Okay writing late... but I'll be damned if my streak ends at 30 for 29... I need the month of solid uploads...

Chapter 36:

Pyrrha sat sulking just poking the piece of pink meat, unsure why she was getting treated as a child in her own home like she was. But here she sat, getting refused desert until she at her dinner in it's entirety. Ruby had even insisted that it would be one of the best she ever made. It made her curious, but Ruby even refused to have hers until Pyrrha was done.

"If you are going to act like a child, I'll start treating you like one Pyrrha. So in order to qualify for dessert, take one bite for each year you've been on the planet... twenty eight... and not little ones, normal ones." Ruby demanded as Pyrrha looked at it. Debating how much would be left, if she was to do it as Ruby demanded.

Realisation dawned on her that all of it would be gone as Ruby began to snicker at it. She just knew that was what she wanted. She was about to open her mouth to rebuke what Ruby wanted when said girl spoke up again. "Pyrrha, I didn't steer you wrong with the onions, trust me on this. It is tasty. And just like the onions, you'll devour it. And then we can move onto the tasty desserts... and then watch the movie Nora insisted on me watching... like she forced it into my hands and began to pat my bruised chest until I would agree."

Ruby was still mad about that, but she had enough fun at Ren's to be fine with it ultimately. She still couldn't believe that Ren had beaten her as many times as he did. Regardless to all that, she had fun. Something she hadn't had in a long time. It largely had been just going from one fix to another.

Pyrrha picked up a small piece and placed it into her mouth and chewed it carefully. Getting ready to just spit it out. She still remembered that chewy fish she had when she was a child. Just that thought most of the time was enough to cause her to gag. But with each chew she noticed something different about this.

It wasn't disgusting. It was actually really enjoyable. She could feel it just carefully break on her tongue causing an explosion in flavour. Ruby just smiled as Pyrrha's face changed from disgust, to one of pure joy, and quickly began to devour the piece of meat. Almost like she was ignoring the need to chew. Pyrrha couldn't believe she was missing out on something that was so delicious.

In the near blink of an eye the plate that had once only held the piece of salmon was now clean. Pyrrha could finally see why Blake had loved fish, if the rest tasted like this did. "Okay, how did you do that?" Pyrrha asked as Ruby grabbed the plate and cutlery and walked into the kitchen, laughing the whole way.

Ruby placed the plate into the sink as she walked over the freezer. "It was a mock method my mom showed me. It is where I take as much of the air out as I could, placed it into a relatively cold pot of water. One that is kept around sixty degrees celsius, and once the fish reached that temperature I took it out. That is it." Ruby spoke as Pyrrha saw a layer of some white like thing in the bottom of one of her plastic containers.

Curious as to what it was, as Ruby opened the oven door and a smell Pyrrha knew all too well. Fresh chocolate chip cookies. Something that she didn't know how long it had been since she had some freshly made cookies like that. "Hope you don't mind, it is a personal favourite dessert of mine. Probably one that no matter how old I get, I'll still enjoy it." Ruby spoke as she pulled out two small plates and placed a cookie, bottom side up as she grabbed a spoon and began to scrape curls of a white looking object Pyrrha now recognises as ice cream.

Ruby placed some of the curls onto each cookie and she quickly topped them with another one. "There are five left, to get you through the working week as a little treat..." Ruby spoke picking the plates up and walked towards Pyrrha placing it down in front of the woman, who had a smile that was akin to a child in a candy story.

"The cookies are a chocolate honeycomb, and the ice cream is hocky pocky... I know it sounds made up, but trust me... one of the best ideas to come out of Vacuo..." Ruby spoke as Pyrrha broke a piece of the cookie off and took a bite smiling at the taste. She was about to break off another piece when Ruby spoke again, "You are eating it wrong... it is a desert created to be eaten like a child... so use your hands... who cares if you get messy." Punctuating her statement Ruby picked up the entire stack and showed Pyrrha.

"I'm not sure if that is wise... I mean... you can make a huge mess..." Pyrrha spoke as she looked at Ruby not having a care in the world as she at the treat. With tentative hands she began to debate if she should just get a fork or a spoon when Ruby placed hers down and laughed at Pyrrha. "So what... it is just a mess... you can always clean them. You just need to live a little. I mean... not as much as I did... but a little." Ruby continued trying to spur the taller red head on.

Pyrrha took the stack up and took a bite. Smiling at how childish she felt. Ruby began to laugh as Pyrrha nearly dropped it from the ice cream squeezing out along the side causing some to hit her finger. Something about Ruby's laughter she found to be infectious, it wasn't long before Ruby spoke, "Just lick it. Trust me, no one is going to know accept me and you"

As the redhead pulled the ice cream sandwich from her mouth she began to blush at the way Ruby phrased it and just stuck her tongue out and dragged it along the edge. She hoped that her blush wasn't noticeable to Ruby. Ruby just looked back down at her own treat and picked you up and took another bite. She felt happy to just be with Pyrrha.

Ruby smiled at Weiss who was sitting a few feet in front of her. Feeling a pair of eyes on her the white haired woman quickly looked back to see her girlfriend looking at her. Weiss began to reach down under the table and her fingers began to move causing Ruby to wonder what she was doing when she felt her phone vibrate.

W~ Stop staring, and pay attention, this should come up on the finals.

Ruby smirked at the message, she knew it was something that Weiss had always insisted on, was for them to focus on studying while at college. She quickly began to type a message back.

R~ Do you really think I need help right now? I mean... if you need help, I can help you 'study' again.

Smiling as Ruby could just make out a dusting of red cover Weiss' face and wrapping around her head, encompassing her ears. She still felt it strange that after nearly five months since she left her home Weiss still blushed from simple lewd suggestions that Ruby gave her.

