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Also, the small section between the lines below may approach the line between T and M. It grows quite suggestive and descriptive. Nothing that I feel truly steps over the line but please be wary. The chapter quickly returns to the norm so please enjoy.
Easy golden sunlight streamed in through the slightly open curtains and fell lightly across Yang's face. The bright morning rays woke her just enough to consciously roll over to avoid them. Yang closed her eyes tight against the sun, picked up her head and moved her hair to the other side so she could lay the opposite direction without being buried in her own massive locks. She settled her head into the soft pillow and sighed happily, it was Sunday and she could sleep in just a little. Just as she felt herself drifting back off to sleep she felt a hand slide up along her hip and caress her side with strong supple fingers. It was then that Yang realized with sudden clarity where she was and that she was completely naked under the covers. She let her eyes drift back open to find the quietly sleeping redhead next to her.
A happy warmth filled Yang's heart as she remembered the previous evening, their dinner together, the joy on Nora's face when she told her about the hotel room, the quick motorcycle ride over and the rush to their room. Yang had checked them in via her scroll before they left for dinner and used a code they were sent to get in the room. She knew how they would be when they got there and didn't want to have to bother with talking to a concierge. Yang carefully slid her hand out from under the blankets, being sure not to disturb Nora and rested her hand lovingly against her cheek, stroking just above her cheek bone with her thumb. Nora cooed softly and wiggled closer to Yang. Her eyes opened a little and Yang saw that same happy warmth reflected in the face of her lover.
"Good morning sleepyhead," Yang moved her hand around to the back of Nora's head and pulled her into a light kiss. They pulled away after a short moment and Nora pressed her still naked body against Yang's and buried her head into her shoulder happily. Their legs intertwined beneath them, Nora's slipping between Yang's and wrapped around the bottom one so Nora was as close to her as she could possibly be. Nora was warm, even to Yang and she loved it. Everyone always felt so cold but Nora was like a little radiator as she hummed happily in their bed.
"Good morning gorgeous," Nora slid her arms around Yang and pulled her closer. Yang let her arm fall across Nora's back and rested her cheek on the top of Nora's head. "Can we just stay here?"
"Yeah," Yang closed her eyes and let Nora's warmth envelope her, "Yeah we totally can." Yang ran her finger in neat little lines down Nora's back, tracing out the vertebrae in her back, running her fingers along the rippling shoulder muscles and drawing absent minded patterns on the smooth expanse of skin. She kept tracing her shapes and felt herself drifting slowly back to sleep, Nora's breathing slowed and they both slipped away again.
Yang woke again and felt the absence of her girlfriend. She opened her eyes to see an empty pillow and the covers pulled back. The bed was cold again, the opening allowing air to flow in and steal the warmth they had spent all night building up under the blankets. Yang pushed herself to a sitting position against the headboard and quickly scanned the room for Nora. Her clothes were still in a crazy mess leading from the door to the bed, as were Yang's, so she hadn't gone anywhere. The sound of the toilet flushing and the faucet starting up rang out from the open bathroom door and she released a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. A moment passed and the sink stopped as Nora came back into the little room.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up. I just really really had to pee." Nora giggled and her breasts jiggled just slightly up and down. Yang sat there, nearly slack jawed by Nora's beauty. Last night they had attacked each other so hungrily, they hadn't even turned the lights on as they came into the room. Memories of Nora's silhouette above her, illuminated only by the moonlight falling through the panoramic window flashed through Yang's mind and she blushed in happiness.
Nora struck a pose and Yang realized she was still quite blatantly staring at her. She was just perfect there in front of her. Her tone legs leading up to a thin set of hips just beneath a muscled core. Her arms were incredibly muscled, her shoulders pumped slightly even after having slept all night. And those wonderful little breasts of hers. Yang had figured bigger always meant better in that department but that was definitely not the case with Nora. They were just, wonderful, glorious, fantastic, the list of adjectives went on and on. Nora leaned over the edge of the bed, resting her hands on the bannister at the foot of the mattress. Her flaming red hair fell gently around her face and a playful smirk played across her lips.
"Do you see something you like?" Nora moved one hand forward and began to crawl towards Yang on all fours, bringing her knees onto the bed as she made her way towards the blonde.
"Absolutely all of it." Yang caught her just under the arms as she approached and pulled her quickly forward on top of her, kissing her hard as they fell together.
