Heart to Heart

Chapter 34: Of Shopping and Sleepovers

The shopping district they arrived in at Atlas was like everything else in Atlas, large, very opulent design to it all and looked so expensive that they were wasting money just standing around looking at everything. The place was busy with people as shoppers went about their day it was totally different from Mantel. People just walked around without a care in the world, it was odd to say the least for them as it was a sudden shift in how people lived.

Looking around at how expensive everything looked Blake checked the funds they had been given. "We have enough for this place right?"

"Yeah everything looks really expensive." Nora nodded.

"It's not actually that bad," Weiss stated leading the way as everyone started to follow her. "There are actually more expensive areas to shop in."

Yang shrugged. "Well she would know."

Weiss had been able to afford very expensive items in the past when she had still been heiress to the SDC dust company. Of course now she had to be much more careful with her funds, an old part of her was used to just paying for things with her father's credit card as long as she stayed within her monthly limit that is.

Looking around she noticed a few people were giving them looks, she knew that they were judging them from their clothing to how they carried themselves. It was something she didn't miss about being in Atlas. How certain people always judged you to see if you were above or below them in the social order.

"So where to first?" Jaune asked looking around.

"I say we just walk around and see what there is," Blake shrugged her shoulders.

With no real destination in mind, they did just that. They looked at several stores while they talked, joked and just hung out. As they were passing a clothing store, Yang something caught her eye as she stopped and looked through the window. "Oh my god that's gorgeous."

"What?" Jaune asked looking around.

"Come on I have to see this," Yang pulled him inside as Blake and Weiss followed them. She led them inside as they saw her stop in front of a very nice yellow dress that had an exposed back, slit up the side with straps on it with decent cleavage without being slutty.

"Oh my god I have to try this on," Yang grinned.

It didn't take long to ask a clerk if she could try on the dress. It was a little difficult as she had to do this with one arm only but she managed. She did have to take off her bra so that it wouldn't show while wearing the dress. For a moment, she had the naughty idea of asking Jaune to come in and help her out. His reaction would certainly be entertaining and he would get an eye full of her but she didn't want them to start getting carried away.

She had been thinking of going all the way with Jaune but she wanted it as a special moment between them and not in some random store. She wasn't sure she could go through with it if they were caught and being kicked out of a store for that wouldn't be good for anyone. Besides she left the condoms she bought in her room hidden under a few items she had with her.

It took a little effort but she came out and looked herself in the large mirror as she did a few poses.

"Damn I look good in this," She smiled and turned to the side. "Plus it makes my ass look amazing."

She cast a look to the others and saw the look Jaune was giving her. She took her hand and turned her hair into a rough ponytail giving him a good side profile. "So what do you think Jaune? Would I look better with my hair up or down in this?"

"Uh…w-well, I mean, uh…" Jaune was having a lot of trouble focusing. Ever since she came out he had been captivated by her looks. He swallowed hard as the dress seemed to be made for her, giving him a good look at her figure without being slutty. It held a type of style and class to it and he suddenly remembered. This was the woman he was dating this beauty was the one that chose to be with him.

"I think you broke him," Blake smirked crossing her arms looking at a nice black dress.

"This comes with a matching purse if you're interested," a sales clerk came up and showed off a matching yellow purse with a thing strap to it.

Yang took it and put it on her shoulder she really did look like a classy woman with this, maybe a movie star on the runway or something. With some makeup and her hair tone up just right she would kill in this thing. "How much?"

The price nearly gave her a heart attack it was worth that much? She suddenly felt very careful with the dress at the moment as she could put all her clothing together to be worth as much as this one dress. She looked at it with a depressed expression, she could get it but it would eat way too much into their budget. She would have to wait to see how much she had left over but even then, she knew she wouldn't have enough.

"Well I'll have to think on it," Yang told her as she went to change.

"Ouch, that's expensive," Ruby muttered.

