Chapter eleven: A depressed Ruby and a Red-faced Winter

"What do you think?"

I asked, looking over towards Dr. Oobleck, my expression twisted in worry. I held Ruby still as he placed his stethoscope on her little side, just before taking it off. He shook his head, "She seems to be a perfectly healthy husky puppy Mr. Arc. The tests I ran showed negative for any kind of disease." he said. I frowned, nodding as I let my hand run over Ruby's back. I felt the very reason I'd called Oobleck down in the first place, when Ruby shivered as I ran my hand over her, shrinking away from me. "Perhaps it would be better if you explained what the problem is, no matter how fictitious it may be." Oobleck said. I glared at him for the subtle insult, but my worry immediately went back to the puppy in my arms.

"She's different. Every time I used to pet her… she would always reach up to meet me. When I set her down, she'd jump around my feet, barking up a storm. Now… now she doesn't do any of that. She's quiet… she almost bit me for petting her at one point. Oobleck I know my Ruby, something is wrong with her." I said, glaring at the doctor. I didn't care how many diplomas he had on that wall of his, I knew when something was up with my dogs. Oobleck nodded gravely, lightly stroking Ruby's head. She stilled nudged into his hand… but she seemed so tired about it. Like she was just doing it because she had to. "I agree with you Mr. Arc, something is definitely different. However, from a medical standpoint, Ruby is perfectly healthy." he said.

I nodded, "Alright… thanks for coming Doc." "Don't mention it Mr. Arc. Do tell me if her… condition, improves would you?" he said, and even behind the nearly opaque glasses I could tell he was worried. I just nodded, watching as he walked off, leaving the store. I walked over, locking the door behind him before I started walking towards the back. I felt Yang walk around, nudging at my hand and looking up at Ruby. She barked a few times, "I don't speak dog, but I'm pretty sure Yang's worried about you too Ruby." I said, frowning down at the adorable husky in my arms. She didn't move, she didn't look up at me, lick my face, bark, anything. She just laid there, her head down. Her eyes were open, which made me more worried. At least I could explain it as being asleep if her eyes were shut.

I walked into the bedroom, Weiss laying down in her crib, already fast asleep. I sat on the bed, looking down at the little puppy. "Ruby… if only you could talk I could just ask you what was wrong." I muttered, lightly patting her, gentler than I usually did. I was hoping to get some kind of a rise out of her, have her press into my hand. Nope, she just sat there, looking out towards the door as I saw Yang and Pyrrha walk in. Yang nudged her little sister, letting out a low whine. Ruby just moved her paw, gently swiping at Yang's nose. Pyrrha didn't do anything, just sat down. I'd never seen a dog look as sad as Pyrrha did in that moment. "I'll take you to a thousand vets, they'll all say you're fine… but you're not. What's the matter girl?" I asked, reaching down and holding her up, hoping she might at least yip or back at me.

She didn't even look at me. She looked away, and no matter where I moved, she refused to meet my eyes with her puppy ones. She let out a low whimper after a minute, and I just set her on the floor. I watched her slowly and solemnly make her way into her cage, shutting the door behind her with her paw, curling up into a little ball of fur. I frowned at her, looking over towards Yang and Pyrrha. "Do you two know what's wrong with her?" I asked, not expecting an answer. Pyrrha laid her head in my lap, as if trying to cheer my up, while Yang walked over, seemingly trying to coax her sister out of her cage. I pet Pyrrha's ears, frowning over towards her. "I'm still worried… that's it, I'm calling Ren." I said, leaning over and grabbing my scroll. I dialed the familiar number, knowing that Ren would still be awake despite the late hours. Ren didn't have to work tomorrow after all, being it was a national holiday.

"Jaune? Wha- NORA! DOWN!" I heard the familiar voice say on the other end of the line, the sound of something glass shattering, a loud barking coming from the other end as I pictured Ren wrestling with the giant St. Bernard for his scroll. After a minute it seemed to calm down, and Ren spoke up. "What is it?" "Hey… has Nora ever been… strange, around you? Like… she didn't want anything to do with you?" I asked, looking over towards Ruby's cage. That did seem like what was happening… maybe it was me? Was I doing something she didn't like? That I shouldn't be doing? I heard Ren mulling it over, Nora still barking in the background. "Well… now that I think of it, yeah. Once anyway. It was during a really busy week at work, a few years back. Nora just… gave up. She stopped being energetic, jumping towards me. Hell she basically avoided me if it was possible." he explained.

