As Ruby sat next to her, happily munching on a stack of pancakes, Weiss couldn't help but wonder how she'd gotten to this point.

She remembered the first time she'd attempted cooking. Years of being waited on hand and foot had done nothing to help her skill in the kitchen, and it had never been more apparent than her first try at breakfast. Ruby and Yang had gone for an early morning training session, and Blake had slipped off to do some research on the mission they were undertaking before the sun had even risen. As a result, Weiss had been left alone with a fully stocked kitchen, courtesy of the kind people who were housing them while they were investigating a local Grimm nest. In light of this, she had decided to make herself useful and fix her team breakfast.

Needless to say, it had not gone well.

Weiss still remembered Yang's roar of laughter. "Pancakes! How do you mess up pancakes this bad!?" she'd said, once she was finally able to catch her breath. Yang had made cooking jokes at her expense for weeks.

Blake, on the other hand, had at least tried to be polite. She'd stifled her giggles and offered to help clean up, but upon looking closer, she hadn't been able to contain her amusement. "Sorry," she'd apologized, "but I'm with Yang. This is an impressive failure."

And Ruby… Weiss sighed. Ruby had been Ruby. She'd laughed, sure. Almost as much as Yang even. But after that it had been a quick kiss (with Yang yelling for them to get a room) and then she got right to helping clean up. "Thanks for trying," Ruby had said."I'll help you next time, and maybe we can pull off a nice breakfast." Weiss, who by that point was on the verge of tears, had taken it to heart. And, sure enough, a few days later, Weiss had successfully made her team breakfast to celebrate the end of that particular mission. With liberal help from Ruby, of course.

Ruby had kept true to her word beyond that, slowly helping Weiss learn her way around a kitchen. She'd even roped Yang into it! Ruby had raved about how her sister was a phenomenal cook, and Weiss hadn't believed her until after a brutal lesson from chef Yang herself.

"Thanks for breakfast!" Ruby chimed, pulling Weiss's attention back to the present. "It was great! You gotta give me your recipe!" she teased.

Weiss rolled her eyes and smiled. "It's just pancakes, you dolt. You taught me how to make them."

"Yeah, but they're Weiss pancakes! That makes them wayyy better," Ruby assured her, giving Weiss a quick kiss as she slipped out of the kitchen.

"Where are you going? You've got dishes to clean, Ruby," Weiss called after her.

"Yeah, but you can totally get those. I've got, uh, mission reports to go over," Ruby called back as she continued to make her way away from the kitchen.

Weiss rolled her eyes again as she picked up Ruby's empty plate. Weiss had gone over those reports last night. Ruby was a terrible liar.

But hey, at least she was a decent teacher.