There was something uniquely terrifying about spending the holidays with your girlfriend's family, Pyrrha had come to realize.

By no stretch of the imagination was Ruby's dad anything but accommodating; Taiyang had been happy when he found out about their relationship. He'd readily accepted her into their family, much to Pyrrha and Ruby's joy. Nor had Ruby's uncle been anything other than welcoming… in his own, booze-filled way. Considering that Yang had been one of the people to help push the two of them together, for all intents and purposes, Ruby's family had completely accepted Pyrrha. Yet…

Just because she had found a measure of acceptance with them, didn't make spending four days in Ruby's childhood home any easier. Which was weird, considering that besides Taiyang, everyone else who was staying in the house were the same people Pyrrha lived with; Ruby, Yang, Zwei and Blake – who Yang had adamantly refused to let stay alone in the dorms over the holiday weekend. And yet…

There was something about knowing her girlfriend's father was in the room that made Pyrrha scooch a bit further away from Ruby when they cuddled – keeping a chaste distance. Or made her want to look over her shoulder every time they kissed… just to make sure that Taiyang didn't happen to be strolling by.

The thought that Taiyang might decide to stop by Ruby's room in the middle of the night for whatever reason and catch Pyrrha with her arms wrapped around his daughter at best… or doing things more deviant than just kissing, certainly kept her up at night far later than she'd admit.

All of which were things that her rose noticed…

The first sensation that Pyrrha noticed as she gently floated out of unconsciousness, was that of two arms wrapped around her, pulling her close to the heat source that was invariably her girlfriend.

And for a time, that was fine; Pyrrha was more than content to lie in Ruby's embrace, kept warm by her and the mountain of blankets on top of them. It certainly didn't hurt that Ruby's face was nestled against her chest either.

Yet as she awakened, certain facts started to come to the forefront of her mind – namely that they were on Patch, and given the bits of light coming through the windows and the distinct lack of snoring dictated that Yang had already left the sibling's shared room.

The gears slowly turned in Pyrrha's sleepy mind; someone is going to come and wake us up. Which means…

Quite suddenly, Pyrrha was very, very awake.

Her first instinct was to try and get Ruby off of her, so if her girlfriend's father walked in, he wouldn't see Pyrrha's cleavage pressed up against his daughter's face.

However, moving Ruby would undoubtedly mean waking her up – something that Pyrrha didn't want to do purely out of such a selfish reason. Wake up Ruby or have the possibility of Taiyang walk in on this…

The conundrum held Pyrrha in a kind of mental paralysis, as she weighed both options. If I wake up Ruby instead of letting her sleep in will mean she'll be tired. Of all the things that worried Pyrrha in regards to Ruby, her sleeping pattern – or lack therefore of – consistently made the top of the list. Simply put, she didn't sleep very well and woke up constantly during the night, which led, more often than not, to something like this happening. If they were on a hunt or at Beacon, Pyrrha would wake her up out of necessity, but nothing more. So the thought of being the one to deprive her precious rose of even a few extra minutes of precious sleep did not sit well with Pyrrha.

The reverse, of course, would be Taiyang walking in to wake them up whenever breakfast was ready and seeing his youngest daughter's face pressed up against her girlfriend's chest. Which, while it might be excusable if they were both asleep, was considerably less so since Pyrrha knew that she'd awkwardly make eye contact if he entered the room. The mere thought of how awkward it'd make the rest of the weekend – and quite possibly longer than that – was not an attractive one either.

In the end, Pyrrha's anxieties started to win out, as she slightly nudged Ruby up and towards her face. Yet, as Ruby edged closer to her at the pace of several millimeters at a time, a floorboard creaked – no doubt someone walking in the hallway – which, unfortunately for Pyrrha, made her jolt, and the pace went from millimeters, to Ruby's lips grazing her own.

Silver eyes fluttered open.

"Mornin', Pyrrha," Ruby lazily drawled before dragging herself forward a few inches forward and into another kiss.

