Chapter Four: Baking Black Velvet

The spry wolf Faunus slowly opened her eyes, groaned slightly at the light streaming into the room, and yawned. She took a moment to stretch and rub the sleep from her eyes. "Ugh, I shouldn't have stayed up all night watching movies with Yang." Ruby jumped out of bed and had an idea.

"Rubes! Are you awake yet?! I'm heading out soon!" Yang called out from the other side of the door.

"Yeah! I just got up! Give me a second!" Ruby quickly got changed and looked to her set of utensils on the table. She grinned at the thought of making breakfast, but then sighed at having no one around to show it off to.

Yang smirked when Ruby opened the door, revealing her bed hair. "So, how'd you sleep, little sis?"

Ruby groaned at the smirk on Yang's face. "Oh shut it. It was your fault that you started a trilogy after the first movie. I was fine with heading to bed, but I needed to know who was gonna die in the third one!"

Yang chuckled and ruffled her sister's hair. "Well, you did enjoy the movies last night. Look, I gotta head out, but I got a surprise for you."

Ruby's ears perked up and her tail wagged in joy. "Ooh! What is it?!"

"Chill out, puppy. I'll let you know about the surprise later, since I still gotta make sure things are set up for it." Yang replied.

"Set up for it? Okay, now you're just being a tease." Ruby pouted.

Yang winced slightly, resisting the urge to hug her sister. One of her few weaknesses was looking at her sister while she was pouting. "Trust me, sis. You're gonna love the surprise." She leaned over and kissed the top of Ruby's head. "Do you need anything before I head out? Maybe some breakfast?"

"Nope. I'm gonna make some breakfast for myself this morning. I only wish I could make you something to taste test." Ruby said.

"Like you need me to taste your food, sis. I already know how delicious your food is. Hell, I'm actually kinda bummed out that I gotta get to work." Yang sighed. "Maybe Uncle Qrow wouldn't be mad if I went in a little late this-."

"Yang, no." Ruby crossed her arms. "I don't want you showing up late just to eat the breakfast I'm gonna make."

"Ugh, fine, mom." Yang whined and Ruby playfully rolled her eyes. "Let me know if you're gonna head out to do something later, Rubes." Yang hugged her sister, and after a few seconds, she pulled away and walked out of her apartment.

Ruby smiled and got everything ready to start making breakfast for herself. "Hmm, what should I make today?" The wolf Faunus checked the fridge and cabinets to see what Yang kept around the apartment. As Ruby was making her breakfast, she started thinking about when her mother had first been teaching her to cook. "I'm feeling like some banana pancakes this morning. I just hope I can remember mom's recipe."


9 Years Earlier

It was a beautiful summer morning, and the 12 year old wolf Faunus was learning how to make her mother's special pancakes. Summer, Ruby's mother, was dressed in a floral pattern blouse that had bright red roses over the white blouse. Her hair was done up in a bun and she was wearing a white apron with red trimmings that had a red rose symbol on the front. She was so proud that her daughter was learning how to cook at such a young age. The doorbell rang and Summer made sure to be the one to answer it so her daughter could stay focused on her cooking.

Summer opened the door and smiled at the sight of Ruby's childhood friends who were waiting at the door. She looked over her shoulder and shouted, "Ruby, Blake and Velvet are here!"

"In the kitchen!" Ruby called out.

The older wolf Faunus motioned for the girls to follow her, "Come on in girls, I was just giving Ruby another cooking lesson."

Blake stuck close by Velvet while she asked. "Is her cooking any better, Summer?"

"Well Blake, since you're both here, you don't have to take my word for it. Why not test it yourselves?" Summer suggested with a slight smile.

Velvet glanced at Blake as she spoke up, "Why not? If Ruby is learning to cook, we need to be willing to give her dishes a try. Right, Mrs. Rose?"

"That's the spirit, Velvet! Where's Yang today?" The black haired cat Faunus asked.

Summer replied, thinking about her step-daughter. "She's in Mistral visiting her uncle for a few weeks. I get the feeling she won't want to leave, though."

