It's that time of year. Valentine's Day, a day of spending time with your special someone doing special someone things such as: Romantic walks in the park, eating chocolates together, dates… or if you do not have a special someone: Eating chocolates after Valentine's Day since they will be on sale, keeping yourself occupied to pass they day. Or you can be like me and work through the day alone and not be able to do much of either.
But, this isn't a time of getting depressed that you haven't found someone yet. Don't worry so much about it. If you are in a happy relationship, awesome! I hope you two have a long lasting relationship. Alright, enough about Valentine's Day in real life, instead let's read about Valentine's Day in Remnant XD. The setting is at Beacon and there was no fall of Beacon so yeah let's go. I hope you all enjoy.
Valentine's Day Special: The Great Gift of Chocolate
The day began with a fresh blanket of snow covering the grounds of Beacon and Vale. The sun rose into the sewn drapes of Team RWBY's dorm room and woke up Ruby. She stretched in her bed and looked at the calendar to see that it was Valentine's Day. She tried to stay awake as she read the words with drooping eyes before turning in her bed and covered herself with her warm blanket. She began to think about the day and tried to fall back to sleep when something clicked in her mind. She rose up quickly with eyes wide open.
"It's Valentine's Day guys!" Ruby shouted before she leapt out of her bed and landed on the floor with a loud thump. Her voice woke up Weiss and Blake while the thump she made woke up the only member who had to sleep in the bathtub.
"Ruby, it's way too early to be getting excited over Valentine's Day." Weiss groaned as she looked at the date. "Besides we have a day filled with school and training."
"You may want to look at your scrolls." Blake said as Strom rushed out the bathroom slightly wet from the water.
"Is everyone alright?" Strom asked as the female members of his team were looking at their scrolls. "I'll take that as a yes then."
"Due to the excessive amount of snow that has fallen over the night, the faculty has decided to cancel classes for the day." Weiss read aloud for everyone to hear. "Oh great which means…"
"Valentine's Day is a go!" Ruby shouted with glee and vibrated with joy. "Now I can hope to get all the chocolate and eat it too!"
"Ohh Ruby," Weiss said and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Alright so maybe Strom can just use his semblance to melt all of the snow."
"Well I can do that…" Strom said as another message pinged onto his scroll. "Strom, you will not use your semblance to melt away the snow. Take the time to enjoy the day off, sincerely Ozpin."
"Well I guess that we should all get ready for what is to come." Blake said having an idea of what is to come. "This could be a long day for some."
"I hope not, the last thing I need to worry about is Jaune trying to serenade me with whatever he has in plan." Weiss said and looked at Yang. "How is she still sleeping through all of this?"
"She does this every Valentine's Day. Sleeps in and avoids a lot of guys." Ruby said and crept closer to her sister's bed. "Although she may miss a breakfast made by her boyfriend~"
Ruby's words had her intended effect. Yang's cowlick on top of her head made a heart as Yang pulled her covers over the side of her head. Ruby saw this and giggled a little while Blake and Weiss couldn't help but smile and watch Yang get teased. Strom snuck off after getting dressed leaving the girls to get ready at their leisure.
"Alright Strom has left. Yang, it's safe for you to plan now." Ruby said checking outside to make sure that Strom was long gone. Yang leapt from her bed with a very large smile.
"Wasn't she going to sleep all day?" Weiss asked as both Yang and Ruby snickered at their little lie.
"No, who doesn't want free chocolate?" Yang said with a grin before putting on a serious face. "Although if boys do try their luck on me I will just have to turn them down, but I don't think anyone will even try since Strom and I are together."
"Yeah I don't know anyone who would be that stupid." Ruby said as they all began to get dressed for the day. "The guys should be able to respect a relationship."
"You would be surprised Ruby." Blake said as if she was speaking from experience. "Not everyone is able to hold themselves back."
"I just hope that I will be able to have some peace and quiet." Weiss said as knocking was heard at their door. Weiss went to go answer and find out who it was. "Hello, who is it?"
"It's Jaune." Jaune answered as the door opened to find Jaune with five boxes of chocolate. "Happy Valentine's day guys."
"Happy Valentine's Day Jaune." Ruby responded with her eyes pinned on the boxes of chocolates.
"Please tell me that you did not buy five boxes of chocolates for me." Weiss said while she scowled at Jaune.
"Actually I made these, and brought one box for each of you guys. I have my day full already." Jaune said while taking a step back. "So, I'll just leave these here and get along with my day. Have fun."
"Chocolates!" Ruby cried out as she rushed out of the room, grabbed the chocolate boxes from Jaune and back into the room leaving a trail of rose petals along the way. "Thanks Jaune."
"No problem. Take care." Jaune said and went back into his dorm room as Weiss closed the door.
