Chapter 11

Summer double and triple checked that she had everything that she needed. Satisfied she grabbed her bag and took it downstairs, setting it next to the front door. It was going to be a long week of travelling to the other side of Mistral. She hummed to herself as she ventured into the kitchen, taking in the sight of two year old Ruby and Yang enjoying their morning pancakes, courtesy of Tai who was busy making some for himself, Qrow and her. Qrow was sat on Robin's other side, his head propped in his hand and his eyes barely open. He'd just gotten back from his own mission and had yet to go to bed, Tai insisting he eat something proper before snoozing the rest of the day away and Robin looked almost equally as tired with a big yawn before she shovelled a forkful of pancake into her mouth.

Summer couldn't stop her yawn and she rubbed a hand over her face. Robin had had another nightmare last night, this time insisting on having Summer's attention as she cried about her not coming back from her mission. It had taken almost an hour to calm her down and get her to fall asleep again, only after Summer promised to not leave her side whilst she slept.

"Summer," Tai said, "did you want rabbits as well?"

"Why would I want anything else?"

"Wabbits!" Yang shouted and Ruby giggled as she held a half eaten pancake between her small fingers. Robin grinned up at Summer and went back to her small stacks. "You 'ould 'ave erm- da 'ink 'ens."

"The pink ones?" Sumer said, taking the free seat on Ruby's other side. "Strawberry? I love strawberries. Did Daddy save me some?"

Tai chuckled and set a plate with two pink rabbit shaped pancakes in front of her, "Considering strawberry is your favourite," he pecked her lips, "of course."

"Eww," Yang mumbled, blowing a raspberry out at the same time.

Ruby giggled and tried to blow a raspberry herself. That made Yang giggle and Summer blew her own raspberry back at the pair. Robin glanced over at Summer and she met her gaze, trying for a reassuring smile but Robin only looked away and stabbed at her pancakes.

"When comin' back?" Yang quipped before she tore the ear off of one of her rabbits.

Summer hummed and cut the ear off her own rabbit, "I'm away for 1 week, but there's enough cookies for everyone to have 1 a day."

"Make more when back?"

She nodded her head, "Of course we can, Yang. What flavour?"

"'Oney!"

"Honey it is." She looked up to see Robin whispering something to Qrow who glanced at Summer before whispering something back to Robin. She didn't seem convinced and she pushed her plate away and made her way over to Summer. She tugged on her cloak and Summer glanced down at her with a raised brow, "Hey, Robin, you feeling better this morning?"

Robin shook her head and climbed onto the empty chair next to her. She leaned over and climbed into her lap before wrapping her arms around her neck and burying her face in her neck, "Please don't go. How can I make you stay?"

Summer wrapped her arms around her and gave her a tight hug. "I'll be fine."

Robin sniffed and shook her head and Summer wanted to cry at the begging tone in the girls next word, "Please?"

Before Summer had a chance to respond Robin was being plucked from her arms by Qrow who settled Robin onto his hip and took her outside. "Enjoy your breakfast," he waved over his shoulder, "Come on Robin, let's talk."

Tai took his seat next to Summer and glanced towards Qrow's back, "She still not happy?"

Summer sighed and stabbed at her pancakes, "Maybe I should stay here."

"Is Wobin 'azy?"

"No," Tai said, "she's not crazy, Yang. She's just had a really bad nightmare. Remember your nightmare with the spider and grasshopper?" Yang shrunk into her seat, her face paling at the memory and she slowly nodded her head. "She's just had a different bad dream." He wrapped an arm around Summer's shoulders and tugged her against his side into a hug, "You've been waiting to go on this mission forever, Sum. She's probably just letting it get to her."

Qrow sat down on one of the fallen logs and set Robin down next to him. She wiped at her face and he ran a hand through her hair before he yawned and said, "What's going on?"

She avoided looking at him as she shrugged and wrung her hands together, "I don't want Summer to go. I don't think it'll be good."

"And why's that?"

"Cause, it won't be. She'll get hurt."

He raised a brow at her certainty. "Sweetie, it's a risk of the job. Sometimes we get hurt, sometimes we don't."

Robin sat up on her knees and grabbed onto her Father's arm. "You don't understand. She won't come back. I don't want her to not come back."

"Hey, where's this coming from?"

She stared at him for a moment before she sank back onto her knees and stared at her hands still on his arm. She shrugged and finally said, "I don't know. I just don't want her to go."

He sighed and scooped her up into his lap, "You don't know that anything will happen."

"And you don't know that something won't."

He took a breath and slowly let it out. "You'll see in a weeks time when she comes back that you were getting worried over nothing. Okay?"

She didn't look at him again and slowly nodded her head. There was an air of defeatedness that made Qrow feel guilty, but this was Summer they were talking about. She was the strongest out of all of them. And it was a simple mission, go in, clear out some Grimm and re-establish a base and come home. "Come on," he mumbled, hiding a yawn behind his hand, "let's go say goodbye and we'll see her in a week's time."

A/N: Welp... don't hate me. I hope you enjoyed.

poshboy: Thank you. There is more cuteness to come.

Xellos1: I'm telling you, Qrow's a terrible influence.

Dzzzy228: We'll see.

Conna McCanna: Nobody can fight Summer.

supboyyyyy93: Yeah. It gets fun to play with some times. And in regards to that... there's.. stuff... I mean there were Grimm who have black skin? But there will be a chapter/explanation to what happened to Robin's home

The Masked Mummer: I mean, between Qrow and Summer it was never going to work out well. Fingers crossed.

KingOfWhispers: Haha. My headcannon is that Summer is a badass who doesn't take any kind of shit and whilst she seems innocent and sweet, she's a terrifying demon deep inside.

Guest: They do. They do.

Avid Reader: They do have that in common. That would be interesting... I'll have to think about it.

Guest: Thank you! More sweetness to come.