Huh, removing a chapter counts as updating a story, who know? I apologize for giving you guys the wrong idea that I was going to update my fanfiction when I removed the chapter talking about how I disrespected Monty and was getting back into writing, but when you hear the actual reason behind it, you're probably gonna hate me more than ever:
I removed that chapter because I no longer hold respect for Monty Oum. In fact, now, the only reason I keep writing is out of spite for the guy.
If anyone has read chapter 7 of RWBYS, you'll know why I feel this way. But to summarize it here, I hate how Monty planned from the get go to just kill of a character who only really interacted with Jaune, I hate how he killed off so many fan favorites, I hate how he had Yang's arm chopped off anti-climatically, I hate how he wasted so many good plots, I hate the idea of the Silver Eyed Warrior thing, I hate Velvet's uninspired weapon, I hate everything about the RWBY Volume 3 final, I hate how every time he added something to the story it seemed to be detrimental.
Thankfully, though, I don't think I'm going to offend anyone when I say that I'm no longer going to make an attempt to adapt any of the canon plot into this.
Day 3:
Saturday, praise the lord. If there was one thing Glynda absolutely loved besides Ruby, it was Saturday. One of the few days a week were she doesn't need to get up so early to prepare her classroom for her students and put up with their reckless nature and anti-learn attitude. She could sleep in all she wanted, not have to worry about presenting herself in the normal strict manor, enjoy her warm, warm bed.
"Glynda, wake up~"
Now if only she wasn't handcuffed to to a girl who loved to wake up early everyday.
Glynda groaned at the sudden irritation in her left ear and turned over in the opposite direction in an attempt to ignore it. No one, not even cute little Ruby was going to take away her Saturday sleep-in.
"Come on, wake up you lazy bum." Ruby said as she begun to shake Glynda's shoulder.
"Uh, just let me sleep, Ruby." Glynda groaned as she buried her face in one of her pillows.
"But what about the cuff bypassing bras? Do you want to wear the same one for two months?" Ruby asked.
"Just twelve more minutes to half an hour." Glynda said.
Ruby let out a sigh, she never thought Glynda would be this type of person, though she really couldn't blame her. Ruby didn't want to be late for the ship, and Glynda didn't want to get up. Ruby put her hand up to her chin as she began to ponder what to do.
Then her childhood struck her as she remembered what Yang would do to her when she didn't want to get up.
Ruby climbed back onto the bed and sat herself down barely below Glynda's waist. Bending over slightly she got a lovely view of Glynda's pale cleavage. Thankfully for Glynda, she was her instead of her perverted personality.
Though with what Ruby was about to do...
Nah, still better than her alter-ego.
Ruby moved her hands down to the sides of Glynda's waist, her fingertips against smooth skin, Ruby felt a blush rush across her cheeks as she prepared to put her plan into action.
3... 2... 1...
"Tickle-tickle-tickle!" Ruby began to chant as she fingers began to scurry like insects across Glynda's skin, up and down the teacher's waist from her armpits to her hips. With the bright red of Ruby's face and the absurdly childish action, even for her, one would believe she were drunk in some form. Glynda's stomach began to quickly rise and fall and Ruby heard muffled laughter through the pillow.
"OKAY, OKAY, I'M UP!" Glynda laughed as she threw her pillow off of her face, her breasts brushing against Ruby's collar bone. Ruby felt a could tingle run up her spine at the sensation of a arm rap around her back. Glynda pulled Ruby's forehead into the crotch of her neck. "Good morning to you too, sis." For half a second, Ruby forgot it was Glynda.
The teacher's eyes shot open when she realized who she was hugging.
"S-sorry, sorry. I just woke up." Glynda spasmed out as she withdrew from the younger girl.
"'Sis?' You have a sister?" Ruby asked.
Oh, why did she have to ask that? Glynda thought as she recalled dreaded days. "I... don't feel conferable talking about my family life with one of my students, no matter how good or cute a student she is." Glynda slapped her free hand over her mouth as her words caught up with her.
"You think I'm cute?" Ruby asked with a face of joy. She really does like me!
"I, you, I..." Glynda attempted to figure out a way out of this corner. "L-let's just get dressed, you said you wanted to go shopping today, right?" Glynda pushed past Ruby and began to walk towards the bathroom. Ruby stared at her teacher, particularly a certain lower mound of flesh, and reluctantly followed.
