A/N: Hey, guys! Sorry I haven't updated this story for like... 2 years tops? You guys know how College life is. Don't worry, I won't take too much of your time. I decided not to delete the old chapter since... I kinda need to be open to you guys.
I have a VERY important and possibly life changing announcement I'd like to make so stick around after the end of the chapter if you guys have the time, please and thank you!
Enjoy!
The cafeteria wasn't as packed as usual. It was already around 10 a.m. when people were already finished their breakfast. Though one table was noticeably lively...
Having a piece of turkey in her mouth, Neon Katt, the cat Faunus with the huge pigtails, was munching on her food. She took the plate with a turkey leg on it and passed it to her partner, Flynt Coal. "You should try this! It's pretty good."
"Already have... and I can't anymore. Had my fill earlier. All I can manage right now is a light meal." He patted his belly as he finished his plate, pushing the turkey she offered back to her. He readjusted his sunglasses afterward and then put his hat back on.
Noticing this, the girl sitting across him, by the name of Melanie Malachite, was tapping her fingers against the table while giving the guy a glare. "You know in some cultures, wearing a hat indoors is rude."
"Killing the mood as always..." Flint gave a sigh. "Look who's talkin'. You're not really the type to respect others either. You don't even try to hide it."
"Yeah right... And how am I rude, exactly?"
"Of course you don't know." He rolled his eyes. "You whipped my face with your hair and walked off the first time I met the club's 'Malachite Duo'."
"Understand us girls? No? Case closed. But to give you some pointers, try not to hit on every single girl you see." She crossed her arms and turned away. "You're all the same, guys like you..."
"For merely saying 'Hey, what's up?' You have serious issues, you know that?!"
"Oh, just give it a rest, both of you. You're making a scene." The girl in Red, Militia, stood up and shot a glare towards them.
"Right... Sure..." They complied. And as if they were in synch, both crossed their arms and turned away from each other. "Hmph."
The faunus girl giggled while her tail playfully swayed side to side. "They never get along. I'm surprised that you aren't used to this by now."
Her glare faltered after seeing them calm down. The girl in red closed her eyes momentarily before sitting back down. "I wish Jaune was here right now. He keeps my sister in check."
"Eh? No, he doesn't! I do whatever I want whether he's around or not."
"Sad... No wonder why Jaune likes you the least." The dark-skinned guy had a toothy grin saying that. "Haha~ Savage truth hurts, doesn't it?~"
"Upsetting much?" She kicked his shin under the table.
Patting his lap hard several times before gripping it, his body tensed up. He clenched his teeth as he tried to hold it all in! "Urgh! What are your shoes made of? Metal?!"
"Puh-lease~ It wasn't that hard~"
"Oh! Speaking of Jaune... Where is he? You two seen him around? He hasn't been replying to my texts. I'm gettin' worried." Neon pouted. Despite being cheerful most of the time, her mood switched from happy and mischievous to outright sad in a second.
"Really? I'm in pain and all you could bring up right now is your BF?!" He slid his plate forward, giving himself enough space to place his head on the table. He kept rubbing his shin gently while wincing in pain.
The twins glanced at each other debating whether or not to tell them, completely ignoring Flynt's dilemma. "He's..."
In the infirmary...
Jaune and the rest were singing the opening theme of a show Coco recommended them to watch, with the exception of Neo who was only swaying to the beat.
"It's gonna get a little weird,
It's gonna get a little wild!
I ain't from 'round here,
I'm from another dimension!"
"Okay, Velvet? Neo? What do you two think of the episodes so far?" He placed Coco's scroll on his lap and laid down for a bit, stretching his arms to loosen up those tense muscles.
"Hmm." Seated next to him on his right, the bunny girl placed her hand under her chin. "Not bad... Though the show is all fun and games, I prefer plot driven stories."
Neo, who was seated on his left, gave a few nods of agreement.
"Oh, trust me. The plot will kick in as the series progresses. You'll be surprised how this 'kid show' got pretty popular."
Coco, who was standing next to Velvet, took her scroll from his lap and started loading up the next episode. "The show gets off once they introduce Toff-"
"Don't spoil it! I want them to go completely blind. It takes the hype out if you just tell them."
"Oh, come on~ I was just mentioning the name. I doubt they know who he is." She gave her scroll to him afterward, her hand on his head and ruffled his hair.
