Welp let's check out this crazy train.

Chapter 16:

Snoring loudly, Blake shook her head as she shot up and began to wince closing her eyes as she began just rub her head carefully. She couldn't help but feel nauseated as she took some deep breaths to just calm herself down.

Cracking an eye open, Blake reached towards her phone resting on the nightstand and smiled at the flashing light indicating she had a message. Making a mental note to check it after she checked the time.

Frowning a little at the seventeen thirty written in large numbers across her screen, Blake proceeded to groan as she fell against her mattress. She had no idea how she had slept through the day really. Especially given how she had to get several more pictures and now only had two more days to get them really.

Sighing as she remembered the message notification she had. Quickly swiping her finger across the screen as she could see a few messages from Ruby. She couldn't help but blush a little at the content of the messages but she also knew that it wasn't going to mean anything if she just simply didn't tell Ruby the dark truth.

'Damn it Ruby... why do you have to be so sweet.' Blake thought as she blushed further at a new message coming through of Neo sitting on Ruby's lap kissing her on the cheek. 'You even continue to go down the route of seducing woman for me to listen to... and Neo is such a screamer it is just making me not want to tell you.' Blake thought somewhat bitterly as she continued to scroll down to the most recent message of there being a new person she might be interested in.

Gulping a little, Blake quickly started to compose a new message. Quickly scanning the room to make sure that she was truly alone, she quickly hit send before she stood up and walked towards the door.

"I can totally get away with not telling her. I'll just let it boil up and fester inside... it is better than causing her more pain." Blake muttered as she began to walk towards the living room. She was just desperately hoping that she could just see her mother and hopefully talk to her without having her ears ringing and her wishing for deafness to be swift.

As she walked into the room, Blake just smiled at the warm feeling coming over her as she could see the fire, still small in the fireplace with her mother sitting in the chair next to it not even looking up as she continued to work on some new project of hers.

"Before you make me wish for deafness or death again I haven't told Ruby yet. I'm just up. I'm even starting to get a bit hangry because I didn't want to pick out splinters from my food." Blake said calmly as she could just hear a sigh coming from her mother. One that made Blake feel worse. It was the sigh that always meant one thing. It meant that she wasn't mad just disappointed.

Blake wasn't even sure why that was hurting her so much more than the chair her mother shattered against one of the walls resulting in a headache Blake could still feel the faint misting of in the back of her head from not enough time having passed for it to vanish entirely. But she could at least make sure her mother didn't have any reason to add to her first headache.

Hearing a small chime from her phone, Blake quickly looked down to see a new image that Ruby had sent of a woman with fiery red hair sitting on her lap. Just the sight was enough to make Blake wince as she could see a new message pop up that clearly wasn't Ruby.

R~ Ruby is being a naughty girl Blake. She is talking about doing gross things with me and my sister. Can I spank her?

Blushing lightly Blake locked her phone and looked towards her mother who had continued to work on the knitting. "I know Mom... but Ruby is with a number of... let's call them friends of ours at our place. It isn't the right time to tell her." Blake said trying to defend herself as well as not give her parents the wrong image of what is currently going on with Ruby.

"Then tomorrow she'll be hungover, then after that you'll be too busy making sure you get the images done then you'll be on a boat with possibly very questionable connections and then you'll be with her." Kali began softly as she looked up for the first time to stare at her daughter. "And then knowing you Kitten, you'd rather ignore it until you can't possibly do anything but acknowledge it. Which always leads to a lot more hurt."

As almost if on cue once Kali was done saying her piece the door opened with some of the staff walking in signalling that dinner was done. Placing her newest work down, Kali stood up and began to walk towards the door when Blake spoke up. "I don't want to hurt her more Mom. It is because I brought Ilia she is crippled. She is even now thinking about us... how in the hell am I meant to tell her I cheated on her without causing her pain?" Blake pleaded as she could hear an almost sad groan from the older Belladonna.

"I can't help you there Kitten. You should have thought about that before you might have slept with Ilia. What I will tell you, is we both know Ilia isn't all there and from what you've told me she is vindictive... so Ruby is going to find out one way or another. So ask yourself which way will hurt her less?" Kali said as she gestured for the guards to just continue on a bit. "You are a good person Blake... but there is nothing I can say or do that will make this better for you until she knows."

Walking out of the room, Blake frowned a little at the sound of her phone's distinct tone for a notification from Ruby.

