This took a lot longer than I thought it would but I guess I just couldn't really thing of anything... first date-like. A couple ideas came to me, but after reading the other themes for the 30 Day Challenge, I had to take off shopping and eating ice cream off the list. So case and point, a lot of this chapter felt pretty improvised to me. I know, not exactly promising considering I just took about a week to write it, but hey, it's the weekend now.

Also, to the guest who gave me a really critical review of last chapter, you really should make an account. You've honestly provoked my thoughts and I would really like to discuss any other criticisms you might have. After reading your review, I no longer felt satisfied with my last chapter. I know the whole video game portion was very out of place, but I hope to explore it later on in the series to makes some connections. Also, your explanations to my Smash choices for Ruby and Weiss were much better than mine. I didn't even think of it like that. Thank you for that.

04. On a Date

"Okay, calm down Ruby. It's just a date." The young girl tried to soothe herself whilst walking in circles. "You've been on dates before. Admittedly, they were with guys back at Signal and only really involved dart guns, but they were dates! Kinda. Sorta."

There she was. Ruby Rose was on a date. It was surreal to say the least, especially since she had just asked Weiss out the night before. She had dated guys in the past back on Patch, but she never really felt anything more than a strong friendship with them. Thanks to them, Ruby found out she didn't hold any attraction towards males. This felt different. And ever since Yang pointed out that her old play dates with her childhood friends didn't exactly count, Ruby realized that this was her official date.

Her first official date was with Weiss Schnee.

Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company.

Weiss Schnee, who probably makes more in a week than Ruby's father and uncle does in a year.

And she was going out with her.

Normally, Weiss's status did little to faze Ruby. She more often than not recognized the heiress more for her charming personality traits and quirks than her money or family name. But today felt different. Today, she felt pressured.

Ruby tried planning for the date as best she could the night before as well as that morning. She knew she had to make it fun for the both of them while still keeping it within her budget. It wasn't like her father would continuously give her her monthly allowance in advance solely to take Weiss out on dates.

"Ruby? Are you okay?"

Before she knew it, Ruby forgot she was even at the café in Vale.

"Oh Weiss! Sorry, I kinda spaced out."

"I could tell." Weiss gave a curious look. "I could almost see you panicking from inside the café. Here's your hot chocolate, by the way." Weiss put down two cups, one being the aforementioned hot chocolate, the other being a coffee she ordered for herself.

Ruby accepted the drink with gratitude, but continued with her struggles to keep calm. Of course, this didn't go unnoticed from Weiss's attention.

"So what's wrong?"

"Huh?"

"You're never usually this nervous. And when you are, you tend to ramble in gibberish. Honestly, I think this is the quietest I've ever seen you."

"Uh… well…" Ruby laughed nervously. "Just… a little overwhelmed, you know? Never really been on a real date before."

"Is that all? You have nothing to worry about, you dunce." Weiss said as she lightly knocked on Ruby's forehead, eliciting a small yelp from the younger girl. "I've never really been on a date either."

"Really? I thought you would considering how beautiful you are." Ruby blurted before realizing what she said.

"Yeah, but that seems to be all they care about," Weiss responded with a heavy blush. "Either that or the benefits of my family name. But you're different, Ruby. You don't care about that stuff. When we first met, you kept trying to be my friend even though you knew my background and after how I treated you."

"Yeah, well…"

"Besides, considering this is my first date, I can't say I have high expectations."

"Hey-"

"And since we already spend a lot of time together anyway, I'm sure it'll be fun." Weiss took a sip of her coffee gave a slight smile.

Upon hearing those words, Ruby instantly calmed. She hadn't noticed it until now, but she and Weiss had been spending a lot of time together since their first year at Beacon. A lot more than regular friends should. Ruby then let out a soft giggle, wondering why she even worried in the first place.

"So what did you have planned today, Ruby?"

"Well, I was thinking about watching a movie later tonight." Weiss noticed Ruby giving off her signature goofy grin again. "And after that, we could go grab some dinner."

"Oh? Nothing too fancy, I hope. I doubt you could afford it on your budget."

"Hey!" Ruby scrunched up her facial expressions before sighing. "I mean, I guess you're right. But you didn't have to rub it in…"

Weiss chuckled at Ruby's pout before taking another sip. "It's still a bit early though. What do you want to do before the movie?"

"Maybe hit up the arcade?" Ruby offered. "I wouldn't have thought of it if it weren't for your recent video game kick, but Yang and I used to go all the time when we were kids. Even Dad joined in on some occasions."

"Sounds appealing enough. Totally cliché, but it'll suffice."

"Sorry I couldn't include a balloon ride across town, Princess." Ruby deadpanned. "The internet could only give me so many first date ideas."

The heiress let out another chuckle. "Alright, alright. But before we head off, I wanted to try the cheesecake here. I heard it was simply to die for."

"Yeah, because that doesn't make you sound like a stuck-up socialite."

Weiss scoffed as a pout graced her own face. "Talk like that again and you won't be getting any. Strawberry sure sounds nice right about now."

"Wait, Weiss! I'm sorrrrryyy~!"