"It is high quality so of course it is," Weiss told her. "You do get what you pay for in Atlas."

"Too bad she really looked like she wanted it," Ruby sighed.

Jaune had noticed it too as he wished he could have bought it but they all had limited funds at the moment but maybe he could work something out. As they left the store to keep looking Jaune told them he would catch up as he quickly went to the clerk.

"Hey uh, can you save that dress for my girlfriend for later?" He asked the woman behind the counter.

"Well…" she thought about it as they sometimes did do it. "I can only hold it for a little while as other costumers will want to buy it."

"That's fine, I'll be back later." Jaune hoped he would be back later. He knew that alone he didn't have much in the way of getting it himself. Maybe if he got the others to pull whatever they had left over it might be enough as a surprise for Yang. He had a plan to really surprise her and this dress would help him in doing just that. He might need some better clothing himself but he might get away with something not as good as that dress.

He caught up to them as they continued on they found a more reasonable shops with clothing they could afford. Ruby was glad a few things she had bought in Haven were still with her as her unique style was hard to find in Atlas. The others were finding it a bit easier with some things to buy.

"Oh my god is that a spa?" Yang pointed out.

Weiss took a look knowing the brand name as it was a spa that had several stores over Atlas, "Yes it is."

"We so got to go," Yang grinned.

"I don't know," Ruby was never comfortable in places like that she was never really into the really 'girly' stuff that most girls liked. She was more comfortable covered in grease and grim from weapon maintenance then makeup and hairstyles growing up.

"I think we deserve it," Weiss stated as everyone looked at her. "We've all been through a lot and honestly I could use a little pampering. We have been under stress ever since we all left Haven and I think we all need this."

"It might be nice," Blake was a bit hesitant to say it, as she wasn't sure they could just spend the money on it but they did have a decent amount left.

"I think it's a good idea," Yang nodded her head.

"I'm thinking I could get my hair done as well," Weiss told them.

"You're changing your hair?" Ruby asked. "You've had the same hair for as long as I known you."

"Yes well I think it's time for a change," Weiss stated. "We've all grown and changed since Beacon, I think it's time for me to change with it." Weiss knew that she wasn't the same person anymore, that day she escaped from her home and ran away from Atlas was the day she had finally thrown off the shackles of her father. She didn't care about pleasing him anymore just to allow her to do what she wanted.

She knew what she wanted in life now and she was going to do it on her own terms, in her own way. She didn't need the approval of others anymore, not her father and not even her sister. She wanted to become her own person now and move forward into a future she would make with her own two hands.

"We've all changed huh?" Blake took a piece of her long dark hair in her fingers. They have changed since those days at Beacon, she did feel different now.

"Plus some of us could use a haircut," Weiss cast a look at Ruby and Jaune.

"Wait, me!?" Ruby pointed at herself.

"What's wrong with my hair?" Jaune ran his hand through it.

"Yeah what's wrong with them?" Yang stated placing a hand on her hip.

"They are both getting too long, especially Jaune's," Weiss stated in her defense. "In a few more weeks his hair will keep getting in his eyes and hinder his performance."

Jaune cast a look up as he could see the bangs of his hair in his vision and had to admit, she had a point. He hadn't had a chance for a hair cut in months.

"I like long hair," Yang pouted.

"Well perhaps they could at least style it where there is still plenty but so it won't get in the way." Weiss offered a compromise.

"Don't I get a say in this?" Jaune asked.

"Yes but I get girlfriend privileges," Yang told him with a sweet smile on her face at him.

"What about you Penny?" Ruby asked her friend. "I mean does your hair and skin even need care?"

"Oh yes," Penny nodded her head but then tilted it as she thought about it. "Although it is different, since my skin and hair are artificial and I don't sweat I don't need to keep it as clean as you would. Plus my hair is actually made of thing nylon fibers that only look and feel likes hair."

"I think I'll pass," Oscar stated. "This isn't really for me either."

