No one expected the power to go out for the dorms.

Beacon had a complex set of checks and double checks for its power system, including a backup generator, yet they all failed.

Normally it wouldn't matter much to the average student for two days; just watch some dustube videos on your scroll instead of on your computer. Then again, it normally wasn't -40 degrees outside and snowing. Similarly, most students didn't stay in Beacon during a semester break.

Understandably, Pyrrha was feeling quite cold.

There was no if-ands-or-buts about who got to be the big spoon the first night; Pyrrha had held onto her heat emitting girlfriend like it was her life-line –not that she was wrong in that assessment. Ruby meanwhile didn't complain much, after all, her own heat source was all around her. Even after the sun rose up, -for the few hours it did in the depths of winter- the two had stayed in a tightly locked pile of limbs covered with as many blankets as they could find, one of their scrolls streaming a movie to watch as they conserved heat.

Which is why Pyrrha found herself quite confused when Ruby started to struggle out of their pile of blankets. "Ruuuuuby." Pyrrha was comfortable and now her heating source/girlfriend was leaving… the champion tried her best to emulate an expression that Ruby gave her when they ran out of cookies; Pyrrha pouted. "Stoooop."

The wobbling lip stopped her heat source from moving, giving Pyrrha enough time to lock her arms back around a surprised Ruby. Mine. Pyrrha wasn't going to let go of her smaller half anytime soon; it's far too cold out there both for her and me. The thought of a cold Ruby made her hold the teen closer to her. You aren't going anywhere.

"Pyrrhaaaaaaa, let go of me!" Ruby whined as she complacently let herself get pulled deep into the blanket pile.

Pyrrha shook her head. "Not going to happen, you'll freeze if you leave… and I don't want my rose to freeze!"

"Buuuut I think Blake left her Kotatsu here!"

"Gesundheit."

Ruby's expression scrunched up. "Weren't you here for when we used it last?"

"Used what last?"

"The kotatsu?"

"The what?"

"Ohhhh." Ruby nodded her head, much to Pyrrha's confusion. "Blake bought this really cool thing last winter… It's like… a heated… table? It's got a blanket over it and you sit so most of your body is under it."

"That sounds grand!" A heated anything right about now would be wonderful considering that dorm's heating unit wasn't working and all they had was their own body heat. "But the power is out… how would it work?"

"Well that's the neat thing." Ruby twisted around until her face was inches away from Pyrrha's, their noses touching. "Weiss modified it with fire dust so we didn't need to plug it in!" This was starting to sound like a very attractive idea to Pyrrha.

"That does sound convenient." Pyrrha had to agree, "And that would give far more warmth then just this…"

Pyrrha watched Ruby wiggle her way out of the blanket pile, unimpeded by her. At least until a thought occurred to her. Ruby didn't even get two feet away before Pyrrha's arms locked around her again. "Pyrrhaaaa, I thought you were okay wit-"

"I am." The champion interrupted. "I just want you to stay warm!" Grabbing as many blankets as she could, Pyrrha draped them over the pair. We must look like some kind of blanket monster, "Now let's go."

"Ruby, are you certain it's not a foot-stool?"

Pyrrha couldn't help but be skeptical as she stared as she helped Ruby pull the odd looking device from behind a dresser. The piece of furniture looked like a very big foot stool, awkwardly big even. I don't know what I was expecting, but I certainly expected it to be… taller?

"Yup!" Ruby gently set the table down. "There are even chairs for it!" Pyrrha stared wide-eyed as her girlfriend pulled out a set of chairs that were missing their legs. "Here we go, one for you and one for me."

Pyrrha stared at them. That's half of the chair… where is the rest? "Where's the rest of it?" Pyrrha gestured towards the 'chairs'.

"The rest of what?" Ruby gave Pyrrha a curious stare before setting it down next to the foot-stool -I think she called it a Kotatsu?- and sitting down on the chair without legs.

"Er, never mind." Gingerly grabbing hold of one of the chairs, she placed it next to Ruby before sitting in it. It feels like more of a bed if anything. Pyrrha felt awkward as her legs stuck out the other side of the blanket that was over it. "So you said it was heated…?"

