AN: I'm back!

Is This A Date?

"Finally, I can get some ice cream." Jaune stretched his arms behind his head, getting a satisfying series of pops in return. He had finally finished his homework for Oobleck's world history class, and he was ready for a trip to Vale's finest ice cream parlor; 'The Dairy Mountain'.

It wasn't that long of a flight, only about ten minutes, but it felt like an eternity to Jaune. Especially since his stomach felt like it was the sea during a raging storm, and his lunch was the unfortunate ship caught in the tide, begging for an escape from the swishing and swaying of the airship.

That didn't ruin his craving for the cold treats though. He hadn't had ice cream since he bought Noir and Blanc a large hot fudge sundae for them all to share to celebrate his acceptance into Beacon. That felt like decades ago, but it had only been little over a year since. The life of a Huntsman seemed to move much faster than Jaune could keep track of.

His steady march to The Dairy Mountain came to a sudden stop when he was hit on the head by an unknown metal object. Rubbing his head, Jaune looked down at the offending item. A small umbrella? No, it was made of some kind of thin material, and it wasn't raining. So, a parasol then?

He looked up to try and spot who dropped the strange item. His eyes widened when he saw a small girl dropping towards him, spread eagle with a wicked grin that made him slightly unsettled. Jaune shook himself out of his stunned state. No matter how insane she looked, he was still obligated to catch her on his name as an Arc, and as a man!

He stumbled forward, trying to judge where she would land. Left. Right. It seemed the girl was moving, but Jaune didn't have time to worry about that. She was approaching the ground fast. He lunged out in an attempt to right his misaligned trajectory, and the girl landed safely in his arms.

Then she shattered.

He was befuddled as the girl he just saved suddenly burst into dozens of large chunks of glass. Or at least he assumed it was glass. It was very sparkly, so it was hard to tell what material it was made of.

"Oof!" Yet again, Jaune was surprised by the short girl when she landed on his back, painfully knocking the air from his lungs. He craned his head to look at her with confused eyes, and she gave him silent giggles as his only answer.

"So, you can't talk?" Jaune sat in a corner seat of The Dairy Mountain, trying to wrap his head around this enigma that decided to literally jump into his life. His vanilla swirl sat forgotten in his hand.

The girl nodded, daintily licking her Neapolitan waffle cone. She crossed her legs, balancing her parasol in her lap in a way that made her seem mature yet childish at the same time. Because of this he couldn't place her age. She was short enough to be in middle school, but she seemed to have many years of experience that dwarfed his meager seventeen years. Jaune laughed inwardly at his accidental pun. He probably shouldn't make that joke around her though.

"Okay, so how am I supposed to talk to you?" The girl motioned to her scroll that rested in the middle of the table. Jaune's swirl dripped onto his hand, and he quickly got to work on eating it so it wouldn't go to waste.

"What's your name?" He asked in between licks. She had yet to address him in any way other than vague hand gestures and subtle movements, and he was getting uncomfortable with talking to a no-name stranger. She quickly picked up her scroll and typed up her answer with one hand, not once diverting her attention from her cone. She turned the screen to face Jaune.

"Neo"

Jaune's gaze flickered between her tri-colored hair and the screen, sensing the connection between her choice of treat and her color scheme. He wasn't one to judge, so he just shrugged it off and moved onto another question.

"Why did you jump on me?" He was more confused than annoyed, but no one could really blame him. A strange girl did just assault him before following him into an ice cream parlor like she was his bestest friend in the whole world.

She typed on her scroll again, this time with two hands after devouring the rest of her cone.

"Because it seemed fun." After looking at his questioning face she added, "I like fun."

Jaune couldn't believe what he was hearing, or reading in this case. Because it was fun? It hurt! She was like a fun sized Yang with a fetish for Neapolitan!

He sighed.

"Okaaaay," He drew that word out to express his annoyance, "then why are you sitting with me like it's normal?" Again, she typed at hyperspeed to answer him, grinning like a mad woman.

"Because you're cute." She added a wink to better sell her point. Jaune blushed furiously, trying to find some way to answer her sudden admission. He ended up gaping like a fish when he couldn't find one.

She giggled into her gloved hand at his reaction. She reached over and swiped his swirl, taking a lick before quickly strolling towards the door. She beckoned to his still stunned form before heading out the door with his treat in hand. Jaune recovered from his daze and rushed out the door to follow her.

