The problem with having Pyrrha Nikos as your girlfriend was that it was very, very hard to plan a date.

This was especially troublesome for Ruby at moment considering she was trying to plan one with the aforementioned redhead in mind. Okay, that's not completely true; it's very easy because she agrees to literally everything. It was true; no matter what Ruby planned, her tall girlfriend always, always cheerfully agreed to it. She always said something positive about the date not matter what happened.

At first Ruby thought she was really good at planning dates, after all Pyrrha said she liked them all. However it got a point where Ruby realized that Pyrrha always said the same thing; that she'd enjoy the date regardless of what happened during it.

Maybe she just doesn't want to hurt my feelings?

It was a distinct possibility; Pyrrha was just that kind of person after all. That, or she is just humouring me... Ruby thought glumly. The glumness morphed into something else however, as a fierce glint entered Ruby's eyes.

No matter! Determination gleamed in Ruby's silver eyes. I have a date that will knock her socks off!

…actually does she wear socks? Now that Ruby thought about it, she had never necessarily seen Pyrrha wearing socks. That doesn't precisely mean that she doesn- Ruby shook her head. I can't get distracted! I have to take Pyrrha on the best date ever!

That was the worst date ever. Ruby thought as she leaned against Pyrrha's shoulder on the airbus ride home, trying to hide her shame. The date had been an unmitigated disaster.

How did I screw up this badly? Thinking back, Ruby had approached the problem by asking for advice from her teammates;

Weiss had merely said "Make it expensive and Mistral. Pyrrha probably misses Mistrialian things."

To Ruby, that made sense; after all Beacon academy was a long way from Pyrrha's hometown or even continent. The only thing that was Mistralian at Beacon was the 'Mistralian mystery meat' that the cafeteria occasionally served which Pyrrha had made it a point that authentic Mistralian mystery meat was far more mysterious and horrible tasting.

Maybe I could take her out to a fancy Mistrialian restaurant? The problem with that idea was Ruby didn't have a lot of spending money. That wasn't to say she wouldn't spend every spare lien on Pyrrha, it's just she had none to spare. In hindsight a fancy Mistrialian restaurant would have been a far better date.

Yang's advice had been the most useless. "Look, you like Pyrrha, Pyrrha likes you. Don't think too much further than that. It doesn't really matter what you do at that point - instead, just enjoy yourselves in whatever you do end up doing"

That sounds great and all, but that reaaaally doesn't help me plan for a date. So basically it was useless. Great, thanks Yang.

Blake had given her cryptic advice as well; "You need to proclaim your eternal adoration" before going back to her book.

This was where the issues started.

Trying to combine 'Mistralian things' with 'proclaiming her feelings to Pyrrha' had been hard, but Ruby had figured it out. All with the helping hand of the Dustnet.

A Mistralian Karaoke restaurant.

Things had been going well at the start; Pyrrha was excited when Ruby led her into the place, the table Ruby had reserved was still there, their server was nice, the food was good and Ruby was always happy to spend time with Pyrrha. Then came the karaoke.

I… I didn't think there were so many people here. It made Ruby feel dizzy as she got up on the stage, the establishment's small array of lights focused on her. She'd picked a love song to sing to – after all, how else would do I proclaim my feelings for Pyrrha? – but now she felt embarrassed in front of the crowd. I was hoping there'd just be Pyrrha and not everyone else.

When the music started and the words started appear Ruby had tried to her best to follow along. Problematically the nervousness she was feeling translated her voice into a small squeak. I'm surprised they didn't boo me off the stage…

"Pyrrha." Ruby mumbled, finally emerging from hiding her shame.

"Hm?" Emerald eyes looked down at her.

"That was a disaster…" Ruby couldn't look Pyrrha in the eyes, so great was her shame. "I really shouldn't have picked a karaoke place…."

"No it wasn't!" Pyrrha shook her head, nearly wacky Ruby in the face with her ponytail. "I had a grand time!"

"You're just saying that." Ruby pouted as she whined. "You're just trying to make me feel better."

"To coin an oft used expression…" Pyrrha gave Ruby a silly grin, much to the younger girl's confusion. "Nope~!"

"But you always say you have fun…"

"That's because I do." Ruby felt herself being pulled onto Pyrrha's lap – the older girl holding onto Ruby to keep her from falling off - the emerald eyes never leaving her own silver eyes. "Ruby, I always have fun because I'm on a date with you. It doesn't matter what we do as long as you're with me." A beautiful smile graced Pyrrha's face. "You're my girlfriend, of course I'll have fun."

Ruby gave a stupidly big grin to her girlfriend as her cheeks turned tomato red. "How did I get such a kickass girlfriend?"

Instead of responding with words Pyrrha gave her a quick peck on the lips but not fully pulling away – their foreheads pressed against each other – before whispering. "Because you are you, and I love you, that's why."

"Oh…" Ruby could feel heat rising in her cheeks in the face of that smile. "Um. Is this point where I kiss you or is th-mmph!"

AU: I've never actually been to any kind of karaoke place.

In the original draft, Ruby took Pyrrha to a maid cafe... that has been changed. I do, however, have a omake from that below the author's note, enjoy! New chapter of Spoon Equality next Friday if I don't have ch 15 of Acceptance done - I'm getting close, just editing left now.

Thanks for reading and a have a great day! :D

Omake:

"What'd Blake give you as advice?"

Ruby shrugged as she looked out the window. "She said 'you need to be kawaii in street but senpai in the sheets', dunno what that means."

When Ruby looked back, Pyrrha was giving her an expression reminiscent of that night – a smoldering, burning look. "You can be my senpai any night…"