"Still, don't do that. Some people consider new names as spoilers too, you know?" A few more seconds, he shook her hand away. "Okay, enough already. My hair is messy enough as it is."
Jaune was about to tap the play option when suddenly, all of the scrolls present in that room jad their ringtones set off. "Whoa! What the-?"
They took their respective calls. In unison, the girls mentioned one name... "Penny?!"
Through the scroll, she could be seen with a background resembling the insides of an airship. Penny, with her earphones on, gave a pleased smile and waved at the camera. "Salutations, friends!"
"H-Hey there. How's it going?" Coco replied with a nervous grin, raising her hand to the camera's view and started moving her fingers back and forth in a wave-like motion.
Weirdly enough, Neo casually waved with a smile like nothing ever happened between them.
"You're okay!" The blonde sat up straight, a bit excited to see her. "I'm fine, and... Wait... you're fixed up now, right?
"For the most part, yes. Though most of my human internal organs were now malfunctioning and unusable. You girls put up a great fight during that battle royale!"
She sounded pretty ecstatic about it, which gave him and the rest of the girls a bit of concern.
"Not to worry, Jaune! For my reproductive system is still intact and fully functional!"
"Uh... say what now?" The blonde wasn't sure how to react to that. He simply went with the first thing that came to mind, along with a slight blush from the implication. "That's... nice."
Upon hearing this, Neo snapped her fingers in disappointment; Velvet seemed annoyed; And Coco was just snickering at the two.
"I also have some news! Number one, I'm on my way there to Beacon. Hurray!" She giddily clapped her hands.
"Awesome!" Jaune gave her a thumbs up and a bright smile. "Happy for ya."
The rest didn't seem too happy about that.
"This next news is for you, Neo. My father and headmaster Ozpin had a talk and somehow managed to bail you out of the trouble you got yourself into after quite literally cutting my body into pieces." She kept her cheerful tone. "From now on, you'll be working for not only Ozpin but for me and my father as our errand girl to make up for my body parts you broke, unless you're willing to donate some of your organs. I would really appreciate that~"
The gang turned to the short pink haired girl to see her response.
She frantically shook her head left and right, placed each hand on opposite shoulders and turned her body away from the scroll in fear.
The girl giggled in response. "Oh, I don't blame you. But please bare in mind that actions have consequences. You got lucky that my father finds your semblance very useful."
Neo gave a sigh and gave a nod, the briefly turned to Jaune.
"Just don't do it again. I already forgave you so... just accept what's coming to you, 'kay?."
"..." And with that, she gave a few more nods before hugging him, nuzzling her face against his chest.
He simply smiled and patted her on the head.
"And the final news. I am not sure if this is concerning or not but something was very odd when I called you yesterday..."
Coco shifted her gaze away...
"Let me guess, no one was answering? I'm not sure what Nora's been doing with my scroll by now but the least she could do was answer the call."
"Oh! On the contrary my call was answered. Jaune, are you aware that..."
"... team RWBY has your scroll?"
"..." He took a few seconds to answer. "They... they do? W-What were they doing with it?"
"I do not know, but they were acting a bit too suspicious in my opinion. I was finding it funny how gullible and naive they think I am."
"..."
Velvet turned to her leader and teammate, Coco. "You don't think..."
"Not sure..." She then turned to Jaune. "Did you have all your personal stuff locked behind a security code or something. Maybe a password?"
"Well, yeah... I have a password."
"Good~ Then as long as your password isn't too obvious, I'm sure they can't possibly check out your personal stuff."
"..." And then it hit him. "Ohhhhh no... Oh no, oh no, ohhhhhhhhh no."
"Jaune?" Penny gave him a look of concern.
"..." He looked a bit pale. Looking at his friends, Neo in particular, he got an idea before turning back to Penny. "May I borrow your errand girl for a short while?"
Neo was puzzled, pointing at herself in response.
"Of course, Jaune! What's mine is yours."
"Thanks, Pen. I owe you one."
"You're welcome~"
The pink-haired girl pouted, puffed her cheeks and crossed her arms.
Sensing her annoyance, he couldn't help but make a sheepish grin. "Eheh... Um... Can I ask you a favor? You're pretty much the only person who can do this flawlessly.
"I'm still here, Jaune. Anything I can do to help?"
