Hello again! Welcome to a brand new fanfic that I have been working on for a little bit now and am glad to finally start sharing. This is going to be a very Team RWBY heavy fic - in that they're pretty much the only characters in it. There is a lot more Bumbleby in this then in Foxtrot and the POVs will be a bit more flowing as the story goes along.

I'm very excited for this one and the writing has been going really well so far. I won't ramble on for too long though cause you're not here for that. Thank you for reading, I hope to see you in the comments. Let's go to the beach!


"Weiss, that hat is ridiculous." Yang couldn't help herself as she and her teammates strode down the long pathway from the docks that led to the beach resort they'd be staying at for the next few weeks.

It was such an ideal destination – so different from where they'd been in Haven for the last few years. Where Haven was densely populated and had gloomy weather, this island was nothing but blue skies, tall palm trees and sunshine. Yang could absolutely get accustomed to this.

Even if poor, pale Weiss couldn't. "The sun is trying to cook us and I have very sensitive skin! I am wearing this hat to protect myself from harmful rays and to prevent burning!"

Yang nodded, completely understanding – but the hat was so big. "You know, if you were still shorter than her, you could stand under it with her, Rubes."

Ruby's eyes lit up and she stepped closer to Weiss. "Oh! I can crouch," and crouch she did. She stuck her head under the hat and rested it on Weiss' shoulder as they continued to walk.

"Will you get out of here," Weiss shoved Ruby away but Yang noticed how red her 'sensitive' cheeks were. "You nearly knocked me over!"

"You're antagonizing." Blake said through a smirk. Yang merely looked at her and winked.

"Just checking to make sure Ruby hadn't softened her up too much. We're going to need the same old ice queen if we plan on completing our first real mission as legit huntresses."

As far as first missions went, they couldn't have done much better than this one. It felt almost like a thank you when Ozpin and the others sent them here. They'd been working so hard for the last two years to make up the time they'd lost after Beacon fell. Enrolling at Haven and training – even harder than most of the other students – because they knew just how dangerous the world was.

Once they did manage to graduate, the situation was calm enough that they could take it easy to start out and Ozpin had said this was the perfect starting point for them. Yang couldn't argue with that. Even if there was a giant water Grimm terrorizing this place, it was absolutely beautiful.

"I'll have you know that I, Weiss Schnee, tops in our year in both combat and Grimm studies, is more than capable of handling whatever this mission might throw at us."

Yang shrugged as they rounded the corner and found themselves entering the resort. "I'm just saying, you're in a new relationship with my charming baby sister and it might be distracting."

"Hardly," Weiss scoffed. "I've dealt with Ruby for the last three years and still managed to be the ideal student."

"Aw," Ruby pouted. "Dealt with me? Am I just a burden to you?" She wasn't being entirely serious, but Yang marveled at how easily Ruby could manipulate Weiss without even meaning to.

Weiss slowed and quickly reached out to grab Ruby's hand. She held it so tightly Yang knew it couldn't feel great. "Don't be dumb, I wouldn't have agreed to be your girlfriend if I thought you would deter me or my career as a huntress." She suddenly looked away. "You were a calculated risk and one I deemed worth taking."

"Just like the sweet nothings of a romance novel," Blake chimed in and Yang didn't have to look to know she was being glared at.

"I think it's cute!" Ruby defended, as she always did.

Yang stopped at the entrance to the lobby of the Kaiteki-Sa's Cradle resort. It was the biggest resort on the entire island of Kaiteki-Sa, just off the coast of Menagerie and Ozpin and Qrow had booked them two rooms with at least one month of time for them to stay to complete their mission. It was a sweet gig and one Yang hadn't questioned. Though she was very aware that not every hunt they went on would have a budget like this – it was a heck of a start.

Holding the door open, Yang let her teammates walk in first and saw Weiss actually sigh in relief as the cool air conditioning of the lobby hit her. Of course Ruby ended up smacking her suitcase into the door frame and nearly knocked herself over, but Yang caught her.

"You know, you probably wouldn't have this issue if you'd been a little more subtle with your weapon."

Ruby only smiled. "Have you ever known me to be subtle?"

"Fair point, you are still wearing a cloak in ninety-degree weather."

"I know," Ruby pouted. "Weiss is going to make me leave it in our room when we go to the beach." Yang stopped quickly and Ruby walked right into her. "Yang what's—"

"Our room? Are you…not staying with me?"

Ruby's eyes went wide as saucers. "Oh…well I uh…I just figured…partners would bunk up together, you know?"

