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Yang rolled over and stretched her arms out in a languid yawn. Practice last night had gone pretty late. After Nora lost to Blake Pyrrha had wrapped up the fight rather quickly. No one could believe that Blake took a hit from Nora and kept walking but it looked like she had done so just barely. Once she got to Pyrrha and Ruby the fight wrapped up rather quickly. Pyrrha took Blake out and Ruby was no match for her one on one, she was just too fast to even be touched by that huge scythe. They all ended up staying until almost nine running different combinations of pairs. Eventually they all agreed they had to go because they had classes the next day and homework to do for them. Pyrrha had apparently headed off for a run because she still had to work out even more. Yang had opted to head straight to bed.
She rolled over, right off the edge of her bed and landed lightly on her feet next to Blake's bunk. The previous night's activities appeared to have taken their toll on a certain kitty cat because Blake was still asleep. Yang never woke up before Blake and she wasn't about to let this opportunity slide by. She crept up to the edge of the mattress and bent down trying to hold her breath so as not to wake the incredibly sensitive girl. Yang slid her index finger slowly into her mouth and licked it all over. What better way to wake up than with a wet finger in your ear? She pulled it once she was satisfied with her work and prepared to dart her finger into Blake's human ear.
"I will eviscerate you if that finger comes anywhere near me." Blake said without rolling over, without opening her eyes, without even the slightest change in her breathing. When had she woken up?
"Aww you're no fun in the morning." Yang wiped her finger off on her shirt and stood back to her full height. Blake rolled over onto her back and peeked a single amber eye up at her partner.
"I don't care what time of day it is. I don't want your spit on me, ever." Blake closed her eye and rolled back over on her side, shielding her face from the still rising sun, "Now go take your hour long shower quietly." She waved a dismissive hand over her shoulder and Yang laughed to herself. Apparently the fight with Nora really had taken a lot out of Blake.
"You know you love me." Yang tossed at Blake's back before turning and heading for the shower. She stopped at the door and removed her sleep wear, stripping her pants and shirt off and leaving them by the door. She was just wearing a pair of underwear and stretched her arms up above her head with a yawn, glad to let her girls hang loose for a moment as she stretched. There was a rustling of blankets in the bed behind her and she turned to see if maybe RUby was waking up already.
What she did turn to see was that Weiss was sitting up in her bed, with her back against the headboard. Yang turned and Weiss stared and the shock caught both of them and prevented them from acting far longer than it should have. Yang spun back around and threw her arms across her chest, trying to cover whatever she could though even her large hands and arms did little to cover her even larger breasts.
"Good morning Weiss." Yang called out without turning back to face her at all. "Sleep well?" She kept her voice high and cheerful. The last thing she needed to do was let the prickly little heiress know that she was embarrassed at all by this turn of events.
"Uhh.. Yeah… Well I mean… I guess so." Weiss stumbled through her words, apparently the sight of Yang in all her glory had been just a bit too much for her. Yang relaxed as she realized the position of slight power she was in over Weiss at the moment. She dropped her hands calmly and turned back ever so slightly, making sure not to give Weiss a full look, but just enough of a glance. She realized now that she had already taken her pants off as well and made sure to lean on one leg and give Weiss a good view
"That's good," she smiled at the blushing, speechless heiress, "I'm gonna take a long hot shower. Would you wake Ruby up? We wouldn't want her to walk in on you again." Yang took two slow steps into the bathroom and closed the door behind her with a rather final sounding thunk.
She let out a held breath as the door closed behind her, blocking her off from the other girl. Her shoulders drooped back down and she slumped against the wall. Had she really just flaunted herself for Weiss like that? It wasn't like she was usually really embarrassed about her body as it was so why had she freaked out at first? Yang took a deep breath and stepped over to turn the shower on. She made sure it was as hot as it could get, slipped off her last remaining article of clothing and stepped into the stream of water.
