A/N updates for my other fics at the bottom.
Walking around Menagerie was a bit daunting for Ruby, even with Blake along with her.
The pair had been spent their first couple days at Blake's house while Blake reconnected with her parents. After things felt less shakey, Blake decided to show Ruby around the village, and to delay the conversation she knew her father wanted to have with Ruby.
Ruby had been enjoying the walk around the market at first, seeing all the different Faunus work together was a nice sight to see. Unfortunately, she noticed that a lot of the older Faunus who noticed her seemed a bit wary of her presence, staring at her until she was far enough away.
"Blake, why are they staring at me?" Ruby asked, feeling uneasy.
"A lot of them remember how Faunus were treated by humans before the White Fang formed." Blake answered, glaring at one extremely unhappy worker.
"I shouldn't be here should I." Ruby stated, looking saddened and worried
"Humans are allowed on Menagerie Ruby, so you're welcome, it's just some will not be as hospitable as others." Blake replied, not seeming to pick Ruby's mood up. "Just think of the bitter ones like the humans who mistreat Faunus back home, there is not a lot of difference. Just don't insult them like Yang does.
"That probably wouldn't end will huh." Ruby joked, seeming to pick up a little.
"terribly." Blake replied before both girls started giggling, Ruby from remembering some of the funny things Yang had called racists back home, while Blake was just glad Ruby's mood picked up.
"Excuse me." a Faunus man said as he walked up to the couple.
"Y-Yes?" Ruby stuttered, still nervous about the looks she had been getting from people all day, while Blake tensed and was ready to defend her girlfriend.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but do you know a woman by the name of Summer Rose?" "The Faunus asked, causing Ruby's eyes to light up.
"That's my mother, I'm Ruby." Ruby answered, a large smile nearly splitting her face.
"Ahh that explains it, you're the spitting image of her, cape and all." The man said, now smiling at the pair. "My name is Ichor, I was friends with your mother and her team when I trained at Beacon. Tell me, how is she these days?"
"She passed away fifteen years ago." Ruby replied, now sounding like she had just kicked a puppy.
"I'm very sorry to hear, she was a wonderful woman and a dear friend." Ichor spoke, seeming as disheartened as Ruby.
"What was she like?" Ruby asked, hoping this man could fill in some of the blanks for her.
"She was a gentle and kind woman, treating anyone she met with respect, including Faunus." Ichor recalled, thinking back to when he met Summer. " I remember one day she stood up for me when a group of fourth years decided to attack me for what I am. They backed down pretty quickly once they saw her and her partner, both armed."
She sounds like a wonderful person." Ruby smiled, her smile a mix of happiness and sadness. Happiness because she found out more about Summer, but sadness because she couldn't remember a lot of it.
"I'm sorry to ask another personal question but your father, he isn't that dusty old crow is he?"
"No that's my uncle, Taiyang is my dad." Ruby answered while Blake continued to watch over the conversation.
"Ahh so blondie finally came to his senses." Ichor smiled, shaking his head as he spoke. "Thank you for your time today miss Rose, miss Belladonna, It is truly wonderful to hear about my old friends. Would you mind telling Qrow that he still owes me twenty lien when you see him next."
"I'll let him know, promise." Ruby beamed as Ichor walked away, the couple continuing their tour shortly after.
By the time the couple had finished their walk through the markets of Menagerie, it was dark and nearing time to head back for dinner.
The pair walked back, hand in hand and smiles all around.
"This was a fun day." Ruby smiled, looking at everything they pasted on the way back to Blake's home.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Blake smiled back, squeezing Ruby's hand. "What was your favourite part?"
"Talking with Ichor about my mum. It was nice learning a bit more about her." Ruby answered as the couple reached the front door.
Blake opened the door and led Ruby down the halls until they reached the kitchen, where Kali was working away on dinner.
Hey kids I should have this finished soon, so just head into the dining room and i'll be there in a minute." Kali spoke, having probably heard the pair enter the house with her sensitive hearing.
Blake and Ruby did as told and entered the dining room, sitting at the table with Ghira.
The room was silent at first with neither Ghira or the couple saying anything, a heavy tension sitting in the room as Blake knew what her father was planning.
"Ruby I was wondering if you could come by my office tonight, there was something I wanted to talk to you about." Ghira said, breaking the silence.
"Sure thing." Ruby replied nervously, while Blake glared at her father.
"Excellent, I'll send you a message on your scroll once I finish my other work."
