A/N: Been a while, sorry. Not really in the mood for typing but decided to knock this one out as I listened to some awesome music and drink. This chapter may be based on some true events that recently took place this weekend lol. Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to check out my profile if you're interested in my next story, which will be an original work!
Until next time.
"And then Mr. Torchwick said that I was the loudest one in the class and that I should be playground monitor!" Snowflake stated proudly as she continued hopping up and down while she held her momma's hand as they walked.
Yang held her smile as she nodded slowly at what her small and energetic daughter was telling her, glancing both ways before she pulled the girl along to cross the street.
"That's nice, Snow. What else happened at school?"
Snowflake seemed to ponder the question for a moment before bursting out into another one of her adorable bright smiles that Yang knew she had gotten from her.
"Oh! Cheng and Hilja said that I could come to their birthday party next week!" Snow shouted happily. "Cheng said that he asked his mom if they could have chocolate pancakes and she said yes! I told him about them!"
Yang couldn't help but giggle at her daughter. The girl was unbelievably cute when excited. She was glad to be back home in Vale now, as she had missed Snowflake's first day of school last week when she was assigned a particularly difficult mission outside the kingdom. Luckily for her though, Ozpin had given her a couple of weeks off from official huntress business and now Yang was back home enjoying family life again.
This brought her to where she was right now; on her way to the grocery store with Snowflake. Weiss had been gone all morning and afternoon due to a meeting involving the SDC, and Yang wanted to make up for the days she had been gone.
Although she knew Weiss would never admit it out loud, the blonde knew that her wife got extremely lonely when she wasn't home. This is why she was glad that Snowflake acted the way she did; which Weiss had always said was reminiscent of the blonde. She knew that Snowflake helped keep her mommy company the days she wasn't home.
So now Yang wanted to prepare dinner for the other girl. Granted she was never much of a cook but… it was the thought that counts, right? Plus with thanksgiving coming up soon she wanted to give Weiss a break from cooking all the time.
"Well…" Yang started as she walked into the well-lit grocery store with Snowflake in tow. "We'll have to buy an awesome present for the twins soon."
She watched as Snowflake's eyes lit up and Yang knew exactly was on the girl's mind.
"For the twins, Snowy. Not for you."
She watched the hopeful lilac eyes dim a bit before she ruffled her daughter's hair playfully and focused back on the task at hand… Preparing dinner for Weiss along with Snowflake's help.
"So, Snow… What should we cook for mommy tonight?"
Yang herself glanced around the huge supermarket, noting all the customers who were shopping around them. This was like a strange land to her, she never really stepped foot into a market before. And the times she had, she accompanied Weiss, albeit grudgingly, but never really focused on what her wife bought.
"Mommy likes to eat ice cream!" Snowflake announced as she pointed her little finger towards the frozen aisles of the store.
"I know she does, Snow, but I don't think she'd appreciate it if that was what we made for dinner." Yang giggled out before her eyes spotted a familiar looking person…
About three aisles down, pushing her own cart was an obvious feminine figure that was looking at something on one of the shelves. The bright red hair was undeniable as to who it was and Yang quickly walked towards the person from behind and was about to call out their name.
"Pyrrha!"
"Pyr."
Yang stopped short of the redheaded girl just as she turned to glance at her before another familiar looking girl bound into view holding a box of something before the girls locked onto her own surprised ones.
"Yang, hey!"
It took a moment for the blonde to register her old partner standing there before she smiled back towards the girl.
"Hey, Blake!" Yang greeted before glancing between both her and Pyrhha who smiled back towards the blonde. "And hey Pyrrha! What are you two doing here?" She then asked.
She couldn't help but notice the nervous look they shared between themselves before smiling back at the blonde.
"W- We're shopping of course, a foreign concept to you I know." Blake answered with a smirk. "The burning question though is what in fact are you doing here? I thought it was Weiss who did all the cooking in your place."
Yang feigned hurt as she placed her hand over her heart in mock pain. "You wound me so dear old partner! But I must tell you… I can in fact cook!"
Both Blake and Pyrhha laughed at this before Blake rolled her eyes. "Yang, you and I both know that you can't cook." She replied before she knelt down and smiled at Snowflake who was waving at her energetically. "Hello, Snowflake!"
Snowflake only beamed at the attention she now had and jumped into Blake's open arms. "Hi Auntie Kitty!"
"Kateia is over there if you want to say hi." Blake said while pointing down the aisle where she had walked from.
It didn't take any other words for Snowflake to detach herself from Blake and run down the aisle in search of Kateia, while yelling the girl's name loudly.
"By the Gods, she as loud as you are, Yang." Pyrrha chuckled out as she leaned against the cart to which Yang only rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly.
"Well what can I say; I am a pretty awesome role model."
"One who can't cook, of course." Blake jested before Yang elbowed the other girl playfully.
"Alright enough with the truth, I know I suck at cooking." Yang admitted. "But I want to cook for Weiss tonight…" She started before she had an idea pop into her head.
"What do you guys recommend I make her?" She asked to both Pyrrha and Blake to which both girls shared a look before smirking.
