A few hours after everyone woke up, I decided to spend the day relaxing seeing as I didn't get much sleep. I was wrapped up in my sheets, headphones on while humming along to some music. Ruby had gone to get free brownies at the cafeteria with Nora and Pyrrha and Weiss was in the library working on a project that wouldn't be due for another two weeks, so it wasn't too much of a surprise when I saw the tips of black, furry ears rise over the edge of my bed.
"Yang?"
I paused my music and slipped my headphones off my ears.
"Yeah, Blake?"
"Would you mind if I read up here? The light is better on your bunk." She looked a little nervous. Like she was afraid I might say no.
"Why the Dust would I say no?"
"Come up, you nerd." I scooted over to give her some space to herself. She climbed up so easily she didn't look real before getting herself comfortable, leaning against the wall and opening her book. I leaned against the wall next to her, stretching my legs out instead of crossing them like Blake. It took a couple of minutes before I realized that she wasn't really reading her book at all. She was looking at my sheets like she'd lost something.
"You okay, Blake," I asked her curiously. It wasn't too weird for her to be secretive about something, but it always did kind of bother me that she felt the need to do it. Secrets between partners and teammates weren't good!
"Yes, I was just…" She kept searching, trying her best to avoid the question.
"Is everything okay?" I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to catch her attention. She hadn't brought anything up with her into the bunk last night besides her Scroll, so if she'd lost something it most likely wasn't here.
"I just wanted to make sure I didn't leave any, um… fur… on your bed," she sighed and leaned back against the wall.
"Oh! It's okay. There was a bit on my pillow." Her cheeks grew so red, and her ears stood straight up. I couldn't believe she was so embarrassed by this, I really didn't mind.
"But I just brushed it off! It's no biggie, Blake."
"Yang-"
"Ah, ah, ah! It's totally okay, no worries. Trust me, it was a lot less than what I leave on other people's beds. I'm not lion when I say this mane sheds," I said with my biggest grin.
She almost laughed, trust me. No one escapes my puns. No one.
"How many other people's beds have you slept on," she purred back after a moment. She had the worst kind of smirk on, along with this really playful look on her face.
"Blake just made a sex joke? A sex joke?! No way."
"Go back to reading your smut," I blushed, it was all I could say.
"This isn't smut! This is literary art, Yang!"
I couldn't help but laugh as I raised the volume on my music.
"What a nerd."