A/N Morning after
Alt title: Sugar
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This was written partly while under writer's block.
So, this is mostly to get the morning after everything out of the way while I transition to the next arc.
Not entirely filler, but kinda fillery.
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Samejake: Sorry this one took so long.
Genkiwan: Wait till you see how it ended.
GideonBlackthorn: I don't know how. But I NAILED lemon scene! Perfect blend of nice, awkward, clunky and sweet for a first time.
Mangouschase: It's meant to be a bastardized form of Skull Collector in Sanskrit. I tried doing a direct one. But Kapalika is already a deity that exists.
Anyumaaka: I usually make cliffhangers because it gives me an easy starting point for the next chapter, and makes the chapters come out faster.
Guest: Thank you!
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-SLBR Dorm, 11/01, 1am-
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Weiss Schnee POV
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"Well at least you two had fun." I sigh at the sleeping couple.
Ruby is laying on top of Cyril under the covers thankfully. Either they're too lazy to clean up and get themselves proper afterwards. Or they went at it enough to pass out.
"Degenerates, the both of you." I scoff, thankful that whatever all they did isn't leaving too much of a smell.
Just as I'm about to head into the bathroom and get undressed and ready for bed. I hear the door to our dorm open. Turning around, I finally spot Blake. Who has been missing all night!
"And just where have you been?" I hiss out, not wanting to wake the naked couple in the room.
"Hrmm?" She looks to me sleepily. "Oh, hey Weiss."
"Don't hey Weiss me!" I say as I march over, and then recoil at the stench.
It's like what Ruby and Cyril just did, but worse. And, there's the familiar smell under it, on her breath.
"Are, are you drunk?" I ask indignantly.
"No, I'm buzzed." She says with a smile. "I need a few in me, before I was gonna let a human in me. If you know, what I mean."
"What?" I ask, my eyes going wide at the, implications.
"I just had, the first threesome in my life!" She says as she stretches her arms up, groaning as she pops her back. "And let me tell you, it was fucking awesome."
I'm too stunned by the sheer degeneracy of it all to say anything as Blake heads to her bed and plops down face first, causing the side slit of her dress to fall over and show everything.
"Blake!" I exclaim as I shield my eyes.
Perverts, degenerates! All of them! I'm on a team of absolute deviants!
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-SLBR Dorm, 11/01, 6am-
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Ruby Rose POV
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"Rmmhm." I groan as I sit up, feeling, oddly tired.
I normally wake up and just, am up. I don't have to, really do anything.
'Why am I so tired?' I think with a yawn. 'And sore?'
Blinking the sleep from my eyes. I look around, see Weiss in her nightgown at her vanity as she digs through a drawer. Blake is in her bed and Cyril, is next to me. Asleep and, lacking a shirt.
Lifting the blanket up, I see he's, not wearing anything. And I'm still in the top of the special underwear I bought. But, the panties are missing.
And then the memories come flooding back.
'Oh my gosh!' I think as recall everything. 'I really did all that! And he, with his mouth, and his, on my, his thingie!'
Quit staring at it you creep!
"Ah!" I squeak as I let the blanket fall, just in time for Weiss to walk over and hold her hand out.
"Hand." She demands, and I extend mine out in reflex. Where she takes my hand and puts something in it.
Opening my hand, I see a little tic tac that I recognize as one of the pills from her drawer.
"Swallow, now." She says as she crosses her arms.
"Um, this, isn't going to like. Mess with my cycle or give me breast lumps is it?" I ask nervously as I, don't like pills.
"No." She says sternly. "And if they do, we can sue and settle for enough money to fix it and buy enough materials to build a second Crescent Rose."
'Sold!' I think as I toss the tic tac into my mouth and chew, wincing at the yucky taste.
"You're just supposed to swallow you dunce!" Weiss says before putting a hand to her face and pinching the bridge of her nose. "Not chew it like, nevermind."
I, sort of just blank as Weiss stares at me. Not knowing what to really do here. I mean, am I supposed to kiss her? Thank her? Tell her everything that happened?
