"...And that's when the first guy just kinda, well, blew up," Ruby continued as she and Pyrrha strolled into the dorm from outside where they'd been running drills. Both of them were fairly well covered in sweat from their workout and feeling the burn in their muscles.

"That does sound quite intense," the redhead agreed solemnly.

"Yeah, but then I woke up," she huffed irritably. "Wish I coulda seen what happened to the dancing bear."

"I am sure he is just fine in dream-land," Pyrrha chuckled. "Perhaps vacationing somewhere until once more summoned by your dreams."

"I wonder if that's how it works," the brunette mused. "Do the characters from my dreams become real and then just kinda exist somewhere?"

"Who knows," Pyrrha smiled, giving the shorter girl a quick one-armed hug.

Ruby smiled back, not minding in the least their sweaty state. She'd take hugs from either of her lovers, no matter how they were. And speaking of vacations…

"Hey, fluffy fox, I wanted to ask you something," she began seriously, pausing at the top of the stairs.

"What is it, love?" Pyrrha asked, coming to a stop as well. Her emerald green eyes glittered in the early morning light that filtered through the stairwell windows, focused solely on whatever her girlfriend had to say.

"Well, we're gonna have winter break in a couple months… and I really, really want for the three of us to be together for Yuletide…"

Pyrrha's smile broadened. "That would be grand," she stated softly, though the smile began to fade somewhat as she evidently began to think of her parents.

"And so what I was wondering is," Ruby interjected hurriedly before the redhead could grow overly concerned, "if you came with us to Patch, maybe your parents could visit us there for Yuletide as well? Bring our whole family together!"

"Oh, little rose," Pyrrha murmured. "I can't think of anything I'd like better for the holidays. Thank you, love, you are so very thoughtful."

Ruby grinned and shrugged, blushing a bit at the praise. "Eh, well, I kinda get stuck thinking about these things, y'know… how we can stay together as much as we can…" She looked down, scuffing her athletic shoe against the carpet. "I don't like being away from either of you," she admitted quietly.

"Nor I from either of you," Pyrrha conceded, wrapping her arms around the other girl and pressing a kiss onto the top of her head.

They stood there for a few moments while hugging, ignoring the students moving around them as much as they did their own post-workout funk.

Giving each other a quick squeeze, they separated and moved towards their room, hand-in-hand.

"Do you suppose our kitty cat has returned from her jog?" Pyrrha mused.

"Yeah, she should be, though I imagine she's…"

As the door opened, Ruby's words trailed off. Both of them moved stealthily into the room, closing the door silently behind them. The sounds of the shower were running from the bathroom, but above that could be heard the soft alto singing that drifted to them like thick, warm honey.

"Oh, my," the redhead breathed, enchanted.

Ruby could only nod wordlessly. She led Pyrrha over to sit on the edge of their bed where they perched, basking in the rich singing voice they never knew their girlfriend possessed. The wonderful deep notes reaching their ears were somewhat sensual, not because of the content of the love song but because of the way Ruby's middle seemed to feel all warm and comfortable listening to her. She'd no idea Blake had such an incredible singing voice.

And then, quite suddenly, the lovely ballad cut off, replaced by silence as the water stopped as well.

"How long have you been out there?" a hesitant voice called out from behind the door.

"Not nearly long enough," Ruby giggled.

They heard the Cat Faunus sigh deeply before she pushed the door open, towels wrapped around her dripping hair and body.

"I don't like anybody hearing me… sing," she muttered bashfully as she toweled her hair off.

"But, Blakey…" the brunette began, though Pyrrha gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"Blake, my love?" the redhead murmured. "Could you please feel us through the Mark?"

The raven-haired girl froze warily, but then nodded. Ruby felt the soft brush as their lover sent a tendril of her aura along their bond, the sensation like a warm kiss placed directly on her left shoulder over the location of the Mark itself.

Blake sucked in a startled breath, almost dropping her towel.

"We love your singing voice," Pyrrha resumed intently. "It is as beautiful as you are."

"Couldn't have said it better myself, fluffy fox," Ruby smirked, giving Blake a wink. "Please don't be embarrassed about it, Blakey. I'd love to hear you sing again, even if it's only with the two of us."

"Okay," the Cat Faunus replied softly, resuming the drying of her hair. "Er… what did you have in mind?"

"Maybe at night sometimes?" the brunette unhesitatingly requested, though a bit shyly. "I mean… we love it when you read to us, so maybe you could sing to us as well? Just, y'know… on occasion?"

"I would truly love that," Pyrrha breathed.

"Mmm." Blake gave them a little smile, which quickly turned into a frown as her nose wrinkled up. "Right now, though, you both need showers. Shoo."

"Yes, love," the redhead giggled, dragging Ruby to her feet as she headed towards the bathroom.

"Oooh, are we takin' one together?" Ruby asked excitedly.

"Well, it would conserve the hot water," Pyrrha smirked. She stopped and levelled a stern finger at the shorter brunette. "Only a shower, though. Nothing… extra."

"Gotcha, no funny business, hands to myself," Ruby smiled back innocently.

Pyrrha gave her one more unconvinced look before she stepped into the bathroom, quickly stripping off her dirty exercise clothes and tossing them into the hamper they all shared. Soon thereafter the water started back up again.

"Are you planning on tackling her before or after she actually steps into the shower?" Blake murmured amusedly.

"Hmm… After." Ruby grinned widely as she slipped her own clothes off. "Sneak attack and all that, y'know."

"Like she's not expecting it?"

"Oh, I know she's expecting it, but she doesn't know I know she's expecting it, so it'll still be a surprise when I glomp her."

"You…" Blake sighed, shaking her head as she heard the shower start back up. "I love you," she stated simply.

"Love you too, kitty cat," Ruby smirked before darting into the bathroom and sneaking into the shower stall behind Pyrrha.

Sure enough, the redhead still ended up letting out a surprised squeal at the rather provocative placement of Ruby's hands.

Yep, still got it, Ruby smirked again widely.

A/N: Credit for the idea for Blake's singing voice goes to yosai. I like the idea of Blake having this low, sultry singing voice that she'd be embarrassed about, especially with having someone like Weiss for a teammate. And yes, we're already planning for winter break here, at my count should happen in, oh… seven chapters or so. We'll have Halloween first, naturally.

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