"Oh then that means the three of us can-ack!" Ruby was cut off as Yang grabbed her by the cloak and pulled her along.

"Nope you're coming sis," Yang stated. "Think of it as team bonding."

Penny and Oscar went looking around together as the others started to either walk into the establishment or forced into it in a couple of cases. Jaune, Ren and Nora opted for just a trim, Nora felt her hair had grown a bit too much as she preferred it a little shorter.

Team RWBY got pulled into a full on experience with Weiss, said girl was relaxing as she was in a chair that was set back into a sink as her hair was washed, a beauty mask put onto her face as her nails were being done and getting a pedicure.

She sighed in contentment, it had been most likely a year since she got this much treatment. Back when she lived at home and went to school moments like this were one of the few breaks she got in her life. Breaks she could just let loose, she didn't have to worry about her family life, her father loaming over her nearly constantly, the stress of constantly putting up her best face in the public. All of it let to constant stress and this was one of the few things that helped to get rid of it.

After everything they had gone through and being back in Atlas she needed a good de-stressing.

"Are you sure this is okay?" Ruby asked next to her. "It feels weird."

"Just relax and let them do their work Ruby, they are professionals."

"Okay," Ruby muttered trusting her partner.

"Yeah this is nice," Yang stated as this was one of the few exceptions she would let someone else touch her hair.

"I don't think I've ever had something like this," Blake hummed.

"Well don't get used to it," Weiss stated. "This is coming out of our limited funds. Honestly I'm not sure what we'll do after this."

"Well when we were going to Haven we did the odd job here and there," Ruby told her. "Maybe General Ironwood will let us do that too?"

"Maybe, we're not official huntresses though so I'm not sure how that will work." Blake told her.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Yang said.

After that, some of them opted for getting haircuts, Yang flat out refused as she considered her hair sacred. So she left them to it as she walked out of the place and saw the others waiting by a bench.

"Hey guys, find anything interesting?" Yang asked them feeling slightly refreshed after all of that. Looking them over Ren and Nora were pretty much the same only with Nora's hair shorter almost like back it was at Beacon as it had grown to her shoulders when she met them in Haven again. Ren's was cleaned up a bit to look more professional she guessed.

Her eyes rested on Jaune's, "Whoa, you did get it cut."

Jaune ran a hand through his new hair, the back and sides were all trim now and his hair had lost some of its length as it was shorter but still held a bit of that wild hairstyle she he always associated with him.

"Yeah I felt the need for a change," Jaune stated rubbing the back of his head feeling the very short hairs there. "You like it?"

Yang cocked her hip as she judged him and came up and ran her hand through his hair. The back was all business but the top still held enough for her to run her hands through. "Yeah I think I can get to like this."

"Is this the usual courting ritual that youths do?" Penny whispered to the others.

"I suppose?" Ren shrugged his shoulders as the relationship between him and Nora was fairly new still. "Every couple is different though."

"Oh, thank you for clarifying." Penny nodded her thanks.

"Well that was enjoyable," Weiss stated as eventually the three of them left the building. Her ponytail was now in a large new twisting style to it as it hung differently off her head. The rest of her hair was now styled closer to frame her face. "I feel like a new person."

"In a way you could say it's a rebirth," Blake shrugged with a small smile. Her hair was now very short in a bobcut style. She had wanted a change to herself after what happened with Adam. She needed a change as a sign of moving forward and cutting ties with the past. She didn't want her past to hold so much weight on her like it had. Ever since she left the White Fang she had felt that invisible weight on her soul as it only seemed to get worse and worse over time.

Now she felt like she could put that weight down and finally move forward at her own pace.

"I don't know about this new style," Ruby muttered as she ran her hands through her still short hair. Only now, it as a bit shorter with a slightly choppier and spikier, Weiss said it was stylish but she had always been kind of a simple taste kind of girl.

"Blake what did you do to your hair!?" Yang stated seeing Blake's radical hair style.

