*Author's Note**Hey guys, Dravyn here with another exciting chapter of Love is a Knight-mare. I'm just wondering, but does anyone else like karma? Karma has always been a rather large influence on things I do. I love the thought that Something will always pay you back for your misdeeds. So, what is a misdeed? Murder, Arson, Jay Walking, Gossipping, and of course Stalking. So, after careful consideration of how I could make this date go, I decided to make Ruby and Jaune's date go relatively smoothly (with just a few bumps here and there), and I decided to drop the hammer on the stalkers. Well, the less scrupulous ones that is. Anyhow, enjoy.*
It was just after 6 pm in the town of Vale. Ruby and Jaune had reservations for two in a rather high class restaurant in about 30 minutes. With a few minutes to kill, they walked at a leisurely pace to their destination. The day had started off rather awkwardly for the two, what with Yang and the rest all but forcing them on this date. That's not to say that they weren't enjoying it. They were. Indeed, Ruby had never seen Jaune so distinguished before. And Jaune? Well, he almost couldn't take his eyes off of Ruby.
Distracted by one another, and minds occupied with the night ahead of them, Ruby and Jaune failed to notice they were being followed. Well, Jaune had a really bad sense of perception, so it's more like only Ruby failed to notice. Off quite a distance behind the two was a group of teens. Apparently being led by a rather busty blonde, the group was silently following the goofy couple. Watching them.
"Yang," whispered her partner, Ren. "I don't think we should be doing this. It isn't right to spy on your sister during her first date."
Ren, being the only consistent voice of reason on team RAYR, had made a good point. But Yang simply waved it off, like she always does.
"Right or not, Ruby is my baby sister, and I'll make sure nothing happens to her on her special day! That, and I want to see how this goes. Jaune doesn't seem very good with people, and Ruby's never had good social skills. This is probably going to be entertaining."
Ren rolled his eyes at this. He could not fathom how Yang could be so violently overprotective of Ruby, and still want to embarrass her and pick fun of her half as much as she does. He also felt bad for Jaune. They basically held him captive, forced him to learn every single relevant details about Ruby; likes, dislikes, hobbies, good conversation starters, etc., and played around with him like a Barbie doll.
Finally, having arrived to their destination, Ruby and Jaune went in. After getting their reservation confirmed, they were led to a small table lit by candlelight. After being seated, the two were asked if they'd like anything to drink. Each of them ordered some Cola. Before going to grab the drinks, the waiter handed them each a menu. Ruby opened the menu, only to be surprised at the things they served! Curious, she let herself wander to the deserts section of the menu, and nearly fainted. There were two whole pages of deserts, and one of the pages was dedicated to chocolate! Ruby almost felt herself drooling at all of the sweets. If she were with anyone but Jaune, it's likely she would have.
The waiter swiftly returned with their drinks, and asked if they were ready to order. Both of them asked for another to decide. Perusing the menu another couple of times, they'd finally settled on something when the waiter returned. Taking their orders, he left the two alone. The two sat is a slightly awkward silence for a while, unsure of how to start a conversation. All of his work on the subject since the morning abandoned him now that he was actually here.
Meanwhile, outside the restaurant looking in, the others were carefully observing the two.
"Wow, really? They haven't said anything to each other for like, five minutes now!"
"You brute! Not everyone has to be chatting constantly."
"But we literally spent an hour on teaching him how to start a conversation! How could he mess it up now?" By now, Yang was starting to wonder if this had been a good idea. How could she trust Ruby to a guy who couldn't even talk to her properly?
"Yang, calm down." Ren, the voice of reason, interjected. "Jaune is probably intimidated. I mean, have you seen your sister recently? She looks positively stunning."
While the group got on the subject of Ruby and how she looked, the two in the restaurant finally managed to start a conversation.
"So, uhh. Jaune, did they kind of force this on you too?"
"Yes. Wait, no. Well, I guess you can kind of say that." Jaune struggled to word this right. "I initially wanted to ask you on a date, but I was kind of intimidated. And then Yang asked me if I'd taken you on a proper date yet, and then set all of this up when I said I hadn't."
