A/N:

Happy Valentines Day!

This is a sort-of sequel to the story I wrote last year called A Beacon Valentines (link: /s/12366560/). Hope you all enjoy!

"Ugh… so tired…" Ruby groaned as they both collapsed next to each other on one of the beds in their shared room.

"We have been up for longer than a day." Weiss replied through a yawn. "And had one of our toughest fights yet."

"Yeah… how are you holding up?" Ruby's question was asked without an ounce of exhaustion. It was times like this that Weiss was reminded how much she really cared about her teammates. And how close she'd come from not being able to answer the question herself.

"I'm good. Thanks to Jaune, I'm still alive." Weiss closed her eyes and smiled at her observation. "I never thought I'd hear myself say that combination of words in one sentence."

"That's true enough." Ruby laughed tiredly next to her. "But really, you're okay after all that happened?"

"Team RWBY, my family, is back together. Nothing could make me happier than I am right now, Ruby." Weiss said as she relaxed deeper into the bed's covers as the morning sun finally poked it's head over a distant mountain and sent a ray of light across their room.

"Nothing? Are you sure?" Ruby giggled as she nuzzled her nose up against Weiss's cheek.

Weiss couldn't help her giggle at the ridiculous, yet intimate action Ruby had made. "Well, almost nothing."

Ruby's smile was brighter than the sun as Weiss pulled her in for a kiss. It had been so long since they'd actually had time to make out that Weiss felt she might not even remember how to do it, but somehow she managed. They'd been apart for almost a year, after all, and in that time she'd been sure Ruby would move on. She had been pleasantly surprised to find out after she arrived that Ruby had waited patiently for Weiss to find her. It meant a lot that she was so important to Ruby simply because she was herself. Not Weiss Schnee, but the person beneath the name. That even facing death, it was her that Ruby had fought for. It made her want to do things that she knew might be a bad idea, but nevertheless, she needed it…. At least, she would once she could make sure she wouldn't fall asleep part way through.

"Hahh…" Ruby breathed out as she pulled away from her girlfriend. "I missed that so much."

"So did I, but you'll never hear me say that again." Weiss blushed heavier as she made the statement. She knew Ruby would be happy with her reply, so she pushed herself up into a sitting position. "Let's go to bed."

"Sure thing, princess." Ruby saluted through a yawn as she got up and unclipped her coat and released the elastics on her corset.

Weiss only had to blink before Ruby was dressed in nothing but her slightly torn underwear that had obviously seen many battles beneath her uniform. Weiss moved to copy the girl, shooing her away from the other bed as she folded their uniforms neatly. Ruby made to pass Weiss and get into the bed she'd been sleeping in when Weiss had arrived, only for Weiss to catch her shoulder.

"And just where do you think you're going?" Weiss asked, knowing that her fatigue had made it's way into her voice, making it sound angrier than it was. "Never mind, just get in bed."

Ruby raised an eyebrow at Weiss for a moment before getting into the bed they'd just been laying on. Weiss followed immediately after, wrapping her arms around Ruby's waist and humming a sigh of contentment.

"I missed you Ruby, more than I can even begin to describe." Weiss hummed into the younger girl's back.

"Goodnight Weiss. I love you." Came Ruby's reply through the haze of sleep as Weiss drifted off, the warmth of her partner calming her heart in a way nothing had in almost a year.

Ruby awoke to the gentle feel of Weiss's hand against her stomach. It wasn't a bad feeling, not exactly, but she wasn't very comfortable with the thoughts that sprung into her mind because of the simple contact. And it wasn't as if she hadn't experienced it before either, it was just that the handful of occasions she did were always memorable. Simply put, it felt special.

Sure, she felt a little more awkward than she already did once she realized Weiss was still asleep, but it sounded as if Weiss was sleeping deeply for the first time since arriving. As Ruby adjusted herself, she felt Weiss's arms tighten around her waist, keeping her firmly in place and ensuring she wouldn't be able to escape.

Even this brought a smile to Ruby's lips as she could feel how even in her sleep, her partner was conscious of her surroundings. Not that the particular skill was rare after you'd spent nights in dangerous areas, but the way Weiss clung to her spoke of just how comforted she was by her presence.

"Weiss, we should get up now." Ruby whispered to the heiress upon seeing the red skies of the early evening out the window. "We should-"

"Continue to sleep." Weiss replied firmly, squeezing her arms tighter.

