Yeah so...I didn't get it out on time...again...I'm sorry. *hides behind wall for safety*
Happy Late Holidays and Happy New Year People!
Also, i had nobody proofread...cause I fucked up my timing and wanted this out before the New Year (for me). Sorry . But uh, please enjoy!
Bold = WHY DID YOU PISS HER OFF?! DOTH THOU NOT VALUE THY LIFE?!
Italics = Thoughts
Normal = Normal conversation
* = Look at the end of the chapter for an explanation
Bold and Italics = Grimm to Salem or Cass communication
Cass was lounging about her room, reading something very interesting on her scroll. Ruby introduced it to her. It was something called a comic? Even nova was joining in on it.
I'm rooting for the bad guy.
You always root for the bad guy.
That's because he's underrated. Nobody roots for the bad guy so I'm going to.
You make it sound like a noble cause.
Cause it is.
Is not.
Is too.
Fuck you.
Only if you really want to.
Imagining the perverted grin he was giving her inside of her own head made her groan.
Woot woot I win!
Shut the fuck up.
The door suddenly flung open as Coco ran in. Grabbing Cass by her collar she yanked the surprised Grimm born up by her collar. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS?!"
Cass looked at her scroll, still in her hand. "December 23rd?"
"DO YOU NOT REALIZE WHAT IS IN TWO DAYS?!"
"…December 25th?" Inside her mind she could hear locks being turned and bolts being shut as Nova braces for impact.
"That's Christmas you dumbass!"
Cass just stared at her for a few moments. Silence hung over them like a curtain before a lightbulb blinked on. "Oh right…Christmas is a thing, I forgot about that…"
"How could you forget?! You have a girlfriend now! You should know about this stuff!"
"Well sorry. I spent half of my life living in the woods on the edge of society, fighting for my life. I didn't have a nice cushy life where I could savor everything society had to offer." She forced Coco's hand off of her collar. "Anyway…I still have two days right? I can get a present…oh wait…" Sticking her hands into her pocket she pulled out her wallet. Opening it a little fly buzzed and came out. "Oh right…I'm broke…FUCK!"
Coco rolled her eyes. "Don't expect money from me. You still owe me."
"After the whole maid thing, I think we're even."
"What?" Coco looked shocked. "No we're n-"
Cass brought her fist to Coco's face in less than second. "We're even. Right?"
"Yeah…sure whatever," Coco brushed Cass away but was still shaken. Cass was quite scary sometimes.
"So anyway, what do people do for each other for Christmas?" Cass sat on the edge of her bed, giving her a crooked grin. "Teach me oh wise Coco."
"Shut up with the sarcasm," coco grumbled as she sat on one of Cass's chairs. "Anyway…everybody decorates this massive tree in Beacon's main lobby, you should have already seen it a few times."
"Nope."
Coco blinked. "Wait, you haven't seen it? Its two stories tall! The teachers hauled it from the Emerald Forest! You had to have seen it sometime."
"Nope. Never saw it. I'm pretty sure you're bullshitting me."
Coco growled, grabbed Cass's wrist and hauled her up. "C'mon you idiot, let's go." As they walked she explained how Christmas had once been a holiday for them to worship their savior, Christ, who came down from the sky wielding two long swords, cutting down the hordes of Grimm that attacked the settlement of Vale long, long ago. As the head of the last beowolf fell into the snow he apparently had a large feast with everyone. He and his 12 warriors defended the town day in and day out until the entire area was free of Grimm and the people could live in peace. It ended on the last day of the year, New Year's Eve, which is also why it is such a big holiday.
"That was until the leader of the settlement heard and had him executed for being a witch."
"Oh…sucks to be him then huh?"
"Yeah but then there's some myths about him being resurrected and all that good shit and I honestly don't believe an ounce of it but it doesn't matter anymore. Now it's just a holiday to bake cookies, give gifts, and wear sexy Santa outfits that aren't really appropriate…."
"Who's Santa?"
Coco's heels, her precious heels, skid against the carpeted floor as she stopped in her tracks. Looking Cass dead in the eyes she asked, "Are you serious?"
