Blake

My eyes opened slowly, my sight already trying to adjust itself to the lighting in the room. I let out a sigh and rubbed my eyes gently. Just another 'beautiful' morning in uni. I thought and sat up slowly, pushing the blankets off of me as I did. I let out a groan; trying to sleep last night was difficult… too difficult. I looked towards my right at the other side of the room to see my blonde roommate sleeping on her bed in a lazy manner, her blanket almost falling from it and her pillow sitting on the floor. She was murmuring words that I could not comprehend due to the fact that she was laying on her front side, her mouth slightly covered by the sheets of the bed.

There was a truce between us… well, more like an excuse to not argue over events that transpired what felt like so long ago. We both know it was just that, but it was hard for me to get over what happened, and I can tell that she was feeling the exact same way. The others saw right through me when we made that truce; who couldn't tell that something was up between us? It's been awhile since we argued and snapped at each other, and I hope that today won't be the day that our unstable peace spirals out of control. Tomorrow's the day everyone leaves for winter break.

I sighed and got up, stretching my arms and legs out before going to my drawer, taking out the clothes that I want to wear for the day. As I did that, I heard a loud thud behind me, looking back quickly to see Yang groaning softly as she got up from the floor. "Damn that hurt, I should really stop sleeping so late." She said to herself, not noticing yet that I was watching her. When she looked my way, she immediately turned away. "M-morning." Yang said softly.

"Morning," I replied, sighing softly, "d-did you… sleep well?" I asked.

"I… I guess I can say that I did. H-how about you?" she asked.

I shook my head. "It could have been better. A lot better."

I noticed a frown form on her lips as she turned back to me. "You could rest a bit longer if you-"

Without thinking, I interrupted her. "I'm just going to shower and get dressed. Plus we have classes today; it wouldn't be a good idea for me to oversleep." I heard her call for me as I left the room with the clothes I had picked out earlier, ignoring her as best as I could and checked to see if one of the bathrooms were in use. The doorknob turned, signaling that it wasn't occupied, and I pushed the door open, turning on the lights as I walked in and set my clothes down on the counter next to the sink. I let out a soft sigh and closed the door behind me, locking it and started taking my clothes off. A moment later, I went into the shower and turned the faucet, making warm water rain down from the shower head. I slowly moved to the back wall until my back hit the cold surface of it, sliding down and closing my eyes slowly as the water hit my face. It was a moment of bliss and contemplation.

Why does it have to be so damn hard to think? All I have to do is go to classes, get my grades, and enjoy the break, but no, I have to stress over this like an idiot. Stupid Yang… no… she's not the stupid one… I am.

"Blake! A-Are you okay in there? P-Please talk to me." I heard Yang call out to me from the other side of the door.

I couldn't just ignore her at that point. "I'm fine, Yang! Just...go on and get your things ready for finals!"

"U-Um...I kinda still need to use the shower though." Yang had said from outside, but it still bugged me to think that we'd need to walk by each other on the way out.

"S-Sure, just wait on me. I'll be done soon enough." I sighed as I looked up at the shower head. I just want this day to be over.

Yang

All I could do was sit on my bed and stare at the door. Even when we looked at each other, we couldn't even form sentences. I wish things were back to normal around here. I sighed as I sat up and walked over to Blake's bed. I actually wanted to fix her bed up, but hell, she'd probably not even care either way. Maybe I should just stay out of her way today. Break starts tomorrow anyways, so it's not like she'd want to see me.

I felt a pain in my heart when I said that. Thinking about it made me feel like crap, but actually seeing her ignoring me...fuck! I can't let that happen!

I walked back over to the door and was prepared to confront her, but I realized how dumb that would be, so instead I just sat back down on her bed and waited patiently for her. She can't ignore me if I'm right in front of her.

After a few minutes of just sitting back and playing with my hair, I saw the doorknob turning. It was the moment I had to take, so I relaxed myself and held my breath. When Blake walked in, hair still wet and looking radiant, I blushed. "Blake...Um, hey."