"Yeah, I'm sorry. Yang's always been like that since we were younger. She's too forceful, and not very careful of other's personal space."
"Oh no Ruby, don't apologize. I'm glad I'm here, with you. It's actually rather fun." Jaune smiled and gave a small, goofy laugh. Blushing, Ruby looked down at her utensils. That had made her happy. She couldn't help but feel warm and giddy at what Jaune had just said. It was the first time a guy had ever told her that.
Outside, Yang and the others were watching the two intently now.
"Yes, and the love comedy finally begins!"
"Ooh ooh, I wonder what they were talking about?"
"They mentioned something about Yang." At this, everyone turned towards Blake. "I learned how to read lips when I was younger. I'm rather out of practice, but I can still make out a few words here and there." And everyone was still staring at her. Blake was a mystery. She ever took her bow off, was generally very quiet, and could apparently read lips. Seriously, who is this girl?!
"Heh, they were probably talking about how much of an awesome big sister I am!" And of course, Yang leapt to the only conclusion that her ego would allow her to. One would have to admit that Yang was quite a looker, but despite that her personality left a lot to be desired. Ruby could not count with three or even four hands how many times Yang had caused her to suffer. Ruby loved Yang to death, but thought that Yang kinda failed in the sister department, not that she'd ever let the blonde know.
"Brute."
"So, this might be like, totally random and all, but how do you think their wedding will go? I mean, I can see them staying together for a long time, so I definitely see them getting married. I wonder how it'll be? A large ceremony, shotgun wedding, close friends and family only? Oooh ooh ooh, I wanna be there, I wanna be there! And we can throw hundreds- no, thousands of roses onto them at the altar! We'll bury them in roses! And then, when we go to di-mphhphffphpfph"
"Nora, just shut up." Ren to the rescue. Hoping to stop her ranting, Ren had clamped a hand over Nora's mouth. After she nodded her assent to stop speaking, Ren let her go.
"Ren, did you know that your hands smell like pancakes?"
Back with Jaune and Ruby, their food had finally arrived. Eating their food, the two began a small conversation about weapons. Amidst talking about the weapons of their team and their friends in NNWB, they got onto the subject of Crescent Rose. After explaining to Jaune all of the complicated mechanical parts that went into making Crescent Rose what she was, Ruby went into how she also designed her own rounds for the weapon. This was the first time in quite a long time Jaune had seen Ruby so animated about anything.
After finishing their meal, Ruby had decided to order desert and Jaune had agreed. Flagging down their waiter, the two of them each ordered a slice of chocolate cake. While she was waiting, Ruby was randomly playing around with the ice in her cup. Accidently losing her grip on the cup, the ice spilled everywhere around her. She was about to pick it up when the waiter had returned, carrying a tray with the cake on it. Stepping on a few pieces of ice though, he lost his balance. The cake slipped off of the tray, and the waiter lurched forward, losing his hold on the tray. Flying out of his hands in an almost comical manner, the tray flew straight at Ruby and hit her square in the head.
The cake is a lie, the cake is a lie, the cake is a lie. She could not bear the fact that the cake had been dropped. Meanwhile, Beowolves and cartoon slices of cake circled her head in lieu of the usual stars that should be there. The waiter went to Ruby, and asked if she was fine, all the while apologizing. After confirming that she was fine, Ruby simply asked if she could get another piece of cake. The waiter went and got the cake, and promised Ruby and Jaune that it was on the house for the night, as an apology for the mishap. Meanwhile outside, the five students were desperately struggling to prevent Yang from tearing down the restaurants front door and beating the waiter to death.
After desert was done, the two left the restaurant. The date should be over at this time, but Jaune felt that leaving it here wasn't right. Thinking on what he could do, he remembered the nearby theater was usually open until midnight. With plenty of time until midnight, Jaune decided to go for it.
"Hey Ruby, wanna catch a movie? We have plenty of time."
