Here's the second chapter of the story! This turned out much longer than originally planned, but I'm not complaining. This turned out to be pretty beautiful.

With that, onto a familiar setting!


Part 2: A Familiar Setting

Blake and Ruby arrived on the smaller girl's floor to her apartment complex. She shuffled a few bags of belongings of Blake's in her grasp before pulling out her keys and unlocking the door as they approached it. "Tada!" Ruby mad a gesture to the apartment with her hands as best she could, as her hands were currently full, presenting her living room to the black haired faunus. She then looked back inside and saw what Blake saw. That it was a mess. "Uh…Uh, I don't do a lot of cleaning. And I don't have much company over so…" Ruby sputtered in embarrassment.

Mostly eaten pizza boxes were piled high on the coffee table. Clothes were scattered on the floor and on the back of the couch, as they were tossed haphazardly in any direction when Ruby changed outfits. Dirty dishes, stacked high and in a worrisome manner, within the sink that they couldn't see yet, from the living room. The place was an absolute sty.

Blake interrupted Ruby's tirade of apology with a shrug. "It's fine Ruby. Did you see my place? It didn't fare much better." Blake then walked in after Ruby and sat her bags down on a clean spot next to the couch.

It was around 6 PM now and that gave Blake some time to get situated. She pulled out her tooth brush and other hygiene products and gestured to Ruby with them. "Where's the bathroom?"

"Oh, uh down the hall and on the right. Watch your step!" Ruby hurriedly and embarrassingly warned of the trash and dirty clothes in the wake of her temporary roommate. Blake caught herself as she was just about to step in some unidentifiable black goo stuck to the carpet, and she stepped over it at Ruby's warning. While Blake was busy putting her stuff away in the bathroom, Ruby started to clean the living room rapidly. Taking the pizza boxes outside to the recyclables. She hurried back inside to clear the sink of dishes. She started to clean them one at a time, but as she knew she didn't have time for them all, she stuck the rest of them in an empty cabinet for later, just trying to make the place look cleaner.

Blake came back in from the living room hallway and saw Ruby jumping around the living room and kitchen, cleaning as fast as humanly possible. 'Well, I might as well help her. She is allowing me to stay here.'

With a small smile, Blake started to help pick up some dirty clothes of Ruby's. "Where do these go?" She asked, not seeing a hamper in the living room, and not wanting to just walk around her apartment looking around for one without Ruby's permission first.

"Oh, Blake! You don't have to do that! You're a guest here." Ruby answered from the kitchen entry way, wanting to see what Blake was talking about. "Uh…Just set them down over there for now." Ruby shrugged, pointing to a random corner of the living room.

Blake nodded and threw them down in a pile. The faunus girl then called out to Ruby from the living room. "I can sleep on the couch tonight."

Ruby came rushing back in from the kitchen, trying to finish up cleaning off the countertops. "No, Blake! You can take my bed! I'll sleep on the couch." Ruby said, wanting to make Blake's stay as comfortable as possible.

"I can't do that, Ruby. This is your place." Blake shook her head, declining the nice offer as she was already encroaching on Ruby's space enough as it was.

"Well, maybe we could sleep together?" Ruby asked innocently, before realizing how that came out, blushing crimson at the suggestion.

Blake just smirked at her offer and brightening cheeks. Instead of taking the easy chance of teasing however, Blake felt like she owed Ruby. "If you're comfortable with that, then that's fine to me, Ruby. Thank you. For this...For dealing with me…"

"It's no problem, Blake. I'm sure you would have done the same for me…" Ruby offered a smile, happy to help someone in need.

Blake returned the smile as best she could, not entirely sure if she would have been able to return the same kindness that Ruby showed her.

"So…It's been quite a while since breakfast. Do you want to get something to eat?" Ruby asked from the kitchen entrance, after recovering from her blush.

"Yeah I could eat again. Today really went by fast, didn't it?" Blake answered after clearing a spot on the couch to sit down.

"Sure did. We spent so long at the diner. Then the…cop situation…" Ruby led off, not wanting to bring up what they just went through, in fear it may upset Blake.

Hearing the hesitance in Ruby's voice, Blake assured her with a smile. "I'm fine, Ruby. He's in jail again." Blake's smile then increased to a smirk. "And I have you to protect me." She laughed as Ruby's face lit up again.

"Not funny, Blake…" Ruby muttered with a pout.

"Who said it was a joke?" Blake asked as she subdued her laugh into a gentle smile. "I've never seen anyone take down Adam that fast before. Where did you learn how to use that Taser anyways?"

"It's actually a stun gun. And my sister and Weiss are kinda protective of me, so they taught me so I could protect myself when they weren't around. Really glad they did, now…"

"Yeah, me too." Blake said with a chuckle as Ruby joined in that time.

"I'll go see what we have to eat. Be right back, Blake." Ruby sent her a warm smile, before she turned around and went back to the kitchen to scrounge something up.

Blake took that moment to get up and walk around the apartment, looking for something to do while Ruby was gone from the living room. She found a bookshelf standing against the living room wall, filled with novels of fantasy and fairytale stories. 'Not a bad collection, "The Two Brothers," "The Man In The Iron Mask,"…-' Blake kept skimming through the titles on the spines of the reading material, before being interrupted by Ruby coming back with options.

"Hey, Blake. Would you like-? Oh! You like books, too?!" Ruby paused herself midsentence as she saw Blake perusing her bookshelf, forgetting what she came to ask in the first place as she found yet another trait to like about Blake.

"I do. Have since high school. This is a pretty good collection, Ruby. You must really like fantasy stories." Blake said as she turned around with a smile.

"Th-thanks. It's nothing special. I was the book nerd in my family so a lot of them would get me books for my birthday or Christmas…" Ruby trailed off as she noticed Blake linger on a particular book. "Oh! That one's my favorite! "The Last Hunter" It's about a man who loses everything when his dream is taken away from him. It's sad, but a great read!"

