Here we are, with a bit of fluff, a bit of comedy, and a bit of Azure even for a few moments! Also, me continuing to make up new Grimm because why the hell not? Ten points to anyone who can figure out what I model the Grimm after, and more importantly, WHY I named them what I did.
Disclaimer-I don't own anything RWBY. *tear*
Chapter 6 - The Trouble with Tyrants
Weiss let out a heavy sigh, letting her pen fall from her hand onto her desk. She laid her head gently down onto the cold surface of her desk, letting her hands dangle at her sides. Huffing an annoyed breath out, she lifted her head up and casually leaned back in her chair. Three weeks. Weiss groaned to herself as those words crossed her mind again.
Ruby, along with Jaune, Sun, and Coco had left for a 'Leader's Summit' meeting. Leaders of all the teams from around Remnant had gathered together for a conference deep within the Vale wilderness somewhere for a six week stay. Three weeks had passed this way, with three more to go, and Weiss wasn't sure how much longer she could take it. She and Ruby talked every day, but it wasn't the same.
She had done her best to bury herself in work, and when that was done she spent as much time helping Yang and Blake plan their wedding as possible, but if anything that merely made Ruby's absence more apparent. Blake had physically shoved her away last time, telling her it was clearly depressing her more to try to help them.
Hefting herself up from her desk, she stomped sullenly to the door of her office. Her work done for the day, she decided she was going to go spend her remaining time this evening sulking in the same room she had been sulking in since Ruby had left. Hitting the three button on the elevator, she waited impatiently for it to drag her down the two floors she felt far too lazy to walk down. Trudging out of the elevator and down the hall, she stepped through a worn wooden door, taking in exactly the sight she expected.
The large sitting room had shelves of books lined about the walls, with a minibar along the south end. Comfortable, well-worn couches and armchairs dotted the space, with a roaring fire already lit in the fireplace. Stretched out across the plush carpet before the fireplace was Neptune, an uncharacteristic pout splayed on his face as he stared up at the ceiling, not even reacting to Weiss' entrance. Pyrrha was curled up in an armchair, book in hand, but her face betrayed her complete disinterest in the book. Velvet was seated at the bar, a half full bottle of some type of wine sitting beside her nearly empty wineglass. Velvet's ears perked up for a moment when Weiss entered, but quickly fell once more as she recognized the footsteps.
Weiss splayed herself out on the couch next to Pyrrha, not even caring about looking professional. The four of them had found some small comfort in their shared misery, so every evening tended towards the same. They'd gather in this room and wait until their significant others contacted them, the only time of the day they'd actually bother showing life. Weiss huffed out a breath, letting herself sink into the cushions, but Neptune's voice interrupted her musings.
"Does anyone else think this is a little pathetic?" Pyrrha giggled slightly at that, as a smile crossed both Weiss' and Velvet's faces.
"Yeah, it is a bit," Pyrrha responded, setting her book down on the small coffee table next to the armchair she was seated in.
"You think they feel the same?" came Velvet's soft voice, followed by a hiccup which made the rabbit faunus instantly blush as the others tried to stifle their laughter.
"Well, they are being kept busy, or so Sun says. All these strategy meetings and attack plans and studying tire him out so he goes straight to sleep after we stop talking, or so he says."
Weiss opened her mouth to reply, but a ringing from her scroll interrupted her. She frantically yanked it out of her pants pocket, hitting the answer button, eagerly anticipating seeing Ruby's face. But it was not Ruby who was on the other side of the scroll.
"Azure? Why are you using Ruby's scroll? Is she ok? What's wrong? Where is Ruby?" Weiss' frantic questioning would have most likely continued if Azure hadn't spoken, his voice soothing.
"Whoa! Ruby is fine…well, mostly. She just asked me to contact you for her. Are Pyrrha, Velvet, and…what was his name again?" A muffled voice sounded in the background as Azure glanced to the left, before turning back. "Neptune! That's it. Are they with you?"
