Would you look at that, barely over 2 weeks and already another chapter! Well there's a reason!

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Cinder awoke to the sound of a very familiar knock upon her front door.

"Cindy? Cindyyyy? Are you there? Or am I just talkin' to an empty room?"

Without even opening her eye, Cinder could not help but smile against her pillow. Was Nora really knocking on her door at this hour... Wait, what time even was it? Blindly reaching around her bed, she fumbled for her scroll, eventually locating it underneath her pillow. Cinder then pulled the device free, switched it on - which was followed by her being blinded by the screen - and checked the time, after her eye adjusted.

8:26 PM

Oh, I guess that nap was shorter than I thought. Cinder thought as she rolled onto her back. It certainly didn't feel that way... Pulling herself up out of bed, she quickly stretched before stepping onto the somehow always cold carpet and approaching the front door. Before she could even open it to let her friend know she was in fact home, three quick knocks were heard from the other side.

Knock knock knock

"Cindy."

Knock knock knock

"Cindy."

Knock knock knock

"Cindy."

Once again, Cinder could not help but smile, understanding exactly what dumb sitcom Nora was referencing. What a dork. Cinder hated that show, she despised it. Especially after years of being made to watch it by Emerald. Though that was more due to lacking the heart to protest when she put it on. Unfortunately for Nora, she absolutely had the heart to deny her now.

"No." Cinder finally responded.

"But whyyy?" Nora whined from the other side of the door.

Cinder hoped the younger woman would know the answer to that by now, as this was not the first time she had done something like that. "If you knock normally, I may decide to let you in."

Nora pouted in response... probably. "But that's no fun!"

Cinder just grinned. "Then I suppose I'm not letting you inside."

"Boooooo!"

Cinder had to resist the urge to laugh. Damn that girl for being so amusing. "It's your own fault for knocking in such a ridiculous manner."

"But I have presents!" Nora defended.

Pausing for a moment, Cinder unintentionally raising her brow. "What kind of presents?"

"Let me in and I'll show ya!" Nora cheerfully answered.

Cinder then narrowed her brow slightly. "Will it explode?"

Nora did not answer immediately, which somewhat worried the older woman. "Never seen it explode before."

That does not exactly instill confidence. Cinder thought. "Promise me it will not explode, or cause any other damage to my apartment, or I'm going back to sleep."

"Ah, fine! It's not gonna explode!" Nora promised.

"Or?"

"Or do any other damage to your apartment!" Nora added with a groan.

I better not regret this. "Very well." Cinder acknowledged, accepting what was hopefully the truth and opening her front door, revealing her friend, who was clad in her usual hang-out wear - a white and pink T-shirt equally pink short-shorts - and a baby-blue backpack. If she was being honest, the redhead looked like a child, which was quite amusing.

Upon seeing that the older woman had opened the door for her, Nora immediately grinned. "Hiya Cindy!"

Cinder offered a smile in return. "Good evening Nora. Now, what exactly have you brought me that warrants keeping a secret?" To which her friend merely continued to grin. "Nora?"

Looking down each side of the hallway - which only served to worry Cinder - Nora beckoned her friend closer. Once the two were close enough for the redhead's tastes, she brought a hand up to the side of her mouth. "Pot."

It took a moment for Cinder to realize what Nora had just said - she blamed the nap for that part - but once she did, her eye went wide. "You... You actually bought weed for me?" She wondered, honestly dumbfounded at her friend's actions. Though to be fair, this was Nora after all.

"Yup!" The younger woman beamed. "I was hangin' around earlier today with nothin' to do, had no clients for a little while since it was still morning and stuff, and I got to thinkin'. Hey, Cindy has another one of her therapy sessions today, maybe I should go get her a little somethin' to help her relax after she's done. So ta da! Here I am!"

Cinder could not believe what she was hearing. She just... went out and bought it on a whim... just like that. "Thank you Nora, really... What can I do to repay you for this?" To which the redhead just grinned in response, faux-shrugging.

"I guess you could let me in so we could share it."


"And then there's Yang, she's very nice, hot as hell, relatively funny sometimes if I'm being honest, even if I don't normally give her that satisfaction..." Cinder explained, taking another hit from her blunt. In truth, they had only been smoking the pot that the younger woman brought for about half an hour... probably... but it had already hit them fairly hard - that girl really bought some strong stuff - as they were currently both lying face-up on her lumpy bed, with their heads at opposite sides of the mattress... and Nora had already abandoned her short-shorts. That girl really hated clothes. Honestly, Cinder was surprised she was even still wearing anything. Regular Nora was horny enough, but when she was high? There was no telling how far down the gutter her mind would go. "And she has the biggest tits I've ever seen!" Cinder continued after exhaling the smoke, to which she received a laugh from her friend. "I'm serious! They're huge!"

Nora just continued to laugh, but soon calmed down, at least enough to speak. "Are they as big as the ones that're attached to that sexy lady you call a boss?"

"Almost exactly!" Cinder confirmed, reaching up to point at the ceiling... for some reason. "I don't understand how anyone could deal with tits that big! I mean the back pains alone would be brutal!"

"My guess, a butt ton of support." Nora responded, bringing her own blunt to her lips to take a hit.

Cinder giggled a bit at the girl's answer. "Don't you mean a boob ton?"

A moment passed before Nora began to giggle herself, though hers was closer to that of a schoolgirl. "You're funny Cindy!"

"Well it's true!" Cinder insisted. If she was being honest, she was a tad jealous of the sizes of Yang and Raven's chests, but was also thankful that her own was not that large. She was quite content with her two single C's. Not so big to give her any sort of back pains, yet not so small that she would feel at all insecure. Plus, both Emerald and Nora seemed to love them, so that was nice.

"Mmmm, don't you just wanna smother your face in 'em?" Nora wondered, her mouth curling into a grin as she began to rub her face with her free hand.

As much as Cinder wanted to lie, the weed that was currently in her system was persuading her not to. "I would be honored!" She ended up answering, even though it was not at all something she wanted to admit.

