A Fiery New Years

A/N: CC here with part two of my holiday story. Set 1 week after Chapter 1 and in Vale this time rather than Vacuo. I' am sorry this is a couple days late but I got caught up in visiting family and friends as well as NYE celebrations and my best mate's 21st b'day. I Hope you enjoy the final part of this short story... Happy New Year: I hope 2015 brings you all good fortunes and happiness. -CC

DISCLAIMER: Still don't own RWBY

It was December 31st and Team RWBY had returned to Vale a couple days ago to give them all time to get over the jetlag of the trip from Vacuo. Team RWBY were in their dorms getting ready for the party tonight. "Yang, promise me you won't get too trashed tonight... I' am not giving you a new year's kiss if you've gotten drunk and have chucked your guts up!" Blake ordered firmly to her girlfriend as she slipped into her purple-black knee length dress that she had picked out for the night. "Oh kitty, you worry too much... I can handle my alcohol, unlike Jaune." Yang shot back, chuckling at the one time they had gotten Jaune drunk last New Years and he had ended up in the bushes throwing up for the better part of 20minutes. "Well in Jaune's defence... he did consume over a litre of bourbon in under 2 hours plus 6 tequila shots before he reached that stage, pretty decent for someone who'd never drank before, also you're the one who kept giving him those drinks... Pyrrha was not happy with you whatsoever for spoiling her chance for a new year's kiss with the blond knight." Blake replied, placing the new bow she'd received from Ruby atop her head and the earrings she had received from Yang. Looking in the mirror she was happy, the earrings complimented her eyes perfectly.

Yang chuckled weakly as she got dressed into some jeans and a crop top, her new biker jacket on over the top. "Oh come on, it wasn't that bad really... at least he didn't need to get his stomach pumped, AND Pyrrha finally managed to get it through his thick skull just how she felt about him, even if she didn't get that kiss. Everyone wins." Yang said shrugging her arms and putting an innocent look upon her face. Blake crossed her arms and shook her head "Absolutely incorrigible you are Yang Xiao Long." Was the bemused reply from the Faunus girl. Yang frowned at Blake's lack of amusement at last year's new year party. Yang began working on her hair to get it just perfect tonight.

Out of the bathroom came Ruby who was drying off her hair, looking around she wore a confused look upon her face "Hey guys, where's Weiss? I thought she was out here getting ready with you guys getting ready." The reaper asked, sounding slightly crestfallen. Yang momentarily stopped working on her hair to answer her sister "No Idea, she got ready quicker than her usual routine of triple checking everything just to ensure perfection and said she was going for a walk and just wanted to be alone for a while." came the blonde's answer. Ruby nodded, wondering what was going through Weiss' mind. She had been acting very odd ever since Christmas when her and Ruby had napped together in the afternoon after lunch, Weiss hadn't rebuked Ruby for it, instead she gave a shy smile and walked away: outwardly looking a bit groggy and half asleep, but inside Weiss mind, it was utter chaos and turmoil. A state it had been in ever since. Ruby tried to put the fact her partner was missing out of her mind and began getting ready, taking up Weiss' routine of ensuring absolute perfection: for tonight Ruby had decided that no longer would she wait for Weiss to admit her feelings, Ruby was going to make Weiss hers tonight... and begin the new year off in perfect fashion.

Yang noticed this change in routine and the nervous aura coming off her sister, smiling she walked up behind the young reaper and wrapped her up in a bear hug. "Aww is lil Rubes getting nervous to spend tonight with Weissy and tell you love her?" The brawler asked putting extra emphasis on the love part, having almost instantly worked out why her sis was so nervous for tonight. Ruby wriggled and squirmed but unable to break Yang's lock around her. "YAAAAAAANG! let go." Ruby whined. Yang merely chuckled "Oh Ruby, you just sit and wait... once I've finished getting ready to turn heads at the club tonight I'll help you get ready and make sure Weiss notices you and only you." Yang replied as she put Ruby down on Weiss' bed. Turning around Yang was met by a scowling Blake "Turning heads? Well if anyone tries flirting with you, I'll be breaking heads." The Faunus girl hissed. Yang smiled widely and kissed Blake's forehead. "Aww I love it when you get protective and feisty... don't worry you're most certainly the one I' am coming home with tonight kitty." Yang replied with a wink as the buxom blonde began applying her makeup.