Yang slid her dress slacks from the night before back on and buttoned them slowly, in no hurry to leave the room and return to their normal lives. She looked to the other side of the bed where Nora was dropping her blouse over her shoulders. She wiggled her head just a little as it fell over her to make sure it didn't get stuck on her. Her face popped out of the fabric and she made a happy little noise as she found Yang staring at her again.
"You better hurry and put your shirt on too or we're gonna have to go through this whole process over again." Nora chided at the still shirtless Yang. She had her bra on but that obviously wasn't enough concealment to keep Nora under control. She turned away to save Nora from the stimulation and slid her shirt on over her arms, buttoning it back up like the previous night and then reattached her necklace. Yang heard Nora sit on the bed and walked over to the door to grab her shoes, the very first thing that had come off. She turned around and saw Nora already fitting her shoes back to her feet.
"So what do you want for breakfast?" Yang sat in the lone chair in the corner and slipped her socks and shoes back on.
"Weelll," Nora popped her second shoe into place and laid back on the bed, "I think I definitely need some coffee. I'm pretty tired after that early morning workout." She shot Yang a coy smirk and Yang smiled back.
"Alright, sounds good to me." Yang stood and extended a hand out to help the redhead up. Nora rolled backwards until she was on Yang's side of the bed and accepted her hand. They left the room and headed down to the lobby, arm in arm the whole way down the elevator and as they exited into the spacious downstairs area. The couple walked over to the concierge counter and Yang checked them out, happy to speak with a person and not use her scroll now that they were in no sort of hurry.
"Do you have a breakfast here?" Yang handed over her card so the man could complete the transaction with her information.
"Well, we do have the hotel's restaurant. They serve a light breakfast in the mornings for our guests." he smiled congenially to them and returned her card.
"Thanks," Yang accepted the card and returned it to her wallet. The man nodded politely and they stepped away towards the restaurant. They sat and ordered two coffees with their meals, eggs, bacon and toast. Yang had enjoyed last night's meal immensely, the steak they'd had was just delicious but she was happy to get something she was used to again.
"So, are we doing anything today?" Yang leaned back in her chair and looked around the little restaurant. It was obviously styled for dinners and evening entertainment but she was sure the breakfast would be just fine.
"I dunno. We've gotta hit the gym but I'm pretty free." Nora began trying to balance the salt shaker on its corner.
"Maybe we could spend some time with Ren?" Yang leaned back in her chair, putting it on the rear two legs and kept herself away from the table so she wouldn't knock over Nora's little balancing act. The girl stuck out her tongue as she focused and tried to get it just right and then pulled both her hands away quickly. "I think Weiss said something about her sister visiting so Ruby should be free too."
"What about Blake?" Nora tipped the salt shaker back and forth between her fingers, trying to find its center of mass.
"Oh she's got a date with Sun. They're going to a rally at some park. It's a pretty cool like Faunus rights group that works with schools. They're gonna be gone all day."
"Ta da," the salt shaker stood for a moment and then fell over, spilling a little salt. "Aww dang it." she swept the salt off the table and looked up at Yang. "Yeah we could see Ren and Ruby. I don't think he's doing anything either. It'll be fun, all four of us together." Nora pulled out her scroll and began typing up a quick message to her closest friend to ensure he had time to spend with them. In the meantime the waitress returned with their coffees and assured them that their food would be out shortly.
"You know I talked to him the other day." Nora looked up from her scroll at Yang's comment.
"You talk to him all the time," Nora teased.
"No," she laughed, "I mean without you there."
"Wait really? Like in class or something?" Nora slid her coffee over to herself.
"No, it was well." Yang stopped as she realized what she would have to explain, "Well I wasn't really confident in my pancake cooking abilities so I asked him for some pointers. He showed me how to do the heart and everything." Yang grabbed her right arm with her left hand and rubbed a little, fidgeting in her embarrassment. Nora giggled adorably and Yang relaxed a little, that laugh always made her relax.
"You didn't have to do that." Nora giggled again and Yang laughed as well, feeling the last of her tension release. "You know I would have loved them just because you made them." Nora smiled brightly and lifted the mug to take a sip.
"Yeah but I wanted them to be good too and I wanted it to be special and everything." Yang waved her hands and tried to focus. "That's not why I brought it up though." Nora lowered her coffee and made a little hum, beckoning Yang to continue. "It was right after we went to the carnival together and he thanked me for like being nice and treating him like part of the group while we were all there and everything."