"Just means you guys get to be my guinea pigs for once!" Ruby said, as her mother and friends walked into the kitchen. When she turned to look at them, she whipped a batter covered spoon in their direction. The two visitors giggled at the sight of seeing the younger girl with pancake batter splattered on the front of her apron and the tip of one of her red tipped ears.

"Should be fun. What's on the menu?" Blake inquired, glancing at the ingredients scattered throughout the kitchen.

"Banana pancakes!" Ruby replied energetically as she thrust the batter covered spoon toward the ceiling. There was a faint plop as some of the batter hit the ceiling.

"Are you using The Banana Pancake recipe?" Velvet asked, hoping it would be the legendary Rose Pancakes.

Summer smirked, while slyly pulling out a small container of cinnamon. "Of course, how else do you expect my pup to make good pancakes?"

"Mom!" Ruby exclaimed with an embarrassed blush.

"Fair enough." Blake said, smirking at her embarrassed friend.


Ruby smiled as she set the two plates for the first taste test down on the table. "'Bowl' appétit!" The next sound that was heard was Blake's forehead making contact with the table.

"Never make that pun again, Ruby. I don't think Blake's body could take that for too long."

"You may be right, Velvet. Want me to get you an ice pack, Blake?" Summer asked, chuckling a little at her daughter's pun.

Velvet looked down at the banana pancake and noticed the pieces of banana that were coated in cinnamon. "Wow, you really worked hard on the presentation for this, Ruby."

As Velvet took her first bite, she was able to detect the faint taste of cinnamon. It wasn't overpowering, and when she found the slices of banana, it only enhanced the flavor of them. She could feel a slight vibration in the table as Blake started purring in delight, her ears flat and her tail twitching from left to right as she devoured the pancake.

"Delicious. Simply delicious." Came the whispered praise.

"So, girls, how has your day been going?" Summer asked as the pair were finishing the pancakes.

"Not too bad, Adam is out dealing with a business meeting, so the house was pretty empty." Blake replied. Her adoptive father worked as a consultant to the Schnee Energy Company. More often than not, Blake had the run of the small house they shared.

"You mean it was quiet. I had to drag you out of there, kicking and screaming. Otherwise you'd have wasted the day reading your books." Velvet said.

"Right at the good part, too." Blake grumbled."

"What about your folks, Velvet?" Ruby asked from her position by the stove as she was making the second batch of pancakes for her friends to taste.

"My dad's pretty excited for hunting season." Velvet answered.

"Just remember to tell him he's only allowed two bucks this season, and one doe." Summer replied seriously. As one of the Game Wardens on Patch, it was her job to make sure that the rules for hunting were followed. She strictly enforced them, both because of how she had been raised, and because of her philosophy about hunting.

"I'll be sure to remind him. No one wants to be on the bad side of Warden Rose." Velvet said, knowing her father would follow the rules regardless of who enforced them.

"He'd better, or else I'll have to confiscate his venison jerky for the year." Summer replied with the ghost of a smile. "Oh, I almost forgot to ask. How is your mother doing at Signal?"

"Things have been okay, well, except for Cardin Winchester. He pulled the fire alarm like a jerk. He thought it would be funny to see everyone screaming and running out of the school. Mom was not too pleased. Little jerk got suspended though, so at least some justice was brought there." The rabbit Faunus answered with a small sigh and a shrug, a slight droop to her ears.

"Ouch!" The sound of a pan hitting the sink caused Summer to look over in her daughter's direction.

"Let me see, Ruby." Summer said, taking her gently by the wrist. "Hmm, it's not too bad, but this might make it heal faster." The mother wolf said, gently kissing the burn on Ruby's hand.

"Mom!" Ruby said, blushing once more in embarrassment, her ears flattening as she tried to squirm away. "Not in front of the others!"

"Aw I think it's kinda sweet. Just shows you're still her pup!" Blake said, with an honest sincerity.

"Hehehe, well at least one person here agrees with my actions." As soon as she finished speaking, the batter that had stuck to the ceiling only half an hour before finally let go and landed with a squelch on Summer's head, right between her wolf ears.

The laughter that filled the kitchen went on long enough that the second batch of pancakes that Ruby had been making had burned, forcing her to start from scratch for her friends to try again.

"Alright guys, final test!" Ruby said, placing the pancakes in front of Velvet and Blake.

