Author's Notes: I do not own anything RWBY I am just a fan of Mr. Monty Oum's work and appreciate it. This is also my first fan fiction so constructive criticism is well received since all writers can't see all of their flaws. I hope you all enjoy! The bold lettering is just a little side thought type thing so don't worry about it too much. Also thoughts from the characters will be in Italics. Also HUGE Note I'm a hardcore idiot and forgot the biggest piece of information in the world. I am deeply ashamed of myself... Introverted is heavily influenced by a piece from another writer by the name of The Rogue King and his story was Skittish and I felt that the way he had ended it was somewhat cliffhangerey and I thought I would create and expand. I know that I should have given credit from day one. And if many of you would like me too I will take this story down.

After Jaune Arc saved Cardin's skin from the Ursa from the forest he decides to head to the library to study his tactics to help better his team. It was a peaceful night with a bright and beautiful moon shine through the enormous Windows. Thinking he was all alone he begins to fade off of studying and begins to quietly sing to himself, but in the far corner of the library a certain Faunus was working on an story she had in mind very diligently. As she has a heighten sense of hearing with her bunny ears Velvet slightly peeks over at Jaune worried that he will see her staring at him. Her cheeks begin to flush a pinkish-red color as she stares at her newly formed crush, even if she had never spoken to the hunter-in-training before.

But thinking back, she figured that it started a few weeks ago when she was being subjected to torment at the hands of Cardin and the other members of team CRDL. Velvet still remembered that day undoubtedly.

"Hey bunny freak!" Cardin shouted at her.

Trying to ignore her tormentors Velvet begins to speed walk to her class. But to no avail Cardin and his fellow team members catch up and Velvet feels a firm tug on her left ear. As Cardin begins to mock the Faunus she begins to tear up as they continue to tease her.

"Hey, Cardin!"

Cardin turns around with a smirk on his face. Still holding onto Velvet's ear, "What do you want Jaunny-boy? Can't you see I'm busy?" Cardin hissed annoyingly.

Jaune tries to act confident but seems to be shivering viciously. "H-how about y-you stop m-messing with her a-and pick on someone y-your own size!" Jaune spoke nervously.

"Oh please don't think you're a big strong man now Jaunny-boy, but fine." Cardin laughs.

Releasing his grasps on Velvet's ear Cardin and his team members grab Jaune and start to drag him away. As Jaune is getting drag he makes eye contact with a saddened Faunus and he gives her a thumbs up and a wink. Velvet begins to blush and doesn't know what to say but decides to give a slight nod.

Later Velvet hears that Jaune was beating pretty badly but Cardin hadn't gotten in trouble because Jaune's aura healed his bruises before any teachers could see them. Talk about irony, but with that it still doesn't mean Velvet is very safe since she is still a target of Cardin.

Velvet felt very sympathetic of Jaune since she knew that he was also a main target. But the torment kept coming to the Faunus and each time Jaune tried his best to help. It was nice of him to do but for Velvet it felt as if she was being used to be asked a favor from Jaune do to the fact that most of her life Velvet had been discriminated for being a Faunus and thought that Jaune was going to ask for her to repay him but doing some of his essays. But to Velvets amazement the call never came but so did Jaune coming to stop Cardin. In class she saw that Jaune seem to be more depressed. And thought that he decided he couldn't save her anymore, Velvet thought that Jaune was a very kind caring person but for some odd reason he began hanging out with Cardin? And her thought about him being nice were diminishing.

One day thought as Velvet was corner once again but the grasps of Cardin and the rest of team CRDL there was a voice in the background as team CRDL were laughing.

"Cardin, what did I say about messing with my friends back in the forest after saving your ass?" Jaune spoke angrily.

Friend?

"Alight fine... I'm sorry Velvet. Come on guys let's get outta here." Sighed Cardin.

As Velvet starts to pick up her books a shadow comes upon her. She glares up to see Jaune slightly grinning.

"Hey are you OK?"

Velvet skeptical about what Jaune was intending to do she looks at him and nods. "Okay good, uh, well I guess I'll see you in class? Have a good day." Jaune rubbed the back of his head.

"U-uh that was uh very k-kind of you... T-Thank you." Velvet muttered as she stared at her feet.

"Hey don't mention it." Jaune smiled sincerely.

"I-if there's anything I c-can do to repay you..." Velvet waited with dread for his answer.

Jaune chuckled. "Don't worry about that. I know what it's like to be Cardin's target and I only wanted to help."

Velvet stared at the retreating Arc in awe, and in that day she had started looking at him in a different way. Forming the feels she has for him. To the present as Velvet continues to stare at Jaune singing and working on his "studying" she notices that he didn't even know that she was there. Sadden she waits for him to actually resume actually studying to sneak out. As Velvet quietly stood up and tip toed around him towards the exit. After she realized her feelings for the knight, she knew that she wouldn't be able to even speak to him without her face becoming one big blush and her mouth spewing a stream of gibberish. The bunny eared girl got about half way to the door before the floorboards beneath her foot moaned loudly under the weight. Jaune's head shot up and he looked around the library. When he didn't see anyone, the blonde shrugged and went back to scribbling on his paper. From behind one of the bookshelves, Velvet poked her head out to see if Jaune was looking for her. When she confirmed that he was still working, the young huntress sighed in relief and continued towards the door. This time, she arrived silently, but when she opened the door, it creaked loudly. Without thinking, Velvet jumped out of the library and slammed the door behind her. Knowing that Jaune was sure to hear that, she took off down the hall at full speed without looking back. But what Velvet didn't know was that Jaune was able to get a quick glance at the fleeing bunny girl and saw her ears as she left.

As she pulls out her scroll and enters her dorm room and quietly shuts the door she notices that all of her teammates are all sound asleep. So she cautiously changes into her pajamas and slips into bed thinking to herself. I wish I could talk to him, but he probably doesn't have an interest in a Faunus.

Velvet continued to berate herself until she finally fell asleep, her thoughts filled with Jaune and how wasn't able to talk to him.

She couldn't help it if she was introverted.

Author's Note 2: I hope you all have enjoyed this, I also want to clarify that this story is finished. It is just I want to upload the chapters every once in a while. It might be every week or maybe every other day. So if you see another chapter being posted soon it is not that I just rushed through to get the next chapter out it is just that this story has been sitting and waiting for me to upload it!