"Hmm…I don't think I've ever heard of it. Mind if I check it out? I could give it back once I'm done of course?" Blake asked, intrigued by the story.

"Yeah, sure! It might be nice to have someone to talk about it with. I don't know too many other people who like the same books as me…" Ruby finished with a mumble, embarrassed to admit she doesn't have many other friends.

Blake smiled softly and picked up the book from the shelf. "Well consider me sold. It sounds interesting."

Ruby looked up to Blake with an ear to ear grin. "Thanks, Blake!" Blake's smile grew as her heart picked up from the cheery beam directed her way.

Blake sat down on the couch again and opened the book, ready to start reading. She looked back up to Ruby though, curiosity on her face. "Ruby, wasn't there something you were about to ask me when you came in?"

"Oh, yeah!" Ruby smashed the bottom of her fist into the open palm of her other hand in remembrance. "Thanks, Blake! I wanted to know if you were Ok with salmon for dinner. It's all I have right now, so... "

Blake's eyes lit up. "S-Salmon sounds great!" Blake blushed at her own outburst and looked down, trying to recompose herself. "Uh…I mean, that's fine."

"Great!" Ruby zoomed back into the kitchen to pull out the salmon and prepare it for herself and her new roommate, only further emboldened by Blake's sudden outburst.

Blake smiled to herself after Ruby left. 'She can cook? And even if it's poorly prepared…Salmon?' Blake caught herself before she started to drool over the thought of the future meal and covered her blush with the book in her hands.


Blake sat in the living room and read the new book while Ruby started to cook for them. After a while Blake started to smell the scent of cooked fish and was lured by it. Putting down her book, Blake walked to the kitchen to see what was making such an overwhelming smell. She saw Ruby placing two plates on the kitchen table that was recently cleaned of dirty dishes and fast food containers.

Ruby noticed Blake enter and looked to her with a soft smile. "Hey, Blake! I guess I don't need to tell you it's ready?" Ruby gestured to the seared salmon with chopped vegetables. Steam rising from the plates.

"This smells amazing, Ruby! How did you make this?" Blake was so focused on the salmon, she barely looked up to Ruby when she asked.

"Well, I learned from my mom." Ruby got embarrassed and scratched her cheek at the praise. "She taught me and my sister to cook. Though, Yang didn't take too well to it." Ruby started to smile again at the memories. "She practically burned down the kitchen once a week!" Ruby finished with a laugh and Blake couldn't help but to join in.

"Well, I can't thank you enough for this. It looks fantastic, Ruby." Blake had to catch herself from drooling again. Having the delectable fish in person was drastically different than just imagining it to the cat faunus…

Ruby batted away at Blake as she took a seat right after her, sitting next to the black haired beauty, embarrassed of all the praise. "Oh, stop! I'm not that great. You should taste my mom's cooking! She's crazy good!"

Without thinking, Blake muttered while staring at the plate before her. "Maybe I will." She then realized, with surprised eyes, what she may have inferred and looked up to Ruby from the salmon she was about to devour. Ruby's eyes were even wider and she was blushing scarlet. "I-I-I meant that, uhm…Shit." Blake face palmed at the slip-up.

Ruby started to smile though, not perturbed by the idea. "Well, I'm sure my mom would be delighted to cook for us if I were to bring you over to meet them some time." Ruby's smile turned to a nervous one, waiting for Blake's response, hoping it was a positive one.

Blake looked up at this from her palm and is now the one blushing. "I-uhm…I-I don't know, Ruby…" She looked down, sullen as her own insecurities probably hurt Ruby. Blake looked back up to see if Ruby really meant the offer, sure that Ruby wouldn't want to show her parents the stripper that she slept with.

While Ruby was frowning a bit, due to the indecision, her eyes were still twinkling in hope that Blake would accept the chance to meet her family. Seeing this, Blake closed her eyes and smiled to herself, not able to resist the cute face. "Yeah… Why not?" She opened her eyes again to see Ruby light up in happiness.

"Yay! You're going to love it, Blake! My parents are super nice. My sister may pester us though. Sorry in advance!" Ruby rambled, starting to twitch as Blake took a bite while still listening to her. "Uhm…Does this mean we're a couple now, if you meet my parents?" Ruby mumbled out.

Blake practically swallowed her fork when she took the bite, not expecting that topic quite yet. Especially from nervous and embarrassed easily, Ruby. She beat her chest and coughed up the bits of food that choked her. Blake looked over to Ruby, checking if she was serious. Ruby's hopeful, albeit worried face, told Blake everything she needed to know.

"Uhm? I…" Blake took a breath and looked back to Ruby. "I don't know? Do you want to be, Ruby?" Blake was genuinely curious. She knew she wanted to spend more time with Ruby, but she couldn't understand why Ruby would want to date her.

Ruby nodded shakily, looking away. "I…I do. I said I liked you when you asked me why I was doing this…I-I thought it was obvious." Ruby muttered, her heart beating frantically as she waited for Blake's answer.

"Well, I didn't think you meant that way. I thought you meant as a friend…" Blake spoke, sadness in her tone, as she shook her head, not understanding why Ruby would be so ready to date a stripper. "Why do you want to be with me? I appreciate it, and I do like you as well, but I strip for a living, Ruby. I'm not going to just suddenly stop, I like doing-…" Blake was about to finish when she was interrupted by the other girl.

"But Blake, I'm not asking you to give it up!" Ruby explained, hurt that Blake thought she would want her to give up her life.

"Really? You're Ok with what I do?" Blake asked, completely skeptical of Ruby's acceptance.

"Y-Yeah. I just want to spend more time with you, Blake." Ruby stuttered as not everything about Blake's job sounded Ok to Ruby, but she didn't want to bring it up in fear it may ruin her chances with her.

Blake smiled, only thinking the stumble was because Ruby thought about Blake at the club. "Thank you, Ruby. For understanding. I like spending time with you too…Maybe we can try it…? Dating, I mean." Blake started to turn pink in the cheeks, barely able to get the words out without messing them up. 'What the hell's wrong with me?' Blake thought bitterly, not understanding why she was having such trouble speaking.