Blake stopped the second I spoke and held herself tightly. "Y-You can head in now, Ya-

I stopped her by raising my hand up and sighing. "Listen, I get we're still having a little trouble talking to each other for more than five minutes, but...can we at least try?" I was running out of options, and I seriously hoped she'd be okay with talking with me.

I watched her sigh and walk over to her desk. "I'd rather we just get ready for our finals, Yang. Today is our last day before break, so-."

"Are you fucking kidding me right now?!" I heard Nora yelling from the other side of the door. Nora ran into the room and looked pissed the hell off. I'm not gonna lie, it looked scarier than I could be sometimes.

"Uh, Nora? What are you-?" I couldn't even get the words out, since Nora slammed the door shut and glared at Blake and I.

"You two dumbasses are gonna stop your shit and make up already! We're all sick of it!" Nora had screamed, shocking me and probably Blake too.

Nora just sat down in front of the door with her legs crossed and Blake looked annoyed. "Nora, stop acting like a child and get up already. We have classes soon."

"Hell no, Blake! You don't get to leave until you two idiots talk it out already! Like come on! Is it really the time to be all angry and stressful, right before we go on break?! Ugh!" Hearing Nora yelling that much kinda freaked me out a bit to be honest, but if it was gonna get Blake to talk to me, then I guess I can roll with it.

"Blake?" I called out to her. "D-Do you really not want to talk to me?"

I watched Blake clench her fist and she got the supplies she needed for the last day. She shoved them all into her bag and walked over to the door. Nora stood up to look more intimidating, crossing her arms in front of her. While her short stature worked against her, her emotions were out of control. I just sat on Blake's bed with my head down. She didn't even answer me.

"Nora, I appreciate that you want to help, but I don't think she's gonna budge. I mean, hell, it's my fucking fault that this shit happened in the first place." I muttered the last part, but the other two heard me well enough. Nora just groaned at what I said, keeping her firm stance at the door while she turned her attention to me. "W-What?"

"Don't go around blaming yourself for something that wasn't your fault to begin with," Nora growled at me. "Now you two just sit down and talk about this for TWO seconds, or so help me I WILL break your legs!"

I gulped at the threat, noticing Blake taking a step back, knowing she wasn't fucking around with either of us. But Blake was persistent.

"Nora, will you just stop with this crap before-" Blake tried to say something, but Nora just grabbed her arms, dragged her to her bed, and pushed her down next to me. "What the hell?"

"STOP TRYING TO AVOID FIXING THINGS ALREADY!" Hearing Nora yell like this, I don't ever remember seeing her this furious before. "NONE OF THIS WAS YANG'S FAULT TO BEGIN WITH SO GET THAT STUPID IDEA OUT OF YOUR HEAD FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!"

"Well then, who would you blame for all of this?" Blake yelled back.

"ME!"

I think Blake took a double take when she heard Nora's response, I certainly did. I don't think any of us were ready to hear this from the ginger. The room went deathly silent, no one saying anything.

"It's my fault that you two are like this right now," Nora said after what felt like an eternity. Her voice sounded as though she was on the verge of tears, and after getting a good look at her, I could see that she was shaking a bit. "So please…" Now I could see that she was crying, tears on her face. "Just let me fix this so that you two can finally be happy again."

All I could do was stand up and take her in an embrace. I couldn't imagine how much Nora has been hurting ever since Blake found us like that. I only thought about myself and Blake. "Nora...I am so, so sorry."

I heard Blake get up from her bed, knowing full well that she felt just as bad as me. "Have you always felt this way, Nora?" Blake asked, which I should've asked from the start, but I was busy rubbing her back and comforting her as much as I could.

Nora just sniffled, letting more tears fall. She's the one who was crying...not Blake and I. Normally it was the other way around, but this really isn't normal after all. "A-Are you two gonna at least try to talk now...please?" She begged us.

Blake had taken a breath behind me and placed her hand on my shoulder. "Yang, let her go for a moment."

I nodded and let go of our orange haired friend, immediately being replaced by Blake in the embrace. Blake started saying a few things to Nora in a hushed tone. I couldn't catch any of it, but I assumed from the way Nora started to calm down, it must've been Blake telling her that we'd talk it out.

