"I'm guessing more happened last night then just murder..." Blake said cautiously.
Weiss didn't know how to put it into words. So she asked a question instead. "What.. What was, you and Yang's first kiss like..?"
Blakes eyes lit up. "You two kissed? Aww!" She paused, glancing at the faded pink spots in Weiss hair. "Oh. Oh no. So, was this before or after she sliced someone in half?"
Weiss hunched over, curling up into a ball where she sat. "...After. Right after."
"...I mean, everyone has their kinks–"
"NO!" Weiss whipped around to put that thought out of Blake's mind. "No no no no NO!" Weiss made frantic hand gestures as she spoke. "I, she just, she just saved me! And and it was all moonlighty, and pretty, and I she sh-she we hugged but I wasn't THINKING clearly so–"
Blake put a hand on top of Weiss head. "Hey! Calm down! Sorry, I was teasing." Blake rubbed the top of Weiss's head softly and gave a small smile. "You remind me of an old friend."
That caught Weiss's attention. "Old friend?"
"I haven't seen her in a while. But I'd put you both in the 'stressed lesbian' category."
Weiss couldn't argue with that. She was indeed very stressed. "What's her name?"
"Illya. You wouldn't her." Blake went back to brushing Weiss's hair.
"Well yeah. I barely left the castle, let alone the city when I lived in Atlas. The only girls I knew were 'high class' people my father liked." Weiss huffed.
"Fair enough." Blake pulled the comb through Weiss's hair one last time, finishing her work. "Lets go see your girlfriend, m'kay?"
Weiss hugged her knees and stayed a ball. Blake had to drag her to the door, and only then did Weiss stand. Why was she so nervous? Uhg, stressed lesbian indeed... They walked down the hall, though Blake took a few extra seconds to fix her bow on her ears again. The door to her and Ruby's room was pushed open, and there Weiss saw Yang pinning Ruby down in a weird way while Ruby angrily screeched.
Blake knocked on the wall beside the door. "Hi."
Yang and Ruby saw the two by the door, and both their faces lit up. Yang let go of Ruby, and Ruby jumped up right after her. "Blake!" Yang chirped. "How've you been?" She smiled and strutted over, trying to act cool. She leaned against the wall and shot finger guns at Blake.
Ruby stayed in place bouncing slightly until yang finished her pose, then pummeled Weiss to the ground in a flurry of Rose petals. Weiss had a sneaking suspicion that this was how Nora felt when she rammed into her the day before. Why HAD Nora been there yesterday? Weiss made a mental note to ask her next time they saw each other.
Ruby stood, and held out a hand to help Weiss up. "Sorry! Ah, I'm still getting used to human things. Note to self, tackling is NOT a nice form of greeting, heh." Ruby rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
Ruby seemed unaffected by the events of last night. Well, mostly. As hyper as she looked, Weiss felt an aura of weariness coming off Ruby. Her and Weiss had been traversing the city all night, even if they had been napping before that, they needed a good rest again. Uhg. What even WAS Weiss's sleep schedule anymore? "It's alright." Weiss took Ruby's hand and stood. "And uh, I wanted to thank you." Ruby tilted her head and stared at Weiss as if to ask 'for what?' Weiss glanced to the side, and continued speaking. "Thank you, for saving me."
Ruby's smile dropped, and she turned to Yang with a look of horror on her face. "You were right! It did scare her!"
"Told you! Humans hate it when you kill other humans! You've gotta be more carful with your strength!" Yang scolded lightly.
"What? No, I'm, I'm thanking her! It was either him or me in that situation! And, well it would be good to avoid MORE situations like that in the future, I'm grateful she reacted the way she did." Weiss tried to calm down the two fretting dragons.
"Oh!" Blake yelped. Everyone turned to look at her. "Ruby's claws are gone!"
She just noticed? Well, this was the first time Blake'd seen Ruby without her cloak on since she turned back. And Yang was pretty distracting when they first walked in.
"Yeah, it happened when I sliced the guy!" Ruby piped up. Blake grimaced at the thought.