I nodded, sounded like what was happening with Ruby. "How did you deal with it?" I asked. He'd dealt with it before, thankfully. Maybe he'd have an answer? I really hoped he didn't say 'wait for it to pass'. I didn't think I could stand to just watch Ruby act like this and do nothing over it. "Simple. I played with her. I think what happened was she got lonely from me working so long. So I took her out to the park and, you know, made a day of it. Maybe Ruby's feeling neglected recently?" he suggested. I was about to refute him on that, how I spent so much time with her… then I stopped, frowning as I looked down. I mean… I had been spending a lot less time with her recently, to take care of Weiss, deal with Winter and Blake. It may not have been my fault but… she wouldn't know that, she was just a puppy. I nodded, "Yeah… thanks for the help Ren." "Any- NORA! NO! BAD GIRL!" I heard the sound of glass shattering again.

"Why does he even BUY glass things with that wrecking ball in the house?" I thought with a wry smile before I ended the call, hearing something of a struggle between him and the larger dog. I looked over towards Ruby, that smile turning into a frown. I nodded to myself, my eyes hardening in determination. "I'll ask around, see if someone can watch the store. I think Ruby needs my full attention for this to work." I thought. I looked down at my scroll, trying to think who I could call. Blake? Well… according to her mother, last I'd called her, she'd been sick with something. So that was out. Ren? No, Weiss didn't seem to warm up that well to him, not to mention he'd bring Nora and… no, I didn't want to call someone to repair more shelves that St. Bernard broke. Yatsuhashi? Ozpin? Oobleck? All had the same problem, even Blake.

Weiss didn't like them.

I looked up at the child in the crib, seeing her peacefully sleeping away. I couldn't help but smile at her, that smile turning into a frown. "Who could watch you instead of me? Who did you warm up to?" I thought. I mean, she reached for me when Blake held her, Ren never held her (and she'd kind of shied away when he tried) and she'd never even met the other people I listed for longer than a few minutes, if at all. I let my head fall in my hands as I sighed, trying to think of someone, anyone that Weiss might be open to. I looked around, "If only you had a mother… mother… mama… THAT'S IT!" I yelled, jumping up, grabbing my scroll. How did I forget? There was one person that Weiss had warmed up to, almost as much as me.

Winter.

I dialed the number, holding up the scroll and hoping, praying to any and every god that existed in the world that she would pick up, and hopefully not have plans tomorrow. I was panicking at the last dial when finally it clicked. "Hello?" I heard Winter ask. I felt my face flush with relief as I smiled, landing back down on the bed. Now came the part about convincing her. "It's me Winter, Jaune. Listen, I know the store isn't open tomorrow but, I need someone to watch Weiss." "I'll do it." she said quickly. I leaned back, raising an eyebrow at the scroll. That was… easy. That was, surprisingly easy. Did she really not have plans or anything? "Okay… that was, much easier than expected." "I'll watch Weiss for you. Can I ask why though?" she responded, her voice turning inquisitive.

I started explaining the situation, about how Ruby seemed so disheartened lately, how Ren suggested playing with her, how she was the only one Weiss seemed to warm up to. "So, you see what I'm trying to do here?" "Yeah… you're a nice guy Jaune. Doing all this for a pet. I've gotta go, I hope this works." she said, her voice sounding genuinely sad at the last line. I was about to say something when I heard the familiar click. Winter ended the call. I nodded, frowning towards the pup that was sleeping in the corner of the room. Yang and Pyrrha had long since walked out, heading for their own cages. I shut the door, not bothering to lock Ruby's cage or any of the other's as I undressed, setting my clothes off to the sides.

"Me too Winter… me too."

…

There was no yipping tonight.

There was no sounds of a puppy moving, trying to get around. Even so, me and Yang stood from our dog bed, going into our human states and opening the door. I walked in, knowing Jaune was asleep, and leaned down, opening Ruby's cage. I pulled her out, holding her up as I saw her look at me, her silver eyes adorable even now. I walked out into the front, shutting the door behind us as I set her on the dog bed. "Ruby… please talk to us." I said, frowning down at the little pup. I saw Ruby shut her eyes, morphing into her human state and sitting on the bed. I'd never seen her look so sad. "I don't wanna." she said, looking away from his, curling her knees up and wrapping her arms around them. I gave Yang a look, and she realized what I was getting at. She sat down on Ruby's left, while I sat down on Ruby's right.