The first thing Glynda noticed when she and Ruby met up with the latter's team for breakfast was that Yang was vacant from the group. The teacher felt a slight wave of sirprise and joy from this fact. Weiss explained that Yang was normally extremely difficult to wake up and given the fact that there wasn't anything that Yang needed to be at, they decided to let her sleep as long as she wanted. Ruby and Glynda were thankful for this, with Yang asleep she couldn't tease the duo.
Though as the arm buddies waited for the airship to take off for Vale, Glynda felt a sharp wave of nervousness. She never did fair well with flight, darn motion sickness, that's why she had a hologram of herself give the first lecture to all the new students approaching Beacon. If it weren't for her motion sickness, she and Ruby probably wouldn't be in this mess due to her needing to take a minute to let the bile out.
"Are you okay? You seem nervous." Ruby asked her teacher, noticing the look of nervousness in her eyes through Glynda's now free hair. Hair which was now the only thing hanging off Glynda.
"I-I'm fine." Glynda said, hoping to end the conversation.
"... This doesn't have anything to do with your sister, does it?" Ruby questioned, recalling how Glynda was less than enthusiastic about telling the red clad girl about her family.
Glynda felt as though a knife that had been stuck in her had just been turned.
"I-it's not that..." Glynda stated as she turned away from Ruby. Please take the hint, please take the hint!
"Glynda, if something's bothering you, you can tell me." Ruby attempted to persuade. "It's a lot less painful to let this kind of stuff out than keep it in." Those words tasted bitter as the jumped off Ruby's tongue and fell like a brick, how hypocritical.
"I'm fine, Ruby." Glynda stated with a bit more force.
"Glynda, please, I just want to-"
"Can you please just shut up for a moment?!" Glynda snapped as she turned her head sharply towards the red girl, her voice resembling that from Ruby's interigation only more aggressive and hushed. "I have already told you that I'm perfectly fine, and I meant it. End of discussion!"
Ruby had sunken into her cloak a bit at the outburst, and Glynda turned away after the last syllable, the anger still lingering in her eyes. The arm buddies, in a sharp contrast to the other passengers, were in complete silence for the flight.
Though as the flight towards Vale stretched on, Glynda felt a strong sense of guilt because of her outburst towards Ruby. The little girl was just worried about her, Glynda couldn't blame her for that. The flame of rage died out and was replaced with a glow of cold guilt. Glynda wanted to justify it, she had made it clear to Ruby that she didn't want to talk, she couldn't go easy on anyone, but no matter what she knew she was at fault here.
Glynda may have wanted to apologize, but not in this public area. People shipped them enough as it was. She'd say it when they were in a more private area.
For now, Glynda would need to go through the embarrassment of shopping for bras with the girl of her dreams.
Glynda regretted everything as she and Ruby walked through the clothing store, various manikin posed in the fabrics. She didn't know which was more embarrassing: Having to walk through the story linked to Ruby for everyone to see or the idea of having to remove such articles with Ruby.
Perhaps it was both that made her face light up like a Christmas tree.
"Let's just get the bras and head back, I don't want to spend any more time here than needed." Glynda stated as she and Ruby walked into one of the aisles. Ruby didn't say anything, Glynda could guess why. The cold sensation in Glynda's chest started to sting a bit.
"Finally found good taste, I see?"
Ruby let out an annoyed groan as glanced over her shoulder to the familiar outfit of one of her greater annoyances since she started attending Beacon. "What are you doing here, Coco?" The tone of the red reaper caught Glynda off guard, yet didn't seem to faze the sophomore.
"That's a joke, right?" Coco smirked before pulling her glasses down to get a better look at Ruby. "You do know which story you're in, right?"
"I tend not to focus on that sort of stuff." Ruby grumbled, seemingly refusing to make eye contact.
Coco let out a slight huff as she pushed her glasses back over her eyes. "Well, I guess I shouldn't expect someone like you to understand stuff like this."
"Right, cause we all know how different the walls can make a few pieces of fabric." Ruby snarked. Glynda couldn't believe what she was seeing. Ruby was almost universally kind, and the teacher could count the number of times Ruby showed any sort of ill feelings toward someone on her hands. Yet here she was, seemingly trying to provoke a fight with a older student.
Looking up at Coco, Glynda saw her begin to scowl through her glasses and open her mouth to retort. Before this could go anywhere drastic, Glynda decided to intervene. "Ruby, can we get back to the task at hand here?"