"Come on, Weiss, we need to get up." Ruby groaned as Weiss allowed her to turn around so they were facing each other. "Everyone's pro-mmph."

Ruby's words were cut off as Weiss blocked them with her lips, her tongue quickly prodding Ruby's lips back open. Ruby snapped out of the daze her girlfriend's sudden actions had put her in, just as Weiss pulled away, leaving a trail of saliva connecting their mouths.

"I love you Ruby. I never said it enough back at Beacon, so I'm telling you now." Weiss spoke, keeping the radiant silver eyes she loved so much locked with her own. "I love you."

"W-Weiss… if you…" Ruby coughed as she looked away while shifting. Weiss's sudden confession stirred feelings she'd thought had died along with Beacon. Apparently, she'd been wrong. Very wrong.

"I know we decided it was too early last time we were together like this, but…" Weiss trailed off as she herself averted her gaze to hide her blush.

"We've both grown up. It's been almost a year since then." Ruby whispered, remembering what Weiss was talking about. "I… I'm not sure this would be a good idea."

"We've both almost died, several times over I might add, over the past year." Weiss stated grimly as she resolutely set her eyes on the one thing she valued most in the world. "I… don't know how long our luck will hold out…. I know you know how much I love you, but I want to show you how much I love you. In a way that only I can."

"Weiss… are you sure?" Ruby watched as Weiss slowly nodded. The nod was nervous and shy, but determined. "Because I'd like to show you too."

"Then we'll show each other." Weiss didn't wait for a response, leaning in and meeting Ruby half way as their lips instantly meshed together.

Seconds, then minutes passed with nothing but the slow pace of their deep kiss slowly increasing. Weiss was first to pull away, gasping before returning to Ruby's lips and rolling so she had Ruby pinned between her mouth and the pillows. It wasn't like the two had never gotten intimate before, but the last time there seemed to have been an impassible wall between them. Ruby felt that for whatever reason, it was now gone. Weiss was giving her everything she was through her kiss, and Ruby felt that she wanted to do the same. She was Weiss's. Since even before they'd gotten together in Beacon, Ruby had never been anyone else's. She knew deep down that she never would be.

"Hot." Ruby gasped as Weiss moved down to her neck. A moment later, the blanket they'd been cuddled under was thrown off the bed by a black glyph as Weiss continued her assault. Ruby craned her neck to give Weiss better access as she reached around and found the clasp to Weiss's bra.

Without a word, Ruby unclasped it and Weiss tossed it away as she bit down on a relatively sensitive spot on Ruby's neck. Ruby arched her back with a shocked gasp and released a long moan as Weiss's hand unclasped her bra quickly before Ruby fell back to the mattress. Weiss teased the spot she'd bitten with her tongue, causing Ruby to shiver as Weiss slowly hooked her fingers into the sides of Ruby's panties.

"If you want me to stop…" Weiss said, her voice strained as she stilled her movements atop the panting Ruby.

"Don't even joke about that." Ruby spoke hoarsely as she roughly pushed her self up and Weiss back down to the mattress, Weiss's caught fingers snapping the already very worn elastic that was holding the fabric together. Ruby smirked at the look of surprise as Weiss threw the scrap of ruined fabric to the floor as Ruby quickly pulled Weiss's underwear off and threw it along with her bra to the floor.

"Someone's excited." Weiss smirked at the flushed face of her girlfriend who was hovering over her, completely naked.

"Shut up, you are too." Ruby mumbled as she leaned down and started to massage Weiss's chest while her mouth silenced the sudden moans of the girl beneath her.

Weiss felt Ruby's callused hands explore places she was sure had never been touched by another before. Some even she hadn't touched. The invasion was both frightening, and welcomed as she felt the love of her girlfriend translated through the movements of their tongues and the way Ruby seemed to constantly increase the heat she was feeling throughout her entire body. Weiss cleared her head long enough to return the action to Ruby, noticing immediately that Ruby's bust was at least a size larger than her own.

It wasn't that Weiss had never known the fact, but actually feeling the difference was something else entirely. And while some part of her was a little jealous, another louder part was simply happy that Ruby trusted her with not only her life as her partner, but with her body as a lover. The feeling of trust was indescribably titillating and Weiss felt herself grow even warmer as Ruby honed in on the tips of her own nipples.