"Well, yeah…what's a Santa? And why is it bad if one is sexy? I mean if it makes you hard or wet then-"
"Jesus Christ Cass! Have some form of control." Coco groaned. "Santa is the guy who gives us presents. That's basically it." She shook her head in shame. "I don't know how Velvet puts up with you."
"Cause she loves~ me~" Cass cooed, a goofy grin spreading across her face as her little ears twitched in happiness. "And I love her~"
"Can it with the lovey dovey crap," Coco rolled her eyes. "You don't even have a present for her!"
"…What if I ate her o-" Coco smacked Cass in the back of the head, the Grimm child laughing. "I deserved that one huh?"
"Yes. Yes you did. And I'm pretty sure that's something you would like…not her."
"Aw~ Is little Coco jealous~" Cass taunted as they walked down the halls. "It's a shame you know, maybe if you were a bit nicer and a bit cuter I'd sleep with you~…oh and if I wasn't with Bun buns."
Coco glared at her. "Anyway...what are you going to get her if you're broke and she doesn't want to see your tits?"
"Hmmm…" Cass tapped her finger to her chin. "I dunno. There's an art class right?" Coco nodded. "I'll make her something then."
"Do you have the ability to even make something sweet and sentimental?" Coco taunted, a grin growing as she spoke. "I mean, c'mon. You're a brute who thinks more with her vag than her head. You're a tomboy, not a sweetheart."
Cass flipped her off. "I'll make something for her! Anyway..." Cass looked up as they entered the main lobby. "That's a big ass tree."
Standing two and a half stories tall in Beacon's main lobby, a massive golden star stood balanced at the top. Orbs with every student's symbol and colors decorated the tree from top to bottom as more students continued to work on the tree itself, using ladders and/or their semblance to wrap lights around it from the bottom up. Already several large crates stood empty, having once housed the lights. Another group was working on testing the next crate.
"This just seems like a massive waste of time," Cass admitted with crossed arms. "I mean, I guess it's pretty and all, but what's the point?"
"Tradition," was Coco's simple response.
"Tradition? Seriously?" Cass gave her a blank look. "That's the dumbest reason I've ever heard for wasting so much energy on such a stupid project…"
"Well shut up. You haven't been here. Christmas is a pretty big deal in case you didn't know."
"I didn't."
"Case and point. But anyway, just…isn't it just nice to see it? Doesn't it give you a warm, cozy feeling inside?"
"…hmm, no." Cass crossed her arms and looked off in thought. "If I wanted a warm, cozy feeling…I'd in bed with Velvet-"
"Stop with the fucked up-"
"cuddling her…." Cass glared at the stunned Coco. "Yeah see? It's not that fucked up. I just want to cuddle her. I'm not a total perv."
"But you are."
"Well I mean…shut up…so what was the point of showing me this tree? I mean I guess it's alright…but just cause it's pretty?"
"That's not all," Coco looked around. "Where's Santa's little helper?" Looking around she saw somebody digging into a red sack on the back of a wooden sleigh. Coco crept up on the person, tickling her sides. "Surprise~!"
Velvet's head shot up out of the sack, her cheeks burning as she squirmed. "C-coco?!" she squeaked out, shooting away from her tormenting fingers. She was dressed in a modest but adorable elf outfit. "W-what are you doing here?" Cass gave a small wave from behind Coco. "A-and Cass?"
"Sup." Cass gave her a small wave.
"We're here to visit you of course." Cass glared at the back of Coco's head. She could feel the daggers digging into the back of her skull as she looked forward. "Anyway, whatcha doing?"
"Well I'm looking for the secret Santa stuff. Everyone throws in their gifts and mix them around…but I'm not sure if I threw in the gift I meant to get Cass…or the one for the secret Santa stuff…I used the same wrapping paper."
"Just throw everything out and find it," Cass said with a shrug. "It's not that complicated you know."
"Well then I might damage some of sensitive gifts!" she protested. "I don't want to ruin other people's gifts you know…" Velvet's ears went flat. "I just don't want some stranger getting what I got for you…"
And you still haven't gotten her something, Nova chastised. Naughty, naughty. You really should just tell her that you didn't know about it and be honest with her.