Yang wasn't entirely sure why she'd assumed that Ruby would want to bunk with her. It was just the way it had always been. Ruby had always kind of clung to Yang in any new environment. When they reunited in Mistral, she practically had to peel Ruby off of her to get any kind of time to herself. That was only different because they were all a bit clingy after the reunion.

Still, this was…unexpected. "You're sure about this?" She asked as she dragged Ruby aside a bit while Blake and Weiss chatted with the clerk at the front desk.

"Yang, she's my partner. I've shared a room with her for years."

"I know that, but this is different…you two are like…brand new in this dating thing. It's what? Day two?"

Ruby beamed. "Two days, seven hours and twenty-three minutes!" Yang rolled her eyes. "Alright the minutes are probably wrong, but it's been two days and seven hours and I just...don't want to be away from her, you know? It's all new and exciting and I can kiss her whenever I want and –"

"Okay," Yang held up her hands in submission. "I don't need to hear…any of that. You're an adult and I trust Weiss so…it's totally cool."

That was cool, it really was. She did trust Weiss and more importantly, she trusted Ruby and knew that they cared about each other enough that this was something they needed.

What wasn't cool was that this meant that Yang would have to share a room and sleep next to her own partner.

Not that Yang disliked being near Blake. In fact, it was pretty much entirely the opposite. She loved being around Blake…perhaps more than she probably should. Especially since Blake didn't seem to feel at all the same way about it that Yang did.

No, for Blake, they were just partners and friends and really close. They had been through so much and dealt with so many things, but Yang had never been able to capture Blake's attention the way she wanted to.

Instead she'd been relegated to best friend or "like sisters" as Sun had called them more than once. It was a position she was fine with because she loved Blake so much – she wanted to be in Blake's life in any way she could. That didn't mean that the idea of sharing a hotel room with her and a bathroom/shower with her wasn't a little bit terrifying.

In the dorms at Haven it was different. Those were communal and coed and she could just as easily walk in on Neptune taking a sponge bath as she could anyone else.

This though…this was so much more…intimate.

"Yang?" Ruby's voice drew her out of her own head. She saw a concerned look in those silver eyes. "You okay?"

"I—"

"Hey," Blake spoke suddenly, right behind her. Yang turned sharply and found a pair of perky cat ears standing tall in front of her. "Rooms are ready," she said as she handed over a keycard with a smile.

Having seen Blake at her lowest points more times than she ever wanted to, Yang found it easy to treasure every one of her smiles.

It's been five minutes, Yang – you really need to get a hold on the cheesiness.

"Awesome!" She said a bit too cheerfully as she plucked the card from her partner. "Sounds like we're stuck with each other cause Ruby and Weiss want to –"

"Yang Xiao Long," Weiss barked. "We arrived not twenty minutes ago – I'm begging you to let me rest for a least another hour."

She had a joke on the tip of her tongue, but she could tell by the tone that Weiss really didn't want any of this attention. After all, she and Ruby were in a very new relationship and they probably didn't need any extra pressure.

They certainly didn't need any lame innuendos.

Just have a find another way to deflect my own issues onto something else.

"Alright, I'll keep it to myself." She said and Weiss visibly relaxed. Yang watched as Ruby bounded around her and helped Weiss with the bags before taking a keycard to the room they'd be sharing.

Yang's protective sister instincts suddenly shifted to something else entirely. Something she hated.

Jealousy.

"We have to meet up with Qrow's contact pretty early tomorrow, so we should get our stuff in and relax while we can."

Work – another excellent distraction.


Yang always loved hotel rooms. She couldn't really explain why, but they always signaled some kind of adventure to her. Being in a hotel room was both comfortable and exciting because it meant she was away from the usual day to day and was doing something different. This was no different and this hotel room just so happened to be overlooking a fantastic beach resort filled with swim up bars and night clubs – fancy restaurants and a city just over the bridge packed with even more things to do.

Sure, they were here on business and did have work that needed to be done – but killing monsters was easy. Yang knew they were a few days away from actually being able to do anything productive. They had to meet with Qrow's contact and get a lay of the land – learn of where the attacks had been and plan out a strategy. That would take days, maybe even weeks and would leave plenty of downtime for relaxation.

Of course, it wasn't going to be as easy as she'd hoped now that she was bunked up with a girl she was just a little bit in love with.

"You want the bed near the window?" Blake asked and Yang couldn't help but smile.

"Nah, you take it," she didn't really care but she knew Blake didn't like to sleep close to doorways. An old fear she had of someone breaking in and attacking her. A little space gave Blake piece of mind. Not to mention any potential attackers would have to step through the fires of Yang Xiao Long to get anywhere near her.

