Blake was more than a little nervous.

Who wouldn't be? I'm about to ask out my best friend on a date! A romantic date!

The black hair teen's hands were almost shaking from the nerves as she steeled herself. This was it, it was time, and she could do this. She could totally do this.

What if she says no? That little nagging thought popped up in the back of Blake's head before the Faunus snuffed it out. No, Ruby legitimately has a crush on me.

It was really obvious the more Blake looked back on it; the times that the little redhead had spent long hours reading with her, or trying to cheer up the older teen when she was down. It was more than just being her team leader. Plus she did let me hold Crescent Rose, and that weapon means everything to her!

Logically, Blake had no reason to be nervous. That was of little comfort to the part of her mind, however, that was currently freaking the hell out. The part that really, REALLY wanted to run away from her problems.

It was a part of her mind that she was actively trying to listen to less and less. Which was what brought her to the present – asking Ruby out on a date. To a bakery.

Blake had even called in a favour from Yang; to make sure that she and Weiss were not in their shared dorm room together… just leaving Ruby by herself. It'd be even more secluded then when Blake and Ruby were at the library. Perfect.

She'd gotten the text from Yang that the room was clear ten minutes ago… yet Blake was dawdling on her way to the dorm. Slowly, ever so slowly getting there.

I just need to ask her! That's it! That isn't so hard. Determination filled amber eyes as Blake's paced picked up.

"…the white fang attacked another Schnee Dust Company train…"

The sounds of the news report coming from a half closed dorm room stopped Blake dead in her tracks, as she listened.

"…fifty-four crew members were killed…"

All thoughts of romances violently left Blake's mind as she started to berate herself.

You are thinking of asking Ruby out when you could be doing something useful, something that could create an impact?! Blake blanched at the thoughts, how could I forget?

How did I let myself get so side tracked by personal feelings when I could be making a difference out there?

Ruby was very confused.

Yang kept staring at her every five seconds, and in a way that made Ruby feel like she wasn't in on a joke… a joke that even Weiss was even in, given the infrequent stares the white haired girl was giving her.

Maybe they are going to pull a prank on me? That made some sense, after all, they'd been gone for nearly an hour, and Ruby still couldn't figure out why they had left in the first place.

Except, Weiss doesn't do pranks… so what else could it be?

"Sooooo Ruby." Yang finally was the one to break the silence. "Anything interesting happen while we were gone?"

The silver eyed girl glanced back at her older sister. "Um, no?"

"Wait what?" Yang's voice sounded far more confused than Ruby felt, which only raised more questions. "Are you sure about that?"

Ruby gave Yang a quizzical look, turning around from her desk. "Yeah… I guess I got the read for Port's class done… so that's cool?"

Yang and Weiss exchanged glances with each other. "Blake didn't stop by…?"

"No." Ruby slowly shook her head. "She's been in the library the entire day, remember?"

Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose while Yang face-palmed loudly, much to Ruby's growing confusion.

"Damn it Blake."

AU: …what were you expecting, exactly?

That'd go off without a hitch?

Ha. Hahahah. HAHAHahahAHAHAHahahahahaaaa…

Not gonna happen buddy.

This is based off canon, specifically we are up to the part where Blake is obsessively trying to figure out how to find the White Fang right its wrongs. If she isn't in that mindset then events won't happen, and I have many things planned :)

Ten reviews equal a new chapter, hence why this is getting put out in the early part of the week instead of a long wait like last time! …plus no major project taking up time, now it's time to get back to Acceptance.

Thank you for reading and I hope everyone has a great day! :D