Ruby had a rather sudden epiphany.

They always happened at the weirdest times, such as when one was getting some juice on the way back to the dorms.

It wasn't about something as grand as the answer to life or something as mundane as the true nature of the salad fork. No, it was something altogether quite different, something that had been staring her in the face the whole time.

I haven't been the big spoon in forever!

Somewhere along the lines of the very fair and impartial way of deciding spoon position by a game of chance, the system had become decadent and corrupt. Overwhelmingly, Pyrrha had become the dominant big spoon.

Even on the nights that Ruby had won their games, somehow when she woke up, she'd always find herself cocooned in Pyrrha's arms. That's not to say Ruby didn't immensely enjoy being held in those muscled arms but something was definitely amiss.

"How am I supposed to be the big spoon?" Ruby muttered dejectedly as she slowly reached for her dorm room's handle-

"Dooooo you want some help?" Brilliant turquoise eyes suddenly filled Ruby's vision as she jumped back. "Because I could totally help you with that!"

"N-Nora?" It had taken Ruby a moment to realize who had all but teleported in front of her. "Um… help with what?"

"Being the big spoon, silly!" Nora's smile seemed to only grow. "You were mumbling about being the big spoon, and so I went 'oh, she is probably talking about Pyrrha!' Then I thought to myself 'I know, I could totally help her be the best big spoon ever!' "

"Uh…" A second or two passed as Ruby's brain caught up in processing all that Nora said. "Wait, you can?" Nora enthusiastically nodded. "How?!"

"Well, I may not look it, but I AM the big spoon master!" An almost evil looking gleam had entered Nora's eyes. "I'll have you up to big spoon material in no time!" Nora tapped her chin in an almost sagely manner, "but first, we're going to need a volunteer…"


"Hey Weiss, can you sleep with me?"

As Weiss' mouth gaped open and close, Ruby was hard-pressed to stop herself from snickering as Nora stared with the most serious of expressions at the white-haired teen. "E-excuse me?!" Weiss shrieked loud enough that Ruby was surprised their window didn't shatter.

Nora merely rolled her eyes. "I need you to sleep with me, like, right now." Somehow, Ruby felt that helped explain less than nothing to Weiss.

"W-what, why, how… I'm not going to have… that's not to say…" After nearly a minute of sputtering sounds that almost sounded like words, Weiss finally seemed to recover her composure enough to give an answer: "No."

"Aww, c'mon, it's for Ruby!" Nora gestured to Ruby, who in turn nodded, only adding to the most confused look that she'd ever seen her partner make.

"Weiss, pleaseeeee?" Ruby gave the biggest puppy dog eyes she'd ever tried on someone, far outshining anything she had tried on Yang or even Pyrrha. A look that could only have been perfected by watching Zwei beg for treats. "Pleaseeee?~"

It worked with a moderate effect, causing Weiss to pinch the bridge of her nose. "There had better be a good explanation for what is going on…"

"Okay, so, I was just walking down the hallway when I heard Ruby mention that she wanted to be the big spoon, and me, being the good friend that I am, offered to help teach her how to be the best big spoon ever, but I need someone to demonstrate on, and Ruby said that you were on a study break, so it actually makes perfect sense!"

Weiss' hand left the bridge of her nose as she gave the two an eye-twitching look, before finally settling her gaze on Nora. "So you mean you don't want to have sex but show how to cuddle?" Nora nodded. "No."

"But Weiss, pleaseeeee?"

"No."

"Aww." Ruby sadly whined. "I was going to make you apple cookies and everything…"

Weiss looked at Ruby, then Nora and finally back to Ruby. "I'm going to regret this." Weiss gave out a long, almost pained sigh. "…fine."

"Yay!" Nora and Ruby high-fived each other before the orange-haired teen all but dragged Weiss into a bed before jumping onto it. "Okay, so, first I need Weiss to get behind me." Weiss limply laid behind her. "Now wrap you're hands around me." Once more, Weiss half-heartedly complied, although she looked like she could drop dead from embarrassment at any given time.

"Still watching, Ruby?" Ruby nodded pensively as she pulled out a notepad and started to take notes while Weiss sent a very flabbergasted look her way. "So when you are like this, you need to wait until the other person's grip relaxes, normally when they are breathing out, and that's when you strike!" In a blink of an eye and a loud 'Eep!' from Weiss, Nora had flipped over the former big spoon and was now the current big spoon.

"Ooo." Ruby's pencil furiously jotted down word for word what Nora said and even drawing a crude diagram. "So you are saying that I should wait until Pyrrha falls asleep to make my move?"

"Yup! That'll be when she is at her weakest!" Nora dramatically wrapped her arms around Weiss' waist. "Now you need to grab hold tightly to make sure she can't break your hold like this." Nora was pressed extremely tightly against Weiss' back, leaving no room for personal space. "Now, try to break out Weiss."

Ruby waited with a batted breath to see how her partner would try and fail to escape from the hold… only nothing happened. "Weiss…?"

Even from where Ruby was sitting, she could see something was off. She expected Weiss to look like someone dying of embarrassment. Instead she looked far mortified than Ruby was expecting, in fact she almost seemed happy? "W-what if the little spoon, the hypothetical little spoon, was perfectly content to stay the little spoon-"

"Weiss, that's not what I'm trying to show Ruby."

As the two were bickering, Ruby noticed something. Something that caused her to second guess herself for a brief moment before asking, "Weiss, are you blushi-"

"Nora, I need to get back to studying, let me go right now!" What seemed off to Ruby was Weiss' voice didn't match her words. Her tone wasn't angry but rather borderline embarrassed or even guilty, perhaps even panicked. It was that tone that finally convinced the orange haired girl let go, causing Weiss to all but teleported out of the room, her icy eyes avoiding Nora or Ruby's general direction in the process.

"So! What did you learn?" Nora asked as the door slammed shut, prompting Ruby to hand over her notepad. "Hm, yes, good. So I see." Once more Nora sagely tapped her chin in thought. "Okay, time for plan B."

"Plan B?" Yet, even as Ruby parroted back the words, Nora was out the door and went into the JNPR dorm room.

"Hello Nora!" Pyrrha's warm voice could be heard even across the hall, "how was yo-"

"Let Ruby be the big spoon tonight or we're going to do double the workout tomorrow!"


AU: I've been meaning to do this chapter since chapter 10 or so.

I'm realizing that unless you watched the most recent episode of RWBY Chibi, this might be a little bit confusing. Basically, Nora's work outs end with everyone else in full body casts.

I figure that since Weiss likes apples, apple cookies are a good bribe.

Yup.

I don't have much else to say other than this is a fun idea and it took FAR too long for me to finally write out. I may have rushed it also a bit… but I'm happy with it! :P

Side note: For all those people who may have read and voted for Milk & Cereal in the July MonCon, thank you! I ended up winning! :3

Thank you for reading, I hope everyone has a wonderful day! :D