The book didn't have examples of multiple couples!
"Well?" Weiss says impatiently.
"Um, good morning?" I try with a smile.
"Get a shower!" She points to the bathroom door.
"Oh, right." I slide the blanket over and scoot down the bed. Going to get all this dried sweat and, other stuff, off of me.
"And Ruby." Weiss says as I reach the bathroom door.
"Um, yes?" I say awkwardly as I turn my head to look at her.
"That nightgown looks good on you." She says with a blush as she looks away. Her arms crossed over her chest. "I thought you should know."
'I knew it!' I think victoriously.
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-20 minutes later-
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Cyril Leon POV
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Waking up to a familiar weight on my arm. I look over to see, white hair.
Where Ruby fell asleep last night and I put the covers over us. Weiss is now over the covers in her nightgown, holding onto my arm as she has her face buried into my shoulder.
"Um." I speak up, causing Weiss to shoot up.
"It's about time you got up!" She says with a scowl and a red face. "It's half past eight and-"
"Weiss, what are you doing in my bed?" I cut her off as I sit up.
"I-I, that doesn't matter!" She stutters out. "I'm here, forced to waste the day waiting for my degenerate and deviant teammates to wake up and-"
"Alright, I'm done!" Ruby says as she steps out of the bathroom in her normal pj's and freezes upon seeing us, before blushing and stepping back into the bathroom with a smile. "On second thought I think I need another shower!"
"What!" Weiss exclaims as she jumps out of the bed. "Ruby no! It's not like that!"
"Shut up!" Blake groans from her bed as she stuffs herself under a pillow.
Hell of a way to start the day.
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After getting into the bathroom, with Weiss denying that she was looking at my junk while very visibly peeking through her hands. I turn on the water and get in the shower. Closing the curtain as I prepare to wash off when I hear the door open.
"Whoever it is, you better have a good reason for not knocking." I say.
"Shut the fuck up and let me piss." I hear Blake, somehow even grumpier than usual.
"What crawled up your ass?" I ask as I scrub down.
I don't get a response to that. Instead Blake just ignores me as she finishes her business and flushes, washes her hands and leaves. Slamming the door close as she does so.
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Ruby Rose POV
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"Where are you going?" Weiss asks as Blake gets dressed.
"Student store, headache meds, morning after pills." Blake says snippily. "Need anything?"
"Some bottled tea would be nice." Weiss says.
"Um, could you pick up extra large condoms for me?" I ask, hoping she won't question it.
"Why doesn't Cyril get them?" Blake asks as she opens the door. "Not like he buys our pads."
"Because-" I start before Blake leaves anyway.
Probably a good thing anyway. I, don't actually have a good reason for it.
"Wait, why didn't you offer her some of your pills." I ask Weiss.
"Because, she broke a prior commitment to assist in the cleanup of the dance for a threesome." Weiss stresses as she crosses her arms. "The least she can suffer is a hangover and needing to buy her own contraceptives."
'Wait, what does Blake need the pills for?' I think curiously.
"Who was, oh yeah." I start to ask before I remember Sun. "Wait, threesome? Who did she-"
"I don't know, and I don't care." Weiss says cutting me off. "Just so long as she doesn't gain a reputation for it, and doesn't do anything that may poorly effect us."
Weiss is wordy today.
'She's wordy every day.' My brain reminds me as I walk over and take a seat on bed, grab my scroll off my nightstand and start going through it when I feel a weight sit down next to me. Looking over to Weiss, I still can't get over how adorably small she is. She has her arms still crossed and a blush on her face.
Smiling, I bring a hand up to her head. Gently rubbing her ears.
"I didn't give you permission to touch me!" She scoffs.
I just smile and keep going. She'll move if she doesn't want me to keep going.
Weiss is somehow even worse at words than I am. And says the opposite of what she means a lot of the time. If she really means it, she says it twice. Like math! Negative times a negative is a positive! Or, in this case, one negative is positive, and two negatives is a negative.
