. Here she was, eye to eye with furious Weiss.

"Ruby. I will take my hand away. You will focus your dolt brain. And you will explain to me what are you rambling about. And this time, without the rambling part. Do you understand? Nod if yes, shake your head if no and you'd rather die this day." Ruby's head would bob up and down in agreement of her understanding the Heiress request. She could feel some cold sweat going down her brow. This has proven to be far more difficult then she predicted.

"Good, now talk." The white haired girl would slowly move her hand away and look expectantly at the younger girl.

"Alright, Weiss today is super special day. Today is the nation wide pancake day! And I thought we could skip classes and go to Vale and celebrate and..." And that was the part where the redhead would stop her rambling, as she saw Weiss facepalm and let out a deep sigh.

"Uhm...W-Weiss?" Ruby wasn't sure what to expect. Anger, yes. Denial? Yes. Agreement? That was tricky to even imagine, but perhaps mostly due to the current situation she got herself in. Ruby could swear that the only possible outcome she could imagine was Weiss happily agreeing, perhaps after a short session of convincing, but still.

"Ruby, I'm not even sure if I understood you correctly. So let me recap, if you don't mind, hm?" Weiss would look up at Ruby, as if she actually required her approval. Ruby could only nod in response.

"Very well. You woke me up an hour early." Ruby gave a nod. "To tell me we're going to skip classes." Another nod. "All day." Another nod. "Because of pancakes." This time Ruby's smile would grow as she nodded eagerly a few times.

There was a short pause, as Weiss simply stared at the girl. And then she exploded. But it wasn't dust oriented explosion. Not this time.

"Are you out of your mind?! Ruby Rose, thats the most irresponsible request I have ever heard!"

"B-But Weiss..."

"Ruby I understand you're young! But its time to grow up!"

"W-Weiss..."

"Sadly, when you want to go stuff your mouth with pancakes, you have to wait to do it in your free time!"

"...please"

"To think that a team leader would not only decrease performance of his fellow teammate by not allowing them to rest properly, but also to further decrease her own efficiency, and said teammates efficiency by making them avoid classes."

"...I'm s-so..."

"For pancakes!" Weiss would close her eyes and take a few deep breathes. She had to calm herself, or else she would most likely have her vein pop out.

At Weiss last statement, it was when Ruby's barriers broke. She moved her head down, bangs of her hair covering the top most part of her face. Tears would slowly mark their way down her cheeks. It was true. Her words hurt, but they held truth. Perhaps it was time to stop acting like a child. To move on from silly things of the past. "You're right. I'm sorry, Weiss."

Ruby simply turned around and exited the room. She wasn't sure what to do, where to go or what to think. She did predict that the Heiress would get mad. But this day wasn't supposed to turn out this way. Pancake day was supposed to be happy, joyful. Not sour and...and this.

Her thoughts were interrupted as she felt a pressence and an arm around her shoulder. She didn't look up, simply continued to move forward, with the mysterious stranger going next to her.

"Ruby? Come on, Ruby, eyes up." And said mysterious stranger turned out to be another of her teammate, Blake. That did get her attention, the curiosity of the black haired girl going after her. She thought that perhaps Weiss would catch up and make sure she goes to classes, or Yang would try to cheer her up. But there was no sight of her sister. And here she was, Blake.

"B-Blake? What...I mean. Why are you here?" She couldn't help but ask. However rude that seemed, its not like she could anger anyone else as she just did Weiss. The black haired girl let out a short giggle and smiled gently at the redhead.

"Well you seemed to have a ... rough morning. So I decided to stick around. Its what friends do, no?" Blake offered a warm smile. Her smile and statement of her black haired friend did make Ruby smile a bit. A tiny bit, but that didn't escape the faunus girl.

That smile would die shortly after, as Ruby looked away. "She is right. I'm just being childish. I don't know what I thought. Of course she wouldn't agree to anything like this." The redhead let out a deep, sad sigh.

"Maybe, but you know what? Pancake day sounds like a great reason to skip classes. I mean, we'll just tickle Weiss till she let us share her notes and we'll catch up later. I'm sure Yang will cover for us." The Catgirl smiled at Ruby as she laid the idea before her.

"Thats...thats very nice Blake. But I think Weiss is right. We shouldn't skip clas-mmpf." Ruby had her mouth covered for the second time this morning, as Blake gave her a stern look.