"Then you should do it!" Nora encouraged, reaching down to pat one of her friend's legs. "Just walk up to that fox and shove your face in her cleavage!"

"But it would be weird!" Cinder whined, very uncharacteristically.

"But sexy!" Nora defended.

Well, she's not wrong... Cinder thought to herself, actually letting such thoughts begin to fill her mind. Stupid pot. I bet they would be soft... and warm... and squishy... Like mine, but bigger. Much, much bigger... She was quite thankful she did not say any other that out loud. "You're sexy." Was what came out of her mouth as she poked the redhead in the stomach with one of her toes. At least she thought it was her stomach... Though judging from the giggle that it elicited, she started to think her toe poked something else. Something squishier.

"Not as sexy as you, Cindy." Nora countered, reaching over and grabbing one of Cinder's feet, pulling the older woman across the bed.

"Ah! Nora!" Cinder half-yelped, half-squeaked as the redhead in question began to plant kiss after kiss upon one of her feet. "That tickles!"

As she continued to practically make out with her friend's foot, Nora giggled once again. "It's a tasty foot!"

I haven't showered since this morning!" Cinder informed through laughter while attempting to pull away. Unfortunately the younger woman was much stronger than her, and showed no signs of ceasing her peppering of kisses.

Nora just laughed, thankfully stopping her onslaught of kisses, at least for the time being. "Dirty girl!"

"Says the girl kissing my feet!"

Nora was silent for a moment, which certainly worried Cinder, but still meant that she was not kissing her feet. "Would you rather me... lick it?" She wondered before beginning to harshly drag her tongue along the older woman's foot, causing her to squeal and attempt to - unsuccessfully - yank her foot away as she shook with laughter. Though as hard as she tried, Nora was able to keep the appendage firmly in her grasp. "Mmmmm, yummy!" She grinned, starting to shift from merely licking to full-on bathing her foot in saliva with her lips and tongue.

As much as it tickled - and as high as she was - Cinder could not help but wonder if her friend was into feet, so to speak. "Noraaaa, you're evil!" She whined, still trying to get away from the redhead, but sadly failing miserably.

Nora then proceeded to do her best evil laugh, which in all honesty, was not very good. "Mwahahahaha!"

While it took some time and a fair amount of persuading through laughter, Cinder was eventually able convince Nora to let her go, allowing her to actually catch her breath. Once the two had calmed down - and her foot had dried off - they decided it was time to change positions, ending up with Nora on her back, and Cinder lying against her, using her stomach as a pillow. After they were settled and comfortable, gazing at the ceiling like a couple of stoners, the pair chose to merely lie there, enjoying each other's company. It would have been a pleasant little romantic sight... if Nora had not immediately stripped off her shirt, exposing her bare breasts as she lied back down - because I was gettin' too warm as she put it. Yeah, says the girl wearing a fairly loose T-shirt. Though it did give her quite the nice view. Now that was a pair worth getting jealous over. But in all honesty, while not especially exhausted, the therapy session still wore her out, so she would rather just relax.

And that was exactly what they did.

The pair spent the next hour or so - it was a bit difficult to tell due to how high they were - simply lying there, engaging in light-hearted conversation, and of course, a fair amount of flirting. Though the latter was pretty normal for hanging around with Nora. Honestly, it had been a long time since had been able to truly feel so relaxed, since before the fire... Cinder could not thank her friend enough, and she made sure to tell her that, over and over and over again.

After a little while of discussing various random topics, Nora began to ask the older woman questions about her life with her new friends that she was still eager to meet - and Cinder figured that it would be a good opportunity to be open about her feelings on the situation as a whole. It was like another one of the makeshift therapy sessions that they used to do. Cinder talked about her new and growing friendship with Yang - which Nora seemed to get a tad jealous of, which was adorable - the emotions she had been dealing with, the therapy sessions with Glynda, and finally, her recent intimacy with Raven. It was a little embarrassing - especially during that last topic - but at the same time, it felt rather... liberating to finally get the chance to talk with someone else about all this - aside from her therapist of course.

"Sooo when are you gonna tell your boss you like her?" Nora wondered after a brief silence, which immediately caused the older woman's face to heat up, much easier than usual. Damn this stupid drug plant.

"When there's nothing that could go wrong." Cinder answered, attempting to suppress her blush before her friend saw it.

Reaching down toward the older woman, Nora gave Cinder a pat on the stomach... for some reason. "You gotta take a leap Cindy!"

While the redhead's enthusiasm brought a smile to Cinder's face, it did not exactly give her confidence that she could actually do things right. After all, the only reason she was able to court Emerald was due to her doing it by accident. "Eh, I'll just fall on my face."

"But then she'll catch you!" Nora beamed, throwing her arms into the air for emphasis.

"And then things'll be awkward." Cinder sighed.

Nora giggled in response. "So then you kiss her!"

"And then it will get more awkward!" Cinder whined. "Noraaaa, I don't wanna fuck things up."

"But you won't!" Nora assured. "I'm sure she likes you too!"

Cinder let out a sad huff, bringing her nearly-finished blunt up to her lips to take a hit. "Likes me maybe, but she's got Glynda, she'll never love me."

"Then show her why she should love you!"

Cinder just scoffed. Love me? How ridiculous. "Sure, look at me, half baked, mental issues, picture of lovable." She mumbled, rolling her eye at the last word. A few seconds passed before Cinder felt Nora begin to sit up, causing her to yelp slightly as she was essentially dumped onto the bed. Another moment later she found herself staring up at her seated, bare-chested friend, who in turn was looking back down at her with a smile on her face.

"You are lovable!" Nora grinned before practically pinning the older woman down with the combination of her body weight and a strong hug.

Cinder could not help but chuckle, wrapping her free arm around her friend. "Lies."

"Nope!" Nora simply countered as she tightened her hug.