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Weiss is harder than math.
"So, about last night." Weiss starts. "What, all happened?"
"With what?" I ask, not knowing if she's talking about the dance, or with Cyril. A lot happened with both.
"You know!" Weiss hisses, her ears splaying back as she blushes harder.
"Oh!" I get what she means. "You want the details~"
"It's j-just that, I feel I should be informed." She says curtly.
"Well, what do you wanna know?" I say as I move my hand from her head to her shoulder, and down to her side to pull her close.
"W-was it, painful?" She asks shyly.
"Only when I, just put it in." I admit without saying too much. "But, everything before and after was, very good. Like, a big hug that makes you feel like you're running a mile and getting a massage all while being so full but not at the same time."
I, kinda wanna do it again now. But like, not really?
It was really good. But, last night it's like I was craving chocolate, and now I'm not. I still like chocolate, but I'm not craving it. Only, in this case it's se- se-, messing around.
"That makes, no sense." Weiss says as her tail wraps around my waist.
"You'll just have to experience it for yourself." I say as I hold her closer and nibble on her ear.
"Hm!" She tenses up. "Ruby stop."
"You know, we have time until Blake gets back." I nudge as I kiss her cheek.
"B-but she, she could get back at-" Weiss stutters as I move a hand to her thigh.
Pulling away, I go to my scroll and send Blake a text. Telling her to take her time getting back.
Only to hear the ding of a text being received. Coming from Blake's nightstand.
"Dang it." I pout.
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-7am, Teacher's dorm-
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Summer Rose POV
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Humming softly to myself as I walk through the halls, counting the doors as I pass.
'one oh three, one oh five, one oh seven!' I think excitedly as I go to open the door to Tai's private dorm.
I love surprising my family when I get back. The looks of excitement as I open the door, or wake them up after being gone for weeks or months. Knowing they're happy to see me, happy to know I'm alive.
It's a tad selfish I know, but it's one of the few, genuine joys I get out of this life anymore.
And soon, I won't be in this life anymore. I'm entering partial retirement, and staying settled.
"Tsk, locked." I grumble before pulling a few things out of my pocket. Using a shim, I pop the cover of the doorknob and use a pick to twist the gears without setting off the alarm. "Bingo!"
Quietly opening the door and then reattaching everything. Resetting the lock and all to make it look like nothing happened. I smile deviously as I stalk through the open room, and to the bedroom adjacent to the living space.
I've gone two months without so much as a kiss. So now momma's getting some sugar.
Opening the door, I pause as I see Tai, and Qrow. Both shirtless and under the covers. Tai on his side, and Qrow on his back.
Blinking a few times, I can't help the wide smile that forces itself on my face.
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-1 hour later-
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"Oh yes!" I cry out before Tai pushes my head into the pillows, muffling my scream of ecstasy as I cum.
"Ha, fuck." Tai cries out behind me as he cums not long after.
Qrow already tapped out. Having gotten the Xiao all night Long treatment just a few hours ago. So, he's in the shower cleaning up after only one round.
"Hoh, oh I needed that." I groan as I feel so sore in so many good ways, collapsing to the bed with my ass up as Tai keeps his cock in me.
"I'm starting to think, you guys only stay around for my dick." Tai pants out jokingly.
"Well we certainly don't keep coming back for your jokes." Qrow says as he downs a swig of his flask. Now fully dressed and ready to leave.
"The only real joke I see is the one in front of me." I tease as Tai slides out, and I move to sit. "What happened to the ladies man who only ever tapped out after a five hour run in with an Atlesian noblewoman?"
He knows I don't mean it. Hell, if the roles were reversed and I got the Xiao all night Long treatment. I don't even think I could stand to take a shower in the same dorm without feeling sore as Tai dommned him.
"Says the woman tapping out after two rounds." Qrow counters.
"Two rounds for him." I point to Tai, who's still hard. "I already came four times!"
