"ARRGH!" Winter moaned and buried her face in a pillow. Her and Cassian were back in their hotel room, and Cassian had just told her about her blunder. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL MEEEEEEE!"

"And embarrass you in front of the entire class?" Cassian chuckled. He was sipping some hot tea from his home island. "I couldn't do that to you!"

"But-but…" Winter whimpered into the pillow. "I embarrassed myself in front of Weeeeeiss!"

"That's what you're worried about?" Cassian poured himself some tea out of his ceramic teapot, before placing his cup back onto the bedside table."I'm sure she isn't too bothered by it-"

Cassian's scroll vibrated, distracting him. Pulling the object out, Cassian checked the screen. It was a message from Weiss.

"Who is it?" Winter asked, her face still in Cassian's pillow.

"Give me a second." Cassian unlocked the scroll and opened the message.

To: Cassian Gray

From: Weiss Schnee

Subject: Big Sister

Dear Cassian,

I hope this message finds you well-

Cassian couldn't help but smile at the formality of the message. It was very Schnee-like, to say the least.

-but I just wanted to check on Winter. I assume by now that you've mentioned her blunder to her, and knowing my sister, she's probably sobbing into her pillow whilst blaming you for not telling her beforehand, in her typical unreasonable fashion.

"Harsh, but true." Cassian mused. Winter hadn't heard him, as she was too busy feeling regretful. "Guess little Weiss isn't as unperceptive as before."

I also am assuming she doesn't have a dress for tonight-

"OK that's impressive."

-so I took the liberty of having one sent by courier. It should have arrived at the front desk by now.

"Wait, how do you know her three-"

You can thank Vale Gossip Girl XOXO for giving me her measurements.

"..." Cassian made a mental note to hunt down the administrator of the said blog.

I expect that you've planned something special for my sister, seeing as this is the first proper date you two have had in awhile.

"Right this is getting a bit creepy. When did she learn from Cacao?" Cassian had planned something for Winter, not that he'd told anyone.

Perhaps you should do something with flowers? Winter absolutely adores lilies.

"Of course she would." Cassian thought back to a previous conversation she had had with Winter. "Better grab a few."

The lilies are also downstairs. They're white of course.

"..."

Don't misunderstand. I just want my sister to have a perfect evening.

"...haa." Cassian smiled and shook his head. "What a nice little sister."

"Did you say little sister?" Winter's head shot up. "Are you talking to Weiss!"

"No!" Cassian said a little too quickly, locking his scroll. Winter pounced on him, surprising Cassian and causing him to drop his scroll on the bed. Like lightning, the older Schnee grabbed the scroll from the sheets and fiddled with the device.

"What's your password?" Winter asked. It the short scuffle, she had ended up straddling his waist.

"Not telling." Cassian grinned. Winter stuck her tongue out at him, before punching some keys into the scroll.

"Ugh, it isn't Winterislife?"

"Nope." Cassian couldn't help but laugh as Winter got progressively more and more annoyed as her passwords kept getting rejected. "Careful, you might lock-"

You have three tries remaining. Should the password inputted be wrong for all three attempts, this scroll will wipe itself clean.

"Ah, damn-"

Hint: When did innocence die?

"-what?" Winter blinked, before turning her gaze to Cassian. "Cassian?"

"...ha." Cassian, after a moment, let out a small laugh. "You know what the password is."

Winter looked at Cassian, before typing in a date. With a click, the scroll unlocked, revealing Weiss' message. Winter however, didn't bother reading it, instead choosing to focus on the man she was straddling.

Cassian's expression seemed neutral, but Winter had been with him long enough to catch on to the small tics that he had that indicated otherwise. The slight darkening of his pupils, the tiny grimace at the corners of his mouth. All these miniscule indications of Cassian's mood.

"I'm sorry." Winter bent down and placed her forehead against Cassian's. "I know that-"

"It's fine." Cassian replied. He could hide his pain well, but Winter saw right through it. "It was a long time ago."

"Cass." Winter continued to stare directly into Cassian's eyes, their noses nearly touching. "I want you to remember something."

"Yes?"

"I will always be here." Winter accented each word with a soft kiss. "I will not die. And I will not leave you alone." Winter looked at Cassian, her face full of love. "OK Cass?"

"...alright." Cassian smiled back, all traces of his previous mood gone. "I love you Winter."

"And I love you too." Winter leaned in for a deeper kiss, with Cassian happily obliging.