"Alright, Snow!" Yang announced proudly as she finished tying her hair into a ponytail behind her and began to slip into an apron that read 'Good lookin' is cookin' which she had just bought.
"You ready?" She asked towards her daughter who was fidgeting with her own hair, trying to tie it just the way Yang had before the blonde knelt down and did it for her.
"Yep! I'm ready momma!" Snow cheered out as she proudly thumped her fist against her chest.
Yang gave her daughter a firm nod before looking at the various ingredients lined up on the expensive countertop in the kitchen, before she turned her gaze towards the illuminated blue numbers on the stove. It read 7:22 pm which left plenty of time for Snowflake and herself to prepare dinner for Weiss. Her wife would be home at 9 and both Blake and Pyrrha's dinner suggestion would only take about forty minutes.
"Peppered fillet steak with parsley potatoes." Yang whispered to herself as she looked over everything once more. "Easy peasy!"
"Easy peasy!" Snowflake cheered out as well.
Yang's smile widened at that before she rolled up her sleeves and grabbed a pot from the cabinet and went to fill it up with water from the sink. Both Blake and Pyrrha both stated that Weiss would absolutely love this dish.
"Snow, open up the bag and take out the potatoes."
Snowflake threw another salute towards her momma as she reached up on her tip-toes and pulled the heavy bag of potatoes down to the floor, nearly falling down in the process. The small girl tore open the plastic with her hands, pretending them to be wrapping on a birthday gift, and emptied the brown vegetables onto the floor.
"Done!" She announced just as Yang finished filling the large pot with water and placed it on the stove.
"Good… now this next part is going to be hard, you think you can do it, Snowy?" Yang asked as she grabbed a potato peeler from a drawer.
"I can do anything, momma! Even Mr. Torchwick says so!" Snow answered with a giggle.
Although tentatively, Yang handed the potato peeler to her daughter. "Okay good, I need you to peel all those potatoes then I'll put them in the pot, okay?"
"Got it!"
As soon as Yang turned around to start preparing the steaks and seasonings, Snowflake went to work. The smaller girl grinded the peeler against the potatoes, shaving off the brown skin and getting them ready. Though she did manage to mess up a few times, she was sure she was doing a spectacular job!
But as she neared finishing her job, she noticed that her momma was busy working on the other half of the meal…
Not wanting to bother her momma while she was working, Snowflake gripped one of her freshly peeled potatoes in both hands and walked towards the stove. She could see the massive silver pot that sat above her on the stove but didn't let that deter her.
In one swift movement, Snowflake tossed the potato up into the air and watched on with eyes full of amusement as the vegetable soared in the air. Snow couldn't hold back the squeal of joy as the potato reached its peak before plopping perfectly into the pot with a sizzle.
"Nice shot, Snowy!" Her momma cheered on from where she was rubbing seasonings onto the steak. "I bet you can't do that for the rest of them!"
"You're on, momma!" Snow answered with a whip of her own ponytail as she trotted back to her potatoes before picking two of them up this time and narrowing her eyes.
She saw her mother looking at her now with a hint of a smirk, but Snowflake focused on where the pot was before hefting one of the potatoes in her right hand. She took a second to steady herself before jumping and tossing it into the air.
She watched the white vegetable soar perfectly towards its objective and bouncing off the side of the pot before falling into the water.
"Score!" She cheered out before throwing the next one she held and watching it once again land inside the pot.
Yang however was a little surprised by that. She wasn't really expecting her daughter to be able to continuously make every throw, but there she was, dangerously tossing potatoes into a boiling pot of water…
'Weiss would kill me if she found out.'
But glancing back at the stove and dodging a potato that soared through the air, Yang saw that it was already 8:17 pm. She wasn't even done preparing the steak yet and she still had to preheat the oven as well!
"Desperate times call for desperate measures!" Yang chanted out as she smirked wickedly at what she was about to do.
"Ready to see some magic, Snowy?" Yang called out before immediately hearing a potato hit the ground and a scampering of feet as the girl ran towards where she was.
"Really momma, really?" Snow asked as she jumped up and down as if trying to get a better view. "You're gonna do magic?!"
"Mhm!" Yang hummed as she focused her aura to her hands letting loose a blazing heat that emanated from them just as a spark of orange flame materialized.
Focusing the flame on the steak, Yang smiled as Snowflake's gasps of awe were heard. She loved showing Snowflake her semblance when Weiss wasn't around.
"Bigger bigger!" Snowflake encouraged as her twinkling lilac eyes were focused on the flame.
"Sure thing, baby!"
Yang let the flame get even hotter and bigger as Snowflake applauded while giggling. "More more!"
And Yang was only too happy to oblige, quickly forgetting about the steak she was aiming her flame at. Easily letting loose more heat and fire, the blazing inferno which now consumed almost the entire counter set off the smoke alarm in the kitchen which quickly caused the blonde to extinguish her semblance.
"Oh crap!" She muttered as the smoke that hung in the air lingered.
It was when Snowflake clutched the fabric of her pants that Yang looked down at a beaming Snow and smirked.
"Momma, you used too much fire on the steak!"