"Pfft, as the kids say, skill issue." Qrow scoffs as he takes another swig.
I point a finger at him and activate my semblance, sending a small burst of petals shooting out to retrieve his flask and take it.
"What the, hey!" He cries out as he tries to snatch it back, only for me to take it and down a swig.
'Vacuoan imported razz.' I think as I taste it.
It's a decent and cheap whiskey with Gorto berries thrown in to give it a sweet and tangy kick. Not bad, but certainly not top shelf.
"Hmm, forty percent?" I guess as he stomps over. "Losing your tolerance in your old age?"
"Forty five percent." He says as he snatches the flask back, and I reach forward and pull him in for a hug and a kiss.
"I missed you two." I say as I come back from the kiss.
"Missed ya too Sums." Qrow says as he smiles back at me and rubs my head. Getting right in the little nook of my ears.
Tai merely scoffs dramatically as he crosses his arms and mopes.
"I really am just a glorified sex doll for you two." He says dramatically.
"Says the man who still has a nine inch erection!" Qrow says as he picks up a pillow and tosses it at Tai. "Put that thing away before you take someone's eye out!"
"You're just jealous!" Tai laughs as he bats the pillow away.
I just lay down and watch as the two bicker like they're the married couple.
It's been so long since we've been able to be like this. What with, Hunter duty, kids, missions, adulting, kids.
I love my daughters to death. But fuck if having kids doesn't ruin a relationship's dynamic.
"Alright, alright, I'll get a cold shower already." Tai says as he walks towards the room Qrow just came out of.
"Fuck, that man could impregnate the entire Atlesian nobility and still keep going." Qrow sighs as he leans against the wall.
"No kidding." I chuckle before patting the bed. "Now get your scrawny ass over here and cuddle me while we have time."
I call him scrawny, but Qrow is mostly lean muscle. Hell, he's about as strong as Tai is physically. And Tai has a good thirty pounds of muscle over Qrow.
"Alright ya whiney little puppy." He snarks while climbing over me.
"Don't make me kick your ass." I say as I wrap my arms around his neck.
"Hmm, don't threaten me with a good time." He grins, the smell of alcohol strong on his breath.
I don't mind it. I'm used to it actually, used to it being on my breath so often before I had Ruby.
"I don't make threats." I say as I pull him down and turn him over, making him the little spoon. "You know that by now."
Speaking of.
"So, tell me what's been going on while I was away." I tell him.
"So bossy." He grumbles. "Well, busted a Jyver run that made it in the city. Found a few of the brother's cult's plans. But, they wrote in code. The most we got so far is the end of strife, the people rejoice, gazes turned to the sky in bliss. So yeah, fuck all that does for us."
"I meant with you, and Tai, Ruby, Yang. Our family." I stress, tired of hearing about nothing but work.
"Hmm, well. Yang's still the same as ever. Partying her life away without a care in the world." Qrow says with a bit of confliction in his voice.
Yang is, I'm glad she's enjoying her life. She's happy and safe, as a parent I literally could not ask for more from her. But with this self destructive phase she's been in, safe is becoming relative.
"According to Tai, giving her control of the house has eased up some of it." Qrow continues. "And it's not like she's being too irresponsible. Just, saving up to move into Vale and start life on her own terms. She's almost there too."
That's good to hear. I'll need to check in with her soon though. She's a good kid, just desperate for independence.
"I'mma go check on Ruby after this." I yawn. "Wanna come with?"
"Ooh, ah funny story." Qrow hisses. "I'm uh, not allowed near her dorm."
My eyes snap open as I push up and stare the red eyed man down.
"What did you do?" I ask sternly.
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-Beacon, Shooting range, 9am-
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Cyril Leon POV
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"So, um." I try to think of how to talk to my partner as she straps up for some practice after breakfast. "How um, are we doing from here on?"
"What do you mean?" Ruby asks as she picks up the specialized training arms.
They're, basically very realistic laser tag guns. And the shooting range looks more like the training room from Atlas. We can go in and do a mock battle, or we can just set up target practice from the window.
