Vacation Days (ch2)

EARLY RELEASE FOR ALL PATRONS!!

Weiss' and Blake's little endeavor is over. Now it's time to see what Yang and Neo were up to all day!

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.

												Chapter 2. The Beach House

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As Weiss and Blake headed towards the boardwalk, the other seven of the group made for the hot sand and the warm ocean beyond.

They all wore swimsuits and trunks beneath thin layers of cover-up clothes, having previously decided that they wanted to work up a sweat in the form of beach volleyball before heading into the water to cool down.

As Jaune, Ren, and Nora traveled at the front of the group, Pyrrha and Ruby walked a little further behind them.

From her spot with Neo at the back of the group, Yang couldn't help but notice her little sister and how she kept altering her pace over the sand, sometimes to get a little closer to Pyrrha, and sometimes to shy away from her.

As a big sister, Yang knew better than anyone that Ruby was crushing on the beautiful redhead, but was far too awkward to make a move on her own. That's why, today during their shenanigans, Yang hoped to give her little sister just the push she needed towards confidence, perhaps literally.

Depending on what situations they found themselves in, Yang would react accordingly so as not to embarrass her little sister too much.

As she played out in her mind different ways to help Ruby, Yang was spacing out a little bit as she walked, aimlessly following behind the others.

Beside her Neo, was clinging onto one of her hands with hers, while the other held onto the handle of a small pink parasol. Neo was hiding herself beneath the shade of it religiously, flinching even when a single one of her toes was hit with the direct sunlight.

She was doing her best not to be a killjoy on everyone's vacation, but she feared lounging out on the beach house's porch yesterday had gotten her burnt. She'd made sure to cover herself up as much as possible with a white one-piece bathing suit, splattered with pink swirls and flowery patterns.

Over that, she wore a flowing white bolero to cover her arms, and to shield her legs, she'd pulled on a long pink, slip-like skirt. Her face and toes were the only parts of her body where skin was being revealed, and of course no matter how hard she tried, she kept stepping outside the range of what her parasol blocked from the sunlight.

She clung closer to Yang, hoping for her protection against the harmful rays, wondering how much longer they'd need to walk through this dragging sand before they could stop.

Despite her ailments, Neo was determined to tough it out today for one specific reason.

Yang was wearing a yellow and orange tie-dyed tank-top and white shorts, but Neo had yet to see her in her swimsuit. That was all Neo really wanted from this vacation, to see her girlfriend like she'd never seen her before.

In her mind, she played around with what Yang might look like in different kinds of swimsuits, sometimes imagining her hair tied up into a ponytail as it was now, and sometimes imagining it down, or up in a bun, or-

"Okay!" Jaune called back to them from ahead. "This seems like a good spot."

Everyone else came to a halt, and Neo nearly stumbled as Yang paused as well.

"Suh-weet!" Nora exclaimed, throwing down her towel and belongings. "It's right near the volleyball net! Let's get smackin'! I'll go find us a ball!" And with that, she made sure to grab Ren by the hand before tearing off toward a nearby shed.

The others began lying down their towels as well, and Yang once again took note of how Ruby was nervously debating whether or not she should lay hers beside Pyrrha's or not. The blonde smirked and gave her little sister some help.

"I'm gonna put mine here," she said. "Then maybe Neo here... and Ruby, why don't you put yours there?" She pointed beside Pyrrha's. "That way, we're all close together, but we won't get too sandy whenever we move them."

Ruby flashed her sister a quick, fretful glance.

"O-Okay..."

"Perfect!" Pyrrha said joyfully. "Here, let me help you, Ruby."

Yang had to hide a grin and a chuckle behind her hand as Ruby was swept away by her unsuspecting crush. Now, she could finally turn to her own girlfriend.

"How're you holdin' up?" she wondered, putting down her own towel.

Neo nodded to the parasol, and Yang took the handle to hold it for her so she could sign.

/I'm all right. I just want to have fun with you today./

But now that Yang was seeing her in a better light, she noticed Neo's skin was awfully pink, even beneath the pink-tinged shade of the parasol. She was stiff with her movements, as though it hurt her to make certain motions. Yang frowned.