"Sorry, Velv. I need someone extremely stealthy and mobile on this one. I already seen Neo in action when Ozpin took as back in ti-... I mean... on a mission."
"Oh, alright..."
"You two went on a mission together? When was that?" Coco eyed them curiously.
"I-It's... a long story..."
Neo was slightly flattered by this, but she instantly wiped the smirk off her own face. She started tapping her foot and held out an open palm.
"Yes, Neo. I'll... I'll owe you one too." Knowing a lot about her at this point, he was a bit frightened on what she would have in store after all this.
She started hopping in excitement.
Giving a sigh, he gave her a more serious look. "Okay, here's what I need you to do..."
While they where doing their thing, Coco kept her cool and started texting on her scroll, listening in on his plan.
Back in the cafeteria...
"He's not feeling well right now. Jaune's resting in the infirmary with a few friends keeping him company." Militia answered.
"Hm..." Flynt's sour mood turned to worry but kept silently listening.
His partner on the other hand... "What?! How did that happen? Did he catch a bad cold or something?"
Melanie raised a brow. "He didn't tell you? There was a match two days ago and the guy got beat up in the process."
"Oh, I remember him telling me! It's the thing he was training for, right? Gosh... I feel so bad for him right now. I'll check up on him as soon as we move into our dorm rooms. I need to take a relaxing bath before cuddling him. I can't believe he got jacked up. He still owes me a date after that bet..." She said, completely oblivious to the twins' deathly glare.
"I'm starting to regret telling you now..."
"Aww~ Don't be like that. It's not like you two haven't had your fair share of intimacy with him, right?~ I know all about the shenanigans you've been putting him through~" She winked at them and stuck her tongue out. "Though I don't think any of you got through to him. He's pretty darn dense."
Her partner rolled his eyes in agreement. "I'll say..."
Though a bit hurtful, the sisters found truth in her words. All they could do was sigh.
Sensing their mood, Flynt decided to change the subject. "So... About those dorm rooms. We overheard that you two were going to move in too, am I right?"
"Yeah... That's the plan."
To his surprise, Melanie was the one who answered. The girl seemed to forget about hating him. "Well... You two better talk to the headmaster then. The busy guy might not have the time for you fellas if you don't set up an appointment asap."
"Sure... Thanks..."
The atmosphere was awkward for a minute as they observed silence, not counting the fact that there are other few people chattering in the cafeteria.
Back in team RWBY's dorm room...
"Ughhhhh... This is boring!" Nora was bumping her head against Ren's left shoulder over and over...
...much to his annoyance. "Ow... Ow... Ow..."
"What are you talking about? Jaune's playing your theme song while you're singin' it." Yang turned back to the screen.
On the screen, Nora's voice could be heard. "Boooooooop!"
"Ugghhhh... We already saw this! And, I already know what happens next. Nothing much happens since Jaune's going back to his usual training sessions."
Looking back once more on the screen, it seemed that they were going to train, just as Nora said.
"You have a point..." The brawler kept watching, though she shared the same uninterested face most of them have. "Mind if we skip some of the entries? This is Jaune's last day before getting discharged from the infirmary. We've watched only two weeks worth of his entries out of three months."
"Sure, Sis! The stuff was starting to get boring anyway." Ruby stretched her arms and legs, lazily laying on the bed.
Hearing the idea, Pyrrha's mood brightened. This was her chance. "If I may suggest... I'd like to skip to his entry about me. You girls already had a turn and got to see his thoughts on each and every one of you. I think it's about time I have mine."
"Your turn? Meh... Sounds fair. Sure, why not?" With the scroll in hand, she started tapping on it, navigating her way to find what Pyrrha wanted to see.
"Thank you!" She was uncharacteristically all giddy just from the approval.
"Don't get your hopes too high up." Weiss was making a face as if she was deep in her thoughts. "You might end up disappointed."
"Don't worry, I won't. But knowing that he made something for me already gets me all warm and fuzzy inside~" She was genuinely smiling. A lovely one at that.
"You okay there, Ice Queen? You seem a bit... well... Somewhere in the lines of being ticked off and depressed." She got beside the heiress and put an arm around her neck.
"Yang... first off, please don't touch me. Second, the reason I'm like this is because... At this point, I don't think he sees me that way anymore... or even like me at all, for that matter..."
Pyrrha placed her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Weiss, don't worry. I think everyone here more or less feels the same way, not including Nora and Ren of course. There are plenty of fish in the sea, as they say."
