A/N Alright so this'll be the last personal chapter before I start mixing in ideas from you guys. I don't want to make this a request fic, because I'd like it to have good flow and not be a random mix of jumbled ideas.

This chapter is the lead up to an idea suggested by: stetsonandhisnickers! Just a Christmas themed thing that sets his idea up pretty well. So thanks, and enjoy!

Unwrapped

"Red, surely this is some kind of joke."

"Oh C'mon! It's not a joke! It's cute. P-lease?" A merry crimsonette clapped her hands together, begging the woman before her to do something said woman wasn't to happy about. See, today wasn't actually Christmas, but Yang had rather forcefully insisted the four of them exchange gifts today to give the respective couples time to themselves on the real Christmas day. (Ruby actually agreed as she and Cinder already had... "plans")

And the millisecond Ruby heard about that arrangement; her Christmas spirit inched closer to the meltdown level.

The girl continued to plead at Cinder, still holding the object of the current stipulation up to the woman. "Try it on, we have to go soon."

Cinder crossed her arms and shook her head as negatory as possible. Cinder herself was still baffled as to how she got into this mess. After coming home from work extremely late, or rather very early this morning; Cinder's only goal was to crawl into bed with Ruby and sleep off her exhaustion till next Friday. But at roughly eight o'clock that morning, she was abruptly yanked out of bed and forced into today's trials.

Before her stood Ruby, holding the ugliest sweater that had ever graced her presence. It was a deep pine green with a white and red snowflake pattern littered all over it. Her crimson-haired girlfriend had been hard pressed all morning to get her to put it on.

But there was more! This part baffled Cinder the most, see it should be known that Cinder liked to go to sleep in a clothing-free state, and barely had time to put some pants on before Ruby began her Christmas enforcement. Even being topless in front of the girl didn't seem to phase her at all.

Cinder had deduced that Ruby must really love Christmas -even if it was almost two-weeks early.

"You're putting it on." Ruby continued to plead.

They'd been going at this for at least an hour now, Cinder wasn't impatient, but she really did want to find out what everyone had gotten her Christmas. Knowing she can't win a dispute with Ruby in such a spirited state; Cinder decided it was high time to put her cunning into play.

"Well~" Cinder bared her chest and closed the distance between her and Ruby, the crimsonette's grip on the sweater faltered a little as she closed in. Leaning forward the ebony-haired woman whispered something into Ruby's ear. Instantaneously the girl dropped the sweater, shuddered a little, and blushed a warm red matching her namesake. Cinder finished her whisper with a slight nibble on her ear, a now devious grin gracing at her features.

Ruby's clenched her mouth shut, and ceased her breathing. The words: "Bed. Cinnamon, and Cuddle" stood out the most of what Cinder had just whispered to her. "I..." she stumbled over her words.

"Do we have a deal?" Cinder asked oh-so innocently, her trademark malevolence still shining through.

"S-Sure." Ruby breathed out. She smiled a little and picked the sweater off of the bedroom floor and handed it to Cinder. The partly dressed Cinder did a seductive hair flip, before walking off into the bathroom to get ready for their trip to Neo and Yang's place. As the door closed, Ruby let out a sigh that could almost be interpreted as a moan before walking off into the kitchen in a flustered stupor.

"Cinder: one, Me: zero." She muttered discontentedly.

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"You look nice..." Ruby tipped her head to Cinder, only earning her a scowl in response.

"The sweater was one thing, but you're pushing your luck with this hat." Cinder glanced upwards, blowing at the annoying fluff ball at the tip of a bright red Santa hat Ruby just had to make her wear too. Ruby was also dressed in a similar fashion, clad a red sweater with a white zigzag pattern and her usual black skinny jeans.

After getting ready; the both of them grabbed the gifts they bought for Yang and Neo and headed upstairs. The trip up wasn't quiet however. Cinder continually uttered threats to Ruby about how: "If anybody sees me in this thing I'll-" Ruby had winced at some of the things the peeved woman had said.