Ruby smiled and nodded her head in agreeance. "Yes! Sounds like a plan! I really think we get along well! We talked for so long at the diner. And neither one of us seemed to pay attention to the time going by. Can't wait to see how the second one goes!" Ruby's smile turned to a warm one, staring into Blake's amber orbs.

"We do get along well. I really didn't have very good expectations for the date at first, if I'm being honest, but you surprised me. How you were so funny with your drawings and so nice and caring…and cute~." Blake smirked at Ruby looking down and blushing. Ruby took a couple quick bites of the salmon, trying to get her mind off of what Blake said.

Blake smirk settled into a loving smile as she got the red head's attention again. "Ruby? If you really want to see us work out, I do too. So…I can't give up stripping, because I love doing it, but I can promise to stop sleeping with other people. That's no way to have a healthy relationship. And I just couldn't do that to you…" Blake shook her head.

Ruby took a moment to gather the courage to say what she wanted, not wanting it to sound as selfish as it sounded in her head. "I'm…kinda glad you said that. I…I wouldn't feel very good… Knowing that if you didn't show up one night, it meant you were with someone else…" Ruby looked down, feeling the self-centered thought wash over her anyways and crush her.

Blake took Ruby's hand and it pulled her out of it. "Ruby, that's why I want to do this. It wouldn't feel right, going behind your back like that. I'd be cheating on you. And it's not like I enjoy it all the time. There are moments…When I don't feel very good about myself afterwards…" Blake stopped herself from continuing, not wanting to dump everything out on Ruby so soon, and got back on track. "…So I'll stop. I promise you, Ruby." Blake squeezed her hand to show she meant it and to help put Ruby at ease.

"Th-Thank you, Blake." Ruby mumbled out, smiling as she squeezed in return. Blake smiled back, happy that Ruby was able to smile again.

Ruby looked down at the hand grasping hers and blushed again. All the thoughts about Blake sleeping with people being replaced with thoughts of herself with Blake. The red head shook her head, stopping the blush as best she could, but the effort failed miserably. "W-Well, we should probably finish eating." Ruby started to stuff her face again, putting her mind on the food and that seemed to work better.

Blake giggled quietly to herself, knowing what was causing the other girl to blush. She took that as her que to enjoy the meal along with Ruby, not wanting to tease her anymore with such a wonderful smelling meal in front of her. For now...


After a few moments of just enjoying the meal, Blake picked up the conversation again. "So, what are your parents like?" She asked after swallowing a bit of seared salmon. It tasted as good as she imagined it did.

Ruby looked up from her plate and smiled, appreciating the topic change. "Well, my mom, Summer, the one that can cook. She's really nice and tends to be a little doting on us. Yang's dad, Taiyang, he's a bit of a goof. He's very protective of us, but he's really nice. And my other mother, the one that me and Yang share, is Raven. She's pretty strict sometimes, but just as caring for all of us." Ruby finished, getting embarrassed, knowing how it sounds that she has 3 parents.

"You have two moms? So you and Yang are half-sisters? But you said that Tai was Yang's father, so who is yours?" Blake asked, confused from the way Ruby talked about it.

Ruby laughed nervously, expecting the questioning, but still not knowing exactly how to answer it. "Yeah…I know it sounds weird and confusing. But how else would you explain my… 'Situation'..." Ruby finished in a small voice, embarrassed to say it. She instead, gestured to her lower half.

"Oh!" Blake exclaimed as she caught on immediately to the gesture. "So you actually have two birth mothers? One…Being the father though?" Blake cocked her head to the side, questioning her own reasoning. At Ruby's gentle nod, Blake continued once she knew she was correct. "That's…yeah that's a little weird." She then shook her head to put Ruby at ease if she were to be offended by the blunt statement. "I'm fine with it though! I don't mind, honestly!"

Blake started to relax as Ruby began to laugh at the usually so composed woman being flustered. "Its fine, I would think it weird, too. But somehow, our family works. We all care for each other. Summer's who I inherited 'it' from. In case you wanted to know."

"I really didn't…" Blake mumbled, laying her head down, still flustered.

Ruby laughed harder, covering her mouth. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to upset you. We can talk about something else if you want?"

Blake raised her head again, smiling back to Ruby, thankful to talk about something else. "Well, you can ask a question now, if you want?" Blake gestured for Ruby to ask away.

"Ok…Um…When did you and Adam happen?" Ruby shakes her hands, showing she's sorry. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to! I was just curious." Ruby twitched in her seat, nervous to upset Blake.

"Alright…Well, you shared with your family, I might as well share with mine…" Blake's face turned somber and she looked off into nowhere, thinking. "We were best friends, growing up. Inseparable. There wasn't a time I can remember when Adam wasn't there in the past. We both grew up together as orphans at the same orphanage. My parents didn't care about me and neither did his about him." Blake looked over to Ruby at the sound of sniffles and saw she was crying.

"I'm sorry, Blake! I didn't mean to dredge up things! I was busy talking about how great my parents are…I'm such an idiot!" Ruby apologized, covering her face as she beat herself up for hurting Blake.

Blake reached over to grab her shoulder though, wanting to calm her down. "It's Ok, Ruby. I'm not upset. I dealt with this a long time ago. Besides, it doesn't matter anymore. My parents are dead now anyways…" Blake had an angry glint in her eyes as she looked away from Ruby, thinking how she never even got the chance to meet them. The anger was a clear sign that she never even wanted to. It would have just been better closure for her if she did.

"I'm sorry, Blake." Ruby hugs her, trying to cheer her up, even though she's the one crying.

'Pitiful…' Blake thought with a smile as she looked to Ruby in her arms. A reverse from earlier, when Adam was there and Ruby was comforting Blake. "Maybe we should stop for now…" Blake said softly to Ruby, as she slid her hand through the girl's black and crimson hair to comfort her.