Before Blake could say anything, Kali walked out with the families dinner, placing it on the table before sitting in her seat. The family soon after started eating as a silence fell over the room.
Ruby made it to Ghira's office in record time, using her semblance to follow Blake's directions to his office, only getting lost twice.
Ruby knocked on the door before making herself look as proper as possible, something Weiss had taught her.
Ghira slid the door open slowly, unsure who It may be until he saw Ruby.
"Ah Ruby, you arrived much faster than I expected." Ghira said, standing to his full height before letting Ruby into his office.
"W-Well my semblance is speed, so I may have used it to get here." Ruby admitted as Ghira pointed to one of the couches before taking the one opposite her.
Ghira could feel how intimidated Ruby felt and while it wasn't entirely his intention, his time in the White Fang had shown him how some humans could be.
"Now Ruby." Ghira started, watching as Ruby seemed to flinch when he spoke. "I want to discuss your relationship with my daughter."
"O-Ok." Ruby stuttered, terrified by the giant of a man in front of her.
"I only have one question for you." Ghira spoke, calming Ruby's nerves slightly at the thought of this ordeal being over quickly. "Why are you dating my daughter?"
"Huh?" Ruby replied. It wasn't her most dignified answer, but Ruby didn't know what else to say.
"You are human, correct?" Ghira asked, receiving a nod from Ruby. "Then why are you dating my daughter? What ulterior motive do you have?"
It wasn't that Ghira believed Ruby had some plan to use Blake, but if one existed, he planned to find out and end it now.
"I-I don't have one, I love Blake for Blake." Ruby replied, trying to sound as truthful as possible. "Blake makes me so happy and I don't know what I would do without her."
By this point Ruby was nearly in tears as the thought of Ghira not believing her sunk in. What if he disapproved of them dating, would he try to take Blake away or break them apart, all because she was human?
Before either one could speak, the door into the room fell over, with Kali laying on what was left of the door and Blake standing in the entryway looking unhappy.
In an instant, Ruby used her semblance to move herself next to Blake and hugged the cat faunus, as she was on the verge of crying.
"Kali, what's going on?" Ghira asked, standing and turning to face his wife and daughter.
"We came to see if everything was ok. Apparently they aren't as Ruby's nearly in tears." Blake growled, protectively hugging Ruby as the redhead held on for dear life.
"Ghira you terrified the poor girl." Kalie spoke after she stood up and dusted herself off.
Ghira sighed and thought about what was said. Maybe he had gone too far by treating her like she had already done something wrong.
He walked over to the small group and got down on one knee, so he was as close to Ruby's eye level as he could be. "Ruby I apologise for scaring you, I just worry about my little girl. I hope you can forgive me.
Ruby nodded but refused to let go of Blake, all she wanted was to be with her girlfriend.
"I'm going to take her back to my room, goodnight." Blake said, glaring at her father as she left.
"What did you say to her?" Kali asked, now standing next to husband as they made their way inside.
"I asked why she was dating Blake and what her motive was." Ghira answered, causing Kali to sigh.
"The poor thing probably thought you hated her for being human and want to break them apart for it." Kali replied, watching as her husband seemed to fully realise his mistake.
"In the morning I'll apologise to her again, hopefully Blake doesn't hate me for what i've done." Ghira sighed, sitting down on the couch he had just been sitting on to interrogate Ruby.
"I'm sure she will understand, Ruby seems like a smart girl. As for Blake, she just wants to see Ruby happy. They actually remind me of ourselves when we were younger." Kali said, sitting down next to her husband.
"I hope so Kali, Blake needs someone like that in her life after everything she has been through." Ghira replied, wrapping his arm around his wife's shoulders.
A/N IM ALIVE!
Sorry it took a bit, I'm still getting back in the swing of writing and have been jumping between projects.
So for those of you who read Reunions, I am slowly writing the final chapter of that and will finish that fic I promise.
For those that read Our Dreams Become Nightmares, I have two unfinished chapters in the works that I will get to.
For the Arkos fans, I have a fic I have been working on since August that was apart of the three piece story I first started with that includes A Day In The Life Of Renora and Don't Mess With Coco's Bunny. That will be finished hopefully soon.
And finally for those who read my OC project. We had to delete the story because a writer left but do not fear, we have been rewriting it and will be posting it on my account soon.
I think that about wraps up the update, I do have a story I started that will eventually replace Reunions once that's finished but it is taking a while to write due to the subject matter.
As always if you enjoyed, hated, have constructive criticism or have a question please let us know so I can make this story and any future stories I write better.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day.
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