As RBY was doing this Weiss was by the landing pads, looking out over Vale deep in thought. 'Ruby or Neptune? That is the question. Ugh... why can't this just be easier!' The Heiress fumed mentally as she stared out towards the city. Sighing she thought long and hard about both Ruby: The perpetually optimistic, hyperactive and downright adorable Red-clad reaper who would always be there for Weiss and just melted her icy heart no matter how upset or moody Weiss got. Weiss did care for Ruby a lot... but what stopped her from admitting that openly and wholly?

Was it Neptune: The flirtatious Blue headed intellectual as he liked to call himself. Neptune was kind to Weiss and he would listen to her if she had problems and never judge her or saw her as so much more than her last name... but the more the Heiress thought about it, the more she came to realise that she didn't see Neptune in a romantic way... she may have had a crush on him in first year, but that may have just been the flirting making Weiss smitten towards the blue haired boy but she really did see him as a friend, a close friend but nothing more and as much as Weiss didn't want to hurt him, she knew he would accept her choice. Maybe what kept her from admitting her feelings towards Ruby was the fear of her father: Mr Schnee was a man not to cross and could easily snap when things don't go his way. But Weiss' father also did have a caring side that he rarely showed, but Weiss knew it was there. Mr Schnee wouldn't go around assassinating anyone Weiss fell for just because they were other women, nor would he do anything else overly intimidating or violent given how much self shame he felt about the one time he did strike out physically at his eldest daughter... so what could it be that kept Weiss from speaking her heart? Fear... That is what it was, fear of letting someone into her heart. Fear of letting her guard down only to get hurt. But seemingly most of al... Fear of herself hurting Ruby. Weiss knew that such fear was irrational and unwarranted, she could never harm Ruby... not even in her most sadistic nightmares could Weiss harm even in the slightest way.

Weiss sighed and looked at her scroll: only about 5 minutes until the rest of her team and JNPR arrived to make the trip down into Vale for NYE. They had agreed to go out for dinner than to a club, my friend Simon (through what I could only assume was an underworld friend named Gregory) had procured an extremely high quality fake ID for Ruby to get into wherever they wanted to go. As she waited Weiss saw several other teams heading off in bullheads into Vale including teams SNST and CFVY, Simon and Velvet both shot the Heiress waves and smiles. Weiss waved back to the group of 8 2nd and 3rd year students. Watching the other two teams depart Weiss wondered what mayhem Simon and Coco had planned for tonight.

Returning to her thoughts, Weiss tried to breakdown her fear... she wanted to do it tonight: to confess her feelings, to no longer be the lonely heiress doomed to a life of unhappiness and of no love. Looking back towards Beacon Weiss saw her Teammates as well as JNPR walking down towards her. Weiss stood and ensured her face was moulded into a smile, that wouldn't give away her internal turmoil. Ruby in a flash of rose petals was by Weiss' side with an arm around the older (yet shorter) girl. "Hey Weiss, you ok? We were wondering where you'd run off to." The red reaper said, her voice dripping with concern and confusion. Weiss smiled at Ruby's concern and motioned towards a waiting bullhead to take them into Vale. "come on guys, we're going to be late and I don't want us to lose our reservations!" Weiss barked as she and ruby made off at a brisk pace.