"Uh-huh." Ruby scratched her head before fiddling with the rim of it. "I think the on button is right… here!" The device hummed to life, the sound of it quite loud in the relative silence of the dorm.

Pyrrha wasn't paying attention to that, but to the sudden influx of warmth that the table emitted.

As nice as it was to cuddle with Ruby under a pile of blankets, Pyrrha's dorm room had become quite cold over the course of the night since all the heat they had was body heat… but this… device, Kotatsu, was generating even more heat. Pyrrha melted at the sensation of artificial warmth. It felt heavenly.

"Uh Pyrrha?" Ruby's voice broke Pyrrha out of her daze.

"Hm?"

"I think you are supposed to sit at the table, not lay under it."

"Oops." In Pyrrha's daze, she'd slipped out of her half-chair and ended up underneath the table. After a moment, Pyrrha realized she didn't care. "It's quite comfortable under here." Yet it was missing something… the far more important heat source… the more natural one that Pyrrha had grown accustomed to.

"You look kinda silly down th-eep!"

Pyrrha pulled Ruby by the leg underneath it, until the teen was lying next to her. The girl had been far too focused at looking at Pyrrha that'd she not been ready for the sneak attack. "Now you look silly too."

Ruby wasn't noticing Pyrrha's teasing. "Its sooo warm!" Pyrrha giggled at Ruby's same reaction to it.

"I know, right?" After so long without a heater, Pyrrha was in awe of it, so was Ruby. "We should have used it sooner."

"But now we don't get to warm ourselves up with each other!" Ruby pouted at the taller teen. "That was the best part…"

Pyrrha felt a smile tug at her lips as she pulled Ruby against her, the short girl nestling against her as she had for the previous day. "You'll always be my heat source."

AU: Apparently I'm just all about dat cold.

Followed up a lewd chapter with a cute one… at least I hope it was cute.

Disclaimer: I have never used or seen a kotatsu before in my life. Okay I've seen pictures, but that doesn't count.

It's funny, I asked Super Saiyan Cyndaquil for a prompt, something disgustingly fluffy and he said them under a kotatsu. Fun fact; I wrote this when it was warm outside a few days ago. Currently its blizzard-ing. Second fun fact is that -40 is -40 regardless of Celsius or Fahrenheit. So it's very appropriate: P

Sadly my account has been completely locked out from Roosterteeth, so I wasn't able to see the World of Remnant episode, although I heard what it was about. On the plus side, I did get into the BETA for Grimm Eclipse. I think I'm allowed to say "It was fun!" It also makes up for not getting to see the WoR episode me thinks.

Now off to work, gotta get through the snow and into the theater for opening weekend of the last Hunger Games movie. Why me?

Thanks for reading everyone! A new chapter of Spoon Equality should be out next week!

P.S. The Omake I meant for the last chapter is at the bottom of this one! It reference another omake from a previous chapter I believe. Enjoy! :D

P.S.S. If I can wing it, I'll try for a Dilation chapter tomorrow! If not, then Tuesday! Also Acceptance was sent into the final phase of editing for next chapter, so it should be on time! :D

P.S.S.S. It doesn't matter who says what in the first omake, its equally true!

Omake:

"Do you think we'd better in a hotel? We could have easily of gone to Vale and rented a room."

"Nope~, all I needed was you."

Omake:

Ruby was happy that Pyrrha had tried to take the brunt of Yang's teasing. It really did show how much the champion cared for her – or maybe she just really wanted to get a bunch of hickeys…

Either way Ruby was more than happy to let Pyrrha take the teasing. Or at least until Pyrrha opened her mouth;

"Why yes Ruby gave these to me."

Ruby had to resist the urge to bury her beet-red face into her hood as her teammates and friends stared at her. Except for Weiss, she did see us this morning after all. Blake was the first to comment.

"It makes sense." Blake's face was half hidden behind her book. "You two do spend a lot for time alone together."

"I even started to give her private training sessions." Pyrrha's eyes widened. "Oops… I forgot you said to keep it a secret."

Silence.

Or it was silence until Yang started to choke on her drink. Ruby pulled her hood over her head.

When will the teasing ever end?