"Still looks and smells so good." Velvet said as she inhaled the scent of the pancakes.

"Agreed." Blake replied, though when she went to take a bite, a slight gurgling came from her stomach, "Might have eaten a little too much, I'll need to hold back. Looks so good, too." Thought the cat Faunus.


As 1 O'clock came and went, Velvet and Blake both laid on the couch in the living room of the Rose-Long household. Both were feeling the effects of food poisoning from Ruby's pancakes.

"Please…..kill me." Blake groaned, as she held Velvet in a deathgrip.

"S-stop being s-o…." The rabbit Faunus held back the feeling of vomiting, "dramatic. Y-you read way too many of those romance novels."

"Neither of you are leaving this couch until you're better. I'll call your parents and let them know you're staying the night." Summer sighed, passing each of the sickened girls a bucket and medication for their stomachs.

Ruby was hiding behind her mother, feeling guilty about how she was the reason for her friends being sick to their stomachs. "I-I'm r-really sorry, guys."

"T-this w-wasn't your f-fault Ruby. J-just promise tha-that you'll get b-better at this." Blake replied, before quickly grabbing the bucket and emptying her system.

Ruby looked away, since watching Blake vomiting was not a sight that anyone would want to experience. A few moments passed and her scroll went off. "It's Yang!" She exclaimed and answered it. "Hey, sis!"

"Hey Rubes, how's it going?"

"Well… I tried making banana pancakes...and… it didn't go as well as I hoped it would." Velvet's groans were heard when she finished her sentence.

"Don't let this get you down, sis. Keep working at it. Just wanted to check in and let you and mom know I'm still alive, and Uncle Qrow says hi."

"Tell him I said hey too, sis. Um… I'm glad you called. I was really thinking about some things… involving cooking, well more like baking." Ruby whispered. "Do you think it would be a good idea to go to school for this kind of thing?"

"That would be a great idea! It wouldn't be easy, but if you're seriously thinking about going to school for it, then do it!" Yang said, Ruby could almost hear the smile on her sister's face.

The thought of going to a school for baking stayed in Ruby's mind for years to come.


7 years later

That day was seven years ago. After giving her friends food poisoning, Ruby had taken Blake's plea to learn to cook better to heart. She had spent all of her spare time learning different recipes and any spare funds she had went to getting her into the most prestigious culinary program in Vale, at Beacon Academy. The school's location also gave her a reason to stick close to home as she could get to Beacon from her home in Patch in an hour.

"Yang was right, it did take a lot of work to get here." Ruby said, walking up the steps, carrying her culinary equipment with her. As she entered the building, she pulled out a drawing she had made a year ago. A silver crescent with a blooming red rose wrapped around it. "Soon you will be real."

The 19 year old wolf Faunus walked around the school for a bit, since her class wasn't going to start for another half hour.

"Ugh, I'm so bored. Why can't there be something to do while waiting for-".

Ruby's thoughts were interrupted when she walked right into someone's back. "Oof!" Ruby was about to fall over, but was caught by her hand by the girl she ran into.

"Gotcha!" The girl she ran into said as she pulled Ruby back to her feet.

"Huh?" Ruby looked in front of her and yelped when she realized how close she was to the orange haired girl who she'd never actually seen before now. She took a step back and asked. "Um… hi? Who are you?"

The orange haired girl saluted in joy and said. "Salutations! I'm Penny! I'm new here and my parents told me that I should socialize more… so, do you wanna be friends?!"

"I-uh sure, I guess?" Ruby replied awkwardly.

Ruby bit back a yelp as Penny wrapped her in an iron tight hug."This is great!"

The wolf Faunus patted Penny's back and was too confused to comprehend what was going on. "Um, could you let go now? Y-You're kinda crushing my ribs." Ruby groaned at the pain.

"Hmm? What do you mean, new friend? Is this not the right kind of hug?" Penny asked, though the way she asked confused Ruby even more.

"What is up with this girl? Doesn't she know what hugs are?" Ruby thought, before replying, "Penny… there aren't really that many types of hugs, you know. But seriously, loosen up on the hug. You're crushing me here." Ruby pleaded, feeling Penny finally loosening up on the hug.

