-Winter POV-

Qrow stood next to me, adjusting his tie, but getting it tangled into knots. He began to curse, before eventually tossing it aside, deciding that he didn't need one. I rolled my eyes at this, and then I picked up the tie and walked over to him. Over his protests, I began to tie the tie around his neck. He fought with me the entire time, and only stopped when I promised him I wasn't going to strangle him with the tie. Eventually, he just signed and slumped his arms to his side, and then mumbled something under his breath as I fixed the tie.

"Can someone please help me make sure I'm not dreaming," he says again, and not for the first time. Rolling my eyes at this, I pull back my hand and then smack him He grabs onto the area where I smacked him, and I smirked a little bit when I saw that the area where I hit him was turning red. " Damnit Winter, a pinch is usually how someone reminds you you aren't dreaming. That really hurt." I tell him that was the point, and then he rolls his eyes and then looks at himself in the mirror, and then clicks his tongue at his reflection.

" So, remind me again what the plan is," he says in a voice that makes me roll his eyes. I must have gone over the plan with him at least a dozen times, and the voice he uses right now makes me realize he knows exactly what the plan is, and just wants to use this chance to annoy me. Normally, I'd make some snarky remark back at him, but I have to remind myself of the favor he's doing me right now, and then I force myself to calm down a little bit.

" Today is April Fools, and I wanted to mess with (y/n) a little bit. You're here to help me with a prank. You're going to pretend to be dating me, and then we'll tell him it was just all a joke." I say this, and then Qrow laughs for a little bit, until he's doubled over and then he's smacking his knee, and making the most obnoxious noises, either to annoy me more or they just escape from him. He wipes a fake tear from his eye, and then stands up to his full height, and then gets serious.

" What is the world coming to? Winter Schnee, pretending to date me to prank someone? I either need to drink a lot more or stop drinking forever." He thinks about it for a moment. " Probably drink way more actually." I roll my eyes at this, and then the two of us make our way down to the limousine I rented for this. The driver opens the door, and then Qrow wraps his arm around me and gestures inside. I go to remove his arm, and then Qrow scoffs. " We're dating. Remember babe?" I roll my eyes and then the two of us sit down in the car.

" Thank you for your help," I tell him reluctantly, and then I look over to see he isn't even listening, and instead drinking from a large flask he found in the limousine. Rolling my eyes, I look out the window and watch the scenery. Qrow lets out a loud burp. "Would you stop drinking? This isn't going to be convincing if you're drunk out of your mind when we get there."

" Three things Ice Queen. 1. I can hold my alcohol it'll be fine. 2. I'm gonna have to be a lot drunker than this to date you, even if it is for a prank. And 3. Don't you like this guy? Why are you doing this," he asks, and then I look at him in confusion.

" That's why I'm doing this," I say like it's the most obvious thing in the world. I would try to tell Qrow I don't like (y/n) but he stole my scroll once, and already knows that I do. It took a lot of lien for me to convince him to keep things quiet, and of course it also came with Qrow lording it over my head every chance that he got that I had a crush.

" Well, maybe you don't want relationship advice from me," he says, and then I nod in agreement. " But, if you like this guy, why do this? Isn't a better thing to do, I don't know, tell him how you feel?" Some small part of me realizes that he may have a point, but I would bite out my tongue before I admitted that he was right. Saying that would give Qrow enough to taunt me with for the rest of my life, which isn't something I wanted to deal with.

" It'll be fine Qrow," I tell him. " He's going to know it's just a prank. (Y/n) knows I would rather be captured and tortured for years before I even thought about dating you. I've told him I wouldn't date you if you were the last man on the earth." He feigns being hurt at this, and then I simply go back to staring out the window with him.

" So, what's in it for me then," asks Qrow. " You get a little laugh out of this, and Oum knows what you think (y/n) will get out of this. But, what do I get? I don't exactly what to date you either you know."

" I'll pay for your bar tab tonight," I tell him, and then he smirks happily, and some part of me knows I'm going to regret having made that offer to him, but it's too late to take it back. If I tried to, then he would just ask if honor meant nothing to me, and make a melodramatic speech I'm in no mood to hear.

The car pulls up where I asked (y/n) to meet me today, and I thank the driver before Qrow and I stand up. Biting my tongue I let him hold my hand, even though I recoil at the contact. The two of us walk out to see (y/n) on a bench, reading to himself. I nod at Qrow and the two of us walk over to see (y/n). He smiles and waves at us, and then the three of us talk for a little bit.

" Winter and I have something we want to tell you," says Qrow, and then he laces his arm around me. " She and I have been dating for a little bit, but didn't want to tell anyone before we were certain it would work. But now, we're ready to tell you." He finishes this saying this, and then plants a kiss on my forehead.

