Shopping. Shopping was a bizarre sensation, especially when you have a virtually limitless amount of money. Weiss had passed Blake and I one of her credit cards, saying we should go out and enjoy ourselves. She'd be taking Ruby with her. I waved to them as Weiss dragged Ruby toward a rather expensive looking boutique. "Come on Ruby…" She grunted, gripping the back of her hood with both hands. Ruby flailed in my direction. "DON'T LEAVE ME WITH HER!"

I just stood there, laughing. The only appropriate response for a truly evil older sister. I turned and started walking with Blake, snatching up her hand as we went. I stopped us in front of a small directory. "Well let's see…we can go to…" I started listing off names like Grimm Trimmings (I was sure she would love that one), The Atlas Store (obviously there was one, we were in Atlas after all), I offered her a drink from StarDust, and she just wouldn't bite.

I looked at her and was about to ask what was bothering her, but then I realized she was looking around and listening to everyone with those cat ears of hers. I strained myself to try and hear what they were saying, and naturally there was all the racism ever. Welcome to Atlas, the capital of judgmental science nerds. Blake turned bright red and nudged my side. "Yang, can I please go get a hat now? Or at least a new bow?"

I sighed and nodded. I wanted her to be a bit more outgoing, but not like this. Nothing could get me to put her through all of that for no reason. I pulled her close to me and we started walking down the hallways of the mall, looking for one of the accessory shops I'd seen the name of. That walk seemed to go for ages, and I could only imagine how much worse it was for Blake. She could hear all of this, at least more than I could.

We walked ourselves into a gigantic accessory boutique, one called Schneessesories. I'll give you three guesses who owns it. Blake immediately made her way off to a rotating display filled with different ribbons. Her eyes were wide as she looked at all the intricate designs. She looked like a kid on Christmas morning, but to be fair any one of these would put her plain little black bow to shame. Now she just had to pick one.

We stood there for a while, and for once Blake got to tune everyone else out and just enjoy some shopping. That was important to me. After some debating, she found a cute little black and yellow striped one, holding it up to show me. "Yang, look how cute this one is." She gasped, and I giggled, looking it over. The material was so smooth and nice to touch, and the price tag mirrored that. Luckily we had a nice discount from the owners of the store.

When Blake and I went up to the register though, it was pretty clear what they thought of us. The girl at the register gave us a raised eyebrow, scanning the ribbon and telling us the absurd pricetag. I was about 20% sure that the tax they slapped on that thing was illegal. I passed her the card Weiss had given us. Hard white and blue plastic, emblazoned with the Schnee family crest. She looked at the card for quite a while, then she glared at Blake. I really didn't like where this was going. "Is there a problem?" I asked through gritted teeth. Blake gripped my hand tighter, and I thanked my lucky stars she was on my left. My right hand would probably be crushing her right now.

She slid the card behind her register, crossing her arms. There was definitely a problem. "Well, for starters, I'd bet all the money in this register you aren't a Schnee." It was a bit bizarre, I was the one who handed her the cards, and yet she was staring at Blake's ears more than anything. I'd never seen so much hatred in one person's eyes, and Blake refused to meet her gaze.

"Weiss is our friend; she gave us the card." I could feel my eyes turning red in my rage. I could feel the heat radiating off me, but this clerk really didn't seem to care. "Tell you what, bring her back here and I might be inclined to believe a Faunus and her little taboo love interest. Mkay?" That was where I drew the line. The gauntlet on my right arm activated and I was ready to punch her. Then Blake started dragging me out of the store. "Fine, we didn't want to buy anything here anyway." She said through her tears. I was so ready to sprint back into that store and beat the hell out of that clerk, but the last thing I needed was more bad publicity for the Beacon kids…so I'd just have to follow Blake for now.

I snatched my scroll out of my pocket and texted Weiss immediately. "Hey, your little cashier at Scheesessories needs to get a talk from you. She accused Blake of stealing your credit card because she's a Faunus." I shook my head and started walking with Blake again, a hand around her shoulder. The next person who talked shit to her was going to get my robotic fist shoved straight up their ass.