Yang felt her stomach drop as she quickly looked at the charred steak now on the counter. Burned past the point of recognition.
"Talk about swell done." The blonde mumbled as she felt her scroll vibrate in her pocket.
Quickly fishing the device out, Yang swallowed in fear at the name 'My Little Ice Queen' before hitting the answer button.
"H- Hey Weiss!" Yang stuttered as she already heard the woman on the other line sigh.
"I'm not even going to ask what you did this time, Yang. Anyways I'll be home in about fifteen minutes; I got out of the meeting a little early."
Yang felt her eyes snap to the clock and then back at the mess in the kitchen that she made before down at Snowy who was now smashing the remaining potatoes on the floor with the potato peeler and making an even bigger mess.
"I- I'll see you when you get home babe." Yang said into the scroll before swallowing nervously once more. "You love me no matter what, right Weissy?" She asked hesitantly.
Weiss however only exhaled on the other line and Yang could picture her wife pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Yes, I love and will always love you, Yang… Even if you burned the house down."
Yang breathed a sigh of relief at hearing that before smiling. "I didn't quite burn it down but I'll see you soon! Love ya!" She shouted into the phone, quickly hanging up right as she heard Weiss begin to ask what she had meant.
But now she had barely enough time to make anything fancy so she would settle on the one meal that was always tried and true. A dinner so familiar and delicious to her, one that made her mouth water and could even make Ruby stop her rambling…
It was time for…
Mac and cheese!
Not just any ol' mac and cheese though. Yang glanced over at the still boiling pot that was filled with the peeled potatoes and had an idea before tapping Snowflake on the head.
"You ready for round two, Snow? Mommy is almost home and we have to hurry!"
She watched her daughter jump up and give another one of her ridiculous salutes.
"Good, go get the table ready and I'll handle the food."
Reaching for the door handle of her luxurious apartment which she shared with her oaf of a wife and her beautiful daughter, Weiss Schnee, executive director of the Schnee Dust Corporation turned the handle and slowly opened the door. She half expected an explosion to go off with the way Yang had been acting on the phone, but oddly… nothing happened.
She let herself in before shutting the door and catching a strong scent of a vanilla in the air. Almost smelling like the bottle of her expensive air freshener that she had bought not long ago…
Knowing that this was the work of Yang, Weiss dropped her suitcase by the door and kicked off her heels while making her way towards the living room where she could hear the television.
"Yang! Did you use the entire bottle of air freshener in the whol-" Weiss started before she stopped mid-sentence and took in sight in front of her.
Both Yang and Snowflake were seated at the table with said table set up for three. Weiss could see that all the plates had steaming food on them with the utensils already placed perfectly as well.
Weiss had to shake her head once, twice, three times to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her.
"Y- You cooked dinner?" Weiss asked perplexed as she slowly walked towards the table.
"I helped too, mommy!" Snowflake stated with a smile.
"Yeah! I told you I- we could cook!" Yang said while winking towards Snowflake.
As Weiss neared the table and prepared to sit down, she now spotted what was on her plate and couldn't help but laugh. It was a plate of macaroni and cheese with a twist it seemed. There were cut up potatoes mixed in as well.
Though she had grabbed a quick bite to eat before she came home, Weiss made sure to keep quiet about that. It was odd times like this that she really loved her wife. Yang always knew what to do to surprise her, and even though she knew the blonde was a lousy cook, it was the thought that mattered.
Scooping a forkful of the mac and cheese, Weiss took a bite and savored the basic but loving meal and happily nodded her head towards Snowflake.
"Snowy, baby, you helped make this too?" She asked right after she swallowed.
"Yeah! I peeled the potatoes!" Snowflake answered happily as she took her own scoop of food and shoved it into her mouth.
Weiss smiled towards her wife now who wore a shaky smirk before Snowflake continued.
"Then I threw them into the pot on the stove while momma lit the entire kitchen on fire with magic, mommy! You should have seen it was so cool!"
It took a moment to realize what was just said but Weiss felt her entire body go rigid at her daughter's words before she turned an accusing glare towards Yang who was now looking everywhere but her.
"You… What?!"
"It was like whoosh! Tssssst! Bwaaaah!" Snowflake continued explaining happily as she shoveled more and more food into her mouth.
"It- It was only like half the kitchen." Yang mumbled before looking up at her between her eyelashes with the puppy look she had stolen from Ruby. "And you said you'd love me no matter what! Remember?!"
Weiss felt her grip on the metal fork tighten as she involuntarily let her semblance leak out a bit. The temperature dropped dramatically as Yang looked absolutely terrified.
But exhaling and not wanting to ruin the moment in which both her daughter and her wife cooked dinner for her, Weiss took in a deep breath and took another bite of the macaroni and cheese, this time getting a piece of potato with it and chuckled.
She'd deal with the kitchen fiasco later, for now she just wanted to enjoy the meal that was prepared by her wife and child. She could only imagine the struggles of what had transpired in the kitchen but oddly she found it difficult to get mad about it. She truly loved those two… and though she'd never admit it to Yang, she actually loved her macaroni and cheese.