"Y-you don't like it?" Blake felt a bit self-conscious about it.

"Well…no," Yang tilted her head as she was sitting next to Jaune. "It's just that you had such a lovely full set of hair. I could never do that to my hair."

"Well I think it looks nice," Weiss stated with a smile to her friend.

"Thanks Weiss."

"Hey I didn't say it wasn't good," Yang defended herself.

"You guys look good," Jaune quickly stated trying to change the subject a bit to get Yang from digging herself deeper.

"I don't know," Ruby played with her bangs. "I don't know about this."

"Well I think it looks nice," Oscar shrugged seeing her looking a little unsure so he wanted to give her a bit of a confidence boost.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I mean, it, uh…well, it looks cute?" Oscar blushed as the words just rather slipped out of his mouth. He hated how awkward he felt at times like this.

Ruby didn't say anything as she cheeks heated up slightly at that as she shuffled her feet feeling slightly awkward herself. "Oh, well, uh, thanks Oscar."

"That's just too adorable," Yang whispered to Jaune.

"What is?" He had been distracted and didn't see Ruby and Oscar's interaction.

Yang rolled her eyes and shook her head, sometimes Jaune could be a bit dense but it was all part of his charm she guessed.

-That Night-

The girls had a long day and they were eager to let loose a bit. They had already showered and changed into their sleepwear as Nora joined them taking her bedroll she used on the trip to Haven with her since with only four beds she would have to be on the floor. She honestly didn't mind since it was still more comfortable than some of the nights they had slept out in the open while on the road.

Penny was the last to arrive as she knocked and then opened the door. "Salutations everyone."

While everyone had changed, Penny was still in her normal dress.

"You didn't change?" Ruby asked.

"Oh I don't have sleep wear like that," Penny shook her head. "Since I don't really sleep in a bed."

"Wait, what exactly do you sleep in?" Blake asked the girl.

"It's more of a capsule," Penny explained. "I don't get tired and just kind of stand in it while I'm in sleep mode and recharging."

"Oh…well, that's certainly…" Blake looked around for some help.

"Penny like?" Yang shrugged as she adjusted her robotic arm. She had gotten it back a few hours ago as the paint had fully dried. She could still smell it a bit if it was closer to her face but at least it wasn't too powerful a smell. She had spent the time getting used to it, while it worked the same it wasn't as heavy as before with the armaments taken out so she felt a bit lop sided for a bit.

"So what do we do at one of these?" Penny asked excited.

"Well we got some movies," Nora pulled out her new scroll to set it to the TV in the room.

"Got some video games," Ruby grinned.

"Also have the snack foods," Blake commented and pointed to a table with some sodas and chips.

"Plus we usually just do things like do each other's hair or makeup," Yang smirked at one time she dragged Ruby into that when they were back in Patch. Boy, had he been upset after being pulled into the room and turned into their little doll. To be fair Yang and her friends were only twelve at the time.

"Excellent, I am willing to learn all about the female bonding experience." Penny stated.

They started with watching a film they were only half-paying attention to it as they couldn't help but run commentary about it. Weiss was annoyed at first, as she usually didn't like talking through a film but she wasn't that invested in the film and she needed to ask some clarification on some parts.

After the film, Ruby put in a fighting video game, as they would switch off, with the winner staying and the loser being replaced by a new player. Yang had so far gone through everyone so far, she was used to beating Ruby, Nora had been a bit more a challenge, Blake had been okay but she wasn't really into video games.

Weiss had been utterly defeated with a two flawless victories in her own match.

"Uh..but…wha…" Weiss looked at the controls on her scroll to the screen. "What happened!?"

"You got your butt kicked," Yang grinned.

"Yang you could have shown a little mercy there, this is the first time Weiss ever played a video game." Ruby tried to chide her sister.

"Mercy is for the weak," Yang grinned.

"May I give it a try?" Penny asked.