"Well, since last night and all." I shrug as I notice her blush.
"Oh! Um, well." She stumbles with an awkward laugh. "Um, if you want to do more we um, I don't think now's the right time."
"What, no that's not what I mean." I say as I grab the ear protectors. I forgot what they're actually called. "I mean, is anything different? Between us?"
Ruby stops, and turns to look at me. Furrowing her brow as she removes her hood to give me the most confused look ever.
"Why, would they be?" She asks. "We're still dating, we're still partners. Is there, something I'm missing? Because if there is then you need to tell me! That's like, a real dating rule!"
"Well, because, we, y'know." I shrug. "I thought that, after that. Are there any expectations between us?"
Ruby just stares at me for a few more blinks before shaking her head.
"You're weird." She says before sliding her own, Faunus grade ear muffs on.
"Sad part is, I'm starting to see it." I say as I slide my earmuffs on.
Shit, I just realized I'm being assimilated. If I can see how I'm being weird.
The shooting practice went, about how you'd expect. With Ruby kicking my ass in every metric, even when I tried to cheat with my semblance, she still beat me on time.
I did figure out that she's using her semblance in part. Negating mass to make herself faster by negating pushback.
"I thought your semblance was all, turning into petals and zipping away." I remark as we put our stuff up.
"That's just what I mostly do with it." She says as she signs our stuff in at the kiosk. "No, I just turn into flower petals and move. I can do it part, or in full! Really helps with changing clothes."
I freeze for a bit as I finally discover the secret to that mystery. She's been making herself partly incorporeal, and just slipping into her clothes! Literally!
"Does that ever, not work?" I ask with a raised brow. "Like, getting your arm stuck in something?"
"I've accidentally walked out of the house with pants on backwards." She says.
Leaning over to the side, I look at the Rubooty and can't help but question how. I'd imagine it'd be, rather tight in the back, and baggy in the front.
"Were they looser pants?" I ask, causing her to look up from the Kiosk.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" She asks.
"Just a hunch." I shrug, before getting a random thought. "What are Weiss and Blake up to? Do you know?"
"They're hanging out in the Dorm." Ruby says. "I'm about to head over there, wanna join?"
"Sure." I agree. "I need to get back to my generator anyway."
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-20 minutes later-
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Stepping into the room, I'm stunned by the sight of another Ruby. Looking behind me, I see Ruby. Looking in front of me, I see, Ruby.
On second glance though, I see that this Ruby, has slightly tanner skin. Dark brown hair fading to red, not Black fading to red, and a slightly more oval face. And a slightly bigger chest.
And a white cloak that's red on the inside.
She's currently holding a blushing, wide eyed Weiss who looks to me and mouths help. While Blake is, leaned against the wall desk, arms crossed as she pinches her nose.
"Oh?" Summer, I presume, says as she looks up to me, ears perking up. "You must be Cyril!"
"Um, yes?" I say as Ruby pushes past me.
"Mom!" Ruby shouts as she runs to the woman for a hug, who I now see is about an inch or two taller than Ruby.
"Oh my baby!" Summer says as she holds her.
Weiss immediately takes a step back. Coughs into her fist before dusting off her skirt and standing straight. Hands clasped in front as she holds her head up.
"Wait a second." Summer says as she snaps up and holds Ruby at arms length by her shoulders.
She then squishes her cheeks as she stares her down.
"Uh, mom?" Ruby mumbles awkwardly. "What are you doing?"
"My baby's had her first time!" Summer suddenly whines. "No! My baby's not my baby anymore!"
"Mom!" Ruby exclaims as she pulls away. "You're embarrassing me in front of my team! Go embarrass Yang!"
"I will later." Summer says with a casual wave. "First, I want the details!"
"And this just got weird." I say as I turn to leave.
"You're staying." Summer says as she looks up to me with a sickly sweet smile. "Now Ruby, tell me. Boy, or girl?"