Cinder proceeded to poke the younger woman with the pinky of her now-finished blunt-carrying hand, careful not to drop it. That would likely be a lot of money out the window... and possibly another building burned down. "Slander."

Nora then hugged Cinder even tighter than she already was. "Truth!"

"Damnit, I have a reputation to keep!" Cinder complained, attempting to unsuccessfully wiggle free of Nora's grasp.

"And I have a friend to wingwoman!" Nora excitedly defended, nuzzling her head into her friend's neck.

Cinder just rolled her eye. "Ugh, preen why don't you." She mumbled.

Suddenly, Nora released the older woman, partially sitting back up and looking down at her with a smirk. "Preen? Okay!" She beamed. Quickly grabbing the hem of Cinder's makeshift pyjama shirt and pushing it upward, she trapped the other woman's head and arms within the inside-out garment before essentially attacking her now-bare stomach with her tongue.

"Ah!" Cinder yelped as she felt the wet, tickling sensation upon her belly. "You greedy little shit you're being weird!"

After a few moments of dragging her tongue around her friend's pale stomach, Nora took a break and giggled. "That's me! Now go ask out that sexy lady!"

"Never!" Cinder immediately refused, pulling her shirt the rest of the way over her head and tossing it aside, leaving her entire torso bare for all to see. Though in this case, all just meant Nora, the woman who was currently bathing her midsection in spit.

Nora then ceased her licking and moved forward to meet her friend's gaze, a grin spreading across her face. "Then I'll do it for you!"

Cinder's eye widened in response. "No you will not!"

Nora's grin only grew. "Oh yes I will! I'm gonna get you a girlfriend and you're gonna love her!" She encouraged, quickly leaning down to peck the older woman on the lips.

"I don't need one!" Cinder attempted to assure, partially to herself.

Nora giggled at her friend's denial. "Well too bad! You've got a crush and Nora's gonna help!"

"But I don't want help!" Cinder complained, rolling over onto her side and curling up into a ball. A few seconds passed without her receiving any kind of response, which was a bit worrying, until she heard the redhead giggle again... which was even more worrying.

"If you say soooooo..." Nora hummed before moving out of Cinder's view.

That did not sound good. Cinder thought to herself, still curled up as she listened to her friend shuffle around behind her, feeling every shift that the younger woman caused. What exactly was she doing back there? After a few moments of silent listening, Cinder began to hear... tapping noises? "Nora... What are you... doing?"

Nora let out a giggle. "Callin' your sexy boss." She answered, to which Cinder immediately stiffened like a board, whipping around to find the redhead on her scroll, going through her small list of contacts.

"WHAT?!"

Cinder then leaped up to tackle her friend onto the bed, attempting to take her scroll back, but unfortunately was once again unsuccessful. It may have delayed her slightly, but she was unable to prevent Nora from getting her way. "Oh it's ringing!" She beamed, holding the scroll up to her ear.

"Give that back right now!" Cinder commanded as she wrestled with her friend in order to try to retrieve her scroll. She would not let that call be answered. Though sadly this was not her day.

"Hello?" Came a voice that was undoubtedly not Raven's. Thank the Maidens. It was... higher pitched, and far softer, yet still similar to her boss'. Wait, was that... Yang?

Oh no.

"Cindy loooovveess yooouu!" Nora gushed, much to Cinder's embarrassment.

Fuck.

"NORA!" Cinder yelled, still unable to get her scroll back from the other woman, even thought she was practically on top of her.

"What?" Yang responded, thankfully confused. Perhaps Cinder would be able to turn this around before someone made it any worse.

"And she wants to hug you and kiss you and bury her face in your gigantic cleavage!" Nora excitedly continued.

Well, I guess not.

Cinder needed to find a way out of this... problematic situation. Nora had just told Yang that she not only loved her, but wanted to hug, kiss, and... do other inappropriate things to her. Unfortunately she had absolutely no idea how to stop the redhead. If Cinder were to cover her mouth with her hand, then she would just lick it, or suck on it, or perform some other weird action upon it. If she shoved her face into a pillow - or shoved a pillow into her face - then the younger woman would merely overpower her. No, she needed something that could actually shut her up. Something that would... coax her into shutting her trap. Cinder frantically looked around, hoping to find anything that could help her, but sadly nothing in the room could do that. Letting out a sigh, she gazed back down at her friend, wondering what she was going to do with her, and her eye spotted something that... perhaps could be of use.

Barely ten... ish minutes ago, Nora had pulled up Cinder's shirt, forcing her to toss it aside in a futile attempt to get her to stop licking her stomach, so now staring down at her bare chest gave her an idea. Sure, it was certainly not the best idea she could have thought of, but at the same time, she was a bit short on options - and she did not want to find out what Nora was planning on telling Yang next. So, with a small sigh, Cinder used all her strength to flip Nora onto her back - eliciting a slight gasp - before practically falling onto her in order to shove her bare breasts directly into the redhead's face.

"MMMMM MPH MPH!" Was luckily all that came out of Nora's covered mouth as she attempted to continue embarrassing her friend.

Thankfully, having two boobs pressed against her face caused Nora to freeze out of shock for just long enough for Cinder to snatch her scroll back. "I'm so sorry!" She burst before hanging up, likely leaving Yang relatively confused as to what exactly just happened. Once the call had been ended, Cinder got off of Nora - releasing her from the smothering - before glaring down at her. "You are such a pain in the ass!"

Nora just giggled. "But I'm your pain in the ass."

As annoyed as Cinder was, she could not help but chuckle. At least she was thinking a little clearer than before due to what her friend just pulled. "Well, you're not wrong."

"I'm never wrong, comes with being perfect!" Nora grinned.

Cinder rolled her eye. "And so humble too."

"Being humble is for peasants, I'm a Queen." Nora claimed, gesturing to herself as if she was truly royalty, which looked rather odd in her still-lying-down position.

Cinder chuckled again. "Queen of your own little castle."

"And a lovely little castle she is..." Nora hummed as she sat up, looking up and down Cinder's body with a near-hungry look in her eyes.