The blonde girl complied, backing off a little bit. "Yeah! Exactly! It's not the end of the world if he doesn't pick you, or any of us for that matter. There are like... millions of guys out there. It's all just a matter of picking the right one. Besides, just because he's taken doesn't mean it's 'Game Over'. Relationships don't always work out the first time around."
"I can attest to that..." Blake simply added, earning everyone's curious gazes. In response to that, "Adam... It's a long story and I don't feel like talking about it, so let's just leave it at that."
"Fair enough." The heiress gave a weak smile regardless. "Thanks. I appreciate the pep talk."
"You're welcome, Weiss. Don't mention it. We teammates have each other's backs after all." Ruby gave her a thumbs up.
Her sister suddenly got her into a headlock and gave her a friendly noogie. "You didn't even say anything to cheer her up at all!~"
"Aack! How am I supposed to help?! I don't have any experiences when it comes to that stuff! Get off me!" In a comical fashion, she started pushing her away.
In turn, Weiss giggled at the display.
Yang got back to looking through the list of entries in Jaune's scroll. "Hey, Pyr. I found it, I think? It's the video title says 'Pyrrha's Inner Thoughts'."
She placed the scroll down on the table, beside the holographic television set after hooking it up.
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
-Entry no. ?-
The boy was back in his usual room in the underground training facility. Seated on the side of his bed in front of his fly cam, he placed his hands on his face and slowly slid it up to his hair. "Hey, Jaune here... Today's been pretty interesting lately and guess what... Yeah, there's another girl I have to consider-"
Suddenly, knocks were heard from the door. "Hello? May I come in?"
"Oh, um... Sure, Velv. It's not locked."
As she opened the door...
"Oh, wait! I'm actually recording right now. Not that you're disturbing me or anything! Just saying that you're in the shot. Should I pause it?" He was about to reach for the camera.
"No need." She proceeded into the room and sat beside him. "I was actually hoping if I could join in... for the entry?"
"Well... About that..." He slowly shifted his gaze away. "I don't think you'd wanna hear what I have to say."
"I doubt that. You can trust me. You should know that by now..." She scooted closer to him, giving him a warm smile as she placed her hand on his. "Sorry if I'm prying too much. I'm just worried. This is the first time you actually didn't invite me. I would brush it off as just you wanting some privacy but... You're being awfully sneaky when you walked in here as if you didn't want anyone to see you at all."
"Yeah, I'm surprised that you didn't take the hint. You kinda just did the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen." He gave her an awkward grin as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I'm sorry..."
"Meh... It's fine. It's really not in my place to judge since I was the exact same towards Weiss back at the day. You know... All the times she tried to turn down my dumb advances yet I keep pushing anyway? That was my bad."
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
"We're off to a great start..." Weiss turned away from the screen.
Ruby gave her a few comforting pats on the back. "There there..."
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
"Anyways, the reason I didn't want anyone else to hear about this is because... fair warning..." There was a brief pause before he spoke again. "... Another girl."
"..."
"Okay... here it comes... You know the time when Neo first told me about her feelings and you just snapped? I'm afraid this might happen... again. You've been kinda aggro recently." He scooted away, expecting a violent reaction.
Her hand on his tensed up while the other fist was clenching beside her. "M-May I at least know who she is first?"
He gave a few seconds thinking about whether or not he should answer that question.
"Pyrrha..."
Hearing the name, she took a deep breath and took a heavy sigh before she spoke. "Let me guess... Nora had something to do with it?"
"Yeah... Pretty much..."
"Did... Did she tell you about her having a crush on you or something?"
"Worse..." Jaune took his scroll and turned the other fly cam visible and floated towards him. Afterward, he took a small cord from his pocket and attached one end to the camera and the other to his scroll. "Here's how it happened."
- Fly Cam Footage -
"Mmmph! Nngggh!" The blonde was tied to a chair, both gagged and blindfolded.
Nora proudly entered the JNPR dorm room and presented her captive, currently hunched over her shoulder, to the only other person currently present in the room, Pyrrha Nikos. "Got him! He's all yours!"
"I told you to bring him here! Not kidnap him!" She immediately got to his side and untied him. First, his blindfold. And then his mouth, along with the rest of the binds.
Once the gag was off... "Nora? Are you out of your... FRIGGING MIND?!"
