A Scorching Christmas
A/N: CC here with a little story I've put together for the Christmas Season... but it isn't the snowy white Christmas you see in a lot of FanFics... nope: here Team RWBY are doing Christmas "Outback Style".
Side Note: I know Vacuo is actually meant to be more of a desert kingdom, but for the purposes of this story I've given it a terrain and climate similar to that of my home in Australia -CC Signing on saying "Merry Christmas Mates... have a good one!"
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own RWBY or its characters.
"YANG, BLAKE WAKE UP! It's Christmas!" and over excited Ruby called out as she flopped onto the couple's bed, having seemed to have made use of a lock pick set that Yang had bought her for her last birthday.
"Ruby, please... go away. We're trying to sleep and it's not even 5am... the suns not even up yet!" Yang growled tiredly as she picked up Ruby and dropped the reaper onto the floor.
"BUT YANG! the sun is up here" Ruby Whined, as she went and pulled open the curtains, allowing the morning sun to blaze straight into the room, right into Yang's eyes. "Ugh... what sort of place allows its sunrise to be so early!" Yang moaned as she covered her face with the thin sheet on the bed that she and Blake were sharing during this trip out to Vacuo for a vacation for what Sun had described as: 'Christmas as we'd never had it before'.
He was certainly correct: It was Team RWBY's 2nd Christmas together as a team, the first having been spent up in cold snowy Atlas at the behest of the 'Ice Queen' Weiss. Which was certainly the polar opposite to the dusty red plains and rugged, dry and hot bushland of Vacuo. JNPR had gone to Mistral for Christmas with Pyrrha's family and we had all agreed to meet up in Vale for New Year.
Ruby not to be discouraged knew exactly how to get Yang and her now girlfriend Blake out of bed: To turn off the air conditioner that kept the already 30c+ temperatures of the Vacuo summer at bay (Weiss had sworn that Vacuo must be cursed to have such high temps from 4am until nearly 7pm through summer). Once she had unplugged the A/C she bolted from Y/B's bedroom, leaving only her trademark rose petals, her speed causing the door to close behind her. Yang and Blake immediately felt the effects and began to sweat profusely. "Ugh, Yang... I' am going strangle your sister if I ever catch her" Blake growled in a thoroughly annoyed tone, before yawning due to still being very drowsy, the sweltering heat not helping any.
Yang giggled suggestively before rolling over and straddled her partner, nipping at the tips of Blake's Faunus ears before whispering seductively "Oh someone's feisty today... you know I love that." Yang then moved down and began kissing Blake down her neck and across her collarbone. Blake let out a soft moan and tilted her head to give Yang better access to her neck to plant her kisses and bites onto. Blake could feel Yang's hand running ever so lightly over her torso and feathering her fingers gently down the Faunus' thighs. This soft deliberate action brought a gasp from Blake as she ran her hands through Yang's golden hair.
Just as Yang was about to bring her hands back up Blake's thighs to take this little passion session to the next level their room's door once more opened up and in strode Weiss who was currently looking out the door with a wincing look on her face "Yang.. can you please get up before Ruby gets anymore hyperacti- RUBY YOU KEEP AWAY FROM THOSE RUMBALLS, THEY'RE FOR LATER!" Weiss shrieked at the red hooded reaper. It was then that she looked into the room and noticed Yang atop Blake and her hand very close to Blake's groin. All 3 huntresses stared awkwardly at each other for a good 10 seconds in stunned silence before Weiss' face went blood red with embarrassment ran to the bathroom to wash her eyes out, shrieking about leaving a sock on the door as she ran.
Yang tried to start of where she had left off but Blake was having absolutely none of it "Sorry Yang, moods spoiled... Blame Weiss for that." Blake said as she got up and walked out the door still in her yukata leaving a despondent and wrathful Yang sitting on the bed. 'Oh Ice Queen is going to get burnt out here' Yang thought as she stood up and followed her girlfriend out into the still air-conditioned living room of the small holiday house that Weiss had rented for them. It wasn't much, but it was enough: 3 bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Kitchen and living room.
The living room was fully decorated for Christmas complete with a tree and presents that each member of RWBY had gotten each other. Ruby was buzzing around it at light speed looking for her presents among the small pile. Blake couldn't help but giggle how excited Ruby was... last year had been the exact same but it never failed to amuse her just how hyperactive Ruby went whenever presents were involved... didn't matter if it was her giving them or receiving, Ruby just loved giving people presents just as much if not more than getting them.