Cinder then raised her brow. "Are you calling me a castle?"

"Well you do have nice turrets." Nora mentioned, a grin spreading across her face.

Cinder just snorted at the comment. "Turrets? Can't say I have ever heard someone call them that before."

"And don't get me started on your moat!" Nora excitedly added.

Cinder let out a laugh in response. "Oh please, your turrets and moat are far superior to mine."

"You're funny Cindy. I'm just a lowly keep, I don't even compare." Nora assured.

Cinder furrowed her brow, unsure how anyone could say they could not compare to her of all people. "Lowly keep? Nora, you're a kingdom."

Nora's breath hitched, a choked giggle barely escaping. "Cindy... you sure know how to make a gal blush."

Cinder offered a smile in return, unintentionally shrugging slightly. "I have heard I'm good at courting, even when I don't mean to."

"Heh, courting. Nothin' legal about what I do." Nora commented.

No... no there is not. "As if the law could ever stop you."

Nora's gaze suddenly fell a bit. "Well, maybe one day..."

"You would find a way, I'm sure of it." Cinder guaranteed.

A moment passed before Nora smiled, fully. Not a grin, nor a smirk, but a full, genuine smile. "This is why I'm glad you're in my life, you have faith in me."

Cinder offered a smile of her own in response. "It's not hard, Nora. I'm only alive because of you."

With her smile still present, Nora reached over to take gentle hold of her friend's hand. "I only feel like I'm living because of you."

Looking down at their now-connected hands, Cinder chuckled. "What a pair we are."

"Like mismatched, odd socks." Nora giggled.

"With you being the childish colourful one, and me being the old one that's filled with holes." Cinder added.

"Everyone's filled with holes, Cindy." Nora defended.

Cinder's gaze then slowly shifted away from her friend. "Some of us more than others..."

"I think by now some of mine are bigger than yours." Nora informed, giving her friend's hand a reassuring squeeze.

Yeah right. "The only hole on you that's larger than mine is the one in between your legs."

Nora immediately burst into laughter at that comment. "Can't argue there."

"No, no you cannot."

"It's the money-maker, gotta fit all the money." Nora grinned, spreading her legs and running a hand up from her crotch for emphasis.

Cinder giggled in response. "And dick."

Nora then let out a giggle of her own. "I do like dick, but I prefer pussy."

"You and me both." Cinder agreed. "I never quite understood some girls'... fascination with dick. I mean sure it's pleasurable, but it also feels so strange. Almost like you're being impaled."

Nora just shrugged. "Some guys have just the right shape and girth to hit the right spot, some of them know how to find that right spot, and others... have a little trouble... You though, you always find my right spot."

Cinder chuckled at the description. "It's not hard when your practically moan me instructions on where to go when I'm between your legs."

"I'm just used to instructing clients." Nora explained.

"It certainly makes my job easier." Cinder added with a slight smirk.

Nora giggled a bit. "And I appreciate you for it."

Cinder then smirked at the redhead. "Also doesn't hurt that I'm already a master at eating women out."

Nora seemed to agree, given the downright aroused expression on her face. "Hmph, gods your tongue is so limber!"

"You're damn right it is." Cinder proudly responded.

Nora then began to once again look up and down Cinder's body with a grin on her face, her eyes full of hunger. "And the rest of you... hmmmm... I think the Queen needs a tour of her castle." She purred, slowly leaning closer to her friend.

Cinder quickly raised her brow at the obviously horny redhead. "Oh do you now? What sort of tour are you referring to?

"Just a little inspection, gotta make sure she's takin' care of herself." Nora informed, not even looking at the older woman, instead merely staring at her body. "Maybe... a little spit-shine here and there."

"Well then, do you have the right key to... let yourself in?" Cinder playfully wondered.

Nora brought a hand up to her chin. "Hmmm... I've got a lotta keys... some of them are even real."

Cinder quirked her brow once again. "Oh? I suppose you'll have to see if any of them work."

Nora just grinned in response. It honestly appeared as if she was about to start drooling. "Anywhere you'd like me to start?"

Cinder offered a grin of her own. "It's your castle as you say, so you can start where ever you would like to."

Nora grin quickly shifted into a smile, moving onto her knees and crawling toward Cinder, forcing to older woman to lean back until she was on her back once again. She then slowly leaned down to hover over Cinder's mouth. She remained their for a moment, with their lips mere inches apart, until she spoke, her voice barely audible. "I can think of no better place." She whispered before meeting Cinder in a gentle kiss.

Though it certainly did not stay gentle for long.


Yang could not believe it.

For the first time in quite a while, she actually had a date, and to say she was nervous was... well, a bit of an understatement. Though of course, there was a catch, as there always had to be. This was no ordinary date. No, this was one that had been completely set up by Ruby, which only served to make her even more nervous - she never had any idea what to expect with that girl. Unfortunately, it was a bit late to back out now, as it was already time for her to start getting ready, at least if she did not want any chance of being late.

So, as Yang lied upon her living room couch in nothing but a Geistbusters graphic T-shirt and a pair of beige panties, she let out a sigh. While she was still quite nervous, and honestly a bit excited, there was part of her that did not at all want to go out on this date, or even leave the apartment for that matter - and not just because Ruby set it up. Ever since her... argument with her mother, Yang had been feeling like absolute shit, like her entire being was just... numb. Work was not enjoyable, she could barely manage a smile for her customers - or even for Cinder - hell, she could not even properly lose herself in cartoons... It was beyond awful. So... maybe it was good that she had accepted Ruby's invitation, as it meant that she would be forced to not only shower, but go outside on a day that she would have normally done neither.

