In a effort to get her to meet new people, Ruby's teammates set her up on a blind date. What they didn't realize was that they set her up with Sienna Khan - who's in heat
"Yang, can't we just-"
"Nope!" Came the cheerful response. Yang ushered Ruby towards the cafe, practically pushing her down the sidewalk at points.
Yang had been concerned that her sister was becoming a shut in. She hadn't really gone out and met new people in ages, preferring to stay in and tinker or play games. So, without Ruby's awareness, she'd signed her up for a dating app. Now, it was time for her first date.
"But what if I don't like them?" Ruby protested.
"Then you never have to see them again! Come on, Rubes. Tell ya what, if this meetup goes bad, you never have to do another one. Okay?"
"Okay..." Ruby grumbled.
Yang grinned and gave her one more push towards the door."Alright, have fun! Send me a text if you're gonna be out late! If you need me to bust some heads, I'll keep my scroll on me!"
And just like that, Ruby was left to the tender mercies of social interaction.
Sienna Khan didn't get to enjoy herself very often. She spent far too long fighting for the rights of the Faunus, constantly ensnared in political intrigue, violence, infighting, and slander. Every so often, though, she set aside some time for herself.
She made sure that her physical description was unknown to the kingdoms. For every genuine piece of intel they had, there were another hundred sent out to throw them off. As far as they were concerned, she could be tall or short, dark skinned or fair, athletic or fat, and any variety of faunus that existed.
This let her take a week every so often and relax in one of the Kingdoms. This time, she'd chosen Vale.
On the flight in, she'd caught a glimpse of an advertisement for some sort of dating service. It was fast approaching the time of year when she'd need a great deal of'companionship', so she'd decided to sign up.
Now, the dark-skinned tigress glanced over her'date' as she approached the table."Hm. I thought you'd be older. Ruby, right?"
Ruby took in the woman sitting in front of her. The confidently lazy posture, the golden hoops studded through her human ears as well as the tiger ears the pokes above her sideswept dark hair, the striped tattoos visible on her arms and body...
She blushed, turning to leave."Yeah, wow, I shouldn't be here, sorry, sorry, sorrysorrysorry-"
Sienna reached out and grabbed her wrist before she could get too far away."Hold on there, you're just going to leave?"
Without any way to retreat, Ruby reluctantly stepped back towards the intimidating faunus woman."I mean, this wasn't even really my idea! I'm just supposed to be out meeting new people and being social and I thought I'd be meeting someone like me and instead I got someone like you-"
Her eyes widened at the same time that Sienna's narrowed at the verbal misstep."No! Nononononono! I meant like a student or an engineer or a stupid socially awkward dork who should really be leaving now-"
Sienna gave her wrist a casual tug, and Ruby stumbled and dropped neatly into the chair beside her."Calm down, okay? Stop freaking out, it doesn't help anyone. Let's start over. I'm Sienna."
Ruby managed to get control of herself."Uh, hi. So...how was...your day?"
Sienna tilted her head to the side, a smile growing as she looked over the girl beside her."You know, you're pretty cute. Might be just what I needed."
The nervousness came back, and Ruby's eyes widened."What you needed?" Her voice came out as a squeak.
Sienna chuckled."I've been outside of the kingdoms for a long, long time. It's lonely out there. Someone who can help take my mind off that is perfect. Like I said, you're cute."
"Oh. Uh, thanks, I think."
Sienna's arm fell around Ruby's shoulders, pulling the crimsonette closer to her and practically forcing her to lean against the tigress. Ruby didn't particularly mind, though. Sienna had a certain...presence about her.
Abruptly, Ruby felt rather warm. Almost a bit too warm for her cloak, though she didn't take it off.
The waiter arrived shortly afterwords, though, and the early awkwardness of their meeting transitioned smoothly into mealtime chatter.
Over the course of the meal, Ruby grew more at ease with Sienna, who's dominating presence naturally drew the shyer girl towards her.
It was part of her faunus heritage, one of the reasons that she'd become so effective as the leader of the White Fang. She was the Alpha. It was the natural order of things for others to submit to her.
"So, Ruby, anything in particular you want to do after this?"
Ruby was happily pressed into Sienna's side, her earlier misgivings completely forgotten. The next time she saw Yang, she was going to give her a huge hug for making her do this. Sienna was awesome!
"Oh, no, nothing really. I was kinda thinking about maybe heading back to Beacon...unless there was something you wanted to do? Like, get dessert, or see a movie, or...?"
"I'm actually feeling pretty tired." Sienna said. She gave Ruby an inviting look, one that stoked a fire deep in her belly."Maybe you'd like to come and visit my apartment? I could show you around..."
That sounds like a horrible idea, Ruby thought.
"That sounds like a great idea," Ruby said.
Sienna's smile was sharp and primal, the victorious grin of a predator that's cornered her prey."Wonderful. Let's get going..."