sorry this took so long, yesterday was tough and I was out for most of today. then my family watched a movie and while I love my readers my family is more important. I hope you all understand.
Chapter 6
Pyrrha was awoken from her slumber when she felt something move atop of her. Opening her eyes she saw Martin was cuddling up to her and moved so that his arms would have better purchase. She felt her heart warm at the thought of Martin, whether he remembered it or not he had called her mommy in his sleep the night before.
The night before
Luke had just gotten Martin to got to sleep and was preparing to lay down on the other side of the bed. Jaune was bunking with team RWBY tonight so naturally Nora was up later than usual. She had said something about "fighting the power" and that "Jaune can't tell her when to go to bed". This had all stemmed from the one night that Nora had stayed up far too late and was given a strict bedtime of 8 o'clock which was the same as Martin's but with Nora staying up Martin couldn't sleep so it wasn't until Nora passed out on Ren's bed that Martin was able to sleep and just as Luke's head hit the pillow her heard Martin move. Looking over he saw Martin get out of bed and walk over to Luke's side. With a still sleepy look on his face he began to tug on Luke's sleeve. When Luke rose Martin lead him to Pyrrha's bed and started pointing at her. Pyrrha looked at Martin and held her arms out to him and he began to walk over to her while still holding Luke's sleeve. Martin climbed into the bed and started trying to pull Luke into the bed as well. "No buddy." Luke said " I can't sleep with Pyrrha too." after a moment of thought passed through the young boy's mind he looked at Pyrrha who quickly moved over to leave room for Luke before patting the bed next to Martin. Luke was now having a major crisis. He knew that he may have the beginnings of feelings for his partner who was almost three years his junior, yet the way that she looked at Martin gave him a feeling that it just might work. So after a moment of thought he climbed in next to Martin who was asleep in minutes happily holding onto both of them and sleeping. There was a brief moment of awkward between the two adults in the bed before Pyrrha reached over and grabbed a hold of Luke's hand in her own. They were going to give this a shot and this was the first step. Then after they had been like that for a while Martin seemed to stir from his sleep as he moved over to Pyrrha and in a sleepy little voice said " I wuv you mommy"
Being brought back to the present by Martin stirring slightly from his sleep she saw him him open his eyes for a span before he made eye contact with her and snuggled into her as tightly as a two year old could while he said " I still wuvz you mommy" feeling her heart warm once more at being called mommy. Martin went back to sleep. Thinking herself lucky Pyrrha went back to sleep.
After a time spent on the couch Pyrrha felt Martin move and when she opened her eyes she saw that he had moved over to the pile of teenagers by the fireplace. He seemed content to be snuggled by three pretty girls who all found him absolutely adorable. It was at this time that Pyrrha felt Luke's arm shift. He went from having one arm wrapped around her and the other arm hanging limp off the side of couch after Martin got up. To having both arms wrapped around Pyrrha and then they were moving. When he stopped moving he had wedged Pyrrha between him and the back of the couch. It was both enduring and concerning as it was him both protecting her and using himself as a shield for Pyrrha. Yet in spite of the gloomy implications that this may have carried Pyrrha was beside herself with joy when she felt Luke lightly kiss her neck. She always knew that she may be able to develop feelings of the romantic nature for her partner. After all he was rather handsome, and he treated her like Pyrrha Nikos the woman and not Pyrrha Nikos the invincible girl. That alone made him a good choice in her eyes. But she also saw what happened after initiation when he saw team CRDL picking on some faunus student. She watched luke go over to them and start yelling at team CRDL. she couldn't hear what he was saying but with the way that the RDL of team CRDL seemed to start crying and run away she decided that she didn't really want to know. And when Cardin tried grab him by the shoulder Luke simply counter gripped the larger man's hand and then without moving his feet and with little more than a flick of his wrist she watched as Luke threw all 6 and ½ feet of the other student halfway across the courtyard and into a nearby tree. After he rose to his feet Cardin seemed to swear at Luke before he sulked away. If she were being honest it was one of the most badass things Pyrrha had ever seen. And it wasn't just the big things the little things too, like the way he would smile when he saw Martin laugh or the way his eyes could go from being soft as the wool on a healthy black sheep to being as hard as obsidian in less than a microsecond. She had at first felt a little wrong about having these feelings for him as she didn't know a lot about him and here she was considering loving the man. When she saw him introduce Martin as his son she felt a wave of sorrow come crashing over her and when she heard that Martin mother had passed she felt a wave of relief, and she hated herself for it. The woman Luke had loved was dead and she was relieved. That inner turmoil from a moment of human selfishness had been bothering her for days now. For a time she thought that he was only showing her attention for Martin's sake. After all he had heard Martin call her mommy the night before and may simply be trying to give Martin the illusion of family. But the kiss he had just given her seemed to take that theory and crush its skull with a brutal blow from a axe kick. And axe kick thrown by one armour clad warrior who happened to be holding to her as though she were the only thing in the entirety of existence.
They laid like that for a length of time that was unknown to Pyrrha. They were only awoke from their slumber by Martin eagerly asking for Luke to follow him. After Pyrrha rose to allow Luke to stand Martin quickly pulled him along to the doorway to the kitchen. After he stood there for a moment Pyrrha joined him, both of them completely unaware of the trap they had just walked into. They continued in their blissful thinking until Martin gave the nearest impersonation to a mad scientist as he could when he began to cackle maniacally. After they stood there for a moment in complete confusion martin pointed his hands up and then ran away as quickly as he could. They both looked up and were shocked by the sight they were greeted with. Hanging there over their heads was a small green plant with red berries. "Mistletoe, the little monster woke me up to get me under mistletoe." Pyrrha was moderately amused by the minor monologue Luke was partaking still hadn't fully processed the implication of being caught under mistletoe with Luke. At least not until she heard Luke say " aw hell, may as well" turning to Pyrrha he quickly seized her head by placing his right thumb just in front of her left ear and circled his fingers around the back of her neck. His left hand quickly curled around her waist and pulled her to him. Ignoring the yelp Pyrrha gave and instead deciding to silence any further sounds from her he swiftly pressed his lips to her's. Feeling her go rigid he suppressed the urge to laugh. Sanya had done the same thing when he first kissed her, granted he much worse at it then. He stayed there for a moment with their lips depressed against one another, until Luke decided that he wanted to get her opinion on this and chose to do so in the fastest way he knew. He quickly began to deepen the kiss by running his tongue along her teeth and waited for her reaction. After a brief pause she opened her teeth and attempted to run her own tongue along his all got kind a fuzzy after that and the next thing Luke knew they were being seperated by Jaune's mother Isabao. " there will be no tonsil hockey in my house children and that rule shall be abided by " Luke helped Pyrrha over to a chair and sat her down. Wrapping an arm around shoulders and pulling her to his side he saw Nora look at them and ask " so are you two together together or…?" choosing to spare Nora the awkward attempt to come up with an alternative Luke simply laughed and as he said " yes Nora, I believe we are in fact together together" when he turned his gaze back to Pyrrha the look he received told him that he wasn't wrong