It was as though somebody had flipped a switch in Ruby Rose's mind. One day, all of a sudden, her… "interests" had been sapped away from her sweetheart, Crescent Rose, and directed squarely at other people. Which others, even she couldn't tell, but one thing was for sure: She was ready to start dating at last. Only trouble was, she knew nothing at all about the stuff.

Luckily, her dutiful sister Yang Xiao Long swiftly took it upon herself to give Ruby a few lessons in that confounding area of study: Romance. The two had borrowed a very empty study room in the library for these lessons, one of which they were right in the middle of. Today's topic: The Kiss, Lesson Two.

Yang stood in front of one of the chalkboards, which had several diagrams and important terms written on it, and as she progressed through the lesson, wrote even more down on the topic. "Now, the thing about kissing a person on more than one occasion is, they will invariably get more, er… passionate with every time, eventually leading to what is known as 'making out.'" This was underlined. "So, what you'll want to do is to use your hands and arms to sort of gently lock the other person into the kiss. Don't worry too much on where to put them, because they'll find their way anywhere. Face, back of the neck, shoulders, waist, et cetera." Yang turned to her sister-student. "Got all that?"

Ruby hummed affirmatively as she jotted down a few notes in her trusty red book, making sure to underline and highlight. (She was never quite this attentive in any actual classes.) "Anything else?"

Yang turned back to the board, then back again to Ruby. "Well, I actually didn't have anything else prepared for the day, so we can either end the lesson here or, if you'd like, we could do a little practice."

Ruby thought for just a moment, before closing her notebook and standing up. "I think I'd like to do some practice."

"Excellent," remarked Yang as Ruby and she met in the middle. "Would you like to initiate, or should I?"

"I, uh… I think I'd like to."

"Alright. Go ahead and... start us off."

Ruby tentatively placed her pale hand on her sister's face, and slowly leaned up to her, as Yang tipped her head down.

"Make sure to-"

"I know, Yang."

Her eyelids fluttered shut… She could feel her sister's warm breath… and…

Bang.

Her hands cupped Yang's face, as Yang's own arms embraced Ruby by the waist, and as both of them broke away, their eyes lingered on each other for just a moment.

"Nice one," said Yang at last.

"…Yeah…" Ruby breathed, almost (ALMOST) wanting to do it again.

"I'm serious," Yang said, pulling away, and moving to the chalkboard. "That was excellent use of both hands."

"Oh! Thanks," Ruby managed, heading back to retrieve her notebook.

"You are one fast learner."

"Well, I did learn from the best."

Yang had by that point erased the lesson. "Okay, so we will meet back here next week, for the lesson on application of the tongue in kissing."

"Looking forward to it."

At that moment, a small noise was heard from the entrance to the study room. Both sisters turned to see their teammate, Blake Belladonna, apparently gone slightly catatonic, with a suspicious redness leaking from her nose.

"Think she saw us?" Ruby quietly asked, whereupon Blake simply collapsed.

"Yeah, she probably saw us," her sister replied.

Author's Note: Chapters like this are why I write. Thanks again for reading, the OC contest is still on.

And don't worry about Blake. She'll get her turn. They all will.

Check back next time for the chapter starring: Lisa Lavender!