Even on it's hottest setting the water only felt lukewarm to Yang. She knew from the others that it was actually very hot, but to her it just didn't compare. It was one thing she really missed about living at home. There she had convinced her dad to crank the water heater up a little. He and Ruby just used a little less hot water for their showers but she was able to get it plenty hot for her tastes. Here though, she just had to deal with what she had. Before long the bathroom was full of steam and she had begun the long, loving task of caring for her hair.
She went through more hair care products than the rest of the team combined and that was especially impressive considering she had Weiss's luxurious locks to contend with. Yang was certain that if she had less hair she could keep it as nice as Weiss kept hers. Or perhaps if she could afford the incredibly expensive product that the Schnee Dust Company Heiress threw about like it was the free stuff at a hotel. But, Yang was restricted to what her incredibly hardworking father could provide for her and Ruby as well as by the amount of time she had to spend babying her massive mane of hair. But, it was a labor of love and she wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
After she had thoroughly worked her hair through its entire course of care products and scrubbed her body clean Yang eased the shower off and stepped out into the steam filled bathroom. The mirror was absolutely useless at this point and she knew she needed extensive brushing anyways so she dried off as best she could, wrapped a large towel around herself that draped well past her waist and hips, grabbed a fresh towel to handle her hair and opened the door to the dorm. Steam billowed out past her and rushed out the open window into the cool morning. Weiss waved her hands dramatically in front of her face as if the steam was poisonous gas and made a show of averting her eyes from Yang's towel clad body.
"Shower is all your Blake," Yang announced with gusto as she emerged into the room. She completely ignored Weiss's over actions and headed for her dresser to throw on at least some sort of clothing before the slender little twig of a girl threw a fit. "Good morning Ruby." Yang leaned down by her sister who was staring out the window, "How ya doin'?"
Ruby sighed and blew a huff of air out that tossed her bangs up out of her face only for the red dyed tips to flutter back in front of her eyes once she stopped. Blake snuck by behind Yang and ducked into the bathroom with her towel and toiletries but without a word.
"That bad huh?" Yang clapped her on the back, "You just gotta distract yourself with something. Focus on your training, have a rebound, throw yourself at your studies, you know?" Yang continued over to her dresser and pulled out her undergarments for the day.
"Excuse me, a rebound?" Weiss was still sitting under her blankets as if she hadn't moved since seeing Yang's mostly naked body disappear into the shower almost an hour ago. "I think the last thing Ruby needs is a rebound."
"Yeah you're right Weiss." Yang didn't even have to look to know that threw her off. Yang admitting Weiss was right about something to do with Ruby? Blake would surely mark it down on the calendar to be brought up later. In all honesty, the last thing Ruby needed right now was another relationship, especially a superficial one. Ruby was the kind of girl to commit absolutely to her partner apparently and so what she needed was to get her confidence back. Yang slid her skirt and under shirt on.
"I knew you'd see my point eventually. What Ruby needs-" Weiss lifted a single demur finger and entered the tone of voice she always used when she began one of righteous tirades on what was true and proper and good.
"Can you guys not tell me what I need?" Ruby stood and turned around, cloak swirling around her ankles. She stormed out of the room and into the hallway, still wearing her pajamas and slammed the door behind her. Yang and Weiss exchanged a worried glance and Yang hurried out after her little sister.
She threw the door open and found Ruby standing just outside in the hallway, facing Team JNPR's door. Yang breathed a sigh of relief to know that she hadn't bolted away on a stream of rose petals. She closed the door cautiously behind her so they could have privacy, as strange as it was to think that closing themselves out of their bedroom gave them privacy.
"Ruby, I'm sorry." Yang started in but her sister didn't budge. Her arms were crossed and her hood was down. That meant she was angry not sad, angry Ruby was not often sailed territory for Yang and she was hesitant to breach her sister's outer shell of silence. "I know Weiss is sorry too." Yang hoped that she would just turn around and fold into her in a hug. Sad, in need of support Ruby she could do, that was something Yang knew how to handle. Ruby did spin around, but there was fury in her eyes. She lifted a finger and pointed it at Yang.
