Ruby stared at her ringing scroll and hoped Qrow would answer this time. She knew he was busy; Qrow was a professional Huntsman, and his job took him all over Remnant. He only picked up half the time she called him. But she really, really needed to talk to him tonight. She was right about to give up hope when the call connected.
"Who is it?" Uncle Qrow asked. His voice came out subdued; she must have woken him up, although it was a little early to have gone to bed. He was probably tired from a hard day fighting Grimm.
"Uncle Qrow! Sorry to call you while you're on a mission, but something happened today, and I needed to talk to someone."
"It's okay, kiddo. What's going on?"
"Well, I met someone I like at Beacon, and tomorrow we're going on our first date! I'm excited but also a little nervous so I wanted to talk to someone, but Yang wouldn't stop teasing me!" Which had not been an amusing experience. Ruby loved Yang, but sometimes she couldn't help herself from trying to lighten the mood too much. "I thought I could talk to you about it instead."
"You met someone, huh? Tell me, who's the lucky guy?" This was the part she was worried about. Ruby thought she knew how he would react, but there was no way to be entirely sure until she told him.
"Um, it's not exactly a guy. It's my partner, Weiss. Remember I was telling you about her?" She couldn't stop herself from trailing off nervously.
"Really? That's great Ruby. Why don't you tell me more about her?" At his reaction, her eyes lit up. She would never tell him, but his approval meant the world to her. She started telling him everything about Weiss. She talked about how they had slowly built up a close friendship, and how that had slowly developed into something more. She told him how she had been too scared that Weiss didn't feel the same way to say anything for months, and that the date was only happening because Yang had forced the issue. He spent most of the conversation silently listening, although that may have been because she barely stopped to breathe in between sentences. She couldn't stop herself; Weiss was her favorite subject. He was supportive and interested the entire time, and she felt her nervousness begin to disappear.
By the time she hung up with Qrow, she was feeling much better. She decided she wasn't going to let anything get in the way of their date. No matter what happened, they were going to have an incredible time tomorrow.
