Ruby liked to play video games.

It was a simple observation that Pyrrha had made long ago; from fighting games to RPGs to even the occasional racing games.

Perhaps through osmosis, Pyrrha had come to enjoy video games to a certain degree, as well. They were a fun, addictive and engrossing experience, especially when she was playing with Ruby. Many an evening had been spent in the glow of the TV as the two played a co-op game late into the night.

Gaming had even become a part of their nightly contests to figure out who got to be the big spoon for the night – admittedly sometimes Pyrrha was less than… fair when they came to those particular bouts…

Pyrrha had absolutely nothing against video games, nothing whatsoever. Yet…

Coming into team RWBY's dorm room and finding her girlfriend precisely where she'd been eight hours ago was a bit… worrying.

"Have you gotten up at all?" Pyrrha asked with a hint of concern.

"Nope." Ruby's eyes didn't even stray from the screen as she shook her head.

"Well, would you like to take a break and study? We have a test coming up next week…"

"Almost at a checkpoint." Ruby could barely be heard over the sounds of fantasy violence coming from the speakers. "Will do then."

"Oh. Okay." Pyrrha nodded, a slight smile gracing her lips. "I'll just be in the study lounge when you're done."

"M'kay."

Pyrrha felt a flash of something that could be described as annoyance when she found Ruby still playing a video game.

It was somewhere around the hour mark that Pyrrha realized that Ruby wasn't going to be joining her anytime soon. More perplexing, she hadn't answered her scroll, either. For a moment, the thought that something had happened had gone through Pyrrha's mind, and so she made her way over to the RWBY's room… where Ruby hadn't moved an inch.

"Ruby." Her girlfriend made no movement to acknowledge her. "Ruby."

"Hm?"

"Are you still trying to get to that checkpoint?" Perhaps she's just stuck? Pyrrha knew that feeling well, where she didn't want to stop until she got past the part she was stuck on.

"Huh? Oh, that… nope, I got to that like… a while ago."

"Ah… so you can stop now?"

"I'm almost to the next checkpoint, then I'll stop." Ruby mumbled, much to Pyrrha's chagrin.

"Do you mind if I watch?" Pyrrha asked – that way, I can gently remind her that she should study… and if that doesn't work, I can bribe her with food – after all, Ruby hadn't left her spot for a while, she must be getting hungry…

"Sure." Ruby scooched over, making room for Pyrrha to sit next to her on the bed.

What Pyrrha had not planned on, however, was getting engrossed in watching Ruby go through wave after wave of demons with a weapon that looked more like a slab of metal than anything as elegant as a sword or the character's arm cannon. Little 'Ooo's and 'Ah's as more than a few times, it looked like Ruby was about to see a game over screen, only to pull through in the end. The sight was mesmerizing as Ruby's character cut through the hordes before finally making it to a cut scene.

"Okay, I think I can stop now." Ruby set down the controller and stretched out, her poor muscles clearly needing some movement after so long. "Sorry I took so long, um, do what subject was it again, Pyrrha?"

"Oh, uh, History for Professor Oobleck." If Pyrrha was being honest, she was more curious to see what was going to happen in the cut scene; the test had gone completely out of her thoughts. "But, I suppose we could wait until the next checkpoint…"

Ruby gave Pyrrha a look of incredulity. "Really? But I made you wait for like… a really really long time." That look was replaced by guilt. "I probably played too much today… sorry."

"No, no, it's fine." Pyrrha put her hands up in a placating manner. "We still have a few more days, but it's getting quite late… it might be better if we just start anew tomorrow morning."

The happy expression that Ruby gave Pyrrha justified everything. "Well, want to do co-op?" Long red hair swayed as she nodded, before Ruby got up and handed a wired controller to her.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Ruby resettled this time in Pyrrha's lap, before twisting around to give her a quick kiss, and un-paused… only for to Pyrrha to lean forward to steal a longer, lingering kiss. One which made Ruby reply with an even longer, forceful one, pushing Pyrrha onto her back, the nearly-forgotten controller still in her grip…

…right as wired controller yanked the game system out of the wall, unplugging the power cord, its multicolored interface lighting up with three neon red quarter-rings before going out completely.

"I'm sorry!"

AU: Poor Pyrrha. In the original, she accidentally semblance'd it to death.

Points to whoever can guess what the game they are playing is :P

Sometimes, I don't have any particular idea in mind for a chapter, I just basically go "what have I done for the past week?" The answer for this was "suffer from humidity (next chapter)" and "Got way too deep into Mass Effect Lore". So we get video games this week!

I forgot to say this last time, as I was kinda stressed about the four updates for last time, BUT, yay we're into the second year of me writing this story! I have some things planned, as some might have already guessed, and I look forward to what everyone will think of these developments :P

I'm glad everyone has stuck with especially this slice-of-life story for essentially a rare-pair (even if it IS my OTP, Pyrrha/Ruby forever!) and I want to thank each and every one of you for that and for putting up with me! :D

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