After the new event with Cardin and Coco showing Cardin just how strong her minigun was, things had been pretty peaceful for Ruby and Blake.
The worry for Ruby had been slowly eating away at Blake as she hadn't found a way nor time to talk with Ruby and it though she hadn't tried very hard either.
When Yang had returned from her date with Weiss the next day and had heard the stories about Cardin's harassment of Ruby and Blake she decided to try and beat some sense into Cardin which this time earned her two weeks suspension which basically meant Yang was on house arrest and couldn't leave her dorm for any reason. Thankfully Weiss was nice enough to bring Yang the notes she missed and food for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Uncle Qrow did visit like he promised though he wasn't happy with Yang when he found out she was suspended before classes started up. Once Ruby told him what happened however, it took Ozpin, Port and Glynda to stop him from finding Cardin.
Before Qrow left he had his private talk with Weiss who returned looking paler than usual and clung to Yang for a few days after.
Currently the girls were studying, by Weiss' demand, for their midterm exams that were a few still months away..
"Weiss why are we still doing this?" Yang whined sitting at her desk with her head resting on top of her textbooks.
"We are doing this because your grades were lackluster on your finals last year." Weiss sighed, not looking up from her own textbook while sitting hat her desk.
"I got eighty five percent." Yang exclaimed, upset that her grades were being called 'lackluster'.
"It was the lowest on the team." Weiss retorted, now looking up from her book and staring heatedly at Yang.
Thanks to Blake's help, Ruby had actually gotten ninety two percent on her exam while Weiss got ninety five percent and Blake got ninety two percent.
"Guys come on, another half hour and we will stop." Ruby timidly said, trying to defuse the situation in front of her
"Blakes not even studying." Yang exclaimed again, becoming more irate with the situation.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Blake replied monotonically, sitting on her bed with her back against the headboard and her knees pulled towards her chest, her textbook and hidden novel resting on them.
"Well the more you yell and complain, the longer we are going to be here studying." Weiss spoke sarcastically, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Or we could just act like normal people at not study for a test that's months away." Yang retorted, putting extra emphasis on months.
The room was quiet as Yang and Weiss stared each other down, waiting for the other to give in, before Yang stood up and started making her way towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Weiss questioned, her irritation very evident in her voice.
"Wherever the hell I want." Yang called before slamming the door to the dorm, causing the wall to shake slightly.
"Weiss you really need to relax with Yang." Blake sighed, putting her novel back on top of the bookshelf next to the bed before standing and placing her textbook back on her desk.
"It's not my fault that brute can't focus on her academics."
"One you're dating that brute."Blake spoke, causing a light blush to appear on Weiss' cheeks. "And two she just got off of her suspension and you have kept her locked up studying all day."
"I just want our grades to be high." Weiss said, now feeling slightly bad for how she treated Yang.
"Weiss we got the highest team grade in our class, we'll be fine." Ruby smiled, trying to help calm Weiss down.
"But if we don't study then our grades will fall." Weiss replied, trying to defend her point
"I agree but Yang is right, studying this early won't help us in the long run." Blake said, knowing that Weiss would see some logic in this.
"You're right." Weiss sighed, closing her textbook and walking over to her bed. "I should probably apologise to Yang for this."
"Nah don't worry. Yang's not mad at you, she's just frustrated from being locked in here."Ruby replied, moving towards her cupboard where she 'hid' her cookies.
Blake beat Ruby over to the cookie stash however and took them before Ruby could have any, earning her a whine that sounded like Zwei when he wasn't getting enough attention.
"I'll make it up to you later but we are going to be late." Blake spoke which caused Ruby sad puppy expression to one of pure excitement.
"Where are you two going?" Weiss asked, confused by Rubys change in emotions.
"We'regoingonadateinValebyeWeiss." Ruby sped through before dragging Blake out the door and down to the airship docks, leaving a still confused Weiss behind.
Yang had spent the last hour beating the stuffing out of numerous punching bags. Having put a hole in her fourth bag.
'Stupid suspension keeping me locked up.' Yang thought as she threw the broken bag onto a pile with the other broken bags.
As she turned around, Yang saw weiss standing at the entrance to the gym
"Hey Ice Queen." Yang called, as she carried another bag over.
"Hello Yang." Weiss replied, walking in and standing next to Yang as she started beating up the new bag. "I wanted to.. apologise for this morning."
"S'all good. I'm already feeling better." Yang grunted in between punches.