After a few beats like this, Ruby let out a quiet, 'Ok' as she pulled back from Blake, reluctantly, her tears drying up. She got up from the table and began to put the dishes away.

Not wanting to leave Ruby alone with the dishes after crying in her arms, Blake decided to help, giving the girl a swift smile as she stood next to her at the sink. The smile worked, as Ruby picked up her own, happy to just have Blake beside her.

In the middle of washing the dishes in comfortable silence together, Ruby's phone went off to disrupt it. She picked it up from her pocket, after drying her hands, and headed to her bedroom to talk to the person she recognized, telling Blake it would just be a second. Blake gave the shy girl a nod, continuing to clean the kitchen.

Ruby closed the door behind her as she entered the bedroom, before putting the phone to her ear. "What's up, Yang?" Ruby asked, cheerfully, like the earlier moment crying into Blake's shoulder didn't happen.

"Well, I heard that you have a certain panther staying at you apartment. What's going on, sis? Did the date go that well~?" Yang asked her little sister. She started to laugh on her end when she heard Ruby mutter, 'damn Weiss not being able to shut-up!'

"Huhh…Yes she's staying over. Not that that's any of your business! She doesn't have a place to stay otherwise. I'm sure Weiss told you what happened?" Ruby shouted at her sister through the phone. wondering if Weiss did actually leave out everything else, just to mess with her.

"She did. And I'm proud of you sis. That's a really nice thing you did for her." Yang answered, speaking seriously. She then continued with an audible grin as she picked on her sister. "Unless you were wanting something back in return~?"

"Sh-Shut-up! Yang, you don't get to say anything! You started all this!" Ruby got flustered, angry that her sister would pick on her for something she caused.

"I did, and you're welcome!" Yang laughed at Ruby's childish pout through the phone.

"Not funny, Yang!" Ruby reprimanded her sister, tired of all the teasing she received by her today.

"Sorry, sorry." Yang apologized with a smile, not an ounce of sincere-ness behind it for just messing with her like always. "So, what happened?"

Ruby sighed again, knowing her sister will just continue to pester her for details if she didn't spill. "The date went very well…I asked her if she wanted me to walk her home and she said yes." Ruby was then cut off by Yang.

"See, told you, you might like her~." Yang's voice sang through the phone in an 'I-told-you-so' voice.

"Not the point, Yang!" Ruby yelled before shaking her head, trying to continue. "Anyways… When we got to her place, her ex was there to hurt her. So I used the stun gun on him that you and Weiss gave me. I then called the police and Weiss showed up. They took the bastard away, but Blake still needs a place to stay while the police check the house for damage and a sign of forced entry, stuff like that. Weiss told us."

"So have you two boned again, yet?" Yang broke through the serious conversation to tease again.

"Yaaaaaang!?" Ruby shrieked. "Please, stop!" She could hear Yang's laughter through the phone as Yang held it away from her person to grab her sides in mirth. Ruby then heard someone else yell at Yang from the phone. She heard a slap followed by Yang giving a shout of pain.

"Oww! I'm sorry, Weiss! I was just messing with her!" Yang plead, holding her slapped arm.

Ruby heard her friend Weiss come back in the background to answer her. "I don't care, Yang! I don't like hearing you say such vulgar things!"

"I don't ever hear you complaining in bed~?" Yang's smirk could be heard through the phone as she teased her girlfriend. Which is soon taken off her face as another slap is heard right next to the phone.

"Not in front of your sister, you moron!" Weiss shrieked again, giving Yang another slap to the face for good measure. Seeing that the conversation was over at this point, Ruby just hangs up, sighing at her best friend and sister's antics together.


Ruby put her phone on the nightstand to charge and then made her way back to the kitchen to see Blake just finishing up on cleaning. The panther faunus turned to see Ruby come back in and noticed a miserable expression on her face.

"Hey, Ruby. What was that about?"

"Just my idiot sister and Weiss." Ruby huffed out a heavy breath at all crazy stuff she's had to put up with today and the years she known those two as a couple.

"The cop, right? So what's the story with them? How did a cop fall for…from what I saw last night, a delinquent?" Blake asked, puzzled by the odd coupling.

"Well…wait, what did Yang do last night?" Ruby interrupted herself to learn what her sister did to make her appear as a criminal.

"Well, after me and you were leaving to go to my place, I saw her trying to get on stage, shouting something about being the hottest one here and wanting to prove it. She was pretty drunk, and strong. The bouncers were having a tough time pulling her down." Blake answered, both of them taking a seat on the couch to talk. She was smiling, amused by the sight of such a drunk idiot.

"Oh my Oum, that's perfect! Thanks, Blake. I have some more dirt on my sister. Weiss would flip if she heard that!" Ruby became giddy at being able to shut Yang up when she teased her again.

"So she's whipped that bad, huh?" Blake asked with a smirk on her face.

"Like you wouldn't believe! The mere mention of Weiss will stop her from doing something if you think it's too much." Ruby said, laughing along with Blake.

"Good to know." After they came down from their laughing, Blake became intrigued to know more about this impossible couple. "So how did they meet?"

"Well, they met officially during high school athletics for basket ball. They were both really competitive, so at first, they practically hated each other!" Ruby said with a laugh. " Eventually though, being part of a team made them work together, and once that happened they realized how well they complimented each other. At least, Yang did..." Ruby wore a playful grin as she recounted how absolutely smitten her sister was once she started getting to know Weiss.

"...Weiss, on the other hand, didn't really change all that much, and it drove my sister crazy with how neutral Weiss treated her. Just another member of the team! Yang wouldn't accept that, though." Ruby said with a head shake, pitying her past sister. "She spent over a year trying to get Weiss to go out with her. She started out subtle, well, subtle for Yang, but every attempt was met with an immediate rejection." Ruby paused to get more comfortable on the couch. Blake turned her body towards Ruby, getting most of her leg on the furniture and leaning her head on her arm from the back of the couch.

