Cat: RWBY

Title: Like the cookies, Love the Rose

Rating: M

Pairing: Enabler (Main/ non related) Renora, Other: Ladybug, White Rose, Cherry Cordial, Sea Monkeys, Crosshares, Baked Alaska

Summary: Ruby Rose owns the Crescent Rose Bakery inherited from he mother. While owning the Bakery she found love, found success and acceptance. All that changed when Yang 'The Brawler' Xiao Long made her way into her life.

"Hello. Ruby Rose speaking," speech

"What are you doing here?" thought/Flashback

"Hello Nurse," Scroll

Hello everyone. It looks like I may cut my Hiatus short or semi-short. It gets confusing when I get on a writing roll. I read a fair bit of fics recently and I've seen that the most common AU's are School, Bakery, and Rock. I can honestly say that Rock and School have no interest to me. So I chose Bakery for my next big production. I hope you guys enjoy this story.

Disclamer: I do not Own RWBY. Created by Monty, Owned by Rooster Teeth.

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Chapter 1: For the love of cookies

Location: Vale

Place: Crescent Rose Bakery

Time: 0515

The owner of the Crescent Rose Bakery sighed as she finished making her Famous Strawberry-Chocolate cookies and placing them out front for the world. At 24 years old, she was petite, maybe 5'2, with a solid C-cup bust, her strong legs on display for others to see, silver eyes that always seemed innocent to most people and a rounded face that just added to her 'cuteness' even though she had long lost her baby fat, choppy black hair with crimson tips that WERE natural. Wearing a red long sleeve shirt with a Rose pattern on the left side, a black mid-thigh length skirt, a pair of stockings, and black high ankle kitchen shoes. A Kitchen apron thrown over her clothes, and finally a Rose pendent around her neck, the last memento from her mother.

This was Ruby Summer Rose. The only child of Summer Rose and an unknown Father that left before she she was born. For as long as Ruby could remember it was her mother and her. They had everything they could want. A simple 2 floor house in the nice part of town, A good education for Ruby, and a good amount of Money. They hadn't been 'Rich' per say, but they made more then Good. It was only 2 years ago that Summer passed leaving Ruby everything that she owned.

Walking to the front of the Store she changed the Closed sign to Open as the door opened and the usual 0600 crowd came in for coffee and baked goods.

The Rose Bakery served as both a Cafe and a bakery. They did more then serve baked goods, but that was what they were known for. The Cafe aspect of the Bakery was resent. As of 3 years ago. One of the last changes her mother made before she did. As people came and went Ruby smiled at several of the women coming and going. It was no secret that Ruby had a soft spot for women. She didn't 'date' per say, but having a round or two with a few girls was something that her friends knew about. Or at least that's how she was before she met her girlfriend of a three years and six months.

The back door opened and in walked her four employees. Nora Valkyrie, Sun Wukong, Lie Ren, and Velvet Scaletta. All three were were more then just her employees, they were her friends.

Sun stood at 6'2, short spiky blonde hair, his eyes are blue and a monkey tail as his fanuns trait. He wears two red wrist bracers over black finger less gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants.

Nora stood at 5'1" with D-cup breasts, has shoulder length orange hair and turquoise eyes, wearing a pink skirt, white short sleeve shirt with a heart cut into it with a slash though it, a zippered navy blue bomber jacket with a damaged print of her emblem visible on the back and pink stripes along the sleeves and pink shoes.

Ren stood at 5'9" and was lean for his body frame long black hair tied into a ponytail that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair ,dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat a black, sleeveless turtleneck , Blue jean pants and boots.

Velvet stood at 5'6 with really long legs and B-cup breasts that for some reason fit her body frame. has long, brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper that went just above her belly button, brown shorts with golden detail and black leggings. She wears a black, semi-translucent undershirt beneath her jacket, knee high boots. On her shoulder was her camera case that Summer gave for before she passed on.

"Morning Rubes," said Sun giving Ruby a small kiss on the temple. Sun was one of the closet things Ruby had to a sibling in the world. He was her best male friend. It was the man reason he landed his position as Manager when Ruby was away. Despite how Sun acted like a man-child most of the time, he was rather reliable. He also helped Ren in the Kitchen.

"Hey Ruby!" said Nora. Nora normally manned the cash register. She was quite the bubbly individual and doubled as a bouncer for any unruly types. Nora may not look it, but she was a really strong girl.

"Morning Ruby," said Ren hugging Ruby. Ren was a very calming element in the establishment and could keep Ruby on her toes. He also helped her keep the books straight and served as Chef when people wanted something other then baked goods

"Hello Ruby," said Velvet smiling at her Best Friend/Boss Velvet and Ruby had been friends since they were kids. If Sun was her brother then Velvet was her sister. Ruby often served as Velvet's modal-along with Ruby's girlfriend- When Coco wanted to take photos. Aside from that she was also an excellent baker.

"Morning Guys. I already got the stuff ready to go into the oven," said Ruby. "Nora can you and Velvet Set the tables, Ren help Sun with the Oven. I still need to go over Yesterday's profits," said Ruby.

The four nodded and did as Ruby said. As the group worked over the next hour to finish getting ready for the day they made small talk and bonded over anything and nothing. They were a small team, but they were happy.