"Hey, I told you if you got burnt too badly yesterday that we didn't have to come out today."

I'm fine! I wanted to, Neo insisted, her facial expressions earnestly matching her signing.

But Yang was feeling doubtful.

"We're gonna be playing volleyball. I think you'd find it a little difficult to play with a nasty sunburn. And it'd be impossible to try to play and hold onto this thing," she said, waving the parasol.

Neo bit her lip and shook her head defiantly.

/No. I want to./

Yang sighed.

"Fine. Then lemme see your hands."

Puzzled, Neo slowly lifted up her palms. Yang kept ahold of the parasol with one hand, but reached down with the other to touch Neo's forearm.

Almost immediately, the girl winced, though she tried to cover it up.

But Yang had seen enough.

"Hun, listen," she sighed. "If if hurts you just to have me touch you as lightly as that, do you know how much a volleyball would hurt? We'd have to take you to the hospital."

Neo curled her fingers up tensely. I can keep score.

Yang shook her head.

"Sorry, hun. But I think it's best we go back to the house and just chill today. You gotta recover. It's better to do that now so you can be back 100% tomorrow. But if we don't get you treated now, you'll just be in pain for the rest of our vacation, and nobody wants that, right?"

Neo's expression sunk into a pout and her shoulders drooped. Her hands formed a feeble declaration.

/Fine. You win./

Relieved, Yang smiled.

"Sorry it has to be this way." She placed a hand on her girlfriend's back and guided her forward beneath the parasol. Yang bent down to kiss her temple softly. "We'll have tons of fun tomorrow, okay? Promise."

Neo gave a small, disheartened nod.

Yang didn't want her to stay outside any longer than she had to. So she packed up her things and told the others right away what they'd decided to do. They all gave Neo looks of sympathy and hoped she felt better soon.

Yang asked Pyrrha for the key to the house and was given it hastily.

"Please!" Pyrrha said. "Go rest up okay, Neo? I know Yang will take good care of you. We can do this again tomorrow and by then you'll be able to join us, I'm sure!"

Neo flashed her a small smile, unable to be bitter in her presence.

Pyrrha informed Yang of a pantry of ointments Weiss had shown her the day before and instructed her on which one she could use to help Neo. Yang thanked her, slipped the key into her shorts' pocket, and with the parasol in one hand and Neo's in the other, she started off back the way they'd come.

Neo trailed more slowly beside her, her eyes fixated on the white sand, her flip-flops falling into place on the prints that had brought her there only minutes earlier.

Yang knew she was upset, but she wanted to get her out of the sun as quickly as possible.

"Hey," she said pausing. "Hold this, 'kay?" She handed Neo the parasol to hold, making sure she stayed shielded beneath its cover. Yang crouched down a little and put one hand at the center of Neo's back. "Does this hurt? Can I touch you here?"

Neo leaned back against her palm, but the pain there wasn't as bad as it was elsewhere. She nodded.

Yang then tried the same thing when she placed a hand behind the girl's knees. Neo sucked in a sharp little breath, but after the initial touch, there was little discomfort.

Carefully, Yang pulled her up into her arms and lifted her, cradling Neo against her chest.

"All righty! I got'cha! You just relax now."

Neo looped her free arm around Yang's shoulder and buried her face into her collar.

Yang took off at a jog, being careful not to jostle Neo too much, lest she aggravate more of her sunburnt areas.

They made it back to the beach house in a matter of minutes. Yang carried her up the porch steps and set her down at the front door so she could fish out the key and get them inside.

A blast of cool, conditioned air swirled around them the second they stepped inside, out of the sweltering heat of the midday summer sun. Neo closed her parasol and put it aside as she wobbled in, still flinching a little here and there.

Yang guided her into the living room, where there was a large sofa that pulled out into a bed. Yang did all the work herself in pulling the bed out, then dressing it with sheets and huge pillows.

In the meantime, Neo excused herself to the bathroom to change out of the clinging swimsuit that was making her skin ache with every breath. Instead, she changed into a looser outfit of brown shorts and a pink tank-top.

She emerged a moment later to find the bed all ready for her now. Yang beckoned her over eagerly.

"Come lie down. Take a rest. I got the ointment Pyrrha was tellin' me about."