"What's wrong sis?" "... I don't wanna talk about it, okay?" she said, looking down at her feet as I saw small tears gathering at the edges of her eyes. I couldn't take it anymore. I leaned over, placing a hand on Ruby's shoulder, giving her a small smile. "Ruby… I don't know what's wrong, but you can talk to us. We're here for you, right Yang?" "Yeah. We want to help you." she said, placing her hand on her younger sister's other shoulder. Ruby looked down, her hair casting her eyes into shadows. Even that wasn't enough, not enough to hide the tear that fell from her eyes. "You… you remember what you said? About how to make the voice stop?" she said, shaking slightly. I just nodded. I had a bad feeling I knew where this was going. Yang, on the other hand, didn't have my intuition. "Yeah? What about it sis?"

"You were wrong."

I raised an eyebrow, but she kept speaking before I could ask. "It didn't make it stop… it just made it worse. It's all I can think about… but then, it started saying other things. About how I could never be… be…" she inhaled sharply, letting out a small sob as I saw tears start flowing. I leaned over, wrapping my arms around Ruby. She didn't question it, leaning over, letting her legs down and sobbing into my shoulder. I just sat there, gently running a hand through her hair, trying to calm her down. "Shh shh… it's okay Ruby… it's okay…" I said, leaning back against the wall as Ruby leaned closer, Yang just sitting there on the side, frowning towards us. I could tell she wanted to say something, do something… she just didn't know what. Neither did I, not really.

All I could do was hold her, whispering gentle words into her ear, holding her tight as I waited for her to cry herself out. After a few minutes she went from drenching my shoulder to a light sprinkle. I pulled her back, finding her sniffing once every few seconds."Feel any better?" "No… I just can't cry anymore." she said, her eyes still filled with heartache and pain. I pulled her back, Yang and I both hugging her again as Ruby scrunched up lower, looking down at her feet. "That voice… it's right. I can never be with Jaune… not the way I want to be. Not at all. He's human… I'm not…" she said, sniffing. Yang looked over at me, raising an eyebrow. I knew she'd never experienced it in her life. I could tell by the look. I had. I knew exactly what was going on. It wasn't just a first heat crush on Jaune. It wasn't just a flyover thing. Ruby was going through the same thing I had, the same thing I was still going through.

"You love him, don't you?"

Ruby just nodded, laying her head in her knees. "How long?" "I don't remember… I can't remember a time I didn't." she replied, sniffing slightly as she looked out at the wall. I frowned as I sat back, looking away from her for a second. Normally when a faunus goes into heat, it passes quickly, once they relief themselves or actual mate with whoever they want to mate with. If Yang or me went into heat for Jaune, we'd be just fine after masturbating in his clothes. We'd be just fine if we could convince him to kiss us. The wild side would be satisfied for awhile, and then call again.

Ruby was different.

It wasn't just some attraction of the season. The years of secretly sleeping with Jaune, having him dote on and love her… it made her love him right back. Not the way me and Yang did, in a brother/father sort of way. She loved Jaune, and I could tell by looking at her this wasn't something she'd easily forget. "I don't know what to tell you sis…" "I do." I said, my eyes hardening in determination as I stood. The two girls looked up at me, Yang confused, but Ruby hopeful. "Ruby, I can't stand to see something so tragic. You falling in love with Jaune when he can never accept you. We're going to get you and Jaune together, right Yang?" I asked, giving her a menacing glare, but keeping the smile. She just nodded, knowing better than to question me when I was on a form of tirade. "It's going to be difficult, borderline impossible even, but mark my words Ruby!" I said, smiling at her.

"We're going to get him to love you!"

…

"Someone seems excited."

I said, smiling down as I saw the little puppy seated at the end of my bed. I stood, throwing on some clothes before I reached over, picking her up. She was still a bit more reserved than usual, but some of her usual spark had come back. Maybe she was just having a bad week? Or maybe she could tell what we were doing? I didn't really care, we were doing it anyway. I started walking towards the door, smiling when it opened. "Thanks for doing this Winter." "Any time. I hope you feel better soon Ruby!" she said, smiling down and gently petting the little puppy. Ruby seemed open to it, to an extent, rubbing against Winter's hand a bit. Still nowhere near as much as she did normally. Winter frowned, "Wow… you weren't kidding." "I know right? I'll be back in a few hours." I said, giving her a smile as I turned around, walking towards the doors.