All in all Ruby fought them off, and the two of them now stood before Yang and Neo's door. Questioningly, Ruby looked up at Cinder, "So what'd you get them?" The girl asked, eyeing the two medium-sized boxes tucked under Cinder's arm.

"You'll just have to wait and see." She smirked.

Ruby shrank a little, but decided not to prod on. She handed Cinder her own poorly wrapped gifts, and with her hands free; gave the door a few quick knocks.

The answer was almost immediate as it took only a second before a familiar blonde opened the door.

And immediately burst into a fit of laughter.

In all honesty she didn't want to laugh at Ruby, them being sisters Yang knew how much the crimsonette liked this time of year. More so she was laughing at the hat and sweater toting ebony-haired woman before her.

"Aha, oh when did- pfft, Santa's elves get so old? Hahaha." The blonde pointed at Cinder and bowed forward, clutching her stomach in a fit of hilarity. The woman glared at the normally dressed blonde, feeling as if things were a tad bit unfair. Her focus shifted however, when she heard Ruby laughing too!

The crimsonette could feel Cinder eyes boring into the side of her head, and decided to go stoic and avoid looking at her.

Cinder brushed passed the blonde and tossed her gifts onto the living room table then turned and glared at the yellow and red pair, "Why am I always the butt of all jokes around here? Seriously?" She scoffed.

Ruby dogtrotted up to the miffed Cinder and gave her a quick peck on the cheek, "Because we love you." She grinned.

"Hey who's we?" Yang shouted in the background.

"Alright guys, let's just start now. Wait a minute... where's Neo?" Ruby questioned, glancing around for the short girl.

"Right here!"

The three of them turned to the source of the shrill voice. There stood the shortest of the four dressed in an off-the-shoulder pink top, and casual pants. In her right hand was her phone, aimed directly at Cinder. "Smile!" She cackled before snapping the photo. The flash dazed the woman for a second before realizing what Neo had just done.

"Ugh..." she sighed, "You know what? I... don't care anymore."

"Alright, let's get this underway shall we?" Yang clapped her hands together and sat down in her chair. Neo sat next to Yang on the armrest, whilst Cinder and Ruby took to the couch. Ruby grabbed her gifts for Yang and Neo then stood up, "I guess I'll go first." She tossed a cube shaped box to Yang. "Merry, uh, early Christmas?"

Yang held off on her reply. Sure she didn't know what it was, but Ruby was always pretty good when it came to knowing what you wanted. The blonde tore the silvery wrapping paper off and took in her gift. Inside the cube shaped box was brand new motorcycle helmet. A sporty looking one akin to something the professionals would use, with a yellow paint job and a deep black visor. "Awww, thanks sis!" The blonde cheered.

"Actually Neo helped me with that one, said you wouldn't shut up about it." Ruby giggled. "Speaking of Neo..." she tossed a small envelope to the multi-colored girl. "You'll like that one." She smiled.

Neo felt a little underwhelmed. A tiny envelope wasn't what she was expecting, but it's the thought that counts right? Using her manicured nails to slice it open, she dug out its contents and began grinning like a madwoman. "Is this for real?" She produced a small card shaped object.

"Yep. Five free days at the downtown ice rink all to yourself." Ruby nodded. If there was one thing Neo liked to do most, it was ice skate. 'Thanks Ruby!"

The girl nodded and sunk back into her seat, a feeling of accomplishment washing over her. She turned to Cinder, "You go."

"If you insist." She grabbed a thick rectangular shaped box off of the coffee table, and handed it to Yang. "For you, Blondie."

"This isn't like last year is it? I'm still having occasional nightmares." Yang shot Cinder an uncomfortable glance.

"No! Just open it."

Yang shrugged, slowly and precariously, she tore the crimson paper off. With the last shred gone she eyed the object in her hands, it was a book roughly the shape and thickness of a phonebook.

