I do not own the Persona series or RWBY. Everything belongs to their respected owners.

The first thing that Minato saw when he entered Yang and Ruby's house was a furry object barreling towards his face.

The impact wasn't enough to make him reel back, but the face at least made him flinch. Yet such a furry thing did not fall or bounce back. Instead, it stuck onto his face… and there was a vice force biting down to keep itself attached.

Reaching up, he held both grocery bags in his right hand while he raised his left hand and grabbed whatever was attaching to his skull. Giving a small tug, he heard a small growl. His vision was partially blocked by darkness and what he suspected to be saliva. Giving another tug, this time a harder one, but the object still refused to budge.

"Zwei, you can go of him. He's a friend."

Hearing Yang voice, Minato's vision soon came back as he soon was face to face with the face of a dog that Yang was holding on its stomach. "Sorry about that." Yang apologized, grinning at the sight of the slobbered Minato. "After what dad told Zwei, he… acts like that when he smells or recognizes unfamiliar people."

Minato just kept his gaze set on the dog as the blonde passed it over to Ruby, who carried the canine back into the house. "At least your dad is keeping his family in mind." Minato noted, wiping his face with his sleeve. Ridding himself of most of the saliva, he began to walk into the house and had to admire the place. For a two-story log cabin with a sheet metal roof, it was pretty spacious.

The first room he walked into after Yang and Ruby was a living room if he could guess it. The center of the place was dominated by a light green rug, with a dark green couch and matching chair and a wooden coffee table centered on the rug. Between the couch and chair is an end table with a lamp on it, and at the other end of the couch was a dog bed which he suspected to be this Zwei's bed.

At the end of the rug was a wooden TV stand with a holographic projector lying on top of it and a potted plant at one end. On the wall behind the TV stand was a doorway leading to the kitchen, a large portrait depicting a night scene, and a shelving unit containing numerous books.

To the left of the couch was a large brick fireplace with small pictures on the mantle and a large landscape featured above the grate. To the right of the couch was a corner staircase leading to what appeared to be upstairs with the door to a cabinet and a pair of small landscape pictures underneath. A low bookshelf and another green lug lie along the wall at the end of the staircase, topped by another lamp. A trio of landscapes are vertically stack on the wall at the bottom of the stairs.

"Like the place?" Yang asked, walking into another room that was connected to the living room. "Yeah, I would have to agree with you. Dad tells me that he and Uncle Qrow built this place with a few other guys. Give a bit of a warm feeling with the colors and all."

Looking around while standing in place, taking in his surroundings, he then began to notice something. All the pictures in the room. No, there wasn't anything wrong with them really. It was just that they were… lacking something… someone… At least pretty much all the ones with what appeared to be a small Ruby in it, there was an older woman that shared the same looks and faces.

But then it came down to Yang… where was a lady that shared such similar features? The blonde did say that she and Ruby had different mothers.

"Yo, Minato, everything okay? You're not wandering around the house, are you? Sneaking about hoping to find something interesting?"

Minato blinked out of his visual wandering when he heard Yang and her… playful, suggestive tones. Making a look at what Yang was implying while looking at the kitchen entrance, he waited for Ruby and Zwei to run in front of him and move on before going over to where Yang was.

Seeing how Yang had placed her own grocery bags on the table, Minato did the same as well as he then saw Yang walk past him once again. "There's some time left before I should be getting dinner ready. I've been having a bit of trouble with my English work and I was wondering if you could help me out with that."

Just watching her walk back into the living room, Minato just raised an eyebrow at the absolute attitude and pace the blonde was going. But, fortunately, he could match up with her pace as he just turned around and began to walk after her. I'll be down here." He said, grabbing a seat on the couch while placing his bag on the wooden table.

"Cool, just let me run upstairs to grab some stuff." Yang nodded her head as she began to bolt up the stairs. Just when that happened, Ruby was barreling down the flight with Zwei at her side with a rubber chicken in her hands.

"Come on, boy!" Ruby exclaimed dangling the giant toy in front of the dog. "You want the fake chicken? Yes, you do! Yes, you do!" Continuing to tease the canine, she soon saw the blue-haired boy standing in place while watching her. "Minato, do you want to join us play outside?"