"It felt weird, didn't it?" Yang said with a playful smile. "Like when your foot falls asleep? But all over your whole body!"
Ruby blinked. "What? Feet cal fall asleep?"
Weiss sighed at the direction their conversation was starting to take. "We're standing in the doorway, lets sit down. We need to tall about the 'ninja'."
Yang tilted her head "The what-now? Uhh ...Oh! Oh yeah the ninja! Yeah ok." All four girls converged into the room, and sat crosslegged on the bed, their eyes turned to Weiss.
Weiss pressed her hands together for dramatic effect, a subconscious mimicry of what she'd seen Nora do before. "So. We all know Henry was stalker number 4. Right?"
Yang raised a hand "Wait Henry? I thought his name was 'Menry'?"
Weiss's train of thought stopped "What?" She looked at Yang.
Blake spoke before yang could again "Yeah Menry. Menry Harigold wasn't it?"
Ohhhhhhh myyyy goooooddd Weiss knew exactly why they thought that. Ruby had referred to henry as 'Menry Harigold' once by accident. And Weiss hadn't corrected her, as it was funny. She never actually told Yang and Blake his name, did she? ...Whoops! "Uh. Its, Henry Marigold, actually. But no matter. So he's number 4, and number 3 was the ninja. Who coincidentally, is Nora's boyfriend."
Yang folded her arms and raised an eyebrow. "Did you find this out by accident? Or.."
"She told me. She led me through a mess of secret passages and we met. They uh, they weren't trying to kidnap me that first time apparently? They wanted to talk. Right RIGHT! Guys! There are dragon trackers!" Weiss slammed her hands down on the bed for emphasis.
Ruby and Yang looked at each other, then back to Weiss. Yang spoke "Yeah. We know. Did you, not know they existed..?"
Blake tried to but in. "Uh hey Weiss, maybe following people you only met recently down a dark alley isn't a very good Idea..?" Her comment went unnoticed.
"No no, I mean, there's a dragon tracker who currently is tracking ME. They think I'm a dragon!" Weiss complained.
"You? Nice joke Weiss." Yang chuckled.
"No I'm serious, they had this compass that could track the magic signature of dragon scales or something, so it pointed at me!" Weiss yelped.
"Last time I checked you didn't have any scales.." Blake said in a concerned tone.
"Hey wait what do you mean it 'follows the magic signature of dra–" Yang tried to say, but Weiss interrupted to reply to Blake.
"No it pointed at my necklace!" Weiss said frustratedly. It takes too long to talk to people...! Weiss wanted them to all know everything right now this instant! But no, she had to use 'words' and 'communication'. Blehg.
"Necklace? She really made one? Oh my gosh can I see?" Yang said with a smile in her voice. Weiss pulled it up from under her shirt, showing it off a little. "Its so pretty!" Yang cooed.
"Is that one of Ruby's scales?" Blake asked, leaning close and gazing at the ruby red accessory.
Weiss nodded. "She gave it to me, yeah."
Blake gave Ruby a caring look. "You carved it into a heart, that's so cute..!" Ruby beamed with pride.
"Ok wait back on topic, Yang, sorry for talking over you and to answer your question, yes. They have a compassion that points at dragons. Or more like, their scales I think. And considering the fact that they were fine with flaunting it about, I think they're relatively easy to make or acquire."
Yang folded her arms. "That makes a lot of sense actually... I'd been thinking they've been getting better at finding me lately, despite how carful I've been. Me and Ruby even split up for a year or so to throw off their trail! Ahk. Bad decision on my part." Yang groaned. "I should have known there wouldn't be a 'kill the golden dragon' quest in every single city I visited. Its because I was there in the first place that the quests appeared!"
"Yang? Speaking of scales, how did Menry get one of your scales in the first place?" Ruby asked. "He had one when we first saw him. We got it back of course, but, you're always so carful. And you taught ME to be super carful! How did you loose one?"