Ruby felt like she'd break from the sensations of Weiss's chest beneath her hands and the way their kiss seemed to only grow deeper and more desperate as time continued on. She didn't know what to do beyond this though, and it was maddening to have her body blaze like it was on fire from the inside but not have any idea of how to cool it. Possibly worst of all, she really didn't care if it ever cooled so long as Weiss was the one stoking the blaze.

"Ruby… move…" Weiss ordered, her voice coming in gasps as she continued to kiss Ruby between each word. It took only a second of Ruby's unchanging motions for Weiss to push Ruby over and pin her to the bed. Their chests pressed together as Weiss took her time in a deep kiss while keeping her arms wrapped around Ruby's back. As she backed up, Ruby followed her mouth until she couldn't move any farther.

"Weiss…" Ruby moaned, the need apparent in her voice as she looked up at Weiss with watery eyes.

"You may be fast, but you still excel at waisting time." Weiss gasped as she quickly turned around and straddled Ruby, exposing her nether region to her girlfriend as her knees settled next to each of her shoulders.

"Weiss, what…?" Ruby choked on her own words as what she could only describe as a bolt of lightning coursed through every muscle in her body. It was the most amazing feeling she'd ever felt, like the first time she'd kissed Weiss times a thousand. The next thing she identified was a warmth she couldn't describe dragging slowly across her slit before poking slowly in. Ruby cried loudly as the pleasure she was feeling forced itself past the block in her throat.

"Fuck Ruby, be quiet or the others might hear us." Weiss snapped as she returned to Ruby's core, causing Ruby to strangle another cry of pleasure.

Ruby looked around desperately, finding nothing she could use to muffle her cries, until her eyes landed on the slit of her girlfriend. Weiss's lower lips were already letting a clear liquid trickle slowly down her legs as she knelt suspended in a position Ruby noticed was perfect for her to simply lean up toward.

Feeling embarrassed, Ruby gently licked the trickles from Weiss's legs, finding that though salty, and not particularly tasty, she actually enjoyed the taste of Weiss's fluids.

"Ahhh… Ruby…" Weiss moaned, her back arching as Ruby's tongue made its way closer to its goal. "Please…"

Ruby didn't reply, simply licking from one end of Weiss's slit to the other, causing Weiss to release a sound best described as a cross between a squeal and a moan which she attempted to muffle with her hand. Needless to say that the attempt was doomed from the start.

Spurred on by the reaction she'd gotten, Ruby started to explore, much like she'd done while kissing Weiss. A lick here, a prod there, and each time Weiss let out a new moan told her when she'd hit the right spot. Ruby was about to return to the spot that would make Weiss squeal and clench her muscles when Weiss collapsed on her. Ruby was about to question whether she was okay when she felt her own core receive more attention than Weiss had started out giving.

The sensation was almost too much, and Ruby quickly resumed her assault on Weiss both to hide her own cries as well as to try to share the feeling she was receiving.

Seconds later, Ruby felt her mind go fuzzy and her muscles go into a frenzy. She couldn't tell her own cries apart from Weiss's, and it took only a few seconds for that fuzziness to turn into blinding heat that left her quivering uncontrollably, her muscles simply reacting to the stimulus with exception to her tongue that was lapping up Weiss's own release.

After a minute or so, Ruby's head fell back against the pillow, her sweat cooling her very quickly and turning the blazing body of Weiss into the only heat she could feel. Reluctantly, she let Weiss go as the older girl moved off her and turned back around, pulling the blanket from the floor as she did so and tossed it over them both.

"That was…" Ruby croaked, wincing at the soreness in her throat as she pulled Weiss closer, entwining their legs before they shared a small kiss, tasting their own juices on each other's lips. "Apparently, loud."

"I'm… not sure how loud we were…" Weiss whispered in response. "That felt amazing."

"Yeah…" Ruby nodded as she felt her eye lids fall over her eyes for a second. "I think… I'm tired now though."

"I am as well." Weiss replied. She placed a gentle kiss on Ruby's lips, her legs pulling Ruby closer so there was no longer any room at all separating them. "Sleep with me tonight?"

"Absolutely." Ruby returned the kiss with interest as she felt herself start to warm back to her normal temperature with the help of Weiss's body. "I love you Weiss. This has been the best day in a long time."

