"Winter, you can't do this!" Weiss objected stubbornly as Winter childishly held up her fingers to her ears.
"LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING!" Winter shouted over Weiss's continued pleas. She even had her eyes squeezed shut as if Weiss had somehow learned her fiance's puppy dog look.
"I can't accept this gift! If anything I owe you something for helping me!" Weiss once again tried to get through to Winter.
"YOU DON'T OWE ME ANYTHING! LA LA LA!" Winter replied, breaking the illusion that she really couldn't hear Weiss. The younger sister folded her arms across her chest in frustration and Winter stopped her yelling in response to how distressed Weiss sounded. She popped one eye open and saw that she seemed to be pouting. "Come on, it's no big deal. I'll just get another one. Unless you'd prefer a new one?"
"NO!" Weiss quickly objected. "I don't want one at all! Where would I even use it?"
"Come on now, you don't want to skip ahead and ruin the surprises now, do you?" Winter asked playfully.
"What did you do?" Weiss asked, now afraid of recieving even more large gifts from her sister. "Please tell me you didn't do anything stupid."
"Of course not… but I did convince father dearest to." Winter replied with a smug grin that just begged Weiss to ask the question. So after a small pause, she did.
"What exactly does that mean?" Weiss was actually glad she'd been picked up by her sister since she had been feeling more happy every minute they spent together. Even if they were yelling at each other.
"Well, I'm not supposed to say anything…" Winter paused dramatically, earning a roll of Weiss's eyes. "And I'm definitely not allowed to explain how you've been given a house in each kingdom. I'm also not to mention that everything is already signed over in your name. And I'm definitely not allowed to say that I got my friend hired to fix up a few other things that are at each house. Except the one here."
"Winter…" Weiss felt a wave of shock crash into her. If what she was saying was true, then it sounded as if she had everything she could possibly ever need lined up for her.
"Nope! Still not done." Winter waggled her finger at her sister. "I also wanted to give you a few things to help make tomorrow easier, but you have to open them here. You'll know why once you do."
Winter pulled out a medium sized box and hesitated before handing it to her sister. Weiss looked at her sister curiously as she took the end of the bow to pull the ribbon off.
"WAIT!" Winter grabbed Weiss's hand, stopping her from opening the present. "I've changed my mind. I think it might be a bit better if you did that in private. With Ruby."
"What exactly did you put in here?" Weiss asked suspiciously, but she still released the bow.
"It might not have been the best idea…" Winter admitted quietly. "I wanted you to have a few things that I thought might come in handy, but… well… they're not exactly something that you'd want your sister to buy."
"What is it, Winter?" Weiss pushed, now even more suspicious than before.
"Listen. I can't say that you'll like the gift, but can you do me a favour?" Weiss nodded in response to the question. Whatever Winter had gotten her, it was either very strange or embarrassing. Or possibly even both. "Don't open it until you're alone with your wife?"
Weiss sighed in defeat. She didn't like presents to begin with but the way her sister was asking was making this into a much bigger deal than it probably was. "Fine. You have my word. I'll just get you to put this in the getaway car tomorrow."
Weiss yawned as she placed the box on the floor. Winter smiled and helped her up.
"It's a really big day tomorrow, so get some sleep. I'll wake you when it's time." Winter walked Weiss to the guest room in her house. It wasn't exactly fancy, and for a Schnee it was almost pitiful, but Weiss couldn't help but smile at the simple, comfortable space.
"Alright. Thanks again for getting me out of there earlier. And helping me with tomorrow." Weiss gave her sister a small hug to show her thanks. She honestly could say that her sister had been taking large strides in repairing their relationship while also strengthening it more than it had been in years.
"Weiss, I promise that you can count on me." Winter replied more seriously than Weiss had heard her sound all evening.
"I'll hold you to that then." Weiss responded before she turned to head off into the guest room. "Goodnight sis."
"Goodnight, little duck." Winter responded quietly as the door closed, surprised at her sister's words that sounded so similar to those of the blond girl she'd fought only days ago. Winter walked to her own room while she smiled to herself, happy that she'd been given the chance to be the sister Weiss needed in this stressful time.