In a small cafe located on the corner of a city block in downtown vale sat a girl with her book. The only thing that gave any sort of indication that she was waiting for someone was the single yellow rose sitting on the place setting opposite her. Even still, she had to reject several overly curious men who apparently thought it was offensive to their honor that such a pretty girl would be sitting alone.

The girl sighed and scratched her head, forcing her to readjust the bow perched amongst her black tresses, and glanced again to the door. Technically, her date wasn't late yet; there was a few minutes remaining. The girl had arrived almost an hour early, too anxious to stay at home. Thankfully, she had her book to keep her company.

Part of her anxiety was her disbelief that she had actually gotten herself in this situation. She had never been on a blind date before, not that she dated much anyways. Meeting people through normal means was all but impossible as she worked from home as a writer and did not get out much. It wasn't until Weiss Schnee, a friend from her book club, demanded that she go on a date with one of her friends, that she finally acquiesced.

Everything had been set up by Weiss. The day, time, and location all set in place by a white haired girl she knew almost nothing about except the genres of books she loved. The girl sighed. Still, it was a nice cafe. Two of the walls, the streetside ones, were composed almost entirely of windows, allowing enough natural light in that only a few small lamps were required. Small wood top tables dotted the room, with a bar on one of the remaining sides. Plenty of couples and a few families occupied most of the tables. As far as she could tell, she was the only one sitting alone.

As yet another young man walked up to her, she hoped this 'Yang' fellow, whoever he was, would show up soon. Weiss had simply said she would know Yang instantly. This newest interloper was about as average as they came; nothing special about him.

"Hey!" The man, no, a boy barely in his twenties, flashed her a somewhat bland smile in greetings. "What's a beautiful girl such as yourself doing alone on a day like today."

The girl sighed. "I'm actually waiting for a friend. If you don't mind, I'd like to return to… my… book." She trailed off as someone new wandered through the door.

This new girl was tall, at least a few inches taller than the seated girl, and had the most brilliant smile and lustrous, golden hair she had ever seen. Sunshine and joy seemed to radiate from the blonde. Even her casual dress, a pair of form fitting jeans and simple, untucked white button up seemed to enhance her considerable charm.

As the blonde's beautiful lilac eyes glanced around around, the seated girl's heart fluttered as it locked on to the yellow rose sitting on the table. Throwing out an even larger smile, the blonde bounced over to the table, letting the dark haired girl drink in every aspect of her feminine form.

Completely ignoring the young man standing nearby, she focused directly on the seated girl, thrusting out a hand in greeting.

"Hello!" She sang out. "My name's Yang! You must be Blake!"

"Y-yes." Blake stuttered out, still entranced by the sight before her and barely managed to snag the blonde's hand in return. She let out a small yelp as Yang pulled her out of her seat and into a warm, almost bone crushing embrace. Blake realized she was in for a lot of surprises today.

As Yang released the raven haired girl who promptly slipped back in her seat, face burning red, she turned to the man still standing nearby.

"Thanks for keeping my date entertained." She leaned in close, flashed him a smirk, and shoved a single one lien bill in his shirt pocket. "Don't blow it all at once."

As the man still stood there, trying to process that a gorgeous woman was standing so close to him, Yang gave him a push then took her seat.

"By the look on your face, I take it Weiss didn't tell you I was a girl." Yang quickly surmised. Materializing a back rose seemingly from nowhere, the blonde proffered it to her date. "For you, beautiful."

Accepting the rose hesitantly, Blake focused on it instead of the girl sitting across from her.

"She never said the gender, I just assumed, I guess. I wasn't expecting someone so…"

"Drop dead gorgeous?" The blonde finished for her. As Yang flashed another smile at her, Blake began to feel her brain scramble. "Truth be told, I may have assumed the same thing. I was just given your name and told you would be reading when I got there."

With the blonde finally looking down at her menu, obscuring those damnable eyes and smile, Blake finally was able to form a string of coherent thoughts.

"I've just never been on a date with a girl before."

"Don't worry, it's my first time too!" Yang chirped back.

"But you seem so confident."

"It's easy to be confident around someone as pretty as you." She once again turned her brilliant smile on Blake. "Plus, we're both here anyways, so why not?"

Yang's final comment put a small damper on her happiness. She shook it off. This blonde was obviously an optimist and wasn't actually intending any sort of insult.

"Yes." Blake finally managed a genuine smile back. "Why not?"

During the course of their meal, Blake had learned a many things about Yang, and had even told her things she had never told anyone else before. Still, one question remained, the one that had been bugging her since she met the flamboyant blonde.

"So, how do you and Weiss know each other?" She finally blurted out. "I mean, you and her seem a bit like fire and ice."

Yang chuckled in response. "She's actually dating my little sister."

"Really?"

"Let's walk and talk, if that's OK with you?"

Blake nodded and Yang dropped some cash on the table. Leaving the cafe, Yang grabbed Blake's hand and tugged her the opposite direction as home for her.

"C'mon, I know a great place to watch the sunset."

Blake resisted at first, but Yang's magnificent smile quickly crumbled her resolve.

"Okay." She couldn't help but smile back. "Let's go see a sunset."

As they wandered down the street, Yang began again on her story.