Once aboard Pyrrha rubbed Jaune's back and kept him focused on her to try and stave off the air sickness that still plagued him whenever he flew. "Don't feel too bad Jaune... you're not the only Beacon student who suffers air sickness... or at least a severe fear of heights and falling." Weiss joked, looking at the poor knight go green. Eventually after a 10 minute flight the bullhead landed and Jaune tumbled out and emptied his stomach into the nearest bush. Once Jaune had finished his usual post-flight routine and had washed his mouth out with some water the group caught a maxi taxi off to their destination, which was a closely guarded secret being kept by Weiss who had taken it upon herself to choose the place they'd have dinner before hitting up The Valley which was Vale's main nightspot.

"So Weiss, where exactly are you taking us? Yang asked frustrated, not one to enjoy being kept in the dark about anything. The Heiress just smiled, seemingly enjoying Yang getting fidgety and antsy about not knowing. Yang growled and banged her fist on her knee, only to have said fist grabbed in midair by Blake who gave the brawler a calming smile as the Faunus leaned her head onto Yang's shoulder. Nora was almost hovering with how much she was bouncing around in her seat. "Oh my this is FAB-ulous, our first time clubbing Renny!" the bubbly bomber chirped in her partner's ear happily. Ren merely smiled in return, hoping that tonight would be carefree fun, but knowing deep down it would probably be spent keeping Nora in line and from becoming too drunk and/or destructive, but not that Ren really minded... it was time spent with Nora, the one person who made his otherwise quiet existence exciting. Not to mention the one person whose captured his heart.

Eventually the taxi pulled outside a nice looking restaurant near Vale Beach. "Well we're here... it isn't too upper class and formal but still has a high quality menu and it serves beer and wine, so we can have a few drinks here while we're eating." Weiss explained as she paid the taxi driver and exited the taxi. Once in the restaurant the Teams sat down, having mostly ordered steak, chips and salad (except Nora who had instead just opted for a big bowl of chips and gravy and Ren who preferred pasta and salad.) Ren, Jaune and Yang also had two pitchers of beer between them while the rest had gotten wine to go with their dinner. "Hey Blakey, I thought you'd have ordered tuna." Yang said sarcastically as Blake's steak arrived. The Faunus shot her girlfriend an angry glare "Yang, for the love of dust the fish jokes got old months ago. Yes I love tuna and fish... but I also can eat other things." Came the frustrated reply. Yang just chuckled and stroked just behind Blake's bow, eliciting a purr of pleasure and contentment, ending any anger Blake may have felt.

Ruby who was seated next to Weiss looked over to the Heiress, who looked very nervous and was fidgeting and aimlessly moving a bit of steak around on her plate, not acting at all how Weiss normally did at a meal. Ruby was worried for Weiss, she didn't know why the Heiress was acting so abnormal and all but ignoring her for the last week 'Maybe I shouldn't have been so bold as to crawl onto the couch and fall asleep with her on Christmas.' Ruby thought worriedly as she continued flicking glances to the Heiress beside her. Deciding she'd had enough of silent, moping Weiss. Ruby ever so slightly brushed her leg up against Weiss' to gauge the reaction... she got one she had hoped for, the Heiress shot up straight, a bright red blush creeping over her now smiling face. Ruby always enjoyed seeing Weiss' elusive smiles, even more so when she caused them. Snapping out of her little internal celebration she saw that Weiss was now facing the Cloaked girl, it was now Ruby's turn to start, having been caught staring at the Heiress. "Ruby, you ok? you look like you've seen a ghost." Weiss asked, a tone of slight sarcasm in her voice. Ruby shook out of her shock and chuckled "Sure I' am fine Weiss, you just caught me off guard for a moment. Thank-you for dinner as well, you picked a great place." Ruby rambled off quickly, hoping to avoid any rebukes for staring. Instead of getting a rebuke, Ruby felt shivers go up her spine as Weiss' leg brushed against hers. This caused Weiss to giggle lightly "Of course I chose well, I' am a Schnee you dolt." Weiss replied hoping Ruby would catch her double meaning.

