It really was like a giant sleepover. Or a slumber party as Ruby would insist. She wasn't a child after all. Ruby had only been to one sleepover as a kid. It was enough for her to decide never again. Nothing was particularly wrong with it, she assumed. Herself, Yang and Yang's friends all crashed in the living room after an evening of drinking soda, sending snaps to kids in their class, watching the parents get shit-faced, karaoke, jeering the people on the mic, being jeered at, eating pizza, playing games on their scrolls, and in Ruby's case hiding in a corner hoping to avoid all of that. It just wasn't her scene.

Neither was this. It only got worse when two blondes started making their way toward her. It got worse than that when her sister was wearing a rabbit onesie, and Jaune with her sister's PJs that she had seen before. Surprisingly, neither looked happy.

"Hey Ruby. Been a fat minute hasn't it?"

"Sure… uh, care to explain?"

"We lost a bet" Jaune said.

"Okay… gonna need a little more context than that… right now it seems more like-"

"Yeah okay. Whatever your dirty mind is cooking up is completely wrong" Yang interrupted Ruby.

"There was this girl. She has orange hair-"

"Jaune, that makes her a redhead"

"Sorry. Her name is Nora. Avoid her at all costs. She overheard me and Yang talking about how much Yang can bench, and challenged her to an arm wrestle"

"...okay..?"

"Some pre-match smack talk, a few bets, and a Yang-shaped hole in the wall later and we were forced to wear each other's PJs. She got the better end of the deal"

"Jaune, no. My clothes are at least reasonable. I can feel my Charisma dropping every second I wear this"

"But I thought you guys were like tha-"

"No!" Yang pulled her sister closer and whispered, "He's a weapons nut Ruby. He was the single luckiest guy in the world for the hour and a half he was prince fuck-boy to me"

"He also has surprisingly good hearing from listening to music at a volume that doesn't melt brain cells. And my offer still stands."

"No, I am not letting you tear apart my gauntlets so you can 'improve them' when all it's going to do is make them as oily as Ruby's keyboard after she eats Cheetos"

Her cheeks flushed.

"That reminds me, Ruby, have you made any new friends yet?"

"How does that remind you of me getting friends? How?"

"You're dodging the question Ruby, answer it"

"I… guess?"

"Well here. Ruby, this is Jaune Arc, Jaune, this is Ruby Rose, my sister."

"Hello!"

"hi…"

A silence enveloped the area. Tumbleweeds passed by. If one listened hard enough, they could hear Ruby silently pleading to escape to… well… where do I go? Where would I go? Why am I going? What's happening again…? Oh right. Awkward silence. How was I supposed to break this again? I remember Qrow told me once…

"...hello, Remnant to Ruby. You do know you're the only one who's uncomfortable with the silence?"

Ruby turned a light shade of pink. Then a dark shade. Then a deep, tomato red that Ruby's cloak would be envious of. Pretty soon she was the same color purple as… an eggplant. Why is that the first thing to come to mind? Why not a grape, or a blueberry smear, or Goodwitch's cape or anything else. Why dic- eggplants. Yeah eggplants. No! Not eggplants. Or peaches… Gah!

"Ehheheh… you know how it is… I hope…"

Blond A and Blond B looked at each other.

"Nah, not really. You need some sleep Ruby, we'll leave you to it"

Yang and Jaune turned to leave. But, something stopped Yang.

"And Ruby, if you see that girl I shoved you into, can you apologize to her? I guess it didn't work out between you two all too well"

"Who you mean, Weiss?"

"Yes. Wait, did someone call my name?"

Everyone turned to face the black haired girl.

"Oh, well this is awkward"

Ruby spoke up, "Now you know how I feel! Don't ever force that onto me again, Yang!"

"As you force it onto me, Pipsqueak"

"Stop calling me short Weiss! I am perfectly fine with my height, and I don't need you reminding me that you wear heels to sleep, and will at any given moment have six inches on me!"

A new voice interrupted her thoughts

"You do know you'd be as tall as her if she didn't wear six inch heels right?"

Ruby faced the girl whom they somehow missed right next to them. She was immersed in a book.

"Shut it, Blake!"

Blake had no response to that. Instead she turned back to her book, which somehow wasn't burned. And still had a tag on it from whatever bookstore she got it from. How she got there and back is beyond Ruby.

"Whatever. Hey lady-killer," Jaune, somehow knowing it was him, also faced Blake, "you already got blondie over here wrapped around your little finger. Why don't you go find a nice, quiet closet somewhere and change back into your own clothes m'kay? Preferably far away from people trying to read"

Yang was glowering.

"Well we had a nice closet before miss Nora interrupted u-"

"Huh, huh, did someone call me?!"

The blondes sighed. Everyone else looked mildly confused and also slightly anxious at the thought of someone capable of sending Yang through a wall.

