Warmth.

Blake purred, her senses coming to as she slowly began waking up. Touch was the first, the sensation of warmth filling her entire body. It was like she had fallen asleep curled up against a heater.

Her eyes opened, blinking several times as the only thing she was able to see was an ocean of yellow in front of her face. It took a few moments before the memories came flooding back.

Yang.

She was curled up in Yang's tiny twin bed, with her girlfriend resting with her head on her chest. The sea of yellow moved slightly, and Blake had a moment of panic after thinking she had awoken Yang with her purring. Before she could really stop herself, she realized that Yang was nuzzling closer to the rumbling in her chest.

Blake let out a sigh of relief as she let the purring continue. She wrapped her arms around Yang, pulling her close. She took in a deep breath, letting herself take in a huge whiff of Yang's strawberry scented shampoo. Her eyes closed again, allowing herself to relax into the warmth and embrace of Yang...

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Blake's eyes shot open as soon as they had closed. Yang groaned, her eyes opening as she rolled over, reaching for her scroll.

"Careful!" Blake exclaimed, keeping her grip firm on Yang as she tried to stop her from tumbling off of the tiny bed.

The key word there being tried.

CRASH!

For the second time in less than twelve hours, Blake found herself on the ground, tangled up with Yang.

"Ow," Yang groaned, looking up at Blake. "Sorry?"

Blake smiled and let out a little laugh. "You really gotta be more careful."

"Yeah, well, I'm not exactly used to waking up all cuddled up with a beautiful girl."

"Yang!" Ruby burst into the room. "Is everything - oh Oum Yang, not again."

Qrow appeared in the doorway behind Ruby, who was now shaking her head at the sight of her sister and her sister's girlfriend tangled up in blankets on the floor next to bed.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

"At least shut that damn alarm off," Qrow grumbled, sulking back towards the living room.

Yang and Blake exchanged glances before both bursting into a fit of giggles. They didn't even bother trying to untangle from the blankets and each other. Blake buried her head in Yang's shoulder, unable to control her laughter.

Ruby stepped over the two of them, grumbling as she turned off the alarm on Yang's scroll herself. She opened her mouth to say something else before she left, but ended up deciding against it, opting to shake her head again before leaving.

Once the two on the floor stopped laughing, Yang finally spoke again. "Sorry for waking you up so early. I've got work soon."

"How early is it, exactly?" Blake asked.

"About six," Yang replied, finally untangling herself and helping Blake off the ground. "I've got work in about an hour."

"Where?"

"Scholar's."

"Hmm," Blake hummed, stretching her arms above her head. "Maybe I'll make a coffee run today."

"That's a wonderful idea." Yang walked over to her closet, pulling out her uniform and tucking her apron into her backpack. "Sorry you have to leave so early."

"Yang," Blake said, walking up to Yang and grabbing her hands, "you don't have anything to apologize for. It's okay. I knew you had work early when I decided to stay here last night."

"Are you sure?"

Blake pulled Yang in closer, only an inch away from her face, before saying, "Yes. I'm sure." Before Yang could get any response, Blake leaned in, closing the gap between them.

Yang's face lit up bright red when Blake's lips touched hers. She was intoxicating, a drug even too powerful for the working machine that was Yang Xiao Long. The kiss, this moment, she never wanted any of it to end.

But even the most intoxicated people still need air to breathe, as Yang's lungs unfortunately reminded her. When she pulled away, she cupped Blake's cheek in her right hand. Lilac eyes stared into amber for several more moments before Blake finally spoke.

"Go get ready for work."

Yang's smile faltered into a frown. "But why would I want to do that when I have the most beautiful girl in the world right here?"

"Because you have to go put in your two weeks notice today," Blake reminded her, placing her hand on top of Yang's, gripping the metal fingers gently. "You'll get all the more time with me when you only have one job."

"Stop being right all the time," Yang muttered with a small smile.

"Go finish getting ready, and I'll wait to leave until you do, okay?"

"Are you going home first?"

Blake nodded in response. "I'll need to pick up my laptop and stuff so I can get some work done. Plus, it's been… a really long time since I stayed at anyone's house overnight, and so my mom's probably all worried."

"Really? Even at 22?"

"The last time I slept over anyone's house, I was 8," Blake admitted sheepishly.

"Well," Yang said with a wide smile, "I'm honored then."

"Go get ready, dork." Blake pulled Yang's hand down from her cheek.

"But I don't want this moment to end…" Yang whispered, looking down at the ground.

Blake pushed Yang's chin up gently, looking her in the eyes. "We get to have a million more moments just like this. Just be patient."

Yang gave a small smirk. "That was never a strong suit of mine."

"Well, I'm going to make it one." Blake dropped her hand, walking towards the bed again, where Yang had laid out her uniform. She picked up the shirt and tossed it at Yang, followed by the pants. "Now go."

"Fineee," Yang groaned, catching the clothes in the air. "But I'm stealing another kiss before I leave."

"Better hurry then," Blake said, leaning against the wall. "If it'll make you late, you'll just have to wait until next time for another kiss."

At those words, Yang booked it into the bathroom, leaving a smiling Blake in her wake.

A smiling Blake who knew exactly how to poke Yang's buttons.

