I will be the big spoon tonight!

Ruby may have lost the game of the evening, - how was I supposed to know that Pyrrha was almost as good as Ren at DDR?! - but by no means was she planning on being the small spoon tonight, no sir!

The small teen had a plan even, the most brilliant of plans conceived after many hours of grueling planning; when Pyrrha was asleep, Ruby would ever so stealthily sneak over the tall huntress and position herself as the new big spoon and if Pyrrha asked any questions, she'd act as if she knew nothing!

This plan is foolproof!

Now just came the waiting part. Pyrrha usually falls asleep pretty quick, so it shouldn't be too long! Plus DDR tires you out! Ruby was by no means a very patient person, although she'd gotten better at it, especially when motivated properly. Being the big spoon was all the motivation she'd need.

So she waited. And waited.

Waiting for Pyrrha's breath to even out. Listening carefully as Pyrrha clutched Ruby against her oh-so-soft chest. The rhythmic breathing finally came after what could have been seconds or minutes.

I should wait just a bit longer just to be sure! Ruby yawned loudly, just have to wait another five minutes…

Tonight will be the night!

Sure, the previous night's attempt had failed miserably due to falling asleep while making sure Pyrrha was asleep, but this time she had a plan! Well, I guess it'd be another step in the plan? Or would it be a subsection to a step in the plan? Or would this be plan version II? Then again, it's just one more step.

While waiting for Pyrrha to fall asleep and be assuredly asleep, Ruby had a backup system so she wouldn't fall asleep. Ruby would pinch her arm to stay awake!

As Doctor Oobleck would say, genius!

Minutes passed as Pyrrha's breathing became rhythmic, Ruby listening to the calming sound of it, her eyelids droopin-

No! Must stay awake! A helpful, but slightly painful pinch later and Ruby was more or less awake. Glancing over to the wall mounted clock, barely visible in the moonlight showed that it had indeed been several minutes since the two had gone to bed. Perfect!

Step two of the master plan- or is it step three? Does pinching count as a step or substep? – was crawling over Pyrrha to get behind her, a simple task for one as skilled as Ruby…

…or it would be if Ruby could wiggle her way out of Pyrrha's arms. The tall red head's muscled arms were locked around her and weren't budging no matter how much Ruby tried to squeeze them apart. If I move too much, it'll probably wake her up too…

After a good ten minutes Ruby settled into being the little spoon for the night.

Third time's the charm, right?

Ruby didn't have another sub-step or addendum for the plan now. Nope, instead all she had was dumb luck and wishful thinking that perhaps Pyrrha's arms wouldn't be so tight around her tonight.

It was about fifteen minutes after the two had gone to bed before Ruby tried to wiggle out and escape. For some inane reason, Pyrrha's hold of her was not as tight this night, the older teen's arms rather loosely draped around Ruby.

Slowly, ever so slowly, Ruby angled herself properly and started to crawl over Pyrrha. First a hand then carefully setting one leg on Pyrrha's other side. That way, she could shift her weight and bring the other half of her over Pyrrha without creaking the bed too mu-

"R-Ruby, why are you straddling me?" Pyrrha mumbled, her emerald eyes heavily lidded. "Is something wrong?"

Abort! Abort! Abort! Ruby started to panic as she desperately sought out an excuse. "Uhhhh I had to go to the bathroom?" Flawless excuse!

"Oh. Alright." Pyrrha sleepily whispered, as Ruby slowly started down the bunkbed.

About a minute later Ruby crept out of the bathroom. Maybe she fell back asleep? Yeah, then I can just continue with the plan, yeah! However, that wasn't the case as the moment Ruby got even close to Pyrrha, the taller redhead's arms wrapped around her, pulling the shorter of the top into the ever familiar small spoon position.

Ruby was pouting at Pyrrha.

Sure, Ruby had wiggled easily out of her arms, -and Pyrrha didn't have a tight grip on her that night - having waited long enough for Pyrrha to fall asleep and managed to stay awake herself. Now came the hard part. Getting around her girlfriend so Ruby can be the big spoon.

It's not fair! It shouldn't be this hard… actually, how do I keep losing the evening game? That was a better question that Ruby asked herself. Pyrrha used to be really bad at them, especially at video games! Aaaand I just lost at my favourite fighting game tonight… how? Why?

Deep down, Ruby knew why, it's because I've been getting distracted with planning this-this thing! Trying to do all this sneaky stuff! It's not working! Either that, or Pyrrha has gotten a lot better at gamin-

"You can't sleep?" Pyrrha blearily asked. Normally it would have at least startled Ruby, but she was fuming too much to even be alarmed.

"I guess." Might as well try the one way I haven't, Ruby steeled herself before asking. "Can I be the big spoon tonight? Pleaseee?"

Pyrrha's brow furrowed as she propped herself up to get a better look at her clearly more awake other half. "But I won the game tonight…"

"Pleeeease?" Ruby tried the dirtiest trick in her book, the big puppy dog eyes. The eyes that worked on Yang without fail, the eyes that –when used sparingly – also worked on Weiss. The most secret of all the techniques known to Ruby Rose. "Pleaseeee Pyrrha?"

Pyrrha got one look at her before sighing and rolling over. "I suppose, but just for tonight!"

"Yay!" Ruby happily clamped around Pyrrha's back, her fingers barely able to lock around her front.

Maybe I should try the puppy dog eyes first, next time?

AU: This IS called Spoon Equality after all, it's not like Ruby is going to forget it anytime soon! Callback to the Harry Potter chapter. Ruby doesn't forget!

I really do suggest everyone read the omake today:P

I APOLOGIZE GREATLY FOR TAKING THIS CHAPTER DOWN YESTERDAY, PLEASE FORGIVE MEEEEEEE! D:

I don't think an episode has made me quite as happy as episode ten has. Literally just… I'm so happy that any approaching darkness barely registers as a blip on my radar. For my sponsor readers, you clearly know why my face has a huge grin on it now. For all you non-sponsors… you'll know tomorrow :D

I'm going to try for a Dilation chapter tomorrow, but no promises! In other news, I'm in the process of commissioning art (from Jo3mm) for my bigger Pyrrha/Ruby story, Acceptance. I figure most people who read this have read that or wouldn't mind some new Pyrrha/Ruby art at the very least! (I'm still excited from last week, okay?)

Thanks for reading everyone and have a great day! :D

EDIT: EMAIL ISNT SENDING FOR ALERT, WILL RE-POST TOMORROW

Omake:

Ruby woke with a smile on her face. I can't believe it work! I'm finally the big spoon after a week! This ca…ca…. what?

Instead of Pyrrha being in front of her, seeing as Ruby was the big spoon, the tall redhead was no-where to be seen. Maybe she just woke up early? As Ruby pondered this she noticed a sensation around her stomach.

A pair of muscled arms wrapped around her. Very familiar arms. Attached to said arms, as Ruby craned around to see, was Pyrrha. Who was snoozing behind Ruby.

Ruby was still the little spoon.