Weiss nodded, before narrowing her eyes. She was ready to being interrogating Azure, but found herself unable to comment as Pyrrha leapt to her side, squeezing against her to see the scroll. Weiss was about to shove her off, but Neptune ended up squeezing against her other side, and sure enough, a second later she felt Velvet leaning over from behind her so she could see as well. Weiss grumbled under her breath about personal space, but turned her attention fully to the scroll before her. "You said 'mostly'. Explain!" Weiss finally noticed that Azure had a large bandage wrapped around his head, with a dark red spot slowly growing right above his left eye, with tired bloodshot eyes. One of his eyes was blackened, and she could see dirt and grime covering his face and hair. "And what the hell happened to you?"
Azure chuckled nervously, running one of his hands through his hair. Another glance to the side, followed by a wince, before he coughed and turned his attention back to the scroll. "Weeeellll, you see, someone thought it would be a good idea to not check on the migration patterns of certain rarely seen Grimm."
Weiss narrowed her eyes, not appreciating the way he kept avoiding telling her everything. "What species of Grimm can possibly cause issues when you have hundreds of hunters together!?"
"Tyrants." Weiss and Velvet went pale, eyes wide, as Pyrrha and Neptune looked down at the scroll, confused.
"What the hell are Tyrants? I don't remember that species from our Grimm studies class." Neptune asked, head cocked in confusion.
Azure sighed. "That's because they are seldom encountered. They live far outside the borders of the kingdoms. Tyrants are massive, bipedal lizards, about twelve meters long, and weighing over seven tons. A single tooth is larger than my head. Fully armored on nearly every spot, with tail spikes that they can and do fling out. We don't know a lot about them because we don't see them often. Turns out they migrate. In the same path they always migrated in before. So uh, the summit was apparently right in the way."
"Is everyone ok?" Pyrrha asked, worry creeping into her voice.
"Well, everyone's pretty banged up, but it's nothing permanent. Nobody died. But all the Bullheads we had are toast. Literally. Most of them got set on fire and crunched on. More good news, we discovered certain subspecies of Tyrant's breathe fire. And eat metal. Apparently they enjoy the taste." Azure's deadpan commentary was cut off by the muffled sound of Ruby's voice, coming from the left. He glanced over before nodding, turning back to the scroll. "That's why I'm calling you. Ruby's getting patched up, but she wanted to know if you could get some Bullheads out here to get everyone home." Another muffled comment came from his left. A quick glance and nod before he turned back. "Jaune says please don't kill him, Sun says it's not his fault, and Coco asks if Velvet will wear the…wait, what did you say?" Loud guffaws came from the left once more, as Azure's face twisted into an exasperated expression. Turning back to the scroll, he rolled his eyes. "Coco wants to know if Velvet will wear the nurse's outfit."
All eyes turned to Velvet slowly, as the rabbit faunus went bright red, eyes wide, pulling her ears down to cover her eyes. Neptune muffled his giggles into his glove as Weiss rolled her eyes. Turning back to the scroll, Weiss snapped her fingers to get Azure's attention. "Hey. Turn the scroll so we can talk to those dolts." Azure glanced off to the left at the sudden negative sounds coming from their direction, arching an eyebrow as his grin shifted to a mischievous one.
"Why of course Weiss, you should absolutely see how your wife looks right now. As you all should see your lovers. Please, allow me." Turning the scroll around, the four were treated to a sight that most assuredly did not please them.
"Err…Heya Weissy!" Ruby said cheerfully, wincing as she did. Her shirt was off, revealing her in her bra, with a large white bandage being wrapped around her midsection by Sun, her skin nearly purple from bruising right above her ribcage. Her right leg was splinted, wrapped in another heavy bandage. Sun froze, smiling nervously at the scroll, one eye covered in an eye patch. The fur on his tail was singed, nearly burned clean off, with a long and hastily stitched gash across his side visible beneath the remains of his shirt. Jaune was seated to the side, holding a small bag filled with medical equipment in his right hand, left arm in a sling. Two large cuts making a cross shape were lightly seeping blood across his cheek. Coco was next to Jaune, grumbling under her breath as she glanced at her ripped pants, a long gash with the same hasty stitching as Sun's along her right leg. Her beret and glasses were nowhere to be found, as she injected some sort of painkiller into her arm, showing a large patch of burned flesh on her right shoulder. She glanced up at the scroll before going still, an expression of fear flitting across her face.
