-Emma Pov-

After a few moments, Alesha calms down in my arms, which makes me smile. She looks up at me, and then smiles kindly. " Thank you," she says, and then I nod. I take a few more moments to keep holding her, and then she slowly lets go of me, and I sigh a little reluctantly. She also doesn't seem eager to let go, which makes me a little reluctantly. The two of us stand on the roof for a little bit, and look at each other kindly. " Are you ready to go back into the party," I ask, and then she nods.

The two of us walk in together, and then I look around and smile when I see the rest of my team seemingly happy. Zion hugs Kay close to her, which makes me smile. Looking around the room, I then see Nora hugging Hercules, which makes me smile a little seeing the difference in their heights, and then the biggest surprise to me is when I look over and see Jason holding Weiss close to him, saying something to her, which I can't make out. Alesha also has the same confused reaction as me, and then the two of us go back into the party.

Yang smiles, and then looks around at all the people hugging it out, which makes me smile a little bit. She looks like she's thinking of something, and then goes and finds a box and comes out with it. " Alright, everyone. I think it's time to liven this party up a little bit. If everyone is okay with it, then we're going to be playing seven minutes in heaven! Everyone put something into this box that means something to you. You'll go into the closet with who's item you get."

I look a little nervously around the room, wondering who I could end up in the closet with, but I don't want to be the one who ruins the game for everyone, and I decide to go along with it. The box is handed to me first, and then I pluck out a feather from my wings and then I put it in. Alesha smiles as she sees this, and then a new feather grows where the old one was. " I'll look for the feather when I have to go," she says to me. " I don't wanna be in there with anyone else."

That makes me smile, and then I hand the box to Zion, who rolls her eyes at this and then puts a carton of cigarettes into the box. I see Kay look over and see the cigarettes, like she's memorizing the size of it and the dimensions of it so she knows what to look for, and then the box is handed to Hercules he places in a poster of himself, which Nora smiles at, knowing what she wants to look for, and I smile. I know from reading Hercules he may have lingering feelings for someone else, but I also know that he has feelings growing for Nora.

Finally, the box makes it's way to Jason. I see him hesitate a few moments, and then think about what to add. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Weiss glancing over at him, trying to act like she doesn't care, but also curious about what he puts in. Eventually, he pulls off the necklace that he wears, and I finally get a good look at what it is, a hawk and he slowly puts it into the box. Weiss looks over at it, and I see in her eyes the same look she has when she studies, memorizing the design.

" Alright," says Yang as she looks at the items in the box. She hands it to everyone else in the room, and then I see the items everyone else places in, and then I smile and wait for Yang to hand the box to the first person to pick. " I'll pick first since this was my idea," she says, and then she reaches into the box and fishes around, and eventually pulls out a book which is one of Blake's favorites. I smile at this, and then she writes down that she and Blake will be going in.

Next, the box is handed to Ruby, who reaches around for a few moments, and then she pulls out a video game. " That's mine," says Karen happily, and then Ruby smiles and Yang writes down the next pairing. Both Karen and Ruby walk over to each other, and then go back to playing video games together as they wait for the game to start.

After them, the box is handed to Weiss. I see her reach around in the box, and trying to act like she's just trying to pick, but I can tell in her aura she's looking for something in particular. A few moments later, she pulls out the hawk necklace which belongs to Jason. Yang smirks when she sees this, and then Weiss drapes the necklace around Jason's neck. The two of them smile softly at each other, and go to their opposite corners of the room, and then I smile when the box makes it's way to Alesha, and then as promised she finds the feather I left in there. She makes her way over to me, and then hugs me from behind.

I smile at this, and put my hands over hers, and we wait for everyone else to get a partner for the game, such as Taigam going with Pyrrha, and Nora going in with Hercules. All of us smile at this, and then make our way into the closet one by one, going by the order Yang set up on her paper, and then I smile, knowing she's doing this just to bring us all closer together, and even bring some of us together as a couple. I smile when she opens the closet for me and Alesha to walk into, and then when she closes the door, I hope to myself that she and I can exit this as a couple.

-Zion Pov-

Emma and Alesha walk into the closet, and then I manage a small smile when they do. Kay reaches into the box, and then pulls out my carton of cigarettes, and then I smile softly to myself, thinking how miserable it would have been if I had been forced to get along with anyone else in the closet. The two of us sit down, and then Yang shuts the door behind us, leaving us in pretty much total darkness.

She sighs, and then fishes for a cigarette from my carton, and then lights it and hands it to me. Thanking her, I take it and then put it in my mouth and take a deep puff from it and then she lights one for herself. The two of us mostly sit in silence for a little bit, and then she looks up at me. " Thank you for understanding. About my family, and why I am the way I am," she says, and then I nod. The two of us go back to smoking in silence, and then we just wait for the door to open.

Eventually, she looks up to me. " Is your dad still alive," she asks, and then I nod. Despite my almost perfect track record as an assassin, I never mustered up the courage to go back to that house, and then Kay nods and keeps smoking. " I'm going to kill him for you then Zion," she promises me, and then I smile softly.

