Hey y'all (party popper explodes), we got chapter 64! This here's a celebration, for an important birthday! Not the fic's, that comes in a month or two. This is my birthday! So on this day I get older, and what better way than to throw a party for my favorite RWBY girl! So here we are, fire the confetti cannons!
"Happy birthday, Yang!"
"Yeah, I guess..."
Yang had been a little less than enthused to celebrate her birthday. However, her easily excitable younger sister had the exact opposite response. She agreed to let Yang go under the radar last year, but this time she'd have a grand event (a small party really)!
"Oh come on, Yang. It IS your birthday, and Ruby put alot of thought into it. You should celebrate with us. I mean, we are supposed to be studying right now, but I'll let it slide for today..." Weiss said, clearly not forgetting what the original plan was.
"I don't know, I just don't really care for my birthday much..." Yang responded.
"Which is what I don't understand. Aren't you generally the one always partying, going out, having a good time?" The heiress asked, confused to Yang's disinterest.
"Fine, I guess I'll agree to it, but only because Ruby spent alot of time setting this up." The brawler finally conceded.
"Yeah!" The small redhead exclaimed.
"Man, if I would have known Professor Ozpin would've just let us use the cafeteria like this, I could have asked him on your birthday, Weiss!"
"You forget, Ruby. The entirety of it was used running from my sister." Weiss replied, remembering the terrible memories.
"Oh yeah, Winter and all that..." Ruby said, also remembering.
The entire party consisted of just RWBY, JNPR, CFVY and SSSN. But it was still a good time. Music playing, food put out, drinks served and many, many party poppers. Where Ruby got this all on the fly, no one knows...
"So, how's the party Yang?" Blake asked her blonde lover.
"It's pretty cool, got nice music and all that." Yang responded halfheartedly.
Blake shot the taller girl a concerned look, but it was soon dropped after she saw their teammates bringing a large birthday cake to the table that they had set up.
"Alright Yang, you want the first piece?" Ruby asked as she started cutting the large square treat.
"Uh, sure..."
Yang took her slice and downed half of it in one bite. She couldn't deny, it was ungodly sweet and tasty, but she just couldn't get passed something. There was something nagging at the back of her mind that she couldn't let go.
"Come on, Yang! I barely got to spend time with you!" Ruby yelled to her older sister.
"I-in a sec, Ruby!" Yang yelled back.
"What's wrong Yang? Come on, some dancing, punch and a whole lotta Ruby should cheer ya up!" The younger sister exclaimed in return.
"Uh j-just one sec, I'll be there in a..." The blonde brawler barely managed to get out.
Blake noticed this, and decided she should step in.
"Hey Ruby. Sorry, but I'll have to borrow Yang for a little while."
"What, why? Something wrong?" Ruby asked, concerned.
"No, I just need her help with finding something, we'll be in the room." The faunus girl responded as she led Yang behind her.
"Oh uh, okay then. See you guys later then!" The young leader called after them.
"So now, what's going on Yang?" Blake questioned, obviously worried about her wife's odd behavior.
"It's nothing, honestly. You should enjoy yourself, Blake." Yang said unconvincingly.
"Come on, you know I can see how uncomfortable you are. Just tell me what's on your mind."
Yang slowly opened the curtains of their window, revealing the large broken moon slowly cresting over the mountains. As she stared out into the night sky, she contemplated everything she felt.
"Birthdays aren't very... Special, for me. I don't exactly have great memories of em. My mom was never there for them, never even called. She was just, never there. Didn't help that My dad was the only one trying to raise two kids. So birthdays were always kinda, depressing."
Blake didn't interrupt Yang, wanting to her all she had to say. She did however come up to Yang's side, and lean on her a small bit.
"I mean I love Uncle Qrow, and he would come by from time to time, but he was always busy. It was just dad and us, and I saw how hard it was on him. I tried to do something to help when I was just barely old enough to. And eventually, here we are."
Blake gripped Yang's hand in her own, reminding her that she wasn't alone.
"But I think the worst part of it all, is my 8th birthday, the one that reaaally screwed me up. See, my mother decided to actually call me this year. I was really excited, thought I was gonna see her after sooo long. Then when it comes to actually seeing her, she doesn't show. I found out later she was at some motel, drunk."
"I'm sorry, Yang. You should never have had to go through that." Blake replied, rubbing Yang's back in small circles.
"Well that ain't the worst of it. She tells me the next day how it's my dad's fault for not taking me to her anyways, even when she was drunk. So in review, my mother is a bitch, my father had to suffer and I don't like birthdays... Phew, that was some hea-vy shit..."
"Well I'm glad you got that all off your chest, Yang." The shorter dark haired girl sighed as she held Yang in her arms.
"Yeah, too bad she ruined birthdays eh? Oh well, I can have a party with you guys any day."
"Well, there is only one way of fixing these kinds of things that I know of..."
Yang turned to ask what Blake meant, however she was cut off by the pressure of said faunus girl's lips pressing onto her own. The two stayed like this until the burning of their lungs told them to stop.
"The one way I know of, is to just make new memories to overwrite the old ones." Blake stated, as she held close to Yang.
"Hehehe... You know you sound kinda like Ruby when you say stuff like that." The blonde chuckled.
"Well hey, we're both smart and caring. Only I'm your wife, and Ruby has Weiss. So just kiss me already, Yang." Blake replied, moving even closer towards the taller girl and locking their lips together once more.
"Plus you have an unbeatable as-"
"Yang, please don't break the mood."
"Yeah, yeah, I know."
Needless to say, they didn't leave the room for the rest of the night.
"And s-so I say to the guy 'Hey, it's also a gun' hehehe, that was funny..."
"I should have known someone would spike the punchbowl. I bet it was Sun... Well no matter, lets get you to bed, Ruby."
As Weiss guided Ruby to their bed and helped her change her clothes, she noticed the bundle on top of Blake and Yang's shared bed. She then quietly got Ruby into bed, and joined her after a moment. Weiss considered asking about that night when they woke up, but concluded that they would tell her when they wanted to.
"H-Hey Weiss..."
"Yes Ruby?"
"Was Yang s-sad, cause it was her birthday?"
Weiss thought about this for a moment, before answering.
"No, I think she had a good night..."
Wow, ok then. So this chapter hit a little closer to home than I planned on. But hey, Yang has feelers too, ya know! And she deserves a happy birthday just the same! We all should have a Blake in our lives (but not literally Blake, that'd be like, incredibly weird), to help us with those bad memories.
But I think this was a nice birthday chapter, so here's to another year of sustaining homeostasis! And if you enjoy livin too, please follow/fav and drop a review, and I will see you all in the next installment. Byee!