"I don't need you to coach me through every little thing." Ruby shook her finger in a terrible impression of Weiss. "I was really messed up about it, but Blake talked to me and I'm better now. I'm just not over it." Ruby raised her voice but Yang didn't feel any heat behind her words. They weren't even necessarily pointed at Yang, it was more like she thought she should be mad so she was playing the part but just wasn't very good at it. "I know you're my big sister Yang. I love you." Ruby's voice dropped in volume, "But I can handle this. I'm not a kid anymore." ruby's face softened and Yang sighed, hoping that was the end of that little show.
"I know Ruby, I know." Yang rolled her shoulders back in a long circle. "It's just hard. I've always been your big sister but you haven't always been grown up Ruby. It's new to me and I'm still getting used to it." this time it was Yang who leaned forward to hug Ruby. She wrapped her little sister up in her arms and didn't even care that it took Ruby a shocked moment to return the hug. Her little sister, the girl she had practically helped her father raise, Ruby Rose was really growing up and that was hard for Yang to come to terms with. She gave Ruby another squeeze and pulled away. "Now come on. Let's go back inside before someone sees us being all sappy." Yang put her arm around Ruby's shoulder and turned back to the door, Ruby smiled and they went back inside.
Blake was out of the shower now and was pulling on clothes in her corner behind the bed. Weiss was up but hadn't gone into the shower yet as it was Ruby's turn if they were to follow their usual order. Weiss shot Yang a concerned glance but she returned it with a wink. Weiss glanced as Ruby, saw her smile and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry Ruby. I didn't mean to sound the way I did." Weiss took a very small step forward. Yang moved back to her dresser to keep getting ready. She sat down on the edge of the bunk and started pulling on her leggings.
"It's okay," Ruby smiled from ear to ear, "I know you're just looking out for me. I'm just frustrated by the whole thing I guess." Ruby shrugged.
"Well get in the shower you dolt." Weiss let her face slip into an easier smile, "You're gonna make us late for class. Ruby nodded her head and moved off towards the bathroom. Weiss turned to Yang as soon as the door was shut, "Well that went better than I could have expected."
"Yeah, she's really just trying to handle it on her own. I mean, we still need to help her out and everything, but maybe just back off a little ya know?" Yang pulled her other legging up slowly and snapped it into place once it was all the way on. She was delighted to see Weiss's eyes jerk back up to hers at the noise.
"Uhh… Yeah, definitely." Weiss shook her head ever so slightly and moved around her bed to where Zwei usually slept. She leaned down to pet Zwei and probably to hide the deep shade of red creeping up her face. Yang chuckled to herself and fell backwards on the bed so she could see Blake, albeit upside down.
"She said you really helped her out the other day." Yang reached a hand back and poked Blake in her magnificent butt, just enough to get her attention. Blake turned her head slowly and looked down at Yang humorlessly.
"Did she really?" Blake asked, her voice as flat and even as ever.
"Oh yeah. Said you were a huge help and she wouldn't feel as good as she does about the whole thing if it wasn't for you." Yang offered Blake as genuine a smile as she could muster, "I guess you were totally right that she needed someone to come talk to her." Yang thought she saw a smile flicker across Blake's face but she turned back to the mirror and continued brushing her hair.
"Well then I'm glad I came and helped her." Blake spoke to the mirror, as if she was confirming the fact to herself as well as to Yang. Yang reached over and poked her in the side of the butt again to draw her attention once more.
"Thanks Blake. I wasn't paying enough attention to her and she was trying to hide it. So thank you." Yang waited for her to respond but she never turned.
"Your hair is really wet still, could you please get off my bed." Blake asked and eyed her through her reflection. Yang laughed wholeheartedly and kicked up to her feet, nearly grazing her head against her own bunk as she lurched to her feet.
"So you guys don't mind that we're going to the salon without you do you?" Yang glanced back and forth between her two teammates. She had honestly been so excited about setting it up with Nora it had even occurred to her to ask them to come as well. "I mean you're obviously more than welcome to come if you want. Weiss I won't even make you pay for everyone this time." Weiss's head shot up from where she was still crouching by the bedside. Her face was covered in dog fur and she looked like she may have been rubbing her face into Zwei's coat.