"Well, I may get some peace after all." Weiss said as she looked into the box of chocolates. "These actually look pretty good. Perhaps I shouldn't have been so hard on him."
"Perhaps." Blake sated when the door knocked again. She went to go answer the door and found Sun standing outside with some chocolates and a few books.
"Sup Blake, I thought that you would enjoy books more than chocolate, but I figured that you could get hungry." Sun said as he handed his gift over to Blake. "Happy Valentine's Day."
"Thanks" Blake said and noticed that the box was already open and saw a wrapper out. She smiled and looked at Sun. "I'm guessing that you had one or two?"
"Hey, I was making sure that they were of good quality." Sun said looking away embarrassed. "Alright I got to get going. The guys wanted to do something today."
"Okay, have fun." Blake said before closing the door and set down her gifts on her bed. "Alright, I'm staying here to read."
"I would suggest that we all use this time to study and catch up with training… but I like the idea of having some time off." Weiss said as everyone took a step away from her and looked at her like they had no idea who she was. "What? We can't work twenty-four hours a day."
"Who are you and what did you do to Weiss?" Yang asked in fear of their white team member being replaced by someone else.
"Oh quiet you, so what are you two going to do today?" Weiss asked the sisters.
"Well, I'm just going to go around and deliver chocolates to all of my friends, and pick up a mountain-load of more chocolate to eat." Ruby said with a smile as she grabbed her chocolates and ran out the door.
"I am just going to get my special surprise ready for Strom and maybe just spend the day with him. And certainly get my little surprise ready beforehand." Yang said before stepping into the bathroom. "Before all of that, I'm going to make sure I look my best for him."
Strom made his way to the kitchen that the students could use for everyday purposes. He met Ren and Nora who were making pancakes with chocolate chips. Nora was helping out by eating all of the pancakes drenched in maple syrup.
"Hey, I see that you two are having fun." Strom said and Ren nodded while flipping another pancake.
"Hihh Fromm" Nora said with a mouth full of pancakes.
"Nora, please don't talk with your mouth full." Ren said and put another pancake onto her plate.
"Okay." Nora said after swallowing what was in her mouth. "So what brings you to the kitchen?"
"Oh I was just thinking about making something for Yang." Strom said and rubbed the back of his head.
"Awwww, that's so sweet." Nora said before devouring another pancake. "Good luck with that Strom."
"Thanks. I just hope that there's still some chocolate left." Strom said and looked around the kitchen. "It's all gone isn't it?"
"That would be a yup~" Nora sang as she looked at her scroll and went back to eating her pancakes.
"Oh I know now!" Strom said and got out cake mix, canned pineapples and a jar of cherries. "I can make a Valentine's Day heart cake."
Nora's eyes shined and she leapt and grabbed the jar of cherries and rushed out the door. Ren and Strom were just standing there in shock before Strom began to race after her.
"Nora! Get back here I need that!" Strom shouted as he ran down the hall. Ren stood there and watched as Yang came on in.
"Is everything going according to the plan?" Yang asked and received a nod from Ren. "That's good. I wish that I didn't have to do it like this though."
"I'm sure that he'll get a kick out of it." Ren said as he pulled out a bag of chocolate.
"Thank you, I'll try to work as fast as I can that way he can get what he wants to make." Yang said and got to work on making her chocolates. "How long do you think Nora can keep him busy?"
"Under normal means, not very long, however she just had 8 chocolate chip pancakes." Ren said and then shivered in fear of how hyper she would be. "She'll keep him busy."
"Nora!" Strom shouted as the two ran out through the snowy fields. Nora somehow found enough time to change into her snow gear while Strom was just keeping up and used his semblance to stay warm. Nora kept on running and running until she got to the cliff of where she began initiation. Strom caught up to her and stopped.
"I like this spot, it's peaceful." Nora said and looked at the snow covered forests.
"It is nice, but I still need those cherries." Strom said and walked closer to Nora.
"Yeah, here you go." Nora said and held out the jar of cherries for Strom to grab. "I don't like cherries in the first place."
"Well thank you." Strom said and took a few steps forward and heard some gears activate. Nora smirked as Strom frowned.
"Have fun~" Nora sang as Strom was launched off the cliff. "Consider this payback for the giving me Ren's horrible green juice and for not writing about team JNPR for many chapters!"
"What does the second part have to do with anything?!" Strom shouted as he flew through the air remembering the food fight.
Nora skipped back into the kitchen and began eating the rest of the pancakes that Ren made as Yang finished up with her chocolate project. When Nora finished up the last pancake, she walked over to Yang's workspace and put Strom's cherries back where he could find them.
"So, how is your plan going along?" Nora asked as she has completed her part. "Strom got launched off the pads so he'll be out for a little bit."
"Well, I guess that'll have to work. Now I'll just get these into the dorm and then spend time with Strom." Yang said as she wrapped up the chocolates. "All done, I'll be back in a few minutes."