It wasn't that long of a walk, just down the street a ways. I decided against putting a collar on Ruby. I was trying to make her feel better, not worse. That being said, I did pack a few things for her, to help cheer her up. It only took a few minutes to get to the park, and it was no surprise that I saw a few people there. Most of them were walking around, most of them in pairs. I walked to the nearby bench, sitting Ruby down before I reached behind me. "Oh Ruby~" I said, giving her a bright smile as I held up a bright, red ball. She jumped up, yipping at it as I wound my arm back. "FETCH!" I yelled, throwing it towards the center of the park. She dashed after it as I grabbed my things, following her. I hadn't played a game of fetch with her since Weiss showed up. "I need to play with her more, she's still a puppy." I thought.

I ran towards the center of the park after her, smiling as I saw her run back, dropping the ball at my feet, looking up at me and panting slightly. At least she was looking like her old self again. "Good girl! Come on girl, you want the ball? Who wants the ball? You want the ball? Go get it!" I yelled, slipping into that baby voice I always tended to use for her and Weiss as I threw the ball off towards the woods, Ruby yipping her head off and chasing after it. I took a few breaths, stretching slightly as I tried to recover. I knew I couldn't keep up with the limitless ball of energy known as Ruby. "Having a day with the dog?" I heard a familiar voice say. I looked over, nodding towards the woman rolling by on a skateboard, the familiar green hair and green eyes gazing over at me. I nodded, "Yeah. She's been a little lonely lately so, I figured I should spend some time with her." I said.

She nodded, walking over and sitting down on a nearby bench, grabbing out what looked like a rag, wiping off her skateboard. "How's your niece been?" "My… oh, Weiss. Hehe. yeah, she's been alright. Still waiting for her to take her first steps though." I said. I'd read somewhere, and Ren had told me, that most children start walking around 14 to 16 months old. Well Weiss was almost two years old, and not one step… maybe she could walk and just didn't? Maybe it was since I held her all the time… huh. "Where is the little bundle of joy anyway?" Reese asked as I walked over, sitting down and waiting on Ruby to run back. I would run after her, but it would be rather rude of me to just leave in the middle of a conversation. "Oh, she's with a… babysitter, I guess. One of my employees…"

"I wonder how they're doing?"

…

"Oh this just keeps getting BETTER and BETTER."

I thought sarcastically as I sat behind the counter, talking with someone that had just walked in the door. He had magenta eyes, long brown hair, and what seemed to be a green shirt and ripped blue jeans on. He'd walked in with a large St. Bernard, one that Pyrrha immediately walked over to. Considering how he'd waltzed in the locked door, and had a key apparently, I assumed he was one of Jaune's friends. He raised an eyebrow at my face, no doubt seeing how red it was. "Uh… are you okay?" "FINE! I'm fine. Is there… any reason you're here?" I asked, trying to keep my face from being even brighter. That dog of Jaune's, Yang, I swore she had it in for me. With all that she'd done to screw me over, I was surprised she wasn't attacking me right now. I just held Weiss, looking up towards the man, "Please don't walk behind the counter…" I prayed, trying to comprehend how this all happened so fast.

… (this is a flashback, not a POV change)

"Okay Jaune, what've you left for me?" I thought as I walked over to the front, locking the door behind him, flipping the sign to closed. I turned around, walking behind the counter and picking up a piece of paper, a list of things to do Jaune had written down. "'Feed all the dogs around Noon and Six' okay, seems pretty standard. 'Don't let Weiss outside or in plain view of the front door.'. Okay, he's still following my instructions about that. 'If you wore a skirt, stay away from Yang.'... huh?" I thought, raising an eyebrow at that one. I mean, I had worn a skirt today, along with a white t-shirt thanks to the weather, but what did that have to do with Yang? I tried to ignore it, flipping the paper over to see if there was anything else. There was one thing.

"If your clothes get damaged you can borrow mine? Why would… what?" I muttered, my face twisted in confusion as I tried to think of why my clothes would possibly be damaged. Maybe in case some of the dogs got too aggressive when I was feeding them? Then there was that warning about Yang… I looked over at the blonde dhole, seeing her snuggled up on her dog bed next to Pyrrha, both of them seemingly asleep, with Pyrrha's head on her paws. "I better keep an eye out for that dog." I thought. Jaune might have been a little off sometimes, but he certainly wasn't crazy. I set the paper back down, looking over and picking up Weiss from her little crib. She was just looking up at me, holding up her hands. "Ma-ma!" she said, letting out those adorable little giggles as I held her.