She could see Weiss' hands move again while never talking her eyes off the large screen at the top of the room. Ruby could just make out Weiss slipping her phone back into her pocket Ruby frowned knowing what that meant. Weiss just turned her phone off as to not be tempted to do anything else. She had kind of wanted her too, but wasn't going to push her to. Sighing quietly she checked the time on her phone, 'what to do for the last five minutes...' Ruby thought, hoping that something would come to entertain her.

Hearing the sigh the professor turned around to see Ruby ideally resting her head on her hand propped up on her elbow looking rather bored. "So Ruby seeing as you seem to be bored, do you mind explaining to the class how come?" He spoke crossing his arms as Ruby snickered a little under her breath. She hadn't thought her hope would be answered so fast, but here it was.

"It is just, these formulas while useful, are ancient... and taught at high schools across the globe... I mean...will it get you the answer yes, but I can cut out about half of it. The only reason no one has called you on this bullshit, is either a, they want an easy route b, they don't get if you just ditch the first eight or so steps it saves time and will make you reach the same end mark. Or finally c, they are stuck in the past just like you." Ruby spoke not even taking her head off her support. It wouldn't be nearly as entertaining to watch him squirm if she had to expel actual effort.

"But it is your class... by all means... don't take the advice of the smartest person in the room. I won't be mad... just you are going to waste everyone's time again." Ruby couldn't believe how vicious it may seem, but she also knew it had been a couple of hours since she shot up last, and had been debating just walking out to do what she needed to.

The man at the front glanced at his wrist and back to the rest of the class. "The notes will be up online, and if anyone has any questions, feel free to come up and ask. Unless you want to lose twenty years of experience to a freshly turned sixteen year old." The man spoke causing Ruby to smile. She knew where this would end. The same place it always did. The people would go to both end end up taking her method. "Righty-o, this was fun, but I've spent enough time in class to earn my attendance segment... something I doubt you want to contest, it means we will only see each other during tests... shame..." Ruby said standing up grabbing her bag and quickly walked out of the room.

She already knew the one minute early wasn't going to matter much to him, they had been at each other's throats the entire time since the first test. Ruby quickly walked into the nearest bathroom and pushed the doors open and found it to be empty causing her to smile. She walked into a stall, closing it and pulled out what she wanted from her bag.

Once it was done she heard a distinct voice coming from the room. She quickly pushed down on the plunger and unlocked the door, to see Weiss standing there looking pissed. "Have I ever told you how pretty you look when you are mad? Because you look... verrrryyyyy... pretttttyyyy." Ruby slurred as she rested her head against the stall divider.

Weiss looked at the sight before her. 'Well, you seem to be coming along nicely... you are already up to a large amount... I wonder how much further I can push you before you push back.' Weiss thought pulling the needle from Ruby's arm and slipping it into her bag.

Putting on her faux concern Weiss spoke up, "Come on Ruby... let's get you home... I'll scold you later..."

"Oh... my... god... you look like a total idiot." Sun bellowed out as Pyrrha blushed. She had no idea how she got in this situation, but Nora had give Sun a copy of the one movie she hated doing, so he could watch it with Ruby. Ruby just continued her hardest to suppress all her laughter as Pyrrha began to shrink in her spot.

"I was six... drop it." Pyrrha muttered knowing the Faunus heard her when he glanced over, laughing harder. "This is the best way to start the day..." Sun just taunted as Ruby began to smack him lightly pointing to the screen as a dog began to pull at the bottom portion of her bathing suit.

"Ah... she still has that cute butt..." Ruby cooed causing Pyrrha to blush more standing up and walking out of the room. She couldn't believe that is what set her off. She quickly walked into her room trying to figure out what caused the blush when she heard her phone vibrate on her night stand. She picked it up and smiled at the excuse to leave her apartment. All it meant was she had to go into the hospital.

Pyrrha pulled her phone off the charger and spoke up, "Ruby! I need to head into work! Neptune needs help with some patient!" Pyrrha yelled down the hall causing the laughter to die down a little. "Couple of things... Sun wants me to tell you to tell Neptune he is thinking about him... and I'll make you a lunch if you come in here and just say 'bad puppy' like you did in the movie." Ruby called back as her and her Blonde friend had to cover their mouths in a futile attempt to stop the laughter.

She began to weigh the pros and cons of Ruby's offer. She would love to actually hide away in her office for a while... but had to throw her dignity out the window.'It will just be a couple of minutes of mocking... you got through Yang's stage of mocking you because of it as well... you can do this...' Pyrrha thought walking just barely into the living room, to see the people waiting patiently.

"Bad Puppy." Pyrrha said half hearted earning a barrage of tuts from both of the people sitting patiently. "Where is the soul? Here is your inspiration, you are a child, just enjoying an ice cream at the beach with your friends and a dog comes up and begins to bit your swimsuit..." Ruby taunted as sun began to snicker.

Sighing once again, Pyrrha was ready to smack Nora until she saw herself multiple times. "bad puppy..." Pyrrha tried again this time causing a chorus of laughter from remaining people in the room. Ruby began to clutch her side with one arm as she rested her other hand for support on Sun's shoulder.

After a few more minutes of nothing but laughter, Ruby took a big gulp of air into her lungs before she spoke up again. "Okay... I'll make you something... just... remind me, if we ever head to the beach to be on dog watch..." Ruby got out as she walked into the kitchen to make good on her promise.

'This isn't going to blow over as easily as it did with Yang... I just know it...'

Author's Note:

Okay for a solid month now I've gotten at least one chapter a day... I think I'm going to take tomorrow off... and just relax... I think I deserve that while the review system is being fixed on here... but I hope you all enjoyed it. We are now 31 for 30