" Oh," says (y/n). To my surprise, he's not laughing like I thought he was going to be. He seems really sad, and is cracking his knuckles over and over again, which is his nervous tick. " That's great for you two," he says, and then his voice cracks halfway through the sentence. I quickly open my mouth to tell him April Fools, but before I can, he says he has to go, and uses his Semblance to dash away from the two of us. As he runs away, I notice tears spilling from his eyes, and I instantly feel horrible.

" That went well," Qrow deadpans. " He laughed so hard he started crying. " Congratulations Winter Schnee. That went exactly as you wanted." Angry at him and myself, I turn to slap him, but he dodges it this time.

" I had no idea this would happen," I say sadly. " I thought I'd tell him, and all three of us would laugh, and then I would tell him how I felt about him." Qrows eyes soften when I say this.

" You should still have time Winter," he says. " He can't have gotten all that far. It shouldn't be too late for you to find him and explain all of this to him." He lets a moment pass. " I'm helping Winter Schnee? Oum, I'm dreaming. Don't smack me."

" Thank you," I tell him, and then I hand him my credit card, before dashing off to find (y/n.) Idly, I realize Qrow is going to max out my credit card in one night, and also that he's going to lord this over me forever that he was right. And depending on how my explanation went, I would owe Qrow forever for being the one who made this possible. None of that is important to me right now. All that matters is finding (y/n) and telling him everything. I feel horrible for this. If I had known this would make him cry, I would have thought of some other joke I could have told him. I really had no idea he would react this way. But some small part of me realizes that this means he has feelings for me as well.

I make it to his house, and then knock on the door. Instead of (y/n), his older sister Stephanie opens the door, and she looks at me. " Hey Winter," she says and then I feel a little bit bad when I see the look in her eyes, sisterly concern and desire to protect her brother. " Shouldn't you be with Qrow?" I sigh and look down and start rubbing my arm in shame, clearly, (y/n) has told her everything already. If I wasn't before, I'm feeling like the most irresponsible and worst person in the world.

" That was a joke," I tell her sheepishly. " He ran off before I could tell him it was a joke for April Fools." I say this, and then I look up to watch her eyes and jaw set with anger, and then she starts to walk in circles angrily.

" My brother is crying his eyes out because of an April Fools joke?! I can't believe you Winter. I thought you were different. Do you have any idea how much he loves you, and how much it hurts him to think of you with anyone else?"

" Steph, I know," I tell her sheepishly. " I never meant for things to go like this. You have to believe me. Where is he now? I want to explain everything to him." Stephanie looks at me when I say this, and seems to think about what to do, and what to do.

" Are you going to break his heart with another stupid April Fools joke," she asks, and I shake my head. Stephanie looks at me for a long moment, thinking about what to do, and then she sighs and nods. " He's at the park the two of you met at. If you ever hurt him, I'll kill you."

" I'll never hurt him again," I promise him, and then I go down to the car, and drive to the park where the two of us met, finding it easily from all the times he and I would go there to spend evenings together. Looking around the park, I see him sitting on the swing, rocking back and forth, his shoulders slumped. As Stephanie said, tears are streaming down his face, and I take a deep breath. Closing the door I go down to talk to him, and when he sees me, he tries his best for a flimsy smile.

" Hey Winter," he says through some sniffles. " How was your day with Qrow? Shouldn't you be him now?" I sigh when he says this, and when his voice cracks. I hate seeing him like this, and I take the swing next to him and wipe his tears with my sleeve.

"Qrow and I aren't dating, it was only supposed to be for April Fools. I thought I would tell you, and then we would all laugh. Maybe you would get jealous and tell me you liked me, I'm so sorry (y/n.)"

" Wait, does that mean you like me," he asks, and then I nod and touch our heads together. " Thank Oum. Winter, I really like you also, when you told me you were with Qrow, I just..." his voice trails off, and then I kiss his forehead.

" Did you really think I would ever date Qrow," I ask, and then he nods.

" He's a strong huntsman, and funny and well, I guess good looking. A lot of girls like him, and I thought maybe you did as well," he says. " And I'm just me." I kiss him when he says this, and then pull away.

" You're strong, and funny and handsome, and I wouldn't date him if my life depended on it," I tell him. " I love you, just the way you are."

" I love you too Winter," he says, and then I smile and the two of us hold onto each other for as long as we can, and he falls asleep in my arms. I take this time to run my hands down his back, and hold the only one I could love.

( let me know what you thought, my goal was to make someone laugh. A little late for
April Fools, but better late than never)