Yang however was smiling devilishly which normally meant trouble for either Blake or Weiss. Last year Yang had gotten Blake books... fully illustrated pornographic novels that made Ninjas of Love look innocent. Unfortunately Blake had opened the gift up in front of Teams RWBY, JNPR and SNST (SNST are another first year team... but that is a whole other story) which caused the Faunus girl much embarrassment . Needless to say Yang went cold turkey in regards to sex for the best part of 3 months until Blake eventually let Yang back into her bed. Weiss hadn't faired any better in gifts from the blonde: Weiss had received a set of ice themed lace lingerie that Yang had said would come in handy for in her words "Whenever she made up her mind if she wanted Neptune, Simon (Captain of SNST) or Rubes" Weiss had instantly backhanded and frozen Yang upon that remark, followed by a 90 minute on why nothing was happening between her and any of those people.
Yang and Blake snuggled up on the couch and Ruby finally managed to sit on the floor right next to the tree like an excited 5 year old who couldn't stop fidgeting, they were only waiting on Weiss who seemed to still be hiding her shame at walking in on Blake and Yang about to go at it. "WEEEISSSS! TIME FOR PRESENTS!" Ruby called out, getting impatient for either getting her gifts or seeing the faces of her teammates when they received their gifts from Ruby. "I'll get there when I' am good and ready you dunce... I just need to quickly find the secret to erase memories!" Weiss shrieked back at Ruby. Ruby looked confused about what Weiss could possibly want to forget, deciding not that her own impatience was more important at this moment than Weiss sudden want for amnesia. So with a cloud of rose petals Ruby took off towards the master bedroom with the private bathroom that Weiss had taken for herself.
Ruby found Weiss huddled over the sink splashing water into her face mumbling incoherently, not noticing her partner at the door. Ruby saw the chance for a bit of fun and took it: Sneaking ever so quietly up behind the distracted Heiress and readied her fingers. Without warning Ruby jammed them not overly hard but firmly into Weiss ribs and unleashed a flurry of tickles into the moody Ice Queen who had been caught completely off guard and vulnerable to the pinpoint accuracy of Ruby. Weiss began to cackle uncontrollably and lost her footing as her legs went to jelly which is exactly what Ruby wanted. Hefting the Heiress up over her shoulder Ruby carried her back into the living room and deposited her on the ground right next to where Ruby had been sitting before, Weiss was too busy laughing from the tickles to be able to scold the redheaded dolt. "Ok Team RWBY... I hope you guys don't mind being up so early, but if there is one day to be happy to be awake at 5am it is today!" Ruby said enthusiastically. Weiss was scowling at her partner while Blake and Yang seemed to be more intent on exploring each other's mouths up on the couch.
Ruby looked slightly crestfallen but wasn't going to be discouraged from making her friends (and sister) have fun today. Ruby grabbed up several presents and handed them out each all addressed From Blake. Handing one to Yang, Weiss and keeping the last for herself; Ruby tore into the wrapping to find a hand written book "The Reaper and the Fencer." By Blake Belladonna. Ruby was at a loss for words "Blake.. it is amazing, I can't wait to read it!" Ruby said happily before wrapping Blake into one of her trademark rib-cracking hugs. Yang chuckled and opened her gift, only for her as well to join in on glomping Blake. For Blake's gift to Yang had been a necklace with a locket which contained a photo of Yang and Blake about to go on their first date over 18 months ago. Weiss was now kind of nervous... Blake and her while having improved their relationship over the last two years they still came to loggerheads over some things. Carefully unwrapping the gift it was a photo album containing many photos of Weiss with the various students of Beacon and an entire section of her competing in the tournament at the Vytal Festival. Weiss was absolutely speechless. Blake smiled slightly, still being squashed by R&Y "It is to remind you that you aren't the loneliest of all and you do have people all around you who care immensely for you." Weiss let out one of her elusive and rare smiles at the very thoughtful gift.
Ruby had took in Weiss smile and internally beamed with Glee, Ruby loved Weiss' smiles, always has. Ruby just hoped that Weiss would love the gift that Ruby had gotten her.
The next set of gifts to be handed out were from Weiss. Ever the practical person the Heiress had gotten Blake several magazines of the dust rounds that augmented Blake's aura so effectively as proven when the White Fang had breached Vale's defences. Yang had received a large supply of shotgun shells for Ember Celica as well as a luxury hair care pack... Weiss knew just how much Yang's hair meant to the blonde and thought it would be a nice gift, but still practical as Yang tended to trash things if her hair got damaged. Yang and Blake were happy enough with their gifts, knowing Weiss as they did.