"Sorryyyy~ Pyrrha really needed to talk to you. Plus, I got permission from the headmaster."
"What?! Why?"
"Something about adding a little spice to his 'Soap Opera'."
"Soap Opera?" Pyrrha asked.
"You don't wanna know." He tried to calm himself down and turned to his partner. "Sorry for the quick rage by the way. So what did you want us to talk about?"
Pyrrha briefly turned to her other teammate and gave her a knowing nod.
"Oooh~ Right! My work here is done anyways. See you guys later!"
And with that, Nora skipped out of the room with glee, giving the two some privacy.
The girl sat on the bed and patted on the space next to her.
Once he obliged... "Jaune, I wanted to talk to you about your recent... behavior."
"Behavior? What do you mean?"
"You've been sneaking off to somewhere every day. You don't even eat with us during lunch anymore. Quite frankly, you've distanced yourself from your friends." Her hand made its way on his, giving it a firm grip. "It just feels like the time Cardin was bullying you back then. Is there anything wrong? Why is Ozpin keeping you away? Does it have anything to do with your... transcripts?"
He was taken aback. Seeing the worry in her eyes, he tried giving her a warm smile. "Trust me, Pyr. It's fine, I promise. Ozpin isn't allowing me to spill the beans yet until I'm done."
Pyrrha frowned at his answer. "Done with what? And up till when?"
"I'm sorry, but just like I said. I... really can't tell you or anybody yet."
"Well... When the time comes, would you tell us what's going on? I'm not the only one who's concerned about you. We're all in this together and I don't want my leader having any troubles." She looked at him with such mournful eyes.
"Sheesh, Pyrrha. You're being too dramatic. I'm fine, I swear. I bet that you'll actually be happy what I'll... probably able to achieve once I'm done with what I'm going through." He gave her a friendly hug...
... earning a blush from her. "Well... If you say so."
He pulled away, keeping his happy expression. "Would that be all? We good?"
"Actually... There's just one more thing..."
"Hm? What is it?"
"I'm not really sure if I'm going to be able to talk to you again any time soon so... I guess now is a better time than any." She then took her shoes off and then went to the middle of the bed. Sitting down on her knees, and then gestured him to do the same opposite to her side. "But rather than just telling, I would like you to know everything by... reading my mind."
"..." He just stared at her, wide-eyed. "I can't r-read-"
"Nora told me... Congrats on unlocking your semblance, by the way. I just knew you could do it." She gave him an adorable uplifting smile with two thumbs up.
"She what?!"
O~o~o~o~o~O
"Whoa! Hold up! You knew that all this time?!" Yang, along with the rest of the gang turned to Pyrrha. "And you didn't tell us?"
"Was there any reason for me to tell you? I promised Jaune I would keep it a secret. See for yourselves. And unlike some people, I'm good at keeping them." She gave Nora 'the look'.
"Eheh..." The hammer wielder scratched the back of her head and gave a sheepish grin.
"Well... No point in arguing about that now." Ruby turned back to the scroll and played the video.
O~o~o~o~o~O
Suddenly, Nora opened the door. "I got permission for that too, for your info!" She then closed it just right after her remark, leaving herself outside.
"I'm sorry..." Pyrrha turned away.
"It's... It's fine... I'd be willing to do just that but... why? I'm gonna tell you right now. I don't have proper control of it yet. Who knows what I'll see once I give it a shot."
After a moment of thinking, she gave her answer. "I... don't mind. I believe that any type of relationship grows stronger the more honest they are to each other."
"Fair enough..." He finally sat across her just as she wanted. "But please don't tell anyone about my semblance and stuff to anyone, okay? I may get kicked out for it."
"... Why would-?"
"Can't answer yet..."
"R-Right. Sorry... Okay. Thank you for accepting my request. I'm ready when you are, Jaune." She sat up straight and placed her hands calmly on her lap.
In turn, his eyes started to faintly glow white as he locked them onto hers. "Okay. Here goes."
They stared at each other for about a minute more or less.
It only took a few seconds before Pyrrha's cheeks started to heat up merely from the direct eye contact. And in turn, Jaune was getting all flustered as well. The moment was interrupted when the flare dissipated from his eyes.
"OW! OW! OW!" He closed them shut, curled himself into a ball, and then rubbed his eyes gently with his palms.