"Um, boy." Ruby says normally.
'Why did she need to think about that?' I can't help but feel slightly offended. 'Is she still on the whole Cyril is secretly a girl, thing?'
You'd think last night would be more than enough proof.
"Protection?" Summer asks.
"Pill." Ruby mutters, as her ears splay back.
"Use a condom next time." Summer says seriously. "Now, when?"
"Last night." She mumbles.
"Were you drunk?" Summer asks with a scrutinizing look.
"What? No! I haven't even had my first beer yet! You know that." Ruby defends.
"Were they drunk?" Summer asks with a glare.
"Um, no?" Ruby says unsurely before looking back to me.
I just shake my head. Both answering her, and keeping my involvement in this interaction to a minimum.
"No?" Summer asks.
"No." Ruby reinforces, looking back to her mother.
'How is everyone in the room okay with this?' I can't help but wonder. 'Like, is this a cultural thing on my end again? I know sex is a more open thing here, but I didn't think it was that open!'
Weiss just looks mentally checked out. Blake looks like she's trying to mentally check out. And I can't see Ruby's face.
"Last question, and I'll stop okay?" Summer says.
"Okay." Ruby groans.
"Did you enjoy yourself?" Summer asks.
I will admit. I feel my ego get boosted as she takes no time in responding with a vigorous nod.
"Oh I'm so happy for you!" Summer says with another hug.
"Mom, please." Ruby begs. "Stop."
"Hmm, no." Summer says as she pulls back from the hug and looks to me. "So, you're the boy who slept with my daughter."
'Oh fuck, is this the shovel talk?' I ask myself as Summer steps around Ruby and walks up to me. And hugs me.
"Thank you for treating her right!" She says as I flinch. "I can tell she enjoyed herself if she doesn't have any complaints."
"Ahhhh!" Ruby whines.
"Um, you're welcome?" I say, confused and wholly uncomfortable.
"I don't have to tell you that if you break her heart I'll have to rip off your dick and shove it so far up your ass you'll be tasting your own piss, do I?" She whispers softly.
"With all due respect, I already had Qrow preemptively kick my ass." I say back as I start feeling defensive over the second of Ruby's family threatening me.
"Oh sweetie!" She says as she pulls back from the hug to give me a smile. "He already told me. Trust me, he wasn't serious."
Ruby is making more and more sense.
"Now, back to the cutie!" Summer says as she turns to Weiss, causing the girl to flinch.
"Mom!" Ruby stomps her foot. "Please stop!"
"Never!" She says as she hugs Weiss. "Now! Introduce me! Who's this adorable little muffin? She's absolutely precious!"
"Ma'am, I would appreciate you not address me as such." Weiss says curtly, still blue screening and blushing slightly.
"See what I mean?" Summer says as she starts rubbing Weiss's head while addressing her. "Tell me, do you have a mother?"
"Mom!"
"This explains too much." Blake mumbles as she glares at the three.
And now Blake is making sense!
"Great, now I know things are weird." I say as I turn and leave.
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-1pm, Dorm roof-
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Summer Rose POV
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I don't trust him, and I don't like him.
I don't care that he's a boy with my daughter. Yang has a different boy or girl every other month, I just wished she'd settle instead of ending each one when they start getting serious.
At least I know Ruby is in this to last. She'd have hurt the boy by now if she didn't think long term was viable with him.
"There we go." He says as I spy him igniting his hand in cinders and cracked ash.
No, I care that he has magic! He's a boy with white hair and magic. Maybe I'm projecting, I may very well be. But I do not trust him.
Qrow might be drunk enough to buy Oz's bull about not knowing the kid. But he's lied to us before to get us to behave a certain way. Why would this be any different?
Stepping up behind him. I feel my eye twitch at how unguarded he is. He has magic, odds are that he'll be forced into everything sooner or later. And that'll drag Ruby with him.
I've done too much to let her fall into this bullshit. This double agent, backstabbing greater good life.