If you keep talking I'm gonna cut your dick off.
…duly noted.
Cass wrapped her arms around Velvet and ruffled her hair. "Would you rather have me smash all the boxes for you to find your gift?"
"What?! No! That's even worse!"
Cass kissed her forehead. "Just kidding." She saw some students gawking at the affection she was showing Velvet. Just glaring at them made them turn tail and run for the hills. "So anyway, I'll help you look. What's the wrapping look like?"
"It has a bunch of little chibi beowolves with little Santa hats on, running around with snowflakes on it," Velvet explained as she went back to looking around in the big red sack. "I tossed it in his morning! It can't be that far away…"
Cass nudged Velvet over to one side while she began digging as well. "Here, I'll help," she said, despite not knowing what a chibi was, or a Santa hat. She just looked for beowolves and snowflakes. What they found was over a dozen presents had the same wrapper as the one Velvet had used.
"Awww~ This is hopeless," she pouted. "Now we'll never know…"
"It's okay, I'm sure it's not that big of a deal anyway. I'll love whatever you get me." Cass wrapped an arm around the elf bunny, hugging her tight. "Cause you're a sweetheart, you know that?"
Velvet buried her head into Cass's neck before they heard an awkward cough come from behind them. Cass looked up and gave Coco a cheeky grin, hugging Velvet tight, gently rubbing her back.
"C'mon, let's get up," Cass said, kissing Velvet's forehead again. "We need to put the books away after all. We can't leave a mess can we?"
"No…we can't," velvet mumbled into Cass's neck as they stood up. Together, with Coco's help, they put away all of the presents they took out.
Cass gave Velvet a quick peck on the cheek before running off to do her Christmas present making, leaving Coco and Velvet alone. Velvet looked at Coco with a raised eyebrow.
"Why'd she run off like that?"
"Dunno," Coco said with a relaxed air about her.
"…What did you do?" Velvet's eyes narrowed. "Did you do something to her?"
"What?" She crossed her arm in defense. "I wouldn't do something like that."
"Yes, yes you would. Last time you did it was the dress."
Coco opened her mouth to argue, closed it, then frowned. "Well true…but I didn't do anything this time I swear."
"Promise on your beret's life?"
"…look you know it means a lot to me and it matches all my clothes and-"
"Promise?"
Coco looked nervous but nodded. "I promise."
"Good. Now…help me get these presents on the sled!"
Cass, meanwhile, was dashing through the halls. She ran into the arts room in a blur and began gathering materials. Glitter (cause it was shiny), colored paper, scissors, glue, and one of everything else. Sitting at a desk she stared at her mess of supplies in silence.
"…what should I make?" she mumbled aloud. I don't really know what to make for her.
Ha! Ha! Told you so~ Nova taunted. You don't know what you're doin~
Oh fuck off. I'll make something great! Just watch me!
Yeah, I'll watch you fail alright.
Fuck you.
Hey I got nothing else to do so you can mind fuck yourself, I won't say no.
…that's weird. Stop being so weird.
Fuck off you love it.
No, I hate you. Sometimes I tolerate you, but most times I hate you.
…damn that's cold. Nova coughed. I can feel the icicles stabbing me.
Good. Now let me focus on my present for her. Alright?
Yeah, yeah. Nova rolled his eyes and reclined in his chair. I'll let you focus on your failure of a project.
Yeah, thanks.
Cass's head bolted up as she heard something land on her desk. Looking up she let out a tied yawn, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, hey Headmaster Oz. What's up?"
The much older man looked down at his student's work. "Who's this for?" he asked, holding up the card Cass had made.
Cass snatched it from his hand and hid it under the table. Her cheeks glowed softly as she looked away from him. "…nobody…"
Ozpin smiled softly and gave a knowing nod. "Ah I see. For Miss Scarlatina then? A homemade card is a rather sweet gesture. Although I doubt you're making it yourself out of sweetness and more out of a lack of funds. Am I correct?"