No one moved for a brief moment as silence reigned. A pin drop could be heard, until a tiny chuckle from Azure broke the spell everyone was under. Before Weiss or Neptune could begin lecturing, before Pyrrha could react, a low, feral growl sounded from behind the trio. Weiss, Neptune, and Pyrrha slowly glanced backwards once more, to see the most irate Velvet they had ever seen. Every hair on her ears was fluffed out, eyes twitching slightly, as another vicious growl came from within her chest. Velvet leaned forward slowly, grabbing Weiss' hand holding the scroll tightly, and yanking it up to her face. "Coco Adel! How dare you get hurt? You get your fashion obsessed ass back here right this instant or I swear to Dust I will come fetch you myself!" Coco wilted beneath Velvet's gaze, before letting out a meek 'Yes Ma'am' reply that had the others entirely flabbergasted. The sight of the cool, confident, cocky Coco turning into a scared child was so out of character everyone simply had no response. Weiss shook her head, before very cautiously pulling the scroll away from Velvet.
Velvet blinked, the growl fading as she realized what she had said. She coughed slightly, looking away from everyone, before marching back to the minibar. Velvet grabbed the bottle and marched off to the door, turning back around and speaking in a calm, reasoned tone with only a slight quiver to it. "I'll be waiting by the front doors." Without another word, she disappeared out the door. Weiss sighed, looking back at the scroll, eyes narrowing at the sight of Sun, still frozen in place where he had been wrapping the bandage around Ruby's abdomen.
Sun nervously chuckled, standing up straight. "So…Faunus can be territorial! Yeah, just a bit. And uh, Ruby needed someone to apply the bandage, and Coco couldn't with her shoulder, and she didn't want anyone she didn't know doing it, and…I'm gonna shut up now."
Weiss kept her eyes locked on the scroll, glaring. The expressions on Neptune and Pyrrha's faces were not much better, as their partners shared a nervous glance before a quiet cough sounded from the side. The scroll was spun about to look back at Azure, who cocked an eyebrow at Weiss. "So, can we get those Bullheads sent out? If we can get about eight, we can get everyone to Vale, and they can take the normal transports home."
Weiss sighed, before nodding. "I'll have them sent out immediately. Do you need anything else sent with them?"
Azure glanced around him again and sighed. "A lot of painkillers. The strong stuff."
"How the hell are you all so hurt? Why isn't your Aura healing anyone?" Neptune asked angrily, a worried undertone underneath the angry growl.
"We've been fighting for over twenty hours. No one had any Aura left by the time we got these injuries. Honestly, we've pretty much drained ourselves entirely. It's going to take weeks before any of us can regenerate our Aura's enough to heal this. And we still have to worry about infection…Tyrant blood is poisonous. But hey, everyone's alive. That's good, right?" Azure chuckled nervously, before letting it fade off at the unamused glares he was getting.
"Have you told your team yet?" Weiss asked icily, narrowing her eyes. Azure's eye twitched as he glanced away from the scroll, a guilty look crossing his face.
"Err…I was going to, but then Ruby asked me to call you guys, and we still have a lot of wounded to patch up, and…" Azure trailed off at the look on Weiss' face, sighing heavily. "Fine, fine. I'll call them after, ok?"
Weiss nodded sharply. "Yes. Now, I'll get the Bullhead's launched immediately, but you let my wife know she is in for it when she gets back. Understand?" Azure gulped, shrinking back slightly at the vehement tone in her voice, along with the firm requests coming from Pyrrha and Neptune as well. Saluting the three of them, he quickly cut the call off, leaving three fuming hunters in the room. Weiss quickly picking up her scroll once more, dialing the number to get the Bullheads on their way.
Ruby's knee shook as she leaned against the wall of the Bullhead, biting softly at her lip. She glanced next to her to see Sun, a pout on his face as he looked at his tail. Feeling her eyes on him, he looked back over at her and grinned his irrepressible grin, but Ruby could tell it wasn't convincing. Jaune was on the seat opposite Ruby, head leaned sideways against the wall, staring blankly out the window. Coco was next to him, head in hands, twitching her index finger every so often.