"Jaune!" The red-head came to his side as soon as possible, placing a hand on his back.
"N-No worries! This always happens whenever I try it." After a moment, he slowly sat up and faced her. His cheeks start to redden after her memories flooded his mind.
"If I knew it would hurt you this much, I wouldn't have asked in the first place." She then started to notice the slight red tint on his face. "Jaune? Was... W-Was it successful?"
He averted his gaze and inched himself slightly away, only for her to scoot closer to the point where there was physical contact from their thighs up their shoulders.
She then proceeded to place her arm around his back and rested her hand on his shoulder.
He was surprised by this and got him into a panicky mood. "U-Uhm... P-Pyrrha?"
"I'm sorry..."
For some reason, the boy let out a chuckle hearing her signature catch phrase. "I-It's fine, Pyrrha. Just... You kinda have to understand how guys like me feel when their arm is hard pressed against... um... Y-You know. And word of advice, not that I'm an expert at these things but, I think it's safer to NOT have your life built around... a single person. I-It's very flattering though!"
Closing her eyes for a brief second, the red-head took the time to breathe in deeply before letting it out. "Okay, I get what you mean and don't worry too much. I know what I'm doing~"
A smirk started to form on her face. She pushed herself against him harder, causing the poor flustered boy to fall backward, and proceeded to mount him.
"P-Pyrrha!"
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
Yang gave a whistle, and proceeded to playfully shove Pyrrha with a hand by her shoulder. "Never thought you had it in ya~ You make me so proud~"
Curling herself into a ball in a seated position, the red-headed spartan hid her face behind her own hands... in direct contrast to the confidence she was showing on screen.
Ruby childishly covered her eyes. "Tell me when it's over!"
Weiss was wide-eyed and her mouth hung agape at the scene.
Blake gulped and her breathing slowed, eyes glued to the screen.
Ren was watching as if it was a normal thing, keeping his stoic self.
Nora on the other hand... She took advantage of the situation. "Renny... You're only allowed to look if you promise we'll do that too~ But with pancakes and syrup!"
All eyes turned to her...
"Nora?"
"Yes, Ren?"
"..." He karate chopped her on the head. "Behave."
"Owie! You're so mean..." She pouted, crossed her arms and turned away. "Hmph."
Afterwards, he placed a hand on her head and started petting her.
In turn, she smiled and leaned closer. "Hehe~ Aww~ You're forgiven~"
"Weirdos..." Ruby simply said before turning back to the playing video, not forgetting to block her own vision.
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
In panic, he pulled himself off and crawled face-up towards the far back of the bed. "W-What's gotten into y-?"
Just then, his elbow reached under the pillow and felt something underneath. Pulling it out, it was actually a magazine...
"... 'How To Get The Shy Guy Of Your Dreams'... '18 Plus Edition'..." He paused to see the cover. A female with quite the looks was on top of a shy-looking male, pinning his arms down against the bed. "P-Pyrrha, did you...?"
She snatched the reading material right off of his hands like a snake lunging at its prey. The girl held it close to her chest back turned towards the blonde. Her face was almost as red as her hair. "I thought you already knew about that! What did you actually see when you read my mind?!"
"Hey! I only have like a minute to see a lot of stuff that you did flashing by my eyes. It's not like I caught on to every single little thing. I don't even control what I get to see. I just happened to piece together everything I saw easily since..."
"S-Since what?"
"Since... I'm such a big part of your life right now. Well, 'Beacon life' to be exact. At least that's what it looked like. Y-You might probably wanna deny it if I'm just getting the wrong idea."
"Oh..."
Then came a long silence. The two were just sitting there, not even making any eye contact.
"I-I'm not going to deny it, Jaune. Your assumption is indeed accurate. I just wished this confession went smoothly." She giggled softly, tossing the reading material to the side of the bed, not even caring anymore. "Sorry. Looking back on how this went down, it is ridiculously funny."
"Was that necessary though?" He pointed at the magazine. "Don't you think that was a bit too much?"
"In my defense, I didn't know anything about the art of seduction. So I did some research. And yes, it was necessary because, no offense, but you're a bit slow to pick up on social cues. I mean it did take you quite a while to realize that Weiss isn't interested in you nor ever will be despite her saying 'no' on countless occasions."
"Y-Yeah, I kinda get your point."
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
"Hey!" Weiss shot Pyrrha a glare.
