Blake was truly happy.

The rest of the world didn't matter to Blake as the comfortable weight of Ruby was the only thing she could focus on.

Their hands were intertwined for all to see, no bow covering Blake's ears as Ruby leaned into the crook of the taller teen's neck, only further drawing the Faunus' focus to her girlfriend. Blake didn't even care that she was openly humming – no, that was wrong, purring in happiness.

"Blake?" Ruby may have been quiet as a mouse, but Blake could hear the muffled whisper as if it'd been yelled… an impressive feat considering how fast her heart was beating. "Can… can I ask you something?"

Blake merely nodded, not wanting to shift more then she had to. "Can I kiss you?" The Faunus' fight or flight instincts kicked in at the question… only to be subdued immediately by large, hopeful silver eyes that bore right into Blake's soul.

"S-sure." Those eyes that she so adored had made the choice for her. There's no way I could say no to her- eep! Ruby had gone from cuddling Blake's side to hopping over her, a leg on either side of the black-haired teen's. Blake's cheeks burned crimson as her small girlfriend straddled her.

As Ruby's face inched closer and closer, Blake's thoughts sped up to a thousand miles per hour as her first kiss with her beloved became imminent.

A flock of butterflies suddenly felt like they were in Blake's stomach as her eyes closed.

Blake could feel Ruby's nervous breath before closing the gap, soft lips… lips…

Suddenly Blake was no longer in the forest, about to kiss Ruby, but in her bed. The happy purr turned into a growl before settling on a very sad sigh, as an equally disappointed frown crossed Blake's lips. They were such good dreams…

It was odd when Blake didn't have a bad dream during the night, much less two happy ones. Then again, they were both about Ruby, so what else could they be? The first had been a tense, but joyous one; Ruby had said yes, and they were officially dating. The second one was a tad more… risqué. Blake would have blushed at the memory of Ruby straddling her had she not been so sad.

Amber eyes flickered towards the strains of sunlight breaking through gaps in the curtain. Might as well start to get up. Pushing herself off the bed, Blake met resistance.

There was a pair of arms hooked around her. Following the arms, Blake found who they were attached to, a distinctive teen with red-tinged hair. Well, at least I know why my dreams were so happy. Blake let out a small sigh. How'd we get tangled up this time? Searching her memory, Blake kept coming back to her first dream – that can't be it, that's a dream.

Her movement had been enough to cause silver eyes to slowly crack open. Ever so slowly Ruby pulled herself closer to Blake before noticing the amber eyes tracking her. "Good morning, sleepyhead."

Eh, screw it, might as well enjoy it. Blake resigned herself to at least enjoy the cuddles before someone started freaking out, basking in Ruby's warmth. "Morning, how'd you sleep?" Blake mumbled back.

"Like a log." A huge smile crossed Ruby's face. "How about you?"

"Fairly well. I had some good dreams."

"Ooo, what'd you dream about?" Excited silver eyes stared at embarrassed amber ones.

"I… uh…" Blake most certainly wasn't feeling comfortable admitting what either of them were to Ruby. "I… can't remember."

"Aww." Ruby's pout almost made Blake crack and fess up the dreams' contents. Almost. "That sucks."

"Yeah." Blake's curiosity was starting to override her want to leave the purple elephant hidden. An old saying came back to Blake about curiosity and cats, one that she promptly ignored. "Ruby… how'd we end up here?"

"We… got tired?" Ruby's head tilted slightly in confusion, her tone mirroring it.

"In my bed… with you?"

Inquisitive silver eyes suddenly widened in horror. "O-oh! Was I not supposed to do that?! I-I didn't mean to mess up, it was an honest mistake!"

Blake watched with warring amounts of concern and confusion as Ruby rambled. "I didn't mean to go too fast, but I didn't think you mind since we started being a couple-"

"Wait." Blake's arm clamped down on Ruby's arm, halting her rapid speech. "So I actually asked you out? That wasn't a dream?!"

Ruby nodded as Blake's lips inched up a grin. "I really should have asked because I just assumed, and you know what they say about assuming-eep!"

Ruby stopped mid-sentence as Blake yanked her back into an embrace. "It's fine." Amber eyes suddenly widened. "Wait… that was last night right? When I asked you?" When Ruby gave a quick nod, Blake hummed in thought. So that kiss really was just a dream then.

Yet as Ruby calmed and Blake cuddled her newly acquired-girlfriend, a very happy thought popped into her head. I can do this every day… I can cuddle Ruby or hug her whenever I want.

The fact that Blake could show affection towards Ruby with no restrictions was the happiest concept she could even think of.

Blake was truly happy.

"So explain to me, why precisely we are opening the package that your father, who let me remind you, addressed for both you and Ruby without Ruby?"

Yang didn't seem deterred in the slightest at the icy blue stare from Weiss. "Well you see… I have a good idea what's in the package, and as much as I'm gonna tease those two, I'm not going to be the one who ruins their little…" Lilac eyes unfocused for a moment, trying to find the proper word, "…moment. Plus, I think you'll like it far more this way~!"

Ice blue eyes narrowed. "What do you mean by that?" Instead of answering Weiss, like any proper manners dictated, Yang winked at her before unscrewing the lid of the package.

A corgi fell out.

As a confused Weiss stared at the panting dog, Yang finally responded. "Dad said that he wanted me and Rubes to look after Zwei while he's off the island aaaand that it might be best to slowly tell Blake about it…"

"Are you telling me that this mangy, drooling mutt is…" The corgi's fluffy head pivoted towards Weiss, small eyes staring adoringly up at her. "…is going to live with us forever and ever? Oh yes he is, oh yes he is!"

Icy blue eyes melted as the dog licked her hand.

AU: Yang is a nice big sister. She isn't going to ruin their moment.

Someone said something about it all being a dream in the reviews, so this happened. Yup.

Two quick things with the last chapter. Publishing it on chapter 69 was actually completely accidental. It was suppose to be chapter 70 in my small outline, but a chapter got cut... so, yeah. That happened. The other thing is a clarification bit. The reason that Ruby was gone in the middle of the dance was because of Cinder's infiltration of the communication tower. There was some confusion on that point.

I don't have much to say today, other than "hey look, I got this out on time, huzzah!" Chapter 71 of Dilation should either be Friday or Saturday when I do a combined Spoon Equality, Dilation and Acceptance update… and maybe Wrath if I can get my shit together fast enough?

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