These chapters are slowly getting longer and longer. I had a lot more planned for this chapter, but this whole section took up much longer than I'd anticipated. I'm sure you're not complaining about its length or how exactly I cut up the chapters, so I'll shut up. Hope you enjoy :)

Blake:

'I cannot believe my 'beloved' teammates would gang up against me and force me to go out with Sun.' Blake walked down the crowded streets of Vale, feeling incredibly foolish. She checked the clock on her scroll. It read '5:56'. Blake groaned; she was going to arrive on time.

Blake and Sun had agreed to meet at the local theater just out of Beacon where they'd see the new 'Ultimate Hunters' movie and then go out to eat at a small seafood place by the docks. Blake was satisfied with the plan as both the theater and the restaurant were extremely casual to match Blake's black jeans, loose gray top, rough black boots, and untamable black hair. If there was one thing Blake could like about Sun, it would be how consistently casual he acted. Blake felt like even if she cared about this date, she still wouldn't be one bit nervous about it.

However, Blake wasn't at all interested in the current situation. She had only agreed to this for one reason. Not to satisfy her teammates, not to help Sun's self-esteem, and certainly not to get a boyfriend. Blake was only going out with Sun to convince those around her that she was straight. Blake wasn't coming to terms with her conflicting thoughts any time soon and certainly didn't want others to be debating it before she'd figured out what her own deal was. She would've much rather told Sun to fuck off than to humor him, but her teammates expected her to be somewhat decent and she still saw Sun as a friend after all.

'It would be simple to just be the airhead who rejects every offer from every guy,' Blake thought to herself, 'but I'm not going to let these…'questionable' feelings turn me into a lonely bitch if I don't have to. I'm going to just try and turn down Sun easy and then tell my teammates that it just didn't work out.'

Blake arrived at the small theater right at 6:00; she saw Sun was waiting outside against the wall of the building wearing his usual jean shorts and unbuttoned shirt. 'Perfect,' Blake thought.

Sun looked up from his scroll as Blake walked up, he hastily put his scroll down and stood up from leaning on the wall, "Hey, Blake!"

'Well, here we go,' Blake thought. "Hey, Sun," she replied, trying to make herself smile. She realized quickly, however, there was no way she could hold a fake grin the entire night. She decided Sun would simply have to deal with her usual neutral face – not that anyone would expect anything different of her expression anyway. It would be a genuine smile or nothing.

Sun rummaged through his pockets and quickly pulled out two slips of paper; he raised the wrinkled tickets as he said, "I already bought our tickets, so we can go ahead and take our seats…or get some food first if you want. The previews start in five minutes but the real movie should start a little later…so yeah"

Blake wanted to chuckle in response to how Sun kept rambling. It was kind of cute how nervous he seemed to be, but Blake still didn't want to lead him on; she still wasn't actually interested in him! 'This will all blow over easier if you just stay your emotionless self,' Blake decided, '…well mostly…emotionless…anyways.'

"Sounds like a plan," Blake replied, blandly. "I brought money for snacks, so you can go find our seats." Sun looked surprised. He'd been expecting to be 'gentlemanly' and pay for everything, but he certainly wasn't going to argue if Blake wished to contribute.

"Sounds good," Sun agreed as they started walking through the theater doors. Sun raised the tickets to the employee manning the booth inside as they walked up.

"Ah, Ultimate Hunters, eh?" the worker commented as he tore the tickets in half. "That's in the third theater to your right. It's not exactly the most romantic movie, though. I hope you won't be disappointed." The employee winked at the couple, clearly enjoying himself.

Blake just rolled her eyes and started walking through, but Sun's face started burning as he stumbled over his words, "Oh, it'll be fine…I'm sure" He rubbed the back of his head as he hurried past the employee to catch up to Blake.

"You heard that? Third theater to the…um," Sun scrambled for his words.

"Right. It's the third theater to the right. I'll meet you there in a bit," Blake turned around and approached the food counter before Sun could embarrass himself any more. Sun kept furiously rubbing his head, chuckling in attempt to keep himself from freaking out. "Will do!" he called as he proceeded towards the theaters.

Blake really wanted to burst out laughing; she thought it was adorable how Sun was acting. If she was into guys, she could see herself being more than friends with Sun, but since she wasn't…Blake sighed as she stood in the line. Before she could start arguing with her feelings again, however, she heard yelling from further ahead in the line for snacks.

"Fuck off! Leave us alone, assholes!"

Blake leaned her head around the line and saw towards the front there was a group of guys surrounding two girls. The two girls were holding hands.