"No Nora, we were just discussing who not to mess with while we're here"

"Ohhhhhh. Cool, cool. Make sure you add Renny to that list, cool?"

"Nora!"

Nora's cheeks turned pink. She turned and faced the alleged 'Renny'

"Be polite, introduce yourself, and don't sprint across the hall like that again. I think you broke some kid's collar bone"

Sure enough, there was a trail of bodies on the ground leading straight from the group to a plate with a large pile of pancakes. It could more aptly be considered a small mountain, capable of being snowboarded down during winter. The right side had a decent chunk eaten out of it.

"Oh, shit. Gotta go!"

And she sprinted over to the injured kid. She stepped on Jaune's foot. It glowed and swelled like a cartoon. Ruby considered this for a moment. Maybe I am in a cartoon… like all of this is just a show and that's why things conveniently happen like Yang meeting Jaune, or me getting shoved into Schnee princess, or them somehow becoming friends. Is my life a joke, entertainment for another higher being simply watching for the hell of it while they should be doing their chem homework? Guess I understand how TV show characters feel now. It could be worse. Wait, if it's a TV show, then these thoughts are on script… and the viewer can hear my thoughts. Or maybe… I'm the director?! Let's test it. Jaune… uh… talk to Weiss about...tuh. ah! Dust infused oils. Yeah. It should be on script right?

"Ow… damn. My foot hurts. Good thing I got this ice-dust oil, right Weiss?"

"I literally do not even know you"

So far so good. Mhmm mhmm… how about… how about… Blake! Get a nosebleed from your book! And then Yang will steal it, and get a really big nosebleed. Yeah! Then Blake will complain about like, the return policy on it.

Blake turned a very bright red. Her nose started bleeding as she flips through the pages of her book.

"Sooooo…. Blake was it. Ah.. watcha… watcha reading there partner?"

Blake couldn't be bothered to notice.

"Ahhh… I see. Well why don't I just take a look… and mine!"

She snatched the book, almost. Blake's grip lasted about half a second; long enough for Yang to tug again and slam the book right into her nose as Blake's grip failed. Blood got all over the book.

"Oh God.. who even are you? Yang right? Well I got this book today and I'd like a new one considering the one you just stole is dyed red. I can't exactly return this"

Woah… can I like… control the universe. Let's try this. I… have, uh, no wait. Someone will ask me out on a date! Yes, finally! I don't have to talk to anyone and I can finally understand all those relationship memes-

"Ah shit. Ruby, tomorrow after initiation wanna go down to Vale and grab a new copy of whatever this is?"

No! Not you Yang! Uh, someone offer to take her place!

"I need to head down to Vale to get my next shipment of oils. I can tell Ruby doesn't look so keen on going"

Oh thank God. Uh, specificism. Uhhhhh. I want the perfect partner!

Nothing happened.

Uh… give me a perfect, black haired, sword wielding side chick, no wait, side kick. I can't have a side chick without a main- wait. What!? No wait, no. No side chicks. Only side kicks. Where was I. Right. Sword wielding side chick with long legs and a cute bu- Stop! Damnit brain. Ugh fine. I want a nice, easy time, rest and relaxation, and no more speaking to me by any present. I need a good night's sleep after all.

Everyone standing suddenly had things to attend to. Except Blake, who now had nothing to read. So, Ruby sat on the wall next Blake, and closed her eyes.

Now, sleep!

Blake was very confused how the girl, Ruby, had knocked herself out. Or she was a fantastic actress. She sat down, closed her eyes, then went slump— onto Blake. Not that she minded all too much. She was going to sleep and Ruby's hair made a nice pillow. But it was disturbing, like Ruby could control space time and force herself to sleep. Plus she couldn't move the girl regardless of how she pushed. Guess I'm stuck for the night…

A/N Don't worry. I'm not making Ruby a god. Yet. We're just going to accept this fic will have less consistency than Family Guy, and she is going to forget by morning. I don't think mind over reality Ruby will be returning any time soon.

So to answer the unasked questions. No, I didn't get the PS5. Big surprise. I did get a whole lotta shit added to my itinerary though, so now writing is something I do after spending all of what used to be my downtime working. That's why the update is late.

Secondly, the other fic I'm working on in the shadows, and actually planning out beyond just writing whatever I feel like, is coming along nicely. The biggest issue is keeping tone consistent when it's so easy to stick a few one liners in there for a few laughs. It's supposed to be rather angsty and dark, but I can't help being the whole fucking circus. Too bad none of it's funny. Oh well.

Lastly, have a wonderful winter season. Just about everyone celebrates some kind of holiday, whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, some other religious holiday, or just winter holidays, I hope you enjoy the last leg of 2020. Cheers to the end!