'This is going a lot smoother than I thought, now all I gotta do is get the red-clad cutie alone, especially away from Yang just before midnight, I'll ask her out just before the fireworks begin... that's romantic right?' Weiss thought to herself as she tried to plan on how she was going to go about this... having never had a relationship before Weiss was doing something she absolutely loathed: making it up as she went along. Sighing internally Weiss continued to eat her steak, admitting it was very good for something that only cost 10 Lien. Weiss was ripped from her thoughts by raucous laughter across the table. Seems Yang had decided to hog the beer and was chugging down an entire pitcher by herself, Jaune and Ren either side of her cheering her on. It seemed Ren really did loosen up once he had some alcohol in him, it was almost as if he became a male-slightly-less-crazy version of Nora. Once Yang had finished chugging down the pitcher she got into a base ball pitchers stance whistled at a nearby staff member and chucked the now empty pitcher at them. "Well That's what I call a pitcher." Yang said, her speech not slurred in the slightest from the 1.2L of beer she just drank in one scull. Everyone at the table and the tables around RWBY and JNPR all groaned "Yang... That is the worst pun you have EVER made!" Weiss complained as she facepalmed repeatedly. Yang just smiled shamelessly "Still not as bad as the pun you made after we fought Neo!" Yang shot back, a laugh in her voice. Weiss simply grumbled and went back to her food and thoughts of the red clad girl beside her.

Once everyone had finished their meals and drinks the two teams left the restaurant before Yang could get up to anymore antics that would see them thrown out of the establishment and not allowed back. "So where off to now? Juniors?" Yang asked as she skipped around the group, the alcohol beginning to seep through her system. "No Yang... we're not going to that seedy underworld creep." Weiss retorted, having heard the reputation of that place from Simon who seemed to be a regular patron there on weekends. "We're going into The Valley we agreed to this already" Blake added on, not entirely happy with the fact Yang had managed to get tipsy this early in the night which bode badly for both the blonde and Blake who had to look after her. The group boarded a taxi to head in towards the centre of the city, in the darkness of the Taxi Yang and Blake began making out passionately, Yang may have had a heap of beer already but it in no way impaired her ability at kissing even if it tore away what little shame and inhibitions she had. Looking at this display of open affection, as well as Nora and Pyrrha leaning into the arms of their respective partners left Weiss filled with envy and anger at herself for allowing her love life to be so messy with her feelings for Ruby and her crush on Neptune. Taking out her scroll Weiss shot off a message to Neptune to ask him to meet her outside Club Vertigo as she needed to talk to him. Placing the scroll back into her purse Weiss leaned back, feeling so nervous she was almost physically ill 'I need a drink badly right now... just something to calm me down.' The Heiress thought.

The calming Weiss needed came not from alcohol, but from Ruby lightly leaning into Weiss' shoulder. The effect was immediate, it felt to Weiss like a tonne of bricks had been lifted off her chest. This felt right, like nothing in the world could hurt her so long as Ruby was by her side, not even her father or the immense power he had at his command. A small smile crept upon Weiss face, momentarily forgetting about all her troubles and her upcoming talk with Neptune. The taxi moved through the city towards the nightclubs in almost silence, only the sound of breathing and Yang and Blake's make out session filled the taxi. It took about half an hour for the taxi to arrive at the entrance to Vale's main nightspot: A series of large nightclubs, strip bars and smaller pubs and music bars that make up The Valley. Exiting the cab and paying the driver, Team JNPR and RWBY stood on the sidewalk trying to decide where to go first, however Weiss broke off from the group and made her way towards Club Vertigo which was about 200m down the road. She saw Team SSSN standing near a small garden outside. Upon seeing Weiss the three S's headed back past Weiss and towards team JNPR and RBY leaving only Neptune and Weiss.