Weiss Schnee gave a little twirl in front of the bathroom mirror. She was wearing a sky-blue and white dress which reached down to just below her knees. While Weiss refused to wear a dress that hugged her body (partly because she didn't feel it was appropriate, and partly because she lacked the figure to pull off such a dress), the dress she wore managed to show off enough of her (limited) contours to be considered sensual.

"I think you look pretty good." Weiss gushed to the mirror. "Why thank you Weiss, I think you look pretty cute as wel-"

"Weiss, are you done complimenting yourself in the mirror?" Blake asked from behind the bathroom door, causing Weiss to jump. Damn enhanced Faunus hearing! "Because I need to get ready-"

"I was not complimenting myself in the mirror!" Weiss shouted, turning red.

"Sure. Can I use the bathroom now?"

"Not until you say I wasn't!"

"OK, you weren't saying you look pretty good to yourself in the mirror and replying with I think you look pretty cute."

Weiss tried to come up with a coherent response to that, but found that she was unable to do so. Instead, she simply opened the door and stormed out of the bathroom without a word, before plopping herself on the bed. Luckily, neither Yang nor Ruby were in the room at the moment, saving Weiss from a teasing session from the sisters.

"Thank you." Blake shot Weiss a grin, before disappearing into the bathroom. Weiss could hear the sound of the shower being turned on.

Sighing, Weiss fell back onto the bed. Neptune was meant to come pick her up in around an hour, so Weiss had nothing to do for the time being.

"I wonder if Winter liked the dress." Weiss mumbled to herself. She had chosen the dress herself, picking it from a catalogue that she'd seen on Yang's table. Acquiring it in Winter's size had been a bit harder (Weiss remembered feeling a bit angry as she realised just how amazing Winter's sizes were. They were so perfect that even the store had asked if Weiss was sure.) but the power of money ultimately prevailed.

As if in response to her mumblings, Weiss' scroll buzzed. Rolling over, Weiss groped around for her scroll, eventually finding it on her desk. Tapping her passcode in (Whiterose), Weiss saw that it was a message from Cassian.

To: Weiss Schnee

From: Cassian Gray

Subject: Big sister

Hey Weiss-

"He's being quite casual isn't he." Weiss muttered, not very angry at all. "Insolent-ah, nevermind."

Thanks for the flowers and dress. Winter loved the dress, but hasn't seen the flowers yet. I put them along with the rest of the surprise I have for her after the dance-

"There better not be any implied se-hanky panky in this text." Weiss grumbled at the memory, before returning to her scroll.

-which I hope she'll enjoy. I thought I'd tell you that while I am escorting Winter to the ball, I'm not actually going to be dancing her there. Ultimately, there is a chance that some rumor may get out via one of the students, even if there are no cameras at the event. So do you mind keeping Winter company during the ball? I promise I'll make it up to you and her, albeit on separate occasions.

Thanks,

Cassian.

"So they're not even dancing together?" Weiss knew that logically, Cassian's decision made perfect sense. Yet there was some part of her that wished that her sister and her lover could actually be lovers in public. "How sad."

Weiss decided that she'd do anything she could to make sure that Winter would have a good evening, if only to play some part in assuring her big sister's happiness.

"Wow." Ruby's eyes widened as they approached the dance hall. Unlike the previous event, which had been student run and led, this event had involved professional planners. Hence, the ballroom had been transformed into a fairy-tale wonderland far beyond the skills of any Hunter or Huntresses in training.

Even Weiss, who had grown up going to such events, was awed by what she saw. The theme was Winter Wonderland (no doubt due to Winter's attendance), and the ballroom was covered in white. Fake snow, a mix of aura and some other material, falls from the ceiling, dissolving upon contact to avoid it becoming annoying.

"It's nice isn't it?" Yang asked. She was wearing a similar dress to the one she had worn before, except this one was a mix of dark yellows. "Coco told me that they'd be a snow machine, but I didn't think it would be like this."

"It's amazing…" Blake's eyes watched as a snowflake fell on her bare arm, disappearing the moment it brushed against her skin. "So pretty…"

"It is beautiful isn't it?" Attached to Blake's arm was Sun, who had actually donned an actual suit for the event (albeit with the top three buttons undone). "It doesn't snow in Vacuo at all."

"It sometimes snows in Mistral." Neptune interjected, also attached to his date's (Weiss') arm. "But only when a cold front comes in from the North."