"All right, see you in a few." Nora said and waited and watched Yang leave. Minutes went by until she heard footsteps from the hall and saw Strom enter the kitchen out of breath. "Hey Strom, did you have a good climb?"
"Give me… a good reason… that I shouldn't skin you alive." He said trying to take breaths in between his words.
"Because I asked Yang to come here." Nora said as Yang came through the door. "Hello again friend."
"Oh cool Strom you're here too." Yang said and smiled brightly. "Nora said that you wanted help to make something, so I thought that it would be nice to make something together."
Strom looked back at Nora and pointed his finger at her while she grinned widely. "I'll think of something later."
"Have fun~" Nora said and left smiling brightly and gave Yang a fist bump on her way out.
"So what did you want to make?" Yang asked sweetly.
"I wanted it to be a surprise, but maybe baking a cake together will be very fun." Strom said softening into a smile. "Would you be so kind to join me?"
"I think that I would be very much happy to do so." Yang said and they walked over to the counter. "Oh, are we making pineapple cake?"
"Very close," Strom said with a smile. "We're making pineapple upside-down cake, but it's essentially the same as what you just said."
"Alright then how do you want to split this up?" Yang asked and hopped up onto the counter. "Fifty-fifty, sixty-forty, one hundred-zero?"
"How about you make the cake batter and I'll cut up the fruit and set up the cake pan?" Strom asked to see if Yang would be alright with the work.
"Awesome, let's get started." Yang said and grabbed the cake mix and everything that she will need to get the batter ready as Strom began cutting up cherries. A few minutes went by of casual conversation as Yang got the batter ready. "Hey does this look right?"
"I trust you Yang, I'm certain that the batter is fine." Strom said as he sprinkled brown sugar into the cake pan, covering the pineapples and cherries.
"But what about the texture?" Yang asked as a mischievous thought crossed her mind. "It doesn't feel right to me."
"I'll look at it then." Strom said as Yang held out a handful of the sticky batter. He looked at the batter as Yang smeared some on to his face and cracked up laughing. "Oh, so you think that's funny huh?"
"No it's hilarious." Yang said in between her laughing fits until she found herself with two cherries on her cheeks. "Oh, now it's on."
The next ten minutes were nothing but laughter and food flying in the air. Strom and Yang knew that they would have to clean up the mess and make more batter. It also became more solidified when Professor Goodwitch walked in due to the noise. She didn't punish them after being promised some cake. The two teens began to clean up the mess and bake the cake and didn't want to press their luck any further.
"That was fun." Yang said as she cleaned up the last of the batter from their little food fight. "Hopefully next time you won't start the food fight."
"What? What? You started the food fight." Strom argued while laughing as he cut up the cake.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have retaliated after the first strike." Yang fired back with a smile.
"Well… you make a good point, but either way we had had fun." Strom said getting out two pieces of cake. "Here you go."
"Thank you very much." Yang said as they began to eat their cakes. "I have a surprise for you back at the dorm."
"More surprises?" Strom said and smiled. "Sure, this day has already been a big surprise."
They left the kitchen with the cake and made sure that Prof. Goodwitch had received her cake without any issues before returning to their dorm for the day.
"So what is this surprise that you have for me?" Strom asked as he and Yang entered the dorm room.
"Well, hold out your hands and close your eyes." Yang said and began to speak before Strom could open his mouth. "Yes, I'm talking about your aura vision."
"Okay," Strom replied and did what he was told. A bag was placed into his hands as he began to look. "Aww, chocolates. Thank you very much Yang."
"You're welcome, I made them myself today." Yang said as Strom opened up one of the chocolates. "I even decorated them by carving very carefully with tools and-MHPH!"
"I'm sorry, but I thought it would be very cute to watch you eat your work." Strom said while laughing loudly and ate one of the chocolates. "This is very good. I just wish I could have made you some."
"Eh, it's fine. You baked a cake with me and spent time together, that's all I can really ask for." Yang said after she finished the chocolate. "This is all I wanted, just you, me and a day full of events."
They stayed in the dorm room for five minutes eating the chocolates before a thought crossed Strom's head and spoke out loud. "Do you want to cuddle together?"
"Please!" Yang instantly shouted and they both slapped their mouths shut before bursting into laughter.
"I like this. I hope that we can do this more often in the near future." Strom said as they cuddled together on Blake's bed and fell asleep.
"Happy Valentine's Day, Strom." Yang said before they drifted off.
"Same to you Yang." Strom said with a peaceful smile. "Same to you."
Well, I hope that this was fluffy like a pillow and that you all enjoyed reading my stories. I still feel like I can improve though. Well it's time to tackle the final Chapter of Volume 5 Fighting Fury… and I have yet to choose its fate. But until then, this is SirArondight riding off.