Then, she said something else, frowning. "Hung-ee!" "Huh?" I asked, looking down, raising an eyebrow at the little girl. She just kept repeating it, eventually it escalating into crying. Then I realized, "Wait… UH! Stupid! She's hungry!" I said, face palming as I realized the obvious answer to the problem. I set her down in her cabinet crib, dashing into the backroom. I practically turned the room upside down looking for Weiss's formula, and when I eventually found it, I wasted no time in preparing it, setting it down in the microwave… I wondered briefly why it was so high up, since I had to tip-toe to set the formula in there. "There we g-EEH!" I yelped, feeling something against my rear. I turned, my face flushing slightly as I saw Yang, the blonde hair was a dead giveaway, sniffing up my skirt. She seemed to like the scent, since the very next thing she did was bite down on it.

"NO! Yang! Let GO!" I said, grunting as I grabbed the edge, the dog pulling back on the fabric with all her might. I pulled back, glaring at the mutt. I was the PALE LADY! I was not about to let some mongrel make a fool of me! "Ma-ma! Hung-ee!" I heard Weiss say through her cries. I lost focus for a second, and that was all Yang needed to dash away, taking my skirt with her. "Hey! Get-" BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "Oh for fu- I'll get you for this later!" I said, grabbing Weiss's formula and dashing back to the crying girl, trying to ignore the fact I was walking in plain view of the store in my snowflake-print panties. I sat on the stool, pulling Weiss up and sitting her down on my thigh, feeding her the bottle. She took it without hesitation, leaning against my stomach as she suckled on the bottle.

She was done after a minute, but still crying. "How many bottles does she need?" I thought. Right now I was regretting Jaune hadn't specified care on Weiss… oh well, she was my sister, how many bottles did I used to drink? The answer was three… maybe Weiss would drink the same? I dashed back in, reaching over and grabbing two bottles of formula, only to yelp as I felt a stab against my behind. I turned, glaring as I saw Yang biting on gently to me, but much more roughly on my underwear. "Uh, I don't have TIME for this!" I thought as I leaned back, swatting Yang behind the ear. This got her to loosen up, falling back as I pulled my panties back up, dashing to the microwave and preparing the formula. Just as I set them in I felt a sudden draft against my rear, a force hitting it.

I looked down, "KYA! YANG!" I yelled, feeling my face burn as I pulled down on my shirt, hoping to cover my bare body. I saw the dog at the door, and I swore that dog had the biggest smirk on her face, her tail wagging back and forth as she held my underwear like a trophy. I heard the microwave beeping as I turned around, "You want them? Fine, I've got a baby to take care of." I said, grabbing the bottles and, swallowing my humiliation at the hand of the dog for a second, walked into the front, holding Weiss in my arms and feeding her again. "Thank the gods for this high counter." I thought, as it allowed me to preserve some of my dignity. Once Weiss was done she smiled up at me, snuggling against my chest as I cradled her. "Ma-ma." she said. I couldn't help but smile when she said that, despite it not being true in the slightest. There was just something so endearing about the little girl calling me her mother.

I just held her close for a few seconds, before she squirmed, pointing down towards the ground. "You… you want down?" I asked. She didn't seem to understand, only pointing again, struggling against me. I complied, gently setting the girl on the ground, stepping down and leaning over so I could watch her. I saw her crawl towards the dog bed, which still housed Pyrrha, Yang having taken my skirt and panties, dashing through the to the adoption center. Weiss crawled on the bed, patting Pyrrha. "Pi-wa! Pi-wa!" she said, moving her arms around the dog's head. Pyrrha seemed to smile, leaning back and lightly licking at Weiss's face. Weiss giggled, she seemed to like it. She grabbed big tufts of Pyrrha's fur, stroking them. The German shepherd seemed to enjoy the attention too, just laying there, occasionally moving her tail around so Weiss could stroke it.

After a minute she crawled back over to me, moving against my bare leg and reaching up, smiling at me. "Ma-ma!" "Okay sweetie, mama's got you." I said, not really thinking about it as I lifted her up, hoisting her in my arms. I saw Yang finally come back, not carrying my clothes unfortunately, and lay down beneath us, a few inches in front of my feet. She was smarter than I gave her credit for, since I couldn't lean over and kick her that hard without getting off the stool. I was half tempted to… "No, Jaune would probably catch it if I cut some of his dog's hair off." I thought. Then I heard the tapping on the glass. I looked up, face burning as I saw a man standing there, a big St. Bernard next to him.