"We're in deep shit, aren't we?" Ruby's voice rang out above the roar of the Bullhead's engines. Coco gave an indelicate snort at that, as Sun and Jaune chuckled.
"Velvet is probably going to break my eardrums by the time she's done yelling at me."
Sun rolled his eyes. "You think that's bad? Nep loves my tail. He'll probably threaten to impale me on his weapon."
Ruby choked back a laugh. "Sun…phrasing."
Sun glanced blankly at Ruby, before the confusion cleared off his face as he glared at her. "Oh come on Red, you know what I meant!"
"Well, it's what you guys do anyways, isn't it?" Coco asked, one hand over her mouth to muffle her chuckles.
Sun looked affronted. "Hey, I'm the one on top!" Jaune lost his battle to hold his laughter back, bursting into guffaws at Sun's insulted tone. Sun just glared at the other blonde, before putting on a sickly sweet tone. "What are you laughing at, Jauney boy? You do know I'm the one who got the whip for Pyrrha, right?"
Ruby and Coco blinked, as Jaune froze in place, his face flushing beet red as he studiously avoided looking directly at anyone else on the Bullhead. Coco coughed for a moment, before scooting closer to Jaune, putting on an innocent look. "So, Jaune, what was that about a whip hmm?" Jaune's face twisted as though he'd swallowed a melon, before a strange calm came over it as his grin turned wicked.
"You think that's bad, you should ask Ruby what I caught her making in her workshop one day." All eyes turned to Ruby, who shrugged sheepishly.
"What can I say, Weiss likes handcuffs…and armor." Coco lost it, slapping her knee, ignoring the pain that shot through her as tears started falling from her eyes.
"You wear armor to bed? I know they say you should use protection, but damn!" Coco managed to choke out through her laughter. Ruby arched an eyebrow at Coco, her smile turning a bit sultry.
"Coco, didn't you ever wonder where Velvet got her wonderful toys and ideas from? Who do you think taught her what the word 'dominatrix' means?" Coco's laughter shut off, eyes going wide as she stared at Ruby. Sun and Jaune gaped at Ruby, disbelieving, as the red-head smirked at them. Rolling her eyes, she gave an indulgent smile. "Oh come on, I didn't demonstrate! I just told her what to do, gave her some books, and made a couple things at her request. That's all."
Jaune held his hands up in a placating manner. "Ok, I think this is reaching the too much information portion of our flight. I know way more about you guys than I ever wanted to know already. I don't need more than this."
Ruby shrugged, still smirking. "I don't mind bragging about the fun me and my sexy wife get up to. But if it's disturbing your poor virgin ears Jaune, I guess I can keep it and my gorgeous lover to myself."
Sun scoffed at Ruby. "Weiss is a good looking woman, but sorry Red, Neptune is the hottest, by far. He-"
Coco jumped in, cutting Sun off abruptly. "You two think you got the best? Psh. You got nothing. Velv's may be a rabbit faunus, but in bed she's a wildcat. And she has the best ass."
"Oh come on. Her ass is nowhere near as good as Pyrrha's. And have you seen Pyrrha's abs? She can bench press me without breaking a sweat!" Jaune threw out, getting drawn into the argument.
"Abs? Hello, I have the best abs in the house!" Sun flexed, before his eyes widened in pain as he fell back into his seat with a hiss. Ruby placed her hand on his shoulder worriedly.
"Hey, whoa, watch it! You're still banged up Sun. Don't go getting yourself more hurt, or else Neptune'll skin you…plus my abs are better than yours anyways." Sun glared at Ruby, before giving her a gentle playful shove, making sure not to hit her side.
"Yeah, whatever you say Red." Before Sun could continue, the loudspeaker crackled on.
"Attention. We will be landing in front of the Schnee Estate in two minutes. Please be certain you are seated and prepared for landing. And good luck." The pilot cut off the intercom, but his amusement at what was waiting for them (having spoken with Azure before leaving) was clear in his voice. All four gulped in unison, their nerves returning in full as they dreaded the reaction of their significant others.