Now that she could see much more of Neo's skin than she could with the previous outfit, Yang could really tell how badly she'd been burnt the day before. She took Neo's hand, guided her over to the bed, and coaxed her to lie on her stomach first.

"Nice and easy," Yang encouraged her. "You just rest, 'kay? I'll take care of everything else."

Neo laid herself down miserably, still upset that she'd taken away Yang's entire day because of this. She folded her arms onto a pillow and hid her face in it.

Behind herself, she could feel the bed shifting beneath Yang's weight as the blonde knelt beside her. Yang spread a bit of ointment onto both of her hands and moved down to Neo's knees.

"I'll start with your legs, 'kay? Just kick me if I hurt you."

She started running her hands all along the backs of Neo's reddened legs. She could feel the heat of the poor girl's skin radiating onto her hands as she did so.

But Neo was feeling the cooling effects of the ointment right away.

Yang spread it over and around her feet, ankles, calves, and worked her way up as high as where her shorts cut off access. Once she'd gotten to that spot, Yang pulled her hands back and informed Neo she'd be going higher next.

"I'm just gonna roll up your shirt a bit. I wanna get your back and shoulders."

Neo stayed still as she felt her shirt being pulled up as high as it could go. Her heart started to pound a little bit as she felt her girlfriend's presence hovering over her.

But the embarrassment was exchanged for relief the second Yang touched her again. Her cool, firm fingers and smooth palms caressed patterns over the small of Neo's back, easing away much of the discomfort of the burns.

Neo found her eyes closing as she enjoyed the treatment in the form of a massage.

Yang pressed in a little bit as she rubbed the cream over the girl's soft, smooth skin. She went up Neo's spine, then down over her sides, slipped beneath the strap of her bra to the tan lines, and eventually got to her shoulders.

The worst of the burns were there, so Yang spent several minutes coating her shoulders and bare upper arms in the cooling ointment. She then traveled down the backs of her arms to her elbows, forearms, wrists, and finally her palms.

"How's this?" Yang murmured. "You okay?"

Neo released another sigh and nodded.

"Okay. Just makin' sure."

She went to the nape of her girlfriend's neck, then spread a bit of the ointment over her back again. After she was finished there, Yang gently helped her turn over to lie on her back.

From there, she sat beside her and started applying the cream to her stomach and collar area. Neo closed her eyes and tried to relax beneath her touch, but she couldn't help but feel her heart was beating too quickly.

Yang could feel it every now and then, thumping beneath her palms. She couldn't wipe the smile off her face at how adorable her girlfriend was.

It only took a few seconds before she caved and leaned down to kiss her soft lips.

Neo relaxed beneath her, so Yang continued with this new technique of kissing her as she ran her hands along her stomach and sides. She kissed her lips, her nose, her cheeks, and her forehead, giggling as Neo huffed softly, wanting to hold her.

"Gimme a few more minutes," Yang promised.

Neo pouted and closed her eyes to wait.

Yang finished up by tracing her fingers over Neo's throat, then dabbing the last bit of cream onto her face before she pulled away.

"There. How's that feel?"

Neo's eyes fluttered back open, the pink and brown pools flashing up to lavender. She had half a mind to sign her response, but Yang could read it enough in her eyes. There was great relief and gratitude there, along with a strong desire to repay her for her help.

Yang grinned and kissed her one more time.

"I'm happy to help. Now all we gotta do for the rest of the day is chill out and cuddle up! Not so bad, right? That's an ideal day for me, for sure! We still got four more days to hit the beach. There's nothin' wrong with having some alone time indoors. Gotta savor this while we can."

Neo curled her hands up over her stomach. /You're right. This is an ideal day now that the pain is gone./

Yang smiled, but noticed that Neo was still struggling to do so genuinely. She kept sighing and looking away, her cheeks puffed out into a slight pout.

"Hey, what's up? You wanted to play with everyone else today, huh?" she guessed.

Neo nodded. /Yes. We're on vacation. I wanted to have fun and I wanted you to have fun, too. And now you can't because you're stuck in here with me./

Yang stopped her.