"Sure," Weiss groaned handing the controller over to her looking depressed. She never did like losing and the kind of lose she had just gone through was humiliating.

"So have you played before?" Yang asked.

"Oh no but I took the time to memorize the controls watching you all play." Penny smiled.

"Good, then let's go." Yang stated.

"Very well," Penny had analyzed the matches, memorizing the controls and movements. Each character had different fighting abilities, she noticed that Yang preferred the ones that did the most damage but they were slower. Penny also while the games had gone on had looked up the game online and found something called a strategy guide that held moves and combos.

When the game started, Penny was already moving her character, Yang did her best but Penny had found that the game came with a 'parry' system that allowed a player to defend an attack if a counter was perfectly timed. Penny had analyzed Yang's reaction speed and her own reactions were above a normal human's so she could block and parry her attacks with ease.

"What the hell!?" Yang was now getting frustrated because she couldn't land a single hit, this was like going up against the computer but on the highest difficulty.

"Come on, ease up a little," Yang told her.

"I thought mercy was for the weak?" Penny said knocking Yang's character out.

"Yes, we have been avenged!" Ruby shouted with everyone else cheering while Yang just sat there silently fuming to herself and thinking that a certain robot girl needed to be nerfed.

After that the group started to catch up with Penny more, telling them of everything that happened after Beacon, at least the important bits as she explained how she had been doing with her new body and her job of protecting Mantel. Weiss ended up sitting behind the girl as she braided her long orange hair.

Ruby snickered seeing this causing her partner to look at her. "What?"

"I was just remembering when we first met and how you made fun of us hanging out and braiding each other's hair." Ruby explained.

Weiss thought about it, "Oh I did say that didn't I?"

"Yep you also mentioned talking about boys," Yang smirked remembering that first day. "What did you call Jaune? Tall, blonde and…damn I forget what was the last part again?"

"Scraggly I think?" Weiss tried to remember and then sighed. "I really was horrible back then."

"You weren't so bad," Ruby trailed off.

"Ruby it's fine, I accepted who I was and who I am now. Both the good and the bad," Weiss finished her final touches on Penny's hair. "You know Penny for artificial hair this is very life like."

"Thank you Weiss, my father took great pains to make sure I could pass for human when he designed me originally."

"You know it's funny in a way," Yang sighed as she stretched out onto her back on the floor. "I think this is the most normal thing we've done in forever."

"It has been crazy," Nora laughed. "Between everything just to get here we only really had some down time in Haven and a little in Argus."

"It is nice to relax," Blake said from her bed as she was reading a book.

"And it's nice that I have friends to do things like this with," Penny smiled as she checked out her long ponytail. "Oh thank you Weiss, this looks very nice."

"It does kind of fit you," Ruby smiled.

"Now we just need to do make up and talk boys," Yang laughed. "Well for those of us lucky enough to have someone."

Weiss rolled her eyes, "Just how long are you going to keep up this happy couple thing? It's getting a bit annoying."

Yang looked at her with a large grin, "What's the matter Weiss, jealous?"

"I think it's just in poor taste to flaunt it all the time," Weiss huffed crossing her arms and looking away.

"I have wondered what it would be like to be in a relationship." Penny tilted her head.

"Oh, you like someone or something Penny?" Ruby asked.

Penny shook her head. "Oh no nothing like that. But I do feel emotions and I've wondered if I'll ever feel something for someone that I've seen in Nora and Yang feels for their partners."

"Blake also got together with Sun too," Yang grinned at her partner who only blushed and hid her face behind her book further.

"Sensational," Penny happily said about the information.

Yang then thought of something, "Uh…just how close to real are you Penny?"

"What do you mean?" The girl tilted her head in confusion.

"Well are you, I mean…can you have sex?" Yang asked her.

Penny got a little uncomfortable at the mention of that. "Well, not exactly. I don't have the full functions of a human at the moment."

