A/N: Sorry for the wait between chapters, homework caught up with me. We're nearing the end now guys!
Ch. 7
Behind the bar, 10 PM
"Who is who?" asked Blake, confused at Sun's sudden outburst. She looked in the direction he was staring, and saw the blue haired man that had been flirting with Sun non-stop for the past six months. "Are you joking? He's been in the bar almost every night trying to get your attention, or were you too busy fawning over Fox to notice?"
"Not fair, I didn't know he was married to Coco until last week," Sun grumbled, still not taking his eyes off the man.
"Yeah, and she'll kick your ass if you forget," Blake said smirking, she noticed Neptune eyeing Sun, like he did every day, and gestured for him to come over. "Don't look now, but little boy blue is coming your way."
"Blake what the hell, why would you-" Sun hissed as the blue haired made his way over "Hey, can I get you something to drink?"
"I'll take a tall glass of you," the man responded throwing a dazzling smile Sun's way. "But I guess a beer is fine in the meantime. The name is Neptune, you're Sun right?"
"That I am, and keep the cheesy pick up lines coming, they work for you," Sun said with a laugh, his tail curling around his waist as he leaned forward to talk to Neptune. "What brings you to the bar?"
"Do you want the cool guy answer or the real answer?" Neptune asked, his swagger diminishing a bit.
Sun raised a curious eyebrow, "How about the real answer?"
"To come talk to you," Neptune answered honestly, shrugging his shoulders and taking a sip of his beer. Sun paused, unsure of what to say next. The monkey faunus had been chasing after men for the better part of his life, mostly specializing in one-night-stands. Most people saw him as a pretty face and a funny guy, so that was all he put out to the world. No one seemed to care to get to know Sun past that, so why bother?
But the vibe Neptune was giving out was just...different. He had turned off the charm, been honest, said that he wanted to talk to Sun rather than look at him, or something else even more lewd. The bartender glanced at Blake, thinking about what she had said earlier. "How about you talk to me on a date then, Saturday at 8?" Sun asked, feeling a sudden surge of courage.
Neptune almost choked on his beer at the faunus's forwardness, but wiped his mouth and smiled, nodding. "I don't know if I can wait that long though, would you like to dance? Or in my case, nod my head to the music and pretend that I can dance?" he asked, gesturing to the floor.
Sun smirked wider, but shook his head. "I can take my break in a half hour, do you wanna keep me company until then?" Neptune nodded and the blond grinned and leaned in closer. "So, Nep, where are you from?"
oO0Oo
At the door, 10 PM
"That's the birthday girl, of course!" a loud woman in all pink told Penny. She was hanging off a man with long black hair, a strip of pink breaking up the solid color.
"I apologize for Nora, she's had a bit too much to drink", said the man, and the woman giggled, booping him on the nose. "That's Ruby, we're celebrating her 25th birthday tonight," the man informed her, smiling softly and pulling Nora away before she could cause any more damage.
Penny grinned widely and strode over to the silver-eyed girl, waving her hand and saying, quite loudly, "Salutations!"
Ruby turned and found herself face to face with the woman she had been thinking (obsessing) about for the past 6 months. She had a speech ready to declare her love and ask the woman out on the spot, one she had practiced in the mirror for at least eight weeks now.
So naturally, she couldn't get a damn word out.
"Uh- um, hello!" Ruby squeaked out, unable to fight the blush creeping up her face. She gulped and tried to move the conversation forward "Um, h-how are you?" She mentally slapped herself for stuttering, she was blowing her chance with the girl of her dreams!
The ginger, however, didn't seem to mind at all. "I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking! My name is Penny, it's a pleasure to meet you!" She ended every sentence with an exclamation point, which took Ruby slightly aback. She had never met anyone as energetic and happy before.
"Hi Penny, I'm Ruby," the brunette responded shyly looking down at her feet.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny exclaimed, smiling widely at Ruby.
"You...already said that," said Ruby laughing at the ginger. The shorter girl didn't think it was possible, but she was falling harder and harder for Penny every second. She was quirky and a little strange for sure, but extremely honest and 100% authentic.
Penny thought for a moment, her face screwed up in concentration. Then, she smiled, if it were possible, even wider than before. "So I did! Ruby, would you care to dance?" The girl held out her hand, still smiling brightly at the brunette. Ruby's eyes widened and she felt her face go red, all she could manage was a small nod, which Penny took as a huge victory. The girl practically jumped up and down with a shout of "Seeeeensational!" before dragging the birthday girl out to the dance floor.