"Well, I couldn't have our second Valentines day go to waste, could I?" Weiss asked, making Ruby realize what day it was. She'd known, but with all the danger there had been in the last couple days, it had pushed the thoughts completely from her mind.

"Sorry, I completely forgot." Ruby apologized, knowing she'd simply have to accept Weiss being upset with her for forgetting an important day.

"Ruby, I just remembered myself." Weiss replied with an unsure smile. "If you want, we could do a make-up Valentines tomorrow."

"I love you Weiss." Ruby smiled, pulling Weiss into a kiss. "It's a date…. Although, today was a lot of fun too."

Weiss pulled Ruby tighter, forcing her face over Ruby's shoulder to hide her blush. She carefully placed her lips on Ruby's neck where she'd bitten it earlier, eliciting a small gasp from her lover. "Yes it was. Now go to sleep, dolt. I love you too."

"What are you doing Nora?" Jaune asked groggily as he walked down the hallway, intent on heading to the small living area to relax for a while in a different place than his room.

"There's GHOSTS haunting the inn!" Nora said with concern. Jaune raised his eye-brows skeptically as he looked around.

"I don't see any ghosts." He observed, looking both ways down the hallway. "Maybe you just had a bad dream."

"No, I'm sure I heard them. They seemed to have gone quiet now though." Nora eyed the doors in front of her. "I narrowed it down to one of these two rooms."

"Nora, what are you going to do? Grimm are one thing, but you can't kill ghosts." Jaune informed her with a sigh. He was too tired to deal with this at the moment. "Where's Ren?"

"Oh, he's meditating." Nora replied. "You're here, Yang went for a walk to think about something again, Qrow is at the bar trying to upgrade his drunk, Blake is reading erotica disguised as a history book downstairs while trying to ignore Sun and Ilia arguing over who's better friends with her, and Ghira and Kali went to the news place for an interview about the White Fang and why Menagerie's militia showed up. Also wherever Oscar is, he's probably listening to Ozpin tell him secret magic stuff with his weird soul-sharing thing."

Jaune was actually impressed with Nora's tracking of almost the entire populace of the fairly small inn, but a fair bit disturbed at how detailed she could be. But that left three people's locations unaccounted for. Two of which, he vividly remembered avoiding with Pyrrha exactly one year previously.

"I have a bad feeling about this, Nora." Jaune said as Nora gave him a grin. Jaune just placed his head in his hand as he shook it in defeat. Nora's smile meant there was nothing he could do except get Ren, but even he knew he wouldn't be fast enough.

"Knock, knock!" Nora shouted as she kicked the door in front of her open.

She proceeded to look around the room, ignoring the shocked Oscar that was kneeling in the middle of the room as she picked random items up to look for her ghosts.

"Sorry, ghost hunting… you know…" Jaune apologized to Oscar who he noticed had a couple tears streaming down his face. "We'll be going now."

"Huh, I could have sworn there was a ghost in here…" Nora thought aloud as she exited the room and pulled the door shut. "I guess it was in here!"

Nora was about to kick the other door down when they froze as they heard a shout from the other side.

"NORA IF YOU KICK OUR DOOR DOWN BECAUSE OF GHOSTS, I WILL KILL YOU AND EAT ALL OF REN'S PANCAKES ON TOP OF YOUR GRAVE BY MYSELF!" Weiss's shout echoed from inside the room. Jaune could just hear Ruby's faint laughter as Nora took a couple steps back.

Nora ran and jumped to kick the door in with both feet when Jaune noticed a faint glyph on the door. Unfortunately, it was too late and as Nora made contact, she rocketed in the opposite direction as if shot from a cannon, crashing head-first through the door on the other side of the hall that led to Qrow's room, and flying clean through the wall that lead to the outside of the building. A second later, a loud thump and a distant groan came in from where Nora had landed outside.

"That was… COMPLETELY AWESOME!" She shouted just as Jaune rushed to the window. Nora tried to push herself back up, but collapsed to her back a second later as concerned civilians started to take notice.

"Oh, great…" Jaune sighed as he made his way out of Qrow's ruined room and into the one Ren and Nora were sharing.

Ren glanced up at him for a moment in silence before sighing and getting up to leave, already knowing that Nora was causing trouble. "I sometimes wish she'd give me just one day off."