"Sun Wukong!"

Ruby walked to the room's closet and opened the door. Sun was inside, asleep. He teetered - he had been leaning against the closet door, slightly - and slowly tilted over. Nobody moved to catch him. Finally, he toppled to the floor.

"What," he started, waking from his impact.

He looked up, surprised to see the girls, and took in their expressions. Weiss stood with her arms crossed, judging. Yang seemed a bit confused, as if she were trying to work something out, and Blake bit her lower lip in worry. Ruby stood over him, clearly not pleased. It took Sun a moment to remember why.

"Oh."

"Oh is right, mister," confirmed Ruby. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Sun sat up, grinning nervously and scratching his head. "Er… the cookies were delicious?"

"Not going to plead innocent?" asked the little detective, sounding a bit disappointed.

"Well, I don't see much point," he shrugged. "I wake up on the floor, with you looking at me like that… I'm pretty sure you know what I did."

Yang raised her hand. "How did you manage to catch him, and, uh, subdue him? From what Blake told us of the fight a few weeks ago, I'd think he'd at least be able to get out or defend himself. And I never woke up last night, so you must have been pretty quiet about it."

"I drugged the cookie," said Ruby matter-of-factly.

"You what!?" yelled Weiss.

A groan from Sun shifted the girls' attention back to him. He still sat on the floor, now holding his face in his hands. "She drugged the cookie…"

"I woke up early, probably not long after he passed out," Ruby explained. "I'd been expecting him, so I knew I should be up before you three to avoid… misunderstandings. I just dragged him into the closet and left it at that."

"Alright, I can picture that," Yang nodded.

"How did you know it was him?" Blake blurted. Oops.

Ruby gave the girl a knowing look. "And that brings us to you. I never really suspected you would steal my cookies, Blake, but my investigation of you did confirm my suspicions that you'd been meeting with Sun recently. A couple days ago, I noticed some small pieces of banana peel on your tail; Sun is the only person I've ever seen eating a banana; they're pretty hard to come by, as I understand."

Yang raised her hand again, and Ruby gave her an exasperated look. "I didn't even know Blake had a tail. How did you see the banana on it?"

Blake blushed and looked away, while Ruby fought to keep her cheeks from flushing. "The detective shall not reveal her secrets!" she exclaimed in a high-pitched voice. Sun raised an eyebrow.

"Moving on!" Ruby said quickly. "When Professor Ozpin halted my interrogation of Weiss yesterday, he told me that one of my teammates was assisting the thief. This solved the issue of how the thief managed to get in. Then, I remembered Blake leaving the window open, despite how cold it is outside. Honestly, 'I want some fresh air' wasn't much of an excuse." She pointed at Blake. "You told Sun about my stash, and then helped him get to it!"

The faunus girl sighed. "It's true."

Sun stood and shook his head. "I won't let you take them blame for this. We were talking a few days back, and she accidentally let it slip that you had this secret supply of top-quality cookies, and I wouldn't let the subject drop. I'm sorry, I was just so hungry. Anyway, I convinced her to get me in to try one - it took some time, she's no pushover - and I was hooked after the first bite. Next chance I had, I took three. I suppose it was my own greed that got me caught last night," he admitted.

"So, you take full responsibility for your actions?" Ruby asked.

"Of course. Blake didn't do anything wrong, I got her into this."

"Well then! We must come up with a proper punishment," concluded the leader.

"My life is in your hands," Sun joked, hoping the younger girl wouldn't take that literally.

He waited while the girls gathered in a huddle. After a few minutes, the circle broke, and they approached Sun.

"We have decided on your punishment," Ruby intoned ominously.

"And?" Sun asked nervously.

"Maid for a day!" the girls shouted.

"Maid for a day," he responded, uncomprehending.


"I can't believe I'm doing this," Sun complained. He was dressed in a full maid outfit, dress, frilly headband and all, which Blake had mysteriously produced. It fit him perfectly.

Weiss grunted. "I'm out of tea. Go get me some more."

"Yes, ma'am," he responded morosely, and moved to leave the room.

Ruby giggled. "Don't forget to grab the laundry on your way back!"


Days later

"Hold up," said Yang, suddenly. "If Sun was already in the closet that morning, why did you bother putting together that web of clues on the bulletin board?"

"Oh, that?" Ruby replied. "Just something I always wanted to do."

Her sister rolled her eyes, bemused. "Oh, you."


A/N: Check out my friend's story, Weiss Cold! She started working on it just a day or two after I published this - they're based off a similar premise, and we've kind of been writing in parallel. If you've been enjoying this, you should enjoy reading hers.

Link here: s/10017906/1/Weiss-Cold