"You see, Weiss was pretty popular in high school and had so many guys clamoring after her. Once Yang started for-real hitting on her, Weiss treated her as all the other guys and it broke her heart. It took seeing Yang finally done with all the rejection to make Weiss see she was serious." Ruby was stopped as Blake chimed in, enthralled by the story.

"Oh no. What did blondie do, Cry?" Blake asked with a smirk, thinking of a heartbroken Yang.

"No!" Ruby burst out laughing. "She wrote, 'I Love Weiss Schnee!' on the side of the school! She even signed her name under it, the idiot! She got suspended for 3 weeks after that. But Weiss finally understood how much she meant to Yang." Blake joined in on the laughing.

"They were dating by the end of the day. And they have been together ever since." Ruby said, finishing the story as they both calmed down from their laughing fits.


Mirth in both of their smiles, Blake, stared into Ruby's silver eyes as Ruby stared back, happiness radiating from her eyes. Blake was lost in the way those shimmering orbs seemed to express so much care and joy as they were pointed at her. She didn't know when she leaned in to take Ruby by the cheek, pulling her into a kiss, her body just seemed to move on its own accord, but as Ruby pressed herself into the swift kiss, humming lowly as she felt Blake's soft lips against her own, the faunus smiled into the tender lip-locking, wanting more.

Blake prodded her tongue against Ruby's lips, asking for entrance. Ruby opened up and her tongue was already there to greet hers. As their tongues clashed inside Ruby's mouth, Blake started to lean into Ruby and pushed the smaller girl onto her back. Ruby's head laid against the arm rest of the couch, as her hands trail down Blake's sides, ending on her ass. Blake's right knee moved in between Ruby's legs, brushing up against her core below her hardening member, as she got closer to the unbelievably sweet girl below her.

"Ahhhh…Blake…" Ruby whined at the friction, breaking the kiss and clenching her hands on Blake's pillow like ass like a vice. Blake reached down to feel the bulge in Ruby's pants, arcing her back as the grabbing of her ass causes her to lose her breath momentarily.

Ruby needed to stop this though, as she felt Blake touching her, and gently pushed on her shoulders. "Wait, Blaaaake." Ruby whined out her name as Blake started to stroke her through her pants. "Stop…Hah-please." She begged as she stared into Blake's lust filled eyes.

Both of them were breathing harder now. From the kiss, and the feelings of being so close to one another. "What…is it Ruby?" Blake took a deep breath, trying to even out her breathing, as she took her hand away and moved back, looking to Ruby, worried.

Ruby took the opportunity of Blake giving her space to sit up again, before she started to speak. "I just…Don't think we should…" Ruby swallowed, from her need to take in more air, and from fear that Blake wouldn't like what she had to say. "…Go any further right now. We just started dating…" Ruby looked down as she finished in a mousy voice.

"That didn't really stop us last night though…" Blake smiled at her own small joke, before growing serious again as Ruby wasn't able to look back at Blake again. "…Ruby?"

"That wasn't me though, Blake! I don't do that sort of thing… If I wasn't drunk that night, it never would have happened… D-Don't get me wrong, though! I'm really glad it did happen. But I just don't want to rush this. I don't want to rush us…" Ruby's eyes were pleading of Blake to not get upset as she would try and fail to make eye contact with the girl across from her many times.

Blake closed her eyes and sighed with a smile, her head lowering down as she thought for a moment.

Ruby's heartbeat was pulsing in her ears as she waited apprehensively for Blake's answer. It was only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity to Ruby before Blake came to a decision.

The black haired girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked up, a smile still on her face as she looked at Ruby. "Ok. We can hold off for a while. I don't mind… But I want you to know I'm going to keep trying~." Blake smirked as the way she phrased it was picked up by the smaller girl.

Ruby blushed a bit, but still smiled back, not totally perturbed by the idea. "I would hope you do keep trying."

"Oh, really~? Can we continue where we left off then?" Blake asked with a tone of lust, as she touched Ruby's cheek again.

"S-Sure…" Ruby answered lamely, but her reaction was not, as she circled her arms around Blake's neck and pulled her closer to kiss once more. Ruby moaned into Blake's lips as she leaned back again, pulling the taller girl down with her.

Having the lead position again, Blake doesn't move her hands below Ruby's waist this time. Instead she pressed into Ruby, deepening the kiss and occasionally brushing her hands over Ruby's pale stomach as she moved the girl's shirt up to feel her closer.

Ruby's right hand drifted down from Blake's neck to her chest, grabbing her breast and squeezing it lightly. Blake broke the kiss and pushed her body into the hand on her chest.

Blake moaned silently, as Ruby started to kiss her neck, then looked down to her with a smirk. "I thought you said not to rush?" Blake asked, not mad in the slightest.

Ruby moved her hand away immediately, not even realizing what she was doing before Blake said anything. "S-Sorry. I just…wanted to." Ruby mumbled out as she got embarrassed. Blake just smiled at her fumbling and kissed her again. It only lasted a few brief moments, but it was filled with love.

Blake pulled back with a giggle. "Apology accepted."

Ruby smiled back, happy she wasn't really mad at the hypocritical actions, albeit it with a small blush at being caught.

"I think we should probably start to get ready for bed. I still need to go to the station tomorrow to answer some questions and file for that restraining order." Blake said as she got up from the couch.

Ruby, still a little light headed from the make out session, just nodded as Blake walked to the bathroom to shower. Both were thinking the same thing, though. 'I need a cold shower.'


After a while Ruby got up as well, having to wait for her body to 'relax', and gathered her night clothes in her room for when Blake got out of the shower. She also picked out some bigger clothes, more fitting of Yang, for Blake as well, in case the faunus wanted to borrow some to sleep in.

Once Ruby was ready and heading towards the hallway, she heard the bathroom door open and out stepped a naked Blake. Her hair was toweled up, but nothing else clothed her gorgeous body.

