Moments Of Comfort (ch4)

Seems I forgot to upload here yesterday sorry about that!

Another cuter one for White Rose Wednesday! I can't remember the last time I did this scenario for RWBY, though I did do it for LWA before.

Once again, pretend in this chapter they're sharing a room/bed in some safe house post vol5.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.

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														Chapter 4.

"Do it again!"

"Ruby-"

"Weiss, shh shh I wanna hear!"

"Ruby I swear- -hic!-"

"There it is! You hiccuped again! Weiss, it's so cuuuuute!"

"Good grief..."

Weiss still wasn't entirely sure how it had happened. She'd just woken up that morning and had been rolling over in bed beside Ruby to stretch herself out a bit when a yawn had popped up.

And then something had just happened in the way she'd inhaled, and the next thing she'd known she was hiccuping.

She'd done her best to stifle them behind her palm as she mustered up the strength to potentially get out of bed for a glass of water. But it hadn't been long before Ruby had woken.

And now she refused to let Weiss go.

"Ruby- -hic!- please just let me get a glass of-"

"Noooo I'm not done yet! I've never heard you get the hiccups before, Weiss! This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

She was presently spooning Weiss from behind with both arms locked defiantly around her stomach and shoulders, preventing the heiress from leaving the bed. Though she did take extra care not to push down on her injured side too much.

Weiss heaved a sigh and was interrupted by another hiccup. Ruby felt it jolt through her body and giggled a little. Weiss glared back over her shoulder.

"I'm so glad this is ah- -hic!- amusing to you..."

"It is. It really is. Please don't get rid of them yet! Just a few more minutes!"

Weiss rolled her eyes, though she had to admit she wasn't ready to be getting out of bed just yet.

"Fine," she sighed. "Just a few more minutes."

"Yaaaay!"

With her victory, Ruby snuggled up against Weiss' back, feeling as yet another hiccup ran through her partner. Her hands settled comfortably around Weiss' stomach and across her collar while Weiss accepted her fate.

The heiress closed her eyes for a moment, willing herself to fall back asleep so the hiccups could cure themselves somehow.

But it wasn't that easy. They kept slipping out, even when she pursed her lips in defiance.

Ruby kept chuckling behind her.

Eventually, she coaxed Weiss to turn around and face her. Ruby instantly snuggled in to her chest, resting her ear against Weiss' heart. She listened as it thumped regularly like she'd always known it to, until a hiccup came along and made it skip a beat.

Ruby couldn't keep the smile off her face. It was too cute.

She heard Weiss huff immediately afterward, and felt a push on her shoulders.

"Ruby-"

"No, no! I wanna listen."

"I swear..."

The brunette indulged herself, enjoying the steady rhythm of Weiss' heartbeat until a surprise hiccup made it jump again. Every time it happened she just squeezed Weiss tighter.

Ruby could tell she was breathing manually, trying to regain control and suffocate the hiccups from inside her body. But they still kept coming every dozen seconds or so, constantly making her jolt in Ruby's arms as petite little gasps flew from her lips.

For each one of Weiss' hiccups, Ruby giggled and nuzzled into the front of her shoulder.

Weiss let her have her fun for a few minutes as promised before she'd had enough. She found Ruby's hands around her waist and pried them apart.

"All right that's -hic!- enough now. I'm getting some water."

"Aww, but that's no fun!" Ruby whined, pulling Weiss back down. "Drinking water is like, the most boring way to get rid of hiccups!"

"Whether or not it's -hic!- boring makes no difference to me."

"But there's a much better way!" Ruby bargained. "One where you don't even have to get out of bed~"

The offer had Weiss relenting, slowly drawing her legs back from over the edge of the mattress. She turned around to lie on her side and face her leader once again.

"I'm listening."

Ruby grinned and slowly sat up, shaking herself off from the laxness of sleep and making her bedhead twice as messy.

"All you have to do is just lie there, and I'll do the rest. Easy, right?"

"Ruby, I fail to see how -hic!- this will-"

"Tickle attack!"

Ruby cut her off with a battle cry as she dove forward, trapping her unsuspecting partner beneath her expert hands. Weiss shrieked the instant she felt the first contact and started thrashing in an effort to get her away.

"R-Ruby-! Wh-What -hic!- are you-?!"

"It's okay! I'm pretty sure this can work! If you just keep laughing nonstop then you won't have time to hiccup!"

"Ruby-!"

But another squeal rose up and drowned out whatever scolding Weiss was trying to give.

Ruby didn't let up as she ran her hands and wiggled her fingers all up and down Weiss' sides, poking her stomach and gliding her nails over her torso anywhere she could.

Weiss did her best to swat at her initially, but it wasn't long before the combination of the hiccups, the laughter, and the early-morning drowsiness took their toll on her. Before long she was entirely helpless beneath Ruby, only able to roll meekly from side to side as the giggles and the hiccups kept popping up. Only broken sounds of Ruby's name could be heard in between them.

"R-Ruby... R- -hic!- Ruby..."

Ruby only stopped when Weiss was too breathless to even speak, her face flushed pink and her eyes squeezed shut with little tears clinging on. Ruby withdrew, and instead shifted her hands so she could rub Weiss' chest softly.

"Okay, I give! Now let's see if it worked."

Sitting back, she looked her partner over. It was a sight to behold, that was for sure - Weiss Schnee with her clothes ruffled and her hair a fluffy mess, cheeks pink and lips smiling. Her eyes were still closed as she gasped for air, and she managed to get in a few good breaths without interruption. Ruby was just about to declare that her tickling methods had worked until-

"-hic!-" Weiss jolted again, heaving a sigh as her eyes fluttered open tiredly. "It seems your -hic!- ...methods didn't work... I'm -hic!- going to get some water-"

"Wait, wait." Again, Ruby pushed her back down gently. "I've got one more trick!"

"Ruby, please-"

But before she could finish, Ruby swooped down to steal a kiss from her lips. She felt Weiss' breath hitch, felt the last hiccup cutting off as it bounced out of Weiss' mouth and into her own. Ruby chuckled at the feeling and pushed lightly against her partner's lips for a few seconds before easing back.

"Well?"

Weiss was still panting softly, eyes mixed with confusion and delight and impatience all at the same time. But she felt a bubbling in her stomach that dispersed and dissipated before it could get up through her chest. As she inhaled and exhaled again and again without being interrupted, her eyes flashed curiously up to Ruby's.

"Perhaps it worked..."

"Really?! Yay!"

"But regardless, I do still need a glass of water."

"Aww, c'mon Weiss! Stay in beeeed!" Ruby slumped down on top of her and nuzzled into her collar with a whine. The heiress had no choice but to wrap her arms around her in a loose embrace.

"Fine. But only a few more minutes. And only because you've made me sore all over."

"Oh, sorry..."

She chuckled sheepishly, but when Weiss laid back down beside her, Ruby wrapped her in a very tender embrace. She took extra care in touching her injured side, running her palm up and down to massage over Weiss' ribs. Ruby nestled into her chest and closed her eyes, feeling for herself as Weiss' heartbeat steadied and slowed.

Weiss closed her eyes, resting her chin on top of Ruby's head, breathing in her rosy scent as the aches faded away.

A few more minutes. That's what they'd said.

But after exhausting themselves from the hiccups and the tickle fight they both ended up falling back asleep for at least another hour.

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A/N: The ideal morning, in my book. Tickle fights and cuddles with the significant other, then going back to bed.

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