"H-hey Snow angel." Neptune broke the uneasy silence, all the suave body language and cool act he put up having dissipated as soon as the we need to talk message that all men fear and dread came up on his scroll. "Hey Neptune, how was the trip over?" Weiss replied, keeping her voice even and cool. The coolness in Weiss' tone made Neptune flinch. Trying to regain his composure Neptune flashed Weiss a confident grin "It was cool, bit tiring though, Sage and Sun wouldn't stop arguing. But enough about that, how are you?" Neptune asked, trying to sound confident and not the geeky kid who knew something bad was coming. "I' am conflicted and seeking a resolution to said conflict." Weiss continued on icily but yet also strangely caring and affectionately wanting to get straight to the point of this and not let Neptune suffer unnecessarily. Neptune gulped "And what would that conflict be?" The blue haired boy asked, steeling himself for the words to come and making sure he didn't show the hurt to Weiss, he didn't want her to feel guilty over her inevitable choice. "It is a conflict of my heart, but judging from the look on your face you already knew this. You're a great guy Neptune, but I just don't see you in a romantic way. I may have once but neither of us acted upon it for our own reasons. I don't want you to feel bad and I do hope this won't affect things between us or our teams because you have been an invaluable friend this past two years." Weiss said, dropping the coldness from her voice, filling it instead with intense affection and worry for her friend. Neptune flinched slightly at the words, but eventually smiled. His many conversations with Sun over the last week had not only allowed him to accept the coming decision from Weiss but embrace the lasting friendship just as Sun had embraced the same thing with Blake.

Weiss smiled and planted a small kiss on Neptune's cheek "Thank-you for understanding Neptune, now let's enjoy the rest of the year... remember there are plenty of other fish in the sea NEPTUNE." Weiss said, giggling slightly at her watery pun. Neptune couldn't help but smile at Weiss' attempt at humour "I'll keep that in mind, hey... She's a lucky girl you know Weiss. Now come on, the others will be wondering where we are." Neptune said, his voice slightly hurt but also content in an odd way. Motioning for Weiss to go first Neptune hung behind slightly, sending a flirtatious wink to a couple of girls in line to the club who blew him kisses. 'Oh yeah... I still got it.' The blue haired boy thought happily, a suave smirk appearing across his face.

Rejoining the group Weiss saw that Yang seemed to have gotten over the pitcher of beer she had sculled and Nora was still hyperactive as ever rambling something that was completely unable to be understood. "So we decided where we're going yet?" Weiss asked eager to get a bit of alcohol in her system to ease the nerves of what was to come. Looking over to Ruby I could see her bobbing happily around talking to Jaune and Pyrrha. "Well I don't know about you guys... but I might head into Club Vertigo" Neptune said happily, not showing any signs of his and Weiss' conversation which made Weiss feel less guilty. "Well we might join Neptune, make sure he stays out of trouble." Sun said as he and the other two S's began following their teammate into Club Vertigo. With the completely random departure of SSSN, Teams RWBY and JNPR looked to each other each silently asking Well what now? Blake saw a smaller club named Club Euphoria That Blake may or may not have frequented with Yang before... ONCE. Yang seemed to notice what was on Blake's mind and chuckled "Oh Kitty Cat, We are so NOT going in there with my lil Sister." Came the hushed answer from the Blonde brawler. Rolling her eyes Blake leaned back into Yang's shoulder. Pyrrha looked around and saw a Dance club and without hesitation pulled Jaune with her towards it, not bothering to question the champion Nora, Ren and Team RWBY followed her into the club.

As the group made their way up to the bouncers, Ruby fumbled for the fake ID she'd been given by Simon. Everyone but Yang and Ruby had been carded so far and as Ruby handed her ID to the bouncer Yang shot him a playful wink, the bouncer seemed unimpressed and checked the card for a good 15 seconds before sighing and handing it back "In ya go lil missy, enjoy ya night." The Bouncer said, either being fooled by the ID or not giving a fuck to bar Ruby's entry. Yang followed Ruby in, the bouncer not even bothering to card the buxom blonde. Once inside Weiss shot a questioning glance to Ruby who flashed her ID to the Heiress and placed it back into her purse "Thank Simon for me, I' am going to get a drink." The Reaper said as she and Yang made their way to the bar. Getting out her scroll Weiss typed out a message:
Compliments to you and whoever sourced that ID, made it into club without hassle. Hope you're having a great night.
Once Weiss had finished typing it out and sent the message off to her old friend she proceeded to the bar with Blake to find Ruby and Yang about to down a shot of tequila each. "Now, Now... Where's ours?" Blake asked mockingly. Yang smiled and produced two more shots and slices of lemon to go with it. The four girls took their shots and Ruby nearly had a coughing fit before she could bite into the lemon after the shot. The other three girls laughed at their younger counterpart. Looking around Team RWBY could see Team JNPR were over on the dance floor, Jaune was once again proving just how adept at dancing he was.