Ruby's eyes widened at the sight and Blake smirked at the eyes not leaving her naked body. 'She did say she would keep trying...' Ruby gulped, not knowing how long she could resist with this level of temptation.

Blake walked over to her, seeing Ruby's hands twitching as she held two sets of clothes. "You should've know that I sleep naked after this morning, Ruby." Blake laughed as the shorter girl blushed and tore her eyes away from the tempting sight. "It's much more comfortable. You should try it sometime~." Blake said in a seductive tone.

Ruby gulped again, putting her head down and charging past Blake and into the bathroom. "You can't make me!" She screamed over her shoulder as she ran away from the tantalizing conflict.

Blake laughed at the reaction as she watched Ruby sprint to the bathroom door and quickly close it behind her. "So cute…"

Ruby jumped in the shower and turned it all the way on cold, freezing herself. As the water hit her body, she shivered, finally from something else besides Blake's seductive voice. 'Gah…Why does she do this?' Ruby groaned as she banged her head against the wall of the shower in defeat of the seductive woman just in the other room. The heat from earlier was slowly washing away as it was replaced with the chill from the ice cold water rolling down her back.


When Ruby got out, she dried off and put her clothes on. She nervously walked out of the bathroom, fearful for what she would see next from the other woman now living with her. She closed her eyes as she walked in her own room, slowly opening one to see what Blake had in store for her.

Blake was on her phone, checking a text from someone. Her hair was still up in a towel, but her body laid under the covers of the bed.

Ruby released her breath, expelling the worry from her body as Blake seemed to have stopped for now.

Blake looked up from her phone, at Ruby entering, and put it aside. "Hey. I was just checking with my boss about my schedule for tomorrow. I could take tomorrow off after what happened with Adam, but I decided against it. I think it will help me move past it if I just get back to work." Blake explained, before adopting a curious expression as her eyebrow raised, wondering why Ruby looked so clenched up as she entered the bedroom.

Ruby had changed after her shower and was now wearing a black tank top and shorts to sleep in. The red head was just making herself as small as possible before she saw Blake, then just seemed to relax.

"What's wrong?"

"I was just…expecting another attempt…" Ruby muttered looking away, a blush crawling up her face.

Blake huffed in humor. "I'm done for the night, Ruby. You don't have to worry. Come on." Blake gestured for Ruby to get in bed with a pat and a pleasant smile.

Ruby smiled along and obliged, moving closer to the bed as Blake scooted over to give Ruby some room in the full-sized bed. She caught a glimpse of Blake's 'assets' from when the covers shifted, and Ruby paused her steps with the blush coming back.

Blake rolled her eyes at seeing what caused the hold up. "Ruby, it's not something you haven't seen before." Blake took off the towel from her head and threw it at Ruby's face for being such a prude, her hair mostly dry by now.

Ruby yelped at the momentary blindness before removing the towel smelling of lavender. Ruby then took the towel and dried her hair off better before getting in bed, not wanting to get the pillows wet. Mumbling into the towel around her head, Ruby answered as she paused right beside the bed. "I know. But that doesn't mean I'm used to it yet. I don't see too many naked girls in person…"

"Well we'll just have to fix that, won't we~?" Blake pulled Ruby towards her and into the bed, the towel still on her head. Blake held her closely as Ruby squirmed around, not able to see what happened.

"Blake? Blake? What's going on?" Ruby panicked, trying to get out to remove the towel and free her vision.

"Calm down Ruby. I'm just cuddling with you. I said you were cute and you're definitely proving me right..." Blake kissed the back of her neck softly and Ruby shivered from the contact.

"Haa…Ok. Just…Let me get this towel off…" Ruby whimpered out, before Blake let go, conceding to the adorable girl lying in front of her. Ruby pulled off the towel and felt Blake right behind her, still mostly under the covers, and a hand – sending a gentle tingle down her body -placed on her hip.

Ruby slowly relaxed into the touch, turning to Blake as the girl repositioned herself against Ruby's shoulder, resting her head there. Ruby melted into the cuddle, as she pulled the covers up to shield them from the cold night air, and she wraped an arm around Blake at her side.

The red head then reached over with her other hand and turned off the light to her nightstand, submerging the room in darkness, but for a streak of subtle moonlight that peered through the curtains.

Blake cuddled closer to Ruby with the girl's arm around her, relishing the moment and sighing in content as she shut her eyes, feeling safe and snug with Ruby holding her.

Ruby then softly spoke up through the silence that filled the room, after getting comfortable herself. "Do you want to come see my sister's car shop tomorrow? After you go to the station, if you want. I don't mind either way…" Ruby timidly asked, realizing that Blake was currently trying to fall asleep.

"Yeah… That's fine…I get to see this new car of yours too, huh?" Blake answered quietly into Ruby's neck as she left another soft kiss there for a bit of punishment for not letting her sleep.

Ruby whimpered again at the gentle lips on her neck, but continued as she remembered her car suddenly. "Oh, yeah. That's right. It's so cool, Blake. You're going to love it!" Ruby whisper-yelled in her excitement, keeping it to a minimum, for Blake's sake.

"Well, that has to wait for tomorrow, Ruby. We should get some sleep." Blake yawned as she finished explaining, truly tired from all that happened today. She snuggled closer to Ruby and her ears twitched as they rubbed up against Ruby's jawline.

"Yeah, good night, Blake." Ruby said softly as she kissed Blake on the top of her head, between the silk-like soft kitty ears.

"Night, Ruby."


Ruby woke up the next morning, in her bed this time. She sighed in relief of not having another loss in memory. The artist peered down, and in her arms was Blake, still next to her. She released a warm smile to herself, at the sight, and cuddled further into the faunus, kissing her cheek in good morning.

Blake mumbled irritably and buried her head further into Ruby's arm at the contact.

'Clearly, she wasn't lying about being a night person.' Ruby thought as she started to kiss her more, trying to wake her in the gentlest way imaginable.

