Chapter 14
Blake
He had been working, and he was making so much noise, she couldn't sleep. So she decided to get up and try to shut him up. So she got up and walked over to him, he turned around even before she got to him. He held his finger up to his mouth. Then took out some special made cat earplugs. She took them and gave him a look that conveyed how annoyed she was. He just smiled and waited. When she put them in her ears, the world went silent. She mouthed a thank you, and he smiled back. He went back to his work, but she couldn't hear it. She slept soundly that night.
When she woke up, the windows were open and a cool morning breeze was slowly blowing through the window. She got up and went to get dressed, then realized it was Saturday. So she decided to go back to sleep. Then she looked over at Colin, who was slouched over at his workbench, sleeping. There was no cover on his work, so she sneakily decided to take a look. She snuck over to him and slowly picked him up to sit him up straight. There were 4 little boxes, each metallic grey, and about 2by 2 inches. She picked one up carefully and looked it over, there were no seams, just a perfect metal box. She put it back and left him to whatever it was he was working on and went back to sleep.
When she woke up the second time it was 11:30, and ruby and Weiss were already dressed and ready to do whatever they did on Saturday. She decided to try to go back to sleep, again. Her thoughts were of the white fang, and yang. Yang being the more important issue at hand. If she really did like yang, how was she meant to explain it? These questions filled her mind, and many more flew through her head. They were not going to let her get another hour of sleep. So when everyone else had left, except for the sleeping Colin, who thanks to yang, had sharpie all over his face and back. She got up and set the earplugs down on Colin's table, and took a shower and got dressed.
When she walked out of the shower, Colin was awake, and he was rifling through his box of stuff, then his shelves of stuff, then his hammock. He triumphantly raised a single sock in the air. "I've got you." He said proudly. He turned to Blake, "Hey, you can keep the earplugs, I might be doing more late night work. " he said, but she couldn't take him seriously, the sharpie of dicks and other stupid stuff all over his body broke her into a fit of laughter. He looked down and sighed dejectedly, "Yang wasn't it?" he asked. Blake couldn't stop laughing, she was rolling on the floor, and then she meowed. Her laughter stopped instantly, as Colin's started, he was crying he was laughing so hard, trying to get words out of his mouth. "Y…You hehe hehe he hehehe, you meowed" he laughed.
She was blushing red as a beet, and he was still laughing. She was trying her best not to laugh, but his laugh was contagious. It started out small and got worse, soon they were both on the floor, laughing like idiots, and it only got worse as Blake meowed occasionally, which made the fits of laughter worse. Eventually the laughing died down, and they were both out of breath and he was leaning against his chair for support. "That. Was. Hilarious." He sighed standing up. He breathed deeply for a few seconds and faced Blake. She was still beet red and trying very hard to be angry at him. "Don't you dare tell anyone!" She said in the most serious tone she could muster. "Don't you worry, your secrets safe with meow." He finished giggling like an idiot. She punched him right in the chest. "Oow, that hurt, you're mean." He pouted sticking his lower lip out like a baby. She just glared at him. "Fine, fine, I won't tell anyone." He said seriously. Picking up his clothes and walking into the shower. He walked in, and right before he closed the door "Meow" then he slammed the door shut, just as Blake whipped around to punch him.
She heard him giggling to himself and it infuriated her. "I'm never going to let you live that down, especially when you finally tell everyone." He said from behind the door, still giggling. She was furious, but there was nothing she could do. She had nothing to do so she looked over Colin's stuff. His workbench was still in shambles, little machines and parts of metal lay strewn all over the corner. He had a box, and shelves made to fit the corner. She tried the hammock with her hands, just pushing down on it. It gave a little, but not too much. Looking at the door, she listened, and the sounds of the shower confirmed she had time. So she got in it. At first she was very wary of tipping over, but when she finally stabilized it was amazing, it just felt so good, and it was warm, even though he didn't sleep in it. She was snuggling in and didn't even notice Colin in the door way. "Comfy?" he asked toweling his hair. She nodded and went to get out but he raised his hand. "Just wait, if you want to try the hammock, I have to turn it on." He said walking to one of the attachment points on the wall.
He flicked a switch and she hammock heated to just the right temperature, she started purring despite herself. "It's a personal heater, I love it." He said, she wasn't paying too much attention, it was warm bliss. "On the topic of personal heaters, have you told yang you like her yet?" he asked, she broke out of the warm bliss and stared at him. "C'mon, I'm not blind and neither are they. Ooh look at Blake, staring at yang for the fourth time today. I wonder?" he said sarcastically. "I will tell them when I'm ready." She responded "You have all the time in the world. And as payment, I have a present." He said walking under the hammock and opening his box. "You have to get out of the hammock if you want it." He said. She groaned, it was warm but her curiosity over whelmed her. She slid out of the hammock and misjudged the drop and landed right on Colin's back.
He didn't even notice, and she jumped off in surprise. "Are you ok?" she asked, he rummaged around in his box for another second then came out with a blanket. "I'm fine, and this is a heated blanket. Leave it in the sun for a few hours, and wham. Heated blanket for the whole night." He said giving her the blanket. It was very soft, she wasn't going to complain. She walked to the window and set the blanket in the sun. "So what do you do during your weekends?" He asked "Cat naps?" he suggested, earning him a glare. "Well I have to do some work, so if you want to stay here, I suggest earplugs." He said sitting down and going back to work on the metal boxes on his bench.
Before he started working she interrupted. "What do you think they will say? Will they be angry?" She asked. He turned around and gave it some thought. "I have only known you guys for 4 days, give or take a day. And I already consider you family. You are part of this family, being quiet or not. I don't see why they wouldn't accept you for you." He finished, going back to work. She thought his words over, it made sense. So she laid down and opened her book.