Ordering up a Vodka Fire-engine Weiss and Ruby made their way to a small booth to watch JNPR and Yang and Blake hit the dance floor. Hearing her scroll buzz Weiss took it out of her purse and saw a reply from Simon:
Gld it Wrkd. Shall Tel Gregory, Having a Graet Timr with Team and CVFY at Jnrs. c u nxt yer.
Weiss couldn't help but laugh at how bad the spelling was... Simon must really have hit it hard to be this drunk so early. Turning to Ruby who was sipping at her drink, laughing as Yang slipped and went arse up onto the ground. Weiss chuckled and checked the time, it was 9:30pm. 'Ok I'll get Ruby and take her out of here about 11 to get a good vantage point for the fireworks at midnight.' Weiss thought as any nerves she may have had disappeared as the tequila and vodka took hold. 'Tonight shall be a good night'

It had been an hour at the club and Many drinks had been had for Team JNPR. Pyrrha and Jaune were still dancing between drinks, though a lot less coordinated this time around and a lot more kissing involved. Nora and Ren had taken a break and decided to get a drink. The people before the 2nd half of JNPR had ordered Jagerbombs, which intrigued Nora immensely "ooh Renny... We should have one of them each!" Ren looked over to see to his horror the energy drink so close to Nora not to mention the Jagermeister. Ren's alcohol numbed mind clicked, but a moment to late as Nora handed him the Jagerbomb and downed her own. 'Oh no, OH NO!' Ren's mind screamed as he watched Nora down the drink in one go. "Ooh that felt good, Whoa Ren... everything's moving so slow!" Nora said as she began bouncing on the spot and eventually picked up Ren and ran out of the club "It's adventure time Renny! Onward to the pancake kingdom!" Nora said as she ran through the crowds, knocking several people over and overturning a car as well as tearing down several lampposts as she ran through The Valley Ren slung over her shoulder.

Team RWBY had been on the dance floor when Nora had gone loco from the consumption of the alcoholic energy drink. All the dancers had stopped to observe the display of spontaneous insanity that was Ren being carried off into the night by the bubbly bomber. By this time all 4 girls were quite drunk, Yang most of all as she had kept getting tequila shots and had refused Blake's offer of water. Weiss checked her scroll to check the time 10:30 'Ok I'll go check my makeup and then I'll grab Ruby and go... Ok Weiss this is the moment you actually forge your own path in life!' The Heiress thought. As she used all her concentration to walk straight, and succeeding... mostly.

Weiss spent about 5 minutes checking herself over, trying to ensure she looked perfect for asking Ruby out. Weiss heard the door Open and Yang and Blake stepped up to the mirrors one on each side of her. "Well Someone's nervous aren't they?" Blake said cheekily, her voice slurred ever so slightly. Weiss turned to Yang after the blonde cleared her throat, Yang's eyes had turned a fiery red. "Oh she is so nervous... but then again so am I, My lil sis is about to get into her first relationship. I know this is such a cliché but I gotta do it. You do anything to hurt my sister, or you get too hands on with her... and I'll beat you until you're redder than Ruby's cloak. But other than that, welcome to the insanity that is my family." Weiss cringed at the thought of being on the receiving end of Yang's gauntlets. "No need to worry Yang, nothing like that is going to happen... which is more than I can say for you two!" Weiss shot back as she gave herself a final look over before heading to the door, Yang and Blake hanging back a bit.

