November 7th
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Team STRQ

"Raven…" Tai said, laughing as she glared at him. "You look fine."

"I look like a child who is going to a fairy tea party," Raven commented darkly, looking at her appearance with disdain. "I shouldn't have let Summer choose what I'm wearing for her party. I get that it's her birthday, but for the love of -"

"It's not a bad colour on you," Tai told her, wrapping an arm around her waist. "I actually kind of like the pink."

"I told you, it makes me look a child!" Raven said in exasperation. "Ugh, Qrow is going to end up getting some serious kicks out of this, isn't he?"

"He might end up drinking enough that he won't remember," Tai offered though she only glared. "I'm serious...though he might just want to snog Summer senseless, and -"

"And I do not need to nor want to see that again!" Raven exclaimed, remembering how she and Tai had come back from the city a few weeks prior and had walked in on Summer and Qrow snogging on the couch. "And I can imagine that Qrow would like to live."

"Please don't kill your brother, Raven," Tai said though he was smiling. "Besides -"

"Okay, can I come in now and see how she looks?" Summer asked through the door. "Please?"

"There's a part of me that wants to kill you, Summer," Raven said irritably as Tai opened the door and Summer gasped before embracing her teammate tightly. "Okay, please let go of me."

"You look so pretty!" Summer exclaimed as she took in Raven's appearance and ignored her scowl. "I love it!"

"I don't," Raven muttered and Summer's face fell. "Look, Summer, pink isn't really my colour."

"Nothing's your colour unless it's black or red," Tai commented with a shrug. "It won't hurt to spend one night dressed like this."

"But if I…" Raven began before she groaned when she saw the pitiful look Summer was giving her. "Oh alright! Fuck it, I'll wear the stupid dress!"

"Yes!" Summer said, clasping her hands together before embracing her teammate again. "We're just getting the rest of the things ready downstairs and then the party starts in three hours! Ooo...and there's something that Qrow and I are going to announce tonight!"

"I swear to Oum," Raven began as Summer skipped out of the room excitedly with her white cape trailing behind her and her silver eyes sparkling. "If she's pregnant, I'm going to kill myself. Either I'll find a gun and shoot myself with it, or I'll take my sword and stab myself clean through."

"Oh, don't be so hard on her and Qrow," Tai told her as he closed the door and locked it. "They've been together since our second year at Beacon. We're all adults, we're huntsmen -"

"And huntresses," Raven added with a faint scowl. "But your point?"

"Look, we're all twenty three," Tai said, coming over to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "What's the problem with your brother and Summer?"

"My brother," Raven replied as he began to kiss her collarbone as he slowly moved up to her lips. "Tai, I -"

"We have three hours," Tai reminded her and she smirked as his hands traveled lower down her back. "I think that gives us some time to be a little frisky."

"You're bad, Taiyang Xiao Long," Raven told him. "But I think that it wouldn't be bad to take a moment to ourselves."

"My thoughts exactly," Tai said as he pulled her closer to him and she wrapped her arms tightly around him. "After all, it's not as if we're alone all that often."

"Oh, that's ridiculous," Raven scoffed as he began to work on the zipper of her dress. "If I'm not wrong, our sex life is more than healthy."

"Well, I love showing you my love for you," Tai replied, kissing her lightly before sliding off her dress as she began to unbutton his shirt and tug at his spaulder and vambrace, finally removing them along with his shirt. "God, Raven, do you -"

"Shut up," Raven said, stepping out of her dress as it fell to her feet and pulling off his cargo pants before pushing him onto their bed. "Just shut up."

"Do you know how to ask for anything nicely?" Tai teased as she rolled her eyes and pressed herself against him as he felt himself growing hard, moaning slightly as she continued to do so. "Ugh, fuck, Raven…"

"What?" She said, relenting slightly as she cast her bra aside. "You don't like that?"

"Of course I do," Tai whispered, pulling her into him before shifting so that he was on top of her. "I love pretty much everything you do."

Raven smirked. "Since the day we met?"

"Raven, you know that I love you," Tai kissed her gently as he cupped her soft breasts in his hands and she closed her eyes as he kissed her again. "You know I do."

"I love you too, Tai," Raven said as she tugged off his fingerless glove and bandana. "Come on now, you know I -"

"There is something I've been meaning to ask you," Tai said as she all but tore off his underwear and threw it to the ground. "And -"

"Tai, if you don't shut up then I'm going to be really pissed off," Raven growled, her nails digging into his back slightly. "So, for Oum's sake -"

Gently sliding off her lace panties, Tai smirked as he brought his lips down on hers in a fervent kiss. Her sharp nails continuing to dig into his back, Raven only responded to him with more passion as he teased her, rubbing his hardened member against her entrance to which she let out several soft moans of pleasure and grew wetter beneath him. Shifting slightly under him, Raven let her breasts press against his chest to which he responded by pulling his lips away from her and tracing them before laying heated, open kiss over her chest before sucking on her taut nipples for a moment. Forcing herself on top of him, Raven moaned again as he entered her and began to pull in and out roughly. Though he started slow, he began to increase the pace as they both grew more enamoured. Her heart beat increasing as she grew closer to her climax, Raven bit her lip before pressing her mouth down against Tai's in hard kiss shortly before she felt her orgasm and he reached his own climax, starting to spend inside her as he drew her closer.

"Damn, Rae…" Tai said as he slowly pulled out of her and she sighed. "Feeling a little extra excited today?"

"Maybe…" Raven said, looking at him with a smile. "So...what was it you've been meaning to ask me about?"

Tai laughed and kissed her chastely. "Impatient, huh?"

"Always," Raven told him, laughing as well. "But, seriously Tai -"

"Raven, how long have we been together again?" Tai asked her and she rolled her eyes.

