"Ladies," Ruby proclaimed dramatically, bouncing up and down on the bed excitedly. "I have an activity for us today!"

"Does it involve remaining in bed?" Blake groused, trying to pull the sheet back up over her head.

"Nope!"

"Then, no."

"C'mon, kitty cat! It'll be awesome!"

Pyrrha groaned quietly, rolling over and grabbing the giggling teen around the waist to drag her back down. "Shhh, little rose, shhh," she pleaded. "It's the day before exams. We do not need the excitement, truly."

"But fluffy fox!" Ruby pleaded intently. "That's why I wanna do this now to cheer everyone up!"

"Do what, now, love?"

"Make cookies!"

Pyrrha regarded the brunette levelly, unable to say no to those mirthful silver eyes that danced so.

"How many cookies?" she sighed finally.

Ruby squealed in delight, peppering her face with kisses. "All the cookies!" she declared in between smooches.

"Will we make sugar cookies?" Blake mumbled from beneath the covers.

"Yep!" Ruby declared, ducking her head under to join her Faunus lover and cover her face in adoration as well.

Eventually, after many more lavishes of affection, the three of them were in the communal dorm kitchen and ready to get to work.

"How much do we have in terms of ingredients?" Blake asked curiously, rifling through the cabinets.

"Oh, tons," Ruby giggled. "Ren gave us free reign."

"That was very nice of him," Pyrrha smiled. "We should make some gingersnaps for him as they are his favorite. Oh, and Nora likes strawberry."

Ruby froze in her action of setting down a bowl big enough for her to sit inside. "Strawberry cookies?" she exclaimed.

"Mmhmm."

"Knew I liked that girl," Ruby declared.

"Alright, then," Blake murmured consideringly. "We have enough here to make chocolate chip, butterscotch chip, peanut butter, sugar… I think we can do gingersnap, but I've never made them before… What goes into strawberry cookies?"

"Strawberries," Ruby replied glibly, earning her an amused glare from the Cat Faunus.

"I do know that, sweetie, but what do you use? Fresh strawberries or jam of some sort?"

"I think either would work," Pyrrha mused. "Knowing Nora, she'd appreciate the extra sugar from the strawberry jam."

"Alright then…" Blake paused, looking at the others shyly. "Er, is it alright if I make some special ones?"

"Of course, love," the redhead smiled.

"You betcha," Ruby agreed as well. "What did you have in mind?"

"Well… they're called Robin's Nest cookies. They're a crumbly, chopped-walnut-covered cookie in the shape of a nest, with little blue fondant eggs resting in them."

"Those sound adorable," Pyrrha smiled, sidling around and wrapping her arms around Blake from behind. Ruby did the same from the front, as the both of them picked up on a rather bittersweet feeling from their girlfriend over the Mark. "Where did you learn to make them?"

Blake sighed softly, relaxing into the embrace of the two girls who knew her the best in all of Remnant, and would never allow her to feel morose over such memories. "Someone I knew in the White Fang," she murmured. "While it was still just a group dedicated to nonviolent change. Her name was Autumn, another Cat Faunus like myself, and used to make them for me and some of the other kids when our… parents… were out marching and the like." She smiled slightly, willing herself to remember the good from those times and not the bad. "She was like a mother to me, taught me how to make them myself when I was older."

Ruby nuzzled her face into the crook of her neck, giving her a soft kiss there. "What happened to her?" the brunette asked hesitantly.

"She died," the raven-haired girl whispered. "In yet another rally that went wrong."

There wasn't much any of them could say to that, so instead they just remained in each other's arms for some time longer.

"Hey," Ruby murmured as she finally extracted herself. "How about we make those first?"

"That sounds grand," Pyrrha agreed.

"Alright," Blake smiled. "Thank you."

"Of course, kitty cat! So what do we need?"

"Mmm. Let me see…" Blake tapped her chin with a finger as she pulled the recipe from her memory, fond recollections of standing on a stool next to the warm, caring woman as she made them. "Butter, brown sugar, eggs…"

A/N: Credit for the story idea goes to Gorsouul. And Robin's Nest cookies are awesome, I got the recipe from my sister-in-law, they're a favorite on the holidays.

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