"Don't look at me like that. I mean you did turn him down to the point where even he actually gets it. I never expected you to actually come around and like him." She kept on watching the footage.
Yang started ruffling their hair. "Hehe~ Cut it out, you two. All's fair in love and war.
"I'm starting to notice a pattern here." Ren actually saying something grabbed all of their attention. "Whenever something offends any of you girls, you pause the video and someone breaks it up. It's a time waster is all I'm saying."
"Uh, yeah... He's kinda right..." Ruby cutted in and made her way towards the video and played it herself. "It's kinda getting old."
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
Pyrrha noticed that he was deep in his own thoughts. "Jaune, you don't have to answer me immediately. And whatever this answer is, I'll gladly accept it. Nothing will change between us, I promise."
"W-Wait... Really?"
"Of course. I just wanted to let you know. In all honesty, it's much easier to talk these things out with friends as sweet as you. I feel much better now that I got that off my chest."
"W-Why do you always try and flatter me?" His cheeks were noticably reddening again. "Anyways, Thanks for um... Not rushing me. I'll get back to you on that once this is all done, alright? Thanks for the talk, Pyr."
"I should be thanking you for taking a bit of your time, but You're welcome~" She gave him her classic warm and radiant smile.
Seeing this made him happy.
A few seconds later, his scroll vibrated again from his pocket. He pulled away and looked at the message. "Welp..."
"Let me guess... Professor Ozpin?"
"Actually, it's Miss Glynda but yeah... pretty much the same thing."
"Well you better get going. Don't mind me, I'll just rest here. Didn't expect confessions to be this emotionally tiring." She laid back down and waved him goodbye.
"R-Right. U-Um... tell you what. I'll try to prepare something special for you by the end of what I'm going through. In exchange... Just... Well... This talk never happened, 'kay? You and Nora cover for me and act like you two are super worried. The others can't know."
A hint of excitement was shown on her face. "We'll do our best."
"Awesome! I knew I can count on ya. Later!" And with that, he finally left the room.
- - - End of Footage - - -
Back at Jaune's dimly lit room in the secret training facility.
"So yeah... That happened."
Velvet didn't respond. She just stared at the screen for a moment before eventually bowing her head.
"Velv?"
"..."
"L-Look, this is the reason I didn't want you to be in this Diary ent-"
"No no. It's not that, Jaune..." She readjusted her seat, directly facing him. "How would you feel if you are aware that the girl you have feelings for have other guys trying to get her attention?"
"Honestly... I'd feel a bit pressured in the competition. I think anyone would feel that way. I've watched cartoons and even read stories about guys trying to fight for-"
"That's what I'm feeling right now." She interrupted, turning away.
"Just so you know, I never asked for all this. Heck, I was just trying to woo one girl way back then. I stopped having crushes for a little while, then the next thing I knew... I'm now being fought over. Your turn to try put yourself in my shoes."
"Well, if I was such an indecisive girl... Yes, I would have trouble choosing the guy I really like. I think I understand."
"Me too, I'm starting to get what people meant about teenagers being dumb and naive. Anyways... We're getting side tracked." Jaune turned back to the camera. "So yeah... That's the thing that happened earlier today. I made her a promise that I'm willing to keep. I have a few ideas planned but I have to consult with Professor Ozpin for this."
"What do you have in mind?" There was a hint of reluctance in her tone.
"Just some music video. This is gonna be a bit more special than the past musical stuff that I've done though. I'll need Ozpin's permission, a whole lot of aura to donate to the clone machine, and a guy who's pretty good at editing videos. Do you know any?"
Velvet crossed her arms. "You want a girl who's crushing on you help you serenade someone else?"
"Technically, it's not a serenade. More like a song of... acknowledgement, I guess? I'm gonna need dancers too."
She kept silent, still thinking long and hard about it.
"I understand if you don't wanna help. I'm the one who made the promise and not anyone else after all. You've been giving me a lot of help during my training sessions here already. Thank yo-"
"I'll do it."
"..." There was a brief pause. Jaune stared in disbelief. "Really?"
"I've been helping you, as you said, and I'm willing to go all the way. Plus, it might make a good bonding experience for us." Her frown subsided and turned into a genuine smile.
"Thanks!" He suddenly leaned forward for a big hug, swaying her side to side.