"Oh, s-sorry." Penny said, letting the wolf Faunus go.

"It's alright, though I've been going here for a year and this is the first time I've seen you around. You said you're new here, what's your major?" Ruby asked, straightening out the wrinkles in her shirt.

"I'm going for my bachelors in psychology." Penny said, the smile on her face not fading. "What about you?"

"I want to open my own bakery. So I'm just here for the culinary program." Ruby replied with a slight wag of her tail as she thought about the bakery.

"Oh, a bakery!? Do you have a name picked out for it?!" Penny asked excitedly.

"Yeah I do but uh… it's, well… it's a secret." Ruby said a little embarrassed about the name she had come up with when she was younger.

"Aww can you tell me, please? I promise I won't tell anyone!" Penny asked, jumping up and down in place.

"Well….. alright, but promise you won't laugh." Ruby relented, the enthusiasm beginning to infect her.

"I swear I will not tell a soul. They could threaten to have me drawn and quartered and I would not tell." Penny said crossing her heart.

"Ok… it's called the Croissant Rose." Ruby replied, bracing for potential laughter. She didn't need to.

"That's a great name!" Penny exclaimed, wrapping Ruby into another hug.

"P-Penny...ribs…" Ruby wheezed, her tail limp and her ears flat.

"Oh… sorry." Penny said, letting Ruby go.

Ruby panted, gasping for the breath that she lost when Penny hugged her. "O-Okay… so I guess if you want, we can hang out a bit before I have to head to my class."

Penny was giddy with excitement and followed Ruby around for the thirty minutes she had before classes started.

The next day, Ruby was in a depressed mood, since her two childhood friends were preparing to leave for Mistral. "Y-You guys are gonna keep in touch…right?" Ruby's tail was still, and her ears were flat. Unshed tears glistened in her eyes.

Blake put her suitcase in the trunk of her car and turned to hug the saddened wolf Faunus. "You silly pup. Of course we will, and we're gonna make sure to visit you whenever we can.

Ruby buried her face into Blake's shoulder and the tears started to flow. "Plus, if we can find something in Mistral to give you a hand with getting that bakery started, we'll be able to lay the foundation."

"Blake's right Ruby, if we can find a location for you in Mistral, you could start your bakery there if things here don't work out." Velvet agreed, trying to cheer up her friend with the possible option of going to Mistral.

"Y-yeah, I could do that. Just want to make sure all my options are looked into first before I decide to move that far." Ruby agreed, drying her eyes.


Present Day

"It's a good thing, after all, that opening up in Vale or Patch wasn't possible. New place, and I get to be closer to my friends again." Ruby said, flipping a stack of pancakes onto a plate.

It didn't take long for Ruby to finish up her pancakes, since her thoughts of her past kept her entertained while making her mother's special pancakes. After a couple of minutes, her scroll went off and she almost dropped one of the pancakes she was flipping when she saw who was calling. She stopped working on her pancakes and answered her scroll. "Hey, Velvet! What's up?"

Velvet chuckled when she heard the wolf Faunus' excitement. "I'm doing okay, Ruby. Blake is here with me and we wanted to know if you're gonna be busy later."

Ruby groaned at that, since she knew she had nothing going on. "Ugh, not really. This city has so many things to do in it, but I can never find something unless Yang drags me around."

"Well, you're in luck, cause now Blake and I are gonna drag you around today." Velvet replied.

Ruby blinked twice at how Velvet phrased that. "Thanks for the offer, but I don't want you to have to drag me around just so I can find a way to enjoy myself."

"Oh come on, Ruby. You know that we always do that to each other. Remember that time you and I dragged Blake to that one water park?" Velvet reminded.

Ruby sighed, but then smiled at the memory, since Blake was hissing at the thought of going to a water park back then. "Yeah, okay, but only if you both come over for breakfast. I made the Rose family pancakes!"

Velvet gasped at that, since while the first time she ate Ruby's family pancakes was…not the greatest experience she had, damn did Ruby improve during the years. "Say no more! Blake and I are heading over right now! Blake, get moving, woman!"

Ruby could hear the shouted question from Blake. Velvet's only response was one word: pancakes. The line went dead shortly after the hurried sounds of running was heard.


