A/N: Well, first story. Pairing for this chapter is Ruby/?, though you'll probably guess it when the other character makes their first appearance. This chapter was inspired by Halvorsen's She Got Me Like and Mako's Smoke Filled Room. Enjoy!
Ruby wasn't sure how many drinks she'd had; she didn't really care either way. It would probably be a good idea to stop so she could still walk back to her flat, but she couldn't find it in herself to care at that point. Maybe she was already too drunk to care. And it wasn't like drinking hadn't helped her so far – she'd forgotten her job interview already. Fucking assholes won't hire me because I'm a lesbian. Okay, maybe she'd almost forgotten it. Close enough. The door to the bar opened and someone else walked in, presumably to drown their sorrows in alcohol like her since they were alone. Probably wouldn't work too well.
Not that the bar was bad; it was relatively large and had enough tables to supply everyone while having a few tables big enough to support groups. The drinks were good and relatively cheap – the only problem was that a few groups of men were getting rather loud, which made it hard to focus, which hindered her in not thinking about the homophobic bigot who refused to hire her when he found out she was gay. The smoke filling the room was slightly irritating, but nothing she couldn't handle. Looking up to see the poor soul who needed strong alcohol to forget their troubles, she decided that the glass she was raising to her lips was going to be her last drink for tonight.
However, as her eyes met amber orbs on the other side of the room, she completely forgot her drink and decided that there were more important things to think about. Such as the drop-dead gorgeous girl walking into the room wearing a form-fitting white v-neck shirt which just barely covered her don't even think about that. Deciding that she should probably look somewhere else, Ruby looked down and tried thinking about anything except for those damn legs… No! Bad Ruby! Looking back up, she decided that the girl's face was probably the best place to look at for now, but promptly decided that she shouldn't look into those amber orbs she could just get lost in... okay, maybe she should just look at her table and get out of here as fast as possible. After all, pretty much every male human being in the bar had turned around and looked at the girl when she walked in. She could choose anyone, so why would she go for an anti-socialy short redhead girl? She probably wasn't even into girls!
She suddenly heard someone sit down at her table as she took a long swig. Looking who she had to tell she wasn't interested, she promptly choked on her drink as her eyes met amber ones again. She waited for her to stop coughing before smiling slyly and saying the words they'd probably write on my tombstone. „I couldn't help but notice you checking me out when I walked in." Her voice was smooth and silky and made her just want to melt into a puddle. Then the words the other girl spoke caught up with her brain and her eyes widened. Great. Now she probably thought Ruby was weird or was going to start telling her what a freak she was and- „So I couldn't help but wonder what a cute girl such as yourself was doing here." Wait. Did she just call Ruby cute? „Um, well, I was drinking because of, err, some people didn't want to hire me!"
The other girl tilted her head and Ruby felt like she was going to combust if her heart kept beating that fast. „Why would anyone not want to work with you?" „Welltheydidn'tlikemebecauseI'malesbianpleasedon'thurtme!" Ruby blurted out and looked down again, thinking that the other girl was probably going to start insulting her now. What she didn't expect was the other girl to lean in and whisper into her ear. „What a coicidence, me too…" Ruby felt just about ready to melt at that point and only managed to squeak once and then start blushing like crazy.
The other girl pulled back again to Ruby's disappointment, though she felt like it was probably best for her heart. At least she wasn't going to spontaneously combust. She should probably write her will before that happened. The other girl stretched, showing of her impressive clea- don't even go there Ruby! Her muscles, like those abs which were probably rock hard and which Ruby just wanted to run her hands over.
She wasn't going to survive the next few minutes.
„D-Do you, um, want a d-drink?" The amber-eyed girl seemed to consider it for a moment before answering. „I would never deny a gorgeous girl like you." Ruby flushed, squeaked and got up to talk to the bartender to order the ravenette a drink before she ended up having a heart attack. Trying to clear her thoughts on the way, she decided to compose herself and mercilessly batter any sexual thoughts into submission. Feeling good about her plan, she went back to her table with a drink for the other girl and set it down before her.
