I'm All Yours, All You Have to do is Ask.

Chapter 3

Sooooooooooo sorry 'bout updating peeps. Me and one of my friends are getting this out as quickly as possible.

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It looked like dinner was still minus Ghira, but at least, Blake would be there, that night. Yang and Sun were in charge of the meat, outside with the grill, as Blake and her mother were inside, finishing the meal. Blake was busy cutting vegetables in dices, hearing without listening Sun and Yang's voices outside, and she couldn't help smiling when she heard the blonde laughing.

"I see you two talked."

Blake straightened her head, blinking in confusion as she looked at her mother.

"Huh?"

"I'm glad you talked to her" Kali smiled, squeezing Blake's arm briefly.

"Were you listening?" Blake accused, her ears already folding back, but her mother gently slapped her arm.

"Of course not! You know I respect your privacy."

"Then how do you know we talked?" Blake muttered, still not entirely sure.

Kali rolled her eyes and Blake wondered if she really looked like that. No wonder Weiss hated it every time she did.

"First of all" she started, holding her index finger up, "I'm not sure you would sneak in her bed if you didn't talk to her first-"

"I told you, I missed her snores" Blake interrupted, blushing slightly.

"And you could still hear them through the wall, honey" Kali countered, a small, teasing smile on her lips. "Second, you smile every time she laughs. The last time I saw you smile that much was..."

She narrowed her eyes, trying to remember.

"...Years ago" she finally said, letting her hand fall to her side.

Blake's face scrunched up as she focused on her task.

"I don't do that" she mumbled. "I don't smile every time."

"Yes, you do" Kali insisted, angling her head to try and look at her.

"No, I don't" Blake said back, huffing in annoyance.

Kali blinked a few times, still staring at her daughter for a moment.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Blake."

As she was about to bark something back to her mother, she heard Yang laugh again, and she relaxed, Kali noticing. She raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms, staring pointedly at her daughter, and Blake rolled her eyes.

"Okay, so maybe I do" Blake mumbled, then glanced at her mother. "I'm sorry I was rude."

Kali sighed, setting a hand on her daughter's arm and squeezing gently.

"I just said that I'm glad you talked to her."

"I know. I'm sorry."

"It's alright, Blake."

They stayed silent for a moment, Blake returning to her task, cutting slowly.

Why did I jump on her like that?

"I like her" Kali said suddenly, pulling Blake from her thoughts.

"You do?"

"Yes" she assured. "I didn't really saw her long, but the way she talked about your team, the way she talked about her sister, and Weiss, and you" she added, glancing at her quickly. "She's someone who cares. Kind. And she wants to help, she keeps bothering me to give her a task or a chore" she laughed quietly.