"You almost hit a stop sign, Vel! You know it's just pancakes, right?!" Blake exclaimed.

"You know damn well they aren't just pancakes! They are Rose family pancakes!" Velvet shouted.

"Take a left up here." Blake said, pointing at the next intersection.

It took Blake and Velvet ten minutes to get to Yang's apartment, since Velvet thought it was a good idea to speed up just a tad. The ringing of the bell was the only warning Ruby had that her friends had made it to the apartment.

"Took you guys long enough to get here. I had time to make two more stacks." Ruby said, tail wagging slightly as she opened the door to let them into the apartment.

"Sorry Ruby, Blake had me take a left on main street instead of a right." Velvet said, looking accusingly at her girlfriend.

"I said I was sorry. Besides, I only added another two minutes to our drive over here." Blake said, "You know I'll make it up to you."

"You're right, you will be." Velvet responded, the tone in her voice causing Blake to shiver a little.

"Um, first, phrasing-" Ruby started to say, before Blake cut her off.

"No, it's exactly what it sounds like."

"Second, wanna eat these pancakes before they get cold?" Ruby finished pointing at the stacks of pancakes that rested on the table.

Velvet zipped by and sat at the table. "Ready!"

Blake rolled her eyes and sat next to her girlfriend. "I suppose I'm ready too, but just try not to fill this one up with pancakes. I don't need her to be going through pancake withdrawal."

"Relax Kitten, I won't go into withdrawal." Velvet said, digging into the stack of pancakes that sat before her.

"That's what you said the last time we had these. You moaned every night for them in your sleep." Blake said.

Ruby snickered at the two. "So, what did you guys have planned for today, or are we just gonna go with the flow like how we used to?"

"Well I for one think you could do with a little change of style." Velvet said.

"And what is wrong with my normal clothes?" Ruby asked, gesturing at her current attire.

"Well for one, you've been wearing the same amount of black and red since we were kids. Not to mention the same hairstyle" Velvet mused.

"Well…. I am planning on growing out my hair. As for my clothes, well, you know how bad I am with clothing choice. Though being in a new place, I might as well change up my colors. Let's get finished up here and we can head out." Ruby said, thinking about what she could change up with her usual attire.


Crow Bar

During Ruby's day out with her friends, Yang was busy cleaning a few glasses, since the day was a little slow, but someone caught her attention when she heard the door open. "Yo Qrow, what's on tap tonight?!"

"The same thing as always, Coco: alcohol and more alcohol!" Qrow called out from the opposite end of the bar from Yang.

"Glad you could get away from Brewing History for a bit, Coco." Yang said, as her friend sat down at the bar. "The usual?"

"You know it, but half as much." After Yang had poured Coco her usual order, "So, Yang, you said you wanted to talk to me about something?"

"Yeah, you know how I told you my sister, Ruby, is trying to open her own bakery?"

"I remember, so you're checking in to see if Oobleck still has that opening?" As Yang noded, Coco smiled a little. Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck was always looking for someone to help out at Brewing History, the coffee shop Coco worked at. "As a matter of fact, he does. Have your sister swing by this week and I'll get her a job interview."

Yang's eyes brightened at that, knowing full well Ruby was gonna go crazy once she heard the news. "Awesome! I can't wait to tell Rubes!"

Qrow patted the table to get their attention. "I just sent Ruby a message about some apartment searching, but I can't stay here for too long."

"Uh, why can't you stay?" Yang asked.

"I've got a prior engagement with a few friends." Qrow replied with a smirk that Yang caught on immediately.

"So, you'll be out with Sam and Jack, right?" Yang asked, glancing at two now empty spaces on the back shelves of the bar.

"Yup, do me a favor Firecracker and lock up when you're done for the day? It's been slow, so if you feel like closing early, you have my say so." Qrow asked, tucking the two bottles of alcohol into a jacket and heading out the doors of the bar.

Coco looked to Yang and playfully rolled her eyes. "So how many times do you have to deal with that on a weekly basis?"

"Huh, you know, I don't think I can keep count on that if I even tried. So, how about finishing up that drink I got you." Yang suggested, pointing at the drink in Coco's hand.