"Ruby, I'll go to Vale, and enjoy myself with a plate of pancakes and a cup of tea. Now you'll either join me and we'll celebrate. Or you'll make me a sad lonely pancake eater. And as you know the holy law of this great holiday, a lonely pancake eater will be meet with seven years of bad luck." Blake would let go of Ruby's mouth as she nodded, her index finger raised in the air a bit.

That made the younger girl giggle a bit. "Blake, first of I doubt there are any holy laws. And I think seven years of bad luck is when you shatter a mirror, not when you eat pancakes alone." But it did its job, and Ruby had a smile on her face. The pain of earlier encounter with Weiss was still present, but for now the redhead enjoyed a bit of happiness.

Blake smiled, but this time it was her soft, genuine smile as she looked down at the younger girl. Her ribbon would gently twitch, as the catgirls ears most likely perked. She took Ruby's hand. The younger girl gave a soft yelp as she got dragged towards the skysport.

It took them just enough time to get to the skyport to board the first air bus that would leave towards Vale that day. There weren't many people, a few other students and thats it. Luckly for them, nobody who would ask difficult questions for that day. They sat in silence for a moment, and it was Blake that would break said silence.

"Soo...Ruby not to make any kind of sacrilege. But why is pancake day so...special? I mean, I don't mind them. But you made alot of." Blake paused, unsure how to make it sound as neutral as possible. "You gave this alot of thought, for such a day."

Ruby smiled at Blake and would shake her head a bit. "No, no. Don't worry. I'm not in some kind of weird cult."

"Are you sure? Ruby, after I heard that there are people who claim godlike hood towards an entity compromised of spaghetti and meatballs. I'll belive anything." Blake squinted as she claimed that. Her voice now serious, and she looked around as if in some sort of conspirancy.

"Spaghetti...oh! You mean... yeah! I know what you mean. But um... Blake you are aware that those guys are like." Ruby paused, she furrowed her brow as she thought hard. There was a word for that. Actually that word often got confused with two others, that didn't make this matter any easier.

"Ironic!" Ruby suddenly yelled, which made Blake jump in surprise. Redhead smilled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her neck. "Sorry, but the word is ironic. They are just trying to make fun of other religions that are strict and things like that. Or just make fun of religions in general." Ruby shrugged. "I'm not really sure, since well...I never gave it that much thought."

Blake would eye Ruby for a moment. A suspicious glance, before she simply nodded and seemingly let go of the weird topic. "So, pancake day? Whats so special about it." She asked once more, as she looked down at the redhead.

"Well... Its just that." Ruby took a deep breath. "Its one of the few memories I have. Or maybe its just muscle memory? But whenever I was sad or hurt, mom made pancakes for me. And later..." Ruby paused once more, looking out the window of the air bus. Blake simply sat in silence, letting Ruby continue at her own pace. "Later dad continued that. So whenever I got hurt, falling from the tree. Or he yelled at me and I cried or ... anything. He would make me pancakes to cheer me up." The younger girl smiled at that. Just the memory made her happy.

"When I heard that there's a nation wide pancake day, I decided that I'll celebrate it as a happy memory day. You know, its a day when you're supposed to be happy, optimistic, positive. Think happy thoughts and all that." Ruby grinned, but that was short lived as she then suddenly sulked.

"I usually celebrated with Yang. I don't think she really got the idea. I think she was just humoring me and playing along. And she had an excuse to stuff herself full of pancakes for the entire day." Ruby giggled at the thought. "But today I thought I'd celebrate with Weiss... I guess its just a childish memory. No place for that in grown up world." She ended sadly. Her gaze turned its attention back at the window and the landscape below them.

But her sight seeing was quickly interrputed as Blake pulled the girl into a hug. "Ruby, I think its a wonderful idea. And I'm even more happy I decided to join you." She would let go and look into Ruby's eyes. "So please, keep up with your holiday, and cheer up, okay? You can sulk and get sad tomorrow." Ruby wasn't sure at first. She knew Blake was just being a good friend. But perhaps that was how it should be. She nodded, her face turning from sadness into one of determination.