Going to the arcade was quite the enjoyable experience for Weiss. The variety of games was much different than what they had back in Beacon. If she were to aptly describe it, it would be like an electronic carnival.

Upon leaving, Ruby was admiring the pictures they had just taken at the photo booth. Most of them were rather tame, depicting the two huntresses-in-training in standard and, other times, goofy poses. One had been a little overly intimate as it showed the moment right before Ruby tackled Weiss with an intention of a kiss.

Weiss, still flushed from the sudden action of the younger girl, cleared her throat.

"Why don't we go to that movie now? It looks to be starting soon."

"Mhm! Let's go!" Weiss began picking up her pace as Ruby put the pictures into her pocket. However, she realized something off about the last photo they took.

"Didn't I have two of these?"

Thankfully, the movie gave Ruby proper respite from her previous experience of movie night. The younger girl wanted to watch the recently released superhero movie based on the X-Ray and Vav comics Jaune had introduced to her, but Weiss thought the romance film playing would be a more suitable choice for a date, claiming Ruby's choice to be "inappropriate" and "only full of explosions". Being the two conflicting personalities, they had to come up with a compromise.

In other words, they took Weiss's suggestion.

Ruby didn't want to spend the rest of the night arguing, so she complied. Ruby wouldn't seem to be the type, but she never disliked sappy romantic stories. And if they could make her laugh, all the more power to them. She just preferred keeping her romance to her fairy tales about Huntsmen and Huntresses.

The film itself wasn't even that bad. From what Ruby managed to gather without any context, it was about a boy who meets a girl who comes from a very strict and prestigious background. Due to that, she never had much time for recreational activities. Slowly, but surely, the boy gets the girl to open up despite the apprehension of her father. Through true love and decent fight scenes – which sorta felt like they were added in simply to appease Ruby – the father learned to be accepting of their relationship and ended up walking the girl down the aisle at the wedding after a few years had passed.

"Huh," Ruby arched her eyebrow in curiosity. "That plot sounds awfully famil-"

Before she could even notice, she heard a couple of sniffles coming from her side. "Weiss? Are you crying?"

"N-No!" Weiss choked. "I-It's just that she-" She blew her nose. "A-And h-he-"

Ruby attempted to calm Weiss down with little success. It wasn't until they heard someone bawling right behind them. The worst part? It sounded familiar.

"Th-They are just perfect together, you know? Wh-When h-he… and then sh-she… Oh man, Blake, hold me!"

Before a certain blonde could grab said girl, Blake pushed her away with the same blank expression she usually wore.

"Yang?! Blake?!" Ruby and Weiss both cried in bewilderment. "What are you two doing here?"

Yang composed herself after clearing her throat and gestured as if she was going to give a big speech. "Well, you see-"

"Yang wanted to spy on you."

"Hey-"

"And she made me tag along."

"Okay, that's not even remotely-"

"We've been following you since the café."

Yang sighed and glared at her Faunus partner. "Traitor."

If she wasn't already embarrassed by the cheesy movie or the slight panic she had earlier, Ruby was definitely embarrassed now. Weiss, on the other hand, almost felt mortified that she was being spied on their first date.

"What were you thinking?! We were having a perfectly nice time together and you just had to come in here, didn't you? Don't you two deviants have anything better to do with your time?"

"I could tell you the same thing, Weiss." Yang smirked. The blonde rummaged through her pockets, pulling out a rather familiar object. "You two seem to be doing a lot of better 'things' with your time."

Ruby and Weiss became speechless at this point. Any steadfast resolve they had accumulated to stand up to Yang immediately dissipated into timid murmurs when they saw that she had a copy of Ruby and Weiss nearly kissing in the photo booth.

"I didn't even realize you had that." Blake said with intrigue. Though it was nowhere near as big as Yang's, a smug smirk graced its way to her expression. "You two look really cute together."

Weiss wanted to explode. She really did. But she knew better than that. She was a Schnee after all. They knew to keep their calm even in the most trying of situations.

She grabbed Ruby's arm and shot her a smile. "Well then, Ruby. Didn't you say we had dinner after this?"

Snapping out of her daze, she glanced at their interlocked arms and then back at the smiling heiress. "O-Oh! Right. It's nothing fancy, but Velvet told me about this pretty nice sushi place she went to with Yatsuhashi."

"That sounds delightful." Weiss replied as she led both her and her partner out of the cinema. "Let's be on our way."

"Don't you mean 'LES-BE-ON' our way?" Yang interjected before noticing her legs were frozen solid to the floor.

"Uh, Blake? A little help here?"

The girl in question stared at her partner with a raised eyebrow before responding, "You're on your own, Yang."

Credit to an author on Tumblr that used that last joke. I forgot the name of the story and the author, but it was definitely funny to me. I was originally going to have the arcade scene in this chapter, but I didn't want this one to drag on for too long. I will, however, include it in a future theme. Though I do want to keep these chapters in chronological order, I may have to bend my own rules a bit to make everything fit right to each theme.

Also, don't expect chapters to get progressively longer. There will some that will be short simply because I can't come up with anything else to describe. Speaking of which, the next chapter is Kissing! Oh boy...

So, thank you for reading and please leave a review!