"Since the end of our third year at Beacon."

"Exactly," Tai said with a smile as he pushed a strand of her dark hair behind her ear. "So, Raven Aria Branwen, will you marry me?"

Raven stared at him in shock before sighing. "Tai…"

"Rae," Tai said, kissing her forehead. "I -"

"You know I will," Raven told him with a smirk, blissfully resting her head on Tai's chest as he stroked her hair. "You know that."

The door opened suddenly though they didn't notice until they heard their teammate screech in horror. "What the fuck?" Qrow stared at them for a moment, paralyzed slightly by the shock before shaking his head. "God, I did not need to see this! Damn it! I'll never be able to unsee this!"

"Qrow!" Tai exclaimed, meeting his teammate's gaze as he pulled a blanket over him and Raven while she glared at her twin. "The hell are you -"

"Summer told me to have the two of you come downstairs to help her reach something because she's 5'0''," Qrow said, pulling out his flask. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!"

"Qrow, what's going on up there?" Summer yelled from another part of the house. "Do you need something?"

"No!" He yelled back. "Give me a few minutes!"

"Okay!" Summer responded and a crash was heard. "Ow!"

Looking back to Tai and Raven, Qrow gave them a look of disgust. "Just...be downstairs quickly while I go and help her."

Darting out of the room, Qrow rushed down the stairs, sliding on the bannister, to go and see what was wrong. Coming into the living room, he saw broken glass and stopped short in fear before shaking himself in an attempt to push away the fear and the sinking feeling that was rising in him. Running into the kitchen, Qrow stared in horror when he saw that Summer was sitting on the counter, clutching one of her feet while a few of her toes looked to be swelling. Rushing to her side, Qrow lifted himself up onto the counter next to her before rubbing her back and kissing her cheek as she fought back tears when she placed any pressure against her toes. Leaning into him, she folded her leg across the other as he tried to help her relax before sighing.

"What happened, Sums?" Qrow asked her gently and she pointed at the shattered wooden box on the ground.

"That thing fell on me from on top of one of the cabinets when I was trying to climb up to reach something up high," Summer told him, almost as if she was angry at the box. "And when I tried to get out of the way, it hit my foot."

"Can you walk?" He asked and she pouted.

"Not without it hurting."

"Do you want me to carry you, then?" Qrow smiled at her and she began to laugh before nodding.

"You really don't have a problem with that?" She asked for confirmation and he nodded. "Aww…"

"It's your birthday, Sums," Qrow reminded her. "We want it to be enjoyable, now don't we?"

"I love you, Qrow," Summer said, reaching out to him and wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. "Do you think Tai and Raven are going to be happy for us when we tell them that we're engaged?"

"They better, or Raven's going to be in serious pain," Qrow told her with a smirk, booping her nose.

"Qrow!" Summer exclaimed, slapping his arm. "That's not fair! I'm sure they'll both be -"

"I'm going to kill him later," Tai muttered to Raven as they came into the room, fully dressed once again. "Really."

"Who?" Summer asked, looking at him with genuine curiosity. "I mean, why would you need to kill someone?"

"Well, I'm not going to name any names," Tai said, pulling Raven into him while she laughed. "But a certain bird walked in on Raven and I having sex and -"

"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!" Summer exclaimed, burying her face in her cape. "Gross, Tai!"

"Yeah, well, I have to agree," Qrow said, adjusting his hold on Summer. "So, before people get here, there's something that Summer and I want to tell you two."

"What's that?" Raven demanded as Tai continued to bring her closer. "Summer, if you're pregnant then I swear to -"

"No, I'm not pregnant," Summer said, turning slightly pink. "I mean...I want to have kids but…"

"It's okay, Sums," Qrow said, smiling at her. "It's okay."

"So then what is it you need to tell us?" Raven asked, tossing her hair over her shoulder. "Well?"

"Qrow and I are getting married!" Summer squealed, wrapping herself around him even more tightly while Raven gagged and stared at them in shock and Tai laughed a little at his partner's reaction. "It's going to be in a few weeks, and I -"

"What?" Raven choked out, staring at her incredulously. "You're kidding me!"

"Of course I'm not!" Summer exclaimed, looking at her funny. "Are you okay, Raven?"

Raven glared. "Well, it just so happens that I'm shocked. That and Tai and I -"

"Oh my god!" Summer beamed as she looked at them. "You two are engaged as well, aren't you?"

"Well…" Tai began as Qrow glared at him. "Yes."

"So you're not only fucking my sister but you're marrying her?" Qrow demanded, pulling out his flask with some difficulty. "Great."

"Oh come on!" Summer said, looking at him with pleading eyes. "We can all be happy!"

"I feel like you might be genetically predisposed to being happy," Raven said and Summer began to giggle.

"I love you Raven! Ooo...we're going to be sisters!"

"I'm a little relieved that you can't tackle me," Raven commented, noticing Summer's foot. "But I'm also amused that my brother now has to carry you because you can't walk."

"I'm not complaining," Qrow said, childishly sticking out his tongue at her. "It gives me an excuse to be extra affectionate to Sums openly."

"If I walk through that door again and see the two of you snogging," Raven began dangerously. "I will have no qualms about murdering you."

"Raven!" Summer exclaimed. "Come on, just relax."

"How?" Raven demanded. "You don't let me burn incense in the house anymore, you don't let me light candles in a circle to meditate in, you -"

"Well, the incense is too strong!" Summer protested, trying to justify herself. "And the candles are a fire hazard!"

"Not if you're careful, which I am," Raven countered. "Honestly, Summer."

"Oh, yeah," Qrow added, glancing at his scroll. "And Ozpin says he has another lead for us to investigate as a team."

"Fuck Ozpin," Raven muttered, leaning into Tai. "Give me a break, for once."