"Pouring your hopes and dreams into a single cookie isn't really all that bad."

Sheena looked up from her computer with wide eyes.

"A tempura?"

The creator of RWBY did enjoy his worktable. He did enjoy it, but he could not help but realize that sometimes, he just wanted to do something unrelated to pixels. After all, he just spent several whole days animating and drafting multiple things for his new show. The second volume of RWBY would need something… new, so to achieve greatness, he thought about improving casual animations, battle choreographies, and indisputably, dance choreographies. And no, he did not plan on telling why he thought dance choreography was crucial to the success of his show.

So he decided to make a tempura.

Sheena smiled as she paused the Red VS. Blue episode she had been watching. "They're going to like it, you know," she said as she wiggled her eyebrows.

Oum smirked.

A batter made of cold water and some soft wheat flour. Vegetables? Check. Seafood? Check. Sesame oil for the traditional tempura taste? Check.

Oum rubbed his hands as he began cooking up tempura. He knew how to make tempura; a lot of time had passed since he last cooked tempura, however. Deep-frying the shrimp-filled batter in hot oil, the Oum managed the cooking pretty well.

As he cooked, Ruby popped up.

She climbed the kitchen table to observe Monty from afar. She blinked, waddling over a few steps towards the tempura's direction as a curious expression came over her face.

Weiss climbed up the table, marching over to Ruby with puffed cheeks. As soon as she got close enough, the Schnee heiress burst into a series of unrecognizable squeals, stomping her foot on the sturdy table. The white-haired girl became quiet when Ruby did not respond. Curious as to what Ruby was observing, the small Schnee stood next to the dark red-haired girl and stared at the busy Monty.

A few seconds later, she too had become enamored by the interesting world of cooking.

Blake inevitably climbed the kitchen table, only because Yang had been chasing her relentless with a paper cup filled with water. Yang seemed to have a fair amount of strength, as she carried the object much bigger than her with ease. The instant moment the Faunus girl ascended from the ground, however, the blonde looked around.

Deeming that stuffing the cup of water in some corner would be impolite to her housekeepers, the girl rushed to the bathroom and tossed her cup into the bathtub, letting the water spill all over the confined area. She then climbed into the bathtub and threw the cup out. With the water out, she tossed the big cup into a trash can before resuming her never-ending journey of tickling Blake.

Yang shouted some high-pitched gibberish as she got up the table. Instead of a funny-sounding groan of despair, however, Yang found three of her friends staring at a busy Oum. Curious as to what they were watching, the blonde brawler waddled over to them and watched Monty cook up tempura.

The four remained still, their eyes locked onto the tempura Oum was cooking.

A few minutes later, Ruby let out a fascinated squeal as Oum brought a dish of tempura to the table.

…They're here already, the animator thought with amusement as the four members of RWBY stared at the dish that was bigger than all of them combined.

All six members of the Oum household gathered to eat at the kitchen table. With plenty of tempura on the table, Oum could not help but smile as he tasted some of it. It tasted pretty good, though there was always room for improvement.

RWBY said otherwise.

Blake and Ruby quietly nibbled on several tiny tempuras Oum had prepared just for the small Huntresses. Even Yang seemed to enjoy the tempura. Weiss stared at her tempura contently, squinting at the fried food. She eventually picked hers up, poking at it as if to check if something alive would pop out or not.

The instant moment several crumbs fell off of the tempura and scattered across the table, however, the Schnee heiress paled. She glanced at Sheena and Oum, both who gave her amused grins, before plopping down on the table and eating her food quietly. Yang laughed out loud, which earned herself a tiny crumb to the face.

As the group continued to eat, Ruby took out a chunk of shrimp before she waddled over to Sheena. The woman blinked as she noticed the red-haired girl standing close to her.

The tiny leader of RWBY smiled as she raised a tiny chunk of shrimp. Oum was glad his wife did not have a heart attack, considering how she openly flipped out at the sight of a small Rose trying to share food. Seeing Sheena becoming happy influenced Ruby to share more of her tempura.

Oum sighed as he closed his eyes in peace. In fact, he felt so relaxed, he grinned as he told Sheena,

"And this is why a diet is pointless."

Sheena threw a tempura at his face.

Another regular day passed by in the household with four tiny miracles.

Many miracles seemed to be happening frequently...

Perhaps another miracle may occur.