Yang stayed silent at first. Her fists clenched a little in her lap, and Blake reached over and rested a hand on them. Yang shifted in her seat a little and spoke softly. "Ah, well, while we were traveling apart, some 'things' happened. Lets just say the right sword can cut off more then you expect it to." Yang glanced at her right arm, but then shook her head. "So! Menry dow– sorry, HENRY down, ninja down, now we've just got short mysterious cloaked person and most likely male mysterious cloaked person!"
Weiss nodded, sensing that Yang would rather not talk about whatever had happened before. "Correct. And I'm guessing that one of them is a dragon tracker, if not both."
"We can leave now." Blake said. Everyone looked at her. "Ruby's better, that's the only reason we stayed this long, waiting for her to get better. We could go right now."
"Yes, but actually no." Weiss said. "Don't we need sacks or blankets or ropes or something? Just so 'this' doesn't happen again." Weiss pointed at the scar on her eye. She placed a hand on Ruby's head right after speaking too, rubbing it gently to assure her there were no hard feelings. Ruby could be pretty sensitive sometimes.
"I think we should have a test run first." Yang said.
"Yeah, just to test like the durability of the blankets or whatever we use! We'll figure out which is the best method and use that in a day or two!" Ruby agreed.
"That's settled then? Alright." Weiss said, about to stand up.
"Lets do it right now!" Yang said.
Huh? "Didn't we just say we were going to wai–" Weiss tried to say.
"No no, I mean lets go get blankets or sacks right now. Me and Blake. You and Ruby can rest up a bit, and then a little before dark we can test one of them in the forest!" Yang explained.
"Oh. Yes then, go for it." Weiss waved a hand, and stretched., fatigue setting in now that she felt safe.
Blake and Yang left the room, leaving Ruby and Weiss alone together. Ruby waited a few minutes, then spoke "Do you want some honey?"
Weiss gave Ruby an odd look. Honey? Why would she have honey? ...oh right! Ruby pulled out the small jar from before. The one that she'd bought at the market. It was a bit scuffed and scratched, but the contents were safe. "Yang tried to see what it was, but I hid it, cause I wanted to share it with you!"
Weiss couldn't help but laugh a little. "That was sweet of you."
"Hmm.. We don't have any bread, but, its sweet on its own right?" Ruby unscrewed the lid and dipped her finger in, then pulled it out to lick it clean. Weiss copied her actions, tasting it herself. It was indeed sweet. And Ruby's presence made it even sweeter. As Weiss was eating, she got a bit on her nose. Ruby noticed, and moved closer to lick it off. Her playful action made Weiss laugh, and Ruby smiled brightly in return.
"There's a little on the corner of you mouth~" Weiss leaned forward and poked the side of Ruby's lips with her tongue, licking it off. Rubys cheeks went a little red, and she gave Weiss a shy glance. If only I could be this forward when I wasn't half dead tired, Weiss thought to herself.
"Weiss? Can I kiss you?" Ruby asked. Weiss's heart almost melted. Ruby was aware that Weiss was still a little hesitant and easily embarrassed, and was trying her best to make sure Weiss was alright with moving forward at all.
"Yeah." Weiss whispered, straining to look Ruby in the eyes instead of blushing and turning away. Ruby leaned close and gently pressed her lips against Weiss's. She pulled away, then giggled a few seconds after.
"You taste like honey~" Ruby smiled. Weiss leaned forward and pressed her face against Ruby's shoulder to hide a blush. "Oh noooo... Faling...!" Ruby said in an exaggeratedly dramatic tone as she let herself fall back on the bed in slow motion, setting the partially eaten honey jar on the bedside table. Weiss used Ruby's shoulder as a pillow, and Ruby let her arms wrap around her. "Wanna sleep?" Ruby said softly, her hand gravitating upwards and resting on Weiss's head, rubbing it in a gentle manner.
"Mmm." Weiss hummed peacefully as an agreement. They lied there in silence.
Taking a nap with a soft warm girl you love is the epitome of bliss, both Ruby and Weiss thought to themselves.