The faunus couldn't help but deeply blush in his arms, seizing the opportunity to nuzzle against his neck. "Y-You're w-welcome!"
Once the blonde pulled away, he reached for the camera. "I'm about to end the vid here. I probably won't be recording another one of these anytime soon unless it's an update on how things are going with the 'Pyrrha Tribute'. Bye."
-End of Diary Entry-
~O~o~o~o~o~o~O~
Everyone can't help but notice how giddy and ecstatic Pyrrha was right now.
"Aww~ He's so sweet~ On to the next, please!"
"Easy there, girl. Don't get too excited. Jaune's popular with some ladies now, remember? Doubt he's made up his mind."
"Let her have this, Yang! Victory's a victory no matter how small it is!" Nora raised her hand for a high five at Pyrrha...
... and she obliged. "Thank you, but... she's right though. I'm aware of that fact but at this point, having my feelings recognized is the next best thing at least. I'm excited to know what he has in store for me."
"That's right. It's better to keep your expectations low than be disappointed." Yang was reaching for Jaune's scroll. Suddenly, her own scroll set off a ring tone.
(I Burn!) Can't hold me now! You cannot stop me (I BURN!)
Now everyone was giving her 'the look'.
"What?! I like his music. It's gonna be my new theme song."
"When did you have the time to send that to your scroll?" Blake asked.
"I have my ways, kitty cat~"
"Don't call me that..."
The message received was from a certain upperclassmen. "Hey everyone, I think this is important..." She started reading the message out loud.
"Warn everyone! Jaune is on to you gals. He's sending Neo to spy on your dorm room. Hurry! Hide his scroll and don't let her catch you red-hand-..."
She trailed off as she stared in shock. Neo was just standing in front of their door, already recording her speak via scroll on video. She was silently giggling with a thumbs up.
"Yang? You okay there? You look like you just saw a gh-" She turned to where Yang was staring and everyone soon followed. "Ohhhh..."
Everyone matched Yang's reaction, with an exception to Ren who was seemingly nonchalant and just kept eating some popcorn, wherever he managed to get it. Though his mouth was closed, the room was so dead silent that his munching is the only thing everyone is hearing at the moment.
"The scroll!" The blonde girl turned back and reached for it but... it was no longer there. "What the-!"
Neo proudly waved the scroll at her, taunting them.
"When did you-?!
She stopped recording, opened the door, and walked out of the room, winking and waving goodbye.
...
"GET HER!"
Author's Notes: Alrighty then! Also, when's gonna be the next chapter upload you might ask? My target would be at least a chapter every 2 weeks or at the very least within a month. Yes, I'm starting to take this writing thing seriously because of this important announcement I have to make.
I have a P to the A to the T to the R to the E to the... Okay, I know you guys know where this is headed. You might think to yourselves...
"This guy has the audacity to make and announce that he has an online tip jar just because he made a poorly written story that somehow got slight recognition and now he thinks he's worth supporting... What a/an *insert understandable insult here*"
I get it. I'm very sorry. My life just came to a point where if I don't do something, its going to be hard for me and my family. My back is against the wall this time which kinda led me to pushing this chapter out. No worries! Because:
1. I promise I'll keep on writing regardless of having little to no financial support.
2. In good faith, I will not put the link of my online tip jar unless I can prove that I can upload chapters consistently.
3. There is a link to my discord server on my profile/bio here on the site where EVERYONE is welcome to join and keep me in line and make sure I do get those chapters out. We can also hangout and chat there and stuff! ^~^
4. More free content! I have 3 more titles that I have been planning on releasing. Namely...
"Love is Measured (Literally)" - could possibly be a sequel to this current story (but no one has to read this one to relate to it) or not depending on what you guys prefer.
"Getting a GF Through Card Games" - yes... I'm aware how ridiculous this sounds. xD
"Wholesome vs. Lewd" - this is kind of a risky guilty pleasure of mine since it involves a female OC characterized by a female friend of mine... *nervous Filipino noises*
Yes, all of these are romantic comedies involving Jaune. And titles above are subject to change. It will take me awhile to get these out so yeah... I'll get to them eventually! Thank you guys so much for having the patience to read all this! And sorry if I habe disappointed anybody. I really am.
Bonus: There's a secret message in this chapter for you guys. Just put it in on your review on this chapter if you can spot it. Clue, it's hidden between the first two line breaks of this chapter.