Chasing her down the street, Jaune felt even more confused about Neo. He couldn't seem to catch up to the mysterious girl. No matter how fast he ran, she just skipped casually down the sidewalk while twirling her parasol over her shoulder, never staying out of his sight for long, but always out of reach.

Eventually he did catch up. She stood outside of a theater, waiting expectantly with that annoyingly pleased smile. He looked at her empty hand.

"Where's my swirl?" He panted. He realized he needed to jog more, his stamina was crap. She shrugged at him, dropping her smile to an uncaring frown for a fraction of a second before resuming her parasol twirling. He sighed again. He wondered if this was how Ren felt, chasing Nora around all day.

He was broken out of his musings when Neo stepped into his vision, flashing her scroll at him.

"Let's see a movie!"

Jaune looked at the theater then back at Neo. Her eyes swapped between pink and white, making him even more curious about her.

"Fine, I wanted to relax anyway. What do you want to see?" Neo turned to the posters displaying what was being featured there. Jaune admired how cute she looked when she was contemplating, with her lips pursed and her eyes roaming. She eventually pointed to one of the posters.

"The new Spruce Willis film? I didn't peg you as someone who liked action films." She smiled at him, an action he was growing to appreciate. "Let's go then."

Just as he was about to pay, Neo handed the employee behind the counter a wad of neatly folded bills. She typed up the movie they wanted to see and their snack order on her scroll. The employee looked up at Jaune skeptically, and Jaune just shrugged in a way that said to go along with it. The employee took the lien, and handed them their tickets without a word.

By the time they entered the theater the pre-show commercials were already playing. The room was mostly empty, save for a few groups of teens and an old man sleeping in his seat. He assumed it was because the movie wasn't actually 'new'. It had come out last year, when Weiss had rejected him for the umpteenth time. He never did see it, instead giving the tickets to Ruby so she could see it with her sister. He wondered, did Neo see this as a date?

Neo tugged on his sleeve and he followed her to the very back row, trying his hardest to balance a large popcorn, a large milkshake, and six packs of various candy in his arms. Neo sat the milkshake in the cup holder between them, and shoved two straws into it. Jaune wondered if she expected them to drink at the same time like some couple from a sappy chick flick. That was quickly proven wrong when she stuck both of the straws into her mouth at the same time and slurped happily. Jaune seriously couldn't tell if she was more mature or childish.

The movie opened with the same explosive scenario all the films did. A large organization was trying to blow something up, and it was up to Spruce Willis to stop them... by blowing them up. Nora would love this movie.

Jaune's hand roamed the popcorn while keeping his eyes on the movie. He reached into the box for more buttery treats but found Neo's delicate fingers instead. He quickly pulled his hand back, embarrassment coloring his face. Neo silently giggled at him. She typed something on her scroll.

"How cliché. Just kiss me already!"

Jaune was going to do his signature awkward laugh at her joke, but stopped when Neo leaned over with her lips puckered. He was too stunned to react, and instead leaned back on instinct. Neo leaned forward even more, crawling over her chair to get to him, and they both fell into the next chair over with Neo straddling Jaune's waist.

Lucky for her, and Jaune, her lips met their mark. Jaune flailed his arms in search of an appropriate area to place his hands before Neo grabbed them and placed them on her hips for him. After his panic attack settled, Jaune melted into the kiss, letting Neo have dominance.

She was relentless, exploring his mouth and beating his tongue into submission with her own. She parted for air before just as quickly invading his lips again. She pulled away after a few more seconds and attacked his neck next, leaving a lasting mark or two.

Jaune didn't quite know how to feel. His dad would always tell him to be confident, and that meant being in control of the situation, but he was most certainly not in control of this situation. He was helpless to stop Neo's advances, and he wasn't even sure he wanted to.

In the end he accepted that she was the dominant one, and enjoyed the feeling her ferocious lips on his skin.

"Hey! What's going on here!?" Jaune whipped his head towards the employee who looked both shocked and embarrassed for walking in on their make out session. Neo stopped her nibbling to frown at the employee for interrupting her fun. Jaune looked up at Neo as she got a mischievous glint in her eye. He looked back at the employee who was now angrily stomping towards them before a flash of light blinded him. The next thing he saw was a gray brick wall.

Looking around, he realized he was in an alley with Neo still on top of him. He tried to make sense of what just happened but couldn't.