It was barely 6:45 when Blake arrived back at her apartment. She entered the house quietly, not trying to wake up her parents this early. She was still somewhat tired, having had a rather strange night when it came to sleep, but she had only been up for an hour earlier than she normally did, and knew all too well that a nap would cause far more harm than good. Instead, she decided she'd surprise her parents with breakfast, something they often did for her, but rarely the other way around. It would be a while before Yang went on break regardless, so it was probably best to spend some time at home before darting back out again.

She washed her hands, immediately getting to work. She stared at the inside of the fridge for several minutes before making her choice: omelettes.

For most people, this would not be something that they would make a surprise breakfast for anybody, since most people liked their omelettes custom-made. When it came to Blake and her parents, however, they had omelettes so often that not only did Blake have everyone's omelette orders memorized by heart, but they also kept some spare ingredients in the fridge specifically for omelettes.

Kali was a fan of a classic Mediterranean omelette, filled with onions, garlic, spinach, and a bit of shredded swiss cheese. Ghira was a Denver omelette kind of guy, loving the combination of ham, bacon, onions, and red and green peppers. Blake, on the other hand, loved Alaskan omelettes, but knew she didn't have nearly enough time to cook salmon before her parents were up. Instead, she would go for a mixture between the two, deciding it would be best to just use the ingredients she had pulled out for her parents' omelettes for hers as well.

The last item she pulled from the fridge was a carton of eggs. Their habits of eating omelettes multiple times a week led to them always having a surplus of eggs, much to Blake's relief. She'd always dreamed that one day, she'd live in a house instead of an apartment, and have a chicken to lay eggs for her.

As soon as Blake began cooking, her mind was filled with fantasies about her house. The quaint little house with plenty of room for all of the cats she could, a backyard for her chicken and a small garden, the study filled with bookshelves of all of her favorite novels, the usual daydreams. This time, however, she wasn't alone in the house.

This time, her little dream house had a certain blonde there with her.

"I thought I smelled something delightful," Kali said as she entered the kitchen.

"Good morning," Blake replied, pushing the last of the omelettes onto a plate. "You're just in time. Is Dad awake yet?"

"Yes, he'll be out here soon."

Blake nodded, putting the pan in the sink. "The omelettes are all done and ready."

"What'd you make?" Kali asked, peering over Blake's shoulder at the plates.

"Denver for Dad, Mediterranean for you, and a mix of the two for me," Blake explained, picking up two of the plates and moving them to the table.

"Delicious! They look incredible," Kali said, picking up the third plate and helping Blake get the silverware and finish setting the table.

"Are those omelettes I smell?"

Blake looked up from the table to see her father entering the room, sniffing the air. His eyes landed on the plates on the table, a smile forming on his lips.

"Yes, yes it is." Blake returned to the kitchen, grabbing three glasses and a jug of orange juice from the fridge. She placed the final items on the table before sitting down.

"Everything go okay last night?" Kali asked, cutting into her omelette.

Blake nodded. "I went over to watch a movie and we ended up falling asleep on the couch. We didn't wake up until her sister and uncle got home past midnight, so I just decided to stay over instead of driving home that late when I was already half asleep."

"Everything going okay with her family?" Ghira asked.

"Yeah! Things are going great, actually. Her uncle got offered a job at a boarding school just outside of Vale."

Kali's mouth dropped open. "Wow, really? Teaching?"

"Yeah, language I think. I don't know which one though. Yang once told me he speaks like, six different languages fluently. I don't know what else he would be qualified to teach, but then again, he's a bit of a walking mystery when it comes to his last job."

"That's impressive." Ghira picked up another piece of his omelette with his fork. "Did he say when he starts?"

"Monday," Blake answered. "They're probably going to go apartment hunting next weekend."

"They might be able to get in a new place before Christmas, at that rate," Kali commented.

Blake nodded again, finishing her current bite of her omelette and swallowing before saying, "That'll be good for all of them."

A few hours after breakfast, Blake found herself walking into Scholar's Coffee Shop. Her eyes darted around counter area quickly, searching for the familiar mane of blonde hair.

Blake's mouth twitched into a smile when her eyes finally landed on Yang, looking exhausted while she made drinks. She stepped up to the counter, placing her order with the cashier, before purposefully walking past Yang.

Lilac eyes lit up when Blake passed in front of her, a smile forming on her face.

"Did you get the usual?" Yang asked over the counter.

Blake responded with a nod and a smile before going to her usual table to wait for her name to be called. She spent the time scrolling through the news on her scroll, mindlessly reading headlines, and looking up occasionally to catch glimpses of Yang working.

"Blake!"

Her eyes shot up at the sound of her name being called. She stood up, approaching the counter, where Yang was smiling with Blake's drink in her hand.

"I go on break in 20," Yang told her as she handed over her latte.

Blake smiled back at her. "Great, I'll see you then!"

The moment she got back to her seat, she pulled the top off her latte. It had seemingly become tradition every time she came to Scholar's to find a cute cat on the top of her latte in latte art. Today's cat had hearts for eyes, bringing a huge smile to Blake's face.

She snapped a picture of the cat on her scroll before looking back up towards the counter to see a smiling Yang looking back at her.

If she didn't know any better, Blake would have thought that Yang was making the same exact heart eyes back at her.

AN: I'll be honest, I'm not super happy with this chapter. I might go back to this and rewrite this one once I've finished the story, or I may just leave it as is. Who knows. I definitely wanted to put it up today though, instead of not uploading for two days in a row, and I needed the rest of tonight to do some studying instead of just writing and rewriting the same chapter over and over. Three chapters left, folks!

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