A moment later, the Bullhead shuddered as it touched down. The back of the Bullhead slowly opened up, a large metal place swinging down to act as a ramp. The four shared a quick glance, standing slowly and haltingly taking steps off the Bullhead, both out of nerves and out of injury. Ruby had to use Sun as a crutch with her splinted leg, limping along gamely. As the bright afternoon sunlight blinded them momentarily, they squinted to get a better view, although that view was quickly blocked off by running figures.
Coco found herself nearly knocked over as a clearly tipsy, teary, somewhat unbalanced Velvet smashed into her, squeezing her tightly as Coco bit her tongue to avoid cursing in pain. Fox and Yatsuhashi were standing to the side, with the larger of the two holding a medical bag at his side, waiting for Velvet to calm down, as Fox casually held a recorder in his hand, recording their reunion for future blackmail. He owed Coco for that one time with the ketchup, after all.
Sun found himself lifted off the ground by Neptune, his ribs in danger of being broken like Ruby's were from the force Neptune was putting on him. Sage slapped him on the back, relieved he was back, before apologizing profusely as Sun hissed in pain. Neptune rounded on Sage, growling, making both Sage and the newly arrived Scarlet back off in fear.
Jaune, luckily, was not being squeezed, but the way Pyrrha was patting him down looking for injuries was somewhat embarrassing for him, not that the others noticed. Ren was quietly filling a syringe with another dose of painkillers for Jaune, as Nora pranced around him, curiously glancing at his injuries. Nora began sending rapid fire questions at Jaune about what the fight was like, while Pyrrha kept asking him how he felt and where it hurt. Jaune just sighed, rolling his eyes skyward.
Ruby found herself held in a soft embrace, Weiss being very cautious of Ruby's wounds…but it did not save her ears. Weiss had not yet stopped lecturing Ruby on daring to get herself hurt, even as she kept gently stroking Ruby's hair in worry. Yang had one arm around Ruby's shoulder, her face showing her clear relief at her sister's safe return, as Blake smiled happily at the younger girl.
The sound of the Bullhead lifting off once more brought everyone back to their senses momentarily, with Weiss immediately taking charge. "Okay, let's get them to their rooms. You four are on house arrest until you're recovered. Don't you dare argue, we voted on this!" All four leaders, who had opened their mouths to protest, shut them at her tone and the confirmations from the rest of the gathers hunters. Ruby sent one pleading glance back at her fellow team leaders, only to see them sharing the same look as they were dragged into the house.
"Oh come on Nep, I can peel my own bananas!" Sun groused, sitting up in his bed with his arms crossed over his chest, ignoring the twinge of pain from his side.
Neptune glared at Sun as he finished peeling the banana in his hand, shoving it in Sun's mouth, muffling his complaints. "Shut up Sun. I said I'm taking care of you, so deal with it you loud-mouthed monkey. Now eat your banana and stay still, I have to replace your bandages." Sun munched on the banana, eyes narrowed as he glared silently at Neptune, the blue-haired man turning around to gather up medical supplies. A hint of mischief appeared in Sun's eyes as he finished the fruit, as he reached out and smacked Neptune on the rear loudly. Chuckling to himself as Neptune spun around, face contorted in rage, Sun barely dodged Neptune's attempt to hit him upside the head. "Dammit Sun! Stop acting like an idiot! You're not getting any until you're fully healed, you do realize that right?"
Sun stopped laughing, mouth gaping as he stared at Neptune. "Hey I don't recall agreeing to that!"
Neptune sniffed haughtily. "Yeah well, I don't recall agreeing to you getting your tail set on fire either, but apparently we don't agree on a lot right now!"
Sun grumbled under his breath, only subsiding at the glare Neptune gave him, before sighing dramatically. "Ok fine, fine. I guess I can enjoy you spoiling me for a bit." Sun winked at Neptune, his grin spreading across his face as the blue-haired boy cocked an eyebrow.
"Uh-huh. Just remember, you owe me."
"Hey Velv's, can ya get me something stronger than this tea?"