"Hey, no, no, that's not it at all!" She gently laid her hands over Neo's. "Like I said, this is an ideal day for me. Really. What more could I ask for? A whole huge beach house and the prettiest girl in the world all to myself. This is heaven to me."

Neo considered her answer and realized the merit in her words. She herself couldn't ask for anything more than to be alone here with Yang for hours on end.

But Yang could tell there was still something upsetting her.

"C'mon, Neo. You can tell me."

Yang lifted her hands off of her so she could sign if she wanted to. Neo flicked a bashful gaze up at her, and her chest rose and fell with another small sigh.

/I'd just... really wanted to see you in your swimsuit.../

Yang felt her jaw drop for a second. Neo looked away from her instantly, now almost thankful for the sunburn to conceal her blush.

The blonde girl couldn't resist her like that. She leaned down and kissed her again, brushing her nails lightly through her hair.

"Neo," she mumbled. "You're too damn cute, you know that?" Yang sat back up. "Course I wanted to see you in yours, too. More than anything. I'll look forward to seeing it tomorrow."

Coyly, Neo turned her gaze back up to Yang's and dipped her head in acceptance.

Yang ran her fingers through the girl's brown and pink hair once more, grinning lazily. Then she slipped herself off the bed.

"I'll be right back. Just gonna wash my hands. You want anything to drink?"

/Water would be nice./

"You got it!"

With that, Yang hurried out of the room.

Neo stared up at the ceiling and closed her eyes for a moment. The ointment was still emitting a cooling sensation on her skin, allowing her to feel more comfortable than she had been in the past several hours.

She was going to be alone here with Yang all day, on this big, soft bed, with the entire place's resources at their disposal.

Perhaps there were worse fates.

She heard footsteps approaching again over the hardwood floors before long.

"Ice water here!"

Neo opened her eyes, preparing to sit herself up to accept the drink.

But she gasped and nearly fell off the bed when she saw Yang this time.

Her girlfriend had removed her outer clothes and now stood before her in nothing more than a yellow bikini bathing suit. Her hair swished in a ponytail behind her, her face lit up with a mischievous smile as she held out a glass of water to Neo.

She'd never seen so much skin on Yang before, so much of her perfect figure revealed.

Neo wasn't sure if her heart stopped or started beating so quickly she couldn't feel it. Despite the cooling cream, she was feeling hot again. Her hands fumbled in her lap as she signed a response.

/You look... incredible. But you can put your clothes back on.../

She accepted the water, took a huge sip, and looked away.

Yang chuckled at the response.

"You're too damn adorable! All right, lemme cover up again. Sorry, didn't mean to overwhelm you."

She pulled her shorts and tank-top back on, then plopped herself down onto the bed, making it bounce.

Neo shakily put the glass aside on a nearby table. Yang lazily wrapped an arm around her shoulders and leaned back with her against the pillows.

"Heh. Now you'll be prepared for tomorrow, at least. And I can't wait to be surprised and see what you look like in yours."

Neo made no reply, other than to lean up and kiss her. She nipped Yang's lower lip a little bit to scold her for catching her off guard.

Yang hummed as she slowly coaxed the girl down onto her back, deepening the kiss.

The air-conditioning may have made the house cool, but there was always a bit of heat sparking between them.

Neo wrapped her arms around Yang's neck and pulled her down. Yang made sure not to put too much pressure on her petite girlfriend, especially when she was still recovering from the burns.

She laid over her and simply kissed her for a long while, until she felt Neo was starting to breathe a little heavily. At that point, Yang flipped them over, flopping down onto her back while cradling Neo on her stomach.

"Take a load off," she sighed. "Let's enjoy our vacation."

Neo's hands were curling through Yang's hair and over her shoulders at the moment. She leaned in to hold a softer kiss to her lips, one that said all that her voice and hands couldn't.

/Thank you./

Yang smiled and began running her hands up and down the girl's back in another massage.

"Anything for you, hun."

At that point, they were both a little tired.

Neo rested her head sideways on Yang's collar and invited sleep to take her for a small nap.

Likewise, Yang closed her eyes and enjoyed this feeling as much as possible, cuddling Neo as much as she could.

There were certainly worse ways to spend the first day of a vacation.

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A/N: I just... really love their height difference and the image of Neo resting on top of Yang~