Her cheeks burned as she crossed her arms over the table, hiding her head between them. "Shut up geezer," she groaned out. "I'm tired…"
"I should say so. It's already Christmas Eve." He lifted his mug from her desk, sipping from it with a slow draw, thinking to himself. It's been a long time since I was called geezer. Since Qrow left maybe? "Oh I've been looking for you by the way Miss Char."
"Oh? Yeah? What's up Mr. Oz?"
He pulled the bill for the hospital out of his coat pocket and put it on the table. "You have a large debt to pay."
She stared at the number and just laughed. When she saw Ozpin's serious face she stopped laughing and gulped. "Oh…shit….you're serious…"
"I am. But," he lifted the bill up and put it away. "If you do me a favor, I'll have all of this taken away. You'll never need to pay them back."
It's a trap, Cass and Nova thought together. "What do I need to do?" Cass asked hesitantly. "What kind of favor do you need from me?"
"A small one. It's not a major deal. Please follow me," Oz said as he walked off. She slowly followed after him, her card tucked under her arm. Ozpin went to her room first and gestured to it. "I would advise you to leave your gift here."
Cass pulled out her scroll and saw over a dozen messages from Velvet, the last one being a frowning emoji. She quickly texted her back: "Sorry for not responding. I was taking a nap. I'll read it all tomorrow okay? I'm still tired." She set her gift down on her table before locking the door behind her, standing next to Oz. "What did you want?"
"Come with me," he said simply. Leading her to the Christmas tree, she saw it with all of its lights off. She stood there in silence as he walked to the sled and pulled out a Santa outfit, white beard, large hat, fake big belly, red suit and pants, boots, everything.
"You're going to be our delivery Santa tomorrow night," he said simply. "You'll wear all of that," he gestured to the sack. "You'll run around the school, delivering all of the presents to every student within an hour. If you do so, I'll remove all of the money you have to pay back."
Cass looked at the suit in distaste, poking the fake belly. "Even that bit? I can't be a skinny Santa?"
"No you may not be. Santa is known for being rather large in that department." Oz took another sip, looking at her examining the outfit in the sled. "Will you take me on my offer?"
"Hmm…humiliate myself one night in return for not having to pay you back…hmmm…" Cass mumbled as she played with the Santa hat.
…You seriously can't be thinking about this can you? It's such a simple yes!
Shut up. I don't want to humiliate myself.
Oh fuck this I'm taking control.
What?! No you're not!
Cass's body trembled slightly, a shiver running up her spine. Cass whirled around, putting the Santa hat on her head as she laughed. Her eyes were blood red as she grinned. "I'll take you up on your offer gramps!"
…I don't even have kids… he thought to himself as he shook his head. "So you accept my offer then?" he asked, offering her him his hand.
"Damn right!" Nova said as they shook his hand. Cass's eyes reverted to normal as she glared at her hand, mumbling under her breath, "I'm gonna kill that son-of-a-bitch…"
Oz gave her a small smile, knowing what was going on. "Is something wrong Miss Char?"
"No, nothing…" she pulled he red cloak around herself and did a little twirl. "When do I need to do this again?"
"Tomorrow night. Preferably around midnight. You also need to finish before the sun is up tomorrow."
"Okay that's not too hard." Cass wrapped her hands around the top of the sack, closing it before lifting it up onto her back. Looking at Oz she nodded. "I can do this."
"Good. I'm counting on you." He watched as Cass placed the sack back in the sled. "Please take the clothing with you Miss Char and hide it. We can't have anyone guessing as to what's going on, now can we?"
"Sure, sure, whatever you say," Cass said as she picked up everything she would have to wear the next night. As she walked past Ozpin, going towards her room she sniffed the air. "Hot chocolate?"
"Indeed," Ozpin said with a small smile. "Your strong sense of smell is something I often wish I had."
Cass thought back to all the times she was in the cafeteria where she had to ignore the amount of smells she got from all the different foods. "Yeah, no…you don't."
Ozpin just smiled softly and patted her shoulder. "What we often don't have seems much more appealing to us then it really is. Regardless, have a nice night Miss Char and do sleep in. You'll need energy for the next night."