"Well good, because that was definitely a one time thing. Obviously." Weiss did her best to appear dignified, put after holding her best haughty face for less than a second she sneezed violently enough to startle Zwei up onto the bed.
"I'm okay Yang. They always wanna take off my bow and I can't really let them so…" Blake ran a single hand over one of her exposed Faunus ears. "I'll just keep cutting my hair here I guess."
"You know Blake, we could always go to a Faunes hair stylist sometime." Yang reached for her own brush and looked sadly at the amount of blonde hair stuck in between the bristles. No matter what she did, rushing always pulled hair out.
"Thanks Yang." Blake finally turned from the mirror, "Really it's okay though. I don't mind and it's better to avoid any possible attention." Blake set her brush down and reached for her bow, already going to bind her faunus heritage away for the day. It still made Yang upset that she didn't wear her ears proudly and especially that she didn't trust Team JNPR enough to let any of them know. Yang watched on sadly as Blake turned back to the mirror and fastened her little cloth mask in place over her ears, sealing her true self away for another day.
"I'm okay too Yang," Weiss called out stubbornly from her bed. She was trying desperately to pick the dog hair off of her nightgown, but seeing as Weiss was rubbing his back against the oversheet right next to her, progress was slow. Yang laughed as she watched the futile efforts and began brushing out her mane.
"I thought.. I thought we already figured that out." Yang stopped brushing for a moment and lifted a finger to her chin and tapped thoughtfully. "Yeah I said I didn't need you to pay." Yang held her finger up in revelation and resumed her hair care, "So I figured why else would she come to our terrible little peasant salon." Yang laced the final words with just enough sarcasm to irk Weiss out of her dog hair picking reverie.
"What was that?" Weiss dropped one last hair and it fluttered back to rest on her leg again. "I have no problem getting my hair done at the same place as you. Even if they don't carry my products, or any of the best brands at all and that girl didn't even know how to cut an Atlesian style. Did you see what she did to my hair?" Weiss grimaced in memory, "Okay, you're right. I do have a problem with that place. But so should you. They really just aren't up to the standards we should expect." The bathroom opened with a billow of steam and Ruby emerged, still scrubbing at her head with a towel. "Now if you'll excuse me." Weiss trotted serenely off to the bathroom as if nothing had just happened, chin held high and Zwei right at her heels. Zwei followed her into the bathroom as she shut the door.
"Good shower Ruby?" Yang asked without turning from her mirror.
"Oh yeah, it was nice. I-" Ruby was cut off by the door to the bathroom flying open and Zwei being forced out with a small, sad whimper.
"Zwei, no. Not in the bathroom." Weiss's voice carried out to all of them before the door swung shut again. It was all Yang could do to not drop the floor laughing, but she really had to finish brushing her hair or it would be an absolute mess all day. She returned to brushing her hair and caught Ruby's eye in the mirror.
"So, you're actually coming to class with us today right?" Yang asked as gently as she could. She didn't want to seem like she was trying to discipline Ruby or be her mom, especially in front of their teammates, but Ruby was their leader and her actions reflected on all of them so she really needed to get to class.
"Yeah," Ruby clenched her fists in determination, "I think I'm ready."
A/N - Hurray a Yang chapter. Naked Yang for Weiss and Bellabooty pokes for Yang. I'm sure that mornings in the RWBY dorm are super exciting, every single time. Especially if any one or more of them are interested in any of the others. Could you imagine? Crushing on someone and seeing them in and out of the shower every morning, toweling at their wet hair and clutching at a towel? That would be some kind of frustrating.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter and saw what was going on. This marks the literal half way point for the story in terms of chapters. It was a pretty fun one to write as well, as all of those with Yang heavily involved are. I was pretty close to done with Clubbin' when I wrote this one so it was fun to go back to silly Yang and not super serious, in a committed relationship to the only girl more explosive than her Yang.
Thanks so much for reading, there will be another chapter on Thursday.
-Zach