"Weiss, just what do you think you are doing?"
Pyrrha had pulled the white haired heiress to an empty hallway near the ballroom where the dance was being held.
"I am not quite sure I understand what you are getting at."
"After rejecting Jaune so many times, why are you here at the dance with him?"
Of course, Weiss should have known that Jaune was the reason for this confrontation. She had a feeling that the redhead warrior had a thing for the dorky blonde, but now it was all but confirmed.
"Well, his persistence stuck with me. It was also brought to my attention that he wasn't like all the other guys that are just after me because of my last name." Weiss looked Pyrrha in the eyes, hoping that her reason would suffice.
"Cut the crap Weiss." Weiss had never seen this side of Pyrrha before, her way of speaking was never this angry before. "We both know you accepted his offer only after you found out that Neptune was going with Yang, you just wanted to go to the dance with someone to try and get back at Neptune and Yang." Pyrrha was right, she had rejected Jaune's original attempt at inviting her to the dance just because she had already planned on getting Neptune to invite her. Then she saw him ask Yang so she had to figure out a way to get back at them.
"If you cared so much about who Jaune wanted to go to the dance with, then why didn't you invite him yourself?" THUD Before Weiss knew it, Pyrrha had grabbed her shoulders and threw her against the wall.
"You don't understand. Jaune and I have been training every night after the field trip to Forever Fall. The night he first asked you to the dance was no different, he was crushed after your rejection." Tears began to crawl down Pyrrha's face. "I even tried to get him to ask me out, but in his mind I am already being asked by much better people. He puts himself down so much that he can't see that the only guy I even care about, the only guy I ever look at, is him. Then the night you accepted his offer I saw a shine in his eye. I saw a smile that would never be directed at me."
"Pyrrha, listen…"
"No, you listen Ice Queen. Jaune really likes you, he truly cares for you. If you only plan on using him to further your selfish needs then just stop. You are going to hurt him far more than you already have if he finds out. However, if you actually see just how great of a guy that Jaune actually is; then never let him go, because you will never find a better guy."
Pyrrha took a step away from Weiss. She had just spilled everything she had kept bottled up and need to try and calm down before she did something she would regret later.
"Pyrrha, I know that you came to the dance without a date tonight. Is the only reason you are here because Jaune is going with me?"
"Jaune is going to need a shoulder to cry on later. When that time comes tell him I am at the usual spot."
Pyrrha wiped away her tears and turned to go through the ballroom to get their usual training spot on the roof of the dorms. The second floor of the ballroom was connected to the dorms so it was the most direct route, even if it meant seeing all the students having a great time at the dance.
As soon as Pyrrha entered the ballroom she noticed that Jaune had saw her. Just the night before he was so excited that Weiss had accepted his offer, and broke Pyrrha's heart in the process. Jaune was the one person that Pyrrha did not want to talk to, at least not yet. Pyrrha quickly walked through the ballroom to reach the stairs, she could hear that Jaune was trying to get her attention but she didn't want Jaune to see her like this. She had to compose herself.
"Hey Jaune, what are you looking at?" Weiss had appeared beside her date having reentered the ballroom after her confrontation with Pyrrha.
"What did you and Pyrrha talk about? I saw her pull you away when we got here, and now she just left looking sad. I wonder if her date never showed up." Jaune asked as he was still looking at the stairs where Pyrrha was just moments before.
"Come on guys, it's a dance so just dance and have fun!" The short leader of team RWBY had appeared between Jaune and Weiss. Ruby practically pushed the two on the dance floor and made sure they were going to dance. With a smile that showed that she was content with what she had done, Ruby ran off to see what the rest of her team was doing.
'This isn't half bad.' Weiss thought to herself after a short while of slow-dancing with Jaune. When she looked up she noticed that instead of looking down at her, Jaune was looking away towards the stairs. The same ones that Pyrrha had used. Weiss quickly pulled her gaze back down. "Still worried about Pyrrha?"
"Huh?" The sudden question startled Jaune. After looking down to meet the eyes of his date. "I guess so. I wonder who her date was, because we only got here a few minutes ago and it already looks like she has left."
"She didn't have a date." Jaune looked at Weiss with a look of disbelief.
"That can't be right, I made a bet that if she couldn't get a date to the dance then I would wear a dress; and when I told her on the roof that you had accepted my invitation to the dance she said that I was lucky that she found one."
"Wait, you made a bet with Pyrrha about her not being able to find a date?"
"Yea, the night you rejected my initial invitation we were having a bit of sword practice and we got to talking about you rejecting me. Pyrrha mentioned something about 'There being more fish in the sea', when she has tons of guys tripping over each other trying to ask her to the dance. So I made a bet that if she couldn't find a date then I would wear a dress. But she did and that is why I am not currently wearing a dress."
Weiss couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was Jaune really so dense that he couldn't see that Pyrrha was wanting him to ask her to the dance? By now they had slowly stopped dancing to the point where they were just standing on the dance floor. Weiss pulled Jaune to the side and looked straight at him.
"Listen Jaune, Pyrrha did not have a date to the dance tonight, she told me that earlier. She also told me that the only reason she came tonight was because she was worried about you." Jaune looked like he was about to say something. "Let me finish." Jaune closed his mouth and allowed Weiss to continue. "She came because she knew the real reason I accepted your offer. The guy I was originally going to have invite me to the dance had invited someone else. So in order to try and make him jealous I decided to come with you."
Jaune just stood there, as if he was trying to figure out what words to say.
"This whole time we were dancing, and even before Ruby pushed us out on the dance floor, Pyrrha was the only person you were thinking about; she was the only person on your mind. Think about those feelings and what she said earlier. She told me to let you know that she will be waiting for you at the 'usual spot'. You need her, not someone like me who is only using you for her own selfish means."
Just as Jaune was about to say something Weiss turned him around and pushed him towards the stars. He turned back around to talk with her, but her back was towards him. "Just go Jaune, Pyrrha is waiting for you. Just don't forget that she is someone who is willing to be hurt just to see you happy." With that, Weiss walked away towards where the rest of her team was dancing.
'Pyrrha was right about two things, I was being selfish and I won't find a nicer guy."
Jaune had made his way to the door that lead to the rooftop, the place where he and Pyrrha would train every night. His mind was racing. 'Could Pyrrha have really wanted him to ask her to the dance? Did that mean she liked him?' With these thoughts in his head he opened the door and took a step out into the cold night.