R~ That was clearly Neo. Did you know she has an identical twin? She is a nurse. I met her last night. She is coming over later so I'll get a picture then. Fingers crossed I can get in a sandwich with them.

Laughing a little as Pyrrha still had a blush covering her features. "So you have a girlfriend? Why did you intentionally send such a provocative image to her?" Pyrrha asked as she got comfortable on the couch again as Neo was quick to fill Ruby's lap once more.

"Kitty is like super kinky." Neo said as she handed Ruby back her phone. "And I asked her for permission to spank you for being so gross." Neo continued as Ruby rolled her eyes and wrapped an arm around Neo's waist as she started to scroll through her messages.

"What Neo means is Blake actually gets turned on by me cheating on her and is fine with it as long as I record the audio. And I know it is racist but I swear cat Faunus' have something about wanting to hear things." Ruby said as she started to compose an explanation for Blake. "I don't typically like it because it does feel like cheating, but when you are in a committed relationship and your partner wants to try something in bed... or in my case someone else's bed, you try it. And I just continue to do it because Blake really likes it. Hell the picture of Neo probably caused her to start touching herself." As Ruby spoke she could see Pyrrha blushing darker as she just couldn't help but laugh a little at the fact that Pyrrha was reacting like that. "Don't worry. I'm joking. We've tried cameras before, but it just doesn't work for her. It needs to be the audio only. I'm telling you cat Faunus have something about their ears that is the quickest way to get them turned on."

As Ruby spoke the final part, she quickly pressed send before she leaned back just waiting for Blake to respond. Just the thought that this was enough to get Blake going was something that made Ruby just smile because she knew it was about time for supper in her family's house. Just the fact Ruby was able to tease her made her feel a little bit better about the situation she was in.

"So you'd rather sit here trying to make your girlfriend aroused than being with your sister? That seems strange." Pyrrha muttered as Ruby just scoffed lightly at her. The notion that the woman was trying to find something wrong with what Ruby was doing.

"Pyrrha, I'd rather get my spine crushed again than go to a hospital willingly. I mean I had to literally be forced there yesterday while I was actively bleeding. This just has the added benefit of making my girlfriend feel better while being stuck with her parents because it is a lot easier to get pictures of Menagerie and of Ghira Belladonna's presidential mansion if you have his daughter working for you... if only people knew he met his wife because he stabbed her with a harpoon." Ruby said as she could see Pyrrha looking at her quizzically. "Yeah, I had the same reaction when I heard that too. And then she showed me the scar and the exact harpoon it came from."

"Not why..." Pyrrha began before taking a deep breath. "What is with you and having super intimidatingly large men in your life? I've met Ghira Belladonna before from a fight I had on Menagerie." Pyrrha asked as Ruby just chuckled at her.

"What is with you being terrified of large Teddy Bears. Seriously I've never seen Ghira angry once. Hell neither has Blake. At least with my Dad I know of times he has been angry and wanted to start killing people." Ruby said as she could see Neo pale slightly causing Ruby to just roll her eyes and hold onto Neo. "Either way, this isn't getting my fridge stocked up with booze. So come on. We can talk about how two grown women who are terrified of grown men who are so close to artificial joints; I'm assuming in Ghira's case. That you breath on them wrong and they are going to break a hip or something." Ruby said as she reached down and began to grab the wheels giving them a short turn.

Before Ruby could even register it, Neo had climbed over her shoulders, landed and had started to push her. A smile on her face as Ruby just seemingly gave up fighting for that one thing and allowed Neo to do this one thing. Even if it got under her skin a little. It was just better than fighting about it at this moment. Neo would still try and fight it. Even if it just made her angry.

Somehow that had never been a deterrent for Neo. She just enjoyed pushing Ruby a bit too much. Sighing as she closed her eyes, Ruby just had to calm herself down as so she didn't snap at Neo from simply just making her life a little bit easier. Even if it was something as simple as her being pushed along.

"So what's the deal with your sister? Is she like twenty foot and could stare down a charging moose?" Pyrrha asked as Ruby grabbed a wheel stopping Neo as she just reached up into the basket to grab her keys.

"That is a weird system of measurement. Is that a Mistral thing?" Neo asked as Ruby just chuckled at the fact that Pyrrha thought a moose was scary. Making a mental note to tease her about it later, Ruby just turned towards the redhead as if begging for an explanation.

"They are responsible for like the largest portion of deaths caused by animals. And it isn't a Mistral thing... I heard it in Atlas a few times."