As for Ruby: Weiss had decided to get her a new set of the latest headsets for her music player, customised specially for Ruby as well as 100 Lien worth of music credits. Weiss knew it was a frivolous gift compared to something to help Ruby maintain Crescent Rose but Ruby refused anything to help her maintain her sweetheart preferring to do it all by hand herself. Aside from that Weiss knew that apart from her weapon Ruby loved books (taken care of by Blake) and music. The happy look on Ruby's face made the impractical gift totally worth it.
Yang's gifts were up next: This brought audible groans from Blake and a scowl from Weiss. Yang was always a prankster with gifts, though afterwards she'd usually go out and buy a new gift to make up for it. Ruby was relieved to find that Yang had spared her the embarrassment of her usual gift giving antics to find a box set of all 12 current seasons of Red Vs Blue as well as the Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One. Blake was slightly less amused with her gift: A giant ball of yarn, a coupon for a lifetime's supply of tuna and a laser pointer. However one of Blake's 'Rectify this insult or prepare to be celibate' glares brought forth Yang's real gift: a pair of amber coloured crystals that matched Blake's eyes set into earrings, which was accompanied by a movie: the Ninja's of Love film adaption. Blake had certainly wanted a copy of the film, but just not to have received it in such a way. As much as Blake wanted to be angry at her partner she was just so smitten at the earrings.
Weiss wasn't optimistic, she knew that she was the biggest target of Yang's antics: always has been and always will be. Slowly she opened her gift: Looking inside she let out a massive scowl at Yang as she pulled up a "Sexiest huntsmen of Vale" pinup calendar. Blake, Yang and even Ruby just burst out laughing as the Heiress' Aura flared in a mix of embarrassment and anger at the Blonde. "Sorry Weiss, I know you would have preferred a calendar full of half-naked Neptune but unfortunately he wouldn't agree for a photo shoot." Yang said through her laughter. This did not improve Weiss' mood one bit. However before Weiss could summon any glyphs to immobilise or otherwise harm Yang Weiss was wrapped in a rib crushing hug from behind "Now now Weiss, it's Christmas... you're not allowed to be mad today!" Ruby cooed gently in the Heiress' ears as she squeezed the life out of Weiss. Weiss wanted... tried ever so hard to be mad and rebuke Ruby for the hug, but she simply couldn't. Weiss wasn't the Ice Queen she once was or ever really was. Truth be told Weiss always loved hugs, especially Ruby's but just never got hugged as a child by her parents or any of her childhood friends out of fear of her father. Sighing in defeat Weiss relented in her anger against the Blonde, for today at least.
The last set of presents were from Ruby. Slowly she handed them out to her teammates before sitting back and watching on nervously, hoping that they liked her gifts. Blake was the first to open hers: Finding inside a new bow, makeup, a large hardcover fantasy book that had been personally signed by the author and a framed photo of Team RWBY. Blake looked around and noticed that Yang and Weiss had both received the same photo from Ruby. Though Yang had also gotten a new leather biker jacket and gloves, the exact set that she had been wanting for months but had never gotten around to buying, Yang was ecstatic. As for Weiss, Ruby had gotten her a small snow white teddy because Ruby knew Weiss loved hugs but never wanted to admit it as well as a new ornate hilt for Myrtenaster. "I knew you could buy anything on Remnant you wanted so I decided to get you something personal... So I made that hilt for you from scratch, trust me it doesn't only look good... it is a vast improvement over your current hilt in terms of comfort and effectiveness. Also the photo's: Well when we graduate we'll all end up going our separate ways and I wanted to ensure we each carried something as a constant reminder of this team when we made our own way in this world." Ruby explained the idea behind the photos.
The whole team seemed to be happy with their gifts, though Weiss was still a bit peeved off at Yang over the pinup calendar. "Hey Blake, what time did Sun and Neptune say they'd be coming over?" Yang asked as she and Ruby fired up the Xbox for some Halo multiplayer. Blake who was casually reading the book that Ruby had given her looked up "About 9ish, so you got plenty of time to get your ass kicked by Ruby" the Faunus replied impishly. Yang stuck her tongue out at her girlfriend and grabbed up her controller. Weiss sat down with the photo album from Blake in one hand and the teddy from Ruby in the other, half watching the sisters (especially the younger one) and half going through the photo album.