The guys in the crowd were all laughing like idiots. One of them barked, "Oh, did you want privacy now? Did you two need a room? You two were making out earlier in the theater, so why can't my friends and I just watch you now?"

One of the men snapped a picture with his scroll right in their faces. Another grabbed one of the girl's arms in an attempt to push them closer together. The girl yanked her arm away and started crying as she gripped her partner's hand tighter. The other girl turned towards the same guy and slapped him across the face, nearly knocking him to the ground.

"Don't you fucking touch her! What the fuck makes you think you can objectify us like this?" she yelled as she glared daggers around the crowd.

"Heh," one of the guys chuckled, "You can't objectify objects."

The girl turned back to the speaking scumbag, raised her arm, and punched the man square in the nose. He fell to the ground and groped his face as his nose started oozing blood.

"Fuck you," the girl growled as she pulled her still crying partner through the yelling crowd to leave the movie theater. They stormed out, still holding hands.

The group of idiots helped their bleeding friend up. He just started laughing as he kept holding his face, "Ah, those fucking lesbians. It's really sad they can't realize what freaks they are. They're almost as bad as a god damn faunus." The group of guys started laughing and patting each other's backs as they ran out of the theater behind the girls.

'W-what the fuck…' Blake could hardly believe what she'd just witnessed. She realized immediately she was a huntress in training and she should've stepped in there to help those poor girls, but she didn't. Blake had been frozen; she felt as if those guys were talking directly to her. If she ever accepted these feelings she's been fighting with, than she'd likely have to put up will horrible harassment like that regularly. That was the exact same reasoning as to why she hid her ears behind her bow – so others would see her for who she was, not what she was, but she couldn't exactly hide being a lesbian whenever going out in public…

Blake shuddered at the thought of being judged like those girls; she quickly bought some popcorn and soda, thinking she should ignore her feelings and just focus on letting Sun down easy for now. 'Wait, that's exactly why you're turning Sun down! How can you think not to consider these feelings now?' Blake snapped at herself.

Blake wanted to slam her head into her arms, but she couldn't well do that as she was carrying food in them. 'It's not like there's much to think about anyways,' Blake thought, 'I'm attracted to the female form. There's not much of a debate to be had there. If you like dicks, you're straight; if you like tits, you're gay…and since I'm for the latter…' Blake shook her head, "No, maybe I'm just bisexual! I like girls and guys…" Blake shook her head again, much harder this time, "No! Sun's clearly attractive! If I cared about guys then I'd be interested in him right now without a doubt, but I feel nothing."

Blake kept drowning in thoughts as she made her way into the theater and plopped down next to Sun. He'd found some decent seats towards the back where you could look down upon the whole theater, but Blake hardly noticed and didn't even reply when Sun asked for some popcorn.

"Hey! You'll get fat if you eat all of that popcorn on your own," Sun joked. He then panicked, thinking that might have been rude to say. "N-not that girls can't be fat if they want to. I mean you can keep any figure you want and it would be totally cool…" Blake still paid little attention to Sun, but she finally handed over the bucket of popcorn. Sun grinned as he started munching on the buttery bits.

The previews were still running so Sun thought he should make conversation. "So," he started, "have you read the book this movie was based off of? I assume it's pretty good since…they made a movie about it…yeah." Blake tried to ignore Sun. This would all go easier if she just stayed cold and distant, but the topic of books forced her to forget about all of that. Books were her trigger.

"Books," Blake corrected. "The 'Ultimate Hunters' series has ten books so far. The eleventh comes out next month."

Sun chuckled, "Somehow I knew you would've read it. Is that why you agreed to seeing this movie? You have high hopes?"

Blake scoffed, "Ha, I don't have any hopes for this movie. I'm going to catch every inaccuracy and every mistake. I'm only here to reassure myself reading is infinitely better. There's no way a movie could illustrate the complex internal conflicts of the hunters in the books."

Sun laughed, "I suspected about as much. Well, I'm glad I could be of assistance."

The two quieted down as the previews ended and the actual film began. It wasn't thirty seconds into the first scene that Blake leaned over to Sun and started whispering all of the problems she already had. Blake was really happy she'd managed to distract herself, at least for now. Reading amazing books or criticizing movie renditions of said books seemed to be her only way of easing her stress these days. She realized she was probably being really annoying, explaining all of the problems with the movie to Sun every minute or so, but Sun didn't seem to mind at all; he was just glad Blake was talking.

