"Ruby."

"Blake."

Silver eyes stood their ground in front of the questioning amber ones.

"What are you doing?" Blake's voice held not nearly as much curiosity as her eyes did, but more of a neutral tone.

"Cuddling… with… you…?" Ruby looked as if she'd just been asked a question on why people fall back to the ground when they jumped.

"I can see that." A single amused eyebrow quirked upwards.

"Do… do you not want to cuddle?" Blake's heart hurt as Ruby's voice became full of disappointment, like a puppy whose owner just put it in a cage. "We don't have to cuddle…" Reluctant arms pulled away from Blake, as Ruby slowly, ever so slowly moved away.

Not that she got far, before Blake pulled her in close. "I never said that I didn't want to cuddle," the Faunus countered, provoking a quiet 'yay' before Ruby latched back onto her, "but I remember us falling asleep in different beds…"

To be more precise, Ruby fell asleep in her bed while studying and Blake didn't quite feel all that safe putting two people on a bed held up by some haphazardly tied lengths of rope. Plus, getting up there was sure to wake up Ruby, as Blake had discovered that she was quite the light sleeper… it really didn't take much to do that.

"O-oh…" Silver eyes averted from amber ones, deciding to find the bed sheets to be far more interesting. "I woke up."

"So I can tell."

"…and I thought 'hey, Blake looks pretty comfy and I really want to snuggle' and… so I did."

"Ah." Blake certainly wasn't one to complain, as she pulled her girlfriend tightly against her. "Well, goodnight then."

"Night, Blake."

For some reason, sleep was far harder to find now that Ruby was cradled in her arms. Usually it makes it easier, not the other way around. Elusive sleep was the worst kind of sleep. At least I can cuddle with Ruby. That almost made up for it.

With nothing else to do, as minutes ticked on, Blake became attuned with all the little noises that Ruby made – from the way she slowly breathed, or the sound of her fingers clenching every so often around the blanket, or Blake's clothes…

The Faunus let out a long, low sigh as she accepted her fate. I'm not going to fall asleep tonight, am I? Oh well, I've done worse, at least I got a few hours of sleep. With that, she snuggled deeper against Ruby, trying to will unconsciousness to overtake her at some point of the night.

Immeasurable amount of time passed, as Blake refused to open her eyes until an alarm went off. She wasn't going to open her eyes until then and not a moment sooner. I'll fall asleep at some point, I always do-

And then Ruby's hands strayed downwards, still tightly wrapped around Blake in a kind of clinging lock that couldn't be broken. Down to the point where they were resting on top of Blake's butt. Any sense of sleepiness left Blake as she came to the realization that there was no way she was going to fall asleep anytime soon considering the recent, but vaguely pleasant, development.

She'll let go eventually. That was what Blake told herself, as Ruby's hands stayed firmly planted. They drifted there, they'll drift away at some point. Hopefully. That being said, Blake would be quite content if they didn't move away. I'm already awake at this point, I might as well enjoy it…?

Ruby murmured something, clearly in dream land as her hands clenched. Except unlike all the previous times, where she grabbed a blanket or clothing, her fingers grabbed onto Blake.

It took a massive amount of self-control from letting out a rather loud and un-dignified noise, before Ruby let go, whatever dream she had been in, passed.

Yeah, okay, this isn't going to work.

Blake had reached a very important conclusion, if I'm going to sleep tonight, I'm going to need Ruby to not do that again. Which means it's time to reposition.

If there was one thing that Blake had, it was time. Time to slowly, ever so inexorably shift around. Slow enough to not wake up her sleeping girlfriend. Gently sliding Ruby's arms up, away from her backside, but around the back of her neck. Then, subtly over her hand, transferring the clinging arms to wrap around one of her own arms.

Next, the challenge was to roll them over, so it wouldn't happen again. Carefully and gently, she turned them from lying on their side, to lying on her back, with Ruby cuddled up on top of her, her head resting in the crook of Blake's neck. Perfect.

Now it was time for the real mission: trying to fall back asleep, a task that Blake was slightly more up for now that her butt wasn't being grabbed. Except…

With Ruby lying on top of her, Blake couldn't move, much less get up, which was extremely problematic for one reason alone.

I need to pee.

AU: Hey look, a cute chapter. I'm realizing I need more chapters with dialogue in them, because a lot of the time, they are complete introspection. Which, while nice on its own, in large amounts is bad.

Anywho, anyone have suggestions for future chapters? Or requests, I suppose? A lot of the ideas I have recently have been shorter in nature than even 800 words, hence why this might feel like it dragged on for a bit. Originally it was up to Ruby falling asleep, and then I added Blake not being able to fall asleep some days later.

Yup. That pretty much covers it for today. Next update most likely won't be till next month with a Spoon Equality and Acceptance update.

Thanks for reading, I hope everyone has a wonderful day! :D