The kitchen

RWBY's night of painting the town red was a mixed bag of successes and failures. Yang got the intel she wanted but didn't pull any girls. Weiss and Ruby found patterns of dust robberies in Southeast Vale being performed by the White Fang on SDC facilities but no evidence of a larger end goal. Blake found Roman Torchwick at the White Fang rally but failed to apprehend him.

Disappointment piles on harder for Team RWBY in the days that follow. Weiss learns that Jaune asked Pyrrha to the Beacon dance shortly after learning that Weiss (his first pick in mind) prefers girls in the library! Weiss concluded that Pyrrha was totally out of reach for her now. Seeing Weiss' reaction to losing out on Pyrrha was a grim reminder to Blake about the pain she might end up inflicting upon Ren.

Yet somehow her tryst with Nora is the only thing Blake is looking forward to. Blake has exams, the pressure of getting a date to the Beacon dance and anxiety about the White Fang dogpiling her all at once.

There is an unspoken knowing that everyone in Team RWBY should aim to take a girl to the Beacon dance. Even if it means rejecting guys asking to be their date. Such was the case for Sun Wukong when he asked Blake. The secretive nature of her entanglement with Nora put Blake in a bind. She cannot ask Nora to be her date, but she also cannot ask another girl to be her date to avoid spoiling her connection with Nora.

Blake considered honesty to be the best policy. She called Nora's scroll to voice her concerns. Nora was thankful that Blake mentioned the elephant in the room. Nora confesses that in the back of her mind, she still has the faintest hope that Ren would ask her to be his date to the Beacon dance. They are mature enough to agree that unless this miracle happens, they should both attend the Beacon dance without an official date.

On another note, Nora comments that Blake hasn't been eating much whenever they meet up in the cafeteria. Blake opens up about how stress is eating away at her psyche. Nora suggests that they should meet in the kitchen later. Nora learned where all the deserts are stored while exploring the kitchen. They could pig out without spending a penny!

Their first date was spent chatting over bowls of ice cream. Nora knew how to sneak into the kitchen using spare keys that were always left near some potted plants in the cafeteria. They spent a great deal of time talking about how their disadvantaged backgrounds shaped who they are.

Blake, being born a Faunus into a world that looks down upon her kind, fell down the path of radicalism. Nora, having experienced homelessness and living off the streets, fell in love with food once she found a stable shelter. They are not shy on the grimier details of their struggles. Nor do they withhold talking about the men they romanticised.

Soon their discussion shifts to what they want out of love. Their answers on the surface appear to be polar opposites.

Love as defined by Nora is fulfilment. Love as defined by Blake is hunger of the soul. Nora considers the state of stability, assurance and peace of mind with a partner to be true love. Blake considers the state of constant pursuit, desire and discovery with a partner to be true love.

Nora's past of seeking shelter vs Blake's history of activism formed the basis for their understanding of love. Likewise, their frustration with love is rooted in their understanding of it. Nora spent more time pursuing Ren than being fulfilled. Whereas Blake was pursued by someone she ultimately discovered wasn't for her.

Nora raises a very interesting question for Blake- if Blake were a boy, would she pursue love more aggressively?

Blake's answer is absolutely! There is the unwritten rule in the dating game that boys chase and girls are chased. To Blake, these rules suck! Blake hates the idea of waiting for someone special to pick her out from the crowd. She would not mind chasing other boys as a man too!

Nora then reminds Blake she is not exactly a girl... Why should she play by rules that don't apply to her? Blake had been thinking the exact same thing for years. She just never had the courage to act. There is a moment of silence as Blake processes her thoughts. Her rationality is overpowered by desire- Blake lunges forward and kisses Nora!

Blake's futa genes won over her! She craved the taste of women! Her arms wrap around Nora. Her tongue slips into their mouth through her wet kisses. Nora moans in Blake's clutches! Blake pulls away from Nora, breaking out her lustful haze.

"Sorry..." Blake says, believing that she got carried away.

"What are you apologising for?!" Nora shouts, hot and flustered.

"I didn't know for sure if you were into it," Blake replies.

"Are you gonna kiss me again or what?!" Nora exclaims.

Blake kisses Nora again passionately. She runs her hands along Nora's back and through their hair. They moan together as they indulge upon each other's lips.

Nora's first kiss experience of kissing is like sinking her teeth into a warm sticky toffee pudding smothered with rich double cream. The contrasting heat of Blake's skin and the coldness of her saliva layer the sensation of kissing. The texture of her lips was divine. Slowly, Blake's hands edge towards Nora's bottom. Nora pulls their hands back up to her waist before they can grab a piece of her cake.

"Don't get too excited," Nora says teasingly as she breaks their kiss.

"Sure... it's our first date," Blake replies, slightly embarrassed.

"Now you know your limits. I think this would be a good time to say goodnight," Nora says while caressing Blake's face.

