Genre: Romance and Hurt/Comfort

Secrets and Paranoia

Beacon, Second Year

The Familiar silhouette of Beacon Academy was a welcome sight for Jaune Arc as the dust plane landed at the cliffs leading to the legendary school for Huntsmen and Huntresses. He and his partner Pyrrha Nikos just got back from a training/partnership bonding mission where the two had to learn to survive in the wilderness by themselves for a week while hunting a pack of beowolves. The two had worked well together, as Jaune had finally become a capable huntsmen in training in his own right, contributing just as much to the goal as his talented partner.

While he did enjoy bonding with his partner and have a chance to test his new huntsmen skills; Jaune was still relieved to be back at Beacon. He missed the regularity of his daily schedule and the relative safety of the academy where he wasn't fending for his life against the Grimm. He missed the company of the rest of his friends consisting of Teams RWBY and JNPR. But most of all he missed-

"Jaune! Pyrrha! You're back!" Ruby Rose's squeal of delight drew Jaune from his reverie to see the teams he was just thinking about waiting for them at the docking area at the Beacon Cliffs.

Jaune disembarked from the dust plane with Pyrrha to meet up with his friends that he hasn't seen in a week. Greeting and hugging those he has come to call family. It had been a tough week for everyone as they had to fulfill the same tasks with their partners as well. Being separated from their whole teams and all.

"You got to tell me everything about your mission!" Ruby pleaded at Jaune and Pyrrha as Nora finally put Jaune down from the fierce bear hug she has been known for.

"Yea, did you get to blow up any giant Grimm?" Nora demanded to know.

"Yea, we all want every detail," Yang said with a smirk and a wink that suggested something beyond what everyone else was asking.

"I'll tell you guys everything after I've had a chance to relax," Jaune promised everyone, then turn to Yang, "By the way, nothing happened in that regards,"

Yang pouted while muttering something like 'dang it' as the two teams made their way back to the Academy for some lunch. As everyone was chatting, Jaune noticed something, "Hey, where's Weiss?"

"She said she'd go do some personal training," Ruby explained solemnly, "She's been a lot more…"

"Weissy?" Yang offered.

"Yea, that, for the whole week," Ruby finished as they reached the main doors to Beacon, "I keep asking her what's wrong, but she would just tell me to focus on the mission,"

"Yea," Jaune said quietly, "look, I'll meet up with you guys later, I'd just like to rest in the dorms for now,"

"Okay Jaune, we understand," Pyrrha said sweetly as the blonde knight split up with the others and made his way in the general direction of the student dorms, but once he was certain he wasn't followed, he changed his course towards a secluded rooftop that was different from the one he and Pyrrha trained at. It was a spot that was secluded enough that no one could listen in on anyone there. Unlike the training roof that Jaune and Pyrrha trained on.

As Jaune reached the door leading to the rooftop in question, he stopped and steeled himself for what lied beyond the door. He gentle took the handle of the door in his hand before turning it and opening the door slowly while peeking around the wooden frame.

And there she was. Her back was to him while sitting on the ledge of the roof, her shoulders slumped and her head leaning forward. Her white hair collected in an offset ponytail that trailed down the right side of her back.

"Weiss?" Jaune asked calmly so as to not startle her. In response the figure raised her head and turned it to look at him, her eyes brighten at the sight before her before she got off the ledge and ran to him. Jaune in response grabbed her around the waist once she was in reach. The too shared a passionate kiss before parting.

"You came back," Weiss whispered as Jaune held her in his arms. As Jaune soothed her back he felt a few shivers from the heiress.

"I told you I'd be back, safe and sound," Jaune reminded Weiss. But she merely clung to his sweater while burying her face in the fabric, mumbling something the blonde couldn't understand.

"I didn't quite catch that," Jaune admitted.

In response the heiress leaned her head back before saying, "You know that's not what I mean,"

Again Jaune felt a shiver from her.

Jaune released a heavy sigh, Weiss only got like this for one reason, "I'd never cheat on you Weiss, I think of Pyrrha as a sister,"

"But she doesn't think of you in the same matter," Weiss replied.

"That's because guys can't be sisters," he got a punch in the shoulder for that.

"You know that's not what I mean!" Weiss said loudly, it wasn't quite a yell, but it was still quite serious in tone.

"I know," Jaune said, all serious this time. It was no secret that Pyrrha Nikos had a crush on him, and that she often tried to convince him to ask her out.

"You know, if we told everyone about us, Pyrrha would stop asking me out, and even respect our relationship," as Jaune said that, Weiss clung to his sweater again with ten times the force as before. Her shivers now continuous.

"Jaune, you know why I don't want everyone to know about us," It was true, Jaune knew full well why. The problem with being a celebrity was that rumors and news outlets tend to dissect your life, nothing in a famous person's life was considered sacred in the reporter's, interviewer's and paparazzi's eyes, it's was just news to them, but damnation to celebrity relationships. And Weiss really wanted what she had with Jaune to work. Unfortunately, that meant keeping it a secret from everyone else.

"Yea, I understand," Jaune assured, "But you've got to understand that I won't ever cheat on you,"

"I've heard that promise before," Weiss muttered, "from Him," upon seeing the broken look in Weiss' face, Jaune immediately felt angry. He couldn't stand the fact that Neptune Vasilias had cheated on Weiss with some other student. It had really broken Weiss' heart to see that someone she thought would care about her disrespect her so willingly. Even when she finally agreed to go out with Jaune, the wounds Neptune inflicted still lingered, she had become paranoid about the idea Jaune cheating on her like Neptune did.

"Weiss," Jaune said calmly as he held the heiress' chin to guide her eyes to his, seeing tears staining them, "What we have, is for us to share, and us alone. Please understand that, I won't ever cheat on you like Neptune did. What that slime ball did was unacceptable, and if I had the skill to, I'd pummel him to pulp to feed to the Grimm for what he did,"

Weiss gently rubbed her eyes before giving him a warm smile. The two then shared a romantic kiss before heading back to the Cafeteria. Making sure that they showed up separately so as not to raise suspicion amongst their friends.

Author's Note:

Because I love writing Jaune/Weiss fanfics, but hate how my attempts to get them together are always filled with drama, tragedy and heartache, I'm doing a series of fluff-filled One-shots that take place after they've gotten together. All of the one-shots will be part of the same story. With the theme being that they keep it a secret because Weiss thinks that public awareness would cause the relationship to end in disaster. Seeing as tabloids and paparazzi would through anything they do out of proportion.