Ruby checked the schedule she and the girls had drawn up, noting that today was marked in blue. She was supposed to cuddle with Weiss today. Nodding tiredly at it, she glanced around the room, looking for the heiress. Surprisingly, she was nowhere to be found, so she turned from her schoolwork to look at her sister.
"Yang, do you know where Weiss is?" she asked, struggling to hold back a yawn.
"Nope, can't say I do. Why, you getting sleepy?" the blonde replied from her bed, where she was reading a book. "Cause, and I'm just bringing this up as a possibility, I am available," she offered with a cheeky grin.
Ruby leveled a sleepy glare at her. "Today is a Weiss day, Yang. You agreed to the schedule, you have to stick to it."
"Hey, can't blame a girl for tryin'."
"I can," Blake commented dryly from her own bunk. "No co-opting the schedule."
"You just say that cause you get her two days from now while I gotta wait until Monday," Yang pouted. "Stupid sister-stealing cat."
Blake sighed. "I'm not gonna argue with you just because you're bored."
"Aw, what, afraid you lose? Poor little scaredy cat."
Blake's eyebrow twitched. "Did you just call me a scaredy cat?"
Yang grinned. "Yes, because you are."
"Why you little…." Blake hopped out of bed, grabbed her pillow, and proceeded to try and smother Yang.
Ruby turned away as Yang struggled against Blake, leaving them to their fun. Yawning, she stood and made her way out of the room, deciding to go and find Weiss. Maybe she could coax her into coming to bed.
She made her way down to the common room, gazing about it blearily. She couldn't see Weiss sitting in any of the armchairs strewn about the room, but some faced away from her, and Weiss was short enough to not be visible if she was sitting in one. She made her way around the room checking them.
She finally found her sitting in a chair facing the fireplace, book in hand. Moving quietly, Ruby stalked over and pulled Weiss out of the chair suddenly, sitting where she had been and pulling her back into her lap.
With a happy sigh Ruby settled her head onto the startled heiress' shoulder, holding her about the waist.
"Wha-? Ruby? What're you-!?" Weiss started to ask before Ruby's eyes drifted close and she fell asleep.
Weiss couldn't believe this! Here she was, trying to read the book Blake had given her, and Ruby had just stolen her spot and was now using her as combination teddy bear and head rest. She groaned as she felt Ruby start snoring. Between the heat of the fire and Ruby cuddling her so close, she doubted she'd be awake long enough to finish her chapter. With a sigh she tucked a bookmark to hold her spot and relaxed against Ruby.
"Darn it, you dolt. You could have just asked me to come to bed with you. We better not get seen out here," she grumbled, letting the sound of Ruby's snores lull her slowly to sleep. "Stupid comfortable dolt with your stupid comforting snores."
She yawned as her eyes started to drift shut, still complaining. "Could've been in a nice, comfortable bed, but no, you had to make me sleep here, being held like a teddy bear and with a nice… warm… fire…." She drifted off to sleep, snuggling closer to Ruby.
Weiss awoke to the sound of sniggering, in a voice she knew all too well. With a groan of annoyance she cracked her eyes open, unsurprised at the familiar grin that greeted her.
"Hey, the teddy bear awakes!" Yang said jovially, tucking her scroll behind her back. "And how's the cuddle bear this morning?"
Weiss growled quietly at her, not wanting to wake the girl still holding her. She could still feel Ruby's snores trying to lull her back to sleep, and she was very tempted to let her, just as soon as Yang shut up.
"Well, that sounded mean. I guess you aren't happy about me waking you for class. Ah well, I suppose Professor Port won't mind you being late for once in your life," Yang commented dryly.
Weiss groaned again. Of course she was late getting up, she usually relied on her alarm to wake her, and she suspected that cuddling with Ruby made her sleep deeper. With a tired sigh she tried to rise, only to find that Ruby wouldn't let her go.
She settled a glare at the blonde. "…If I end up late because of this, so does Ruby."
Yang frowned at her, and Weiss knew from the look on her face that she'd won. Yang would never let her precious baby sister end up late to class if she could prevent it. Yang's expression shifted to one of amusement as she reached down and pulled Ruby out of the chair, dragging Weiss with her. Ruby whimpered in protest pitifully, but Weiss managed to slip out from between her arms.
She breathed a sigh of relief as Yang slung Ruby up onto her back, Ruby wrapping her arms around the blonde and nestling her face into the mass of hair. Weiss stretched as Yang settled Ruby into place, making sure she wouldn't fall off. Yang grinned as Weiss subtly sniffed at herself.
"You know, I made sure to wake you early enough for you to get in a shower, if you hurry."
Weiss gave Yang a dubious look. She doubted the blonde had done that for Weiss' sake.
Yang smiled cheekily at her. "And, of course, so can Ruby."
Weiss glared at her. "You're mothering her."
"Of course I am!" Yang said cheerfully. Weiss just gave her a disapproving look.
"You know that sooner or later she'll have to learn to take care of herself."
"Yeah, but until she does, there's nothing wrong with me taking good care of her."
"You're making her dependent on you," Weiss commented dryly as she led the way back to the dorm. "The longer you keep this up, the harder it will be later."
"…I know," Yang responded quietly, surprising the heiress with how sad she sounded. "I know."
Weiss kept quiet the rest of the way back to the dorm, mulling over her thoughts.
Sorry about the late update, haven't been feeling like writing.