"Really? Patch snowed every winter." Yang wrapped her younger sister in a hug. "Rubes and I used to play in the snow all day until Dad came out with hot chocolate."

"Atlas was always very cold." Weiss reminisced, remembering the snow that always blanketed the Schnee estate each winter. "The winters were always very harsh, so we'd either stay in the estate or go holidaying somewhere warmer."

"You still remember that little sister?" Winter's voice said from behind the group. "It's been an age since we last did that."

Turning around, Weiss felt her jaw drop. Next to her, she could feel Neptune shift uncomfortably. Normally, such a reaction to another woman would have gotten Neptune a slap from Weiss, but even Weiss had to admit that Winter was...well…

"Holy Oum." Yang muttered. "I nearly batted for the other team just now."

That, Weiss had to admit, was a very good way to describing the general reaction to Winter's appearance. While Weiss had chosen the dress for Winter, she hadn't been able to imagine just how good her older sister would look in it.

"Oh my." Winter smiled. She was too classy to smirk. "Have I shocked you all speechless?"

"M-m-ma." Neptune's jaw went up and down, but nothing coherent left his mouth. Sun simply stared, seemingly forgetting to both speak, and judging from his sharp inhale, breath.

A soft cough shook the group out of their...state. Standing to the side of Winter and perhaps half a meter behind her, was Cassian. He was dressed in a simple charcoal suit with a white tie. His sunglasses were gone, replaced instead with a pair of black wire-framed glasses which showed his brown eyes.

"Good evening." Cassian greeted the group of students, a small smile on his face. "Ms. Weiss, you look beautiful tonight."

"Hello Colonel." Weiss held her hand out to Cassian, who took it and gave it a chaste kiss. A small blush had appeared on her face. "Thank you for the compliment Colonel. You look rather dashing yourself."

"I pale in comparison to you." Cassian let Weiss' hand go, before doing similar exchanges with the other ladies. With just a few words, he had reduced the other members of Team RWBY to stuttering messes. Winter and Cassian truly were made for each other, Weiss thought to herself.

"He could give us a lesson in smooth." Sun muttered to Neptune.

"I have to agree with you on that." Neptune mumbled back, watching as Cassian retreated next to Winter. "He's damn good."

"Shall we go in?" Winter asked, subtly sliding her arm through Cassian's. "It would not be good to keep the public waiting."

Winter had to admit, she was on cloud nine. While Cassian had stealthily slipped out of her grasp once they entered the ballroom to 'find punch', the short contact they'd had had been electrifying, to say the least.

"Having fun big sister?" Weiss asked, appearing at Winter's side. "Neptune's gone to get drinks."

"I am." Winter replied, the only indication of her joy being the twinkle in her eyes. "I have to thank you for the dress. Cassian was...blown away, to say the least."

Weiss gave her big sister a quick look over. She still couldn't come up with a proper description for what Winter was wearing, other than if they weren't blood related, Weiss was pretty sure she'd be questioning her sexuality.

"Really?"

"It's been a long time since he was so grabby~" Winter placed her hand on her cheek and giggled softly. "Just thinking about it is-"

"Stop. Now." Weiss shook her head as unholy images of Cassian and Win- "I don't want to think about it."

Winter smiled and gently patted her younger sister on the shoulder. "Weiss, I'm aware that as a young lady, you will get urges-"

"Please no." Weiss cut her sister off.

"I'm serious." Winter looked into her younger sister's eyes. "I loved Cassian, so I had no issue with consummating our relationship. While I'm not saying you have to wait for the one before you do anything, at the same time you shouldn't rush it. Only do it if you're comfortable."

"Big sis-"

"Also, if you decide to get kinky, do proper preparations beforehand. It hurts if you don't."

"WINTER!"

"So yeah, everything's ready."

"Thanks Yin." Cassian hung up his scroll and slid it into his pocket. He was loitering around the punch bowl, having been going over the last few details with Yin.

"Uh, hey." A male voice suddenly spoke behind Cassian. Turning around, Cassian found himself face-to-face with a boy with shaggy blond hair. "You don't have a date either?"

"Perhaps." Cassian gave the boy a smile. "How about you?"

"Well it's a funny story actually." The blond boy scratched his head, an awkward smile on his face. "You see, I-"

"Jaune!" A female voice suddenly called out, interrupting the blond boy mid-sentence. A red haired girl wearing a matching dress suddenly grabs the blonde by the arm. "There you are! I was wondering-" The girl trails off as she notices Cassian. "Oh, I'm sorry! Did I interrupt you two?"

