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[Sometime after Koishi's party....]

[Remnant House]
Um....Yang? I got an unexpected present. [Behind her is a tank with three small koi fish.]

Do we have room in our room or will we need to place them somewhere else?


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[In this shot Blake is propped up on her elbows, yellow eyes darting back and forth as she watches the fish swim. She ponders out loud...]

What do you even name pet fish?

ooc:aka I'm used to eating fish, not taking care of them.

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Well...that wasn't a thing you see when your girlfriend goes to a birthday party like that.]

How'd you end up with a fish tank? Weren't you suppose to be going to give her a present?

[Looking around her room, the blonde couldn't help but sweatdrop a bit at where they'd put it.] I guess we could set it on the dresser? Move the make up to the bathroom.

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I did, but she had something for me too. Maybe it's a Youkai thing. [You should see the knit hat with cat ears that Koishi also gave her. But she put her bow back on before returning home.]

If that's okay. If not I suppose we can find a spot in the living room or get a smaller tank. [Her eyes dart at the sudden movement of the fish. Clearly, she could watch them a long time.]

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Maybe? Or maybe that's just the thing where she comes from? [Yang's learned that different people have different cultures and customs, sometimes radically different from hers.]

That's fine with me. I don't know if we've got a spot in the living room for them.

[Yang does catch Blake eyeing the fish and can't help but grin a little teasingly.]

Just don't start trying to catch them. I don't think Koi fish are good for eating.

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Who knows. [Back and forth. She really can't help it. This is the laser light all over again. But the way they move is so...]

I know that they're not tuna! [Her voice is indignant.] I wouldn't eat a gift. And they're way too small.

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang's grin is still on her face as she wraps her arm around her girlfriend's shoulders.] I know you wouldn't. I'm just playing with you.

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[To be fair to Yang, Blake was doing a really good impression of a cat entranced at discovering the fish tank.

But she leaned back into the blonde when she felt an arm going around her.]

She gave me something else. You'll probably never stop laughing when you see it.

[She gestures at the knitted hat laid out on their bed.]

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang really has to hold her tongue sometimes with how much Blake actually acts like a cat. Still she does squeeze Blake's shoulder as she rests her head on her girlfriend's shoulder.]

Oh? What is it?

[Unable to resist, Yang burst out laughing as she held up the hat, easily identifying the cat-ear top before she placed it on her own head.]

Wow...She actually went and made something like this. Well I guess if no one looks too closely you could always wear this hat instead of your bows.

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[As Blake predicted the blond was laughing. She couldn't help the slow smile that started on her face at seeing Yang's glee.]

Now, you look like one of us. Though it's more of winter wear. It'll have to get cold. My ears will get too warm in there.

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang snorts softly at the one of us comment.] You'd have to get it in a gold color to really have me fit in.

You could always take it with you if you go up into the mountains or something. We should totally do a ski trip sometime with the whole team!

[Her smile flickers a bit on her face when she considers how she'd try to ski with only one arm for balance. It was brief, almost as though it wasn't there, but that smile didn't quite look as cheerful as before.]

Hey, why not show me how you look with this on. See if it's comfortable for you.

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[Blake laughs.] I guess then we'd match.

[She notices the slight fading of Yang's enthusiasm when she talks about hiking. She was about to ask when she heard Yang's suggestion. She unfastens her bow. Her ears twitch a bit at being freed and she reaches for the hat.

If it will make the blond smile again, that's reason enough.]

We'll definitely go.

[She wants to have moments like this. Weiss is right. It can't be all fighting all the time. There wouldn't be anything worth fighting for if that were the case.]

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang's lips quirk a little higher at watching Blake put on the hat, noting that it covers well enough to keep people from finding the truth.]

[It doesn't stop her from reaching out to softly pet Blake's ears though.]

Yeah...I'd be nice to have a little trip with all four of us. Feels like we're all really busy these days.

[You'd think being out of Beacon would mean they'd have more time to do things.]

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[Her ears tingle pleasantly at the contact and the faunus doesn't complain. She doesn't mind, since it's Yang.]