"Oh my god. That was the best movie I've seen in a long time." Sun said as they walked out of the theater" That one hunter with the cannon arm was so fucking funny! And don't even get me started on those fight scenes. Did you see how fucking big the Grimm were? They made the real creatures look like nothing!"

Blake couldn't help but scoff in reply, "The guy with the cannon is named Cobalt and they cut at least half of his lines. Not to mention they cut nearly a third of all the battles and still didn't bring up the plot point of the Grimm's Nest which was originally established in the first book. That movie we just saw was based off of book three. They should've gotten the hang of this by now."

Sun could hardly believe Blake's opinion; he truly thought the film was great. "Well if the books really make the movie look bad, then I'd better read them. They sound amazing."

"Ha, they're not even close to being the best books I've read," Blake said. "I can loan you them though if you want."

Sun nodded, "Heck yeah! Sounds good."

Blake suddenly realized they were just walking down the streets of Vale with no clear destination. "Are we heading to that seafood place now?" Blake asked.

Sun, surprised, responded, "Oh yeah! Crap crap…" He stumbled as he pulled out his scroll and quickly pulled up a map. Blake smiled, amused, as she gave him a second to get their bearings.

Sun looked up and dramatically pointed down the street. "Twenty blocks that way to the docks and then thirty feet to the left. Assuming we move at average walking speed, we'll arrive in about twenty minutes…"

Sun went silent. Blake picked up on his worry. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Sun checked his watch and then looked back at Blake with sparks in his eyes. "Our reservation expires in ten minutes," Sun announced as he launched himself down the sidewalk, "I WILL MEET YOU THERE!"

'What a gentleman,' Blake thought. She tried to make herself angry, but quickly found that she couldn't. She was having a decent time, despite her initial intentions. Blake certainly wasn't considering Sun as more than a friend, but maybe she could consider him as a better friend than she'd thought. As distractions sank away, she suddenly remembered she still needed a reason to turn Sun down.

She was initially going to just be as cold as she had to be to shut him down or admit she's a lesbian if she had too. But now Blake really didn't want to be a jerk to Sun - he was fun to hang out with, and she especially couldn't admit she was a lesbian after realizing the harassment that would ensue. Blake didn't dare imagine having that tightly held feeling presented to the open.

Suddenly Blake realized Sun was already way ahead of her. 'Heh,' she thought, as she distracted herself from her conflict again. 'Glad I didn't wear heels for this. Casual dress is infinitely more practical.' Blake proceeded to sprint full speed down the street to catch up to Sun.

As Blake and Sun sat down at their table, they were each panting and exhausted. They were both in great shape being in training as hunters and all, but twenty blocks in ten minutes proved to be nearly too much for them.

"So," Sun started, between gasps for air, "What are you ordering?"

"Anything," Blake immediately answered, "Just get me some water first!"

Sun laughed between breaths. "Yeah," Sun agreed, as he checked out the menu, "Sounds like a plan to me. How about some tuna? They have a 'buy two get one free' special it seems. We can split the third one if you want."

"Or," Blake responded, extremely interested now, "You can be generous and let me have the third one to myself."

Sun started laughing again, "That'll work too. I'm still pretty filled up on popcorn and soda."

The two placed their order as the waiter finally came by and soon enough he returned with three plates each filled with large cuts of fresh tuna fish and an assortment of vegetables and rice on the side. As soon as the plates landed on the table, Blake inhaled the first piece of tuna. She immediately slid her plate, still full of vegetables and rice, to the side and got half-way through the second cut before she came up for air.

Blake looked up and noticed Sun was being extremely quiet and was hardly touching his food. He was looking up and then quickly back down frequently. 'He's deep in thought…' Blake thought to herself. 'What could he be…wait no.' Blake started to grow uneasy. 'He's working up the courage to ask me to be his girlfriend! I've seen that look on Jaune's face plenty of times whenever he asks out Weiss. Shit! We need a plan to turn him down, right now!'

"H-hey Blake?" Sun finally said.

'Fuck,' Blake nearly screamed to herself. 'Think of something, Blake!'

Sun continued, "I know this may come off as kind of weird, but…"

'NO!' Blake wailed in her head, however still managing to keep a straight face on the outside.

"Are you straight?" Sun asked, flinching as he let out the words.

'No I won't be y-your…WHAT?' Blake started panicking, 'WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST ASK ME? HOW COULD YOU…? WHAT?'

"I'm sorry; I just heard some advice that it's supposed to be a polite thing to ask on a date since we live in the twenty first century and all…" Sun's voice trailed off as he noticed how blood-shot Blake's eyes were growing.