"It's actually a bit scandalous how Weiss and my sister met. She is a computer science major and was interning at Schnee Corporation where a certain someone is the CEO." Yang grinned at Blake, obviously relishing telling this story in detail. "A certain intern was then asked to take coffee up to the boss. That's when the story becomes a little fuzzy. Weiss says she waited until Ruby, that's my sister's name, was done with her internship before casually asking her out on a date. Ruby, on the other hand, insists she was regularly invited up to the boss' office for, uh, 'training sessions'. And that's how the 30 year old CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world began dating a 21 year old college girl. Oh man! When the tabloids caught wind of that. Let's just say, the Schnees had to do a lot of damage control"

"And you met her through your sister?" Blake scrunched her eyes in confusion.

"Naw." Yang shifted her grip on Blake's hand, interlacing their fingers and causing Blake to blush once again. "I may be a mechanical engineer that works for Schnee Corporation and I may also be the one to have gotten Ruby her internship. I guess Weissy decided she owed me one. While I don't know why she set me up on a date with a girl, I am definitely not regretting her decision."

"So the woman that supposedly knows both of us, decided to set us up on a date together, despite knowing we are both straight?"

"Sorry to break it to you, Blakey. But if you're straight, I'm a hot fudge sundae." The blonde chuckled at her own joke.

"I beg your pardon." Blake tried to pull her hand out of Yang's who refused to let go. "I got the impression you were too."

"Things change. Once you get old enough, you just start doing what you want. After meeting you I decided it didn't matter. You're such a lovely person, doesn't matter if you're a girl or guy."

"Oh please." Blake changed tactics, pulling the blonde in, bumping their shoulders together. "You're only 29. You're telling me that in the next few years of my life I will become that jaded?" She grinned coyly at Yang.

"Four years is a long time!" Yang released Blake's hand and threw an arm over her shoulder. "Anyways, you never told me how you know our Ice Queen."

"We are in a book club together. I actually don't follow the news, so I had no idea who she was for the first few months that I knew her. It was so weird how much others would fawn over her. Of course, we ended up sort of becoming friends as I was the only one not kissing up."

"Book club?" Yang's eyes widened. "Please, you have to tell me, what does she read?"

"Actually a lot of sci-fi and fantasy." Blake giggle in response. Noticing the blonde's disappointed look, she continued. "You were hoping for trashy romance, weren't you?"

"May-be" Yang sang out. "Though I guess sci-fi and fantasy is enough fuel for taunting."

"Are you sure you should be teasing your boss?"

"Oh, she'd never fire someone as great as me!"

Blake sighed in response. Though before she could retort Yang stopped her, pulling the raven haired girl further into her embrace.

"See, Blakey." Yang wrapped her arms around the shorter girl's waist and perched her chin on her shoulder. "The sun will fall behind the mountains soon."

The two girls stood together, Blake in Yang's arms, until the sun finally fell below the horizon, unleashing a rainbow of colors across the sky.

"It's beautiful." Blake spoke in a bare whisper, not wanting to disturb the moment.

"Not as beautiful as you." Yang breathed into her ear.

Twisting around in the taller girl's arms, Blake gazed in the Yang's eyes, the pure lilac ablaze with the colors of the sunset. Acting on a hope, she pulled the blonde into her, lips contacting in a spark of emotion. The fire grew as Yang pushed back into her, deepening their kiss and stealing Blake's breath away.

Finally pulling away, Blake gasped for air. In desperation to hide her reddening face, she burrowed into the taller girl's shoulder. The blonde, however, giggled and stroked her hair.

"You're so cute when you're embarrassed." Yang paused for a while, holding the dark haired girl in her arms. "Hey Blake, there is one last thing I want to show you."

Yang once again slipped her hand into Blake's and tugged her along. Following along, she was lead down a twisting path through the forest. Finally coming upon a small, dilapidated shack, Yang grinned at her companion.

"Let's go inside, it's super cool!"

"O-OK?"

"Don't worry." Yang flashed a magnificent smile in her direction. "It's just an old church. It's just cool to look inside."

Emboldened by the blonde's words, Blake entered the building. Too dark to see what was around her, she fumbled around for a light switch. She sensed the door closed, enshrouding them in darkness. The sound of a lock engaging followed shortly.

"Yang?" She called out worryingly. "I want to go home. I don't think I know you well enough for this."

She squinted as the light snapped on, the harsh contrast in luminescence blinded her momentarily. As her vision cleared she was able to take note of the room around her. What she saw frightened and disturbed her.

The walls and the low roof of the room were all a sterile white color, the tiled floor gleamed as though it was freshly cleaned and waxed, but the various objects and artifacts told the true purpose of the room. Directly in front of her was a large stainless steel table with multiple leather straps attached to it. Next to that was a smaller table with a multitude of sharp implements arranged in a very orderly manner. Scattered around the room were various other beds, racks, and collection of unusual tools and machines that looked like modern versions of ancient torture devices.

"Oh, don't worry." Yang approached her menacingly, rope in hand. "We'll get to know each other very, very well."

Blake gasped as her eyes flashed open. Sitting up swiftly, she struggled to keep her breathing calm. What a horrid nightmare. Every aspect of the previous day was etched perfectly in her mind, minus that last part.

Glancing over to the blonde snoring merrily next to her, she snuggled back down into Yang's warm embrace. Before she fell back asleep, she decided one thing.

No more scary movies on first dates.

A/N: Because surprise Bumbleby dates are the best! As always, let me know what you think. I may end up doing something else in this AU.