"Yeah. You have really made this night worth my time," Blake responds, blushing with rosy cheeks.

Blake's first date with Nora marked a turning point for Team RWBY's romantic success. Yang hits the jackpot by finding a Faunus girl from Vacuo as her date to the Beacon dance! They were a wolf Faunus called Olive Gashley. Yang approached them while they were wandering around in a nice green mini skirt near the mall of downtown Vale city.

In private, Ruby asked if she could be Weiss' date to the Beacon dance. The skirt chaser mission never specified that they couldn't get together with their teammates. They were both wearing skirts after all... Weiss eagerly accepts Ruby's request under the condition that Ruby was absolutely forbidden to kiss and tell.

Blake and Nora built their relationship slowly in the lead up to the Beacon dance. Nora managed to keep Blake eating properly through her stress-induced nausea. Their date nights in the kitchen and lunches in the cafeteria put Blake's mind at ease.

The skirts got shorter day by day thanks to the sizzling summer heat. Blake's desire for Nora grew stronger as temperatures soared. Blake stole kisses from Nora whenever she could get her alone while pretending nothing was happening between them in the company of friends.

However, Nora was resistant to Blake's attempts to lift her skirt. She would give Blake just enough physical affection to have her coming back for more. It was a consistent game of cat and mouse. Blake took every opportunity she got to embrace Nora, pushing the envelope each time to see how much she could get away with before Nora pushed back.

Some days she would try to kiss Nora's neck. Other days Blake tries to touch their thighs or grope their chest. All in good fun of course. Nora's resistance gradually waned. Blake was addicted to the chase! Just another kiss! Just one more touch! Just a little bit more!

Nora was content in the consistency of Blake's company. Blake found thrills in the pursuit.

Blake got really close to lifting Nora's skirt the night of Beacon dance. Ruby messaged the team group chat saying there was an incident involving a spy at the CCT which she intercepted. Her and Weiss won't be back in their dorm until much later... Yang messaged back saying she was gonna book a hotel room for the night with her date. Thus, Blake's dorm is unoccupied.

Blake pleaded for Nora to join her in bed when they snuck away from the dance into a quiet hallway. Nora's only protest is that her dress was too expensive to get dirty.

Blake got on her knees and begged Nora for something extra special tonight! It didn't have to be full penetration. Even a thighjob or fingering would do! Rather than lifting her skirt, Nora dropped her panties and gave them to Blake as a token of her appreciation. Nora knew she couldn't get this kind of melodrama from Ren...

Blake threw herself at Nora's feet, thanking her incessantly for this gift! Blake rubbed out a fat nut while sniffing Nora's panties in her room. It was a perfect climax to a night of leisure!

Ren was totally oblivious to how Blake was stealing the woman he loved right under his nose. The way Nora was grinding with Blake on the dancefloor should have set off alarm bells.

While Blake was assigned a tough search and destroy mission at Mt Glen, Nora actually confronted Ren about why he didn't ask her to the Beacon dance. Call it pettiness or pity, Nora had to hear what his lame excuse was. Nora's distance from Blake made her antsy the morning she asked.

"I don't know..." Ren murmurs.

"You don't know? You don't how you feel about me?! You don't know what you want?!" Nora scolds.

"I'm not ready..." Ren answers. The defeat in his voice was heartbreaking.

"Whatever..." Nora replies apathetically.

In the ruins of Mt Glen, Blake clutches onto Nora's panties tightly in the deep of the night. The thought of returning to her kept her strong. That strength was needed for The Breach Incident. The White Fang, with Roman Torchwick at the helm, managed to lead swarms of underground Grimm directly into the city of Vale.

By the end of the day, Roman was finally apprehended. With the White Fang base at Mt Glen located and dismantled, all seemed well Vale. Blake could sleep easier now. To celebrate her successful mission, she wanted to give Nora a surprise.

Blake put on her Intruder outfit and walked to Team JNPR's dorm uninvited. She drops Nora a text to open her door. Jaune was out with Pyrrha on a date, leaving only Ren and Nora in the room. Blake presents a heart-shaped box of chocolates to Nora at the door. Her gesture melts Nora's heart!

Suddenly, Nora's heart skips a beat when she realises Ren might be watching. She turns to look back over her shoulder. Nora sees that Ren is fast asleep. Blake pulls her attention back, asking if Nora could change out of her pyjamas and meet her in the kitchen.

Nora knows exactly what Blake wants- to lift her skirt and taste her cake. She is conflicted. Nora's deepest, darkest secret is that she still wanted to save her virginity for Ren. All the push back she gave to Blake's advances was a subconscious manifestation of this.

The choice of who Nora would allow to take her innocence was final and irreversible. If Nora changes out of her pyjamas and walks out the door, there is no going back.

If Ren was not ready for love, would he be worth the wait? Did he deserve Nora's patience? Was Blake a substitute for her true love or the real deal?