… (a/n- this (rather obviously) means the end of the flashback)

"EEP!"

I yelped, stopping myself from doing much more as I felt my face burning red. I struggled to keep from shouting as I reached down, moving my legs and kicking against the dog near my lap as hard as I could. "Are you sure you're okay?" "Y-yes s-sir… I'm fiiiinee." I said, trying to disguise the obvious moan through my words. I couldn't kick her hard enough, so I resorted to prodding around her ears, trying to find some kind of weak point to knock her down. The man nodded slowly, holding out his hand. "Lie Ren." "M-Maria… Maria Looong." I said, trying to subtly punch the crap out of Yang until she stopped doing… well, what was making it very hard and awkward right now.

We shook hands, Lie… or Ren, whatever he went by, pulling back and nodding, the St. Bernard leaning over and licking his hand. He reached down, gently petting his dog before turning back to me. "Where's Jaune?" "The pa-ark. He took R-Ruby out for a daaay!" I said, gripping the glass counter with one hand, holding up Weiss with the other. He raised an eyebrow at me before he nodded, turning away, he pet Nora, walking away from me. "Oookay… thanks for telling me. I'm… gonna leave now." "Goodbye." I said, watching him shut and lock the door from the outside. Once I was sure he was gone I laid Weiss on the counter, about to slam my hands onto Yang. Only, before I could I saw Pyrrha dash over, biting on yang's neck and pulling her back, the German shepherd pulling the hound to the floor.

I sighed, "Thank you Pyrrha. Now… I uh, better clean off this stool." I said, standing up and walking into the bedroom, hoping to go into the bathroom over and find a rag… and maybe some actual pants come to think of it. When I walked in, I noticed immediately that there was something in the hamper, two things actually, that would be helpful. One of them was a towel, which I didn't hesitate to rub my inner thighs with. I'd have to rub the stool down with it in a second. The other thing? A pair of gray pants, likely made for sleeping. "Well, he did say if mine get damaged I could borrow his…" I thought as I, a blushing mess, pulled the pants on. I stopped when I felt them close around me, one thought going through my head.

"Why are they so stiff?"

…

The second Winter went into the other room, I bit down on what little scruff Yang had on her neck, jerking her towards the adoption center. When we were inside, I shut the door, morphing into my human state as I glared down at Yang. I locked the door as Yang went human, looking up at me. "Yang… you can't even begin to… I'm just so… you're sleeping in your cage tonight." I said, giving up on the tirade and just saying what would get to her. Her eyes widened as she walked over, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. "What!? Pyrrha! Pyrrha? Come on, it was just a joke! That's all! Look, I won't do it again okay? Okay? Well? Come on! Say something!" Yang said, her eyes suddenly a bit fearful as I just glared at her, my arms crossed over my chest. She frowned, but then she smirked.

"Ooooh. I get it. You're jealous right? You wanted to have me do that to you right? I can still do it you know~" "Go ahead." I said. Yang froze, her ears going rigid as I saw her cheeks burn. She looked up at me, her mouth slightly wide as she looked me up and down, her blush only growing. I kept a stone cold expression as she asked me to repeat myself. "Go ahead. Get on your knees and lick. Right here, right now." I said, suppressing the blush that came with the statement. I was trying to teach her a lesson, I couldn't do that if she knew I was embarrassed. She gulped, slowly getting on her knees, walking over to me. I saw her face burning bright as she shut her eyes, moving closer.

"Wha?" uuuuntil I stepped over to the right, letting her lips meet with the wall instead of my womanhood. I reached over, pulling her up, "Pyrrha! Come oooon! You can't just tease me like that! Let me lick you!" she said, leaning closer, her face burning as I saw her frown at me. I let my own blush show through at that statement -I hadn't realized she was looking forward to it- but I kept that straight face as I answered her. Almost without thinking. "You stop being mean to Winter, I might let you." I said. She blushed at that, then leaned over and, surprisingly, kissed me on the cheek, turning back into her dog state. I couldn't help but smile through the blush bomb that just went off on my cheeks as I did the same.

"Ironic, she wanted to tease me and I ended up teasing her."