After a good 2 hours of being used as a target dummy by Ruby, Yang was fed up with losing, having only won one match the entire morning. Putting down her controller she turned to the still reading Blake and wrapped her arms around her partner "Come play with me Blakey!" She whispered, chuckling at her innuendo. Blake did her best to ignore the innuendo from the Blonde and keep focused on reading the exquisite book she was reading. Yang frowned and decided on a different tactic to get some amusement before the boys arrived. "How about a Sisses v Their Missus match at Halo?" The Blonde asked, staring in Weiss' direction to gauge her reaction: Yang got just what she was hoping for, simultaneously Weiss scowled in anger yet went red in embarrassment at being referred to as Ruby's girlfriend. "Ya-Yang! I' am not romantically involved with your dolt of a sister! But however I will accept your challenge if only to wipe the floor with you!" Weiss retorted as she picked up one of 4 controllers.
"Oh come on! How did that not kill you!" Yang yelled in frustration as Weiss killed her with a shotgun even after Weiss had taken a direct hit from the brawler who was armed with a gravity hammer. "Ha! that will teach you Xiao Long!" Weiss said as she tea bagged Yang's corpse... Only to get killed with a head shot from Ruby had a sniper rifle. "Oh you camping dunce!" Weiss cried out in frustration. Yang gave her sister a hi5 and laughed at Weiss. "Too bad she didn't kill you point blank... she could have tea bagged you as well. You would have loved that a bit too much though aye Ice Queen?" Yang chuckled, getting blushes from Ruby and a growl from Weiss as she respawned and prepared to hunt down Yang again. Blake through all this had been trying to find Ruby, upon doing so lined up and chucked two plasma grenades onto the camping sniper.
"Oh fu-" Ruby managed to yelp before the grenades went off, killing her. "That is what you get for camping Ruby." Blake said flatly, just a hint of humour in her voice. Ruby pouted in defeat. Yang having gotten her hands on a needler with a full load was sprinting around the map, eventually coming across Blake who was unfortunately looking the other way. Yang smiled and emptied the needler into Blake's back. Blake shot a glare at the blonde who only smiled and stroked her Faunus ears "Sorry Blakey, but all is fair in love and war."
sighing in defeat the Faunus put down her controller and tackled Yang back onto the couch, pinning the blonde under her. "Oh is it now? Well I think I just won." Blake Purred before kissing her. Ruby was barely even acknowledging her sister and Blake making out, she was too engrossed in the game. Weiss however from her seat had a full view of the couple. Part of her was jealous of the couple and the certainty and security their relationship brought them... Weiss wanted something like that but honestly didn't know what to do about her feelings for both Neptune and Ruby. The other part of her was infuriated that Yang and Blake couldn't keep their hormones in check for even one day! "Yang, as much as you're probably enjoying being dominated by your beloved on the couch... remember that there are children present also I have already seen enough of you making out today! Also is nearly 9... the boys will be here soon, and I think Sun would enjoy seeing you to go at it a bit TOO much." Weiss said, the slightest touch of humour in her voice as she mentioned the monkey tailed 'rapscallion'.
Blake sighed and climbed off Yang, once again much to the latter's protests. Yang huffed and silently swore revenge upon Weiss for this affront. The front gate of the holiday house opened and Sun and Neptune could be seen walking up the path, both laden with containers of food, apparently their gift to RWBY was to provide Christmas lunch. Weiss leaped up with a speed that almost matched Ruby to get the door and let in the mischievous monkey and his suave companion. "Hey Sun!" Ruby called out as she ran Blake over in a Warthog, much to the Faunus' consternation. "Well hello Snow angel, you're looking even more radiant than usual, the Vacuo sun must be doing wonders for your complexion." Neptune greeted flirtatiously as he revealed a small bouquet of flowers in his free hand "They're called Sturt Desert Pea, native to Vacuo." Neptune explained handing the flowers to a very smitten Weiss before following his friend into the house. Weiss looked down at the flowers: they were so beautiful and they had a red and black colouration, exactly like Ruby 'Ugh... stupid stupid me, why can't I choose?' she thought momentarily before she felt a hot gust of air heated from the now 35c heat outside. Weiss instantly began to sweat, coming from Atlas gave one no ability to withstand heat like this so Weiss quickly closed the door and positioned herself as close to the air conditioner as possible to alleviate the heat.
