"Okay Blake you got this… All you have to do is take Ruby on a date and charm the pants off her, but like not in like a sex way… unless she want to, but she probably won't because you're you and… this train of thought should have stopped a while ago…" Blake sighed as she walked away from her mirror. She had spent the last half hour getting dressed and figuring out how to 'get the girl'.
Every time her and Cinder were ever interested in the same girl Blake would normally stand back and let Cinder have the girl if she fell for Cinder's lame charms in the first place. If they fell for Cinder's lame tricks then they usually deserved what they had coming for them. Cinder's usual vic's tended to be dumb as rocks or just hopeless romantics. Cinder had even had one long book of all the 'plays' she had made for different girls till one of the crazies Cinder broken it off with burned it with fireworks or at least that's Winter's story of how it went down. Blake still had her doubts about the legitimacy of that story.
Cinder never seemed to make another book after the first one was burned either and seemed to have stopped running plays for a while, they seemed to stop all together after Winter joined the Navy. The more Blake thought of this the more she wanted to believe Cinder was using Ruby to get Winter's attention in a way, but she knew that Cinder had actually begun to fall for Ruby and as much as Blake wished this was like the other times where she would crush on Cinder's new toy and soon forget her feeling for them to attempt to keep the peace between them she knew that she couldn't…
Ruby was different. Ruby was the girl that Blake had fallen for since she first laid eyes on her. Ruby was the girl that made waking up at four AM something to look forward to. Ruby was the girl that caught Blake's cold heart in her tiny hands. Blake, the girl that hated relationships and would rather just be alone than deal with them for too long. Blake felt like she fell just a little bit harder every day they spent together at the bakery.
Blake turned to the mirror one last time and gave herself a small smile. "You can do this." She whispered as she turned away from the mirror and tightened her grip on her jacket. She strutted out of her room with confidence and a smile across her face. She had given Ruby two days off, one for whatever she had been doing yesterday when Cinder went to go cheer her up and another for the day after so that they could go on their date.
She walked out into the cold winter afternoon and walked straight to her Camaro, all while resisting the urge to key Cinder's Mustang. It didn't help that they were parked right next to each other... Blake walked over to the driveway and spared Cinder's car one last look. All she had to do way scrape her keys against the crimson paint job. It was easy, but it was too easy. She needed to wait for a better opportunity to spite her.
Blake went into her car and revved the engine once the car had heated up for a bit, she knew she would have to hold back her crazy driving for a later date but just the sound of her engine brought goosebumps to her skin. Her father had taught her and Cinder about classics which lead to one of the few things Cinder and her bonded over as children. Cars.
Quickly ignoring the memories that had come to light she backed out of the driveway and began to make her way to Ruby's. She was so nervous the tiniest thing could probably set her off. She focused on driving and attempted to forget about Ruby's adorable smile and just general cuteness.
Four run red lights and five missed stop signs later she arrived at Ruby's house unscathed. Blake sat in her car and attempted to collect her thoughts before she made her way to the front door. Seconds before she could knock the door was opened by a tall shirtless blonde.
"Hey there." he said as he leaned against the door frame. "Ruby will be out in just a few minutes. I'm Sun by way, I'm sure you've seen me backstage man-handling Mr. Cellophane."
Recognition sparked across her face, "Oh you're the guy Neptune won't shut up about."
Sun jumped up and stepped closer to Blake with a new shine in his eyes, "He talks about me? What does he say?"
Blake smirked, "I can't say. You'll have to ask him for yourself."
"Aw come one Blake be cool. I'll even flex these guns for you if you tell me." Sun began to flex and made Blake burst out in laughter.
"I'm sorry Sun, but I am sworn to secrecy."
He pouted and yelled "Ruby! Come and convince your girlfriend to tell me about Neppy!"
Heat spread across her cheeks as she heard Ruby yell back, "Sun! This is just the first date! And we aren't even official!" a few seconds later Sun was shoved out of the way and replaced with Ruby's smiling face. The twinge of hurt she felt when Ruby retracted the 'girlfriend' comment soon fell away and was replaced with a warm feeling that spread across her chest every time she saw Ruby.
Blake gave her a smile and said "Hey." at the same time Ruby did. Ruby giggled and walked out of her house. "I'll see you later Sun."
"See you Sil! Be sure to get some!" he shut the door on her before she could turn around and yell at him.
A dark blush spread across both their cheeks, "Um uh um… SO DATE!"