Laughing softly as Ruby glanced over her shoulder to see Pyrrha closing her front door. "I'm so going to tease Weiss and Winter if that is a real saying. But I'll wait until Yang is at least out of the hospital." Ruby chuckled softly as Neo just smiled at her before glancing towards Pyrrha.

Smiling faintly as she sat at the table, Blake couldn't help but feel some minor joy at how her Dad didn't seem nearly as angry at her lack of telling Ruby. Even if she knew the question was an ever burning one that was happening in the background of their meal.

She just hoped for a little that something did come up. The feeling of her parents constantly eyeing her with the same look they used to give her when they wanted her to come clean about something when she was a child. Like when they caught her standing in the fish tank.

It was getting to the point that Blake didn't even care if there was a state of emergency. It would make her feel a lot better because it would at least get their judgemental gaze off of her. But she also knew her parents well enough to know that they wouldn't continue this much longer. At least not in the dining room. By the time they got to the living room she could walk off, and possibly call Ruby then. Maybe even test the waters for if she could tell Ruby the truth.

At the very least she knew that she could sleep better knowing that Ruby was going to have some fun. Especially given how she is with Neo and some adorable redhead with the possibility of there even being a third.

"Blake, you should probably call Ruby. You know your Mother isn't going to stop, and I'm not one that typically goes against your Mother for a number of reasons, most of the time because she is right and she knows it. This is just a prime example. If you tell her you can soften the blow that will come from the news." Ghira said as Blake just frowned as she felt her ears start to flatten atop her head.

He was right. They both were.

She had no choice but to tell Ruby because she knew that restraining order or not, Ilia would find some contact information of Ruby's and will tell her in as excruciating detail as she possibly could. Just the fact that her hands were getting tied tighter and tighter was becoming a dreadful thing. Worst part was it wasn't even the type of figurative tying that she enjoys.

"Kitten. Stop that. You know she needs to know. The fact it is angering you is just further proof." Kali said as Blake started to grumble under her breath. It was getting to the point where Blake was feeling less and less sorry if some horrific accident happened that would take her Dad and probably Mother away.

That was when she just frowned knowing that she would then probably feel worse having wished that upon completely innocent people. Even if it was something as relatively harmless as the water rising too high in the fishing villages. Or even a small building fire that didn't consume any lives. But Yang had proven to her a few times how bad that could be really. How there is no real way to know until after a fire how many were inside and even then, if it burned hot enough and long enough it was impossible to tell.

"FINE! I'll go call her and possibly ruin my life with the like the perfect woman who didn't even care that at the time one of the people that destroyed her dreams was dating me and was only in Vale because I begged that she comes along with me to get photos for a stupid sports qualifier!" Blake yelled at her parents as she stood up and quickly stormed out of the room.

Sighing softly, Kali looked towards Ghira as if begging for some advice on if she made the right call about her daughter. Something that Ghira still understood was a hard thing for her. "I know Kali. But our Kitten needs to tell her. If Ruby can overlook this, then we have nothing to worry about. If not we just need to be there to pick up the pieces. Maybe we can get her to forgive herself for inviting Ilia along all those years ago." Ghira spoke softly as Kali just stared down at her lap.

"That isn't why I'm saddened Ghira... Blake is in a lose lose situation. If Ruby can overlook it, then she'll take it just as hard because Ruby can forgive just about anyone and anything... even when it doesn't make sense. That is why Blake hasn't gotten over inviting Ilia. She'd feel better if Ruby was angry... there is no way our Kitten can get out of this situation without feeling hurt."

Cringing a little at the feeling of something cold being pressed against the back of her neck, Ruby looked back and could see Neo handing Ruby a clear bottle filled with an amber coloured liquid. Something that normally she would have poked fun at if it had happened to anyone else.

Accepting the bottle before Ruby winced a little at the sight of Neo jumping into her lap just causing her to chuckle a little to the woman as she bent forward a little to feel Neo wrapping her arms around her neck. The way her arms just seemed to always find that place just made Ruby overjoyed that Neo was one for this kind of thing.

Frankly Ruby was just happy that she accepted the disgust Ruby felt at the start and made sure to help her through this kind of thing.

"You know, there is like two chairs and a couch. My lap isn't exactly a comfortable seat. I'm sure any of those will be a lot better."

As Ruby spoke, Neo slid one of her hands to hold her own chin as if in faux contemplation as she hummed softly. "Nope. Makes this harder." Neo spoke quickly before she leaned in and planted a chaste kiss on Ruby's lips. Pulling back with a smile on her lips. "I just wish Pyrrha wouldn't have been a party pooper like that... I kind of really hope she does come down later... Gelato is already on her way and sounded like she could use either sex or a beer... probably both."