"G-good morning, Ruby," Pyrrha stuttered out in surprise. "I didn't meant to wake you up…"

Ruby shrugged off the apology. "It's 'kay." She lethargically glanced at a clock before settling back down… right where she'd been a minute ago, pressed against Pyrrha's chest.

Anxiety started to mount again in far greater force and before she could think of a plan, her mouth unconsciously opened. "Ruby…" Tired silver eyes slowly looked up at her as Ruby finished nestling in her old spot… there was no way Pyrrha had it in her to tell Ruby to move. "…I love you." Pyrrha somewhat lamely mumbled out.

A dopey smile stretched across Ruby's lips. "I love you too." And with that she started to move from her spot – success! …somehow! Pyrrha wasn't going to question it – before pressing her lips far more forcefully than a chaste kiss against Pyrrha's.

Somehow, the situation had gone from bad to fine to worse.

Worse still, there was no way she could protest it because the several days they'd spent on Patch had deprived Pyrrha of much of the private moments they usually got… so it felt sinfully good to give in. Especially when Ruby pulled away, both of them breathing raggedly before nibbling and giving lingering kisses down Pyrrha's neck – the kind that were sure to give very visible marks. There was no way she could stop herself – not that she even wanted to – as unfiltered happy noises started pour out of her, while her own hands started to find their way inside Ruby's waistband-

Emerald eyes finally noticed the rather mortified blond man who was caught, frozen in place, halfway through the doorway.

Pyrrha stiffened as her hands jerked up, the mood had become deader than mountain Glenn – and her actions didn't go by unnoticed either, as silver eyes looked up… and saw Taiyang. The heated lust in her eyes vanished in an instant.

"I'm… just… going… to… leave…" Taiyang awkwardly back up and out of the doorway before closing the associated door.

The silence was so thick that Pyrrha swore she could have heard a pin drop from the next kingdom over. "Are… are we in trouble?"

Ruby took a deep breath in before letting it out. "Um… I don't think so? I mean when he caught Yang with-!" Suddenly Ruby clapped her hands over her mouth. "Uhhhh, you heard nothing!"

Pyrrha shrugged. "But…?"

"Well," Ruby started again, "we we're just kissing, so, um, it'll probably be fine?"

Pyrrha lamely nodded, "I can only hop-"

"YANG XIAO LONG!" Taiyang's voice interrupted whatever Pyrrha was about to say, "YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD TOLD RUBY ABOUT THE SOCK ON DOOR!"

This time, when Ruby buried her face in Pyrrha's chest, it wasn't because of it being a comfortable spot to rest her face, but to hide the burning shame that had lit up her face – something that Pyrrha wished she could do as well.

Well, at least I don't have to worry about whether Ruby's dad finding out about what we do anymore…

AU: For once, I wasn't setting out to ruin the mood… I just realized that in the end, I legitimately couldn't find a way to rekindle it after Taiyang entered… sorry…

They pick up where they left off that night. There we go. Also Yang high-fives Ruby, or tries to. They had a really awkward thanksgiving meal later that day.

I'm rambling and it's only a few dozen words in, jeez.

Basically, I wanted to do Thanksgiving on Patch, but I couldn't figure out what would be so I ended up writing Pyrrha's thoughts on how it'd be like to be around Ruby's dad. Yup.

Sorry for taking an extra day to post this! I'd like to say I've been hard at work, but I've had real motivation problems (less with writing and more with just my general outlook on life for the past few months). Also Acceptance chapter 26 is something that most definitely won't be out next Friday… so look forward for it being release on January 1st, at the latest! There has just been too many rewrites and additions for me to have it done on time and I'm sorry! D:

I think that's about… it?

OH, RIGHT, ONE LAST THING!

So, I had an idea for this chapter that proved ridiculous (and requiring far more time than the hour and a half that this got) and utterly absurd. However, I'm more than willing to adapt it for the Christmas chapter… SO! Is everyone here okay with extreme crack occurring in the Christmas chapter? Yes? No? I need to know before I make a decision.

Thank you for reading, I hope everyone has a wonderful day (and thanksgiving weekend – even if it's mostly over)! :D