"You're right Blake, pancakes! Here we come!" Ruby hoped onto her seat and pointed her finger forwards as if she commanded someone to move onwards. That simply made the few sleepy students onboard send some weird looks their way. Ruby was unphased, as she was now determined to not let anything destroy this day for her. Blake, on the other hand, could use a little less publicity. Especially this kind, as she shrunk in her sit, her cheeks burning red.

The rest of the flight went relatively peacefuly. Ruby decided, after some convincing done from Blake, that it would be more comfortable to approach pancakes from a standard, sitting position. And luckly for the catgirl, Ruby found wisdome and truth in her words.

It was at the Vale skyport, where Ruby's confidence deflated.

"Blake?"

"Yes, Ruby?"

"...I'm not sure where we could go to get some pancakes at this hour."

Blake smirked, as it was time to play her secret card she prepared for this kind of ocassion. "Its fine Ruby, I think that there's a place just perfect for your holiday." The faunus girl smiled at the redhead and would lead her deeper into the town.

The walk took them a good twenty minutes. Idle chitchat and small observation were shared about their surroundings, but otherwise the entire trip was uneventful. They finally arrived at their destination. Ruby looked up, a big signboard with three colorful letters hanged above the doors.

"HOP? What does that mean, Blake?" Ruby turned her gaze from the signboard to the faunus girl.

"House of Pancakes." Blake explained shortly and opened the doors, inviting the girl inside. "Come on, lets enjoy some breakfast." She smiled, closing her eyes as a red blur swooshed inside, red petals following her.

Blake would find Ruby at the counter, where the redhead eyed different images of different pancakes and their different topings and other things that the customers could order with their food. While Ruby was busy, most likely her brain trying to decide which one to order, Blake turned her gaze to the slightly disturbed owner of the shop.

"Don't mind her, she's just excited about her pancakes. We'll have the cookie special." Blake smiled.

"Cookie special?!" Ruby's eyes were peeled off the images as she looked betwen the owner and the faunus girl.

"Yes, we use cookie butter in our pancake mix. So its like you're eating a pancake but also a cookie, young miss." The owner smiled at the redhead, accepting earlier explenation of her erratic behaviour.

Ruby went wide eyed. She knew what had to be done. This was her holy place. This was where her God has made its apperance to her. She collapsed onto her knees, her arms and torso following further as she worshipped the man before her.

Now Blake went wide eyed. "R-Ruby!" She reached down towards the girl as she attempted to pull her up from her knees. She would send a nervous smile towards the completly confused shop owner, and then look around to see the few early customers look at them as if they just saw crazies.

"Ruby! Up!" Blake demanded in a forceful tone, finally peeling the redhead up as she dragged her deeper towards the store. "We'll uh, take two portions for now! We'll take the upstairs seats! Oh and tea!" The faunus yelled at the confused owner as she draged the girl up the stairs. Blake decided to sit them at the roof table. It was a bit too cold for that, at least for this time of day, but due to that it was empty. And could she use less weird looks for now.

"Ruby, what was that?!" The black haired girl frowned as she looked down at the younger girl.

"I'm sorry Blake." Ruby simply shrunk in her sit, as she looked away for a moment. Her eyes would shot up to peer at the faunus girl just a second later. "B-But! Cookies! In pancakes! Whoever thought of such idea, they deserve like...like." Ruby paused and frowned as she tried to think of something that could live up as a worthy prize for a genius of that proportion. "Something amazing!" She nodded to herself, nailing it perfectly.

Blake let out a soft giggle, that soon grew into a laugh. It was quite hard to stay mad at Ruby, she had to admint that. "Yes, but you could keep your...excitement at bay. At least from the public eye. Build a shrine somewhere private and do your...praising there." Blake shook her head and let out a sigh.

"Blake! Thats briliant. I just need a relic of sort." Ruby's voice turned a bit on the dark side, as she muttered something further to herself. Blake could feel the hair on the back of her neck stand up at that.

"R-Ruby? A relic? W-what do you mean?" The faunus girl smiled nervously.

"Hm?" Ruby's thought got interrupted by the question, as she looked up at the black haired girl before her. "Oh, yes. A relic. You know, an ounce of hair of the owner or...something else. You know, some part of a saint person!" Ruby explained with a nod.

She was about to continue, but they both heard footsteps moving up the stairs. Soon a waiter would bring in their order. He placed two plates before each of them. Then did the same with two tea cups, and finally put the teapot and a dark tube with some kind of sweet sauce to go with the food. Yet it had no label, so it was hard to say what the content would hide.

