DVYL May Cry
The night before was exhausting for Blake, Yang and Dante to say the least. As they got to the airfield to take them back to Beacon, they luckily or unluckily met up with the rest of their teams. After they told them that everything was taken care of and they'd fill them in on the way back, they got back on the same Bullhead they showed up on. Everyone was glad that the trio had made it out of the fight mostly unharmed. Although, Ruby and Nora were still upset that they missed the fight. They were also excited to see his new weapon and Dante promised them that they'd figure it out tomorrow.
When they got back to Beacon, they tiredly made their way back to their dorms. They all bid good night to the others before they went into their respective rooms. In DVYL's room, Nora and Yang went into the bathroom to change while Dante and Ren did the same in the room itself. When the two guys were done, they laid down in their beds.
Shortly after that, the girls came out and Yang immediately went to Dante's bed and slipped in next to him. They held each other close, kissing tenderly before wishing the other a good night and Yang tucked her head into the crook of Dante's neck. Before he closed his eyes, he notice that Nora was looking at the two of them with a longing look before turning to look at Ren and sighing sadly. Dante smiled, and whispered, "Nora." The ginger turned to him with a raised eyebrow. "Just do it already."
Her eyes widened slightly and she blushed, "W-what are you talking about? I have no idea-"
"Nora." Dante spoke up seriously and she looked back to him. He gave her an understanding smile, "Do it before I tape the two of you together. Besides, I doubt Ren would mind and if he does, I'll cover for you." He said with a small wink.
She looked at him in shock before she smiled and nodded. She then skipped over to Ren's bed and slid under the covers to hug him from behind. She was shocked when he turned around in his sleep to return the hug. She blushed before she smiled and snuggled into him more. Dante just smiled at that before he followed their lead and closed his eyes to drift off to sleep.
Dante was the first to wake up in the morning, he could still feel his Spitfire holding onto him as tightly as when they fell asleep. He pulled back just enough so he could see her peaceful expression and the small smile on her lips. He smiled at her before he leant down and placed a gentle kiss to her forehead. She gave a quite groan and her eyes slowly blinked open. She then looked up to see if he was awake. He just grinned at her, "Good morning."
She grinned at him, "Good morning." She yawned before continuing, "We the last ones up again?"
He just smirked and rolled onto his back so she could look over him, "See for yourself."
She did just that and her eyes widened slightly when she saw their teammates in Ren's bed and cuddling similar to them. Her eyes softened and she had a small smile on her lips, "That's adorable."
Dante chuckled in response and she rested her cheek on the right side of his chest as she looked over at them for a bit longer. He gently rubbed her back absentmindedly as they just laid there. She eventually shifted so her chin was on his chest so she could look directly at him, "So, any idea on how that happened?"
He just gave her a half-smirk at her almost accusing tone. "I may have convinced Nora to finally go for it." He shrugged, "But come on, those two have had feelings for each other long before they met us. The fact that we got together before them is just wrong."
Yang just rolled her eyes playfully and moved he right arm to rest on his chest. She tilted her head to rest her cheek on her palm of the same arm as she looked at him, "True enough, but do you really think that you of all people, should be playing matchmaker?" she teased.
His smirk turned into a more genuine smile, "Well, I did somehow get the most gorgeous and amazing woman on Remnant to give me a shot. So, I have to be doing something right."
That earned him a smile from Yang. She then shifted so she was lying completely on top of him, with her legs on either side of him. "Well you got me there." She placed her hands on his shoulders and pulled herself further up her body so their noses gently brushed against one another. She looked into his eyes and spoke gently, "And it looks like I got you now."
The smile stayed on his face and grew just slightly wider, "You do. And I'm completely fine with that."
"Good." Was all she responded with as she kissed him. He returned it with every ounce of love he could. He cupped her cheeks with his hands and gently rub them with his thumbs. Yang hummed in happiness and the two pulled apart to breathe. They then came back together for several slow and gentle but no less loving kisses.
When they had their fill, Yang pulled away and reached for her scroll to check the time. "It's still pretty early. So, should we relax until the others are up or should we get a jump on today?" she asked seriously.
Dante raised an eyebrow and moved his hands from her cheeks to her lower back. He wrapped them around her and gently pulled her closer to him as an answer. Yang just giggled and set her scroll back down. She laid her cheek on his chest and snaked her arms around his upper back, pulling herself a bit closer to him. With the top of her head just below his chin, he leant down and left a kiss on the top of her head. Yang closed her eyes with a sigh and snuggled into his chest more.
The blonde couple laid like that for another half an hour before they heard movement from the other occupied bed. Dante looked over to see Ren slowly waking up. He had to stop himself from laughing as he saw his normally calm teammate look down in confusion before his eyes widened in shock at seeing Nora cuddling him. He then slowly looked around the room and his eyes met his leader's. Dante just smirked at him, "Morning, Ren."