"Oh he's so nice. I told him you would love him. And I mean the only other one's there were Jaune and Pyrrha and they're his team." Yang took a sip of her coffee as Nora prattled on about Ren, "He's just so insecure sometimes. But that's just Ren I guess."
"Well that's actually kinda what we talked about. He," Yang paused again, suddenly slightly uncomfortable as she realized this would be like Nora trying to hook Ruby up with someone. Then Yang realized they had discussed exactly that last night with Ruby and Weiss. Maybe they were even closer with each other then she realized. "He asked me to help find him someone. A girlfriend kind of someone." Nora stopped and quirked an eyebrow.
"Really? Renny finally wants a girlfriend?" she set down her coffee and splashed a little on the table, "How did he not mention this to me?"
"Maybe it was a little weird for him because you're like his sister? I know I probably wouldn't have talked to Ruby about us if she hadn't brought it up first." Yang grabbed a napkin and went to wipe up Nora's spill just as the waitress returned with their plates. The eggs were steaming and the bacon smelled absolutely divine. The waitress sent down their plates and they both thanked her before digging in.
"Yeah, but I mean, I've been telling him for so long that he should try and date someone. He never really has before." Nora said and then returned to her food.
"Shooo any ideas?" Yang said through a mouth full of egg and then took a bite of bacon without even swallowing.
"Hmmm, not really." Nora swallowed, "I mean Blake is with Sun, Pyrrha is with Jaune, and Weiss and Ruby are well whatever they are. Plus I don't think he would really like any of them like that anyways."
"That's what I said too and he agreed. I was thinking maybe someone older than us so they're as mature as him and all that." Yang washed her first few mouthfuls down with more of the coffee. Nora continued eating and chewed rather thoughtfully.
"These eggs really aren't that good." She stopped and looked down at them.
"I know, I think we're just really hungry." Yang laughed a little, "The bacon's good though right?"
"Well duh, it's bacon." Nora ate an entire strip all at once. "What about Velvet?"
"Isn't she dating Coco?"
"Oh dang I forgot. I guess I never really even thought she was gay." A waitress dropped a plate and Yang looked over at the noise. Nora took the chance to steal a piece of bacon.
"I guess I never thought about it. I mean she's with Coco so I just kinda wrote it off." Yang turned back from the noise and looked down to continue eating. She noted the bacon's absence and raised her eyes to Nora slowly. Nora still had half of the delicious meat in her hand and tried to look as innocent as possible.
"Well I mean obviously." Nora threw it in her mouth and Yang gasped.
"Hey, that was mine."
"But I love you." Nora smiled and Yang's playful anger crumbled.
"Yeah well you owe me now." she crossed her arms.
"I think I can make it up to you." Nora winked, "What are we gonna do about Ren though?"
"I don't know. I really can't think of anyone that would work for him." Yang leaned back in her chair with one of the pieces of toast.
"After Pyrrha and Blake I thought we were pretty good at this too." Nora laughed.
"Yeah, I guess we just got lucky."
"Okay well it's decided then. Today we will solve both of our problems. We have to find someone that works for Ren and figure out what to do about Weiss and Ruby. Nora lifted her fork above her head like a sword before a charge. Yang let her chair legs fall back to the floor and lifted her piece of toast as well.
"This is gonna be so much fun."
A/N - To start, I'm sorry if this chapter is a bit sloppy in places or if there are blatant typos and errors anywhere. This is the first time my publishing schedule has snuck up to bite me and I promised myself when I started here that I wouldn't make excuses about how busy I am and this and that because we're all busy right? So I'll just apologize here and promise to give myself time in the future. That said, the next chapter will be out on Tuesday so please look forward to that.
Well, I hope you all liked it. This chapter definitely continues in the theme of it having been one real life month and two in the story since Yang and Nora started dating. That's why the chapter title is a repeat. "The Morning After" was the chapter after they started dating so it felt appropriate here as well, also for other obvious reasons.
A little more setup here for what will be the next big section of the story. Some reviewers have called Yang and Nora things like the relationship masters of Vale or Beacon and that is fairly accurate although they haven't actually done all too much yet. They just kind of kick things forward for people who have stalled out. Let's hope their winning streak continues.
Thanks so much for all your support and critiques and for reading this whole thing. Your presence means a lot to me, every single one of you. You reading is what keeps me writing at three am and makes me edit and re-edit until I think it all works. Thanks so much for reading.
-Zach