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"I just can't believe that you're… fraternizing with him is all."
Ruby rolled her eyes, crossing her arms, pouting at the man standing in front of him. "More than fraternizing." Ruby muttered quietly under her breath, before she continued in a louder voice.
"Uncle Qrow! I am sixteen years old now, I can make decisions on who I go out with or not!" Ruby said almost shrilly, making Qrow wince. The old man backed down, a little uncertain. Qrow shook his head in exasperation.
"I know kid, it's just…" The old Hunter took a glance at Ruby's 'boyfriend' and winced. "Why does it have to be a Schnee of all people?" Wynn frowned, taking offense to that, stepping forward to defend himself. That was quickly stopped when his big sister stepped forward first, a stern look on her face.
"And just why can't she date a Schnee? Is there something wrong with our family name?" Qrow scowled at that.
"Besides the fact that you guys mistreat faunus and are a huge dysfunctional family?" Qrow snorted, crossing his arms and straightening his back, bringing himself to his full height. "Yeah, and you know why they can't. I mean, surely you don't approve?" Winter hesitated, glancing over at Wynn and Ruby.
"It doesn't matter if I approve or not. The two of them are Hunters now, and they're allowed to make their own decisions on who to date or not." Winter's tone of voice seemed a little forced, as if she wasn't really sure she wanted to say that. Qrow rolled his eyes.
"Please," Qrow drawled, waving a hand. "I bet you're burning on the inside right now."
"Shut it Qrow. Before I shut it for you." Winter almost seemed to snarl, a hand resting on her blade. The old man gave a grinning leer, gesturing towards himself with a finger.
"Well, why don't you then?" He said, calling her out. Winter's hand tightened around the hilt of her sword, and she took a half step forwards before regaining her senses, stepping back again and taking a deep breath.
"You are certainly not worth my time." She snarled. Qrow shook his head mockingly, brushing his locks out of his eyes.
"Uh huh. Sure I'm not." Qrow said mockingly, making Winter grit her teeth. Any further action was stopped by Wynn, who grabbed onto his sister's forearm with a furrowed brow on his face.
"You… don't approve of Ruby?" Wynn said in a vulnerable tone of voice. "I mean, I understand if you think she's too young, or because she's not in the right social class but…" Wynn took a deep breath and looked at Winter with determination. "She's someone special to me, and I think you should give her a chance."
Winter and Qrow were both caught off guard by the admission, both for different reasons. Ruby on the other hand was trying not to tackle her boyfriend in delight, instead simply just tilting her head a few degrees to hide her pleased blush.
"That's, that's not the reason why Weiss- Wynn," Winter corrected herself, not wanting to offend her brother any more than she already had.
"Then what is it? Because I'm sure with my help, Ruby can fix any problems that might turn you or father away. Right Ruby?" Ruby mumbled something like 'I mean, not everything' which Wynn didn't seem to appreciate. "Ruby!"
"Yes! Fine!" Ruby closed her eyes steeling herself. "I'll make you proud Wynn's sister. I'll be the most properest and princess-like girl you won't even know that I don't own a dress!" Wynn covered his face, groaning.
"And the first thing we'll fix is her vocabulary Winter, I promise."
Winter shook her head, caught off guard by how far Wynn seemed to go for the girl.
"No, I'm sure Ruby is quite the charming girl." Winter assured Wynn, holding out her hands. Wynn beamed for a second before turning back a little seriously and asking why she was so reticent in letting them be together. Uncharacteristically of the Combat Specialist, Winter turned to look away from Wynn, a light blush on her face as her eyes darted back and forth.
"I mean, does it really have to be the niece of this bastard?" Winter mumbled, everyone only barely able to hear her. Wynn looked back and forth at Qrow and Winter incredulously, his mind not able to (or maybe refusing to) piece together the information.
"What—what do you mean sister?" Wynn said uncertainly, not sure if he actually wanted to hear or not. Qrow quirked a little smile, crossing his arms.
"Wait a second. Did you dear sister not tell you?" The man jeered, looking almost victorious while he said those words. Winter glared at him, but didn't say anything back.
"What didn't she tell me?" Qrow chuckled, covering his smile with a hand.
"Oh this is too rich." Qrow said, shaking his head. "I can't believe you haven't told them that we've been, uh, in this situation before." Qrow said this while he was making quotations with his fingers, which was the last piece that Wynn needed to realize what they were trying to say. The white-haired boy blanched quickly, feeling bile rise to his throat as his mind quickly pulled up an image of Ruby's uncle and his older sister doing—
No, no, definitely don't want to throw up today thank you very much.
Wynn was able to force his gag reflex down and covered his face with his hands, muttering, "I don't even want to know right now."
Ruby had managed to piece it together too, scrunching up her nose and turning to her uncle.
"Really Uncle Qrow?" Ruby said, a hint of disgust in her voice due to the fact that he had decided to place that image in her head. Qrow shrugged, quick to defend himself.
"I mean can you blame me? Look at her! I couldn't not resist, and by the time it was all over, it was too late to realize that she was in the military." Qrow said the last word with disgust, causing Winter to scoff. Ruby didn't say anything, off to the side holding her chest, gagging at the images popping into her head.
"And at that point, it was too late to realize that I had spent the night with a decrepit old bag like you." Winter turned her nose to the air. "From that point on, I'll have you know that I no longer drink whiskey because of you." Qrow snorted at the statement.
"That's 'cause you're too uptight to enjoy it."
"I am not uptight!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
The two of them glared at each other, their bodies having automatically gotten closer, their faces inches away from each other. Qrow grinned, loving the fact that he could still pull on her chain.
"You're right, you're not that uptight." He said, making Winter inhale in surprise. "I mean, no one who's that uptight could be so wild in the sheets—" Winter shrieked in outrage, cutting him off.
"Well at least I don't fall asleep the instant I finish, like a old man!"
"I am not that old!" Qrow roared, his finger poking her in the chest. Winter retaliated by slapping the hand away, a snarl on her face.
"Then prove it!"
"I will!"
"Shut up!"
Everyone paused, trying to locate the third voice that had interrupted the fight almost-turned-to-angry-sex conversation. Nora had poked his head out of his room, an angry look on his face that made everyone stop what they were doing.
"If you're going to be this loud, be this loud inside of a locked room, not out in the hallway like this! It's a Friday!" Nora groaned, glaring at everyone. "You're interrupting sex night!" A quiet squeak traveled through the doorway, the only thing that hinted there was someone else in the room with him. "Now shut up and leave!" He said, before slamming the door shut again.
The four of them were left standing in the hallway, lost for words.
"Ahem." Winter cleared her throat, awkwardly trying to bring the conversation around again. "We will have to talk about this later. I'm staying until the dance, so I will see you later, Wynn." The boy nodded a little numbly, too much information traveling through his mind. Qrow nodded as well, patting the mortified Ruby on the shoulder.
"Same with me kid. I'll see you soon." Ruby didn't acknowledge her uncle at all, seemingly frozen on the spot. Winter gave Wynn a brief hug and turned to the man that she had been arguing with for the last half hour.
"I think we still have a few things to settle between us." Winter said loftily, some pink dusting her cheeks. Qrow paused for a second, wary of any undertones that she was trying to convey before nodding, a small smile on his face.
"Yeah, there're a few things I wanna settle." Winter nodded, turning to leave.
"Then you best come with me for the time being."
Qrow was quick to leave as well, muttering, "You damn bet your ass I will."
Wynn and Ruby decided now would be the best time to try and turn to granite, hoping that it would be enough to scour this conversation out of their minds.