Still, Blake always asked because Blake wanted to seem indifferent. Yang couldn't help but wonder what kind of reaction she'd get if she did take the bed by the window.

"So does it bother you?" Blake drew Yang's attention and she turned away from the window to see the light pooling into the room and splashing the white comforter of the bed. Naturally, Blake had taken to sitting down directly in it and Yang followed suit.

"What?"

Blake grinned. "That your sister decided to share a room with Weiss instead of you."

"Ah," Yang chuckled. "Not really, I suppose I should have seen it coming. If I was dating someone I'd want to share a room with them too." Yang fought not to roll her eyes at the irony of her own statement. "Weiss is…good for her. They're good for each other. It's not like they're going to be having sex right?" She said with a very strained laugh. Yang liked to believe that her soon to be nineteen-year-old sister wasn't rushing into those sorts of things.

Though before Ruby told her that she and Weiss were dating, Yang had wondered if maybe Ruby wasn't interested in dating at all.

For all she knew, Weiss might be doing deplorable things to her baby sister up against the very same wall that they shared with this room.

"Yang," Blake called out to her and she drew back in. "Your eyes were changing." Blake smirked. "I promise you, they're fine."

"How do you—"

Blake wiggled the ears atop her head. "I'd probably be able to smell it too."

Yang grimaced. "Really?"

"No," Blake swatted her arm and stood up. "I'm part cat, not part bloodhound."

"Are there bloodhound Faunus?"

Blake glared at her through a mirror as she pulled some clothes out of her suitcase. "None that I've seen." She then stepped towards the bathroom. "I'm going to wash up."

"Sounds good, I'll put some of our things away."

As Blake shut the door behind her, Yang laid back on the bed and covered her face with her hands.

She hated it, absolutely hated how much she thought about Blake even when they were having a conversation. It was like her mind couldn't shut itself off long enough to enjoy that they were as close as they were. No, instead she had to think about the fact that she and Blake weren't together. They were partners and friends but at some point that had stopped being enough for Yang. She wanted so much more than that – she wanted romance. She wanted to kiss Blake and give her shoulder massages and sneak in on her in the bathroom and tickle her until she broke out laughing and dragged Yang into the shower as 'punishment'.

It was something she'd thought about, at length, for months now and it was slowly killing her.

At first, she'd had every intention of telling Blake about all of these feelings – even though the thought of risking their current relationship was terrifying. She couldn't settle though, not with Blake. She needed it to be everything and she had every intention of taking the leap.

Until the party the night before graduation, when she saw Blake and Sun kissing on a bench just outside the entrance. Yang had always known that Sun had feelings for Blake, and once her own feelings surfaced, she told herself that if Blake chose Sun that she would concede and be happy for them.

So seeing it, she did everything she'd promised herself. She'd conceded and she was happy for them.

That didn't mean she was happy with herself for being too late. It was just something she would have to adjust to and she didn't want Blake out of her life. She she buried it, or tried to.

Sharing a room with Blake just made things…harder.

In the long run though, they were partners and this was the first of many missions they'd be spending together. Sun may have won her heart, but Yang was going to find a way to squeeze herself in there somehow.

Frustrated, Yang picked herself up off the bed and went to put her suitcase away. As she did, she noticed that the bathroom door was slightly ajar and of course her eyes immediately found Blake's defined and bare back reflecting through the mirror at her and she froze in her tracks. She stared, only for a moment before looking away with both shame and inconsolable desire.

The next thing she knew, there was a loud crack in the room that made her jump and she heard Blake gasp as well. Suddenly, Blake was leaning her head out the door with her ears perked up.

"What was…oh? Your suitcase."

Yang looked down to see that she'd broken the handle in her grip

"Huh," Yang laughed awkwardly. "Grip malfunction I guess. Hope that never happens in bed." She said with a wink that made her feel like the worst human being on the planet.

It didn't help when Blake frowned and pinned her ears down. "Right," she sighed and stepped back into the bathroom. This time fully closing the door.

They'd shared a room for all of ten minutes and it was already a disaster.


As she stepped out of the closet after putting away her clothes at her girlfriend's request, Ruby caught sight of Weiss standing on the balcony that overlooked the resort. She watched for a moment, Weiss letting the wind blow through her untied and untamed hair. She'd just dried it after a shower and it was so poofy and cute. Wearing little more than a tank top and shorts, she looked absolutely beautiful.

Ruby thought for a moment about leaving her to her thoughts. She could always tell when Weiss was thinking because that was the only time she ever sat still. Weiss was a constant worker – never satisfied unless she was being productive. So whenever she caught Weiss in a moment like this it usually meant she was thinking about something.