The song was upbeat and face-paced, but that didn't seem to deter Penny from sweeping Ruby closer to her, right hand on the brunette's waist, the other clasping their hands together. The ginger smiled down at Ruby and began a quick two step, causing the silver-eyed girl to giggle and go along with it. The sound only seemed to encourage Penny and after two, three, ten songs, they were finally out of breath.
Ruby motioned to the bar, and Penny followed. Blake and Sun had mysteriously disappeared, so the girl reached behind the counter and filled up two glasses with water, handing one to the taller woman. Penny said something then, but Ruby couldn't make out the words over the thumping bass.
"What?" Ruby half-shouted, cupping a hand to her ear and leaning closer to the green-eyed girl.
"I said," Penny started, shouting now. But before the girl could finish, the music transitioned to a much slower, and softer, song. That, however, did not stop Penny from continuing to yell, for all the bar to hear: "I'd like to kiss you now!"
Everyone around them turned, and Ruby's face when a deep shade of red. A few chuckles and wolf whistles were heard around the bar and Penny turned to beam and wave at them. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned back to Ruby, only to be yanked down to the shorter girl's level before she felt a pair of lips crash against her own.
There was cheering and clapping around the bar, the wolf whistles even louder, but Ruby may as well have been deaf to them. She didn't feel sparks or see fireworks, mainly because her mind decided to go completely blank before being positively filled with everything that was Penny. Her warm hands, her soft lips, the smell of her shampoo.
Then it was over as soon as it started, Penny broke the contact, appearing to be just as breathless as Ruby. A few moments of silenced ensued while Ruby's eyes roamed over Penny's face before the ginger said, barely above a whisper, "Seeeeensational," and connected their lips again.
oO0Oo
At the bar 10:15 PM
Velvet approached the bar cautiously, eyes on the gorgeous amber-eyed woman she saw from the front door. She had never been instantly attracted to anyone really, so the pull the she felt to the bartender confused her, but mostly just got her excited. She had heard about people falling head over heels, but only second hand. Velvet had dated a few people here and there, but had never really fallen in love before. She knew that for a fact now, because just looking at the tall woman with long raven hair made her feel more than she had for any one of her past flings.
The rabbit faunus put her elbows up on the counter waiting for the bartender to notice her. She noticed that there was another man behind the bar and panicked briefly, thinking they might be together. She relaxed slightly when he asked a blue-haired man sitting on one of the stools to dance.
"What can I get you?"
Velvet stiffened at the voice, she didn't have to turn to know that it was the enticing woman. She turned slowly and found herself tongue-tied when those stunning amber eyes were looking directly at her. Taking a deep breath, she responded "Whatever is your favorite," smiling slightly.
The bartender smirked at her a nodded, which set Velvet's heart racing. When she received her drink the woman stayed in front of her, much to her delight. The rabbit faunus decided to get the conversation going. "So...what's your name?"
"Blake," the woman said, smiling at her slightly. Velvet had a feeling the bartender, Blake, knew exactly why she was asking. "And yours?"
The brown-haired woman was taking a sip of her drink and almost choked her in haste to answer. "Velvet," she managed to get out, watching as Blake contained her laughter, for which she was very grateful.
Two more people approached the bar and Blake held up one finger to indicate that she would be right back. Velvet took the time to think over a strategy to woo the other woman. She observed the bartender from afar for a few moments, thinking it over, but she found her to be too distracting. Everything about Blake enticed Velvet, from the long legs, to the lean but powerful arms, the sharp look in her eyes, and especially the two black cat ears poking out of the top of her head.
Blake turned and caught her staring, causing Velvet to blush and immediately look away. She heard the woman return in front of her, but couldn't bring herself to meet the bartender's eyes just yet. Velvet steeled herself, took a deep breath, and looked up, meeting Blake's expectant gaze.
"So Blake-"
"Yes, I'll go out with you," Blake interrupted, smiling slightly when she saw Velvet's stiffen. The rabbit faunus started stuttering, but Blake decided to rescue her. "That's what you were going to ask wasn't it?" She questioned, picking up a glass and beginning to clean it off.
"I-well-I mean-well yeah, I was leading up to it," Velvet finished somewhat quietly, taken off guard by the cat faunus's apparent ability to read her mind.
But Blake only smiled, "Good, then I saved us some time. You're too pretty to let go and the night is young. Give me one second." The raven-haired woman dug around under the bar for a moment, then produced a sign that said 'Gone on break, be back soon' and placed it on the counter. Laughing at the vagueness of the sign, Velvet waited for Blake to come back around the bar.