"At the moment?" Nora tilted her head.

"I'm sure if I ask my father can upgrade me for such activities as he said he wanted me to be as human as possible."

"That will be an awkward talk," Yang laughed at the mental image of such a thing. "Well I guess first you'll have to figure out what kind of person you like first."

"I believe that is a valid first step," Penny nodded.

"Well I'm sure you'll find someone someday Penny," Ruby told her.

"And if you do you got at least three friends who can tell you all you need to know," Yang offered. "I mean between me, Blake and Nora we got you covered."

"Hey, why was I not included?" Weiss said slightly offended by that.

"You ever even kissed anyone yet?" Nora asked her not sure how far she and Neptune had gotten but she didn't think it had been very far.

Weiss slumped down as she realized that out of everyone only she and Ruby hadn't had anything going on. Sure, she had kind of been with Neptune or at least went to a dance with him and hung out a little but she never got a kiss from him. After that, well there had been no real time and it wasn't as if she just walked around looking for someone either.

"Yep you were too Ice Queen on Jaune and I figured you took things a bit slow with Neptune," Yang grinned and then suddenly snatched Ruby into a headlock. "And of course there's no way my baby sister has done anything."

"Yang!" Ruby tried to struggle out of the headlock, she hated it when Yang did things like this and also the 'baby' part she didn't care for either. Couldn't she just say younger sister? "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh come on like you'd ever kiss anyone by this point," Yang laughed.

"Yes I ha-I mean…no." Ruby paused as she had blurted it out without really thinking, Yang was just pushing her buttons and it just kind of came out. She was hoping that Yang didn't notice but when her big sister suddenly went very quiet and still she had a horrible feeling.

"Ruby…is there something you want to tell us?" Yang said evenly.

"No! Nothing to tell!" Ruby quickly said but now everyone was interested in the crimson reaper.

"Spill Ruby or else you know what will happen." Yang threatened her.

Ruby's eyes widened, "No! Not that, you can't do that I'm too old for that!"

"Big Sisters always get their way sis," Yang teased. "Now spill."

"Never! Weiss, help!"

"Do it Yang," Weiss crossed her arms as she ignored the wailing of her partner. Ruby had kept some vital information from the group and she wanted to know. There was also the fact that she couldn't believe that Ruby of all people, the weapon and cookie maniac, who was two years younger than Weiss and still acted a bit child like at times had beaten her to kissing someone.

It was bad enough that Ruby had developed since their time apart to be slightly larger than Weiss' own chest. It just wasn't fair, what is all the milk that she drank?

"I'm interested in this too," Blake put her book down.

"Interrogate her!" Nora cried.

"Am I supposed to do something?" Penny asked conflicted, as the actions didn't seem malicious even though Ruby was struggling for help.

"Naw don't worry about it, this is a sister thing," Yang said and quickly shifted her arms so that Ruby was out of the head lock and started to mercilessly tickle her little sister. Ruby started laughing as Yang had years to learn where Ruby's most sensitive areas were. The downside for Ruby was that all the laughing made it impossible to concentrate to use her semblance to get away if she wanted to.

"Talk!" Yang told her.

"Never!" Ruby said between laughs.

"I got all night Ruby," Yang smiled.

Ruby tried to hold out but after a couple of minutes, she couldn't take it anymore. She tried to hold out but there was only so much she could take.

"Oscar! I kissed Oscar!" Ruby admitted.

Yang stopped her attack surprised by that statement and then grinned down at her. "Oh so that date you two went on did have something happen."

"It wasn't a date! It happened after that in Haven," Ruby told her getting her breathing back under control.

"Okay I think we need some details," Nora grinned finding some of the left over popcorn from the movie and started to much on it.

"Do I have to?" Ruby moaned.

"Yes," Mostly everyone replied.