Ren blinked a couple of times before answering, "Morning, Dante. Are we the only ones up so far?" He asked but Dante knew he meant, 'Has anyone else seen this?'
Dante looked down at Yang, who had the back of her head facing Ren, he saw a very familiar smirk stretch across her face. She then turned around and opened her eyes to look at him, although she kept it resting on her boyfriend's chest. "Nope. I'm awake too, Ren. Morning."
Ren just looked to Yang, "Good morning to you too." He just looked at the two and their smirks before he sighed and asked the question, "Do either of you know how this happened?"
Dante nodded, "Yup. Nora was kinda jealous that me and Yang get to cuddle. So, I told her that you probably wouldn't mind doing the same with her." His smirk shifted into a shit eating grin, "I mean, why would you? You're her partner after all and you two are together."
Yang shifted her head to look at Dante, "But not together-together, Dante. You should've remembered that." Yang chided him in a fake manner.
Dante played along and had a surprised look on his face, "Oh Oum, you're right, Spitfire. How could I forget such an important detail?"
Yang shook her head slowly in mock disappointment. "I have no idea,"
The two then slowly looked back to Ren still stuck in Nora's bear hug. And their smirks soon found their way back on their faces. He just looked at the two for a few seconds before he spoke up, "You two are evil." That just had the two chuckling and giggling. He ignored them and looked down at his partner. He started to slowly shake her, "Nora. Its time to get up."
The orange haired woman just shook her head with a groan before burying her face into his chest once again. "Too early. Sleep."
Ren was about to try again but at that moment, someone was knocking on their door. Ren looked at the blondes again but they quickly responded with, "Not it."
Before he could say anything, the knocking started again. He just looked from the couple to his partner before he sighed. He threw the blankets off himself and the blondes could now see that Nora had her legs wrapped around Ren as well as her arms. That earned a couple more snorts from them. Ren slowly started to slowly spin himself around so Nora was now snuggled into his back. He then sat up before standing and walking to the door. Nora looking like a baby sloth holding onto its mother as he made his short trek. He opened the door to reveal RNBW, fully dressed and slightly confused at the sight in front of them. "Good morning. Do you all need something?" He started the conversation.
Ruby was the first one to shake her surprise away, "Morning! Have you seen Big bro and Yang anywhere?"
"We're over here, Sis." Yang replied.
Ruby looked at Ren with a raised eyebrow in confusion but he just stepped aside enough for her to walk in. She did and saw her sister laying on top of Dante and both under the blankets. She had her chin resting on his chest as she looked over to Ruby. "What's up?" Yang asked. Not even trying to move from her position.
Ruby just tilted her head, "Why are you two like that?"
"He's comfy." Yang answered.
"She's warm." Dante added.
That was when the rest of RNBW peeked into the room. They all just raised their eyebrows at that. Weiss decided she should ask the important question, "You two are decent, right?"
Yang gained her smirk and answered, "If we lied and said yes, would that make you feel better?" That earned them blushes from all of RNBW. Weiss quickly covered Ruby's eyes from behind as the younger girl started to flail her arms around. That just got Yang to laugh, Dante to roll his eyes and Ren to facepalm and sigh. Meanwhile, Nora was still quietly snoring into Ren upper back/shoulders.
Dante finally decided to bring the madness to an end. "Calm down everyone. Yang was kidding. We have our clothes on, so chill." That got RNBW to calm down. Although, Blake had a tiny nose bleed and Ruby finally managed to get Weiss' hands off her eyes. Ruby turned to give her partner a very mild glare, which was more adorable than anything else. Yang's laughter finally digressed into giggles at that time. He laid his hand on her head and gently started to rub the top of her head, "Troublemaker."
She turned to look at him, "Oh, you love me and you know it." She said with a grin.
He just smiled, "Always." He then leant in to give her a chaste kiss which she happily returned. They separated and Dante turned back to Ruby, who had looked away from the kiss. Probably to give them some sort of privacy. "So, what did you need, Little Sis?"
She looked back and quickly gained an excited expression, "Oh, right! I was wondering if you were going to show us your new weapon!"
"Eryx?" Dante asked and the little reaper nodded like crazy. He shrugged slightly, "Sure. Let us all shower and get dressed and we'll meet you four in the cafeteria for breakfast."
"Breakfast!" Nora shouted and woke up instantly. Everyone turned to her and saw her slowly turn to look at Ren's face. She just stared as she realized that she was holding onto his back pretty tightly. And with how close their faces were, her whole face started to turn bright red and they were surprised no steam was coming off her head.
"Morning, Nora." Ren stated. Nora quickly jumped off his back and into the air with a scream. Right before she collapsed onto the ground. She quickly sat up and started to scoot away and into the wall, while babbling out denials.