Weiss had been about to doze off while cuddling Ruby's gift teddy, as even in the air conditioned room the heat was making her drowsy, however before sleep took hold Weiss was shaken from her attempted slumber by Ruby, who had a handful of chocolate freckles and probably just as many in her mouth judging by how laboured her chewing was. "Ugh Ruby, what is it? I was hoping to doze a bit before lunch." Weiss said drowsily. Ruby rolled her eyes an "No Weiss, come be social!" Ruby pouted with her mouth still full, unleashing those adorable silver eyes... Weiss was instantly and wholly disarmed by the display '2 years! 2 whole years and I can't resist those eyes... but they are just so cute with her pouty face.' Weiss thought as she rose to her feet, however she was getting up too slowly for Ruby's liking so Ruby grabbed Weiss by the arm and dragged her towards the back patio that backed onto a small grass area and a pool. While Blake and Yang has utilised the pool plenty for midnight skinny dips (which Weiss could unfortunately see clearly through her window if she wanted to look out into the stars) though Weiss hadn't found much interest in it, she had never done much swimming up in Atlas.
Unfortunately for Weiss, Ruby had dragged her into the middle of a Water bomb war between Yang Blake and Sun... or more to the point an ambush the 3 of them planned for Weiss. Ruby had seen the bombs at the last moment but didn't have the chance to grab Weiss and jump out of the way, so Ruby jumped to save herself and let Weiss take the full brunt of her friends attacks, within about 5 seconds Weiss had been hit with over a dozen water bombs and the white T-shirt she had been wearing today had gone totally see through, much to Ruby's and Neptune's delight. Weiss as usual didn't exactly see the funny side to this unprovoked attack. "YANG! I just know you're behind this... have you no care for the fact I may not have wanted to get soaked. Especially in this whi-" Weiss stopped berating Yang as she looked down to see the black bra visible for all to see. If looks could kill... Yang would have disintegrated instantly in that moment. "YAAAAANG!" Weiss screamed as immobilising glyphs formed around Yang's limbs. Sun started laughing uncontrollably "Weiss... what honestly is the difference between people seeing your bra to seeing you in a bikini? it covers the exact same area, not that there is really that much to look at on you as it is!" the monkey Faunus exclaimed from his hiding spot, a slight chuckle could be heard from Neptune as he sat by a table of snacks with a cold XXXXX beer. All four girls did a double take, Yang and Blake also began laughing at Sun's jab at Weiss' bust, which hadn't grown at all in the two years she'd been at Beacon. Ruby and Neptune however seemed to huff in disagreement as they both unashamedly stole gazes at the soaked Schnee.
Weiss by this time was absolutely livid "You perverted rapscallion!" Weiss shouted as she covered up her chest with her arms, feeling extremely self conscious about the fact that even Ruby, a 16 year old girl had larger tits than her. Weiss retreated back into the house embarrassed at what had just happened. While Yang, Blake and Sun had stripped off into their swimmers and had taken to the pool, Ruby had made her way over to Neptune with a slightly upset look on her face. "I know Rubes... I'll go talk to her. You just go have some fun with your sister in the pool." Neptune said in a comforting way, though Ruby still felt slightly suspicious.. she knew how Neptune felt about Weiss and that made her both jealous and suspicious of him whenever he spent time with her, but she did her absolute best not to show it. "Ok Neptune... just don't take too long, today is about being among friends not cooped up alone inside." Ruby replied as she plopped one of Yang's homemade rumballs into her mouth and made her way towards the pool.
Weiss was pacing around her bedroom when she heard the light tapping on her door "Go away!" she shrieked. "Weiss, it is Neptune... now come on, open the door... I promise I don't have a guitar like Jaune." Came the confident, slightly flirtatious reply. Weiss stopped pacing and looked at the door, unsure of how to proceed at this point: She enjoyed spending time with just her and Neptune, but lately her confusion over how she really felt about Neptune and also Ruby. Sighing, Weiss unlocked her door and in strode Neptune who leaned against a wall. "So Weiss; why so antisocial today? isn't that normally Blake's thing?" he joked, trying to melt the Ice Queen. Weiss couldn't help but chuckle at the joke, even if it was at the expense of one of her teammates. "I know, i think the heat might just be getting to me... I mean my scroll says it is nearly 40 outside!" Weiss complained, the fact she was profusely sweating reinforced this fact.
Neptune nodded in understanding "Well still, come back out... be among friends, maybe a dip in the pool will help cool you off if the Vacuo summer is getting to you, then after you have had some time to cool off and relax... then plan how you're going to get back at Yang." Neptune replied mischievously, hoping Weiss would include him in any plot she came up with... it would be so so cool to be able to both spend time with Weiss and be able to get back at Sun for his pranking ways. Weiss thought about this for a moment and decided to take Neptune's advice, making her way over to her dresser and withdrew a set of togs, before she began to change she shot a glare to Neptune who was still leaning by the door "Umm excuse me... privacy please?" Weiss asked with a blush which cause Neptune to stumble out of his dreamy stare at the Heiress and nearly tumble to the floor as he scrambled out of the door. Weiss rolled her eyes and chuckled as she changed out of her damp clothes and into the white and blue one piece bathing suit... A perfect idea for revenge coming to mind.