Chuckling softly Ruby just couldn't help but smile as she felt Neo smack her shoulder. "I'm not going to do that kind of thing with her Ruby. I'd need to be very drunk... like near blackout drunk and even then I'd put a blindfold on you while you are tied up... would be a lot easier if you could feel a spanking though." Neo said as Ruby just pulled the woman in her lap a little bit closer.

"Yeah, but then I wouldn't be tied up nearly as much as I am with you and Cinder which means I wouldn't be as skilled with my tongue." Ruby breathed huskily as Neo rested her forehead against Ruby's as Neo began to shiver a little.

"Please tell me that vibrating feeling is your phone. Because if not, I'm going to take you right here and get in a few rounds hopefully before Gelato gets here." Neo breathed out as Ruby just chuckled softly at her.

"It is my phone. Probably my Dad or Blake. Either way I should take it... we can try and see if I can make your toes curl before your sister gets here and I try and talk my way into having a sandwich with identical twins again. Been a while for that." Ruby said giving Neo a quick chaste kiss on her lips as the woman pouted and began to climb off of Ruby's lap grabbing both bottles as Ruby began to twist her body to pull a phone out of her pocket causing her to just smile at the sight of Blake's name.

Sliding her finger across the screen, she just smiled as she could see Neo quickly getting undressed as she plopped down onto the couch. The desire was something that the wheelchair bound woman could see in Neo's eyes as Ruby just couldn't help but just laugh at her.

"Hey Blake. Sorry I didn't answer sooner. Neo was on my lap. If you want I can put you on speaker as I go to town on her." Smiling at the sight of Neo frantically nodding her head, Ruby just held a finger up to her as if she was trying to hold back the tide from that one gesture.

"No Ruby... I want to talk to you. I did a bad thing..."

"Worst foreplay ever Blake. What are you going to say, you cheated on me? Technically I was about to do that and send you the audio in a few hours or whenever I could get to my computer." Ruby chuckled as she could see Neo's hand dipping into the pink and white striped panties she was wearing that Ruby could already see darkening in the front.

"Handicap." Ruby could hear Blake say that caused her some minor confusion before she remembered the word they agreed to years ago when they started this to signify that one of them actually did something bad and wanted a serious conversation.

Lowering her phone a little, Ruby placed her hand over the microphone as she spoke up. "Neo, I'm going to go into my computer room for this... just... stay here." Ruby said as she raised her phone to her ears again. "Give me a few seconds Blake." Ruby stated as she dropped her phone onto her lap and began to roll quickly towards the back of the apartment. She was actually curious as to what caused Blake to actually utter that word. Especially with the long lines of stupid fights that she had started knowing that it would get Ruby to go out and sleep with someone else.

Opening the door, Ruby came to a stop by her computer as she picked her phone up again. "Okay I'm back. What is wrong Blake? You know I actually hate going to Menagerie but I will be on the next boat if you need me there. Ilia or not." Ruby said as she looked down the hallway trying to see if Neo was actually going to listen to her.

"I did something bad Ruby... really really bad. But I was blackout drunk and I don't remember any of it." Ruby could hear the tears in Blake's voice causing Ruby to just take a deep breath trying to calm down.

"Blake. Seriously, you know just about anything you say we can work through. I mean you are starting to act like when you told me how you dated Ilia and brought her along to my qualification which lead her to going psycho." Ruby just was hoping that that would be enough to reassure Blake that she was going to be fine with whatever happened.

But that didn't exactly help the tension she could feel from over the other end of the line. Pinching the phone between her shoulder and head, Ruby reached down and begun to just lightly push and pull the wheels of her chair wondering where the tension in Blake was coming from.

"Promise me you'll at least hear me through to the end Ruby." Blake almost pleaded causing Ruby further confusion. She knew that whatever happened Blake must have thought it was something huge and possibly would invoke Ruby's limited anger. But it just caused some minor confusion to her thus far.

"Blake, you know I'd listen to it. Short of you saying you cheated on me actually with Ilia I'm fine. I mean if you recorded the audio we could actually listen to it when you get back." Ruby spoke with a slight chuckle in her voice.

"What if I said it was with Ilia...?"

Author's Note:

Welp you all thought Ruby's cheating was legitimate... shame on you. But I do need to leave you on that cliff don't worry, I'll be right back. I promise.