Disclaimer: Don't own RWBY or it's characters; those belong to RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum.

Rating: T

Summary mostly said it :P Also, though I've seen the newest episode Forever Fall, this takes place after Jaunedice, Part 2 only. So keep that in mind as you enjoy lol

Pyrrha looked at her book's page, The History of the Faunus, but she couldn't focus. So with a silent breath, she closed the book.

The room itself was just as silent, despite having having four people living in it, with one exception: Nora was humming something to herself as she went about her business. Ren sat on the opposite bed, maintaining the sharpness of his weapons, but her focus was elsewhere. Jaune lay on his bed opposite hers, looking generally dejected, and simply toying with the fabric of his pillowcase. The sight of him like that made her heart ache, and she wished she could say something, but Ren and Nora's presence in the room made her choice of words limited.

Jaune sighed a bit. "Nora, will you stop humming?" he asked, but not with any real annoyance.

"Can't do that!" she said cheerfully. "I gotta make up a song!"

"For what?" Pyrrha asked.

"For when I finally get to break Cardin's legs!"

She grunted, putting a hand to her cheek. "Maybe you should go do it right now" she said quietly. "He'd deserve it"

There was a moment where Nora turned to her, surprised, then she lit up: "I should!" she exclaimed, hands up before laughing as she took Magnhild from it's slot on the wall. "Oh yes! He's really gonna feel this!" she said evilly, with a grin to match.

As this was literally happening before her eyes, Pyrrha felt a rising horror and quickly sat up, opening her mouth to say that no she shouldn't (even though she was all for it). But something stopped her in her tracks.

Nora was gonna leave the room...

So after a moment, hard as it was, she forcibly kept herself silent and merely smiled slightly at Nora. "Good luck."

The girl in question gave off another laugh and bounded out of the room.

Ren slowly stood up, his weapons disappearing up his sleeves, looking carefully at her.

Pyrrha could tell he suspected some or all of what she was doing, and ignored Jaune's slow understanding of what just happened. "Uh" she briefly stammered, before clearing her throat. "If possible Ren, don't let her kill him. But at the very least, don't let anyone connect you to whatever happens"

Ren's eyes briefly flicked to Jaune, then looked at the door for a moment, before going back to her. "Should be interesting either way" he merely said, then left. She could have sworn she heard a faint sigh through the walls though, moments after he'd left.

"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked, sitting up in a hurry, looking between her and the door. "What was that?"

"I don't know what you mean?" she asked faintly, but it was partly true.

He gestured with both arms toward the door. "First you let Nora go, to break Cardin's legs, which I am totally against by the way, then you tell Ren to keep her in line? And that's if it's possible? Why didn't you stop her in the first place?"

She didn't answer right away; she was trying to think about how to best reply. Her eventual answer? "Well, I didn't really plan that, exactly" she said, hands together. "But uh, I did want them to leave the room"

That threw him off, but only for a few seconds. "Why though?"

"So we could talk" she said simply.

Rather than be thrown by this, or curious/confused about why, Jaune's first reaction was to groan and throw himself backward. "Let me guess, this is about how I still need help even if I have to do it myself?" he asked, rather bitterly.

"Actually, no"

He didn't respond for a few moments, but his head did lift a little. "No?" he asked. "Then what did you want, Pyrrha?"

She glanced down, and felt her cheeks heat up slightly. "Well, to be alone together" she admitted sheepishly. "And uh, to kiss you, Jaune"

Jaune gave a noncommital grunt, his head laying back down, and that was all.

Even without that subdued reaction, she could tell her answer hadn't really registered, not yet. So, hands still on her lap, she waited.

Five seconds passed, then ten, then twenty... Jaune turned himself to his side, away from her and without no sudden movements; a false alarm. Then his body spontaneously jerked around, both literally and with vocal help, and it was bad enough that he ultimately landed on back-first on the floor. "Jaune!" she breathed, swinging her legs over the bed.

Maybe it was the shock, but he neither heard her, nor saw her offered hand; so he got up by himself. She wasn't remotely offended, just worried as she straightened up. "Jaune?"

"I'm dreaming" she heard, almost as if from far-away. She barely had enough time to blink before he went on, slowly tapping the side of his head. "I'm dreaming, yeah, that's what it is!"

She stared at the back of his head for two seconds, then slowly shook herself out of it, thinking quickly. Okay, he thought he was dreaming even though he obviously isn't, and she didn't want to waste time with a slow, easy progression back to his normal self. So what to do next? As she did this, Jaune continued to tap the side of his head for awhile, making sounds here and there.

Eventually, she stepped forward, placing a hand on his shoulder. And when he didn't notice that, she pulled him around to face her, which startled him.

She didn't speak for a moment. "Jaune" she spoke softly. "When you dream, does anything ever feel solid?"

"Uh..." he breathed, blinking once, glancing repeatedly at her hands on his shoulders. "No"

She gave off a small smile. "Then I don't think you're dreaming" she said gently. "About anything"

Jaune slowly looked down, groaning a bit. "Oh, if this were any other time, I'd be thrilled!" he said. "Pyrrha, I'm not- I just... *sighs* I can't-"

"Jaune, don't you dare say you can't!" she exclaimed, pushing him away, enough that the backs of his legs hit his bed and startling him. An instant later, she realized what she'd done: "Oh no" she breathed, instinctively reaching forward then stopping herself. "Jaune, I-I'm so sorry. I don't know what made me do that..."

