Ruby could barely keep herself still as she and Pyrrha dozed in the tent.

Well, Pyrrha slept, Ruby was far too excited to fall asleep – even though she was the big spoon for the night. I mean how could I sleep? It's almost time! Ruby checked the clock for what must have been the hundredth time in as many seconds. Time was only inching by slowly.

Maybe if I just browse the web, I'll fall asleep. Ruby pulled open her scroll, the dimmed screen illuminating the confines of the tent. It didn't take long for Ruby to find a site that drew her attention. In the middle of a particularly cute video involving a puppy, Ruby heard the sound of someone stirring.

"Is it already time?" Pyrrha groggily inquired as she wiped the sleep from her eyes. "I could have sworn we had a few more hours."

"Uh… we kinda have at least four more…" Very confused emerald eyes lazily stared at her. "I'm just too excited to sleep is all…" Ruby sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck.

The older girl gave Ruby an odd look before making her way over, blanket draping over her shoulders. Plopping down next to her, Pyrrha whispered as she leaned her head against Ruby's, "Well we could both wait, together."

Pyrrha was starting to have some regrets.

Not regrets about staying up late with Ruby; no, that was great; the two were still happily watching videos into the wee hour of the morning. Rather, it was more along the lines about not bringing enough blankets.

Pyrrha had grown up in a rather warm climate, Mistral being rather humid and warm during most of the year compared to Vale. Subsequently, her first winter in Vale had been a rude awakening – the champion adding several thick articles of clothing to her wardrobe. This was also why she had a mountain of blankets on her bed, which had come in handy for the power outage.

Currently Pyrrha was struggling with keeping her teeth from chattering, the icy bite of the cold seeping into her. It didn't matter that Pyrrha was wearing rather thick sweat pants, or even covered in a thick blanket; she was cold. Inevitably, the struggle was lost as her teeth started to uncontrollably chatter.

Similarly, her girlfriend noticed immediately; Ruby frantically trying to cover Pyrrha in all their blankets as she admonished her. "Pyrrhaaaa, you should have told me you were cold!" It wasn't often that Ruby had that tone in her voice.

"I'm sorry…" Pyrrha guiltily whispered between the chattering. "You just lo-o-o-oked really comfortable, and I-I-I didn't want to make you-u-u move…" Emerald eyes looked downcast as Ruby tried to keep her warm. After a few moments her shorter half stopped.

"I think that's all the blankets we've got…" Concerned silver eyes bore into her. "Are you going to be okay? I could give you mine if y-"

"I sho-o-ould be fine." Pyrrha replied before restarting the video. Ruby gave her one more look, a hint of worry in her eyes before her attention was dragged back to the video. It was a flat out lie; Pyrrha was still freezing; I just don't want her to worry, plus she'll be cold then… I should be fine! It didn't take long for Pyrrha's lie to become apparent as chattering teeth led way to the tall girl shivering.

"Pyrrha." Ruby's usual smiling face had a frown. "You're shivering."

"Perhaps a little?" Pyrrha could hear the younger teen sigh as she guiltily looked away. "Perhaps a lot…"

Instead of responding, Ruby instead quickly peeled off the blankets from the champion before latching onto her and covering the duo in all the blankets, even the ones that had been encompassing the smaller teen. "There." Ruby proudly stated. "Now you should be war- eep!"

Pyrrha latched onto her favourite heat source, the icy cold finally removing it's teeth from her. Giving Ruby a quick kiss, Pyrrha mumbled out, "Much better."

Ruby found herself blearily waking up, wrapped in a very hot cocoon of warmth that comprised more blankets then she could count and Pyrrha – her girlfriend's arms and legs tightly wrapped around her.

The best kind of cocoon.

The two had eventually fallen asleep at some point in the midst of video watching late in the night – Ruby finally gaining some much needed rest. Ruby lethargically yawned as she felt herself drifting back to sleep while she checked the time.

"It's finally time!"

Pyrrha mumbled something incoherent into the back of Ruby's neck, her arms only tightening around the small teen's torso. "Pyrrhaaaaaa, wake up!" Ruby gently shook her girlfriend awake. "It's time to wake up!"

"I'm awake, I'm awake Ruby." The arms locked around Ruby finally loosened, the trapped teen finally gaining freedom. "Just…" Pyrrha gave a great loud yawn, dwarfing Ruby's earlier one. "Give me a moment to wake up."

Several minutes later, the tent flap was unzipped, natural light streaming in as Pyrrha and Ruby emerged from it...

…only to take three steps before entering a bakery.

"Are you sure it was wise to camp in front of the bakery?" Pyrrha asked as the employee at the counter greeted them. "I know some it's a common practice for some stores, but I didn't think it was a thing for bakeries…"

"I used to do it all time back at Patch." Ruby's mouth watered at the freshly baked cookies, her fingers fumbling for lien. "I'll take the Black Friday special!"

AU: I will find a way to make these two cuddle for pretty much any reason.

YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A THANKSGIVING SPECIAL, BUT NO, IT WAS I, DIO- I mean Black Friday. Yes. That. I really head canon hard that Pyrrha does NOT deal with the cold well.

For those of you who are waiting on review responses and message responses, I'm really sorry I haven't been able to do them… real life has been kicking me in the butt as well as trying to get Acceptance ready for December 4th… which might not be possible this time around. If it happens, be assured that there is a new story I will be posting then too. For those of you who are curious, it'll be a serious story, and my editor/BETA for it is Super Saiyan Cyndaquil. I'm pretty excited for it!

If I can't keep to my deadline for Acceptance, I'll push it back a week (as well as the new story)… if that fails too, then January 1st. I'll try, people, after all, Acceptance is my big Pyrrha/Ruby story, but real life is quite busy for both me and my editor as of late.

As always, thanks for reading everyone! :D