"I know, I know," she said as she waved to him, her feet carrying her to her room. "See you around headmaster!"
Opening the door to her room she dropped all of her clothing into the closet and slammed it shut. Plopping down on her bed with a soft groan she closed her eyes. Not even bothering with the blankets, she fell asleep, too tired to care.
Cass woke up the next day with her room still dark. Usually her windows had some light coming through them, but this time they didn't. Getting up of the bed with a groan she half stumbled, half walked to the curtain. Drawing I open she saw a wall of white blocking her window.
"What the actual fuck?" she asked aloud as she opened her window. "Did somebody cover my window in white paper or-" As the window opened all the snow tumbled in and on top of her. She sat up in the snow pile and looked outside, more snow piling up out there on the lawn.
"GOD DAMNIT!" Cass howled out as she slammed her window shut. She stormed into her shower, made it steaming hot and stood in it to warm up. All the while grumbling under her breath.
God damnit woman let me sleep, Nova grumbled. What's all the noise for? We just got up…
Fucking opened the window and fucking snow poured in… Cass grumbled in her head.
That's your fault.
Shut up. It was cold.
You're gonna have to clean it up you know. Else it's gonna make a massive mess. And how are you gonna seduce Velvet if your room's a mess?
With my fucking tits that's how.
…why am I, the Grimm part of you being the voice of reason here?
Cause I'm no very reasonable.
…I'm going back to sleep. Shoot me if you need me.
Wait I can shoot you?
…zzzzzzzzzzzzz…
ASSHOLE! Cass sighed aloud and stepped out of the shower. For better or worse Nova was right. She picked up the snow in her room and tossed it into the bathtub. A large wet spot remained, but she just left it to dry. Once she was done working there was a knocking at the door.
"Who is it?" Cass called out.
"Who do you think?" Velvet's voice came back. "I have a present for you~"
Cass's eyes widened. In a blur she grabbed the card she made for Velvet and hid it away next to the Santa stuff she was supposed to wear for the night. Slipping on some pjs she opened the door and grabbed Velvet's hand. She let out a small squeak as she was pulled into a warm hug.
"What the-? Cass? Is something up?" Velvet asked, confused but enjoying the warmth, hugging her back softly.
"No, nothing's up, I just wanted to hug you~" Cass cooed softly, kissing Velvet's forehead.
Velvet's cheeks glowed as she released Cass and wiggled free. She pulled out a box, the size of her head, offering it to her. "T-this is your Christmas present!" she squeaked out.
Cass took it and smiled softly. "Thanks," she said softly as she began to open it when Velvet slapped her hand.
"What're you doing!" she squeaked out.
"Opening my gift," Cass said, rubbing her hand, looking hurt.
"You open it on Christmas Day! Not Christmas Eve!"
"Ooooh…sorry." Cass set her present to the side and smiled softly. "So um…was there anything else you wanted to do?"
"No, not really…what about you? It's not like we have classes so…?" Velvet squirmed, wanting something to do.
A light bulb went off above Cass's head. Grinning she gave Velvet a quick kiss. "Stay here. I'll be right back." Cass ran off, lightning trailing after her. She quickly returned with hot coco from the dining hall. "In bed. Now."
"Um, okay. Do I need to change or anything?" Velvet asked, blushing slightly.
"No. Just lay down." Velvet did so. Cass grabbed a small coffee table and dragged it over next to the bed. Placing the hot coco she climbed onto the bed. She pulled Velvet onto her lap who squeaked softly, her shoes falling onto the edge of the bed. Cass grabbed the blankets and wrapped it around the two of them before reaching out. She placed one cup of coco in Velvet's hands while she let the other sit there, her arms wrapped around Velvet.
"Since when did you get in such a lovey dovey mood?" Velvet asked with a small, happy, relaxed smile. "Hmmm Cass?"
"I just wanna," she mumbled softly. She didn't want to mention how she was worried that she didn't have a good enough present for her. "Is it that bad of a thing?"
"Nope! I love it!" The two of them relaxed like that, wrapped, and snuggled in blankets. Velvet pulled out her scroll and opened Netflix and began searching around. She settled on a movie with the Achieve Guys in it and cuddled with Cass, sipping on her coco.