"Umm Yang... Where's your sister?" Weiss asked somewhat frantically, as she couldn't see Ruby anywhere in the club. Yang stepped up and roughly shoved Weiss out of the way, her eyes red and hair on fire "WHAT?! Where is my sister!" She growled. scanning the dance floor Yang caught sight of some rose petals by the exit Yang made a beeline for the exit, not caring who she knocked to get there... she needed to make sure no creeps got near her sister who didn't have Crescent Rose with her which meant Ruby was of little use in a scrap. Upon getting out of the club, Yang could see Ruby running across the road and into a park at full pelt, 3 men chasing her. That was all it took for Yang to snap, some asshole had decided to try and make unwelcome advances on her sister. Charging across the street at full speed with Blake and Weiss close behind. In the park The three girls found Ruby who had scampered up a tree and on the ground were three guys all aged around mid 20's goading her to come down. Yang without warning strode calmly up to the nearest one before sending him through the air with a mammoth punch to the ribcage. The other two drunken men were caught off guard by the nuclear Yang whose wrath they had incurred, they didn't need any warning before they bolted scared shitless of Yang. Ruby, seeing that danger had passed jumped out of the tree, straight into Yang's arms. "Oh Ruby, I'm sorry... I should have watched you!" Yang said as she held her sister tightly for dear life. Eventually Ruby and Yang separated and Weiss came forward, shooting Yang a glance the Blonde nodded and grasped Blake's hand to lead her back to the club.

Weiss and Ruby found a bench to sit on, Ruby instinctively leaning her head into Weiss' shoulder, seeking the safety that contact provided. "Ruby, I got something I must say... and if I don't get it off my chest now then I may not get another chance." Weiss said, tilting Ruby's face to look her in the eye. The younger girls eyes lit up in anticipation and happiness. "Ruby in the last two years... the last 6 months especially, you've grown closer to me than anyone else. You've grown into a very mature and capable leader, a first class teammate and the best friend anyone could ask for. But I've come to realise as of late that my feelings for you run much deeper than just friendship, in the last months I've fallen for you Ruby Rose, I've fallen so hard..." Weiss' speech was cut off by Ruby lunging forward and planting a hot, passionate kiss upon Weiss' lips. "I love you to Weiss, I've waited so long to say that... but now that I've finally said it... it feels just perfect." The younger girl replied, her Silver eyes slightly teary as they looked into Weiss' Ice Blue eyes. Leaning in the couple's lips met for a 2nd time, but this time it was more controlled, but no less passionate. As the fireworks began to launch to signify the new year... it heralded a perfect start to it for two Huntresses who sat on a random park bench in each other's arms watching the display.

The Next Morning: Somewhere in Vale:

Nora awoke with the worst headache ever... of all time as she looked around, she found that she had somehow ended up in a small cheap motel room. "Ugh Renny... RENNY? Where are you?" The bubbly bomber called out, suddenly worried for where her partner and lover had ended up. A door opened up and in came Ren with a bag of food, the smell of which Nora recognised instantly... Ren's special banana pancakes. "Oh Ren, you shouldn't have!" Nora said happily as she bounded out of bed and hugged Ren tightly. Ren could only smile as he removed the box of freshly made pancakes and a juice from the bag for Nora. As Nora tucked into the food Ren had so kindly brought her she tried to remember what happened last night. "Renny, what happened last night? There's this big annoying black hole in my memory!" She whined. Ren's face suddenly lost all colour and Ren's eyes glassed over in a Thousand-Yard-Stare. "Nora.. we will never, EVER speak of last night, it is something best left buried in that black hole.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed Part 2 of my holiday Fic... Once again I' am sorry it is so late. This is quite different to the sort of stuff I usually write and is my real first attempt at actual shipping, so any advice or comments on how I can improve my writing of romance, fluff style writing would be most welcome as I want to improve my writing for future stories I got planned. -CC Signing off.