After about 20 mins, Coco told her blonde friend that she needed to head back, but before she left the bar, she reminded Yang to give Ruby her number so they could talk about the job offer.


Yang heard the door open again and watched two cat Faunus enter the bar. "Neon, I still want those shoes at some point." The white haired cat Faunus said, looking around the bar at the large amount of people in it.

"Come on, Weissy. I'll make Flynt buy you them in a few days. For now…" The orange haired cat Faunus called out. "Qrow! Are you here?!"

Yang smirked and walked over, chuckling to herself. "Qrow isn't here right now, but you got the next best thing. The bartender."

Neon chuckled. "Hey, Yang. So why isn't Qrow here today?"

"My drunk ass uncle is, guess what, drunk again, but he's out being drunk, so no fun Qrow around tonight. Which, considering he owns the place, makes it pretty ironic that he went out to get drunk." Yang explained.

"Qrow is always fun, Yang." Neon sat on one of the stools. "Come on, Weissy. Sit." She patted the stool next to her.

Weiss walked over and sat down. "So, do you two know each other?"

"Neon shows up here a lot, so this is the only time we ever see each other. So, what's your name?" Yang inquired.

"It's customary to introduce yourself first." Weiss stated.

"Oh, a princess type. Well, I'm Yang. Now you." Yang smirked.

"Princess? Excuse me, but what gives you the reason to call me such a thing?" Weiss questioned in an annoyed tone.

"Chill out. I was just matching your personality is all. Look, we got off on the wrong foot." She put her hand out. "I'm Yang."

Weiss thought about it for a moment and shook Yang's hand. "I'm Weiss. And since you know Neon already, I suppose you must be trustworthy and not a jerk."

"That sounds...good?" Yang shrugged and let go of Weiss' hand. "Well, Weiss, are you in the mood for a drink?"

"I suppose so, but give me a second." Weiss got her scroll out and sent a text to Flynt. "Okay, well I'll have a Long Island Ice Tea."

"Sounds good. And what about you, Neon?" Yang asked.

"Let me get the usual, Yang!" Neon grinned.

"Malibu Reggae coming up, Neon." Yang turned around and started working on the drinks.

Weiss was gonna say something else, but was interrupted when a familiar wolf Faunus sat a few stools away from her, catching her attention. Weiss looked over at her in shock, realizing that it was the same girl she saw her first time exploring Mistral.

"Hey, Yang!" Ruby exclaimed, causing Yang to almost drop the drinks in her hands.

"R-Ruby? What the heck?" Yang turned and saw her sister chuckling.

"Ruby? So that's her name." Weiss had a name to go with the face at least, but it still made her think about the other time she saw her. It then clicked in her head that she also saw Yang with her as well.

"Sorry, sis, but I just wanted to surprise you. So, what's up?" Ruby asked.

"Well, I was about to give these two their orders, which you almost made me drop." Yang placed the drinks on the counter. "Here you two are."

Ruby looked over and gasped, almost falling off of the stool when she saw Weiss, but in doing so, Neon quickly went to grab her. "Whoa there!" When Neon grabbed her, Ruby accidentally pulled on Neon's arm, causing her to react and flail around a bit, hitting her drink and making it spill all over Weiss.

Weiss screeched and got off of her stool. "WHAT THE HELL?! MY SHIRT IS RUINED!"

Neon managed to keep her and Ruby from falling, immediately turning her attention to Weiss. "Oh my gosh! Weiss! I'm so sorry!"

"UGH! It wasn't your fault, Neon… It was her's!" Weiss pointed at the wolf Faunus.

"Just when I thought today was going so well…" The red and black dressed woman thought, her ears flattened and her tail drooping in embarrassment .

"Hey now, there's no reason to be yelling at my sister because of an accident!" Yang said, stepping between her sister and Weiss.

Weiss whipped her head towards Yang. "Accident or not, she shouldn't have done something so idiotic! Now my shirt is ruined and I don't have anything else to wear on the trip back!"

"W-well, I might have something that could fit you." Ruby said, gesturing towards a bag she had brought in with her after shopping with Blake and Velvet earlier in the day.

Weiss growled and immediately looked in the bag for something she'd find acceptable. "Ugh, you only have black and red clothing?! Who only buys two colors for clothes?!"