Pulling herself up off of the couch and making her way into the bathroom, Yang stripped off her T-shirt and panties before looking at herself in the mirror. As far as her upper body went - aside from her messy hair - she looked okay, but her lower body... that was a different story. Due to not having any reason to, she had not shaved her legs or crotch since... since Melanie, so now she was faced with the dilemma of whether she should even bother today. On one hand, Yang could easily hide the fact that she had not done it with jeans, but on the other, it might show... initiative... or something, if she showed up with freshly shaven legs. Plus, if she was being honest, she much preferred shorts. Shaved legs it is. As for her crotch... it was highly unlikely that anyone aside from herself was going to see it today - even if the date did go well - so in the end she decided against it.

After a shower that took a little longer than initially planned, Yang dried herself off and headed to her room to very likely - but hopefully not - spend twenty solid minutes picking out a simple outfit. Opening up the bottom drawer, she began to search for the first items: a fresh set of underwear. Her first instinct was to go with a plain set, like white or tan, but at the same time, this was for a date... So maybe she should wear something a little nicer. Rifling through the various undergarments in the drawer, Yang eventually stumbled upon a couple pieces that could work: a pair of black panties and a leopard-print bra. Sure, they were not especially fancy, but they were at least better than white or tan. Once the underwear had been slipped on, it was onto a more important piece of clothing. Opening up the second highest drawer of her dresser, she rifled through it until pulling out a white pair of short-shorts. They seemed like a surprisingly good enough option, as it had been a while since she wore white. Next, and finally, was a shirt, which was most certainly going to take the longest to pick, since it not only had to be nice, but it had to match her shorts. Though thankfully the latter would not be too hard, due to said shorts being white. Sliding open her closet door, she began her search. So many choices... Damnit, maybe I should've picked a shirt first...

T-shirt? Nah, too casual. Tank-top? Definitely not. Sweater? Wait, of course not, it's too hot out for that...

After a few minutes of looking through her closet, Yang eventually picked out one of her favourites; an orange off-shoulder blouse. Though before she closed the door, she took a final peek into the closet. Man, I sure do own a lot of these things. She thought, slipping on the shirt before sliding the door closed and making her way back into the bathroom to brush her teeth and put on makeup. The former was a relatively quick process, as usual, but after that was done, Yang was again stuck on what exactly she was going to choose. She did not want to go too heavy on the makeup - to avoid appearing tacky - but not having any was also not an option. A couple minutes passed by, with her merely staring at all the choices, but in the end she settled on her classic purple eye shadow. Once that was applied, she took a final look at herself in the mirror, and actually managed a smile.

"You look great". Yang told herself before retreating into her bedroom, where she grabbed her wallet, keys and scroll. Though for some reason, when she picked up the device, a memory from the prior night decided to pop into her head.

Cindy loooovveess yooouu!

And she wants to hug you and kiss you and bury her face in your gigantic cleavage!

Ever since Yang received that call, those two sentences had echoed through her mind like a broken record. Did... did Cinder really like her... like that? If it was indeed true, it would be... surprising to say the least, but not unwanted. After all, Cinder was a very attractive woman, scars and all. Not to mention they got along, enjoyed working together, there was a large enough age gap that some would consider it sexy - yet not enough of a difference for it to be weird - and what would be best of all, Yang could make her laugh. Sure, it was not exactly something that was needed, but when her flirting strategy was one that heavily relied on humour, being able to make the person laugh was a bit of a necessity. Maybe I'll tease her about it tomorrow at work. Yang grinned to herself. Though as much as she wanted to continue wondering about whether or not the older woman had a crush on her, it was about time for her to go on that date with the mystery man or woman that Ruby had picked out for her. So, slipping on her shoes and grabbing her motorcycle helmet and jacket, she headed out.

After a relatively short trip - at least shorter than she expected - Yang found herself riding down Amber street, a road that in her many years of living in Vale, she had strangely never gone down. Scanning each side of the street as she rode, she kept her eye out for a place by the name of... Hot Shots if memory served - and hopefully it did, because it was a little late to be checking her scroll for the name. Thankfully Yang soon spotted the building - a small family-owned type place - not too far down the road, so she pulled into the parking area upon reaching it and into a free spot. She then switched off and dismounted Bumblebee before almost carefully removing her helmet. Once it was off, she checked herself out in one of the bike's mirrors to make sure that her hair had not just been screwed up, but of course, that was not the case. Damn helmet hair.

After Yang had spent an annoyingly long time fixing her messy blonde locks, she straightened herself out, taking one last look in the small mirror before heading towards the café building. Though as she was walking, a realization hit her. I have absolutely no idea what this person looks like... Well shit. Now how am I supposed to find them? Approaching the large front windows of the café, Yang - discretely... probably - peered inside, hoping to find something that could help her identify who she was there to see. Unfortunately she saw no such thing, though she was able to spot a familiar face at the front counter. Hey, maybe Pyrrha could help me...

Wait a minute.

What the hell was Pyrrha doing here? Did they give me the wrong address?

Hesitantly entering the café, Yang made her way over to the front counter, where she found her sister-in-law picking up an ordered cup of coffee. She smiled upon noticing the blonde behind her.

"Good afternoon, Yang." Pyrrha greeted, briefly gazing down to observe her outfit. "You look lovely."

Yang offered a smile in return. "Thanks Pyr." Then she looked around a bit. "So uh, am I in the right place? 'Cause Ruby said I'm supposed to be meeting someone here."

Pyrrha let out a small chuckle. "Yes, you are in the correct place. Right this way." She requested, leading Yang through the small café to a table in the corner, where they found Ruby sitting with a woman donning a cast on her right arm. Someone who seemed very... familiar, but Yang could not place her name. Long, wavy brown hair, brown eyes... She was sure she knew this person, but could not figure out from where...

Upon noticing her wife and sister standing before them, Ruby grinned. "Yang! You made it!" She burst, nearly jumping out of her chair to wrap Yang in a hug, which the blonde of course reciprocated. After letting her go, she gestured to the other woman sitting at the table, who managed a slight smile. "You remember Coco, right?"