A few minutes past 0600 their first customer of the day walked into the bakery. He was an older man, in his early 50's, but given his rugged looks you could mistake it for late 30's, early 40's, standing at 6'2" with a rather Lean frame Slicked back black hair with streaks of gray, wearing a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and black dress shoes, a ring on his right index finger, two other rings on his right ring finger, and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant. This was Ruby's 'uncle', LT of the Vale Criminal Apprehension Unit-CAU-, and Lover of alcohol, Qrow Bradwen.

Qrow took his usual seat close to the counter as Ruby walked over to him and handed him a cup of coffee. Qrow took the cup and downed it in three large gulps. He cringed slightly from both the taste and slight burning in his throat. Qrow hated drinking coffee like this, but with his age it helped him function in the morning. He still didn't understand how Oz did it.

He looked up at Ruby with a smile."Hey Kiddo," said Qrow.

"Are you just waking up or did you have a late shift uncle Qrow?" asked the crimson haired baker.

"Late shift Kiddo. A couple of Gangs got into a Shootout at the pier over a few Kilos of Wild," said Qrow.

Ruby frowned as did Velvet. Wild was a Drug that drove Fanuns to act on their baser instincts. It was a Drug developed by a Radical Xenophobes. Several Fanuns in Atlas and Mantel were victims of the Drug.

"That's Horrible," said Velvet covering her mouth.

Qrow gave a quiet snort. "No kidding, Bunbun. We manged to catch them all, but for now I just want to forget. How about 2 sausage links, Eggs over easy, and Pancakes," said Qrow.

Velvet pffed out her cheeks in a glare. She didn't mind Qrow's nickname for her all that much. She had known Qrow for almost 14 years, since She had Ruby had been friends for so long. It just bothered her that he liked to call her that. It was embarrassing!

Ruby wrote down the order, before taking it to Ren. She really needed to hire another pair of hands for the kitchen. Or another five or six they were thinking of extending hours.

As Business began to pick up for the morning rush, Ruby made sure to man the phone for takeout orders as well as Help Velvet and Nora out. While Ruby was the 'boss' she served as a sort of 'floater' that went where she needed to go. She normally kept to the back to bake up fresh goods when needed. Several hours went by, before the crowds thined out even with the Lunch Rush. By the time 1830 rolled around Ruby had allowed her Staff to go home each with a nice meal prepared by Ren and Juice made by Sun. Ruby took a seat and reached into her Apron and removed a pair of glasses and started to look at the books. It didn't take her long to do, just 10 minutes.

"I'll have to order some more flour, That's going to cut into the our resupply budget for the month," said Ruby to herself.

Even though the Bakery did well Ruby set aside 50,000 lien a month for supplies, with a 5,000 lien reverse in case of emergencies. Overall Ruby probably made 200-250 K a month. Aside from advertisement, supplies, and other such experiences. Ruby probably made 40 K for her own pay a month with Sun taking 20 K, with Velvet, Nora and Ren each banking 15 K. What ever didn't go to the business or their pockets went to other business ventures.

The door opened causing Ruby to look up. Standing there was a Woman who Ruby had never seen before and If Ruby was honest with herself she was beautiful. She stood at 5'8" with D-cup breasts and a tone flat stomach, Lavender eyes, long golden blonde hair that was pulled into a ponytail with her bangs hanging on the side, wearing a gray jacket Underneath this, she wears a low cut yellow crop top with a Burning Heart embalm on the left breast in black, gray-brown cargo pants, which show the rim of her dark undergarments and ribbed knee paneling, and yellow and Black sneakers. Finally under her arm was a helmet with tinted yellow goggles.

Ruby removed her glasses. "I'm sorry ma'am, but we're closed," said Ruby as she tried to hide her blush.

The woman smiled. "Really that's to bad. It's been a few years since I've been here," said the blonde. "Use to come here with my dad all the time. Do you guys still make those Cinnamon Sugar cookies?"

"Yeah. Your actually in luck. We had a few left over," said Ruby getting up and bagging a few of them.

"Thanks how much do I owe you?" asked the Blonde taking out her wallet.

"There on the house. Otherwise I would have thrown them out," said Ruby frowning at the thought of throwing out the cookies that she made that morning.

"Bummer," said the Blonde as she took the bag. "So is there anything to do in Vale? It's been a few years since I was last in Vale ya,know,"

Ruby leaned on the counter. "Depends on what your into," said Ruby.

The blonde smiled, before winking at Ruby. "I'll be around for a while. Maybe you can show me around Cuite," said the blonde.

"Well I need a name for the blonde bombshell trying to ask me on a date," said Ruby smiling.

"Yang. Yang Xiao Long," said the now named Yang as she winked at Ruby. "I still didn't catch your name.

"It's Ruby. Ruby Rose," said Ruby.

Yang smiled. "See you around Ruby Rose," said Yang walking out.

Ruby shuck her head as her Scroll Rang. "Ruby Rose speaking.

"Hey babe. I'm on my way to your house. If i beat you there i'll get started on dinner," said a voice over the line.

"sounds good I'm thinking Atalisan food tonight. I'll see you there soon Coco. Love you," said Ruby.

"Love you too babe," said Coco over the line.

Ruby put away her scroll and collected the books, before putting them in the safe and locking it. She'd deal with the books in the morning, for now she wanted to go home and spend time with her girlfriend. Hopefully she would get her mind off the Sexy Yang Xiao Long.

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And Cut. On the cusp of The end of Club Rose and this story pops into my mind. This one feels... Right. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope you enjoy this story. I'll catch you all in the next chapter. If this chapter does well I'll post the second chapter this weekend.