Coco looked up at the older woman, seemingly just realizing who was here. Her aggressive expression quickly turned to confusion as she attempted to process what she was seeing. "Pr. Goodwitch? What are you doing here with her?"
In response to this, Glynda raised her left hand, dragging up Ruby's left and revealing the cuffs that were previously hidden behind the shorter girl. Coco stared at this for a few seconds, trying to recall what had happened. "Oh, right. Grimm handcuffs. Right." Coco began. "I remember Velvet mentioning something about this from the school paper, something about love birds hooked together or something."
"Must of been a slo-" Glynda began muttering before she and Ruby threw their heads to look at Coco, faces beginning to glow red as they screeched in perfect unison, "Love birds!"
"Oh, come on, you two are more obvious than semis." Coco commented, growing a bit of a smirk once she saw Ruby's expression.
"H-How many times do I need to say this? They're nothing between me and Glynda!" Ruby attempted to affirm as quietly as a gunshot.
"Clearly." Coco began. "What, with the way you always get so giddy when heading to her class, beam whenever she gives you praise, and the fact that you're the only person she allows to refer to her by her first name."
"Th-There are reasonable explanations for all of those!" Ruby stuttered, face glowing like a Christmas Tree while Glynda began scanning the racks much more quickly, trying to find her size.
"Oh, we already know." Coco stated, leaning forward with a smug smirk.
"N-no, I mean it! Yo-you see-" Ruby began, attempting to come up with an excuse and quickly noting that she didn't have one. She was too busy processing emotions, embarrassment, panic, annoyance. She could barely stand it when Coco made her feel that last one.
"Let's just go, Ruby." Glynda stated as she grabbed a bra and Ruby's hand, beginning to pull her away from the sophomore and towards the changing rooms.
"Underwear shopping with you're girlfriend, huh Red?" Coco stated as Ruby stopped resisting.
Just ignore her, Ruby. The crimson hair girl chanted in her head as she and her teacher left that scene before the words finally sank in and Ruby realized just where she was.
"Mind telling me what that was all about?" Glynda asked Ruby once she was certain Coco was out of ear shot.
Ruby was confused for a second before she realized what Glynda had witnessed before Coco brought her crush into things. "Oh, that was nothing. Me and Coco just have a bit of a strained relationship."
"'Strained?'" Glynda questioned, cocking an eyebrow at her younger student.
"Don't worry, it's just a healthy rivalry." Ruby responded. "It's nothing too bad."
"You realize if she gives you trou-"
"No, it's fine, really." Ruby insisted as she and Glynda finally reached their destination. Staring at the individual stalls, an awkward tension began to settle around the two before Ruby broke the silence. "Y-you sure you want to go through with this."
"You insisted that we come here." Glynda commented as she began walking towards the stalls, trying to hide the blush that had began to develop on her cheeks once more.
"O-okay then, I'll-I'll just hang outside the stall while you... You know." Ruby stuttered, trying to look everyone except at Glynda.
"Right." Glynda squeaked out, barely audible as she began entering the stall.
Closing the door on the link between the cuffs, Glynda was left standing awkwardly in the changing room, as close to the middle of it as the slack and the length of her arm would allow. As Glynda began unbuttoning her clothing, she muttered to herself "What have I gotten myself into?"
Ruby, meanwhile, was humming a tune that she couldn't remember, counting ceiling tiles as she tried to pretend that she was anywhere but here. Waiting for the teacher she crushed on to finish trying on a bra, trying desperately to resist the urge to peak through the crack. She felt a tug on her right arm, causing it to thud against the door. Turning towards it, the force died as Glynda peak an eye through the crack. "Sorry, almost forgot." She said.
The next two months are going to be quite an adventure. Ruby thought.
Glynda let out a slight hum as she adjusted the strapless piece of fabric now holding her mounds in place, her shirt and old bra hanging off her arm like a clothesline, her skirt discarded on the floor. After shifting her weight a few times just to make sure they felt comfortable, she finally spoke up. "Okay, I think these can work." She said as she began removing the strapless bra.
She then felt the weight on her left arm change and saw the door to the changing room begin to open. Quickly shooting her arm to the handle, she caught a quick glimpse at Ruby's silver eyes, briefly making out something about the getting more before she yanked the door shut again. Her face lit up red as she proclaimed in a much louder voice than intended "I didn't say I was ready yet!"