We go back to sitting in silence, and then she looks up at me. I can't tell through the dimly lit closet, but when the light of the cigarette signs on her, it looks for a moment like she's saddened about something. " Zion? Do you know that when you hugged me it was the first time anyone had hugged me in years," she asks, and then I look up surprised, and feeling...something build up in me. It wasn't pity, she didn't need it, but it was something between sadness and concern for her well-being. The two of us don't say anything else for a little bit, and then I realize when she said that she had been asking without asking for a hug.

I open my arms again, and then she falls into them. I hold her close to me, and then I realize just how warm she is, and how save I feel when she hugs me back. She may have gotten strong to protect herself and her brother, but something inside of me wants to protect her always, and keep her safe. I can't explain it, and it feels foreign and unusual, but in a good way I realize as she hugs me closer. A small smile stays on my face as we stay in the closet with me holding her tight.

-Hercules Pov-

Nora and I walk into the closet together, and then due to my size there isn't a lot of room for the two of us. She and I adjust for a few moments as we try to get comfortable, and then she sighs in defeat when there isn't enough room for us both to sit comfortably. And so, she then jumps and sits on my chest, and I try to fight a blush from rising to my face, and then she smiles. " This is nice," she says, and then I chuckle a little, her enthusiasm being infectious.

" It is," I admit to her, and then she smiles. The two of us talk for a little bit, and then she turns to me, looking at me curiously. " What are you thinking about," I ask her, and then she reaches to poke my nose again which makes me smile happily, and then she thinks for a little more.

" I was wondering. I think I heard someone mention her in passing, and then you froze for a moment or too. Who exactly is Coco to you," she asks, and then I freeze for another moment. She tells me I don't need to answer if I don't want to, but it feels like I can trust Nora with anything.

" Coco was my best friend when the two of us were kids. We grew up together, and she was also there for me when my family was away. And, I fell in love with her. It took me a long time to gain the confidence to ask her out. She rejected everyone else who had asked her out, and deep down I had thought, hoped that it was because she liked me. And the day I did ask her out, she rejected me, saying the fame had gone to my head," I admit to her. " We didn't even go back to being friends after that, she just stopped talking to me."

When I finish saying this to her, Nora hugs me tight, and then I find myself hugging back and smiling softly at the beautiful girl in my arms. " I wouldn't have rejected you like that or stopped being your friend," she says with a small blush on her face. " In fact, the next time I see Coco, I'll break her legs for doing that to you."

I chuckle at this, before I realize that she isn't joking. This makes me a little concerned since I don't want her to get into trouble, but it makes me realize. For most of my life people have just dismissed me, saying with my fame that I could have anything I wanted. And for the most part that was true. But for a long time, no one had really cared about me, only my fame. Nora was the first after Coco, and it made me so happy to be cared about once again. A smile was on my face when I looked down at the girl in my arms, and I never wanted to let go.

-Jason Pov-

Weiss and I sit down in the closet together, and then my fingers close around the necklace, and she smiled softly at me, and then I notice her looking down at her own necklace. " My sister gave it to me," she explains. " It was a birthday present. What about yours? You really hesitated before you took it off, so it must be important to you." I nod, and then show her the necklace so she can look at it and get a closer look.

" Everyone in my mom's side of the family has bird themed names. Like her name is Raven, and my uncle's name is Qrow. When Yang and I were born, she had wanted to also give us bird names. Mine was going to be Hawk. She gave this to my uncle to give to me one year, so I wear it all the time," I admit to Weiss, and then she nods.

" It's funny really," says Weiss after a long moment of silence, and I look up at her. " When we first met and got into that fight, I assumed we were as different as the sun and moon. But, it turns out we're a lot alike. We're just lonely people."

" I wanted to hate you when we first met," I admit to her, and then she nods and sighs. " I thought you had everything anyone could ever want. I thought you had both parents, and all the money in the world."

" I wanted to hate you also. I thought that you may have had less money, but in exchange for that you got a loving family and all the love you needed," she says, and then the two of us chuckle softly when we realize just how wrong we were about the other.

" For the record, I never hated you," I tell her, and she looks up at me. " I just couldn't no matter how much I may have wanted to. Deep down, every time we fought I never wanted to hurt you." She nods at this, and then tells me it's the same for her.

" Who's Kitty? Yang mentioned me to her, and I was just wondering," asks Weiss, with curiosity and something else in her voice that I can't recognize.

" She's my best friend. Another year and then she'll be coming to Beacon with us. Despite what Yang says, it's never been romantic between the two of us." Weiss nods when I say this, and then sort of shuffles to sit closer to me, which makes me blush slightly at the closeness.

" That's good," she says, and then I look at her. " Because when Yang told me we were playing this game I told myself I would pick your item on purpose, and if you were single, then I'd do this."

Before I can ask her what she means by 'this' she leans in, and then kisses me. It takes me a few moments, but then I kiss back, and everything else melts away.

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