Throughout that day, whatever eye contact made between the members of team RWBY was unintentional. None of them sat together at lunch, leaving Ruby alone with Team JNPR and Jean Kirshtein.
"So, the other girls are off studying I assume?" Pyrrha asked to start a conversation with Ruby.
"I don't know. They've been acting weird since this morning. I mean we've all been acting weird but we were weird together, but I don't know why we're so distant now," Ruby slumped over on the table.
She felt a pancake on her face, "Here. A pancake will make you feel better," Ren had taken a pancake off Jean's plate, knowing that taking a pancake off of Nora's plate would result in broken legs.
"Thanks, Ren," Ruby ate the pancake and hugged him from the side.
"How come you never let me have any pancakes?!" Jean demanded, the pink-haired lad annoyed by his lack of breakfast food.
"Because you never help make them,"
While they argued over pancakes, Pyrrha scooted closer to Ruby, "Do you know why your team is so distant now?"
Ruby shook her head no, "I don't know why they're acting like this. And it's not like they're mad at me, it's like they're mad at each other. And me."
"Women. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em," Nora joked.
"Nora! Now's not the time for jokes!" Jean scolded her.
"Yeah. Might want to change it to, Jean, can't live with 'em, can live without 'em," Ren snarked.
While everyone at the table laughed including Ruby, Jaune sat at the table's corner confused by the situation.
"Why do we have him here?"
Weiss and Blake touched the doorknob together, brushing their hands together. Blake withdrew her hand first and avoided looking at the heiress.
"Blake, what are you doing here?" Weiss asked casually.
"I live here," Blake answered curtly and opened the door, "And I'm going to take a shower and go to bed.
Opening the door to RWBY's dorm allowed Blake and Weiss to see Yang in a towel standing before both of them, "So. Some day, am I right?"
Weiss saw other students walking in their direction, "Let's forget about everything for one second and close the door before someone see's!"
She shoved the brawler and Faunus into their dorm and slammed the door behind her. She took a calm breath in a day filled with uncertainty, there was at least the victory in avoiding embarrassment from her peers.
"Uh, Weiss. Can you hand me back my towel?" Weiss saw Yang's dripping arm and handed the towel to her nude teammate.
"Thanks, Weiss. I hope you got a good look, Blake," she winked at her partner.
"Yang, now's not the time with-
"Do you think I not know about what's going on between us?" Yang exhaled, "I was just trying to make things casual between us. I know that we all love each other, so even if it was a for just a little bit, I thought it would be nice to be like we were before."
Weiss and Blake stood silently, distant from each other, and avoiding eye contact with each other and Yang, "Yang, I know what you're trying to do. But the feelings we have for each other. I don't know if it will be the same between us."
Blake moved to the bathroom door, "If we're going to discuss this, we should wait for Ruby. She needs to be here for what we decide."
Weiss nodded her head, "That's a good idea."
She watched her crush close the door, and took a deep breath to calm herself.
"So... how was your day?" Yang asked.
Weiss looked at her other crush, "Yang. Your towel fell."
Hot water sprayed on the Faunus' head, drenching her in water.
"What am I doing?" she thought to herself, "Why do I love them all at once?"
Blake squeezed shampoo out of a bottle into her hands, "Ruby. She's nice, pretty, and innocent. She's childish, but, I like that about her," she smiled to herself, "She came after me first, didn't she?"
She dunked her head under the showerhead, washing the soap out of her hair and moved to washing her cat ears, "Weiss. She's abrasive, rude, bossy, graceful, intelligent, and beautiful," Blake stopped scratching her ears, "She hates the White Fang, but she, loves me. And I used to despise the Schnee Dust Company, but, I love her. Do I, love her because she forgives me, or because she chose to ignore that, I was White Fang?"
Blake used a rag to clean behind her ears, "Or do I love her for who she is, not what she does?"
She rubbed a bar of soap on the rag, covering it in suds, "Yang, brash, out-going, and beautiful. She reminds me so much of," she squeezed her arms, "Him. But in, the good way. She, is everything he wasn't. But better."
She bit her lips, "I love all three of you. But, I can't choose which one of you to love," the water washed the tear down her cheek, "I refuse to choose."
Yang laid on her bunk bed watching Weiss do her homework, "So, how did your day go?"
"Besides what's happening between us, it was rather uneventful," Weiss answered, "I have a question for you."
"Shoot,"
"Did you know about me and Blake?"
Yang shifted herself upright to face Weiss, "I heard from Jean that he saw you two talking and holding hand, "I figured that Ruby liked you and Blake, and I, you know. I put two and two together."
"Oh, I see. Wait which Jean are we talking about? Is it the-
The door to their dorm and their bathroom opened simultaneously, Ruby closed the door behind her and ran to the center of their dorm, "YANG! WEISS! We have an emergency and we need Blake for this! Where is she!?"
Weiss rubbed her temples, "Ruby, you have her towel."