"Sorry! Sorry!" Ruby said, releasing the door handle on her end, face too lit red at the quick glimps she had caught of Glynda in nothing more than the the lowest layer of clothing.
Glynda let out a sigh as she attempted to get her heartbeat back under control. Once it finally returned to its normal pace, she resumed her attempt to get her clothes back on. Her mind was elsewhere, however, as Ruby's screech had reminded her of the events that had transpired on the airship. As she had finally gotten her bra to clip, she realized the position she was in, the opportunity presented to her.
After finally getting all of her clothes back on, an endeavor which took almost half an hour with one hand, Glynda felt ready. She had gone over what she was going to say to the young girl dozens of times over. She glanced up at the door between them, a slight sliver of heat crossed her face as she thought of the position they would be in. "Okay," she began, a knot beginning to tie in her through. "I'm ready now."
"Good, my arm was starting to get ti-" Ruby began, open the door for her teacher before the older woman yanked her inside. "-YARD."
Once the motion stopped, Ruby realized she was in the dressing room with Glynda, who had just shut the door behind her before turning to Ruby. Her cheeks lit up red as her mind ran wild with possibilities. "Gl-Gl-Glynda..." Ruby stuttered out as the olded woman gently closed the distance between their linked hands. "W-what are you-."
"Ruby, I'm..." Glynda began, attempting to swallow her nervousness, unknowingly sending Ruby's mind even further into overdrive. "I'm... Sorry for snapping at you earlier."
"Huh." Ruby squeaked silently as the older woman unknowingly dashed her students hopes.
"I was more aggressive with you than I should have been." Glynda continued. "It was a personal matter that I feel uncomfortable discussing-" Glynda stopped herself, that sounded more like a justification than an apology. "But I shouldn't have spoken so harshly with you."
It was at this point that Ruby realized what Glynda was talking about. "O-oh, no. I'm sorry." Ruby said, dragging Glynda's hand a little to close to her chest. "I shouldn't have pried on it."
"It's okay, really." Glynda said before pulling up her cuffed hand. "I probably shouldn't have expected many secrets to remain hidden between us like this."
A silence descended around the two as they stood before each other, waiting to see what the other would say. "S-so." Ruby began, finding a new interest in door frames as she realized what would be coming out of her mouth. "Back to... Underwear shopping?"
Glynda let out a sigh, the blush on her face growing stronger as she turned towards the door. "You really do know how to make things awkward between you and me." She said.
"D-do we have to do this?" Ruby asked, face glowing like a Christmas tree as she and Glynda faced away from each other in the dressing room, both holding their own bikini set, their shoes discarded in the corner.
"If you think this is embarrassing, I'd like you to imagine what showers are gonna be like." Glynda said through a quivering voice, face just as bright.
If possible, Ruby face turned even brighter at the thought of having to bathe with Glynda. "O-okay. N-no peaking, got it?"
"Don't need to tell me twice." Glynda muttered as she began unbuttoning her shirt.
Ruby tried desperately to ignore the extra weight on her right hand as she began loosening her corset, and the way Glynda's hand briefly brushed against her side as she did. She tried not to think about how her hand was dragged behind her as she began to undo her dress while Glynda worked on her skirt and cuff-link. Though she quickly decided that these where futile efforts when she needed to shift to her right in order to work her left arm out of her sleeve. The two let whatever clothes they could drop to the floor and their shirts hang on their linked arms. For a moment the two just stood back to back, trying to ignore the fact that the other was standing right behind them in little more than their underwear.
The two took one last look at the swimsuits and attempted to swallow any nervousness they had.
"W-well," Ruby stuttered out, taking one last breath to steady her nerves. "Here it goes noth-"
Her butt bumped Glynda's as she leaned down to work her stocking off.
"-ING!" Ruby squeaked, drowning out Glynda's as the two attempted to jump away from each other, the handcuffs almost seeming to bite their hands as they were pulled against each other. Ruby and Glynda turned to face each other, though whatever they were going to say was quickly forgotten as they caught themselves just before they caught sight of the other. Their faces burned as they realized what they had almost saw.
"J-just stay over there." Glynda said, feeling her head become lighter while she leaned down to work off the remainders of her clothing.
"O-okay." Ruby almost seemed to mimic her movements.
Getting the bikini bottoms on was simple enough, no need for any more embarrassment then it should usually cause. The bikini tops on the other hand.
