Good morning and Happy Yule everyone.
Im on winter break from school so I decided that I would try this update once a day thing for a while. On that note im happy about all the positive feedback this story is getting. Really drives me to continue it, if not for me, but for you guys.
Anton- I see youre concern about Blake. Don't worry Yang feels the exact same way.
Fair warning guys. The POV will be shifting from character to character in a nonlinear fashion.
With nothing else to say let's get this party started.
Chapter 2: Truths, Dares, and Boars. Oh my!
The doorbell rang just as Ruby finished cleaning. Typically their home looked like a twister had touched down inside because Yang never gave a thought to cleaning up. However when Yang had told Ruby she invited Blake over, Ruby went and excitedly invited Weiss over as well, before giving any thought to the state of the home.
This is why Ruby had spent the last two hours in a frantic rush to clean. There was no way she would let Weiss see the pig sty that Yang makes the place into.She would much rather die than live with that level of embarrassment.
There was another problem though. What it was she couldn't possibly think of right now though. She had to go let Yang and Blake in. So she went and opened the door.
Weiss stepped out of the limo and told Chester to go home until she called him. Being the well-mannered woman she was Weiss had skipped on fencing practice to go pick up a gift for Ruby. Figuring her friend would love to see it first she held the tray in front of her as she walked up the steps to their home. It was a small home, nothing grand of course, but it was quaint. It fit the sisters like that.
After knocking on the door she waited a bit until the door was opened. Her friend Ruby looked like a mess, as if she had been doing physical labor since the end of school; she also looked a bit surprised that it was Weiss at the door. However the surprise was quickly replaced with excitement when Ruby saw what Weiss was holding. A plate of cookies will always make Ruby light up like that.
"Thank you Weiss. Come on in; make yourself comfortable, and whatever else a good hostess is supposed to say." Ruby wasn't very formal but Weiss let it slide, this was not the time for a lecture, tonight was supposed to be fun. She sat down on their couch and nodded with approval. She knew Yang and figured the house would be a mess. But if the look on Ruby was anything to go by that problem had already been solved.
"You know Ruby, you should probably go take a shower, you look like all the work you've done today." Weiss genuinely wished her friend didn't have to go through so much effort, but truly she knew why Ruby had; after all the lectures from Weiss it wasn't surprising that she would go through that much effort to make it look good. She then saw Ruby look in the nearest mirror, fake gag, and proceed to rush to their bathroom.
That was when Yang and Blake walked in. Given that Yang was laughing as they walked in she could only imagine that another terrible pun had been made.
"I mean really Kitty, punacceptable? Meow-mix for thought? Who are you and where did that speech come from?" Yang began laughing to herself as they walked into the building. It wasn't long before she stopped laughing though. Not only was Blake not answering her, the girl was staring hostily at the Heiress on the couch. Those two never got along. Not that Ruby knew that clearly.
"Blake, if you don't try to get along I'm not studying. Weiss, if you don't try to get along I'm making sure Ruby never invites you over again. Does everyone understand me?" Yang's ultimatum was met only with stares from the two, followed by sincere, if not begrudging nods. Sighing internally Yang sat down in her chair, as she slowly felt all hope for a fun night disappear, like dust in the wind.
"Where's Ruby." Yang said as she looked at the Ice Queen. She was answered only by a motion of Weiss' head pointing towards the bathroom.
"She's showering. I assume because of cleaning up your mess since school ended." Yang was surprised to hear Blake say that. Quickly that faded given that Blake always knew more than she really should have been able to. It was quite unsettling.
They waited quietly for Ruby to finish her shower. When the red head finally came out she quickly saw the eerie silence.
"Umm… So pizza right, quarter anchovy, three quarters pepperoni, that sound good to everyone?" Yang was taken aback. Ruby never got over awkwardness that easily. However she noted that everyone agreed to the notion quite easily. Maybe tonight wouldn't be so bad after all.
Blake utterly despised how much of a cat she was. She liked heights, fish, having her ears scratched, the works. But this didn't matter in the slightest to her as she ate the pizza given to her. It was around seven thirty when the pizza arrived at when it was gone it was eight. Blake had made them agree to pick one game to play for the next two hours and then Yang was hers to force into studying the rest of the night. Yang decided that the best use of their time was a game of Truth or Dare. Blake didn't disagree at all.
"The game starts with the youngest person in this house so Ruby spins the bottle first." Yang declared. Ruby then turned the bottle rather gently. It landed on Weiss.
"Truth" Weiss said quickly. Not surprising as she had previously admitted this to be her first game of truth or dare.
"What is your favorite thing about school?" A simple question from Little Red, who apparently decided to start this game off easy, what a pity Blake thought.
"That would be the people I spend my time with. It is far more interesting to talk to them than with the tutors my parents used to hire for me." Not a surprising answer in Blake's opinion. Weiss then spun the bottle and it landed on Yang.
"Alright, let's do this! Truth." Yang said with an absurd amount of enthusiasm.
"Why do you crack such terrible jokes all the time?"
"Because it's so much more fun that way frosty." She then spun the bottle and landed on Blake herself. "Seriously Blake what was with that speech today?"
Deciding to let the lack of decision between truth and dare slide she answered honestly.
"I hate being called the leader of buffoons. If making sure you guys will do what needs to be done to get what you want involves giving a speech I will happily do it."
Blake then turned the bottle. She grinned as it landed on Ruby. "So what will it be little red?"
"I'm going to be adventurous today. Dare!" This honestly surprised Blake. She wasn't expecting this opportunity for quite some time.
"Alright. To clarify what are the rules with dares Yang?"
