"You were right."

Lilac eyes blinked in surprise before adopting an air of confidence as the blonde puffed out her chest. "Of course I'm right! …What was I right about again?"

Blake couldn't help but roll her eyes at her partner's confused expression. "Ruby."

Confusion seemingly melted into a mixture of surprise and happiness. "Did you two…" Blake shook her head. "I was about to say that was fast, even for Ruby." The mirthful expression turned into a thoughtful one. "Alright, so what actually happened between you two?"

"Hm?" Blake's brow creased at Yang's. "Nothing I know of so far…?"

"Oh." Yang sheepishly scratched her head. "Then how come Ruby has been acting, well, er, like a love-struck puppy around you? Did you do something sneaky? I know you read a loooot about those ninj-"

Thankfully, Yang's words were muffled by a well-aimed pillow. "Love-struck puppy?" Blake continued when Yang stopped getting to know the thrown pillow intimately. The black haired girl raised one incredulous eyebrow. "I suppose that is how Ruby has been acting around me, as of late."

"AH-HA!" Yang's fingers snapping, coupled with a sudden volume shift, made Blake wish her bow blocked sounds a bit better. "I think I got it! You are finally getting a clue that Ruby is into you!" Only took you three guesses, good job Yang, Blake thought with more than a bit of sarcasm.

"…Yes." Blake fought down a rather fierce blush at the thought that Ruby might actually reciprocate some of the Faunus' feelings.

"Took you long enough." The words sounded a tad harsh, though the tone would indicate to any listener it was said in jest. "Well, as Ruby's big sister, you, Blake Belladonna, have my blessing to ask her out on a date, and not get punched in the face!"

The girl in question blinked for a beat. Then another. "While I'm honoured that I can ask Ruby out without my face getting more familiar with the business end of Ember Celica, that's not exactly what I want to talk about."

Yang gave a gesture that clearly meant to continue, yet the many words that filled Blake's vocabulary started to be more elusive for her to pull on. "I…how… how should I ask Ruby out?"

"You mean you don't have a plan?" The teasing tone that so often came to Yang was back, and Blake wasn't quite sure if that was how she wanted this to go, I'd hope she'd take this more serious. "Don't your Ninjas of lo-" Blake was already starting to grab a pillow to chuck at her partner as she haphazardly hung off the top bunk. "Okay, okay, I'll stop!"

"Thank you." Blake let the pillow softly plop down onto her bed before looking back at her partner. "I'm being serious, Yang."

"You really don't know, huh?" Yang thudded to the floor before joining Blake on the lower bunk. "It's not that hard, you just gotta ask Rubes out on a date, and then she says yes. Then you guys have fun."

Blake's mouth quirked downwards into a frown. "It's not that simple."

"Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?"

"Well…" Blake's mind went to the first thing that she was trying to tackle. "Where would I even ask her out to?"

It had to be someplace special, a place that meant Ruby would have fun, but also nothing that'd pressure her into doing something extravagant to try and top it. I don't want to pressure her at all, that'd stress her out, and this is supposed to be fun, not stressful – I'm stressed about it, and I wouldn't want her to feel this stresse-

Blake nearly jumped off the bed when she felt a hand gently nudge her shoulder. "You look a bit lost in thoughts, Blakey… you maaaaay be over thinking this." The black haired girl gave a sad nod. "Look, just take Rubes to a bakery. She'll love it!"

That made sense to Blake – this was Ruby they were talking about, after all, she'd love to go to a bakery. Still, it had to be perfect. "Are you sure?"

"She is gonna be happy to spend time with you, regardless. Trust me, okay?" Clearly Blake didn't look like she was believing her partner enough. "So, what else are you worried about?"

"How should I ask her out?"

"Just do it when you two are alone in the library. You guys study together, like, all the time anyway."

"What if she says no?" That was the biggest thing Blake was worried about: outright rejection. That somehow both Yang and her had been misinterpreting all the signals, and that Ruby really didn't like her in that way.

However, Yang merely rolled her eyes. "I don't think Rubes could ever say no to you, Blakey."

"You promise?"

"Yes, Blake, I promise." The blonde got up from the bed and started to climb up to the top bunk. "You just need to do it, and Ruby will definitely say yes."

With that, Blake was left with just her thoughts until the other half of the team came back to the dorm.

Yang hasn't led me astray yet…

AU: Y'know, the pacing is now pretty much light speed compared to how it was going, isn't it?

Well, another ten reviews, another chapter :P I would have done it sooner but I'm just cruising through my MonCon submission for the RWBY subreddit at the moment… bloody thing is closing in on 7,000 words and I'm barely half done! D:

I'll try and post a Dilation chapter this weekend as well as Spoon Equality but no promises… I'm about 90% sure that my dog is going to be put down tomorrow so…yeah. That's a thing. Pyrrha and my dog in less then a month. Why.

Before anyone asks, no its not a sudden thing, she's been on her last legs for a good… I dunno, three years now? She was given a month to live and that was about seven years ago at this point so we really have known its coming for a while now.

Sorry to end on a downer note! DX

Thank you for reading and reviewing everyone! I hope you all have a great day! :D