Meanwhile in the pool Yang, Sun and Ruby were partaking in a bomb dive contest with Blake as the judge. Sun had been disqualified for illegally using the palm trees as an extra high springboard and getting and unfair advantage. Next up was Yang: She sprung on her feet a couple times before taking off at a sprint towards the pool, as Yang leapt up into the air to try and create maximum splash her momentum was killed by a set of immobilising Glyphs caught the airborne Yang in their grasp. On the other side of the pool stood Weiss, Myrtenaster in one hand and a large roll of duct tape in the other "Oh Yang... you didn't think I'd just let you get away with embarrassing me right?" Weiss said in mock innocence, Yang was struggling against the bonds but she knew it was futile to struggle against Weiss' glyphs.
"Neptune... do me the favour of duct taping Yang to the palm tree." Weiss said sweetly as she threw the blue haired flirt the roll of tape. he nervously strode up to Yang whom Weiss had moved with her glyphs to the palm tree. Yang stared angrily at Neptune "Ok Blue boy... do this and you'll regret it... get any of my hair caught in that tape and you won't live to see boxing day." the brawler growled. Neptune gulped and began wrapping the tape around the blonde, being EXTREMELY careful not to get even a single strand caught of Yang's luscious golden hair caught on the tape. within minutes Yang's entire torso, legs and arms had been covered in the silver tape. Yang looked at the now thoroughly amused Weiss "This is such a cruel and unusual punishment." the blonde mopped Weiss merely shrugged as she placed Myrtenaster onto the table with the food before gracefully diving into the pool. when she surfaced she came to the side near Yang "Well I couldn't expose you as you exposed me... you'd probably enjoy walking around all day topless, having no shame as you do." Weiss retorted as she pushed off the side and began swimming leisurely.
For over half an hour Yang was tied up off the ground to that palm tree watching everyone else hit the pool.. that lovely cool water that was a welcome reprieve from the excruciating heat, Yang was slick with sweat and it made her itch... but she couldn't scratch. 'Both Weiss and Neptune shall pay for this.' she thought to herself as she formulated her plan. Eventually Blake grabbed Gambol Shroud and cut Yang down from the palm tree, after which Yang immediately tackled Blake and kissed her passionately "Oh Thank-you Blakey... I thought I was going to cook if I was left up there any longer... I mean I know I' am hot but I don't think being that hot is a good thing." Yang quipped. Blake couldn't help but smile at Yang's confidence in her body, even if it did boarder on obsessive sometimes. Without warning Yang jumped up and dragged Blake with her "Come with me kitty Kat" Yang said in a evil tone as she dragged the Faunus out to the carport where several fishing rods had been stored by the owners of the house for use by those who rent the house. "Umm Yang... why do you need that?" Blake asked, wondering if her girlfriend had finally snapped into insanity. Yang merely ignored Blake as she rigged up a hook with a very special bait she had taken from the living room "You'll see Blakey" She eventually said, a devilish grin on her face.
Back out in the pool, Neptune and Sun were discussing who'd win the Boxing Day Cricket Test between Vacuo and Mistral... both of them were passionate about their respective homes. "All I' am saying is Mitch Johnson's batting ability will knock you bloody Whinging Mistralans for 6 all day long." Sun said with utmost confidence in the Vacuo national team. "Yeah, Yeah... Sharma will have his wicket no worries this time around! No way Mistral will let you guys go 3-0 in the series!" Neptune retorted as he took another swig of his beer and popped a rumball in his mouth while Sun opted for the alcohol free jubes (Yang's rumballs were notorious for each one having the equivalent amount of alcohol as a rum shot) and Sun was unfortunately for him the designated driver to get Neptune home. The pair were about to continue sizing up each team when they stopped and say yang some back out carrying a fishing rod with a very peculiar object on the end "Hey Yang... What on Remnant are you doing with that?" Neptune inquired, a very confused look on his face.
Yang ignored the Blue haired traitor and after she had eaten 2 rumballs and took a third one to munch, she made her way to the pool where Weiss had began to lay on an inflatable pool chair to relax... The sun warming her damp, pale skin. Ruby about to jump into the pool, a look of mischief on her face. Diving in Ruby swam under Weiss and flipped her off the pool chair and into the water. When Weiss surfaced Ruby splashed her in the face, Weiss tried to escape: but even in water Ruby was quicker than anyone else. Left with only one option Weiss turned to face Ruby and splashed her right back, Ruby was ecstatic that she'd finally made Weiss do something childish and carefree today.