"Not at all." Cassian smiled. "My name is Cassian Gray."

"Pyrrha Nikos." The red-haired girl replied. "This here is my team leader, Jaune Arc."

"Arc?" Cassian tapped a finger to his chin. "It wouldn't be the Arc's of Vytal would it?"

"The one and only." Jaune replied, not sounding very energetic.

"Heh." Cassian could sense something in the boy, a trait imprinted in his aura. It was something that Cassian didn't sense very often.

Raw potential.

"Well, keep at the training." Cassian patted Jaune's shoulder. "I'm sure you'll become a famous Hunter in your own right."

"Uh...thanks?" Jaune scratched his arm, a bit embarrassed by the random praise.

"Also Ms. Nikos." Cassian turned her attention to the red-haired amazon. "It was a pleasure meeting the representative of Pumpkin Pete cereal."

"It was a pleasure meeting you as well, Mr. Gray."

With a small wave, Cassian wandered away from the pair. In his mind, he imagined the trials and tribulations the two would one day face in the future, as well as the immense growth that they'd experience.

It made him happy to see such rising stars among the future defenders of the world.

"So, where are you taking me then?" Winter asked. Cassian had suddenly dragged her out of the ball, stating he had something to show her. The two of them had left the dance behind, and were now approaching the clocktower that towered over Beacon. "And why are we going toward Ozpin's office?"

"Because that's where the surprise is." Cassian replied, pulling her into the elevator and pressing the button for the rooftop. "Can mi'lady wait a few minutes?"

Winter snuggled into Cassian's arm, deliberately making sure that certain...assets were in close contact with Cassian's body. "I'll wait as long as you need me to."

Cassian let out a laugh just as the elevator dinged and the door slid open.

When Winter saw what lay beyond the doors, her jaw dropped. Cassian, seeing her reaction, chuckled.

"Like it?" The rooftop of the clocktower had been completely transformed. The stone tiles had been cleaned and polished so they shone in the moonlight. White lilies decorated every surface, while smaller red roses provided a beautiful contrast. At the centre of the clocktower was a single table, with two glasses and a bottle of champagne. A music box was softly playing classical music, the rooftop providing natural acoustics.

The most beautiful thing however, was the sight of the broken moon. From the rooftop, the moon seemed gigantic, its light shrouding everything Winter could see in a soft glow.

"I-I-" Winter stuttered. She couldn't even fathom the words to describe how she was feeling.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Cassian gently led Winter to the table, where he poured them each a flute of champagne. "Cheers."

"C-cheers." Winter mumbled, still a bit overwhelmed by the whole surprise. It was adorable, to say the least.

The two of them sipped their drinks while watching the stars. Down below, they could hear snippets of the party far below.

"It's like a whole new world up here." Cassian murmured, taking another drink from his flute. "Almost like we're detached from those below us."

"Yeah…" Winter trailed off, finding herself staring at Cassian. "It's so...beautiful."

Cassian, sensing Winter's gaze, turned to look at her. His face was relaxed, a genuine smile on his face. Reaching over, he placed a hand on Winter's cheek. "It's just us two up here, in our own little world, with no responsibilities except to each other. "

"Yeah." Winter placed her hand over Cassian's, burning the warmth of his hand into her mind. She would have happily stayed like this forever. Cassian smiled, before gently removing his hand, eliciting a soft protest from Winter.

"Wait." Cassian stuck his hand into his pocket and began to rummage around. "I assure you that you'll be happy we took this break."

Winter looked at Cassian for a moment, trying to guess his intentions. Her eyes widened when Cassian fell to one knee. It couldn't be...

"Winter-"

Winter felt her heart beat a million miles a minute as Cassian pulled something out from his pocket.

"-will you marry me?"

Blake perked her ears up. Sun, noticing the gesture, turned to the cat Faunus. "What's up?"

"I thought I just heard someone say Yes." Blake replied, taking a sip from her punch.

"Really?" Sun looked around the crowd. "I didn't hear anything."

"Eh, it's probably not important." Blake looked at the dance floor, which was rapidly filling up with people. "Do you want to dance?"

"Heck yes!" Sun replied, dragging the cat faunus onto the dance floor. "I've waited all my life for this!"

Guheheheheh~ We'll have a bit of insight into exactly why this happened when it happened next chapter! But for now, enjoy the ultimate fluff!

Ferris Iscariot