In that moment, it finally clicked for Yang. Coco... Adel? As in... the same Coco Adel that used to date Velvet? But she... she looked so... different. Her hair lacked the same colour and shine that it once did, her eyes were... heavy, and the confident smile that Yang remembered she wore seemed like it had not graced her features in a long time. She looked... downcast. While the blonde barely knew Coco - only through a couple meetings and Ruby constantly talking about her and Velvet - it still sent a pang through her heart to see someone in such a state.

After a moment, Yang realized the three women were staring at her, so she just smiled. "Y-Yeah, of course." She assured, turning to the woman in question. "It's uh, nice to see you again."

"Likewise." Coco responded with a nod before taking a sip from what Yang could only assume was coffee.

Unbeknownst to the pair, Ruby was looking between the two of them with an excited smile on her face, possibly waiting for them to engage in some more interesting conversation. "Well, why don't you sit down Yang?" She wondered, gesturing to the chair across from Coco - the one she had been previously sitting in.

"Oh, yeah, sure." Yang answered, taking a seat in the chair, which her sister quickly pushed in as she sat. "Thanks Rubes."

"No problem!" Ruby smiled, taking a step back to... admire the pair? "Well, if you need anything, Pyr and I will be right over there." She informed, pointing at a table across the room, which her wife was currently sitting at, nursing her own hot beverage. Wait, wasn't she just here a second ago? "So you two enjoy your date~!"

As her sister left to go join Pyrrha, it suddenly hit Yang that this was a date. Ruby had set her up on a date with the woman who was essentially Velvet's widow. She may have been a combination of excited and nervous for this before, but that was quickly fading, because from what Yang always heard about those two from her sister, they were as much of soulmates as Ruby and Pyrrha. So now everything just felt... wrong - and it certainly did not help that the two were currently sitting in awkward silence, with Yang having no idea what to do, or even say for that matter. Should she listen to Ruby and treat it like a date? Or keep it platonic? Gods this was not how I pictured today going...

"I feel like we've been pushed in a closet." Coco suddenly commented, pulling the blonde from her thoughts.

Out of all the things that Yang was expecting Coco to say - if she did say anything - a humorous line was definitely not one of them. She was honestly at a bit of a loss for words. Should she reciprocate? Or lean more toward flirting? Or maybe brush it off? It took a moment of consideration, but in the end, Yang just decided to go with what she knew best.

"Heh, yeah. We should totally make out."

A few seconds of silence passed - which began to make Yang think that she went with the wrong option - before Coco let out a small chuckle.

Oh thank gods.

"That'll show 'em." Coco responded, the slight smirk still present on her face.

Yang then let out a chuckle of her own. You know, maybe this won't be as awkward as I thought. Though before she could get a chance to respond, Ruby appeared next to her with a steaming cup of coffee, which she placed in front of her. "Oh, thanks Rubes, buy you didn't have to."

Ruby merely grinned. "I know!" She acknowledged before walking away to rejoin her wife.

"So what're you in for?" Coco wondered, taking another sip from her own coffee.

Yang furrowed her brow out of confusion. "What am I... in for?"

Coco gave a small nod. "Well I know Big Red set this whole thing up, so I'm wonderin' why she chose you." She explained. "'Cause last time I heard, you were single but not really lookin' to mingle."

Yang opened her mouth to respond, but found herself just then realizing what the other woman had said. "Wait, what? Big Red?"

Coco chuckled a bit at the blonde's confusion. "My nickname for Ruby. Pyrrha's Little Red."

Seems a little backwards, but to each their own I guess. "Alright... But how did you know I wasn't ready to get involved with anyone?" Yang inquired.

"It was well over a year ago now, but Velv once mentioned how she was interested in spicing things up in the bedroom, so in my infinite wisdom, I suggested a threesome." Coco began. "Unfortunately we were a little lacking in the single friends department, and neither of us wanted to find a stranger, so we went to Ruby, who was quick to recommend you before Pyrrha reminded her of your uh, situation as she put it. We were curious, but didn't wanna pry, so we left it at that."

Yang just blinked, somewhat unable to believe what she had heard. "Rubes... recommended me for a threesome?" She wondered, receiving a nod from Coco, prompting her to turn to look at her sister, who merely smiled, not knowing what the pair was talking about. Yang merely smirked slightly before turning back to her date. Damn, if I would've known that... "What a little shit that one."

"Got that right." Coco agreed. "So did she send you here 'cause you were ready to mingle again?"

"She... not exactly." Yang answered. "I uh... I keep pining over my ex-best friend." She hesitantly admitted, not exactly wanting to discuss that particular topic. "Rubes thought I could use more... ah how'd she word it... Oh yeah, she thought I could use more people time."

Coco chuckled a bit again. "What a coincidence, she said somethin' similar to me. Said I should get out of the apartment for once after having spent practically two days straight on their couch."

Yang raised a brow slightly as she took a fairly large sip of her coffee. "You've been staying at their place?"

Coco nodded. "Well after drunkenly breaking my arm a few days ago, they figured I couldn't support myself anymore, which is probably accurate."

Yang actually managed a smile, though hopefully the other woman did not think she was doing so at her misfortune. "Sounds like we're a match made in heaven."

"Either that or we're just two pretty sad individuals." Coco shrugged.

Yang let out a small chuckle. "Also a very real possibility." Then she took another glance at her sister and sister-in-law, the former attempting to discretely watch them while the latter was on her scroll. Looking back to Coco, she offered a smile. "But at least you've got nothin' to worry about. Rubes and Pyr will take good care of ya, and the latter will be sure to straighten you out. She's like... the mom you need but don't really want, even though you really should."

Taking another sip from her coffee, Coco let out her own chuckle, but it seemed... lacking. "Well, that'd sure beat my actual parents. Sure you do Coco, It's just a phase Coco, what do you mean you're dating a woman? Then out of the family I went, all 'cause Velv didn't have a dick like they wanted." Then she looked over at the nearby married couple. "Little Red's mom of the year material compared to that noise."