"If the dared refuses to go through with the dare, the darer may apply a penalty of some sort that must be carried through to completion. For the sack of secrets that people wish to not be revealed the penalty may not have anything to do with the dare in question" Yang spouted off as if she knew this was going to be asked.
"Good, okay little red; Show us page 126 of your notebook." She watched the color drain from Ruby's face and return in full force in her cheeks.
"How do you know about that?" The worry was very evident on her face.
"I'm always watching Ruby; you should know that; you never can hide anything from me."
"Then you know I can't do that Blake."
"Fine if you can't show us page 126, then just go ahead and replicate it for us."
"I can't do that either Blake. Why are you so evil?" Blake only smiled at how flustered the girl in red was.
"Alright then. Your penalty is…"
"Your penalty is that you must lay your head in Weiss' lap the rest of the game." Weiss couldn't believe what had just been said. She believed it even less when Ruby slowly laid down in just that fashion. What kind of secret could her friend be hiding if this was the preferable situation. She tried desperately not to blush but found herself unable to stop blushing. Looking down she saw Ruby couldn't prevent herself either; she just closed her eyes trying to hide her embarrassment.
The game proceeded without much more exciting events aside from Ruby reciprocating Blake's dare by asking her to replicate page 47, whatever that meant, which swiftly shut Blake up and had her laying in Yang's lap by Ruby's command.
Soon it was ten and Blake asked if she could stay over the night. Yang said yes and Ruby then asked if Weiss wanted to stay over. Not really wanting to go home she said yes.
"I'm fine with that Ruby but I think you're forgetting that we only have three beds and the couch will kill anyone who sleeps on it. So where is Weiss going to sleep because Blake negotiated for the guest room already."
"umm…. She will get my bed and I will just sleep on the floor." Ruby said quickly thinking that was a good way to handle it.
"You may be a fat thinker, but you still excel at wasting time you dolt. There is no way that I as a guest am making you sleep on the floor of your own home. If anything I'll be on the floor." Weiss replied not willing to let her friend sacrifice herself.
"But I'm not going to let you sleep on the floor Weiss!"
"Well I'm not going to let you sleep on the floor either, you dolt!"
Their argument would have continued if not for a loud squealing sound outside. They all got up and outside quickly. There they saw a giant black boar, with long tusks, and armored to the teeth. Naturally Weiss and Yang held up their hands and put on their rings. They began to open their mouths when Blake spoke up.
"Gambol Shroud." Suddenly they all saw the ring on Blake's finger as black light erupted from it. The next moment they look Blake is in a ninja get up with a sword sheathed along her back. "Let me handle this. I am a guest after all and unlike Weiss I didn't bring a gift." Weiss just stared in shock as Blake leapt into the air and brought the cleaver like sheath into the back of the creature before them.
Instinct flowed through Blake as she attacked the overgrown pig. Landing behind it she drew the blade from out of her sheath and began slicing at it with both weapons. The boar was unfazed by it as she jumped backwards. It then began to charge towards her in a frenzy. She easily jumped over it, twisted through the air, and threw the sword which changed shape and fired like a pistol. It then swung around the underbelly of the beast allowing Blake to catch the main body of the weapon and pull. Clearly shocked the beast flipped over exposing an unarmored underbelly. Blake then felt herself create a clone which she used as a launch pad allowing her to bring her blades sheath straight into the beast causing a loud squeal from its death. It then faded into darkness while her weapon returned into the ring.
"If both of you refuse to let the other sleep on the floor, why don't you two just, I don't know sleep in the bed together?" Blake asked earning herself a puzzled look from Yang. She didn't really care too much, it was worthy revenge given that Ruby had pulled Blake's own gambit upon her.
"I don't see a problem with it." Yang just crossed her arms and walked back inside. "Come on kitty we've got studying to do." Blake walked in with her leaving the other two to their utter surprise and inability to comprehend what just happened. About 20 minutes later she heard the door to Ruby's room close alerting Blake to their begrudging acceptance of the situation.
It was around 2 am when Ruby awoke. Getting to sleep had been difficult given Weiss' reluctance to the idea. Getting back to sleep was going to be more difficult. Then Ruby heard it; the sound that had woken her up. Ruby turned around on the bed to see the sleeping form of Weiss. And she was crying. Through the tears she was saying something. Something about the world being cold, something about the world hating her, something about having no true friends. Ruby wasn't sure whether it was the grogginess from waking up this early, or from the intense feelings Weiss' pain gave her, but she reached out and hugged her friend. She figured if it was too cold she would add some warmth to the heiress. Slowly the crying and muttering from her friend faded. This gave Ruby relief, the cold from her friends skin brought her quickly back to sleep, the conscious will keeping her from holding tighter fading.
It was around 6 am. Weiss woke with the morning sun as normal. For some reason she found sitting up to be difficult. Then she looked towards her friend only to see her friend hugging her tightly. The blush on Weiss' face grew until she couldn't contain herself. For the first morning in years she screamed for a reason not having to do with her nightmare, but for the dolt holding onto her, far too tightly for anything decent to be construed.
Needless to say it was a long morning.
Hello there. So what do you guys think about game night?
Off screen everyone was asked what their favorite anime was. Ruby answered Valvrave the Liberator, Blake said The world's greatest Disciple Kenichi, Yang said Saint Seiya, and Weiss replied Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Ruby went starry eyed and compared Weiss to Alisa. As references will be made I figured I should mention this now.
Also the competition to guess Page 126 is being extended till I officially say it's been done, and to go with it, Page 47 the one that made Blake blush has been added as a side challenge. Remember detail is key so guess away.
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