The two continued splashing for a good couple minutes until they noticed something bobbing around above the two, looking up they saw some mistletoe attached to a fishing line... being held by none other than Yang who was smiling from ear to ear "You know the rules ladies: 10 seconds minimum and I wanna see plenty of tongue used." She laughed. Weiss looked both horrified, angry, ecstatic and eager or at once. Before she could make any comment to Yang about what she had done she felt her being pulled into Ruby's arms and having her partner's lips meet her own.
The kiss was deep and full of passion from the younger girl: whom Weiss could tell had been wanting this moment to happen for quite a while. Weiss found herself enjoying the kiss immensely and returned Ruby's kiss with extreme vigour and passion, though a small part in the back of her mind felt guilty knowing that Neptune was probably filled with jealousy at seeing this.
Indeed Neptune was jealous, and slightly angry that Yang was probably doing this to get back at him for tying her up, this suspicion was confirmed when the blonde looked over to him and winked those lilac eyes at him.
Ruby's mind was in pure ecstasy, for months she'd wanted this and now she finally had Weiss in her arms. The kiss lasted way longer than 10 seconds, only stopping when the pair needed to breathe. Both girls had massive blushes written across their faces, Ruby gave Weiss one last peck on the cheek before she dove under the water and swam away leaving Weiss looking like a stunned mullet. Yang satisfied with what she had done she took the fishing line over to where Blake was sitting with Sun and Neptune and hung the mistletoe over her head "Come here kitty" She growled suggestively before pulling Blake into a kiss, which Blake was only too happy to oblige with.
Sun turned to Neptune who looked rather despondent and jealous "We shoulda brought Sage and Scarlet down here from Mistral for this holiday aye, that way we probably wouldn't feel like such third wheels." Sun joked half heartedly, feeling the slightest twang of jealousy that Blake hadn't chosen him... but he'd long since accepted that she was happy. Neptune just grunted and looked at his scroll "It is about lunch time... better start setting it all out." Neptune said, instantly changing subject "Hey girls... you want to eat inside or out?" he asked Yang and Blake. It took a good 10 seconds for the couple to end their kiss before turning to face the pair of boys. "Nah.. take it inside, keep the mozzies off of us, they bite Blake's cute lil ears... and only I' am allowed to do that!" Yang answered and nibbled on Blake's cat ears to reiterate her point. Sun winced at this but kept his face level. "Ok, lunch will be ready in about 15, so best go get Ruby and Weiss to dry off." Sun replied as he finished off his drink and made his way inside, Neptune sculled down his beer and followed him in.
"Say Sun, how did you get over it?" Neptune asked as he placed the pasta salad and potato salad on the kitchen table. Sun looked up from cutting the ham and over to his mate with a concerned look "Listen Neptune, it is Christmas day...we can't have you spiralling into a lovelorn depression today of all days, so chin up! In answer to your question: I' am happy in the knowledge that she is with someone that would never hurt her and that they are both happy. That is all I need." Sun replied, really hoping that this won't bring down the festive spirit that had made today so much fun up til now. Neptune nodded and fell into thought while setting out plates and cutlery while Sun finished setting out the food.
20 minutes later and after some choice words to Ruby who didn't wanna get out of the pool, Team RWBY and SN were seated around the table to a selection of cold meats: Ham, Chicken and prawns. Salad, beetroot, pineapple, pasta salad, potato salad. Not a hot cooked item on the table for it was far too hot for that in Vacuo where the temperature was still pushing just past 40c. RWBY sat around the table and Weiss raised an eyebrow "Well it is certainly much different to last Christmas that is for sure, not that I' am complaining at all." She said as she helped herself to some of the ham and various trimmings. "Yeah, well as nice as those nice hot meals are that you have in Atlas... this is what I grew up having for Christmas lunch and I'll always prefer it this way." Sun responded as he tucked into some cold prawns. Each seat had a bonbon and a scratchy, so those were done while people ate. "Aww Nope... I won nothing." Ruby whined as she finished scratching off the tabs on her scratchy. "Same here Rubes." Yang and Blake. "I got 2 Lien" Weiss said, chuckling at her small win. Neptune and Sun after having had some prawns took the coin the girls had been using and took their turn at their scratchy. "Nope I got nothing." Neptune said humouredly as he put the scratchy down and offered Weiss a bonbon who accepted, Weiss getting the better end of the bonbon. Sun however looked incredulously at his scratchy "Well I'll be damned... I just won 7500 Lien off this damned thing! HA!" He said standing up and punching the air. "You can't be serious... you actually stuck lucky?" Neptune asked, not believing his friend. Yang however looked very happy with that "Well I guess it is your shout for New Years drinks then." The blonde replied happily as she ate."Ha I guess it is." The monkey Faunus replied, a massive grin across his face as he continued to eat prawns and salad with Beetroot and pineapple.
