ℝ𝕎𝔹𝕐 𝕌𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟙: 𝒢𝓊𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓂 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝒹☯𝓌𝓈 (Oc X Blake)

(Volume 3) Chapter 21: The Vytal Festival Tournament

The Summer Break was completely over and the world of Remnant was nearing the end of the Year, meaning that the Vytal Festival Tournament was on the horizon. Students from all four Huntsman Academies, Shade, Atlas, Haven and Beacon all gather in the Kingdom of Vale and Beacon Academy, where the floating stadium known as Amity Colosseum hovered above the school, surrounded by Atlas Airships for security.

The sun was just rising above the horizon, coating the sky in a beautiful and peaceful golden glow. In an apartment in Vale, a particular wolf Faunus with black hair and ears was asleep in a bed, with the blankets over him. Upon the sun rays hitting his face, he groaned and awoke, his red eyes slowly opening. Akito Zara yawned in drowsiness as he was about to get up, but felt weighted down. Humming, he looked down and moved the covers out of the way, only for him to be hit by the sight of a sleeping, half naked Blake Belladonna. Then the memory hit him of the night prior.

Akito: "Ah. Heh, who knew she had such stamina." He said quietly to himself and chuckled.

One thing he noticed is that Blake was asleep without her bow this time, her black cat ears fully free. Seeing them, he reached over and slowly began to pet her head, scratching the behind of her ears which caused her to start purring and nuzzling against him with a cute smile. Slowly, her amber eyes fluttered open.

Akito: "Hello there, sleeping beauty. How are you feeling?" The female yawned slightly before she groaned a bit, with the blankets slowly revealing her body and revealing that she was rubbing her hip.

Blake: "This 'sleeping beauty' is still feeling a bit sore from last night. Did you really have to be so rough with me?" She asked, though in a joking manner as she slowly sat up, with him doing the same.

Akito: "Haha, with the way you were screaming for more last night, I don't think I've been rough enough." He teased her, to which the ravenette blushed slightly but giggled and punched his shoulder lightly.

Blake: "You dork..." She smiled and kissed his cheek before leaning against his shoulder. "I love you, Wolfie."

Akito: "I love you too, Kitty." He replied with a kiss to one of her ears, earning him a beautiful purr from her.

For context, when the students were all on Summer Break, they were let out to go see their families. For Ruby and Yang, they headed to their home in Patch while Weiss rented an apartment in Vale because the last thing she wanted to do was have her summer ruined by her father and younger brother in Atlas. That leaves Blake, Akito and Setsuna, who all decided to rent a three bedroom apartment together for the summer. While Akito and Setsuna, along with Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, literally had no place to go, Blake's reason was that she didn't feel that she was ready to go back to her parents in Menagerie after their last argument, so she stayed in Vale with her boyfriend and friend.

During the Summer Break, they did quite a bit together. One thing was that Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter were all gaining the ability to essentially split off from Akito for a period of time, without being restricted. So all four of them were able to head out and go shopping, without their bother having to follow them everywhere. The biggest highlight however was the trip to the beach, which Setsuna, Spring, Autumn, Summer and Winter especially enjoyed. For Akito and Blake however, they took the time to... strengthen their relationship, for lack of a better word.

They spent a lot of time together during this holiday period, finally being able to go on dates and just enjoy each other's company to the point that the awkwardness they originally had, had almost entirely vanished. They were now fully capable of being a normal couple now. Blake also started to let her cat ears free. Admittedly, when they went out, she still hid them underneath her bow, but when they were in a secluded area, for example their apartment, Akito would always find her with her cat ears breathing in the wind. It was a step in the right direction and Blake could feel it. She was slowly but surely becoming more and more comfortable showing her ears and eventually, she'll be doing that out in public.