Dante decided to have pity on the pink bomber. "As I was saying." Gaining everyone's attention besides Nora's. "We'll meet you there and after we eat, anyone who's interested can go to the Emerald Forest with me to see what they can do. Sound good to everyone?"
"Why the Forest?" Pyrrha sked. "Wouldn't the training rooms and training bots be good enough?"
Dante shook his head, "Honestly, I'd rather fight the Grimm. They would be more of a challenge, even if only marginally. Besides, killing Grimm would be more productive than just making scrap metal, no?"
Everyone had to agree with that and RNBW made their way out of DVYL's room. Nora then quickly ran to the bathroom to grab a shower. Or to get away from Ren for a bit. Probably both. While she did that, Ren slowly started to go through his morning tai chi stances. Dante was going to get up but one look at Yang told him that she didn't want to get up yet. She gave him a near pleading look and he just sighed and nodded. She beamed at him and laid her head back on his chest. Dante turned to Ren, "You can have the next shower, Ren. Looks like I'm not going anywhere yet."
Ten minutes or so later, Nora walked out of the bathroom in her combat gear and Ren went into the bathroom next. Nora was avoiding Ren's eyes either in shame or embarrassment. Nora walked over to her bed and sat down looking at the ground and the two blondes looked at her with sympathy. Dante waited until he heard the shower going before he spoke up, "So, how'd you sleep, Nora?"
Her head snapped up and she just stared at Dante in shock. She blushed before she looked back down again, "I slept fine." She said weakly.
He looked over at her and sighed, "Nora, when are you going to tell Ren about your feelings?"
He head snapped up again and she was blushing even more than before, "W-what are you t-talking about, Fearless Leader?" She chuckled weakly. "I don't have feelings for Ren, that'd be s-silly."
"You really think I believe that?" Dante asked. She looked at him to try and deny but the look in his eyes stopped her. "I've learned to read people, Nora. When anyone and everyone could be a Demon or could be aligned with them, you pick up on things very quickly. I could tell that you have feelings for Ren, way beyond normal friendship."
Nora just stared at Dante for a while, looking like she was going to argue. Before her eyes softened and she looked down with a small nod. Dante continued with that, "You can't keep lying to yourself. You need to tell him about your feelings because all your doing is just hurting yourself. And no one wants that."
Nora raised her head just enough for their eyes to meet. She looked so fragile at this moment and it made his heart feel heavy. "But what if he doesn't feel the same?" she asked in a meek voice.
Before he could respond, Yang took over. She sat up slightly and used one of her arms to support herself on Dante's chest. "Nora, do you really think Ren would abandon you if he didn't love you back?" Nora just looked down and Yang's eyes softened, "Nora, you and Ren have been together forever. He wouldn't just ditch you because he didn't have the same feelings. Ren is nothing if not loyal, he wouldn't do that, ever."
"Yang's right." Dante continued. "Ren does love you. Maybe as a sister or maybe as more, I can't say. But you two are just hurting yourselves by being quiet about this. Worst case is that you two don't have the same feelings. Yes, it'll hurt for a while and be awkward as all hell. But you'll eventually move past it and you'll still have the other. Best case, you two get together and can live happily ever after." He just grinned, "If you ask me, I think it's worth the chance."
Before she could respond, they all heard the shower turn off. The blonde couple turned to the door than back to their teammate. A few seconds later, she looked up with a small smile and a determined fire in her eyes. That brought a smile to their lips.
Ren came out a few minutes later in his usual attire. He walked over to his bed and Nora took a deep breath before getting up and walking over to him. He turned and look into her eyes. She just gave him a gentle smile and took his hand in her own. "Come on, Ren. Let's get breakfast." She starting to lead him to the door.
Ren just blinked, "What about Dante and Yang?"
Dante just waved them off, "We want some alone time. We'll meet up with you in a few." With that said, Nora pulled Ren out of the door and he closed it behind them. "So, how do you think that'll go?" Dante asked Yang.
She hummed as her crossed her arms over his chest and rested her chin on them to look at him better. "Pretty well. I mean everyone can tell those two love each other." She smiled at him, "That was nice of you though."
He shrugged as he put one arm behind his head, "I didn't do much."
"More than the rest of us did." She pointed out.
"I just got sick of them dancing around it. It was so annoying. Plus, if they get together, we can push our beds into two bigger ones. That'll give us so much space." Dante joked and that earned him a giggle from Yang. "Besides, I want my family to be happy."
Yang just smiled more at him, "Well, you're doing a great job of that." She leant up and gave him a chaste kiss. She pulled back and put her chin on her arms again. "I say we relax like this for a while then shower. We should be able to meet up with the others around nine. That'll give those two to get together and get breakfast."