Wait...

It was a phonebook!

"Seriously? A phonebook? I don't get it."

Cinder grinned, "Turn it over." The blonde followed her direction and flipped the book over. On the other side a piece of lined paper had been taped to the front, and in very elegant handwriting was written;

'One thousand and one stupid puns, oh my God can you please stop. -Cinder.'

"Really? If this is your way of getting me to stop, then try again because-"

"Open it." Cinder pointed. Yang gave her a wary stare before peeling the book open. Her eyes went wide as the inside of the book had been carved out. In the rectangular hole inside was a gift card.

"A free weekend at a spa?" Yang blanched. "What am I, your Mom?" She said, completely confused.

"Ergh, look, read the back." Cinder glared, a little agitated. Yang turned the card over and read the small print in the bottom left corner. It simply stated what the place does. Manicures, pedicures, massages...

Yang face went red when she read over the last 'service' they offered. "Couples, nu- okay! I know where we're going this weekend Neo." She slammed the card down in the table.

"I took Ruby there a month ago, they really know how to-"

"Cinder!" Ruby seethed.

The amber-eyed woman grinned, instead of saying it she just shot Yang and Neo a wink instead. Making both of them, and even Ruby blush.

"So is that like, for the both of us?" Neo asked.

"Sure."

Neo nodded in content. The gift was definitely... thoughtful. "I'll go now." Neo remarked. The blush slowly disappearing from her face. She started off by handing Ruby a thin, rectangular shaped box roughly the size of a DVD case. The crimsonette smiled and eyed the pink wrappings around the box.

Not wasting a second, she voraciously tore into the box, shreds of paper flying every which way.

"Gah! No way!" She squealed. From the shreds she produced a brand new Wacom pen and tablet from their elegance series. "How'd you get this? It must've costed a fortune!"

"Nope, the guy gave me a deal. Oh-" She turned to Yang "If a guy named Jarred from Best Buy calls; tell him I don't live here anymore."

"What?" Yang gawked, completely befuddled.

"Nevermind."

Ruby didn't even pay the two no mind. Wacom made the perfect tools for digital art. "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She gushed, running up and giving Neo a hug.

"It's cool. Now last but not least; here Cin." She pulled a gift bag rather than a box, out from under the tree. The bag was tall and skinny with bright red and green stripes. Cinder pulled the tissue paper out from it and produced her prize, gawking at what was now in front of her.

"Autumn Chardonnay... the best white wine in Vale, and, my personal favorite..." Her tone had dropped to total awe. From what her expertise told her; this stuff was not a cheap knockoff. It was for real.

"Neo, how much did you pay for this?"

"Does that really matter?" Her ton suggested it was better to leave that topic alone for now. She knew Cinder appreciated the finer things in life, so what would be better than her favorite bottle of wine?

Cinder set the bottle down. "Yang it's your turn now."

"Alright!" The blonde whooped. She reached under the tree and grabbed four identical envelopes, handing them out to the three, and keeping one for herself. "So, this isn't exactly a gift for just you two, but it's actually a gift for all of us."

"Yang we've been over this. No foursomes." Neo scolded.

"No! It's something almost as good as that." Yang said slyly.

"Yay..." Cinder blanched.

"Just open them already."

The three of them did, each producing identical blank cards that all said the same thing. They opened their cards in unison, the blonde waiting for the impending reactions.

"Oh my God..."

"Yang, is this... for real?"

"What the..."

"What do you guys see?" Yang asked, her voice teaming with innocence.

"Plane tickets." Cinder said, waving her ticket around.

"And what's the destination?" Yang was sitting on the edge of her seat, eyeing them intently.

"It says..."

"Vegas."

That's right. Vacation time. Lol, writing the gift part of this was super fun. Thanks for reading! I think I'm going to update this on Saturdays from here on out.