Hello everyone! I'm finally back from vacation with a request from the lovely Wyvernsaurus! I am honestly so sorry for the long wait, from the bottom of my heart! I made it a little longer because of that. It's been forever, but vacation and my SPN fic came up. I'm glad to be back though. I love both Fairy Tail and RWBY, so lets get a move on with this fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own the fandoms or the song, which btw is "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and was always my lullaby as a child.

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Yang burst through Beacon's guild doors, sending them rattling on their hinges behind her. "Oh yeah!" The busty fire mage yelled out, turning heads throughout the entire guild. "I am so fired up after that!" There was a small fire burning on the edge of her skirt, but luckily for her, Ren took two seconds to quickly snuff it out with his fingers.

The rest of her team followed behind her, less excited. "Yang, stop that now!" Weiss chided her. "You're acting like a child, and you know as well as the rest of us how difficult that mission was." Weiss held her head high however, proud of her less reckless performance.

"Oh, we're finally at the guild." Blake looked up from her book. "Can you all keep it down?"

"Blake!" Yang was by her side in a second. "Wasn't our first S-class mission fun?" She was grinning bigger than Blake had seen in a while.

"Meh." She shrugged. "I guess it was kinda cool."

"Oh come on!"

Ruby walked behind the two of them, bringing up the rear with Cinder, her giant scythe slung across her back. Her clothing was ripped and torn, as was the rest of team RWBY, but out of all of them, Cinder had suffered the most.

Ruby felt horrible about it. The injury covered the better part of her face, and Cinder's eye would never work properly again. It was so stupid, she thought, beating herself up about it. Even with all of your speed, Cinder still had to take a hit for you! She had been the one not watching where she was going, and she had barely even been able to heed Cinder's distraught cry of Ruby! And then she was there, all of her, becoming her physical shield. Ruby could remember her scream of anguish, piercing through her entire field of vision.

She had shot like a bullet, slicing clean through the creature, but by then it was too late. The rest of her team had to finish off the whole mission while she used her speed to rush Cinder to the nearest healer. She had never ran somewhere so fast before in her life.

Even as she thought this, she stole a glance at the woman walking slowly behind her, still beautiful even in her pain.

Oh, that was the real thing that kicked Ruby even with her down already. She was hopelessly in love with the tall elegant woman beside her. It was something about the way she moved, the way she spoke. A few notes of a lullaby from her, and Ruby would feel drowsy. It wasn't just that, either. Even with her soft spoken persona, Cinder was downright hilarious. She had always known the right thing to say in the past, from the moment she joined Ruby and her friends on missions. She could always make her feel better, and Ruby was at a loss for words of what to say to her now.

The sinking feeling in her chest grew and grew as the awkward silence between the two of them grew and seemed to fill the whole room.

A sudden shriek startled her out of her thoughts, as they all turned to look at who or what caused the noise.

Yang was standing on the table, still with that maniacal grin on her face. "Who wants to see me shove this whole bird in my mouth?"

Weiss shrieked again. "Yang, no!"

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Ruby was just finishing getting into her pajamas when she heard a knock on her apartment door. "Now who could that be at this hour?" She asked Zwei, who simply barked and flapped his wings a little harder in response.

She walked briskly down the stairs, opening the door to reveal a very awkward looking Cinder, shuffling nervously on her doorstep. And just like that, all of Ruby's thoughts were gone.

"Hey." She finally said. Beautiful, Ruby. So articulate. Just the way you string the words together leaves me breathless. Ugh.

"Can I come in?" Cinder asked her tentatively.

"Yeah, of course!" Ruby stepped aside to make room for her teammate and crush. "I-is there something you want to talk about?" She asked hesitantly, concerned.

"Yes, actually." Cinder sat down on one end of Ruby's couch, and after a moment, Ruby joined her, staring into her amber fire eye. It was so beautiful, and she usually did her long, winged eyeshadow to perfection. The makeup was always even, but she supposed (with a pang to her heart) that Cinder didn't need to worry about that anymore.

"Cinder, are you… upset with me?" Ruby chose her words carefully, but couldn't stop the sudden rush of tears to her eyes. They sat there, not quite overflowing.

"What?" Cinder seemed shocked. "Of course not!" She gathered Ruby's face in her palms, cupping her cheeks. "I could never be mad at you," She confessed. "I wanted to let you know that I don't blame you at all. What I did was of my own free will, and I would do it again in a heartbeat if it meant protecting you." She pulled the red haired mage into a tight embrace, and Ruby finally let her tears flow.

"But if I had been any faster-"

"Everyone makes mistakes, Ruby. You won't be the first, and you won't be the last." Cinder soothed her. She stroked her hair comfortingly, and then she began to hum. Ruby recognised the song. It was her lullaby.

Stars shining bright above you

Night breezes seem to whisper, I love you

Birds singing in a sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me

As Ruby looked up to meet her gaze, she felt herself being pulled into a deep kiss, filled with passion, and forgiveness. She let herself cry, but it was no longer quite so sad. Slowly, she wrapped her arms around Cinder's neck and kissed her back.

The door was practically thrown open, and Yang, Weiss, and Blake all came in, bickering angrily, completely drunk.

"Ruby, tell them I deep fried eighteen grimm at once, tell them!" Yang cried out.

"There's no way, you'd barbeque the town you allegedly 'saved'!" Weiss cried out, her voice shrill.

"You all are so loud!" Blake cried out, just louder than usually, and more whiny. So not that different.

Then they all seemed to notice Ruby and Cinder, awkwardly staring at them.

Yang was the first one to understand. "Niicccceeee," She grinned.

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So that's the whole fic! Please let me know what you think! I live off of reviews. :3 Hope you all are having a great day!