"I know you're there." He says, surprising me a little as I look down and see his axe aimed at me, being held backwards between his arm side.
"How?" I ask.
"Because Qrow already pulled this." He says in a low tone. "So, you gonna kick my ass like he did? Or are we going to talk?"
"I feel like doing the first." I say honestly. "But I'll settle for the latter, and go from there. I have questions, and you're going to answer them."
"I don't know what is up with you and-" He starts to say as he gets up, and I uncollapse my battle axe, hooking his ankle and dropping him, before grabbing his neck mid fall and slamming him down.
Only to grasp nothing as he disperses into blue petals around me.
"Again, Qrow." He says as I feel the barrel of a gun to my head. "Though, guess that makes sense."
"Okay, that's a few questions answered." I say as I stand up straight and face him, the gun still aimed at my head.
"What is with you guys?" He asks, sounding completely exasperated.
"We've all lived to see two decades in a field where most die after their first." I say as I stare him in the eye as I step closer. "Caution is a necessity. And here I am, face to face with an unknown near one of my daughters." I say as he lowers his weapon. "Mark my words, if you end up dragging her down with you into whatever scheme you may or may not be apart of. Even if it is unintentional. I will kill you, and I won't do it slowly. I'll make it quick so that there'll be no mistaking your survival."
He has a decent poker face, I'll give him that. But no one who knows me, doesn't fear me. If there's one thing that disgrace Raven taught me, it's that reputation will almost always precede you.
And there's a reason I'm called the Head Hunter.
"I've heard worse threats." He says.
"It's not-"
"-A threat it's a promise." He cuts me off.
I will not lie, that caught me a little off guard.
"See, I've honestly had enough threats to fill a book at this point." He smiles while putting his weapons away. "So trust me when I say you'll need to really hurt me, or be really creative to get me."
"Alright big man." I scoff rolling my eyes as I call his bluff. "What could a civilian raised boy like you could have seen?"
"How's this one?" He asks with a smile as he steps up to me. "Death wears many faces, piss me off, and he'll wear mine."
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'Fuck that's good!' I begrudgingly admit.
"Okay that was good." I admit. "Keep Ruby out of your shit. I don't care what plans you have, she stays out of it. Got it?"
"Deal." He says with a smile and steps back to hold out his arms. Showing he has nothing to hide.
"Good." I say, before moving to phase two, of my interrogation. "Now, having gotten that out of the way. We can get to the important thing."
"That wasn't the important thing?" He asks, sounding as exasperated as before.
'He's caught off guard.' I think to myself. 'Good.'
"Of course not." I wave it off. "That was a formality. Ruby can handle herself, now is the important discussion. How many?"
Step one, present with a threat. Get their guard up.
"How, many?" He repeats after me.
Step two, resolve the threat. Make them think they have power and control in the conversation.
"Grandchildren?" I get to the point. "I want more little girls and maybe some boys to spoil, and I'm not getting any younger so answer the question already. How many grandbabies and when?"
Step three, trip them up. Throw a curveball into a wildly off topic, yet not out of place conversation while their guard is down.
"We're not even out of school yet!" He protests.
With that, they're more likely to let things slip.
"Well duh." I scoff at his idiocy. "You've got four years to build up your practice though. And I want to know how long you're going to make me wait. Six years? Seven? Because if I have to wait eight years tell me now and I'll just adopt a kid to take care of."
Speaking of, I wonder where that adorable little snow fox went. She was so precious. All affectionate while being all nyo I don't want a hug! But being all, I gets hugs now? Okays.
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-Library, 1:40pm-
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Weiss Schnee POV
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"So." I say quietly as me and Ruby lay next to each other in the comic section. Or, as Cyril put it, the bean bag corner.
"Shh." She says as she rubs my head and flips the comic in front of us.
"This seems highly unproductive." I point out as I cross my arms under my chin. "There's much better things we could be doing right now."
"Better, than spending time together?" Ruby asks in a very faked hurt voice.