Lunch was filled with the popping of bonbons, telling of the horribly bad jokes that resided within the bonbons as well as many stories from previous years. Once everyone had eaten their fill Sun and Neptune went into the kitchen and came back with several bowls of red and green jelly, trifle, ice-cream and custard. "Dig in, especially the trifle: courtesy of my grand-mother, it is her special recipe." Sun explained as everyone took a helping of the Trifle to try, the looks on everyone's faces after eating a spoonful it was clear that the trifle was a hit with RWBY. "Wow this... this is just amazing, almost tastes as good as Blake." Yang exclaimed.. much to the embarrassment of said Faunus and the groans of frustration from everyone else, especially Sun. "Ugh Yang... please! Some of us are trying to eat here. But yes I agree with her sentiments: This is a lovely dish." Weiss chided her perverted teammate while complimenting Sun's grandmother's cooking skills. Sun beamed at the compliment "I'll be sure to pass your compliment along Ice Queen." He said jokingly, earning a scowl from the Heiress.
Once dessert had been finished and everyone had helped pack the leftovers into the fridge or back into Sun's care the boys departed, having promised to spend the afternoon with Sun's family. "We'll see you in Vale for new years! enjoy your day girls." Sun called as he got into the car and drove off. After this Team RWBY split up to rest for the afternoon and nurse the massively overfilled stomachs they all now had. Blake and Yang had gone to their room for a nap... or more unspeakable activities. Ruby had returned to her Xbox to play through the Halo: CE campaign. Whereas Weiss sat down on a lounge chair to watch the younger girl play her game, the Heiress was deep in thought about what had transpired in the pool and how she felt about Ruby and about Neptune. 'Neptune is nice, funny... even if he is a bit of a flirt. On the other hand Ruby has had my back through thick and thin and she really has come a long way from the Dunce she was when I first met her... and that kiss, oh such a magical kiss." she thought as she watched Ruby rather than the screen. The internal conflict was giving her a headache so eventually Weiss moved to the couch and laid back to have a nap, hopefully she wouldn't wake up feeling so lethargic from the food she had consumed during lunch as well as with a clearer head in order to sort out her predicament.
As Weiss fell asleep Ruby paused her game and stared at the dozing Heiress. Ruby smiled happily as Weiss was snuggled up with the teddy that Ruby had given her. 'I hope you're having some sweet dreams Princess.' Ruby thought as Ruby's hand lightly stroked Weiss' cheek. Ruby could feel her cheeks flush crimson red as she thought about their kiss under Yang's mobile mistletoe, it also made her smile even bigger. 'Maybe just maybe it can be... Maybe I do have a chance with her.' Ruby thought as she continued to lightly stroke Weiss' cheek, tracing around her scar. Eventually she yawned, it had been a big day and having been up since just after 4am had taken its toll on the young reaper. Turning off the X-box Ruby carefully laid beside Weiss on the couch, being very careful not to wake the Heiress. As she began to succumb to sleep Ruby felt Weiss' arm curl around Ruby's waist causing Ruby to blush and snuggle in closer to Weiss the last thing that went through Ruby's head as her eyes closed was 'Best Christmas EVER.'
A/N: It is now Christmas Day down under: Guess us getting it before most the rest of the planet is compensation for living in a place where EVERYTHING is trying to kill us haha.
I wrote this because most Christmas Fics I've read are about a "White Christmas" and I've never had that down here in Australia... all of my Christmas Days have been spent in the heat or one year in the middle of a flood disaster zone with torrential rainfall, so I decided to write a story about how I spend the average Christmas: And as such most of the events of this story are based around actual things that I have seen during Christmas with my family that I have altered to fit in with this story.
TEAM SNST is my OC Team from my main Fanfic From Hunted To Hunter just to explain that for those who haven't read it and were wondering who the hell they were :P
Just saying now: This story is a two-shot with the next chapter being set during New Years Eve back in Vale. I hope you've all enjoyed this story and all comments are welcome, so please Read & Review. -CC Signing off to go make sure Santa visited :)