Blake finally relented and opened her eyes, about to punch this annoying slob for kissing her all over her face like some puppy. 'I hate dogs…' But once she saw Ruby, she was glad she didn't follow through with it. A smile grew on her face after waking to the warmth of Ruby still holding her. "Morning…" She whispered out, still tired.

"Morning!" Ruby shouted, not picking up on the social que from her girlfriend that she wanted to keep things quiet.

"Sucha morning person…" Blake mumbled to herself with a smile still on her face, and rose up on her arms to sit down on the bed.

The action caused the covers to come down off of Blake's naked body to show the room what she's got. The only audience, being Ruby, blushed and struggled to look away.

Blake flicked her on the nose for being such a prude again. "Hey. You need to get used to this. You said you wanted to try right?" Ruby nodded shakily as she forced herself to keep eye contact with Blake.

"Well, then this is something that will happen a lot. I'm not exactly ashamed to walk around the place naked, especially when the only one seeing me is the one I'm with. So get used to it." As Blake said this, she leaned closer to Ruby and presented her breasts, pressing them together with her biceps.

"Ok, Ok! I get it!" Ruby sputtered as she closed her eyes and shook her head.

Blake leaned back up with a victorious grin, her smirk basically audible to Ruby.

The embarrassed girl released a sigh and looked back to Blake and her breasts, trying to get used to seeing them with a determined look on her face. Ruby of course, as expected, started to blush scarlet, not able to help herself. What wasn't expected though, was Blake getting embarrassed from Ruby constantly staring.

"A-Alright, Ruby. I think that's enough for now." Blake stuttered as she looked away and made her way off the bed, her back to Ruby. Ruby got confused as to why she suddenly turned away, but didn't ask as Blake continued before her. "So do you want to tag along with me to the police station this morning? I could use the company, if you don't mind?" Blake asked, after getting her blush under control.

Blake got up out of bed and moved to her bag of clothes, getting dressed for the morning. She rattled her head at the ridiculous notion of her being embarrassed about Ruby seeing her naked, as she waited for a response.

"Yeah I can go. I don't really have a schedule to work for my sister. I just…Come inside whenever…" Ruby said, as her eyes drifted over Blake's bent-over backside.

At the phrasing, Blake looked over to Ruby still under the covers. She saw her staring at her ass, and smirked. "Oh, yeah? Care to demonstrate~?" She asked seductively, knowing it's going to make Ruby stammer on her words.

Ruby shook her head and blushed at being caught staring and her messed up phrasing. "I-I-I didn't mean that! I swear! Mmhmmmh…" Ruby whined and twitched in embarrassment as Blake laughed at her.

The raven haired girl turned back around as she continued putting on her underwear, slipping on a fresh pair of panties to put an end to Ruby's bane of words.

After snapping herself out of it with a sigh of relief, Ruby got up from the bed and shuffled her way to her closet to put on new clothes, getting ready for the day as well.


The pair eventually made their way out the door and onto the street, walking to Ember Celica's first to see if they can use Ruby's car to make the trip to the station easier and more comfortable.

As they approached, they could already hear the torque wrench going off rapidly, Yang's shop still busy as ever. Ruby then remembered Blake's faunus hearing and apologized for the noise, sorry that she asked for her to come to such a place.

"Don't worry about it Ruby. You did say it was a car shop. I should have expected that. Maybe I can wait in the store front, instead of going inside the garage…?" Blake pleaded with her girlfriend, not liking the noise level already.

Ruby happily nodded in acceptance, easily agreeing with Bake as her ears were already lying flat to her scalp.

Ruby opened the door to the front of the shop and saw a brunette at the front, manning the register for customers. The other girl wore a red shirt and yellow jacket with ripped up blue jeans. Her light brown hair was down to her mid back, and was a bit on the short side, even to Ruby.

"Hey, Mango!" The artist greeted the cashier cheerfully, sending her a wave as she approached with Blake behind her.

"Hello, Ruby! Who's the friend?" Mango welcomed back, with a questioning, but gentle, gaze directed at Blake.

"Oh, uh? This is…my…Girlfriend…" Ruby got out quietly, with a pink blush slowly lighting her face.

Blake subtly rolled her eyes at Ruby and smiled at the other girl behind the counter of the mechanic shop. "Hey there, my name's Blake Belladonna." Blake decided to greet her with her full name, a smirk building on her face, knowing that Ruby didn't know it yet.

Before Mango could greet back, Ruby cut in, just like the faunus intended. "I didn't know your last name! I'm so stupid for not asking!" Ruby face-palmed with both hands, feeling dumber than ever.

Blake's smirk persisted, loving how easy it was to tease Ruby.

Mango chimed in on the discussion, a mirthful smile on her face as well. "How have you not asked her, her last name yet, Ruby? Did you just start going out or something?"

"Actually, yes, we did." Blake answered with humor in her eyes as she continued to hold back her laughter at the situation.

"Oh!" Mango's eyes lit up in understanding and she looked away for a second, embarrassed at the misstep. "Well, sorry about that, I didn't know. If you don't know hers, it's…" Mango apologized quickly as she looked back at Ruby's girlfriend, wanting to give her Ruby's last name as an apology, but before she could say, Ruby interrupted her with a shout.

"My last name is Rose!" Ruby got out as fast as she could to stop Mango before she ruined her chance to tell Blake herself. "Mangooo! I obviously wanted to be the one to tell her that!" Ruby whined to her friend, upset as it was almost ruined.

"Sorry, Ruby. You're right, you should be the one to tell her that. My bad." Mango laughed at Ruby's pout, before putting her hands on the counter, ready to help the two in whatever way she could. "Well, what are you here for? Getting some work done? Or showing her around?"

"Showing her around some, but we can do that later." Ruby shook her head in the negative, as her face settled to her general bubbly smile. "I'm here to see if Yang can give me the keys to my new Camaro!" Ruby said, giddy with anticipation, practically jumping in place.

"That's right! That new one! Your sister is the best, you know?" Mango said, as she got excited with her.

