Blake was pretty upset at us for like, a day. I had to treat her to lunch and dinner that night and promise to spar with her before bed. One last meal on me the next day and I'd almost finished repaying my debt. It was breakfast and she was sitting across from me, being pointedly quiet. I decided to make her break the silence.
"Yang, what are you doing," she hissed at me, totally confused. I kept making silly faces at her, hoping to get some kind of reaction. I made more and more ridiculous faces, trying to find one that she wouldn't be able to resist. I flared my nose, stuck out my tongue, crossed my eyes and- There it is!
She looked away, trying to hide her smirk. It wasn't much, but it was enough. I was almost done winning her back, which was honestly super important to me. Blake's one of the closest friends I've ever had and the last thing I wanted was to cause a huge rift between us because I couldn't control my curiosity.
"It always works on Ruby," I chuckled. Faces are just one of the many ways one learns to use to make a little kid stop crying, and not even teenagers were totally immune. Blake rolled her eyes, but I could see the corners of her lips tugging up into a smile as she ate another bite of her sandwich.
"Heeey. No it doesn't!" Ruby crossed her arms and huffed at me, like she'd proved something huge. It was cute when she tried to pretend she still wasn't my baby sister. Yeah, she was a Huntress in training too, but she'd always be my baby sis, and I knew just how to break her. I made a fish face at her and she dissolved into a puddle of giggles and spilled milk. I couldn't help but laugh along with her, and even Blake and Weiss cracked a smile. After a couple of minutes, we calmed down and got back to finishing our food. I gathered all of our plates when Weiss took her last bite of fruit and walked over to the garbage. Blake followed close behind me.
"Forgive me yet, Blake?" I said it as a joke, but it was a serious question. I needed to know if she forgave me. And like, really forgave me, not just pretend forgiveness. She was important to me...
"Well, it's been fun watching you make a fool out of yourself," she purred softly and I could almost make out the beginnings of a smile on her face. Honestly, I hardly ever got to see Blake really smile, so whenever it happened, I was glad it was because of me.
"Buuuuut?" I threw out the trays and and wiped my hands, getting all of the crumbs off my gloves.
"But... I guess I forgive you…" She sighed and rolled her eyes, placing her hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks, Blake. I promise I'll just buy the book myself next time." I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tight against my chest, really glad she'd forgiven me.
"Honestly I'm just glad you only got as far as you did." She sighed again and when we got back to the table, she made us all promise not to go through her stuff ever again. She knew we'd never go back on our words after an explicit promise like that.
I was still a little confused about that comment she made. "Only as far as we did"? When Weiss told her what part we were up to, she'd panicked and told Blake about the part we'd been up to last time. A full four chapters back was still before the big reveal of the book. Was she really that afraid we'd find out she was reading gay smut? Did she think we were the kind of losers who would judge her about that? I wasn't sure, but it was something I'd have to think about later.