Ruby and Glynda let out a sigh as they stepped back into their original position, once again returning to pretending the other wasn't there as they attempted to tie the knot behind their backs and neck. The former was much simpler as it allowed the two of them to put a bit of space between them, only causing their knuckles to scrape each other occasionally, and though their hands were shaky, they managed to time them relatively easily.
When they moved to tie the latter, however, Glynda felt Ruby once again bump into her. This time though, it was Ruby's entire body.
Darn height difference. The two thought as they attempted to ignore the burning sensation on their faces and get this over with as quickly as possible.
Once that was done, the two moved away from each other and took a moment to observe how well the suits fitted. Once Glynda was done shifting her weight, she turned to Ruby, face beginning to light up from how cute she looked as she fiddled with her top. "Well, I think we're finally done here."
"I don't know," Ruby began, face still ablaze. "I think mine is a little tight."
Oh, come on! Glynda screeched in her head as the thought of going through that again struck her like the truck it was. Without thinking, Glynda turned to the door and unlocked it, beginning to drag Ruby with her. "You know what, screw it, we're dressed decently enough." She said without realizing what she was saying as she began to drag Ruby to the isle they got the bikinis from.
It wasn't until they were halfway there that Glynda realized what she had just done. And with that, only one thought crossed her mind. I hate everything!
"Ruby, give me your cloak."
"Huh?" Ruby looked up at her teacher as the two were carrying a collection of the strapless bras and bikinis to the checkout isles, with Ruby's attempts to try them on going smoother due to better communication, all that was left was to purchase the undergarments.
"I want to make sure the cashier doesn't recognize me." Glynda stated, gesturing to her hair to drive the point home.
"Oh, come on, Glynda, is it really gonna be that bad if they ask you for an autograph?" Ruby questioned.
"That's not the problem." Glynda said, giving the cuffs a shake. "The last thing we need is for people to know what I'm doing with my student and get the wrong idea."
Ruby let out a slight shutter at the though of dealing with a Yang at every corner struck her. "Okay, good point." Ruby said as she began shifting the weight of the pile around. "Hold these."
Glynda complied as best she could as her left arm began shifting while Ruby worked on taking her cloak of. Once Ruby had undone the clips holding it on, she threw it around Glynda's shoulders and began working them as best she could with one hand. Which is to say, poorly.
Glynda let out a sigh as Ruby fumbled with her cloak, realizing she wasn't getting anywhere with this. The though of having Ruby hold the bras crossed her mind, but she quickly realized they'd run into a similar problem. "Okay, how's about we both hold these and free my right hand?" Glynda said, gesturing to the boxes in her hand as best she could with her eyes.
"Yeah, that's probably the best idea." Ruby responded as she adjusted her right hand, placing it about where Glynda's was. Their fingers briefly brushed against each other as Glynda moved her hand away from the pile. She let it linger at its side for a moment, just to make she the two had it balanced.
Once she was sure it wasn't going to create a mess, she brought her right hand up to the cloak's collar and helped Ruby clip it into place. Placing it was a bit difficult with two hands without any coordination between them, but they eventually got it. Once it was properly attached, Glynda pulled it up over her mouth like a scarf.
"That looks good on you." Ruby said as she began taking her bras out of Glynda's collection, the two beginning to move back into their previous positions. The two blushed as they realized what the student had just said.
"Th-thanks." Glynda stuttered out. Once Ruby had completed her pile, the two continued towards the checkout.
The two exited the store in silence, now carrying bags of bras instead of boxes. As the duo began to walk back to the airship to return to Beacon, Ruby attempted to break the silence. "W-well, that was the most awkward day yet."
"Yep," Glynda sighed. "And it's only gonna get worse from here."
"Oh, y-you have no idea."
Glynda then let out a slight hum as she turned towards the red haired girl, who was staring at the pavement with bright red cheeks. "What do you mean?"
Ruby then fidgeted slightly, still trying to avoid eye contact with the older woman. "I-I have to pee."
Glynda let out a sigh, her cheeks too beginning to light red as she tried to recall where a restroom was. 57 more days of this, she though as the two changed course. How am I going to survive?
I think we'll all agree it has been far to long since I last updated this. If the hundreds of reviews I get asking me to continue this weren't any indication. I'd also like to thank everyone who hadn't lost hope in this story updating in its far longer than intended or anticipated hiatus. Welcome back to the world of the living, HoodWitch.