Even though the other woman's tone was fairly light, Yang could only sit there in silence, unable to form a response after that. What could she even say to a bombshell like that? What kind of parents would do something like that to their own daughter? After all, all three of her own parents had accepted her and Ruby without question when they came out, especially considering Raven herself was bisexual, so she knew exactly what the siblings were going through. "Coco... I'm... I'm sorry you had to go through all that..."

Coco simply shook her head. "Don't be, what happened happened, doesn't really mean shit now."

Well, I guess that's a decent way of thinking about it. Yang thought to herself. "Yeah..."

After a few moments of silence, with the two women somewhat awkwardly gazing around, Coco sighed. "I uh... sorry. Didn't mean to kill the mood like that..." Then she huffed. "This is supposed to be a date and I'm bringin' up my depressing family life."

Yang attempted to offer a smile. "It's alright, we've all had our troubles with family."

Coco raised a brow. "Really? Always thought yours was roses and sunshine."

Yang: "Thar'd sure be nice, but not exactly. I mean hell, I didn't even know my aunt was really my mom until I was fifteen. And even when I did know, we didn't exactly become mother and daughter overnight."

"Ruby told me a little over time, but I never got the whole story." Coco mentioned.

"Trust me, it'll only kill the mood even more." Yang assured. "I can tell you some other time when my sister isn't watching from like fifteen feet away, waiting for us to get all lovey dovey."

"I could flash my tits, that'll get a reaction." Coco suggested with a slight smirk.

If Yang had been drinking her coffee at that moment, she would have just spit it out. "As hot as that would be, it'd also get a reaction from everyone else here, and likely get us kicked out."

Coco's smirk only grew at the response the blonde gave. "See now you're just making me want to do it."

"Unfortunately I left my smoke bombs in my other bra, so unless you've got a better plan." Yang joked.

Coco chuckled, more genuinely this time. "Yeah, well, I would, but then I'd be disappointing Big Red over there by gettin' us thrown out on the date she set us up on."

Yang let out a sigh. "She's got her claws in you too."

Coco nodded. "Oh yeah, got so excited too when I agreed to this, spent over an hour dressing me up, trying to find the perfect outfit." She explained, leaning back in her chair and gesturing to the deep red blouse and beige cardigan she was currently wearing for emphasis.

"Can't say she's got bad taste though." Yang complimented, which caused the other woman to smile.

"Thanks Yang. Glad to know practically being that girl's doll for almost two hours paid off."

Yang could not help but grin slightly. "Did she do your hair as well?"

"Oh did she ever." Coco answered, rolling her eyes as she did. "I think she went through like... six or seven different hairstyles before finally settling on this one." She was sure to unenthusiastically show off her hair as she spoke, which was partially pulled back into a low ponytail, while her bangs were done to resemble a longer version of what they used to look like when her hair was far shorter - minus the streak of caramel on the right side of course, which appeared to be long gone.

"She's like, one of the only people I actually like touching my hair." Yang informed. Her, Summer, Weiss... and Blake. She remembered when the latter used to practice hair-styling on her... Even now, she could not believe that she let her now-ex-friend do that.

"Yep, her and Velv for me." Coco added. "Anyone else that touches my hair gets a fist in their face."

"Some people would pay for the privilege." Yang noted.

Coco chuckled at the idea. "Wouldn't that be nice. Two minutes of hair-touching? That'll be twenty bucks."

"Then all we'd need is a throne and some half naked slave to feed us grapes." Yang continued.

"A half-naked slave with huge tits." Coco corrected with a grin. "Details, Yang."

"Huge tits are overrated." Yang assured, rolling her eyes. "Seriously, these things are such a hassle..." She gestured at her larger-than-average chest before raising a finger. "Now a nice rear? I can get behind that, in several ways."

Coco brought a hand up to her chin in thought. "I dunno about that. A good ass is cool and all, but a nicely proportioned set of tits can fuckin' hypnotize me."

"Yeah, it's all well and good until you're the one who has 'em." Yang argued, continuing to drink her hot beverage.

"Sounds like you need a little more support." Coco smirked.

Yang chuckled a bit. "Man I can't afford those fancy ass super bra's, Coco."

Coco then shrugged. "Could always just pay someone to hold them for you."

"Could probably pay 'em in sex." Yang added.

Coco immediately quirked a brow. "Damn, must be some good sex if you can use it as currency."

Taking a sip of her drink, Yang smiled, but it soon faded. "I've learned I can do one thing well, but even then it's usually not enough."

Coco let out a small huff. "Yeah... I know that feeling pretty well too."

Staring down at her coffee for a moment, Yang sighed. "I caught my ex riding a giant on her couch." And I can't believe I just said that.

Coco blinked in response, seemingly at a loss for words. "Shit, really?" To which the other woman nodded. "Ah, fuck, that... that really sucks Yang. Sorry you had to deal with a bitch like that."

Yang managed a sad smile at her date, but was unable to look her in the eyes for very long. "Honestly, the worst part was afterward, when I realized how stupid I was, all the signs... I wanted it to be more than it was, but it wasn't, and I couldn't accept that."

"Well... at least it's over now, you know?" Coco offered. "At least now she's not stringing you alone anymore."

After a moment, Yang nodded slightly. "Yeah... yeah... It just sucks, you get left with that hurt, and everyone else seems fine with their lives."

"Trust me, I understand that." Coco quickly assured. "When... When Velv died, everyone was there for me, and it made dealing with the fact that she was gone a little easier... But eventually they all started to move on, you know, get on with their lives and stuff, and I was left alone, having to go home everyday to an empty apartment..."

Even though she honestly had no idea what the other woman had to go through, Yang also understood the feeling of suddenly having an apartment all to herself. "Reminds me of when Ruby moved out, all this space, nothing to fill it."

Coco nodded in agreement as she took another sip. "Makes you hate living alone sometimes, huh?" Then she managed a slight smirk, though the blonde was unsure at what. "Also, that's what she said."