The way Jaune stared at her, she couldn't hold his gaze, and a silence stretched unbearably long.

"I... I think I do, Pyrrha"

She looked up slowly; he looked hesitant and unsure, but in a new way. "Jaune?"

"Last night, what I said-" he said, trying to gesture the rest of it, and failing before he sighed. "I was too caught up in my own wallow to see it at first, but, driving you away... I shouldn't have done that, or hurt you"

She felt a little warm at that, and stepped forward. "Jaune-"

"The part I don't understand though?" he asked, sounding like it was really important and that he get it out there. "This: how can you still love me?"

She was just about to reply, before she registered the 'still' bit. "What?" she breathed, not entirely sure what he meant.

"I can get behind it, you falling in love with me" he said quickly, nervous and hesitant. "It's possible, right? Yeah! Anyway, uh, that's my question; after last night, how can nothing have changed that!? I mean, Pyrrha, I snuck into-"

She stepped forward and hugged him, making sure he didn't finish (which judging by his startled gasp, she'd succeeded).

"I never said last night didn't change things, Jaune" she stated faintly, breathing slowly. "I wish you had never done so, that it wasn't true, or that you didn't have that tendency to do things on your own without any help"

Jaune didn't say anything in reply, but he did slowly and hesitantly hold her back.

"But wishing will not do anything; it is done" she breathed, slowly pulling back, just enough to look at him. "It's a setback, Jaune... but only that"

Judging by the slight red in Jaune's cheeks, he was realizing that they were pretty close, literally. "Pyrrha" he breathed, making a sound. "How is this happening?"

She put her hands back on his shoulders, this time closer to his neck. "I think a better question would be 'Do I want to?', Jaune" she said simply. "Because I do. Can you really turn that down?"

He didn't (verbally) answer her, but he neither pulled away or showed signs of wanting to lean in.

When nothing happened for five seconds, she slowly smiled, and gently touched her hands to his neck now, bordering on his cheeks. He made a nervous sound at that, but she continued smiling.

She stepped a little closer, adjusted her grip, and started leaning in. With her eyes half-closed, she didn't see Jaune's eyes clearly, but his lips were open a bit (and quivering). He did nothing for much of her leaning, but on the last inch, he did slightly twitch in her direction. Less than a second later, her lips gently touched his, bringing another sound out of him.

Several moments later, Jaune's indecision vanished; his hands moved down her back to her waist, and he kissed her back softly, though hesitantly.

She couldn't have been happier.

After they separated, Jaune looked fairly dazed, but she could understand that part.

She slowly smiled, glancing down for a moment. "Jaune, I don't entirely agree with you wanting to get strong by yourself, without help" she said. "But... I won't argue with it"

He slowly rubbed his head, but he smiled back. "Thanks, Pyrrha" he said, meaning it.

"Just promise me one thing"

"Huh?" he breathed, surprised.

"Promise me that you will let me help, even just a little?" she asked seriously. "Even the best heroes, hunters and athletes need some help from time to time"

He looked reluctant, but he didn't dismiss her words. "Name one" he said. "Name one of those who needed help"

She glanced down. "Me" she admitted.

He stared at her. "What?" he asked, stunned before he got over it. "You, Pyrrha?

"It's true, I worked my way through combat school, through all those games with my own talent" she said, hands in front of her. "But the truth? When I wanted to make my own weapon, I had the idea of what to make, but I didn't have a clue how the parts worked. My first try was a complete disaster"

He looked at her for a moment, but mostly he looked at the wall, where Milo and Akouo hung safely. "How'd you make them then?" he asked, pointing as he asked.

"I got a special teacher, or a tutor" she said, but with some hesitation; she couldn't remember which it was now. "Anyway, he taught me what all the parts did, why they did so, and how I could use them effectively. He taught me until I could do it blindfolded, quite literally, despite my protests"

"Dang" Jaune breathed, looking scared at the very thought.

She slowly giggled a little. "Even now, I still have to brush up on those details" she said. "Otherwise, they could fail in the middle of a battle, and I'd be at a loss of what to do"

Jaune looked at her weapons for awhile, then back at her. "Pyrrha" he started, before he sighed. "Okay, I... I promise"

"You do?" she breathed.

He struggled a bit, but he nodded. "Yeah" he said, rather bluntly. "I promise that I'll accept a little help-" he continued, before stepping forward determinedly, pointing a finger at her. "-but only a little, understand?"

She noted how close he was, showing his determination on this, and merely smiled. "Of course, Jaune" she agreed. "Now all you've gotta do is seal that promise"

He blinked twice, the finger falling to his side. "How do I do that?"

She dipped her head briefly, keeping the smile, tapping her bottom lip once.

"Oh" he breathed, slowly registering this. "Of course. Right."

"And don't make it a quick one, Jaune" she added softly. "Show me you're serious. Am I clear?"

"Uh" he breathed weakly, before shaking himself out of it. "Crystal" he said, in an octave higher than normal, before he sighed again. "I'm sorry, just let me try ag-"

She cut him off by pulling his lips onto hers, heavily surprising him, though he eventually obliged. They were gonna enjoy this one; she could tell.

My only real addition is "About time" lol XD Now if only we could see Nora break Cardin's legs, he he...