"Date! Right, let's go!" responded Blake as she grabbed Ruby's hand and began to drag her to her car. Blake opened the door for Ruby and speed walked around the car to the driver's side.
After a few minutes on the road Ruby cleared her throat and broke the silence, "Sooo where are you taking me?"
Blake continued to watch the road with a small smirk on her face, "Well since it's not too cold out I was thinking about taking you to my favorite place… well favorite in this country." Blake let out a chuckle as she glance at Ruby of whom had a new shine in her eyes. She seemed to be burning with questions and seemed to want answers to all of them at once.
She finally settled on one, "What's your favorite place in the whole world?"
Blake nervously tapped on the steering wheel, "You're gonna laugh…"
"I promise I won't."
Blake briefly glanced at Ruby's honest gaze and most of her walls came crumbling down. She gave Ruby a small smile before returning her eyes to the road. "My favorite place is the Oobleck Library across town…"
"Isn't that the one that's close to the red light district?"
"Yeah… it is… I grew up around there when I was a kid. We used to live in this crappy one room apartment and when I was a kid my mom would take me and Cinder to the library and teach us all about books and how to read. That's where my love of reading and plays stemmed from and part of the reason I got into the theater business. I wanted to be in the stories I would constantly read about. I haven't been there in years because it got torn down and made into some sort of club but I still consider it to be one of my favorite places even thought I can't visit it… annnnd I'm rambling, I'm sorry about that…" Blake forced down a blush as she tapped on the steering wheel at a faster tempo.
"It's fine Blake. I love hearing about you're past."
Blake glanced at Ruby and gave her a smile. She hadn't meant to tell Ruby about her past it has all just slipped out. She tends not to tell anyone about where she and Cinder grew up because it tended to scare people off.
"So where are we going?" asked Ruby after a long comfortable silence.
Blake looked at her and smiled, "It's a surprise."
After a barrage of questions in a failed attempt to guess the place they finally arrived at Vale National Park.
"Is our date a hike?"
Blake hummed and gave Ruby a smile, "That's only part of it. We won't be hiking for too long I promise." When Ruby gave her a smile she continued "Come on I'll even hold your hand and make sure you don't fall."
"Alright." Ruby slipped her hand into Blake's and allowed her to lead her down an off road trail. "You sure you won't get us lost Blake?"
"Considering the amount of times I've been up and down this park, it's virtually impossible for me to get lost here."
Ruby marvel at the large expanse of woods, it was a rare sunny day for the winter and the combination of the overhead sun mixed with the shades of green covering the forest made it seem as if they had walked into a fantasy. The beauty of the woods was unrivaled, in all her wonder she failed to notice an uneven patch of grass, she closed her eyes and prepared herself for a shot of pain to course though her as she fell forward but only felt a warm pair arms wrapped around her. She slowly opened her eyes and met Blake's soft golden eyes.
"Are you okay Ruby?" said Blake with worry thick in her tone. Blake's thoughts were running rampant. Is she okay? Oh gosh was a bad idea that is the last time I listen to Velvet. Wow she's so close and she's so cute... Is that a blush?
"Y-yeah I'm okay. Sorry you had to come in and save the day again."
Blake gave her a small smile, "Anytime Ruby."
Ruby briefly glanced at Blake's lips. It was only for a moment and yet her felt the urge to kiss her grow when she looked back up to Blake's alluring eyes. Ruby thought of their previous kiss and oh how she wanted to replicate it since she kissed her last.
Oh man I wanna kiss her… Does she want to kiss me? Oh is she leaning in?! Oh fuck she is! Do the thing Blake, don't be a fucken idiot like you normally are! Blake grimaced at her inner monologue before letting her eyes drift close and going to meet Ruby half way.
They inched closer and closer, soon Blake felt her lips softly brush against Ruby's. Warmth spread through her body, but before Blake could go for a proper kiss. They felt a large drops of water splash on their heads. The sun still shined as the water began to pour and they rushed back to Blake's car.
"Five percent chance of rain my ass… I hate this town and its odd weather."
Ruby giggled at Blake's frustration and reached over to intertwine their hands. "It's fine Blake. Its Murphy's law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
"Well the picnic I had out there is probably ruined… and now we have nothing to eat... do you have any suggestions?"
Ruby hummed as she thought of all the places she could take Blake and decided on one of her favorite places to eat. "I do know one place."
Blake smiled and let go of Ruby's hand to turn on the engine and shift the car into gear soon they were back on the road and laughing about old stories, much like Ruby had done with Cinder the day before.