Once Blake let go of Nora, she turned to me. "Yang, sit down for a few minutes. We may have finals, but this is more important and we have time till they start."

I let out a small smile and looked over at Nora. "You feeling okay, Nora?"

She just nodded, confirming that she'd be okay, but I needed to hear it from her, so I stayed silent, waiting on her to say a word. "Guys, ever since that day, I thought about how I fucked up, and don't say I didn't...just don't let my mistake ruin what you have."

That comment made me blush. What did she mean by that, and if she means what I think she means, would that even be possible for us?

"Don't worry, Nora. We aren't gonna leave this room till everything is sorted out. Now why don't you go on and get ready for finals?" Blake had suggested.

Nora sniffled one more time and wiped away a few tears from her face. "Y-Yeah, just let me know how it went...cause I'm still serious about breaking your legs...don't make me, by the way. Explaining that to Ren wouldn't be the easiest thing to do."

I just chuckled at that. "No problem, Nora. Oh, and we may need that angry Nora power at some point, so try to learn how to turn that off and on at some point. You never know when we'll need it."

That made her laugh a bit, which made me feel better, since that was the Nora we all knew. She gave us a thumbs up and headed out. Blake looked to me for more than ten seconds after that, so that was a start.

"So...how's it going?" How's it going? Why the hell did I start with that?!

"With how the day is so far, I'm not exactly sure how to answer that, Yang." She said to me, making me feel even more like an idiot. "But." Hearing that made me a little hopeful. "I guess it might be able to get better."

"That's all I've wanted to hear." I told her as she sat down next to me. "I...I know when it happened... you wanted to kill me, but-." She cut me off by tapping my forehead. It was a little odd at first, but it was pleasant, so I wasn't about to complain.

"The yelling, the talks we've had to have with everyone. I'm tired of it, Yang." She admitted to me. It reminded me of the time Ruby smacked me across the face. "I just...I want to forget what happened that day, but I can't. It just hurt so much when I saw you with Nora."

I hated the way she sounded, but I knew blaming myself wasn't gonna help. "I hear a lot about how people make stupid mistakes and how it just proves that everyone can make them, but screw that, I made a mistake I wish I can take back, Blake...and not just because it caused this...but because I wanted that kind of experience...with…" I couldn't say it, so I just mumbled the next part to myself. "You."

"Huh? What was that?" Heh, like she'd ever let me say something to myself like that.

"It's, I...I hated how I did that with Nora, because I wanted to save that experience with someone I really care about." I admitted. I hated not being able to just say it was her, but how could I?

"Someone you really care for." Blake plainly said to me.

"Yes." I answered, but I had to get back on track. "That's another thing entirely. For now, is it possible that you and I can go back to how things were? I just, I really want that more than anything, Blake."

Blake got up suddenly and walked to the mirror, looking at herself for a few moments. I was wondering what she was even doing. Wow, she...looks amazing. Wait, no, Yang. This isn't the time for that. You gotta deal with this first...and finals are coming up and-.

I was cut off from my thoughts when Blake turned around to face me. "Is going back to the way things were...is it completely what you want? Or is there something else you'd want to add onto it?"

That didn't make much sense to me. What was she even asking? "Uh, like what?"

"Like, what if there was a chance that we could put this past us and try for something even better than what we had before?" Blake asked, waving her hands around as she spoke. "What if we could try to come up with something that we could do? Something that gave us both what we wanted?"
"What are you getting at right now?" I questioned. She really wasn't making any sense to me at all.

Blake just sighed, still confusing me. "You are too dense...I swear." I suddenly felt her grab the back of my head and she pulled me closer to her. I blushed harder than ever before and she pushed her lips against mine. My eyes almost shot out of my face at that moment. Blake kissed me! She's fucking kissing me! What in the fuck is going on?!

Before I could even return the kiss, she pulled away from me. "So, do you get it now?"

I couldn't hear a word she was saying to be honest. Everything just felt unreal to me. I tried saying something, but every time I did, Blake just looked confused.

"Yang? Uh...are you okay?" She asked me, but I had no idea why. She sighed and flicked my forehead, apparently bringing me out of the trance I was in. "Sheesh, snap out of it already!"