Unfortunately, Ruby couldn't just let it go and quietly walked to the balcony door and slid it open. Weiss peeked back over her shoulder as Ruby moved up behind her. She didn't move when Ruby closed the distance between them and wrapped her up in a hug.

It was such a strange thing because in the weeks and months leading up to them actually dating – physical contact had become such a natural thing for them. Now though, with the implication that each touch meant something more, it was more awkward to do something like this.

To her credit, Weiss didn't move away and instead seemed to sink into the hug.

Ruby rested her chin on Weiss' strong shoulder and took in the blue skies, softly moving palm trees and busy resort below them.

"What's up?"

Weiss sighed. "I've been here before." She said and Ruby moved her head to look at Weiss. Their faces so close she could count each individual eyelash. "It was years ago – a family vacation. In fact, it was the last time we were all together as a family."

"It's so close to Menagerie though?" She asked, even if it wasn't really a question.

"It is, and…at the time I didn't even pay attention to the fact that none of the Faunus here now were around then." Weiss tensed in Ruby's arms as she spoke and Ruby had a fairly good idea where this was going. This resort was a pretty popular Faunus vacation spot from the research Ruby had done. It seemed an odd place for a Schnee family getaway. "He paid enough money that the owners barred any Faunus from staying here while we were here. Can you…imagine such a thing? Caring so little about money…about people, that you make a Faunus owned business ban it's own kind because you want a resort and a section of the beach all to yourself?" Venom began to pour with each word she spoke. "I didn't even bother asking why the resort was so quiet – or why none of the employees on staff would look me in the eyes. They'd been…directed not to."

Ruby knew how much Weiss hated talking about the bigotry that she grew up around. Often because Ruby was certain it made her feel guilty. Weiss had come a long way from the girl she blew up in front of Beacon Academy years ago, but before that Weiss was every bit the Schnee. Even if it hadn't entirely been by choice, she fit the image that her father had taught her.

That meant a firm belief that she was better than any Faunus.

"Your dad would probably freak out if he knew that you came here with a Faunus." Ruby said, desperate to lighten the mood.

Weiss chewed her bottom lip and gave a nod. "More so that it was a mission given by his other daughter." She gently pulled Ruby's arms off from her around her waist, but only to turn and face her.

Ruby suddenly felt tense as Weiss was looking at her so deeply. To be this close to her now, now that feelings had been spoken and truths had come out – it was only a little bit awkward.

She wanted to kiss Weiss, she wanted to scoop Weiss up and carry her to their room for so many kisses – but a voice in the back of her head kept screaming about how ridiculous it was.

It wasn't as if Ruby doubted this new relationship with Weiss – she just couldn't shake the thought that it was Weiss. Of all the people she'd met in her life, wonderful people and fun people and beautiful people, Weiss Schnee was the one she'd decided was the most special.

It was even more ridiculous because for some crazy reason, Weiss had chosen her back.

She was Weiss freaking Schnee! She could have anyone she wanted and she'd chosen Ruby? A girl from Patch who still watched kid cartoons on Saturday mornings and cried when her favorite ice cream parlor closed. When the feelings first started she never thought in a million years that Weiss would reciprocate.

Now they were here, face to face and it was just so…crazy.

The distance between them closed suddenly and Ruby felt a very soft press against her lips. Weiss' hand reached around and landed on her back. That was all the motivation Ruby needed to press forward the return the kiss in kind.

She took a step back, bringing Weiss with her and out of view of the balcony for any passerby to see them.

Ruby hadn't had many kisses in her life and this was only the second she'd shared with Weiss. So naturally she was in her own mind trying to decide if she was doing it right. Was her head at a good angle? Did she need to put her hands anywhere specific? Where are her hands…

Oh…her hand is on my butt.

As the kiss deepened, Weiss' hand moved down Ruby's back and landed tentatively on Ruby's backside. They lingered there and the kiss stalled and Ruby peeked one eye open to see Weiss wincing just a bit.

Weiss was testing whether or not it was okay to touch Ruby's butt and for some reason Ruby couldn't contain the laugh that bubbled in her throat. She giggled once, trying and failing to cut it off before it escaped.

That was all Weiss needed to quickly remove her hand and step away. "You're laughing!"

"I'm sorry!" Ruby said as she laughed even hard and covered her face. "I'm so sorry. I'm not laughing at you I just…you touched my butt!"

With two hands, Weiss shoved Ruby by the shoulders and she topped backwards onto the bed into a fit of laughter. "Well I will never do it again!"