Ruby noticed she was holding a towel and looked back at the bathroom, "Uh, Blake! Is this yours?"
"Yes. Could you give it back to me?" Blake held her arm out.
Ruby walked to Blake's arm, looking away to avoid seeing Blake and returned Blake's towel. She went back to her and Weiss' bunk and waited for Blake to dry herself and get dressed.
"So, now that we're all gathered here, I really wanted to know why we were so distant from each other today, and why it's so awkward right now?" Ruby asked her teammates.
Yang looked at Weiss and Blake for them to answer, "Well, Ruby, first thing is we need to know is, well, who do you like?"
"I like everyone, Yang,"
"No, Ruby. I mean, who do you love? Who you have a crush on?"
"Oh, right," Ruby fidgeted on Weiss' bed for a few moments, "This will sound weird, but I have a crush on Weiss, Blake, and even you Yang."
Blake, Yang, and Weiss released a collective sigh, "It's ok, sis. You're not the only one," Yang hugged her sister.
"Wait what do you mean, I'm not the only one?"
Weiss came to Ruby, "I like you, Ruby. But I also like Yang and Blake."
Blake kept her distance from the group, "I love you, Weiss, and Yang equally."
Yang held her sister even tighter, "And I love you, Blake, and Weiss. That's why we've been so distant from each other today."
Ruby stared at her team, "So, we all, like each other? As in, we love each other?"
Blake nodded, "And now, how are we going to continue as a team, like this?"
"I'm going to find Ozpin and ask him about putting us in other teams," Weiss walked to the door.
"Weiss, we can still be a team!" Ruby exclaimed.
"How? How can we still function as a team like this?"
Ruby's sight fell to the floor, but perked up at her friends, "Wait! I know how we can do this!" she pulled Weiss and Blake closer her and Yang, "Ok, we like each other, right?"
"Yes," Blake answered.
"Well can we pick someone and date them?"
Yang exchanged looks with Blake and Weiss, both shaking their heads no, "Sis, I know what you're thinking, and I would love to go out with Weiss, but I love you and Blake as much as I love her. It's not like flipping a coin. I can't do that."
The silence in the room didn't last long, "That's ok! That' not the only idea I have!" Ruby calmed herself and took a deep breath, "Hear me out on this, but what if, all four of us dated each other?"
She looked at her team for their reactions, expecting approval or disapproval. But neither showed up on their faces.
"So when you mean dating each other, do you mean we all go out together as one?" Blake questioned.
"Yeah, you, Weiss, Yang, and me will date and be girlfriends. I mean it's just an idea, but it's all I got,"
Weiss stood up straight, "That idea is childish, idiotic, and terrible. But," Weiss exhaled, "It's the best idea we have so far," Weiss smiled, "I'm with Ruby on this!"
Blake looked at her leader, "Ruby, do you think this will keep us together?"
"I do,"
"Then, I will go with this," Blake smiled.
Yang held her sister tight, "AWWW I GET TO GO OUT WITH MY LITTLE SISTER!"
Weiss chuckled, "I guess Yang is on board with us," the heiress smiled but then her rule-centric mind's gears started turning, "That reminds me, how is your father going to react to you two dating?!"
Yang released her grip on Ruby, "Who says he has to find out. And besides how is your dad going to react to going out with three girls at once?"
"Hmmph! Who says he has to find out?"
"So, what do we do now?" Blake asked.
Ruby freed herself of Yang's grip and hid underneath her covers, "Bed! Sleep!"
Ruby was restless, tossing and turning in her bed, "Are you guys awake?"
"Yes, Ruby," her team let out their collective sigh.
"Oh. Is it because of me tossing and turning?"
"Yes, Ruby. We can all hear you," Weiss answered.
"Sorry, I just can't sleep, it's like, there's something missing,"
"I think I know what's missing," a devious smile appeared on Yang's face as she got off her bed, "Blake, Ruby, Weiss, I declare tonight to be a snuggling night!"
"Can we please just go to sleep?" Blake asked.
Yang was busy grabbing Weiss and Ruby, "Sleep is for Port's class! Am I right?"
"Wait, Yang. What are you doing?" Blake asked as Yang dumped Ruby and Weiss onto Blake's bed.
"Hey, Blake. Guess this will be the second time I slept in your bed?" Ruby asked while on top of Blake.
"Don't start without me!" Yang joined her girlfriends and laid on the far left side of the bed.
Weiss laid between Yang and Blake, resting her head against Yang's shoulder, while Blake was on the right side of the bed with Ruby resting on her stomach.
"Well, I didn't expect my evening going like this," Blake admitted, "Are you comfortable, Ruby?"
Ruby was already sleeping, Weiss following her into slumber.
"I wasn't expecting today to go like this," Yang smiled while she hugged Weiss, "Sweet dreams, Blake."
Blake smiled and let the breathing of her girlfriends soothe her into sleep.
A/N This IS a Pollination Fic.