They soon arrived at the diner Ruby had lead them to. "So this is your favorite place?"
"I can hear judgement in your tone Blake and before you decide to pass judgement. There is a story behind why this is my favorite place."
Blake chuckled as she turned off the engine and began to get out of the car. "Alright, what's the story?" The rain had let up to a very light sprinkle and they were able to walk to the entrance instead of rush though the rain.
Ruby smiled her signature mega-watt smile that always seemed to leave Blake breathless. "Well when me and Yang were younger we used to get in trouble a lot in school. It was mostly because I had skipped a few grades and that landed me in many bad situations. It also didn't help that I would get perfect grades either. So anyway whenever I would be having a particularly bad day Yang would help me ditch school and we would walk about two miles to get to this diner and we would just sit and eat and forget about our troubles for the time being… Oh crap I'm rambling, I'm sorry I just got a bit caught up in the memory…"
"It's fine Ruby, I'm guilty of that too remember?" said Blake as she held the door open for Ruby as they walked in.
As soon as they sat down a brightly colored girl on roller-skates rolled up to their table with a note pad. "Hiya Ruby and Ruby's friend! What can I get you guys today?"
"Hey Neon, I'd like some hot chocolate and a cookie to start off."
They girl nodded and turned to Blake, "Oh I'll have some black tea please."
The girl nodded again and said "Alright, I'll be right back."
When the waitress rolled away, Blake noticed none of the other waitresses were on roller skates. "Hey Ruby, why is she the only one on roller skates?"
Ruby hummed as she looked at the menu in front of her, she finally looked up at her and said, "Oh it's because she's the owner. She likes to roll around and take orders when they are short a waitress."
Blake decide that it was just not worth the effort and kept from questioning that line of thought. There were too many questions that she didn't want to know the answer to.
They soon ordered real food after Neon came back with their drinks and the rest of their date seemed to fly by. The sun had disappeared and the few stars visible from the city were in view. After they left the diner and Blake dropped Ruby off she was left to stew in her own thoughts.
Today's date had gone great, after the minor forest mishap everything ran pretty smoothly, it felt as though nothing could bring down Blake's mood. That felling lasted until she arrived at her home and practically floated up the steps in her daze.
She was met with Cinder in the living room, she seemed to have been waiting for Blake to return. "So how was your date?" she said seemingly disinterested as she turned the page on the book she was reading. Blake could make out the title from the way Cinder was holding it. 'The art of War by Sun Tzu' it felt almost as if Cinder was trying to send her a message without out right telling her, maybe it was because her father was in the next room or maybe she was just re-reading it. It could have just been a coincidence, but then again, coincidences weren't Cinder's style.
"It went well, I took her to the national park but then rain got in the way and we ended up going to a diner."
"The park? You don't mean the national park or you know the special clearing in the park do you?"
"I might…"
"Seriously? Seriously? You took her there of all places?!" Cinder sat up and put down the book, just barely containing herself from getting up. "That's literally the place with our last memory of mom and you were gonna her there?!" Cinder was more frustrated with herself for not thinking of it first than of the use of the actual place. Now anytime she would want to take Ruby there would be spoiled by Blake having taken here there first.
Before they could launch into an argument their father strolled into the living room with a board game in hand. "Hi girls! I heard Blake get home and grabbed the board!" He sat on the couch and began to set up the game of the night, Mice and Mystics.
Neither had the heart to tell him they had both forgotten about the family game night he had re-implemented the moment they had both gotten home and were gonna stay home for a while. Cinder and Blake looked at each other for a few brief moments, silently implementing a truce, before they sat down on either side of the table and began to help him set up.
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~A.N.~
Hello! Hello! It's nice to have a chapter out. (Although I did promise a hot Colombian that I would have a chapter out soon so that mayyyy have played a role...) Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and I would much appreciate it if you left a review I respond to every single one of them and will start to respond to the guest ones in the end of the author's notes. Also, holy fucken shit this is at 172 follows... I never looked at the numbers for this and wow that's a lot. I just wanna say thanks for all the support ya'll. Oh I also wanted to say that the next chapter should be up by next Saturday. And til next time people
P.S.- you should totally go check out Haley Earthstone she has this great fic she started and Fallenshadow69 did a prequel to it, those are some pretty good stories and ya'll should check them out.
p.p.s- I do not own rwby (it would be much gayer if I did)
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Guest 4: Angry mobs are great to be a part of but annoying to start. Also I can not confirm or deny if they end up together, that would just take the fun out of it don't ya think?