Day 2: Snow Day

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Cold.

Wet.

Snowing.

Yang Xiao Long had never liked the cold. Even before her Semblance had been unlocked, she'd hated being cold. Snow was an absolute abomination, as far as she was concerned. And yet, she'd had to pretend to love it, for Ruby's sake. Her baby sister loved wintertime, and snow, snow angels, making snowmen, and of, course, snowball fights. So Yang had sighed, put on an extra layer of clothing, and joined her sister in every abominable winter activity.

So today Yang had actually been grateful that a pressing school assignment had kept her from joining in with the rest of Team RWBY in a 'full-out, no-holds-barred, battle royale snowball fight' as Ruby's latest idea for a team-building exercise. Yang figured it was just a flimsy excuse to drag their teammates into a snowball fight.

They were still going at it as Yang trudged her way across the courtyard, wondering if she could still plead schoolwork or if she'd have to come up with another reason not to join in. Ruby could play with Blake and Weiss, right? Yang stopped to chortle as Blake and Ruby caught a barrage of Semblance-enhanced snowballs from Weiss, knocking the pair flat. No, Blake had dodged, leaving a shadow clone behind to take the hit, then dodging forward with a snowy missile in each hand, hurling one at Weiss as a distraction as she shadow-clone dodged again, tagging Weiss with her other snowball. Yang grinned. It was good to see the team having fun together. Now if only it didn't involve being cold and w-

Splat.

A snowball hit Yang square in the face, and she wiped the icy fluff off her face, glaring at her teammates to see who had hurled the hated missile at her. Weiss stood there with another missile floating above her hand, smirking at her blonde teammate. Oh, it was on. Fighting the urge to use her Semblance, Yang charged, scooping up a handful of snow on the run and forming it into a snowball with the ease of long practice. She jinked left, dodging Weiss's missile, then tagged the heiress with her own projectile before stopping to make another.

Meanwhile, Ruby helped Blake to her feet. "You think we should get in on this?" Blake asked as she dusted the snow off herself.

"Nah, let them get it out of their system. Yang hates snow, so I figure Weiss gets what she deserved. If it goes on long enough, though, I suggest we sneak out for hot cocoa."

"Deal."

Yang rolled out from behind the bush she'd ducked behind to rearm herself, ready to tag the white-haired heiress with a snowball in each hand, only to be forced to brace herself against a icy blast. "Hey, using your Semblance in a snowball fight is cheating!" she yelled.

Weiss waggled a finger at her. "Now, now. Who was it got caught using their Semblance in an arm-wrestling match, hmm?"

"That was different! It was Cardin! He deserves it!" Yang retorted, under-handing her snowballs at Weiss.

"Haven't you heard, Yang? All's fair in love and war. Including this." Weiss gestured, and two glyphs appeared on either side of her, snow rising up into two hulking forms. "Minions, strike down this fiery interloper!" She laughed maniacally as the snow golems advanced on Yang.

"Oh shit!" Yang yelped, turning to flee towards Blake and Ruby who were...gone! "Traitorous cowards! Come help me fight her!"

"No thanks!" Blake's voice came over a bush. "Now you know why we ganged up on her! It's your turn!"

"Yeah, sis!" Ruby yelled. "Turn around and come out swinging!"

Betrayed, Yang swung around just in time to see the golems reaching for her. "Dammit," she swore as they collapsed on her, leaving one boot exposed.

"Do you yield?" Weiss asked, reaching out a hand to help Yang up as she struggled to free herself from the remains of the snow golems.

"I yield, I yield. I assume you want the standard forfeit?"

"That will be sufficient."

"'Standard forfeit'?" Blake asked, brushing snow off Yang.

"That's private," Weiss snapped, glaring at Yang.

"Oh, that means whoever lost pays for their next date," Ruby grinned.

"N-no, it doesn't, wait you know?" Weiss stammered.

"Just a hunch and a lucky guess," Ruby said, shaking her head.

"Actually, since Weiss won, it means she gets to pay for our next date. It's sort of a pride thing." Yang shook herself, trying to rid herself of any remaining snow. "When she asked me out, she insisted on paying for everything. And on the second date, she tried to pay for everything again. Wasn't letting her do that. So it's become sort of a thing. And for the record, princess, I don't like snow."

"Y-you don't? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

Yang stepped forward, wrapping her arms around Weiss and kissing her on the forehead. "Don't worry about it. Worth it, for you."