I just started shaking my head and tried focusing again. "Huh? What? Where am I?"

"Really? You were that out of it from a simple kiss? It makes me think we'll never be able to go out on an actual date." Blake had said to me, causing me to look as red as a tomato.

"W-What are you talking ab...wait! You just kissed me!" I exclaimed, seeing her give me a shrug like it wasn't that big of a deal.

"Yes, I did, but only because I can't keep this shit away from you anymore." Wait, she's liked me...this whole time?! "If you haven't figured it out yet, I've had a small, and I mean it, small! Crush on you for some time...but after what happened...well, you know."

I just scratched the back of my head, feeling like a complete ass. She's liked me this whole time and I slept with another girl...fuck me. "This is, fuck I don't know. Good, but bad, but good again."

"How does that make any sense, Yang?" I couldn't think of an answer for her, so I just shrugged and chuckled to myself, causing her to sigh. "I am getting into something ridiculous with you, aren't I?"

"Hey! I didn't even say if I wanted to be like that with you…" I tried to keep my composure, but I couldn't. I burst out laughing, which kinda made her groan at me. "S-Sorry, Blakey, but this is just awesome! I've liked you this whole time too!" I finally admitted to her.

I kinda enjoyed seeing her eyes widen at that. I guess we're both clueless. "You mean to tell me-?" I decided to have a little fun with her and cut her off with a kiss of my own. It was like a dream, seriously. I thought I was gonna wake up while I was kissing her.

After we spent the next ten seconds kissing, I pulled away from her and chuckled. "So, ready for finals, Blakey?"

She just blinked at me and pointed to the door. "Not until you get your ass in that shower so you won't smell bad during finals? I don't need to be blamed for not keeping my girlfriend hygienic."

I lifted my arm up and smelled my pits. Ugh, okay, she's right...wait, did she just… "Did you just call me your girlfriend?"

She just rolled her eyes at me and grabbed my clothes out of the drawer. "Go. In. The. Shower." And with that, she shoved the clothes against me and pushed me out of the room.

As soon as I got in the bathroom and the door closed behind me, I dropped the clothes on the ground and jumped in the air. "Hell yeah! Blake Belladonna and I are together! Take that, Ruby! I got with someone first!"

I actually managed to hear an audible groan from my new girlfriend from the other side of the door. "What the hell did I get myself into?" I snickered when I heard Blade say that, but I know she can't get enough of me.

Well...finals. Yeah, that was a thing. Ugh, I seriously hope this shit won't bite me in the ass later. Wait, what am I doing?! I gotta go see Blake! And rub it in Ruby's face!

I looked around the crowd at the front of the building we took our finals in and found her. I sprinted as fast as I could to Blake and hugged her from behind. "Y-Yang! What do you think you're doing?!" I didn't mind how loud she got. I just wanted to hug my new girlfriend.

"I don't see the problem, Blakey." I grinned happily, gripping onto her tightly.

"It hasn't even been twenty four hours yet, and you're already clinging on to me this much?" She groaned and started walking with me attached to her. I wasn't about to let go of my kitten.

We got some looks from other people, but mostly ones that made Blake blush, so it wasn't all bad, though I did see Nora on the way to the room.

Nora ran up to us and squealed. "No way! No way! No way! This went better than I expected! Are you both together, together now?! That's so awesome! I gotta tell Ren and-" I saw the next part coming a mile away.

Blake grabbed Nora's hand and stopped her from jumping up and down in joy. "Please, just this once. Try not to make a big deal out of something like this."

Come on, Blakey. You know Nora of all people wasn't about to let something like this go. "How can I just sit back and not say anything?! This is great news! Now you and Yang aren't fighting anymore and you're both a couple!" Nora squealed the last word in emphasis, causing Blake to try to cover her ears.

I honestly felt a little bad for my kitten at that point, so I had to intervene. "Okay, Nora, we do appreciate the support and all, but Blake is right. You shouldn't be screaming it to the heavens, though we do have to thank you. Making us talk it out really helped us. So...you know, thank you, Nora."