"She is pretty great. I just wish she wouldn't tease me so much!" Ruby softly complained, rubbing the back of her head.

"She does it out of love, Ruby. You know that." Mango gently chided with a smile, before continuing. "Anyways, your sister is already in the shop with your car. Go right ahead." Mango said, gesturing to the door connecting the front office space with the garage.

Ruby bobbed her head at the information, knowing she's right. "I know. Thanks, Mango." Ruby then turned to Blake, a half smile on her face, as the cat faunus looked reluctant at making the journey into the loud machine shop. "I'll be right back. I'll pull the car up front if it's ready."

"Sure thing." Blake nodded to her girlfriend, as Ruby walked over to the garage entrance with a wave.


Ruby walked into the blaring garage filled with tools and vehicles of all shapes and sizes, and saw Yang working with Sun on the engine of a truck. Ruby ran over and hugged Yang from behind, making sure not to get grease on her shirt, having done this enough times to know to actively avoid it.

"Hey, sis!" Yang chirped, knowing that Ruby would be the only one to hug her in the middle of work. She made sure not to hug back with her grime covered hands, just a kiss on the top of Ruby's head in greeting as she turned around to see her.

"Hey, Yang! Hey, Sun! I was wondering if my car was ready yet." Ruby waved to Sun before looking back to Yang with an excited demeanor.

"I see you really want to drive it, huh?" Sun said as he smiled at her hyper-activeness.

"You bet! Oh, right! Also, Blake is here. We should probably hurry. She needs to be at the police station soon." Ruby explained in a rush, remembering that she wasn't alone.

"Station?! What did she do?" Sun asked astonished that a girl that Ruby picked would be a criminal.

"Nothing! She's there to get a restraining order made and answer questions about her ex!" Ruby explained with wide eyes as she realized how that sounded without context.

"Who's the restraining order for though, you?" Yang joked at Ruby's expense as she and Sun chuckled.

"Yaaaaaaang! Is the car ready or not?!" Ruby whined, not in the mood for more teasing.

Yang laughed harder and shook her head at the outburst, before patting her little sister on the head. "You're too easy to upset, Rubes. And yeah. I have the paperwork in the car already, so just sign it and bring it back to me, and it's all yours."

"Thanks, Yang!" Ruby does a 360 with her emotions as she's happy again. She ran over to the car and opened it up, hopping in the driver seat. She saw the paper work and the keys already in the ignition, waiting for her, like her sister said.


Blake was just chatting with Mango about how Ruby and Blake met, while waiting for Ruby to show back up. Mango was a bit apprehensive about it at first, but thought it sweet how Ruby saved her from her crazy ex by the end of it.

Suddenly they heard the engine of a V8 Camaro roar to life as it came out of the garage and parked outside the front door, revving loudly as the person behind the wheel tested the sound of the engine. The driver honked and Blake knew it was Ruby by the presentation. She walked to the door, waving bye to Mango as they both knew it was Ruby ready to pick Blake back up.

The panther walked outside and saw the driver side door swing open and close as Ruby stepped out, smiling like it's her happiest day ever.

"Blake! Isn't she amazing?!" Ruby yelled over the rumbling of the engine.

The black and red of the new Camaro accented the sleekness of its design, and the art from Ruby's work of the dragon and albino tiger popped out from the background of red on the driver side door.

"She?!" Blake yelled back, having trouble communicating over the sports car.

"Yeah! I named her Crescent Rose! She's my baby!" Ruby laughed, rubbing the top of the car with her hand, so happy she finally had her dream car.

Blake leaned on the top of the passenger side of the car and crossed her arms. "Oh? She's your baby, huh!?" Her tone was filled with anger, only further expressed with the way she had to yell it over the noise, as she gave Ruby a glare.

"I-I didn't mean that I like her more! Please Blake! I wasn't serious!" Ruby shook her head back and forth and waved her arms in front of herself, showing she didn't mean it that way.

Blake removed her glare and replaced it with an easy smile, as she let up on the teasing. "I know, Ruby. I'm just messin' with you. Mind unlocking the door so I can get in?"

Ruby groaned, but recovered quickly at the prospect of being able to drive her car for the first time, with Blake even... "Yeah! Let's go!" Ruby pressed the button on the side of the car door and the passenger side door unlocked for Blake with a click. When Blake got in and buckled up, Ruby hit the gas - after she followed in Blake's footsteps - and they zoomed out of the parking lot and down to the precinct to help Blake finally be done with Adam.

Ruby enjoyed the purr of the engine from her new car as she flew down the street, holding the stick shift with her right hand. She briefly looked down as another hand soon fell on her own.

The proud owner of Crescent Rose smiled as she looked up to see her girlfriend smiling back at her from the passenger seat. Ruby reluctantly looked back at the road, so they didn't crash. Too caught up in seeing Blake's night sky black hair blowing behind her as the window was cracked, allowing for the air to flow through the car at how fast they were going down the highway. It was a breathtaking sight to see, as Blake tucked some of her locks behind her ear and out of her face as she sent Ruby a wink, who kept blinking back and forth from the road and Blake beside her.

Everything about this moment felt so right, as they both headed to a new chapter in their lives, together. Bake locked her fingers with Ruby's on the stick shift as Ruby switched to third, cruising down the street in the car she always wanted, with the girl she never knew she wanted. She knew now, though. Blake made everything in Ruby's life pop with her in it. She felt her feelings for the panther faunus growing every minute spent with her. And even though it was a little scary how quickly she became attached to Blake, she wouldn't want it any other way. Neither of them did. And not Adam, Ruby's special member, or Blake's job was going to get in the way of that.


Two more chapters left! And now they're together!

That book at Ruby's house that Blake came across and read a bit was a nod to Foxinstrazt's black rose fanfic, "The Last Huntress". It's really good, definitely recommend giving it a go!

Thanks for reading my story. I hope you enjoyed something from it, and please don't forget to leave a review if you would! I really enjoy hearing what people have to say! Peace!