Neon spoke up at that. "Um… Weiss, you kinda like to buy white and blue colored clothing a lot too." She then ducked when her fellow cat companion threw a shirt at her. "I-I was just telling the truth."

Weiss groaned and picked out a black shirt that she honestly would rather throw away, but she didn't have many options. "You." She pointed at Yang. "Where can I go to change?"

Yang pointed toward the back of the bar, "Go through the back you'll find an employee bathroom, you can change in there."

The three girls watched the white haired cat girl storm into the bathroom. "S-Sorry about my friend. She doesn't really handle this kind of thing that well. I still remember the one boy who sneezed on her...that didn't end well for him." Neon apologized.

Ruby grimaced at the thought. "Y-You don't think she'll be mad at me for long, do you?"

Neon shrugged. "Sorry, but I'm not sure how long my friend is gonna be angry."

As Weiss stalked out of the bathroom, having changed shirts, Ruby dropped her gaze to the floor, her ears flat, tail drooping. "I'm sorry about your shirt."

At the sight of the dejected wolf Faunus, Weiss bit back a retort. "A-at least you are trying to make amends." Then she turned toward Yang "Ugh, well I obviously still owe you money for that drink...even though I didn't get to drink any of it."

"How about this. You apologize to my sister for yelling at her, and the next one is on the house." Yang offered, seeing that Weiss was actually thinking about it.

Weiss sighed and looked to the saddened wolf Faunus. "I...am...s-sor… Ugh! Fine! I'm sorry for yelling at you, but seriously. Would it kill you to watch what you're doing?"

Ruby let out a small smile and nodded to Yang, showing her that she accepted the apology, even though it wasn't a really good one. "I'm sorry, too. Um, maybe Yang can take a look at it. She'd be able to clean-."

"I'm perfectly capable of cleaning my own clothes, thank you very much. Now then, I will have this sent back to you at a later time. Come on, Neon. We're leaving." Weiss said as she watched Neon leave Yang the money for their drinks.

Yang sighed at how Weiss spoke and wanted to say something about it, but she knew there wasn't any reason to continue the problem that they were having. "See ya later, Neon...and I guess I'll see ya later too, ice queen."

"My name is Weiss! And you most likely will, seeing as I plan on returning this shirt." Weiss turned and walked out of the bar with her stained white shirt in her hand. Neon waved to Yang and ran after her friend.

Ruby sat down on one of the stools and laid her head on the table. "She's gonna hate me forever, isn't she?"

Yang walked over and patted her sister's head. "Nah, she may be an ice queen, but I'm sure you two will be great friends once she gets to know you… and not near something that can stain clothes."

Ruby's ears perked up at that and wondered if she really could be friends with another cat Faunus. It wasn't hard with Blake, since they knew each other for years, and she didn't start out with causing Blake to yell at her. "I hope you're right, sis. When do you lock up by the way?"

"Eh, it's been a slow day and Qrow gave me the OK to head out early. So if you're good to go now, we can head out." Yang said, spinning the keyring in her fingers.

"Yeah, let's just head out. I still need to clean up the kitchen because of breakfast this morning. I made pancakes for myself, Velvet, and Blake."

"YOU MADE PANCAKES WITHOUT ME!?"

Ruby gulped when she saw the angered look on Yang's face. "Uh oh."


AN:

Cmdr: We promised a Ruby chapter and a Ruby chapter you now have!

Shadow: We may have went a little overboard on it, but screw it! You all wanted the fluff!

Cmdr: And in light of recent events fluff was needed.

Shadow: To anyone who doesn't know what he means, there was a terrorist attack in Orlando on June 12th. It was a tragic event, and we hope that we can help in any way, meaning we hope the fluff can keep your mind at ease. Just remember that life is precious and these kinds of events shouldn't be ignored either.

Cmdr: Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. Never forget those lost. Ne jamais oublier ceux qui ont perdu.

Shadow: And while we wanted to let you all know how we felt about the event, know that things will get better. For a lot of people. That being said… let's see how the cat and wolf will feel about each other in the coming chapters.

Cmdr: Yang and Neon have plans…..so we'll see.

We hoped you all enjoyed chapter 4. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 5.

*Meow*

*Woof*