Blake stopped me outside of Grimm Trimmings, I'd thought maybe that would be more her style. "Yang…maybe we should just go back to Weiss' place. This was probably a really bad idea." I shook my head and held her shoulders. "No, no Blake. Listen, just because one bitch with a minimum wage job is going to talk down to you does not make this a bad idea. You shouldn't let it bother you that they hate you, especially when it's something as trivial as how much cuter your ears are than hers." She blushed and shrugged, I was at least starting to make her feel better, but it wasn't doing much. "…OK, we can go back. We'll pick up a drink from StarDust and wait for Weiss and Ruby in the limo, okay?" Blake nodded and we turned around to leave when we heard a familiar voice behind us. "Blake! Yang! Hi!" That distinct accent could only be one person I knew.

I checked over my shoulder and sure enough, Velvet Scarlatina was running up waving. I sighed, one of Blake's friends and another Faunus. Blake heard Velvet and quickly wiped her eyes, turning around. "Oh, hey Velvet." She said, putting on her best smile. Trailing a bit further behind Velvet was her best friend and team leader, Coco Adel. Evidently the two had just come out of Grimm Trimmings and Coco was carrying a few dozen bags for herself. When she saw me, she lowered her glasses, a hand on her hip. "Sup Yang?" I shrugged and let Blake take some time to talk to Velvet, taking Coco off to the side and explaining what had happened.

To put it bluntly, Coco looked appalled. Then again though, one of her best friends was a Faunus as well, so it was a pretty fair reaction. "So they think she robbed Weiss?" I nodded and she gripped her handbag lightly. I knew a lot better than most people when it came to pissing off Coco, especially when she had that bag on her. It didn't just hold her money and some make up, it had a chain gun that would make anyone look like they were compensating for something. "Give me, like, twelve seconds." She said, starting in a stride toward the Schnee shop. I grabbed her by the bag strap and pulled her back.

"Coco are you insane?! If we unleash hell in there, Beacon will look so much worse." She dismissed what I'd told her almost instantly. "Tsh…that's unforgivable. Especially when Weiss was kind enough to pay for you guys." I shook my head at her. "Way to go in there and make Blake and Velvet look like White Fang spies then, seeking out inequality." That stopped her. She turned and looked at me, putting her sunglasses away in her purse. "Fine. If Weiss doesn't do something about her though, I will."

I pulled out my scroll and showed Coco the message Weiss had sent back. She had several choice words for when she'd go for her credit card. "I don't think that's going to be an issue." Coco just smirked and gestured toward Grimm Trimmings. "Good. Come on, I think Blake will like this store a lot better."

We walked back into earshot of Velvet and Blake, they were talking about Blake's new stinger and evidently she'd told Velvet about us, because she almost jumped a foot in the air when she saw me. "Oh, Yang I'm so happy for you two!" I blushed a bit and scratched my hair. "Heh…thanks Velvet." Coco looked at me, and I shrugged. "I…should probably mention Blake and I are together now. Like…super homo friends together."

Coco smirked at my definition of our relationship and started leading us into the shop. "Hot damn Yang. People might call you hot headed, but you have a lot more patience than I do." When we looked around inside, this looked like Blake's dream come true. Her and Velvet had gone off to look at the ribbons and hats, leaving me and Coco to go through the clothing section.

I'd found a few shirts I liked, both for me and maybe as a gift to Blake. When I reached for my wallet I realized Weiss was my ticket to paying and cursed under my breath. Coco looked at me from across the room and laughed. "Chill Muzzleflash, this one's on me." She chucked me a huge wad of notes and I looked at her in disbelief. "…Coco I can't take this."

She shook her head. "Yeah, you kinda can. The Schnee aren't the only rich family on Remnant. Besides, consider it a thank you for helping me prove to Yatsu and Fox that I didn't go crazy during the tournament." I gave her a fist bump, I honestly could have told her the exact same thing, but with all of Remnant.

When I went up with Blake to pay for the stuff we'd gotten, I was a little bit surprised by the girl behind this counter. Instead of eyeing Blake like an animal, she just got to work and gave us the most pleasant smile I'd ever seen that didn't come from a catgirl. And that's because swaying just behind her was a little wolf's tail. I checked over my shoulder and gave a thumbs up to Coco, but she wasn't looking at us anymore. Her and Velvet were watching the show and Weiss charged like a beowolf into her own family's store, Ruby standing out in the hall cheering her on. Karma must be a lovely woman.