"Neo, what just happened?" Neo whipped out her scroll and typed up her answer in the blink of an eye, all the while with her wicked grin.

"That's a secret~ Forget about it and let's continue!"

She gyrated her hips to tease him, making Jaune whimper to her whims. She smiled impishly and leaned forward to continue where she left off, but the sudden noise of her scroll stopped her. She frowned once again as she sat back up, checking her scroll for the message.

Reading it over, she stood up and Jaune was more than a little disappointed at her absence. He reluctantly stood as well, wondering why she would drop everything she was doing. She typed something up before showing him the screen.

"I've gotta go. My boss needs me for something."

Jaune frowned, he didn't want her to go. They had just met and already they had gone further than most couples at Beacon. Now she just had to up and leave without any explanation? That wasn't fair to him.

Neo recognized his disappointment. Striding up to him purposefully, she placed a tender kiss on his lips, and shoved something into his pocket, before she backed up and gave him a wistful smile. Then she was gone, her frozen illusion shattering a few moments after she departed.

Jaune quickly reached into his pocket, and pulled out a scrap of paper and some lien that she had left him. Jaune quickly opened the note and began reading.

"Thanks for the vanilla swirl

Let's do this again ;)

(4502) 878-366

~Neo"

Jaune smiled. He would definitely be doing this again. Though, that begged the question.

Was this a date?

…And where the hell was he?

AN: Finally, I'm able to update something. The graduation ceremony, as well as my last few days of school, were exhausting. I can't even remember half the things I did because it flew by so fast. And I still have to move and go to college orientation within a month. I don't think a life changing experience has ever been so obvious, I can literally see my life changing.

Anyway, I had a lot of requests for Neo, and I hope this lived up to the expectations. A Simple Date has been neglected in my haste, and I apologize. Night and Day is getting fairly complicated and I'm not sure where it's going anymore. I'll probably end up posting the first few chapters to get feedback before continuing. Then again, I still have to write the first few chapters. Sigh.

When I look at someone like Super Saiyan Cyndaquil I just feel like my writing doesn't compare. Like it lacks substance and detail. I'm not trying to be modest, don't get me wrong, I know my good points, and I'm very arrogant. But when I draw or write I just can't help but be disappointed in my work. I guess that's the curse of the creator. You guys like this stuff, so that's all that matters. I just wish I knew where I stood on the scale.

Enough with the self-critical evaluation. I have a plan on where I want to take A Simple Date, but I need your guys' opinion. I was thinking of separating the different girls into their own stories, turning A Simple Date into a series instead of a single story, but that would mean I only focus on one girl at a time until their story is up, and then I move on to another. Or I could continue like this, but I would have to abandon some of the girls in favor of focusing on a select group. Mainly because it would get confusing if I had nine different stories bouncing around simultaneously. Those are the two options. I won't be putting up a poll, so you can all just PM me or review to answer.

Thank you all for reading, and have a wonderful existence! Don't forget to message me with your answer!

Svenska är skit: vad är den mest pinsamma saken du har gjort som folk känner till? (What is the most embarrassing thing you've done that people know?)

Well, there was this one time when I went over this girl's apartment with some friends. This girl, who will remain anonymous, had a crush on me, and I knew how she felt, but I had a crush on this other girl I didn't have a chance with. This situation lead me to play around with this girl's feelings, and I hate myself for ever doing that. Honestly one of the worst things anyone can do is mess with someone's feelings.

Anyway, we all went to her apartment and hung out. She was being all flirty, trying to get really close to me and put her hands on me, like any highschooler with a sex drive. Eventually she wanted to see my stomach because someone let it drop that I was working out. I didn't have abs or anything, but it was a good excuse to get me to take my shirt off, so she went for it.

She didn't like the fact that I was still clothed, I guess, because then she suddenly tried to pants me. Well, I was wearing sweat pants and they were very loose fitting. So were my underwear.

So both my pants and my undergarments came down around my ankles, with all of the people in the room staring. I did what any sane man would do in that situation, dived behind the couch while pulling my trousers back up. I honestly don't know how I did that, but it worked and I stood up a second later with everything in order, and an awkward blush on my face while they all tried to stay in control of their laughter.

I didn't know what to do, so I just laid back down behind the couch and curled up into a ball. It took my friends a good half an hour to get me to come out, and that is now one of my most embarrassing stories. And now it's on the internet. Thanks, Max.