"No!" Ruby sat up with a smile so wide it made her cheeks hurt. "No it just surprised me! Weiss Schnee was touching my butt! I'm really sorry! You can touch it!"

"I don't want to," Weiss turned her back on Ruby for good measure."

"Please touch it!" Ruby pleaded, wanting to go back to the kissing.

Weiss glared at her. "I will not."

"Come on," Ruby stood up and presented her butt to Weiss. "One finger." She said while backing up towards Weiss.

"Ruby Rose!" Weiss backed away in escape and Ruby followed after her. "Will you stop!"

"Just grab it again! I won't laugh! Weiss!"


Yang couldn't help but chuckle as she put on the shirt she'd borrowed from her dad – a bright yellow button down with sailboats and surfboards printed all over it. It was an eyesore to say the least, but in a charming sort of way that she loved.

After tying up her hair, Yang stepped out of the bathroom to find Blake perched on the windowsill with a book in hand. The backdrop of the night on the resort was the sound of crashing waves from the water, the bustle of people down below and lights scattered across the darkness. It was a fairly picturesque sight with Blake sitting there so comfortably with her hair down, in nothing more than a large t-shirt and sleeping shorts.

She looked beautiful, as beautiful as she looked to Yang every single day. Having seen Blake at her lowest and at one point being so unafraid to let herself relax that she would stress herself out to the point of sickness – it was wonderful to see Blake this relaxed.

Certainly there were still a plethora of dangers out there. The bastard that took her arm was still very much at large and Yang knew that haunted Blake as much as it did her – they were still able to move on once they were together. Safety in numbers and all that.

In fact, in this moment the only thing that bothered Yang was that Blake didn't look like she had any intention of leaving the room at all.

"What gives? I thought we were going out?"

She waited for Blake to find a stopping point in her book before she was finally met with a pair of golden eyes. "Yang, I'm exhausted – we've been traveling all day. How do you still have energy to go out?"

"It's so early! The sun barely just went down! Come on, don't you want to get a drink with me and see the rest of this place?"

"Yang, we have to get up early tomorrow and go meet Qrow's contact. Ruby and Weiss are already asleep. Shouldn't we just call it a night and get ready for tomorrow?"

Yang knew Blake was right, but she couldn't help herself from pouting. She was so set on taking Blake out tonight, even as friends, she wanted to spend time with her that didn't involve missions and academy lessons. "I suppose," she started to unbutton her silly shirt when Blake put the book down and stood up.

Suddenly, there were a pair of hands on her shoulders and those brilliant eyes were right in front of her. "Tomorrow night, okay? We'll go out and get a drink. You can even wear your shirt." Blake emphasized that by grabbing the shirt with both hands and buttoning a button Yang had just undone.

"Okay," she hated easily Blake could completely disarm her. She needed to turn the tables. "I've always wanted to go to one of those swim up bars!"

Blake's ears pressed down flat atop her head. "In the water?"

"Aw come on! It'll be fun! They're not very deep and they have stools you can sit on!"

"It's still in the water, Yang!" Blake said as she dropped her hands from the shirt and stomped back over to her book. "My vote is for a regular, dry bar."

"How am I supposed to get you in a bikini at a regular bar?" She locked up as soon as the words fell from her mouth. She had not meant to say that out loud.

Blake froze, but only for a moment – her hand hovering over her book for just a second before she finally picked it up and turned around. There was a dusting of pink in her cheeks but she was still glaring all the same. "It is sweltering hot here, even at night, I don't think that will be a problem."

She hadn't meant to make Blake uncomfortable. "I didn't mean—"

The sudden jingle of Blake's scroll drew their attention and Yang watched Blake pick it up and roll her eyes with the softest of smiles threatening on her lips.

"Sun, you idiot." She said before tapping out a response.

Yang felt her heart sink into her stomach and took a step back. What was she doing? Hoping to take Blake out for a night at the bar and woo her away from Sun? No, it was stupid, she was being stupid and she needed to let this go. They were partners and Blake had clearly made her choice. It wasn't even a choice because Yang had never had the courage to make herself an option in the first place.

She was better than this and she should be happy that Blake had found someone. Sun was a good person; he'd treat her well. Eventually this empty pit in Yang's stomach would go away and she would be okay.

Unfortunately, that was not the case right now and Yang felt like she might be suffocating.

"I uh," she refused to look at Blake as she turned for the door. "I'm gonna go get a quick drink, to help me sleep. I'll be back."

"Yang, we just talked about—"

"I know," she was already halfway out the door. "It's fine." It wasn't fine and she closed the door behind her before Blake could say anything else.


Thoughts?