"By breaking punching bags?" Weiss questioned, looking over at the small pile of broken bags.
"That was the first one, the other three were just to burn off some excess energy." Yang answered as she put a hole in her fifth bag of the day, earning a shake of her secret girlfriends head. "So where's Rubes and Blake?"
"They're in town on a date." Weiss replied while Yang chucked her final bag on the pile.
"Well why don't we do that then?" Yang asked, turning to face Weiss.
"We could, though you would been a shower first." Weiss answered, staring at the sweatt blonde before her.
"What you don't want me hot and bothered?" Yang teased, earning a glare from Weiss before running off towards the dorm to get ready.
After the airship landed, Ruby dragged Blake off the airship and into ale before stopping abruptly and turning to face her girlfriend.
"So uhh where are we going?" Ruby asked sheepishly, realising she had run off without a clue where to go.
"Towards the docks." Blake smirked as she started walking with Ruby catching up to her and taking Blake's hand in her own.
This was the first time since Blake and Ruby had started dating that Blake actually planned out the date. Understandably she was nervous.
The pair walked towards the docks, hand in hand, while while window shopping along the way.
Once they reached the docks, Blake led Ruby towards a small restaurant. The restaurant itself seemed pretty basic on the outside with windows that went from waist high to the roof on either side of the door. Above the entrance was a small awning with a sign with the name of the restaurant.
Blake led Ruby through the front door and into a large dining room. The inside of the restaurant was fancier than the outside. The walls were covered in a brown and black vertical striped wallpaper, the colours reminding Ruby of Coco. Along the walls were a few fancy looking paintings and around the room were large oak dining tables.
As Ruby looked around the room in surprise, a man in a white button up shirt and black trousers approached the pair.
"Miss Belladonna, this way please." the man spoke facing Blake before turning and leading the couple to their table.
The couple followed the waiter to a table towards the back, that offered the most privacy, before handing them their menus and heading back towards the kitchen.
Ruby turned to face Blake before giving her a questioning look, wondering how they knew her by name.
"They have really nice fish here." Blake mumbled just loud enough for Ruby to hear, a light shade of pink dusting her cheeks as her girlfriend giggled at her love for fish.
The waiter returned shortly after to take their orders. Blake ordered her usual of tuna with a side of caesar salad while Ruby ordered a surf and turf with a side of fries.
"How did you find this place?" Ruby asked, looking around the room at the artworks.
"One day when you and Yang were being really loud and excited i needed to get away to somewhere quieter so i ended up walking to the docks because of the smell of fish and found this." Blake answered, causing Ruby to start giggling.
"You really are a big kitty cat." Ruby giggled, receiving a glare from Blake before she started giggling herself, knowing Ruby meant no insult.
Shortly after their giggles had calmed down, the waiter returned with their food before the girls fell into a comfortable silence and enjoyed there meal.
Having finished eating, the couple walked around Vale. By the end of it Ruby had bought Blake a black cat plushie to add to her slowly growing collection thanks to the red cookie monster while Blake had bought Ruby some strawberry choc chip cookies, which Ruby was currently enjoying.
Once they finished shopping, the pair headed for the airship dock before boarding the next airship back to Beacon.
"Did you have a good time?" Blake asked, slightly nervous about the outcome.
"Yep, best date ever." Ruby smiled before resting her head on Blake's shoulder and yawning.
"I'm glad you had fun." Blake replied, wrapping her arm around Ruby's shoulders and resting her head atop the redheads.
Once the ship landed, Ruby and Blake made there way back towards the dorm room, holding hands and enjoying their quiet moments alone together.
Sadly their happy moment was shattered when they opened their dorms door to find Weiss and Yang getting a little too heated during their makeout session, causing Ruby run down the halls screaming about her " poor innocent eyes", Yang to chase after her sister profusely apologising, Blake to sigh while standing in the doorway and Weiss to blush a deeper shade of red then Ruby's cloak.
I have returned with more ladybug!
So something i should probably mention about this fic is i have no intention of writing smut. Sorry to anyone hoping for Ruby and Blake to get it on but i'm not comfortable writing that but you may see hints at stuff like this chapter's ending.
Hopefully soon i will have a new fic to post once a friend of mine finishes the art for it. I've written three chapters so far so look for that in the hopefully near future.
As always if you enjoyed, hated, have constructive criticism or have a question please let me know so I can make this story and any future stories I write better.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day.
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