"Ever seen the Achieve guys?"
"No. Who's that?"
"A bunch of comedians, just watch it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it."
Wrapped in the ball of warmth Velvet could only smile softly. Cass kissed her cheek as the two sat there for hours. They sat and relaxed, watching movie after movie as the wind whipped and the snow fell in waves over the school.
Only when a growl came from Velvet's stomach was the mood ruined. Cass laughed as Velvet's cheeks burned, her face going down between her knees as her empty cup of coco, and Cass's which she drank, sat on the coffee table.
"S-shut up! I'm hungry! Don't laugh at me!" Velvet pouted as Cass continued to laugh.
"You're too adorable~" Cass cooed as she kissed her cheeks. She stood up with Velvet in her arms, the blankets wrapped around them as she moved Velvet into a bridal style carry.
"W-what are you doing?" Velvet squeaked in surprise as Cass moved towards the door. "Y-you're still in pjs!"
"I don't care," Cass grumbled with a small smile tweaking the corners of her lips as she walked with Velvet in her arms. She kicked her door open and kicked it closed behind her as she carried Velvet down the steps. Velvet clutched onto Cass, holding the blankets tight around her.
Cass ignored the looks she was given as she carried Velvet into the dining hall. Setting her down on one of the benches she kissed her cheek. "I'll grab you some food okay? A salad like usual?"
Velvet nodded meekly. Cass kissed her again, ignoring the stares as she got the two of them food.
Why are you doing this? Don't you like being seen as the tough girl? Nova asked.
I'm about to do something much more humiliating tonight anyway. I don't really care.
Oh…I see.
Are you awake or- Cass stopped when she heard his snoring again. Fucking figures.
Cass set the food down in front of Velvet and wrapped an arm around her, kissing her cheek. "Love you~"
"Velvet just blushed and began to eat her salad. Love you too puppy."
Cass raised an eyebrow. "Puppy? Really?"
"Well you have those wolf ears and you call me bun buns…" she pouted slightly. "It's only fair if I have something to call you in return."
Cass laughed and gently teased her rabbit ears. "Okay. You can me your pup if you want. It's kinda silly but sweet, like you~"
"T-thanks…"
After spending most, if not all of Christmas Eve with Velvet by her side, learning all botu Christmas. Cass brought her to her room, bridal style. "I'll see you later, okay?" she said softly, wrapping Velvet up.
She nodded softly, blushing a little. "I'm not a kid you know."
"Well just act like one for tonight, cause Santa's gonna come visiting."
Velvet rolled her eyes with a small chuckle. "Is Santa going to whisk me away to her bedroom?"
"Maybe? Maybe not. Just make sure to stay up." Cass felt the scroll in her pocket buzz. "I'll see you later bun buns."
"See you later puppy~!" Velvet called out as Cass walked away. She checked her scroll and was not surprised to see a message from the wizard himself, Ozpin.
"It's time. Meet me in the lobby under the Christmas Tree," was all it said. Cass ran to her room in a blur. Everyone was already in their rooms, asleep or awake, laughing with their teammates. Cass grabbed her clothing and quickly changed into it before rushing down to the tree.
Ozpin stood there, the sack at his feet. He stuck his hand out, smiling softly. "May I have your scroll Miss Char?"
Cass handed it over with a small grin. She twirled in front of him before facing him again. "How do I look?"
"Beautiful," Ozpin said as he worked on her scroll. Handing it back he tapped it. "I gave you an admin key. It deletes itself in two hours. You need to deliver all presents before then. Understood?"
"Yes sir!" she said with a salute, Nova laughing in her head. "So I can go right?"
"Yes you may."
Cass hoisted the bag onto her back with a grunt. Crouching down she shot forward, moving slower than normal but still plenty fast. Ozpin just watched silently, sipping from him mug as she left his field of vision and began to run in the halls.
Thank god Glynda isn't here…she'd be upset what with Cassandra running in the halls.