Minato shook his head. Watching the girl shrug before running out of the house with the dog, he only had to wait a little bit longer before Yang came back down the stairs with some more pencils. "Despite the rowdiness of Ruby and your dog, it's still a nice change of environment compared to where I live."

"Oh… yeah…" Yang started off a bit cheery but then began to trail off when she remembered the building he lived in. "You're an orphan…"

"I've come to accept it long ago." Minato nodded his head, confirming her statement while making one of his own. Taking out some books and a pencil or two, he began to place everything out while neatly organizing it. He then noticed a lack of actions of Yang's part. "If you have any questions, whether it be about my past or school, go ahead and ask." Opening his book, he looked at a question and began to answer it. "It is my decision to answer or not."

Yang meanwhile gave a bit of a sheepish look, not even bothering to hide that she was caught in the act. Taking out her own stuff, she flipped the pages over to an area of interest. "It's mainly about asking you what is the best way to write a short essay."

"…There is no such way as a best method." Minato answered. "And this is a little bit of trouble?" He asked after, Yang just giving him a smile that clearly was not humorous to him. "Do you at least know the basics?"

"Nope." Yang replied back, puckering her lips and popping the p in the word.

"…Anyways…" Minato rubbed his eyes after a moment of silence while pinching the bridge of his nose. "A short essay is generally structured in three steps; Introduction, main text also known as known as the body, and conclusion." He began to draw and write everything out to maybe make it a bit easier for the blonde to understand. "The introduction should clearly indicate if your standpoint towards the theme is positive or negative. The main text or body should give persuasive reasons to adopt that standpoint. Finally, the conclusion summarizes and wraps it all up."

"…Huh…" Yang said in thought, looking up while doing so. "Never thought about it like that before." She then looked over to Minato. "You know, not to get off topic here but… you're a lot more talkative than before."

Minato looked up from a quick peek of his work as he gave Yang a weird look. "What?" He asked.

"You used to be a one word as well as one sentence guy to answer almost anything when I first met you." Yang pointed out.

He shrugged his shoulders. But he didn't verbally answer, not for a while. Yang thought that Minato wouldn't talk after she pointed out something like that, probably because she pointed that out. Maybe she went a bit too far with her own talking that she may have affected him in a sense. The two of them focused on their homework, almost finally finished thanks to the focus due to the silence.

As Yang packed, up she looked at Minato again. Seeing as how he was still looking over his work, she sighed.

"…Perhaps it's because the company." Hearing him speak, she whipped her head around at the sound of Minato's voice. "Speaking with only one word or sentence may indicate they are perhaps not use to the interactions with another person. But being with you for a while now, these past few weeks have been… enlightening to say the least. So… thank you for what you have done for me."

Yang stared, listening to Minato small speech as he slowly looked at her with his visible silver eye. All she could do was blink with surprise at his words. "I… I'm surprised…" She answered. "Never thought that I was doing much. Just hanging with you and all is all I did."

"Yang… for what you've done for me today… is more than what anyone our age or around has done for me since I came to the orphanage." Minato slowly said. "You just hanging out for me means a lot more than you expect. You are my first friend and I appreciate that."

The tender moment was ruining when Ruby came barging back into the room. "I'm back!" She exclaimed loudly, followed by barking of the same volume. As the door swung wide open, the two of them ran right through before slamming the door shut. After that, the red-hooded girl and the dog ran up the stairs in loud footsteps. "Oh right, dad texted me! He said that if you haven't making dinner you should do it now!"

Listening to the younger girl, Yang brought her attention over to her scroll and her eyes widened. "Oh shoot, she's right!" Shooting up to her feet, she began to walk swiftly to the kitchen. "You okay with helping me out, Minato? You can also stay for dinner if that's the case!"

Minato had nothing better to do. "Sure." He answered, following the girl.

"Oh?" Yang asked as she was putting on an apron while tying her hair up into a ponytail. "A one-word answer? What happened to me being enlightening company?"

"…Are you being serious right now?"

Yang only could laugh as she tossed an apron in Minato direction. "Well, this shouldn't be too hard." She began, grabbing a piece of paper on the counter as Minato began to tie the apron up. "We should just be able to follow the recipe here and-"

"YANG! THE WI-FI'S DOWN!"