They went to the dance floor together, enjoying each other's company and laughing when they realized that neither one of them could dance very well. Velvet was aware of Blake's eyes roaming over her, but didn't mind in the slightest. She did notice however, the cat faunus's eyes always stayed a little bit longer at her lips. She smiled to herself, deciding that two could play at Blake's little mind reading game.
Velvet motioned to the bar and the other woman nodded, grabbing two bottles of water for the pair. After they had both gulped down half the bottle, Blake leaned against the bar, "So Velvet-"
"Yes, I'd like to kiss you." Velvet interrupted before the woman could any further, rather pleased with herself when Blake's eyes widened for a second before she threw back her head and laughed. Velvet laughed too, but didn't want her fun to be over just yet. "Actually, I'd like to drag you off into the corner and do a few more things, just thought I'd save us some time."
Blake's jaw dropped and Velvet winked at her, strutting off into the corner, past the blue haired man and the monkey faunus who were now wrapped around each other, kissing fiercely off to the side of the dance floor.
Velvet smiled to herself when she felt a pair of hands on her hips, and spun around to see Blake watching her hungrily. She put a finger to cat faunus's lips before anything could happen, wanting to get one more word in. "Just so you know, I'm expecting a real date after tonight."
Blake smiled and nodded, before crashing their lips together. Velvet felt her back hit the wall, and just like that, all thought flew from her mind, not even noticing the blonde haired girl she had seen at the hospital a few days ago standing stock still in the doorway to her left.
oO0Oo
The back room, 10 PM
Yang nudged the door to the break room open with her shoulder, still holding a struggling Weiss around the middle. Kicking the door shut, she put the heiress down, but made sure to stay in front of the door just in case Weiss decided to try and get one more punch in.
The shorter girl immediately started pacing, grumbling under her breath all the while. She looked positively dangerous, and Yang had to admit that she definitely didn't want to be on the receiving end of the Schnee's wrath.
Weiss stopped pacing and crossed her arms, tapping her foot and breathing heavily through her nose. She was calming down, but the adrenaline pumping through her veins certainly didn't help.
"So. That's your ex-girlfriend? Emerald?" The heiress asked Yang, her voice still very aggressive. Yang nodded once, afraid of where this conversation was going or what Weiss may have seen. "Well she seems terrible. No sense of manners, cruder than anyone I've ever met. She's-she's-" The white haired girl was reaching for a word awful enough to describe the green-haired monstrosity but was apparently at a loss.
"A bitch." Yang supplied, nodding again. She had started dating Emerald five years ago, for about three years before she discovered her true nature. Emerald was very good at manipulating Yang, getting under her skin and staying there. When the blonde said she wanted to break up, Emerald went berserk, attacking Yang in the heat of her emotions. Yang threw her out of their shared apartment at that point, telling her never to come back.
"Yes! A bitch! The worst of them! Yang, you're so much better than her! Why were you even with her in the first place? How can a kind-hearted, loyal, compassionate, gorgeous woman like you end up with someone like Emerald!?" Weiss finished her rant with her hands stretched out in the air, as if asking the universe at large.
Yang blinked at the heiress's outburst. Did Weiss really think those things of her? What did that mean? The white-haired girl realized she might have gone overboard with her description of Yang, and decided that it was time to scrap her plan of a romantic candle lit dinner, and just fess up to the blonde now.
"Do you think we could go back to your place? The music is giving me a headache and I think I may need some ice for my hand," Weiss trailed off, hoping Yang would get the hint that she wanted to be alone with her.
"Oh. Uh. Sure thing Princess, just let me go find Ruby and tell her that we're leaving."
Hint received.
Yang led them both out of the back room before stopping suddenly in the doorway. Weiss actually bumped into her and look up in confusion. "Yang, what are you-" She followed the blonde's path of sight before seeing Neptune kissing a monkey faunus like it was his damn job. She smiled at this, 'So that's Sun…' she thought to herself. Neptune hadn't shut up about the bartender for weeks, and Weiss was glad he finally worked up the courage to talk to him. Or by the looks of it, do much more than talk.
Yang, however, was not happy at all. Her eyes were glowing red, and Weiss swore she could almost feel the anger radiating off of her blonde companion. She realized how this whole situation looked to the taller woman and tried to explain, "Yang this isn't what it looks like-"
Before Weiss could finish, Yang grabbed her hand and stormed out of the bar, fuming all the while.