A couple of weeks had passed since the breach.

Life had slowly returned to normal, the city had been repaired, and classes had finally resumed once more, much to Ruby's chagrin.

Which was why Ruby and Blake were currently sitting side by side on Blake's bed, – Ruby's head resting against her girlfriend's shoulder - pouring over notes for Professor Port's class… for some reason, Ruby had a hard time staying awake in that class, and ergo her own recollection of the class was… lacking.

While class had gone back to normal, Ruby and Blake's dynamic was still… settling in.

Boundaries were things that were hard to define; Ruby still had trouble figuring out why a once friendly hug now felt like a far more intimate one, or if cuddling was something that was always okay, or just when the two of them where alone. For her own part, Blake seemed pretty much okay with whatever Ruby did, though the younger teen was still uneasy about pushing boundaries.

On the one hand, there didn't seem to be any reason to be uneasy about it. Blake doesn't seem to mind no matter what I do, no matter how much we cuddle or hold hands… Yet, on the flip side, Ruby, herself, felt uneasy about going too quickly. After all, this was her first relationship; she didn't want to ruin it.

Which was why she was content to do some light cuddling as they studied. Nothing too overt or crazy. The warm touch, the smell that she had come to association with Blake… For the most part, that was great. Ruby was happy with it, and so was Blake. That didn't change the fact that Ruby had a rising worry that she may be going too slow.

What if Blake gets bored with just cuddling and hand holding? By all means, it was pretty tame stuff. Without a doubt, there was far more intimate stuff to do, but Ruby wasn't precisely comfortable with going any further then where they were at.

"Is something wrong?" Blake's gentle voice asked, amber eyes flickering to her, as Ruby's pencil had stopped moving long ago. "Are you stuck?"

"Nope, just zoning out, sorry!" Ruby awkwardly rubbed the back of her neck, before turning back to the piles of notes.

"It's fine, I could use a break myself." Blake's arms swept back as she stretched, the two of them having been still for quite some time. Naturally those arms came back to rest comfortably around Ruby in a half-hug cuddle, prompting a small blush from the teen. "Do you want to get some snacks?"

"Hmm…" That sounded like a very, very tempting offer, especially if the proposed snacks were of the cookie variety. Tempting enough for Ruby to break the warm embrace Blake had around her. "Yup!"

A huge smile stretched across Blake's lips, much to Ruby's confusion, as the Faunus reached under the bed and pulled out a box of cookies. Pulling out a singular one, Blake held it to Ruby's lips, immediately prompting her to eat the baked good her girlfriend was presenting. Then a second time, and a third and even a fourth time. Having your girlfriend feed you cookies is the best! Ruby thought to herself, as a happy giggle started to bubble up.



"Are you two ever going to go on a date?" A mane of blonde hair suddenly appeared over the side of the top bunk as Yang looked down at them.

"Buh-wha… what do you mean?" It took Ruby a moment to form words as the fifth cookie never came. "We go on plenty of dates… like study dates!"

Yang rolled her eyes. "Those don't count, you were already doing that before you two became official." Her lip compressed into a small frown "You two have been dating for like…a few weeks now, right?"

"Yes, and…?" Blake asked, her gaze unflinching.

"Well, you guys never ever go out. It's just study dates in the room or the library." The problem was, Ruby couldn't exactly say that Yang was wrong in any regard, because that's exactly what they did do. "Have you ever thought about, oh, I don't know… going on a date to the city?"

Blake shrugged her shoulders. "To be honest, I'm just happy spending time with her; it doesn't matter to me if it happens here or someplace else." A small smile flashed across the black-haired teen's face. "What about you, Ruby?"

Something clicked in Ruby's mind. Maybe if we go on dates someplace else, Blake won't get bored? It seemed like a perfectly reasonable answer to the rising concern she had. "M-maybe we should?" That earned an eyebrow raise from Blake. "I-I mean, it couldn't hurt to go someplace else, right?"

"I suppose so?" Blake offered after a moment, before the smile reestablished itself on her face. "Where would you like to go?"

Instantly, thousands of ideas flew through Ruby's mind, all cliché, which meant that she didn't want to do them. Except… if they are cliché, that means they work, right? The most cliché idea that came to mind for a date…

"How about we go to a movie this weekend?" Blake nodded, validating that it was the right decision in Ruby's head, relief flooding in. That only left one other concern;

I'm actually going on my first date… I can't screw up!

AU: FINALLY THEY GO ON A DATE!

Okay, so while it is cliché, that's exactly WHY Ruby thinks of the movie theater. Yup.

In other news, my house smells less like skunk, and my dog feels happier now that people want to get within ten feet of her.

In other news, I have no idea when Acceptance, chapter 24 will come out. I'm hoping for early September, but the way things are going, it might be October. It's not because of a lack of work, but constant rewrites, I swear!

Thank you for reading, I hope everyone has a wonderful day! :D