Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY.
Blake sighed as she approached the door to her apartment. Her shift at the book store had finally ended and now she could enjoy Halloween with her family and friends. Her girlfriend, Ruby, had decided to throw a Halloween party at their apartment and even took the day off to set everything up. The thought of her red-headed roommate made Blake's heart beat faster. This would be their first Halloween as a couple and Ruby had promised her a wonderful night.
As she opened the door to her apartment, she was greeted with the sight of her girlfriend lying on the couch, her daughter Amber hunched over her stomache, going "OMNOMNOMNOM".
Upon seeing her enter, Ruby reached out to her. "Blake! Help! I'm being devoured by an adorable little zombie!"
Said zombie quickly turned to face Blake, her golden eyes beaming with joy. "MOMMY! You're home!" She squealed as she jumped off the couch and rushed over.
Blake quickly leaned down and took her daughter in her arms. "I see you two have been busy," she said as she inspected the face-paint that made Amber look like a walking corpse. Then she looked around. Their apartment had been almost excessively decorated with pumpkins and ghosts and spiders. Tables had been set up with bowls and plates full of strange looking food and drink. "Ah, the famous Ruby Rose Halloween buffet. The highlight of every Halloween."
"Yup, dirt and worms, eyeballs in puss, roasted brains. And let's not forget my pumpkin muffins."
The mere thought made Blake's mouth water. "Oh, Ruby, this is amazing."
Ruby gave her a loving smile. "Only the best for my girls."
Blake returned the smile and took the chance to check out Ruby's costume. There wasn't much to it. Ruby was wearing a black tattered cloak and behind her Blake noticed a scythe leaning against the couch. "So, you're death this year?"
"Yup, I just liked the idea. I also got your costume in the bedroom. Why don't you go change? Me and Amber have to get ready for our trick-or-treating run."
"Yay, Candy! We're gonna get lots, right, Mama Ruby?!"
"Oh, heck yeah! We're not coming back until we got enough to feed us 'til next year!"
As the two of them cheered, Blake went to the bedroom.
As it would take a while for all the guests to arrive, and because it was a vital tradition, Ruby decided to take Amber, Hans and Atlas out trick-or-treating while Blake stayed at home and tended to the guests.
As she closed the door behind her, she noticed the black ninja outfit lying on the bed. Oh god, Ruby, I hoped you'd forgotten about that. Since she didn't really know what she wanted to be for Halloween, she simply let Ruby decide. It would seem she had gotten her a ninja outfit as a reminder of a certain book series she'd read when they were teenagers.
Shaking her head, she changed into her costume. As she was getting changed, she heard the doorbell ring. Ah, good. They're already here.
Once she was changed, she entered the living room just as Ruby opened the door. Weiss and Yang were the first to enter with Weiss' son Hans. Weiss was dressed in a grey soldier's uniform and cap, a musket slung over her shoulder. Yang was wearing a golden princess costume, her hair was in a ponytail and she wore a tiara on her head. Hans, however, was dressed in a simple tuxedo.
Ruby took one look at Hans, then turned to Weiss. "His grandfather pick out the costume?"
"He was very insistent," Weiss replied. "Also, Hans really didn't want to wear the clown costume Yang got him."
"Oh, come on, that would've been so cute!"
Next up, Jaune and Pyrrha entered with their son, Atlas. Jaune was dressed as Batman, Pyrrha as Catwoman and Atlas was Robin.
"I think you guys got your costumes mixed," Ruby said upon seeing them.
"Funny," Jaune said dryly. "Probably would've been better if Yang hadn't already said it."
"Hey, Amber!" Atlas interjected. "I really like your costume!"
"Thank you! Yours is great, too."
Atlas then turned to Hans. "Hans!" He quickly looked him up and down, then frowned. "Who died?"
Amber started laughing loudly, while Hans barely reacted.
"His grandfather picked out the costume," Amber explained between gasps.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I guess you won't be getting that much candy tonight."
Hans remained silent.
"Well, anyway, let's go Amber!" Atlas said as he grabbed Amber's hand.
Immediately, Hans reached out and grabbed Amber's other hand. "She's going with me!"
"What?!" Atlas pouted. "No way, she likes me more than you!"
"Yeah, right. You look like one of those things people shoot at."
"Targets," Weiss said.
"Right, those."
As the boys continued to argue, Ruby walked over to the couch, picked up her scythe and walked back. "Alright, boys," she said as she held up the scythe menacingly, "you try anything with my little girl, and you will answer to me! Understand!" Both boys quickly nodded. "Great," Ruby replied, now smiling sweetly. "Then let's head out!"
After saying their goodbyes to the others, the four set out on their quest for candy.
"Atlas seems like quite the handful," Weiss said.
"He is," Jaune replied. "Honestly, I'm glad to be here. It'll be nice to just relax."
"Indeed," Pyrrha agreed. "I'm sure this will be a lovely evening."
And it was. Many other guests soon showed up, including Nora, Coco, Ren, Penny, Velvet and a few others and they spent the evening talking, playing games and eating.
The highlight of the night came when Yang dared Nora to drink up the entire bowl of punch. Nora, of course, accepted the challenge, picking up the bowl and quickly chugging it down while the rest of the guests chanted "Chug! Chug! Chug!".
And soon, the bowl was empty. Smiling triumphantly, Nora made to smash the bowl upon the floor, but Blake stopped her.
"Remembered what happened the last time you did that?"
Nora paled. "I never wanna see Ruby that mad again."
"So put the bowl on the table."
Nodding quickly, Nora gently placed the bowl on the table.
"Atta girl, Nora. I'm proud of you," Coco said as she walked up to her wife.
Nora happily jumped into Coco's arms and made to give her a kiss before letting out a ground shaking burp. For a moment, the entire room was silent as she stared at her wife with a horrified expression. "Sorry."
"It's fine," Coco replied. "I knew what I was getting into when I said yes."
Now beaming brightly, Nora kissed Coco deeply.
Then, at around 10pm, Ruby came back with the kids, carrying massive bags of candy with her.
"Blake, I'm proud to say that tonight was a sound success!"
"I see that. That's quite the haul. Hey, why is Atlas so sad?"
"Oh, that's because Hans got more candy than he did."
"Really?"
"Oh yeah, turns out the tuxedo really works for him."
"Seems that way." She then knelt down to face Amber. "Did you have fun tonight, sweetie?"
"So much fun!" The little girl beamed. "And we got so much candy! It's great!"
"I'm glad."
"Hey, mommy, can me and Atlas sleep over at Hans' tonight?"
"If it's okay with Weiss. I'll go talk to her."
Weiss agreed to let the two kids stay over and so, after spending a little more time at the party, she, Yang and the kids left. Over the next two hours, more guests started to leave. By the time it was midnight, Ruby and Blake were alone, cleaning the apartment.
"Yet another successful Halloween!" Ruby exclaimed happily.
"I just hope you don't eat too much of that candy at once. I don't want you to end up in the emergency room again."
Ruby stared at her. "Blake, three times that happened! You should really give me some credit!"
"Sure, I'll give you credit," Blake said as she tossed her garbage in the corner.
"What are you doing?" Ruby asked.
Blake just walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her waist. "I don't feel like cleaning up."
Ruby stared at her. "Oh?" She brought out as she dropped her bag. "Then what do you feel like doing?"
Blake responded by kissing Ruby and gently pushing her down onto the couch. "I feel like thanking you for the lovely evening."
"Well, I, heheh, anything for you, darling."
Blake smiled. "Then it's time to start our own party."
A/N: Halloween update. I know I could have written this as a separate one-shot, but I was too lazy to come up with a title, so I stuffed it in here instead.