Disclaimer: Nope. Nadda. Not mine.
Save the Date
By: athrunzala
Chapter 2: Planning
As the week went on, Blake and Yang began planning for their former team mates' arrival back on campus. They knew that they wanted to be able to stay in the same dorm room for one night, but all the quad-bed rooms were full.
So they were going to make due with one of the guest dorms on the other side of the campus. The two Faunus had been using it as their residence, so there was not a whole lot of room in it, mostly due to Blake's seemingly endless supply of books. However, they had managed to procure some bunk beds and cots and get them through the door, turning the sleeping area into a bunkhouse of sorts.
This would allow for both Team JNPR and Team RWBY to have their reunion in peace, but wouldn't leave much privacy for things of another nature. This, however, had been planned for by Sun, who had contacted Neptune about colored door hangars. Whichever one was on the door would indicate if it was safe for others to enter the sleeping area. And the two had spent a couple hours color coding them to each couple. If one of those was on the door, you didn't dare come in.
On the off chance that somebody did not pay attention to the knob adornment, they had attached blackout curtains to the bed frames and ceilings, providing a safety barrier of sorts for emergency use. They weren't too fond of being intruded upon, and wanted to give the same respect to their friends.
Yang had already been pulled aside by Blake, who had inquired as to the ring on her hand. The only answer she had gotten was that she would tell them when Ruby and Weiss arrived.
As Friday drew to a close, the graduates managed to spend a night just sitting up and watching the stars. Something that they would all admit was relaxing, was, of course, spending it together.
Saturday dawned bright as ever. Sun was the first one up, owing partly to his earlier life, where he would wake up early on purpose. Now, however, it was just a habit. So, as he and Ren were the only two awake, they went out to take in the morning air. As they watched from the balcony, they saw a few students milling around on campus, more than likely new students who were exploring the grounds in the absence of classes.
They got to talking and ended up on the subject of their jobs.
"I'm training under Glynda to be an instructor here."
"I'll be honest," the martial artist said, turning his head, "I never thought that you would want to do that."
The blonde Faunus scratched his head. He had never seen that in his future either. But many things had changed in his life. And he knew it. He looked back at Ren.
"On that topic, would you take a look at something for me?"
The human wore a quizzical expression on his face until his companion produced a small container from his back pocket.
"I wanna give this to Blake today. Before Ruby and Weiss get here."
"Then why not now?"
"scuse me?"
"She is waking up now. Why not now?"
"Oh. Good idea."
Sun went back inside to see the female Faunus sitting up and stretching.
"Morning!"
"Good morning, Sun."
Blakes expression changed suddenly as she saw him rock back on his heels.
"What's wrong?"
"Would you come with me? Please?"
She rolled her eyes and got up, following him out onto the balcony, where Ren was now meditating. She was shocked when he turned around and covered her eyes.
"Sun, what is this about?"
"Just trust me, okay?"
He then led her past the meditating martial artist and to the railing, before he removed his hands from her eyes.
As she focused, trying to adjust to the light, she kept catching a glint off of something. When she had focused, she looked down to see his gift to her.
"Sun, it's gorgeous!"
"Figured you'd like it. I mean, I know you don't normally wear jewelry, but I saw this and thought that… you know."
"You didn't steal this, did you?"
"Steal it? Why would you say that?"
The small glare the comment earned him made him continue.
"No. I bought it. Fair and square."
"Alright. It is gorgeous."
She picked up the chain, the black volcanic glass encased in a small vial catching the sun as she did so. She put it around her neck, and turned around.
"What do you think?"
"It looks perfect on you. Oh god! Neptune! Pants!"
The outburst was not all that insane when Blake looked over to find that Neptune had wandered out of the sleeping area, devoid of any scrap of clothing.
"Dude, I know you may walk around like that in your place, but there are other people here, okay?"
The blue-haired human nodded and trudged back inside to see if he could find some pants. Sun then turned his attention back to his girlfriend, to see that she was holding a small object in her own hands.
"Uh… Blake?"
"Look, Sun. I don't want to do this anymore."
"Is this… the end?"
"No. I want to keep on going with you, but on what you could say is a more permanent basis."
"Wait a minute…"
The male Faunus puzzled over her statement until it dawned on him what she was doing. It was a reversed proposal. She had used the distraction Neptune had provided to retrieve the ring.
"Sun, you don't have to wear this. I will. I just wanted to make sure that you were okay with this idea."
He stepped in towards her, his hands moving up her arms. He pulled her in close and hugged her tightly.
"For you, anything."
He then kissed her as she slid the ring onto her own finger, the yellow topaz catching the light and glinting slightly.
Across the balcony, Ren smiled slightly. He had had a hand in the whole affair, having hidden the ring in his palm. When Neptune had done his bit of distracting, Blake had left a clone of herself standing next to Sun, and had grabbed the ring from him before returning to her fiancé's side. The male Faunus had never even noticed.
To Be Continued…
A.n./ - Yes. I wanted to do a reverse proposal. I'll explain what's going on with Yang and Neptune in the next chapter, assuming I remember to do so.