"You are not drinking anything alcoholic while you're recovering."
"Aww c'mon, that's not fair. You were drunk half the time I was gone! I never got a drop!"
"I didn't fight giant mutant lizard Grimm."
"It wasn't like they gave me much of a choice!"
"I don't care. Besides, I put on the nurse's uniform, what more do you want?"
Coco smiled lecherously at Velvet, tipping her new sunglasses down to wink at the rabbit faunus. "Why yes, yes you did. It looks great on you, by the way. It'd look better off though."
Velvet narrowed her eyes at Coco, before smiling with a far too innocent to be believed smile. "Well, if you want to see it off, you have to behave. And if you behave really well, you'll get a treat. Or ten."
Coco slowly removed her sunglasses entirely, gazing up at Velvet with a sultry grin. "Can I get a reward now for good behavior?"
Velvet giggled. "Nope! You get to wait. But don't worry, I'll have plenty of toys you've never seen before to be used!" Velvet poked Coco's nose as she giggled, but stopped when Coco grabbed onto her finger and held tight, smirking.
"Speaking of toys…" Velvet gulped at the look on Coco's face, a strange cross of sensuality and amusement. "Ruby told me something very interesting on the flight here. Where did you get those toys again?"
Velvet chuckled nervously, before pulling her hand away from Coco's and casually backing away from the bed, arms crossed behind her back. "Um…oh sorry, I forgot I need to get your dinner! I'll be back later!" Velvet disappeared out the door, leaving Coco to roll her eyes and smirk.
Jaune waited with trepidation as Pyrrha approached slowly, carefully balancing a large tray covered in plates and bowls. He had utter faith and confidence in her balance…she was always incredibly balanced at all times. What he was concerned about was the actual food on the tray. Pyrrha was many things…graceful, intelligent, a master strategist, kind, composed, a consummate warrior…but a chef was not one of them. For all the fact that Jaune lived and worked with multiple talented huntsman and huntresses, he still to this day could not understand how every single one of them besides himself and Ren utterly sucked at cooking!
Oh sure, Blake and Velvet could do some cooking, although nothing complicated. Yang was surprisingly good at a couple of small things, mostly due to her having to take care of Ruby as a child. Weiss had forced herself to learn how to bake, and had become quite the skilled baker to make sure she could take care of her wife's sweet tooth. But the only ones capable of making anything remotely more complex were Jaune and Ren. Which is why after Pyrrha's last attempt at making him food, Jaune had secretly asked Ren to keep an eye on her. Peering past Pyrrha was subtly as he could, Jaune caught Ren's eye as he stood by the door. Ren gave a shrug, waggling his hands to indicate he was unsure, leading Jaune to give an exasperated huff and return his gaze to his wife as she calmly set the tray down on the table next to their shared bed.
"Don't worry Jaune, I followed the instructions exactly this time! And I didn't mix up tablespoon and teaspoon!" Pyrrha smiled brightly at her husband as he tried to keep a warm smile on his face, but the apprehension made it slightly difficult. Jaune was a pretty bad liar in most cases, but faced with his wife, his lying skills may as well have been non-existent. Giving a strained smile, he accepted the small bowl she handed to him, and took the spoon up.
Looking down into the bowl of what he assumed was meant to be chicken noodle soup (he wasn't sure why, considering he wasn't sick, just banged up), it looked ok. Taking a quick sniff, it smelled ok. Shrugging, Jaune decided it could not possibly be worse than her last attempt, and took a quick spoonful. Pyrrha watched anxiously, seated nervously on the edge of his bed with a wide, innocent smile, hoping she got it right.
Jaune took a brief moment to stay frozen in place, before carefully handing the bowl to Pyrrha. She took it with a worried glance as Jaune gulped, shaking his head slightly. "Pyrrha…why did you put chili powder in the soup?"
"The book said hot soup was good for someone who was convalescing! And Nora said the best way to make it hot was to add spice."
Jaune looked at the door, glaring at Ren, who shrugged sheepishly before nodding his head at Nora, who was bouncing on the balls of her feet, a huge grin stretched across her face. Jaune sighed, before turning to Pyrrha, noting the worried expression on her face.