That would be nice. I guess we have been busy. [Blake has been taking bounties on top of book hunting, but with Yang's arm she hates to bring fighting up.] What has Ruby been up to?

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang doesn't stop petting Blake's ears. It was an oddly soothing motion to do.]

[Though on the subject of Ruby well...that arm is the elephant in the room that's a little too obvious.]

She's...working with a girl named Winry to try and get an arm made for me. I hope it gets finished soon.

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[Blake's eye lips drop just slightly. Not as soothing as having it done to you, Yang.

But her eyes are all the way open again and she's looking a mix of surprised, amazed and hopeful.]

When did that happen? How are they going to make an arm?

[Well she assumed it was something mechanical.]

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang's just going to store how you act with getting your ears scritched for later.]

I'm...not sure how it happened, but apparently Winry is some kind of mechanic and they can make moving prosthetics out of metal and stuff.

I don't know the details, but apparently It'd let me use the arm like it were my own.

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[Like a semi-awake, probably purring and cuddling faunus.
Why hadn't Yang said something sooner? A genuinely happy and rare ecstatic look spread across Blake's face as she clasped her partner's remaining hand in her own.]

That's wonderful, Yang! [It may not be exactly like the real thing, but it's more than Blake ever imagined. She never wanted Yang to remain crippled forever. She's almost beaming at the news.]

Do they know when it will be ready?

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Yang looks rather excited at the prospect of getting another arm again too! As much as losing the team was, losing her arm felt pretty horrible.]

I! Have no idea.

[Seriously, all she knew is that she was going to be getting an arm.]

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[Gratitude to whoever this Winry person bubbles up within Blake. Yang is strong, but she was not someone ever meant to be in this state. Only being able to use half her strength. She would never be able to erase the moment that Adam maimed the person she had come to cherish the most. But this way at least...

Blake wasn't always great at expressing emotion. She darted forward and hugged the girl almost hard enough to rival one of her own bear hugs.

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Well this wasn't something she got often. It's enough to stun the blonde as she slowly moves to return the bear hug from her girlfriend. It certainly wasn't the best thing, but at least getting an arm is a fix of some kind rather than leaving it a stump.]

Hey hey...It's alright, Blake. None of it was your fault. None. Trust me okay? It'll be alright.

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[Another reason she clung to Yang was because she didn't want the taller girl to see the moisture forming at the corner of her eyes. One would swear it was Blake regaining a limb, she was so happy for her partner.

But she gave a slight start at Yang's words. Even though that had been her train of thought, she didn't think the other would have read her so easily.

She wanted to shake her head. Yang was the one minus and arm and here she was reassuring Blake that everything would be all right.]

You're the most amazing person I know.

[It wasn't until she heard her own muffled voice that she realized she'd said that. Out loud. And she decided to cling to the brawler a little longer so that she wouldn't see her blushing for probably the hundredth time.]

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[beauty_burns_gold]

[Blake wasn't the only one trying to hide the tears forming, the blonde using Blake's bow to soak them up before she pulled back a bit.]

You're amazing too you know. I do owe you my life.

[Seriously, if it wasn't for Blake's last minute clone, Yang would no doubt be dead back home.

Yang was radiating heat as she clung to her partner, enjoying the simple act of just connecting as she nuzzled her cheek against Blake's ears.]

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You don't owe me anything. You were trying to save me. [How could she owe Blake anything when she had been the one that had gotten hurt so badly?]

[Yang's warmth was one of the things Blake really loved about the blond. It was like bathing in sunlight. And it made her feel, despite whatever else might be going on in the outside world, safe.]

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Well, what kind of fish is it?

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Koi fish, all three of them.

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[ she tapped her chin in thought. ]

Well, there's always the classics like "Bubbles" and "Finley," but I don't think pets are necessarily required to have a specific kind of name.

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[Blake carefully keeps her expression neutral. Relena is being kind enough to help. But Bubbles? Finley? It sounds like something Ruby would like though.]

Hmmm...I'll give it some more thought.