"Bon appetit ladies." With that, the waiter left them to their food. Blake smiled back at him, as she watched him leave. She was about to ask something Ruby, but when she looked back at the redhead, she saw that the girl in question already was pouring the black substance over her stack. It was then, that the faunus decided not to disturb the redhead in her holy quest, and simply reached for the teapot.

It took a few more orders before Ruby was satisfied enough to at least slow down. But Blake didn't mind. It was quite amusing to watch the girl so eagerly put more food than her cheeks could handle. She was amazed that she didn't burst. Through all the additional stacks that Ruby ordered or as she put it 'keep 'em coming', Blake finished her own, and was simply enjoying her tea, looking around the landscape. It was a satisfied sigh that brought her attention back to Ruby.

"Whoa! I think I never had anything like that." Ruby sat there with a satisfied smile. Her eyes closed as she allowed for all the food to get comfy in her tummy.

"I'm surprised you never had anything like that." Blake raised an eyebrow. If there was anyone who she would think knew about...any kind of cookie combination, it would be Ruby. Yet here she was, proven wrong about something she considered a fact.

"Nah, actually um...we kinda have this special family recipe for our pancakes." Ruby smiled and rubbed the back of her neck. "I kinda thought I would find a place that would let me like ... prepare some for myself and Weiss." The sound of her name made Ruby flinch a tiny bit. Blake was about to intercept the sad moment that was about to grow into existance, but Ruby was faster, as she continued. "Now that I think about it, it was kinda silly. I doubt any place would allow for it." Ruby giggled, assuring the catgirl that her mood was still cheerful.

"I see. Your moms recipy?" Blake inquired, taking a sip of her tea, closing her eyes to enjoy the taste.

"Yeah. Blake?" The faunus girl's ears perked, as the excitement was out of Ruby's voice once more. Blake opened her eyes to see the girl in front of her before her fiddle with her cloak, as she looked down at it.

"Mhm?" The catgirl tilted her head a tiny bit to the side.

Ruby would glance at her timidly, a soft smile on her lips. "Thank you. For...for this. And I don't mean pancakes, even if they were delicious! But...just, for coming here with me. And for playing along with my silly holiday." Ruby's cheeks would get a soft pink hue as she looked at Blake. The catgirl would smile and settle her teacup down, only to reach out and take one of the other girls hand.

"Ruby, always. We're friends. And while this...was a bit out of my comfort zone, I couldn't just let you mope all day instead of celebrating as you should." Blake answered, holding the redheads hand betwen her own. She looked into her eyes, and those silver orbs would peer back at her. They shared a smile. The moment was ruined, as the waiter approached them. His voice making both of them jump in their sits, as each of them looked away, each blushing. The waiter simply raised a brow as he asked.

"Anything else you wish to order?"

"N-No, no. We're fine. Thank you, it was delicious. Please send compliments to the chief." Ruby said, with a smile. And as the waiter turned around, he could feel something grab his arm. He started to turn around, his professional smile in place, before he saw a pair of silver orbs stare into his soul. The redheads face dark and serious before him. "And make sure to compliment the chief...I know where you live, remember that."

"Y-Yes Ma'am! R-Right away Ma'am!" The waiter would nod, and as he felt his arm getting free from the iron grip of the small girl, he would run down the stairs, almost collapsing, away from Ruby and most likely towards the kitchen.

Ruby turned around and sent a warm smile towards Blake. "Lets go! Afterall, we were to spend a whole day around Vale!" The girl explained and went down the stairs. The slightly pertrubed catgirl would simply nod in response, deciding to follow the girl down.

And then they spent the entire day around Vale. They enjoyed a walk, some movies and some games in the local game arcades. Blake was quite happy that she managed to convince Ruby to order something else for their lunch. Even if she wanted to go along with Ruby's little holiday, she wouldn't really stomach pancakes as the only meal for a whole day. As such, the rest of their day did not consist of any pancakes, and it was not worth mentioning. At least for now.

I never thought I'd write anything. And to post it anywhere public. But here I am, doing so.

I would appriciate any kind of critique. I'm mostly concerned about my grammar and my usage of english language. I am willing to learn, if You're willing to point me in the right direction.

This story is planned to be a 2 chapter piece.