RWBY Through Worlds (End)

BC46: New (Flower Power, Arkos, and Cinder)

Ren dialed on his scroll.

"Nora? Are you at the clinic yet?"

"Still gathering our stuff." Nora didn't sound nearly as stressed. "I'm fine. Pyrrha has a list of things to bring...a change of clothes probably. It'll be nice when I can fit into all my real outfits again. I don't really like these baby ones--"

"Nora!" Ren was exasperated. "Take this seriously!"

"Ren, it's going to be hours before we're even close. We all remember how the twins went," Nora said nonchalantly. "They'll probably tell us it's too soon anyway. Do you think you could pick up some coffee on the way, actually?"

"Nora, I don't think you're supposed to have coffee before labor," Ren said, finally calming a little.

"Oh?" Nora said. "I'm sure that's not a thing."

[It is, if you're wondering. Coffee and any other food or drink.]

"Look, I can wait anyway," Nora said. "I gotta get down to so many minutes between contractions--"

"Ugh." Cinder covered her ears.

"I watched a documentary once about this," Royal said. "It takes way longer than they make it look in movies."

"Why would you watch that?" Cinder raised an eyebrow.

"I have way too much time on my hands," Royal admitted. "It's interesting though."

"Really? Because most men think it's gross," Cinder remarked.

"Oh...I guess, but it's kinda cool too," Royal said. "Ever think how weird it is that women can have a whole other human inside them? Or two or three? What else can do that?"

"Animal--"

"I mean outside of nature." Royal cut her off. "Duh."

"I just think it's not fair that men don't have to suffer," Cinder said.

"You ladies always come back with that," Royal said. "It's not really fair, is it? Not like it's our fault."

"Both of you, shut it!" Ren said. "I'm trying to talk to my wife."

"Wife?" Cinder said.

"Yeah, wife?" Nora sounded shocked. "We're not married."

"I thought we were going to be as soon as possible..." Ren said.

"You call that a proposal?" Nora said. "Come on, Ren, I'm literally about to go to the hospital!"

"Nora!" Ren protested.

"Don't take this the wrong way," Royal said in a lower voice, "but your friends are better than a soap opera."

"I know," Cinder agreed. "And just as annoying."

Ren was glaring at them in the rearview mirror.

"Well, we're here anyway," Royal said, pulling up to Pyrrha's house, where Nora had been hanging out before this.

"How did you know it was here?" Ren suddenly realized he'd never said.

"I see you guys almost every day and you mention stuff. I figured she'd be here. She said Pyrrha," Royal explained.

Ren didn't bother to say thanks--perhaps he didn't think to--he just rushed out.

"Well, to your house?" Royal asked Cinder.

"I can walk from here," Cinder said.

"On second thought, maybe I should just drive them all to the clinic," Royal reflected. "Then I can drop you off."