She giggled and hugged us. It made me happy, cause seeing a sad Nora was like the worst thing in the world. "I'm just glad we're all friends again!" I couldn't help myself and chuckled at how Blakey and I were more than just friends now.

Nora decided she had enough time hugging us, so she let us go. "Listen, don't tell the others just yet, Nora. We'll let em all know soon enough, but we wanna be the ones to do it." I needed to make sure she got that.

"Of course! But can I at least tell Ren? Pretty please!" I playfully rolled my eyes at that.

"Alright, but just him and no one else. Got it?"

A funny thing about Nora was that she liked getting a little too into character every now and then, so she just saluted us. "Yes, ma'am! Just Ren!" She put her arm down and sped off from us, most likely to tell Ren the big news. Eh, it wasn't like I minded the others knowing from her, but I knew my kitten would like a bit of privacy before the others bombard us with questions.

"She did help us out, but I don't think I've ever seen someone get more excited about a couple than the actual couple." Blake said, making me shrug.

"It's fine by me. Now how about we head back already? We gotta get packing." Wait...shit, we gotta get packing. I won't see her till probably next semester...well fuck my luck.

"You know, after today we won't be seeing each other for a while," I mentioned to her as we walked back to the dorms. "We should try and plan a get together of sorts."

"I wouldn't mind that," Blake purred. As we walked, the two of us just talked with each other. It was wonderful, the feeling of being able to chat with your best friend, who also happened to be your girlfriend. I haven't been able to enjoy this in the month and a half that we were ready to kill each other.

By the time we got back to the dorms, we could hear chatter on the other side of the door. "How much do you want to bet that Nora spilled the beans to everyone accidentally?" I asked Blake.

She just shrugged and shook her head. "I guess I can live with it if she did. This was also a big deal to her as well as us."

"Yeah, well let's go tell everyone the news," I suggested, grabbing the door handle and opening it up.

By the time we were about to leave, the snow started to come down. Ruby was super excited about it since that meant she got to go play in it when we woke up in the morning at home. Jaune and Weiss were stuck at the school till the next day with another set of finals waiting for them. Nora and Ren on the other hand had already gone home before us.

As we walked outside to the cars, I walked with Blake, hand in hand. Pyrrha offered to give her a ride back home since it was along her drive, so she brought her car over to the building beforehand so that the two could get their things in it easier.

"I guess this is it for now," Blake said.

"Not necessarily," I replied. "This is just the beginning for us."

"I like the sound of that," Blake said. She leaned in and gave me a kiss before we heard Pyrrha's car horn sound off. I could tell that Ruby was eager to get home as well. "Looks like it's time for us to go."

"Yeah, I guess so," I mentioned. "Let me know when you get home so we can chat until the sun comes up, ok?"

"Will do," Blake said giving me a wave as she climbed into Pyrrha's car. After watching them drive away for a few seconds, I turned towards my own car and climbed in.

"Everything alright, Yang?" Ruby asked me.

I thought back to how the past 24 hours had gone. Blake and I had gone from the worst of friends, to more than friends in a short time. All that I wanted was finally mine, and I was grateful for that. Starting up the car, I smiled at the thought of seeing her again.

"Things couldn't be better."

AN: Noble: This certainly has been a long time coming, hasn't it? (Side note: The reason we do Tumbleweed is because it's a Legion inside joke we have in our skype calls. It's what we do so say that we're signing off for the night.)

Shadow: Yeah...but hey, it was worth the wait.

Noble: I personally wish to apologize on behalf of all members of the Legion for the delay with this chapter. There was a lot of complications that we went through, mostly outside of our control, that we had to go through. (Second Side Note: Shoutout to TheDarkenedRose for getting things started with the Blake portion of this chapter.)

Shadow: Meh, it happens, but so does Bumbleby! So hope you all enjoy that...though I do tend to write a few bumbleby chapters.

Noble: Hopefully you guys squee hard over this chapter. I'm certainly glad that it managed to come out as well as it did.

Shadow: Okay...so can I go back and play Overwatch now?

Noble:...Fine….be that way.

Anyway, we hope you guys have a wonderful day. We will be going back to our normal schedule, so this friday will have a chapter being released! Hope to see you guys again, and thanks for being patient!

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