Prompt. Faunus!Yang x Human!Blake.


Everyone knew that Yang Xiao Long was a faunus. She wasn't shy of it, in fact, she flaunted it. Yang wasn't the type of girl to hide who or what she was. The what was part of the who, after all. When she first arrived to Beacon, few had the guts to try and tease her about it, and when they did, she didn't hesitate to shut them up. No one had said anything to her since. Sure, she knew people talked behind her back, but as long as she didn't hear it, she didn't care what they thought.

During her first semester at Beacon, she met Blake Belladonna. A raven-haired beauty whose nose was always stuck in a book. She was human, but Yang didn't mind. Human or faunus, didn't matter to her; a pretty lady was a pretty lady. But Blake was more than just a pretty lady. She was absolutely gorgeous, amazing in battle and intelligent, knowing much of the world. Yang immediately felt drawn to the quiet girl when they first met in the Emerald Forest. Blake wasn't much of a talker then, mostly due to her natural reclusiveness. She also felt an attraction to Yang: blonde and beautiful, outgoing and vibrant, with a mother-like nature that others seem to overlook. That behavior really showed when she saw Yang and her younger sister, Ruby, interact. Ruby, too, was a faunus, but it wasn't as obvious with her, since she had a tail instead of ears. Easier to hide, which Yang preferred for her little sister.

The fact that Yang was a faunus didn't bother Blake at all. If anything, she worried for her partner. There was much discrimination toward her kind. One day, months into their relationship, Blake spoke the most words Yang ever heard her say. They were in the library studying together while Ruby and Weiss went out to train. Yang had finished using a book and went to place it back when team CRDL walked in.

"Hey, look over there." Russel whispered, nodding his head towards the back of the room.

Cardin caught on and looked over at Yang. "Ohh, I didn't know there was a petting zoo in here."

They didn't even notice Blake sitting a table away from them, hearing every word. She kept her eyes on the book. They had no clue that Yang was her girlfriend. As proud as Yang wants to be and show off what's hers, Blake wasn't one for PDA. Yang respected that of course. She tried to read the next paragraph on the page before her, remembering what Yang had told her when they first got together.

"I know it will be hard, but if you hear people talk about what I am, ignore them. I don't want you getting trouble and then I have to severely injure someone. I will try to ignore them too. I know you don't like being center of attention. Deal?"

"Deal."

But ignoring bigoted idiots muttering discriminatory comments about Yang was a lot harder than Blake thought. She was about to continue reading when their next words made Blake's blood boil.

"She's actually kinda hot, for a faunus." Dove said.

Cardin snorted. "Hot or not, faunuses should be put down like the animals they are."

"Excuse you."

All of CRDL's heads turned towards Blake. She looked up at them, shutting her book and met their eyes. "Shut up."

Yang's gold feline ears twitched, one turning to the right. The voice she heard just now... that was Blake. She peered around the shelf and saw the four boys surrounding their table, one leaning over and talking to Blake, who was fearlessly staring him down.

"What did you say?" Carding asked angrily.

"You heard me." Blake replied.

"Maybe a lonely girl like you should watch what she says. Never know what could happen." He hissed. His teammates cracked their knuckles and smirked.

"I'm not afraid of you or your idiot lackeys. Do you really need a whole team to intimidate and take on one 'lonely' girl? You disgust me." She stood up suddenly, causing the surrounding team to move in a defensive position. "Oh, and I'm not alone."

"Hey, fellas."

Cardin turned to see the furious faunus standing behind him. He chuckled, pointing a thumb back at Blake. "What, is this bookworm your master or someth-" His sudden loss for words grabbed the attention of his team. Yang's eyes had turned blood red, her hands clenched into fists and her hair started to glow.

"Don't you dare address her that way." Yang growled, her voice low and dangerous. CRDL exchanged nervous looks, Sky slowly shaking his head at his leader.

The bell rang for the next class, quite possibly saving their limbs... or their lives. Cardin glared back at Yang. "Whatever," He muttered. "Let's go, boys." As he turned to leave, he gave Blake one last glance before saying, "Have fun with your pet."

After CRDL left the room, Yang relaxed and walked around the table to her girlfriend. "Blake, you okay?"

Blake let out a big sigh and turned to face her. "Yeah, just... what they were saying about you, Yang. I couldn't bare to hear it anymore. They're rude, simple-minded, ill-behaved, and..."

"And stupid." Yang smiled and cupped Blake's cheek. Looking up, she could see her eyes changed back to lilac.

Blake simply nodded, now looking down. She wanted to ignore them like Yang said, but failed. She felt terrible about what she almost got them into.

"Hey," Yang said softly. She placed her fingers under Blake's chin, raising her head up to meet her eyes. "it's fine. I didn't severely injure someone. Besides, that's the most I've ever heard you talk in one go. You're pretty hot when you're feisty."

"Oh, you..." Blake mumbled, blushing. She wanted to look away but in Yang's grasp, that was damn-near impossible.

Yang giggled and started to lean in for a kiss when she felt a tug on one of her faunus ears.

"Not meow. Wait til we get back to our dorm, okay?"

"Okay, okay." They released each other and started gathering their books when Yang realized what her girlfriend had just said. "Wait, did you just...?"

Blake smirked and starting making her way out the library. "Let's go before we're late."

Yang stood there a moment bewildered, before mentally shaking herself and following Blake out.