Yang had to resist the urge to burst out laughing in the middle of the café. It had been quite a while since she had heard someone make that joke - So she decided to play along. "I've got so much space, fill me with everything you got."

Coco raised a brow at the Yang's response. "Oh yeah? That kinda sounds like an offer."

"I've got a perfectly good kitchen I can fill with food." Yang added with a grin.

With a smile on her face, Coco brought her mug up to her lips to take a slow sip, seemingly in consideration. "That depends, how good of a cook are you compared to Little Red?"

"Pyrrha's never been able to make a burger like I can." Yang confidently answered.

"I'm sure that woman could make anything if she tried. But how good are your burgers?" Coco wondered, actually appearing to be fairly interested in the answer.

"They won a fifty lien gift card from a cook-off once." Yang once again confidently answered.

Coco's eyes widened at the blonde's response as she placed down her cup. "Damn girl, why are we here when you could be making us burgers?"

Yang just rolled her eyes. "'Cause Rubes and Pyr want to pen us up in public so we don't start dancing on tables drunk."

Taking a brief look over at the married couple in question, Coco sighed as she turned back to her date. "Couple 'a buzzkills those two."

Turning her head a bit to discretely peek at her sister and sister-in-law, Yang grinned slightly, watching as the two raised from the seats, one of them heading towards the front of the café, the other to the bathroom. "Come on, while they're not watchin', let's bounce before they can chase us."

Coco immediately smiled at the offer. "Sounds like my kinda plan."

As the two quickly finished their respective drinks and Yang began to put on her motorcycle jacket, Yang chuckled. "We'll be a power couple yet, Adel."

"Damn straight." Coco agreed, joining the blonde in discretely pushing in her own chair. "Even though straight describes neither of us."

"Like a fucking crazy straw." Yang added, picking up her helmet from its place underneath her chair.

Coco paused for a moment. "Speaking of... you got any of those at your place?" She inquired. "I would love to use of those things again, it's been years."

Yang blinked in response, almost unable to believe what she just heard. "Dude, we're gonna get along."

Coco just grinned. "You're just figuring that out now?"

Yang let out another chuckle. "Hey, I gotta take things a little slow, girl's gotta be sure."

"Fair point, don't wanna rush into anything." Coco acknowledged as the pair practically snuck out of the small café and began walking through the parking lot.

Honestly, as nervous and somewhat doubtful as Yang was of this date, she was having a great time, and could not wait to get back to her apartment so the pair could enjoy a couple of well-made burgers. Wait, I do have hamburger meat in the freezer, right? Actually, it did not matter. If Yang did not have any, she was sure as hell going out to buy some. After all, she had screwed up enough dates in the past, so she was going to make sure that did not happen on this one.

"Honestly, burgers are kinda better than sex." Coco mentioned, pulling the blonde from her thoughts.

"I mean, as long as they're well-made." Yang agreed. "But yeah, less cleanup, and they taste better."

"Low expectations." Coco commented.

"And cheap." Yang added as the two arrived at Bumblebee.

Coco then took a moment to admire the yellow, orange and black motorcycle in front of them. "Damn, sweet ride."

As Yang walked around the bike, she smiled. "Thanks, I call her Bumblebee." She explained, opening up the seat compartment, only to find it empty. There was supposed to be a black helmet in there... "Ah shit, I think I forgot the extra helmet at home. Uh, you okay with using mine?" Yang wondered, holding up her helmet for the other woman to see.

Looking at the flame-decaled helmet for a moment, Coco shifted her gaze back up to the blonde and shrugged. "Sure, but if I get lice I'm gonna shave your head."

Yang let out a chuckle at the threat. "If I give you lice, I'll help." She promised, handing over her helmet to the brunette, who put it on as she mounted the motorcycle.

"It smells like oranges in here." Coco observed, buckling up the helmet.

Yang chucked again as she felt Coco carefully mount the motorcycle behind her. "Considering I'm the only one who uses it and my shampoo is orange-scented, I'd be surprised if it didn't." Once the other woman was settled in the passenger seat, she turned her head to face her. "Alright, hold on tight, just not onto my tits. I've had tons of guys and gals accidentally do that before."

"Those things are too big to accidentally grab." Coco laughed.

"Yet somehow it keeps happening!" Yang burst, pulling out a key from her pocket and inserting it into the ignition.

From underneath the helmet, Coco rolled her eyes as she shook her head. "Some people just can't keep themselves from gettin' a little handsy."

Yang then chuckled once more as she turned on the bike and pulled out of the parking spot. "I mean, they're great fun I know, but come on, time and place ya'know?"

Though before the blonde could start up the motorcycle's engine, she felt Coco's arms snake around her chest, linking around her solar plexus, snugly beneath her breasts. "Don't worry, I'll hold these softly." She purred, lightly nudging the mounds from below. It caused Yang's eyes to immediately widen, a blush beginning to tint her cheeks as she looked down at the two arms pushing up on her breasts. After a moment of silence, Coco snickered from behind her. "Kidding." She assured, loosening her arms a bit and lowering them to be over the other woman's stomach. "Damn, you got some hard abs, girl."

Yang huffed a laugh, shaking her head. "You're such a bitch."

Coco's laugh was quickly lost in the engine's roar, as Yang pulled Bumblebee out of the parking lot and sped down the road.


And there it is! Hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you think!

Anywho, announcement time!

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To make a long-ish story short, last year, Terminal and I discussed the possibility of writing a Christmas-themed one-shot, but never did. A couple weeks ago I revisited the idea, we talked some more, made some major changes, and now we're gonna actually write it!

So, OLC will be going on a short break until sometime around the end of the year (aka whenever this one-shot is finished).

To give a little synopsis, the story is called Out of the Bag, focusing around a Solstice dinner party, but as the name suggests, not all will be sunshine and rainbows. I'm hoping we can get it out in the next couple weeks, but it's gonna be a long one, soooo most likely closer to 3 weeks.

Anyways, thank you so much for reading, and as always, your feedback fuels us!