Once again, Ruby proved to have a good set of lungs despite her small stature as Minato's body almost visibly react to her voice. His head tilted over away from the hole in the house that separated the kitchen from the living room as he began to cover his violated ear and winced at the same time.

Yang winced as well, gritting her teeth at the sheer volume. Looking down at her scroll, she began to tap a few icons and immediately rolled her eyes. "IT'S YOUR SCROLL! NOT THE WI-FI!" Yang called back, walking out of the kitchen.

"I'M RESTRATING THE WI-FI!"

Minato watched Yang go up the stairs. "DON'T! RESTART! THE WI-FI!"

"HOW DO I DO THIS, YANG?!"

"DON'T TOUCH THE MODEM!"

"I'M UNPLUGING A THING!"

While Yang and Ruby were having a small argument, Minato just stood awkwardly in the middle of the kitchen. Looking over to the paper Yang once held before walking out of the kitchen, he grabbed it while looking over the text.

"…Seems simple enough."

Y13

"Again, sorry for having you prep most of dinner."

Yang had just finished her plate of food as Minato did at the same time. The food was absolutely superb, judging by the speed the dog was consuming it in his bowl as they spoke. Minato at first questioned if it was okay, and the girls responded that it was fine.

"It's not a problem." Minato shook his head. "You and Ruby were in a… small debate."

"Yeah…" Yang trailed off awkwardly. She then began to look around the table to notice that one occupant was missing. "Where did Ruby go?"

"She went into the kitchen." Minato answered, gesturing to the kitchen with his head. "She said that she was going to make dessert."

"…You let her into the kitchen?" Her eyes began to widen. "Oh no… no, no, no…"

"If you're trying to imply she's bad at cooking, practice is what she ne-"

The smoke alarm soon began to sound off as it cut off Minato's sentence. Both the blue-haired boy and the blonde looked out as black smoke, not as thick as such element Minato was able to produce, as a red-hooded girl walked out with a plate. "Check it out guys, I made something!"

Running over, she dropped the plate between them to reveal it was nothing but a black, solid mass.

"…Uh, Ruby…" Yang deadpanned. "…It's burnt." She didn't want to be too harsh, but it was better to rip that band-aid off right now.

Ruby blinked and looked down. "…Oh yeah."

Minato took in a deep breath. He mentally told himself over and over again that practice made perfect. The silver-eyed girl should now have learned from this experience.

Y13

Slamming a bowl down, actual food appeared to be on the plate. "I tried really hard this time!" Ruby exclaimed, cheeks covered in batter with a determined look on her face.

Yang and Minato both looked at what appeared to be a type of pudding. The two teenagers were not dessert experts, but the two of them had a feeling that such food couldn't be hand made in a span of ten minutes. Still… "It doesn't look that bad I gue-"

Yang's sentence was cut off when the contents suddenly burst into flames.

Everyone watched recoiled back a bit in reaction. Slowly inching forward to the flames, Ruby frowned. "Umm… too much salt?" She asked.

"No." Minato shook his head. "Just… no."

Ruby immediately ran back to the stove and counter, furiously mixing up whatever was going on in her head.

"Hmmmm! Nggggghhh! Come on! This couldn't possibly be any worse!"

Y13

The entire table was empty… except for one object.

Slowly, from the length edge of the table, four heads took their time to grow above the table until their eyes were right against the edge. Grey, silver, and lilac eyes all found themselves staring at one common object. Their noses didn't even come up past the table as they continued to act like moths attracted to a flame.

On the middle of the table, as glass of water was on fire.

"…Ruby…" Yang started off. "…How does that even-"

"You know," Ruby said dejectedly. "I don't question it anymore."

"Practice makes perfect." Minato reminded them.

As the three pairs of eyes were staring at the glass of water that had been set ablaze, they all failed to notice a fourth person nearby. As the three children were distracted, the black-haired adult with red eyes was giving them all a weird look.

"Who's the guy? More importantly, did I miss something?"

Slow chapter, but I still think it was a good moment between Yang and Minato. A bit forced, yes, but still nice.

No flames please.