Cass bolted into team JNPR's room, the four stunned teammates staring up at the bearded Cass with a pillow stuffed belly in a red suit.
"Santa?" Nora asked before a present was beamed into her face. Jaune also got the same treatment while Ren and Pyrrha caught their presents.
"Ho, ho, ho motherfuckas," Cass said in her deepest voice before bolting out of the room, a trail of lightning following her before vanishing into thin air.
Nora sat up, a bruise on her forehead. "What the heck Santa?! We even made cookies for you! You didn't even touch them!"
Cass/Santa reappeared, grabbed the plate and the glass of milk before vanishing again.
"Oh…never mind…" Nora turned to Ren who was examining his delivered Secret Santa present. "Was that the real Santa?"
"Yes Nora, that was Santa," Ren lied. Last time someone tried to tell her Santa was fake…well…they spent the New Year regretting their decision far, far, far away from family.
Nora's eyes brightened up. "Awesome! I saw Santa~ I saw Santa~" she said in a sing song voice. "I'm glad he got better after I saw him in the mall and hurt his lap."
"Same here Nora…same here…"
"Wait," Jaune said, sitting up with a groan, Pyrrha holding him up. "What happened in the mall?"
"It's better we don't talk about it," Nora and Ren said together, sharing a look. They would NOT bring it up no matter what.
Cass meanwhile was having the time of her life. What with her being he designated Santa, her scroll could open every single door in the entire school. She was opening up dorms, whether the students were asleep, getting dressed, or doing the do, and hurled present after present at them before running off, chanting, "Ho, ho, ho! Ya'll a bunch of ho, ho, hos!"
Nova was laughing and clapping inside o her. Oh god I love this! Cass you're the best Santa I've ever seen!
I'm the only Santa you've ever seen.
Who gives a fuck this is great!
Cass just laughing aloud as she ran into the next room, CFVY's. She hurled the first present at Coco, hitting her gut, sending her tumbling to the ground. Fox and Yatsu caught their presents. Cass ran over, placed her next present on Velvet's head and kissed her softly.
"Merry Christmas my ho, ho, ho." Cass said, gently patting her head before running off, leaving the cookies and milk she took from the previous room in front of her.
When she reached RWBY's room she opened the door to have a dog attack her. For this moment she pulled a bone out of her pocket, a little bow on the top of it, putting it between the two of them. Zwei stared at the bone for a few moments before grabbing it. The each nodded o each other in understanding. Zwei bounded off, bone in mouth into Yang's bed, being quite the nimble doggy.
Cass snuck around the room and placed each present on each bed, all of team RWBY asleep. She patted Blake's bow, grinning slightly as she felt it twitch. As she went to take the cookies left for her she saw they were all gone already. Her eye twitched in annoyance. There was nothing but crumbs. Walking back over to Ruby's bed she looked in and saw that she had crumbs on her bed. She grabbed the present she had previously left for Ruby and smacked her in the head with it. She ran around, doing the same to every student in that room before storming out, slamming the door behind her.
The dazed team looked around, Yang ruffling Zwei's head. "Who was it boy?" she asked, letting out a lazy yawn.
Zwei just barked, saying nothing. He played with the bone in his mouth, grinning happily.
Cass ran around the school and finished up her job. Every awake student got a present with an express delivery to their jaw. If they were asleep she just set it by their bed, so long as they left cookies. Else they were woken up none too gently.
CRDL got it the worst. When Cass creeped the door open slowly, she heard a rattling above her head. Peaking up she sat a water bucket balanced on the top. Frowning she smacked it away, letting it clatter to the ground. Team CRDL shot out of their beds, ready to laugh at their intended victim. Instead, when they saw Cass standing there dressed as Santa, looking more like Satan.
The largest, high pitched scream came from Cardin as Cass tied them up in ribbons, shoved their presents into their mouth and dumped the water on each of their crotches so it looked like they pissed themselves. She stormed out and went back to delivering presents.
Once all the secret Santa gifts were handed out, Cass still had half an hour left. She walked down to the tree and saw Ozpin sitting there, reading from his scroll. He smiled as she came closer.
"Already done Miss Char?"
"Yup!"
