Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY. Even though I wish I did. Oh well.

Just One Date

By athrunzala

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Oof!"

Jaune let out a sharp gasp when he fell on the ground.

"You aren't focusing enough, Jaune. Your stance is still wrong. You stiffen up instead of loosening."

As the blonde swordsman looked up, he ended up staring at the woman instructing him. He was still not sure why she would want to spend her free time after class tutoring him on combat. However, he had noticed that it was paying off to a degree. And he wasn't going to stop just because he was falling down. As he stood up, he let out a sigh.

"Pyrrha, I just don't think that this is working. I mean, sure, I'm getting better, but I'm not you. You… you're perfect."

The athlete blushed at this statement.

"No, Jaune. I'm not. I just have more practice under my belt. You just need the same."

She shot him an optimistic smile and they both took up ready stances. After a few hits, blocks, and misses, Jaune's shoelace had come undone and managed to get caught in Pyrrha's leg armor, causing both of them to fall. Trying to save them both, Jaune managed to end up on the ground, with Pyrrha on top of him.

As he opened his eyes he made total eye contact with his sparring partner. And he noticed that she was staring back at them. As a blush slowly crept across both their faces, they made moves to get up at the same time and ended up in a slightly more compromising position, this time, they fell back and ended up in a kiss.

This caused both of them to turn bright red and quickly separate.

"Pyrrha, I… I…"

"Don't worry about it, Jaune. It… it was an accident."

The tone in the red head's voice was both apologetic and sad at the same time. As she turned back around to face him, she realized that his face matched her own in terms of embarrassment.

Jaune was the first to make an attempt at a recovery.

"So… let's… um… let's call it… f-for tonight. Yeah. Sound good? We'll call it done for the night?"

The redhead smiled back nervously and shook her head. They both headed back into their dorm to get some sleep. However, neither of them ended up sleeping very well.

The next day wasn't any better. Other students were pointing and whispering. The only ones who acted like they didn't know were the members of Team RWBY, and their own team mates.

"You two seem to be popular today," Ren said as they entered the cafeteria to get breakfast.

"It's almost like you two were caught doing something you shouldn't have!"

Nora's statement didn't help matters. Especially since she said it about as loudly as she could have.

"Look, i-if you guys could just not bring it up, that'd be great."

Jaune stumbled and fought for his words, almost as if he was grappling with the very concept of speaking. While some nervousness was normal for him, this was beyond even his normal levels.

Pyrrha was equally red and embarrassed. As she looked over to where Jaune was sitting, she noticed that his head was on the table.

"Please, Ren. I'm with our leader on this one. Just don't bring it up."

The conversation at the table returned to normal until Yang showed up.

"You guys would not believe what the other students are saying!"

This earned her a glare from both Pyrrha and Jaune.

"Oh. I guess… you… do… WAIT! IT'S TRUE!?"

Ruby turned to her sister.

"Yang, this isn't the time or the place. So let's just let them be for now."

Even Weiss was supportive.

"Ruby's right. We don't need to be making this harder than we need to at this point. They are already embarrassed enough."

Pyrrha mouthed a relieved "thank you" at Weiss. The two groups then finished their meals and headed off to class.

As they got out of their first classes though, it was apparent that they wouldn't be able to escape the gossip trains for long.

Blake leaned in towards Pyrrha.

"Meet us in our dorm after classes are out for the day."

Pyrrha nodded in affirmation of this, and they then went to their remaining classes.

To Be Continued…

Alright. I know that this was a strange and abrupt return to writing fanfiction for me, but I needed to have this. The idea has been floating around in my head since the end of Volume 1 and I FINALLY figured out how to best write it down and make it flow. The remaining chapters won't be as strangely paced. As for chapter length… I think I'll keep it random, like the actual releases. This way, if I feel like I can't write a longer chapter, I can just let it go at a shorter length. After all, I may end up re-editing them later as volumes of their own.

Please remember: I hold nothing save characterization sacred.