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Okay so, quick thing; last weekend when I posted the email alert didn't send. Which was bad. I pulled the chapter and reposted a few minutes later with no success. Then in my stupidity I pulled chapter and posted it the next day when the alerts finally sent. Problematically… the story didn't update. Basically, a lot of you may not have read chapter 20 due to posting issues, so take a chance to go back and read it!

Thank you and enjoy the chapter!

Pyrrha was feeling distinctly un-Pyrrha-like.

Perhaps it was the fact that Pyrrha had an annoyed look on her face, or was lacking her usual patience by this point, or even the fact she was no-where near calm that made the tall redhead feel unlike herself.

"I just want to make some damn cookies for my girlfriend! Is that too much to ask for?!" It seemed so, considering Pyrrha had not one, but two ruined batches of chocolate chips cookies sitting in the trash.

The intent behind making cookies was simple; cookies made Ruby happy. Pyrrha liked making Ruby happy. Ergo, cookies were being made. Plus it was a nice little thank you to her girlfriend for taking care of Pyrrha while she was sick.

That's not to say Pyrrha wouldn't make cookies for Ruby any day of the week, but these were more special cookies. Cookies that came from a recipe that Yang had slipped to Pyrrha in an envelope titled 'In case you need to apologize to Ruby' when the two had started dating. Thankfully, Pyrrha had yet to need the recipe enclosed within the envelope for its intended purpose –i.e. to apologize to Ruby- but she figured it'd make a special gift.

The first batch had been going well; Pyrrha had reserved the student kitchen as well as gathered all the necessary ingredients. True, the sloppy, nearly impossible to understand handwriting that clearly belonged to Yang was the only real difficulty… but on the other hand, Pyrrha had needed to read Yang's handwriting before. It isn't that hard! Or so she had thought.

Pyrrha's first inkling of a mistake was when smoke started to burst from the oven in spurts when she opened it up. While she thought it was odd, it wasn't alarming until she looked at the finished product. Instead of freshly baked cookies, what greeted Pyrrha were charred circles, which were halfway on their way to ash.

No matter, Pyrrha had reserved the kitchen for the whole afternoon; she'd built in time to the schedule in case of a mistake like this.

Rereading the instructions, Pyrrha realized the error was in a 1 that looked disturbingly close to a 7. Checking the instructions again for any errors, Pyrrha started the second batch. After starting up the oven a second time and placing the dough inside said oven, Pyrrha's scroll went off. It was Jaune.

Seeing as they had a large essay due tomorrow and Jaune hadn't quite yet started on it, understandably he was quite panicked. Towards the end of their talk, a very familiar burnt smell started to waft through the air. In her desire to help Jaune, Pyrrha had completely forgotten to keep an eye on the timer.

Another failure.

However the third time was the charm. This is it! Pyrrha was watching the timer like a hawk. She'd reread all the instructions numerous time.

The very moment it hit the proper time, the cookies were out of the oven. Unlike Pyrrha's previous two attempts they were distinctly not-burnt and looked like actual cookies. A marked improvement. I suppose I just needed to pay more attention was all? It certainly seemed that way.

If memory serves, Ruby said she'd be studying with Weiss for another hour at their dorm. Pyrrha allowed a small smile to stretch her lips as she picked the tray, it'll be wonderful to give her t-

Ruby's ringtone went off.

Instinctively Pyrrha reached for her scroll, before realizing her error. One hand was not enough to balance a tray of cookies, after all, it was a lot of cookies. The tray went careening into the ground. Not even a last minute attempt at a save with her semblance saved a single cookie from hitting the ground.

Pyrrha was feeling very un-Pyrrha like.

Ruby was worried.

Pyrrha hadn't sounded very… happy over the phone. In fact she sounded down right exasperated. Ruby had just wanted to see what her girlfriend was doing, seeing as she finished her homework early and instead of making plans to go out on a date for the night, the small red head was worried about her taller, better half.

It wasn't like Pyrrha had snapped at her or anything, no, Ruby had never heard her girlfriend ever do that. Rather, Pyrrha sounded stressed. Extremely stressed. Going out probably wouldn't be very relaxing for her, would it?

So Ruby decided she was gonna cheer Pyrrha up!

She'd found an anime that Ruby was completely certain that Pyrrha was going to like, had order her girlfriend's favourite pizza and had pushed the couch in front of the screen for some marathon-y goodness.

Now Ruby just had to find her girlfriend.

Surprisingly, it was the smell of cookies that led her to said girlfriend. The student kitchen's door left open by only a crack as the heavenly smell of baked goods wafted out. It was a pleasant surprise discovering Pyrrha at the origins of such a good smell, the tall girl just pulling out the tray covered in cookies as Ruby walked in. "Are you making cookies?!"

Pyrrha remained silent as slowly set down the tray on the counter, her posture tense before breathing a huge sigh of relief. "That is correct, would you like one?" The stress that had been so thick in her voice was gone as a wide smile tugged at her lips as Pyrrha gingerly handed a cookie to her.

Taking a bite into the warm cookie was an experience that Ruby had never had before. It was divine, it tasted like what heaven must feel like. All of Ruby's tastes buds were on happy. It was beyond great.

"Hehe, I take it you like it then?" Pyrrha asked after a minute of Ruby being struck still in awe. "We have plenty of more where…where….no."

Ruby was pulled unwillingly from her daze to her girlfriend. Pyrrha looked heartbroken, as if everything she'd ever strived for had been taken away. Worse than the one time Weiss failed a test. It was with trepidation that Ruby followed Pyrrha's gaze towards the tray of cookies.

They were gone.

Not only were they gone but in their place was a rather content looking corgi.

"Zwei!"

AU: Pyrrha really is going to need that anime and pizza Ruby after the day she has had!

Yang is a helpful big sister, giving a way to apologize to Ruby in case Pyrrha ever screwed up haha.

I don't have much to say today; Acceptance is either going to go into final editing this week or need a rewrite. Dilation should have a single chapter up this week (I'm going slowly through it).

I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT PULLING THE CHAPTER LAST WEEKEND AND I STILL FEEL TERRIBLE, FORGIVE MEEEEEEEEE!

I guess have an omake? I suppose?

Have a great day everyone and thanks for reading! :D

Omake:

The sheer look of joy on Ruby's face from the cookie made the aggravation of the past few hours totally worth it. This was the happiest that Pyrrha had ever seen her girlfriend, her big silver eyes staring lovingly at the cookie. Yang wasn't kidding when she said that they were powerful, even I was starting to ha-

"Pyrrha~" Ruby's singsong voice immediately drew Pyrrha's attention, those big silver eyes gazing up at her with the upmost love and adoration. "Marry me~"

THUD

As Ruby frantically helped Pyrrha up from the ground, the tall redhead was realizing she wasn't ready for how potent these cookies were.

The first thing Pyrrha did was reserve a spot in the student kitchen for an afternoon before going out and buying all the ingredients