"That sounds fun." Arriving at the theater, they took note of the movies playing. Jaune wanted to watch a movie about a lion cub who gets his father killed and grows up around a pig and a meerkat. Ruby wanted to watch a movie about highly advanced vampires and werewolves fighting with guns and stuff. Eventually, Jaune gave in and they decided to watch the vampire and werewolf one. After grabbing their tickets, some popcorn, and a couple of sodas, the two went into the theater and grabbed their seats.
At this time, the group was wondering what was happening. Did he add another part of the date they hadn't planned on? Oh well, they still followed the two to the theater. Grabbing their tickets to the same movie, they had gone to grab some snacks and stuff. At the snack bar, Yang was ordering popcorn, candy, soda, nachos. Well, she was basically ordering the menu. After the six had grabbed their food, Yang and Weiss had gone to butter their popcorn, when the butter dispenser went nuts and sprayed the butter-substitute all over Weiss and Yang.
While the two were cleaning themselves off, Ruby and Jaune were in the theater, waiting for the commercials to end and the movie to begin. Blissfully unaware of the fools the other six were making out of themselves.
About an hour later, after Weiss and Yang cleaned themselves off and the movie had begun, the six were seated about five rows behind the couple. Ruby and Jaune hadn't noticed them yet, but they didn't want to press their luck. Also, Yang wanted to still be able to see if Jaune tried anything funny. The movie was about half an hour away from the finish, and the two still hand't done much. Yang was beginning to suspect Jaune might be a closet gay for not trying anything on her sister.
It was at this point that the two managed to invoke one of the biggest cliches ever. Feeling a little peckish, the two reached for the popcorn at the same time, and grabbed each others hands instead. Quickly pulling their hands back, the two meekly looked at each other. Meanwhile, above them, Yang was trying hard not to laugh at how awkward it was.
When the movie had ended, the group let Jaune and Ruby leave first before attempting to follow. While trying to get up, Yang slid on some soda that was spilled all over the ground below her and fell over the chair in front of her, face first. As she was falling, her legs kicked up and knocked Pyrrha and Blake square across the face. With the three of them in such a mess, Ren, Nora, and Weiss silently left while they got sorted out.
After leaving the theater, unaware of the events of their stalkers, Jaune and Ruby began to walk back to the dorm when it started to drizzle. They ran to the only nearby cover, which happened to be a buss stop. Ruby's dress had gotten a little wet, and was starting to cling to her in a rather dangerous manner. Quickly realizing the situation, Jaune removed his coat and put it around her.
Meanwhile, the other six had been caught right in the rain and could only find cover underneath the awning above a small flower shop. Oh well, at least they had a good view of the clear-glass and brightly-lit bus stop where the other two were at. And since there were no lights around them, they doubted Ruby or Jaune could see them. The perfect spot. Or rather, it would have been, had the awning above them not been old and weak. After collecting a sufficient amount of rainwater, the awning and torn, and dumped the entire load of water on top of the group. And they started to complain; Yang about her hair, Weiss about her dress, etc., all while running around looking for more cover.
A few minutes later, after the rain had subsided, the two went back to the dorms. When they arrived, they were surprised to find Yang, Ren, Nora, Pyrrha, Weiss, and Blake all gone. Unsure of where they would have gone, the two simply put it into the back of their minds, sat down together on the couch, and began to watch T.V. The date was fun. Very fun. They had enjoyed themselves and the company of one another quite a bit. Ruby made a mental note to thank Yang when she got back, from wherever she was.
*Afterword**Well, there's the date. Sorry, there was no kiss here. I plan to have their first actual kiss later. It's a little idea I have for a two or three parter. I plan for it to be big. BIG. And I hope you will all enjoy what I have planned as much as I do. Anyhow, I'm glad that you still seem to like the story. I was hesitant about writing this fanfic at first, not sure about how it would be received. I only did it after a friend convinced me that opinions be damned, I should write what I want to write. And now I'm glad I did. I also enjoy advancing the story here. Some might thank that as the author, I simply write this, but that isn't entirely true. I read it, and I critique it myself. I love watching as my own story grows, and the characters as well. Well, enough with the ranting. I hope to see you all for the next chapter. Ciao.*