"Pyrrha, can you get me some milk? Make that a lot of milk. I'll just sit here and finish the soup." Pyrrha's smile returned, giving Jaune a quick kiss on his forehead, before darting out of the room. Nora dashed after her, squealing gleefully about how much Jaune loved her soup ingredient, joined by Pyrrha as the two chattered on as they left for the kitchen. Jaune picked up the bowl and brought it back to his lap. Looking at Ren, he shrugged. "It's actually not bad, other than the kick. But why in Dust's name did you let Nora get involved?"
Ren blushed slightly, scuffing his feet and looking at the floor. "I didn't let her…she…distracted me."
"How the hell did she distract you?"
Ren coughed, refusing to look at Jaune as his blush deepened. "Well, um…she uh…wasn't…wearing certain items of clothing that you would normally wear around the house."
Jaune blinked rapidly at Ren, before slamming his palm into his forehead. The force made him knock over the bowl in his lap, spilling the still hot soup all over his lap, making him yelp in pain. "Ow! Mother blasted dust be damned piece of fucking argh!"
"Weeeeiiisssssssssssyyyyyyy," Ruby whined, stretching Weiss' name out as much as possible, tremendous pout on her face. "Come on! I should repair Crescent Rose or she'll think I abandoned her!"
"It's a weapon Ruby, not a living object! She…ugh, I mean Crescent Rose will not think you abandoned her, she doesn't think!" Weiss threw her hands up in the air, before crossing them over her chest as she glared at her wife. She pointed one finger at Ruby sternly. "And you little missy are not moving your cute little ass out of that bed until I say so! Your leg is still broken in two places and you have six cracked ribs! Not to mention the concussion!"
"But Weiss, I'm bored! It's so boring in here! Can't I at least have one of my smaller projects? Oh, like the automatic dust reloader I'm making for Myrtenaster! Come on, you'd want that right?"
"What?! When did I say you could make modifications to Myrtenaster?!"
"…when you married me? You told me long ago I could only touch Myrtenaster after we got married, remember?"
Weiss' eye twitched as the memories flooded back from what felt like ages ago, before she sighed, rubbing her temple. "Ok, fine. But I am not bringing any of your crazy projects into this room, you'll just hurt yourself more. You barely remember to eat when you get caught up in tinkering with something or other! You are staying in that bed if I have to tie you to it!"
Ruby smirked at Weiss, her lips curving in a way Weiss was very familiar with. "Oh? I thought you preferred to be tied to the bed."
Weiss sputtered, a light pink dusting her cheeks as she glanced around subconsciously, making sure no one was around to hear that even though the door was closed and the room had been soundproofed long ago. "Y-You shut your face, dolt! Now is not the time to be talking about that, you're far too wounded to be taking part in such strenuous…" Weiss trailed off as a thought hit her, before a devious grin came across her face. She cocked her head to the side as she looked over her wife, staring for long enough that Ruby fidgeted nervously. Weiss slowly strode over to the bed, swaying her hips as she walked, before sitting down next to Ruby. Smirk still on her face, she kissed Ruby gently for a brief moment. "Ruby, darling, you always treat me so well, like I'm your queen. I think it's your turn." Ruby's confusion shown clearly on her face, as Weiss stood up and winked at her. "I'll be right back."
Weiss disappeared into their shared closet to the left, the light blinking on as she walked into it. Ruby craned her neck to try to see into it, but she wasn't at the right angle to get a view. Ruby heard Weiss rummaging through something, before a quiet 'aha' came from the older girl. Ruby clearly heard shuffling of clothing, before the light clicked off and Weiss stepped out. Ruby froze in place, head still tilted awkwardly, as she stared at the sight of Weiss in a far too skimpy maid uniform. Though a faint blush was on Weiss' face, she still smirked at Ruby. "Do you need anything Mistress Rose?"
Ruby shook her head to clear it, her hair swishing before her eyes, before her own smile slowly spread across her face. Saying nothing, she just beckoned Weiss closer with her finger. Maybe she couldn't do much work with her injuries, but no one said she couldn't lie back and let someone else take charge for once.