"Splendid." He took the empty sack from her, looking in, surprised. "What about you?"
"I never put one in there, so I didn't get one for myself." She stripped in front of him, her pjs still on under her Santa outfit. Handing it back to him she just grinned at him. "Not to mention I have a present waiting for me in my bedroom."
"I see. Well, have a Merry Christmas," Ozpin said with a small wave as he too left to finally have some sleep.
"Merry Christmas," Cass called back as she went into bed to have a long winter's nap.
The next morning, Cass woke up with a groan. There was a pounding at the door and she had no desire to get up. With her scroll she remotely unlocked her door. "Get in here…I'm tired…" she slurred out, head flopping back into the pillows.
Velvet burst through the door, happy as could be. She pounced on the sleeping Cass, shaking her. "It's Christmas~! It's Christmas~!"
"I know that," Cass grumbled, trying to escape from Velvet under the blankets. "Five more minutes though."
Velvet began playing with Cass's ears, making her squirm as she was worked up. "No! Get up! I want you to open your present!"
Cass squirmed around before letting out a small groan. She sat up in bed, knocking Velvet onto her back, giggling softly. "Fine I'll open my present!"
Velvet got the present she had handed to Cass earlier and put it in front of her. Cass slowly unwrapped the present, gingerly setting the wrapping paper to the side. Velvet shook her head, sighing.
"You can just tear the paper apart you know…"
Cass blinked in surprise. "But you took time to wrap it and all…I can't just ruin it all…"
"It's fine, it's fine, you're supposed to tear it all up."
"Oh…okay…" Cass then proceeded to tear the present's wrapping apart until she had a small, fist sized box in her hand. Opening it she saw a little golden, tear drop shaped item in it.
"Open it," velvet said, leaning over Cass's shoulder.
Cass glared at Velvet, rolling her eyes. "That was in the plan sweet heart," Cass grumbled as she popped the item open. She could hear the tick tock as the clock in the necklace counted. On the other was an image of Cass and Velvet. Velvet's head was on top of Cass's, her arms wrapped around her lover as Cass glared playfully, a small smirk on her lips.
"When did you take this?" Cass asked softly, her face a mask.
"Coco did it when we were having lunch." Velvet looked up at Cass with a worried look. "Do…you not like it?"
Cass pinned Velvet to the bed, squeezing her tightly. She was smiling ear from ear, tearing up as her tail wagged happily. "Mmm, you're the best Velvet!" she purred out. "I love it! I love you! You're the best."
"C…can't breathe," velvet gasped out.
Cass released her, blushing. "S-sorry…"
Velvet grinned and kissed her cheek. "Apology accepted."
Cass got up and ran to her closet. Returning with the card she handed it to Velvet, squirming nervously. "I'm…broke so I…made a little something for you," she mumbled softly.
Velvet opened it and looked inside while Cass put the locket on. Inside it read;
Dear Velvet,
Yeah so, I'm not the best with words, as you know all too well, but like, I kinda wanted to say thanks. Thanks for going on that mission and running into me, thanks for keeping me warm in bed. Thanks for always keeping me company. Thanks for loving me. I um, don't know what to say really, so um, just look up at me.
Velvet looked up and opened her mouth to ask what was going on but found Cass kissing her. It was domineering, it wasn't forceful, it was soft, sweet, and gentle. It was almost like Cass was scared. Velvet leaned into the kiss. The two separated after a few moments, Cass laying down with velvet restating her head on her lover's chest.
"Do you like it?" Cass asked softly.
"Mhmm, it was sweet," Velvet mumbled as she smiled up at Cass. "Wanna just be here? Alone, just the two of us for today? We can just relax and cuddle all day…"
"I'd like that," Cass mumbled, blushing slightly as she kissed Velvet's forehead. "I'd like that a lot…"
Again, sorry for the delay. But hey, I got it out before the new year (for me anyway). Anyway, Happy New Year! I hope it goes better for everyone, me, you, and the world. :D See ya'll in 2017! :3 *cuddles you all*
P.S. I love you all for sticking around. Ya'll a bunch of beautiful people in my eyes.