Jaune sat down on his bed and exhaled loudly.
"Oh gosh. We all managed to survive our first year at the academy."
"This calls for a celebration!" Nora exclaimed jumping on the bed before landing on her back sinking into the mattress. Ren nodded smiling at Nora with a shake of his head.
"Nora has a good idea. We should celebrate," Ren replied.
"Does anyone have an idea on what we should do?" Jaune looked around at the rest of his team. Pyrrha raised her hand.
"Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day so how about we go and visit the zoo?"
"I haven't been to the zoo in a long time I would enjoy that. Ren are you going to the zoo," Jaune looked over at the raven-haired male who glanced at Nora with a smirk.
"You should know by now that I'm going wherever Nora goes," Ren replied gesturing over to Nora who smiled at him happily.
The next afternoon they all got their stuff ready. Only the guys were going to bring their bags with them.
"Make sure everyone puts on sunscreen before they leave. It's supposed to be really sunny today," Pyrrha advised putting the sunscreen bottles on the table. Nora reached over and grabbed a bottle squirting a bunch onto her hands. She rubbed it over her skin but in the end, she had way too much left over. She thought about what to do then her face lit up with delight.
"Ren close your eyes please," Nora chirped, and Ren cocked an eyebrow as he closed his eyes. He felt a bit nervous when he heard Nora giggle next. Nora stood in front of Ren and clapped her sunscreen filled hands against his cheeks with a wet slap. Ren inhaled sharply and opened his eyes backing up.
"What was that for?" Ren asked touching his face to reveal the sunscreen on his fingertips. Nora giggled some more and began to rub his face.
"I took too much sunscreen and I didn't want to waste the amount that was left over so I chose the smarter idea and put it on your face!"
"Why didn't you just tell me instead of slapping me in the face with your dirty hands?!"
"I didn't slap you! Now quiet before it gets into your mouth Ren," Nora finished rubbing Ren's face smiling. Ren rolled his eyes with a smirk.
"There we go! All gone!" Nora grabbed Ren and pulled him up into a standing position.
"Is everyone ready?" Jaune looked around and everyone nodded in reply.
"Team JNPR lets head out!" Jaune announced. Nora cheered with a clap of her hands, they exited their dorm and locked it behind them.
"Wow it really is warm out here," Jaune said shading his face and looking up into the sky.
"Did everyone put on sunscreen?" Pyrrha asked.
"It's hard not to avoid putting on sunscreen when you got attacked in the face with hands full of sunscreen lotion," Ren replied pointing back at Nora.
"You should be glad that Nora is looking after you Ren," Pyrrha smiled and Nora laughed.
Team JNPR walked to the zoo and chatted happily about how they felt about their first year at the academy.
"The flight here was terrible. God, I don't think I ever felt sicker in my life," Jaune shuddered remembering when he first arrived at the Beacon Academy. Finally, they arrived at the entrance to the zoo.
They walked around for a little bit not really focused on seeing any specific animals now until they passed an animal directory. Ren's eyes skimmed the list and his eyes landed on an animal that started with the letter 'S'.
"Nora you'll love to hear that they have an sloth enclosure," Ren said looking behind him. Instead of meeting eyes with the red-haired female all he saw was a dotted Nora shaped outline that was blinking currently.
"Nora figured that out way before you Ren," Pyrrha replied with a smile. Ren chuckled shaking his head.
"Of course, she would have."
"I guess this is where we go our separate ways," Jaune said.
"I better hurry to catch up with her before she gets any smart ideas," Ren said straightening himself up.
"Well then we'll see you guys later," Jaune said.
Ren began walking in what he thought where the sloth enclosure was located but stopped to look at a couple directories just to reassure himself he was going in the right direction. A flood of thoughts filled his mind and he began to worry a little. The only thing he could do was pray that Nora wasn't doing anything reckless. He looked around at the signs searching for the sloths. There was a crowd in front of one enclosure that caught his eye.
"Mummy! There's a red-haired girl in the enclosure!" a young boy squealed jumping up and down pointing. Ren rushed over and made his way to the front of the crowd apologizing a few times. He shook his head with a facepalm after he looked inside.
Exactly what Ren didn't want to see. Nora in the enclosure with the sloths.
