"Will you leave me alone already?!"

"But I really want to see them again!" Ruby whined in my ear. Ugh, ever since she's walked in on me in the bathroom she's been pestering me to see my wings. At least she only does it when we're alone in our dorm room so no one else has found out.

….Except her, but that wasn't really Ruby's fault.

"Please, Weiss? They're so beautiful and majestic and I can't help but want to feel them-"

"They're far more unpleasant than you'd imagine." A lie. My wings are incredibly comfortable when not bounded, but she didn't need to know that.

"Come on, Weiss," Ruby snaked her hand around my waist, leaning in to whisper in my ear. "If you don't let me see and feel them I just might have to...inconvenience you."

"...Are you trying to blackmail me?" I couldn't help but growl. How dare this….This child threaten me?!

"You know it," Ruby smirked, only infuriating me further. "If you don't let me touch and feel your wings I'll….I'll….Uh…." her smirk disappeared, now sporting a frown.

"...You'll what?" I asked. Was she doing this for dramatic tension or did she really not-

"I know, I'll, uh, tickle your feet!" she wiggled her fingers at me. "For like, three hours."

"That's a terrible threat," I sighed, massaging my temples. "Why don't you just threaten to tell my secret-"

"But that's mean!" she gasped, looking horrified at my suggestion. "Wh-why would anyone do that?! I mean, yeah, I think you should tell everyone but it should be on your own terms! For someone to just tell everyone that would be, like, saying your feelings don't matter and it's horrible and-"

"Ruby, I get it," I shushed her, biting my cheek to stop myself from smiling. It was sweet, how she was trying to take my feelings into account like that. "...Alright, you've already seen them so I guess there's no harm in it."

"Really?! Yay!" she squealed as I unbuttoned my school uniform. "I….I don't really wear a bra under my bindings, so could you-"

"Here!" she quickly moved behind me and wrapped her cape around us. "Th-this way I won't see a thing!" I could have sworn I heard her gulp behind me.

"Th-this will do," I couldn't stop myself from stuttering. Having Ruby essentially hugging me from behind like this I could feel my wings tensing up as if they just wanted to jut out and spread themselves as wide as they could. It took all of my willpower to keep them flacid as I dropped my top and bindings. "H-how are you going to see like-"

"I'm back, bitches!" Yang crashed into the room, followed by Blake. "How's it….hanging…." she stared at us, not a hint of anger, sadness, or joy. She just stared at us, like a soulless doll at a supermarket.

"Uh….Hey, sis!" Ruby held me closer, probably to hold my wings down so they weren't obvious. "Th-this isn't what it looks-"

"Nope!" she popped the p at the end as she began walking backwards, nearly bumping into Blake. "Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope!" she chanted like a mantra as she backed out of the door and closing it. "Nope! Nope! Nope!" I could hear her chants even outside the room, the sound getting further and further away until it was but a distant echo.

"...Next time, hang a sock on the doorknob."

"It's not what it looks like!" both Ruby and I yelled.

"Yeah, sure," Blake said as she went to leave the room. "Oh, and the next meeting's scheduled for tomorrow, same time as last time."

Meeting?" Ruby muttered, tickling my ear as I felt her hot breath against the side of my face.

"I-I'll be there," I muttered, once again trying my best to keep my wings from jutting out against my will.

"What meeting?" Ruby asked again, gently shaking me in her strong, well-toned arms-

"Nothing! It's nothing, Ruby!" Damn it, get those thoughts out of my head!

"Great! Velvet's baking carrot cake and she's really excited for you to-"

"Cake?!"

"Please don't squeal in my ear," I groaned.

"There's going to be cake?! Can I come?!" Ruby begged, her arms tightening around me in excitement.

...I am enjoying this far more than I should.

"...Sure," Blake shrugged before exiting out the room. "I'm going to retrieve Yang. It'll take five minutes so…" she leaned turned back with a wink. "Be quick about it."

"It's not what it looks-Ugh, forget it," I sighed. She knows it's not what it looks like, she's just teasing at this point.

"Ooh, I'm so excited!" Ruby squealed as she bounced on her feet, making it look as if the two of us were dancing. "I love carrot-Wait." she paused looking at me in confusion. "What's the meeting about?"

"...Well, since you're invited I guess there's no harm in telling you," I turned around awkwardly, Ruby's arms still wrapped around me protectively. "...Though, are you sure you want to know?" I teased, smirking at Ruby's adora-Stupid! Her stupid, ugly pout!

"Of course I want to know, why wouldn't I?!" she whined. It was an annoying whine, not at all cute in any way.

"I'm just asking to be sure," I shrugged before kneeling into Ruby's cape, grasping for my discarded clothes. I quickly stood back up and started wrapping my bindings around my body. "Well, since you already agreed I'll tell you," I whispered, leaning into Ruby's ear. "We're going to have Velvet go over the third-year curriculum!" Ooh, scandalous!

"...What?"

"I know, right?!" I couldn't stop myself from grinning. "We are going to be so far ahead of everyone else! It's going to be great!" I couldn't help but gush. "Oh, don't worry, Ruby. I'll be sure to go over previous information with you so you're not confused." After all, I can't have our leader holding us back.

"...Y-yaaaay! That sounds….great."

"It does, doesn't it?" I agreed, buttoning up my school uniform.

"But I think I'm going to-"

"I'm really looking forward to studying with you," I blurted out, wincing at how I interrupted her. "Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt you, what were you going to say?"

"...That I think I'm going to bring a thermos of coffee!" I couldn't stop myself from gasping at that.

"A thermos- Ruby, that's brilliant!" I smiled at her. "I'm so proud of your forward thinking. This is going to be a great study session!"

"Yup, it sure is, Weiss." Ruby sighed, no doubt wanting this day to quickly end so we can gather around and learn third-year curriculum. It seems I was wrong about her, she truly does take schooling seriously.

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...This chapter wasn't a drabble at all.