'Where the fuck did you hear advice like that?' Blake snapped in her mind, 'In what fucking situation would it be normal and casual to confirm what someone's sexuality was?'

Sun seemed to guess the answer by Blake's shocked expression. "Oh god," Sun mumbled, "I'm so sorry…Yang implied this might happen. I didn't actually think she meant it…I'm so sorry…"

'Yang? My teammates have already figured this out before I've even been sure about it?'

"…I…it's fine if you're into girls. I-I totally understand…I just didn't think…" Sun's voice trailed off again. Blake really started freaking out now; she had to stop Sun's thought before it solidified into a belief. Blake was nowhere near being ready to go public about this.

"No!" Blake blurted out, "I am not into girls!" Her crazed expression seemed to indicate the opposite, but Sun certainly wasn't going to argue.

"Oh…" Sun said, now of course wondering why Blake was freaking out then. "You're straight then?"

She couldn't just casually say she was straight now. She'd already freaked out about the question that should've had a simple answer and Blake really didn't want to outright lie to Sun and to herself about her interests. Sun was clearly expecting an answer if she was straight or not. 'I can't force myself to lie that I'm straight or bisexual,' Blake frantically reasoned, 'I also can't tell him that I'm gay because…because I just can't deal with that right now! What else can I be? How can I bail out of this?'

Suddenly the answer popped into her head. It was a simple solution that would buy her infinite time to figure out her real feelings and would keep all guys off of her.

Blake calmed herself down. With her pupils, now regularly sized again, Blake responded, "No, Sun. I'm asexual."

Sun shifted awkwardly in his seat. "Oh," he replied as he took in the information.

"Look, I'm sorry," Blake said, quickly. "I never wanted to lead you on tonight; I only really agreed to this since my teammates pressured me into it…"

Sun's eyes weren't leaving the table now. He certainly hadn't anticipated anything like this happening.

Blake was feeling really bad for him now. "But," she added, "I still had a great time. The movie was really fun to watch despite its problems and this dinner has been delicious. I'd love to do this again as friends. You're a really fun time, Sun!"

Sun looked up and quickly returned his usually quirky smile, "Heh, next time you're buying your own movie ticket and your own dinner, though. Friends don't need to treat other friends like this."

Blake smiled, glad Sun wasn't freaking out. "Fair enough," Blake replied. "I'm looking forward to it…also…"

Sun gave his attention, "What's up?"

"I-I'm not entirely open about being asexual…would you mind keeping it between us?"

Sun nodded, "You bet. No one will hear a peep out of me."

Blake leaned back in her seat, relieved this whole crisis had been avoided. She wasn't crazy about pretending to be asexual, but pretending to be attracted to nothing sounded much more appealing than pretending to be attracted to guys. Blake certainly wasn't convincing herself that she wasn't gay, but at least now she could feel it was a secure secret that she could deal with later.

"Hmm," Sun continued, "There was one other thing though…the only reason I actually built up the courage to ask you out was because Yang encouraged me to do so. She was the one who gave me all of the advice. She said you talked about me in 'very positive light'."

Blake raised an eyebrow. "Really?" she replied. Now that she thought of it, Yang seemed to ask about who was calling her earlier as if she already knew it would be Sun. "Well that certainly doesn't sound like me…it sounds like we've been set up."

"Yeah I wonder why…" Sun thought out loud.

The rest of the night was relatively uneventful. After finishing their meal, the two walked back to Beacon through the dimly lit streets of Vale. Back at the academy, Sun escorted Blake all the way back to her dorm. She thanked him again for the enjoyable evening and made sure one last time he wasn't upset about the outcome.

"No way, Blake. It's totally cool and I'll make sure no one hears from me that you're asexual." Sun walked off unaware of what priceless information he'd gathered and how successful his mission had gone…for better or worse….

Blake went up to her team's room. She realized she was arriving relatively late as she saw everyone else was already asleep. Blake changed into her pajamas and climbed up onto her bunk. As she lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, she would usually stayed up trying to decide if she could really be gay and if so how to deal with it, but instead tonight, she spent her time slowly falling asleep thinking of Yang and why the hell she'd set up that date with Sun…

So some clarification. Unlike Yang, Blake hasn't accepted being homosexual. For the same reason she wears a bow, she pretends to be straight. However, Sun's direct question takes her way off guard and forces her to claim to be asexual. She also has no direct interest in Yang yet. In the midst of trying to figure herself out, she's had no time to actually think about what girls she likes. I hope I've put the right pieces into play.