She remembered hearing a quote from some famous military specialist in her history class: „No plan survives first contact with the enemy." Realizing just how true it was when she looked up into her tormentors eyes and immediatly flushed and turned back into a stuttering mess, she tried to save face by making some kind of conversation. „I-I hope you like it… I just ordered something I thought you might like. I-It's my favorite." Feeling satisfied she'd only had problems forming a word twice, Ruby realized talking so fast her brain didn't catch up to what she was saying was probably the way to go. Unfortunately, that proved to be her greatest mistake yet when the other girl sipped at the drink and smiled. „It tastes good, but I'm sure you'd taste better."
„You'd probably taste better too."
When her words caught up to her and she realized what she'd just said, Ruby felt like her head was going to burst from the sheer amount of blood in it. Looking up to see if the other girl had left already, she felt her eyes widen when she saw the other girl blushing. Figuring that her best bet was to keep up her attack at this point, she tried making her voice sound as seductive as possible and practically purred her next sentence. „I'm sure you'd taste much better than me, too." As soon as she said it, she was rewarded with the sight of the mystery girl's face starting to look like a tomato and those amber orbs looking at the table or… her chest? Smirking, she knew there wasn't much work left to be done until she won this little duel. „You know, my eyes are up here." Flushing again, the other girl looked up and their eyes met for a second before Ruby averted her gaze, unable to look in those intense amber orbs for more than that.
Trying again, she looked back in the other girl's eyes and felt her brain freezing up. She felt she should probably come up with some kind of witty remark right now, but that didn't seem possible to her anymore. The other girl seemed to notice her plight and smirked. „You should probably relax. If you want to, I can help you with that." Ruby flushed again and started trying to form some kind of coherent answer, but failed to. Eventually, she just gave up and kept on staring at those amber eyes. The other girl was smiling in amusement, seemingly enjoying the power she held over Ruby. „You look young to be trying to find a job."
„Well, I'm going to college right now, but my family doesn't have the most money so I need to get a job to pay for most things like getting drunk because I didn't get a job. You know, that sounds really depressing when I say it out loud." The amber-eyed girl smiled slyly and leaned in to whisper in her ear again and she was going to go crazy and her heart was going tob urst if this kept going. „Don't be depressed. A cute girl like you shouldn't be frowning." Ruby's breath hitched and she could almost feel her pupils dilate as the amber-eyed girl pulled back and smirked at the reaction she'd caused. Ruby was pretty much hyperventilating at this point, her heart hammering against her ribs and her brain melting into a puddle.
Then salvation from heaven came in the form of a phone buzzing. The other girl frowned, pulled it out of her pocket and read the text that she just received. Ruby sighed internally, hoping her torture would be over soon while at the same time feeling disappointed. The amber-eyed girl leaned in again to whisper in her ear fort he third time, making her brain stop again. „Well, it appears I have to take my leave now… But if you want to, we can continue this later…" Ruby felt the other girl slip something into her back pocket and watched, frozen, as the ravenette slipped her phone into her pocket, got up and started to leave. What Ruby didn't expect was the other girl turning around and speaking one last time. „My name's Blake, by the way. Blake Belladonna. Call me." Ruby felt her back pocket and pulled out a slip of paper with a phone number on it. Starting to smile, she downed her drink, went to the bartender to pay for it and left the bar. The night had went a lot better than she expected.
The next morning, Ruby Rose woke up fully dressed and with a headache. Frowning, she felt an uncomfortable weight in her back pocket and pulled out her phone. Cursing out of fear that she may have broken it, she barely noticed the small slip of paper that tumbled out with it. She frowned, picked it up and read the phone number on it. Her eyes widened as she remembered the girl from last night and she slowly started grinning.
„Yang is never going to believe this."
A/N: This doesn't have any schedule when it comes to update and could have any pairing. If you have anything you want me to write, just post it in a review. If you could leave some tips when it comes to writing, that'd be appreciated since this is my first story and I know pretty much nothing about the way this works. Thanks in advance.