Dante raised an eyebrow, "Yang, it's twenty to nine now. That's not enough time."
Her smile turned into her trademark smirk, "If we take separate showers." That caused him to freeze under her in shock. Her smirk became more teasing with his reaction. "What's wrong? Is the Demon Hunter worried he can't handle his Spitfire?"
He cleared his throat, "It's not that. It's just…Are you sure you're ready for that?"
She just shrugged, "Why not? I mean, we have seen each other naked before, so this is just a next step from that." She then unfolded one of her arms and took Dante's hand in her own. She intertwined their fingers and looked deeply into his eyes, "Besides, I trust you, Dante. I know you won't do anything I don't want. And, if we do anything, I know you'll stop if I ask."
Dante just looked into her eyes, making sure there was no shred of doubt in her decision. He found none. He took a deep breath, "Alright. If this is what you want then I don't see a reason to say no." She smiled a bit more before she got off him but kept a firm grip on his hand. She pulled him up from the bed and guided him to the bathroom.
Dante and Yang were walking down the halls; Yang had her arm around his and leant against him so her head rested on his shoulder. They both had satisfied smiles on their faces. As many would suspect, the shower didn't stay as just a shower. Because of how small the shower was, they needed assistance from the other to wash themselves completely. And both had been guilty of wandering hands during those times. Not that the other actually minded. That lead to tender kisses then to passionate making-out which went into much needed stress relief for both. They didn't take that last step but neither complained. They'd get to that in due time and for now, they were content with where they were.
The two eventually walked into the cafeteria. They grabbed their breakfast and walked over to their usual table. What was new though, was Nora leaning against Ren as she ate. Both with happy smiles on their faces. That earned smiles from the couple and they sat down next to them.
Before Dante could even get a sip from his coffee, he felt something slam into his side and being wrapped in a tight hug. He then felt a light kiss planted on his cheek. He looked from the corner of his eyes to see turquoise ones looking back at him. "Thank you." Nora said quietly before she let him go and walked back over to Ren. That just made him smile and he drank his coffee.
When he put his mug down, he saw RNBW smiling at him. Pyrrha was the one to speak though, "So, you're why these two finally got together."
He just grinned, "Maybe." He looked over to the new couple and the looks of gratitude they gave him, made him feel all warm inside. He then turned back to his sister team and that grin shifted into a smirk, "Maybe I should play matchmaker for you team next. I still think Ruby and Weiss would be an adorable couple."
His eyes flicked over to the two just in time to see Weiss choke on her coffee and Ruby to blush adorably. "Big Bro!" she whined.
He raised an eyebrow at her, "Oh right, she's your best friend. What about Pyrrha than?" He turned to Yang, "What do you think, Spitfire?"
Yang looked up and gently started to tap her finger against her chin, "Hmmm, I don't think Pyrrha would hurt Ruby. I mean, she is very nurturing and supportive so that would work out very well with the age difference."
That caused Pyrrha to blush as red as her hair and looked away. Ruby's blush deepened to be as red as her cloak, "Yang!" she whined again.
"I guess that is a 'no' too." Yang said, not even fazed by her sister. She looked back at Dante, "Blake?"
Dante tilted his head back and forth, weighing the pros and cons. "I don't see anything wrong with that. May take a while though. But that could be expedited with enough cookies and tuna. And as long as she doesn't have our sister grow up too fast, I'll have no problems with it."
At that point Blake was trying to hide her blush behind her book and Ruby's own blush went atomic. It was shocking the poor girl didn't pass out from it. "Will you two stop!?"
Both held their hands up in surrender. Dante was the one to speak up, "Okay, okay. We were just teasing you, Ruby."
Ruby crossed her arms and glared off to the side in a pout, "Well, it's not funny."
Dante and Yang exchanged looks, both feeling guilty. Dante raised an eyebrow and Yang nodded. He got up and walked around to Ruby. She didn't notice until her forehead was gently pressed against his chest. She felt his one arm wrap around her back and his other hand gently lay on the back of her head. It then started to slowly stroke the top and back of her head. She felt so safe and warm. Even loved. She then heard him speak, "I'm sorry for hurting you, Little Sis. That was never my intention. Can you forgive me?" He asked sincerely.
She stayed like that for a bit before her arms wrapped around him and looked up to him. She had a smile on her lips. "I could. If you get me some cookies."
Dante chuckled before he hugged her slightly tighter, "You got it." He then let her go and started to walk away to get her those cookies. Even if he was in the middle of a war, a war that effected the world of Remnant as a whole, he would not feel guilty for the peace and happiness he was enjoying. It was what he was fighting for. Who he was trying to protect. And he'd be damned if he failed again. His eyes started to glow with power with those thoughts. Before he blinked it away and shelved those thoughts for now. He's been fighting this war all his life. One day of rest wouldn't hurt.