Ruby groaned so she explained it all. "Look I found him outside at night and we just got to talking. He was worried about things like how he not be himself for much longer. You know how Ozpin said their minds would merge or something? Well it's really getting to him and I just wanted to help, we started talking and he started on things he always wanted to do and I kept pushing and he admitted he always wanted to…you know…"

"Wanted what?" Weiss asked as Ruby muttered something. "Ruby speak up, it's bad manners to mutter like that."

"He said he never kissed a girl," Ruby blushed.

Yang laughed, "And what, you offered to help?"

"It seemed like a good idea at the time okay!" Ruby flushed. "I don't know why, I just wanted to help him out and well…I never kissed a boy either…so I thought as long as we were helping each other…"

Yang shook her head out of all the things she expected this wasn't it. "That's just adorable."

"Yang!" Ruby grumbled.

"I was not aware that friends could help with experiencing kissing," Penny tilted her head.

"Normally they don't." Blake stated looking at their team's leader. "So, was it any good?"

"Blake!" Ruby couldn't believe that Blake was getting in on this.

"Well first time kissing isn't always that great," Blake shrugged. "I know mine was clumsy."

"Yeah mine sucked too," Yang frowned remembering that boy in Signal she had dated for like a week.

"It was, good." Ruby blushed remembering how well it had actually been for her.

"Looks more than just good," Nora grinned seeing Ruby blush even further.

"Wow was he really that good sis?" Yang teased only to see Ruby blush even more. "Damn looks like that little guy has some skills. So you're sure you two aren't a thing?"

"Yang we're just friends," Ruby protested again.

Yang frowned she wasn't sure if Ruby meant it or just didn't know her own feelings. She honestly wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, Ruby had never really crushed on anyone before and she most likely didn't know what the feelings she might be feeling were. Then a devious idea grew in her mind as she pulled out her scroll.

"Yang, what are you doing?" Ruby narrowed her eyes knowing her sister was up to something.

"Don't worry about it, so Penny you said you needed more data right?" Yang asked finishing her message.

"That would be helpful to gain experience so that I can properly understand human relationships, yes." The robot girl nodded.

There was a knock at the door at that moment as Yang got up to open it. She revealed a very confused Oscar standing there with a scroll in his hand.

"Uh, you said you wanted to see me?" Oscar asked.

"Yep and you are just the person I need to help Penny with an experiment." Yang wrapped her arm around his shoulders as Oscar very carefully tried to not pay attention to the fact that because of the height difference he was at eye level with her chest.

"Yang what are you doing?" Ruby didn't like where this was going.

"Easy sis after all Oscar doesn't seem to mind helping a friend," Yang stated.

"Help with what?" Oscar asked.

"See Penny has never kissed anyone and if she wants to, I was hoping you would help her out."

"Wait-what!?" Oscar looked at her shocked before looking at Penny.

"Oh that is a wonderful idea," Penny happily said, finally, she would get the chance to experience something every other human did. She really did want to further her understanding of human interactions and relationships and this would be a vital chance. From what Ruby had confessed to it shouldn't be a problem since she helped Oscar so it was only logical in her mind that Oscar could help her.

"I-I-I don't know…" Oscar was starting to sweat a little.

"What's the problem, after all my sis helped you out in the same way…right?" She put a bit more pressure on her arm to let him know she knew.

Oscar quickly looked to Ruby in shocked betrayal.

"She tortured it out of me!" Ruby defended herself.

"You were tickled," Weiss stated evenly.

"Exactly! That's got to be against some kind of law." Ruby protested.

Oscar wasn't sure what to do here, he was getting subtle hints that Yang wasn't very pleased with this information but she wasn't pummeling him into the ground, at least not yet. He looked to Penny who had a hopeful and innocent expression that he found kind of hard to say 'no' to. She really did look like she was looking forward to it and he felt like denying her would be like kicking a puppy.

"I…I guess I can help?" Oscar said in a defeated tone.

"Sensational," Penny walked over to him as she tilted her head. "So how does one proceed?"