"Why don't we study together?" I suggest as I begin to push up off the bean bag.
"No!" Ruby says as she grabs me and pulls me back down, causing a bit of a fumble that leads to her holding me as the little spoon.
"What the, ugh Ruby!" I protest. "Let go of me!"
"You're fine." She whispers before bringing a hand back up to my head. "You don't have anywhere you need to be. So just stay here and be cozy."
'But there's so much I could be doing!' I protest internally. 'I should be studying, exercising, practicing my stances! Instead here I am, being forced to the cushions in a secluded part of the library by my hyperactive girlfriend!'
"That's it~" She coos as I don't dare to fight it.
It's not like I'm, I'm not, it's. If I try to leave she'll just chase me! I'm sure of it. I'd be wasting energy on an ultimately fruitless venture.
I turn around in her hold. Shimmying down to rest my head on her chest. If I'm stuck here, I might as well be comfortable.
"That's it." Ruby coos as she rubs my head. "You can relax once in a while. Just like now, you don't have to be worrying."
"Rmm." I grumble, knowing any argument I put forth will go in one ear and out the other.
"Hey, hey." Ruby says softly, kissing my forehead with each word. "Hey Weiss."
Looking up, I see her smiling at me before warm, relaxing tingles run up my tail and through my spine as she gently runs her fingers through my fur.
"Ruby~." I involuntarily groan before resting my head back on her chest.
Everything after that, is a bit of a blur as I begin to fall asleep.
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Bonus
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Myth's of Remnant
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Sausaxe: Ibex and the Mountain
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There once was a small village of hoofed animals, this village was safe, and surrounded by a great mountain that stretched past the clouds on three sides, and a great ocean on the fourth.
One day, a goat named Ibex went around asking the others what was beyond the mountain.
Nothing, said the horse who was content to run in the fields of the village.
Rocks and stuff you can't eat, said the cow who only desired to graze.
Wide open space, and no where to be safe, said the deer, who tended the villages orchards.
When the goat further asked, he had discovered that none of them had actually been atop the mountain. Or even tried to climb it.
Why would we climb the mountain? They asked. It is safe here, the village has all we want and need.
But the goat was not content. He needed to know what lay beyond the mountain. So, one night after not being able to sleep. He set out.
Partway up the mountain, he looked back, and saw the ocean was much bigger than any of them had thought. In fact, it seemed endless.
Resolved to maybe at least see where the ocean ended, he felt encouraged to climb higher. Halfway up the mountain, he looked back, and still could not see the end of the ocean. But could see the village was now but a speck.
Climbing higher, he finally reached the peak and looked back. He saw, no end. The ocean kept stretching out endlessly.
But then, he looked away from the village and the ocean. And on the other side of the mountain, saw a vast expanse of green grassfields, forests, deserts, highlands, jungles and swamps!
Everyone in the village was so assured of what they knew, for all they knew was the village. Only the goat had sought to see what might lay beyond their village, and found that he could not possibly learn everything. There was simply too much.
But, he still left to see all he could. Just because he wouldn't be able to see everything before his end, doesn't mean there wouldn't be joy in seeing all he could.
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A/N
Fun fact!
Summer was as much an alcoholic as Qrow is. The death of her *entire* family over the course of one year, one after the other before she was even twenty, drove her to the bottle.
It was getting pregnant with Ruby and needing to quit cold turkey that got her clean, and able to moderate herself.
Anytime she was about to drink herself into a stupor after Ruby was born, she'd think of Ruby and Yang, and how they need her to be strong. How she can't let Tai be the sole responsible one.
That she wouldn't leave them to fend for themselves.
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Pre family death Summer was basically Ruby with a few differences. Post family death Summer started hitting the bottle anytime she wasn't studying, training, on mission or otherwise occupied, and she became jaded. Presenting herself like Raven-lite.
Raising a family, is what fixed Summer.
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Also!
Yes, Weiss saw Ruby's special underwear on the floor and stashed them under her pillow.
Ruby is well aware.
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