"I guess we just lean into each other?" Oscar told her. He wasn't totally opposed to the idea, Penny was cute and he didn't care that she was a robot under that fake skin. She acted like a real person and had real emotions. She was alive in every sense that mattered to him so her not being 'real' wasn't an issue.

What was, was that Ruby was silently watching and he felt weird about it. A part of him didn't want to do this with Ruby watching.

"Oh and make it a good one, it's her first time after all." Yang said in a singsong voice.

"Good one, right." Oscar muttered as Penny leaned in. She was a bit taller than him, so it took a moment to get the right position. He gently pressed his lips to hers cupping the side of her face. Her lips weren't as warm as Ruby's were and there was a stiffness to Penny, most likely because she had no instincts on how to react. Eventually he pulled away blushing as Penny pulled back and looking thoughtful.

Ruby felt an ugly feeling in her stomach again, it was the same feeling she felt when that Neon girl had hugged Oscar. She didn't like this feeling and she really didn't like that it was aimed at Penny. Penny was her friend and she didn't like feeling nasty things about friends.

Thankfully it was finally over.

"So how was it Robot Girl?" Yang smiled.

"It was very pleasant," Penny nodded coming to a conclusion. "However I don't know if I 'prefer boys or girls' as you stated. I still need more data."

"Makes sense I guess," Blake shrugged. "That was the only kiss you ever had, you might need to kiss a girl to get the full effect."

Penny thought about it and nodded. "You are correct Blake, Ruby?"

"Yes, wha-" She didn't get to finish as Penny who had been standing next to her acted before Ruby could do anything and kissed her. Penny tried to copy how Oscar did it as it was her only resource on how it was done in her memory.

Ruby blushed more than ever as the shock paralyzed her in place for a second before pulling back. "P-Penny!"

"Did I do it wrong?" Penny tilted her head confused.

"Y-you don't just kiss someone randomly like that!" Ruby stated taking a step back. "I don't even like girls that way." At least she was sure she didn't, she never had thoughts of being with a girl before at any rate.

"Oh I'm sorry I seemed to have overstepped, my apologies." Penny bowed slightly.

"Y-yeah, sure, okay." Ruby knew it was just a honest mistake on Penny's part she still had problems with some social points after all. Still it would have been at least nice if she had asked her first before kissing her like that.

"Well now that was something," Yang nudged Oscar who had been staring at the scene.

"Y-yeah," He muttered, he never really seen two girls kiss before. He wasn't sure why but he kind of liked it, or maybe it was because Ruby was involved? He felt so confused at this point. "C-can I go now?"

"Sure thing, I think we got all that we needed," Yang nodded her head.

"Oscar wait up," Ruby went after him as she caught up to him and they left the room as she closed the door to give them some privacy. "I'm so sorry about all of this, telling Yang that we, we k-kissed…and all of this."

"No I get it, well mostly get it," Oscar scratched the back of his head. "At least Yang didn't kill me."

"Yeah there's that," Ruby nervously shuffled as the two stayed there in the hallway as an awkward silence came over them. "So…was Penny better at kissing than me?"

"What?"

"I mean-well-I didn't have any experience and I was worried when we did it-you know-that looking back on it…" Ruby flustered in trying to explain it. She didn't know why she asked she just felt compelled to know if Penny's kiss had been better than her own with him.

"N-no yours was much better," Oscar blushed.

"Really?" Ruby shyly looked at him.

Oscar nodded his head, as he couldn't bring himself to actually say the words. That kiss had been his first and it would always be a special place in his memories but Ruby's had been better. Her lips were softer and more warmth to them. He felt himself heating up remembering that night.

"Well I, well I'll be going back to my room." He stated.

"Yeah I better get back," Ruby opened the door to see everyone had been listening to it behind it as they tried to pull back to make it as if they hadn't been trying spy on them.

"Seriously!?" Ruby flung her arms up at them.

TBC…