"You found me in the mall crying over a bowl of noodles I dropped and I s2g I'm not usually like this I'm just having a really weird week AU" Of all of the things that had made Jaune's week awful, he felt like dropping his bowl of ramen was the icing on the cake. Until he was found crying over it by one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen.

He was rejected by the girl of his dreams.

He lost one of his three jobs.

His sister was getting divorced and was staying with him until the papers were finalized (and he was starting to understand why the guy was divorcing her).

He lost his favorite hoodie at the laundromat.

He had lost track of his assignments and wound up missing a crucial paper to one of his classes.

Overall, Jaune was just overwhelmed by his week and everything that was going on. He just wanted a bowl of noodles from his favorite restaurant in the mall. His best friend manned the register and knew how bad his week had been, so he gave Jaune a discount, which was a plus.

But in the effort to make Jaune feel better, the chef added a little too much ramen to the plastic cup; just enough for it to tip over and fall out of Jaune's hands when he was nearly to a table. Everything seemed to slow down as he cried out, the plastic cup breaking from the force with which it hit the ground and sending the contents splattering.

"No!" He cried out, falling to his knees in the puddle of broth and sobbing into his hands, vaguely aware of his friend saying something over a walkie about needing a janitor in the food court. He sobbed into his hands for a moment until he heard someone clearing their voice, a gentle hand tapping his shoulder.

"Are you… okay?" Said a girl's voice, and he sniffled while looking up, his heart skipping a beat.

Red hair in a high ponytail, a few pieces falling loose and framing a soft-looking face with the most intense green eyes he had ever seen. She was as pretty as Weiss, but a different kind of pretty.

And he was kneeling in a puddle of chicken broth, crying over spilled noodles.

"Not really," he admitted, moving to stand up and yelping when he slipped in the broth, landing on his butt. "If you could just leave me here to die, that'd be great," he sighed while hiding his face, peeking through his fingers when he heard her giggle.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be laughing," she said, shaking her head. "Here, let me help you -" she held out her hand for him to take, which he did. If the moment were some kind of meet-cute she would have slipped and fallen on top of him, but she was surprisingly sturdy and helped him stand with ease. "I… do you mind my asking…?" She gestured vaguely at the mess and he sighed again.

"I swear I'm not usually the type to cry over spilled ramen -" she giggled lightly, making him smile, "-but I've just had a really rough week. And I mean… really rough." The mall's cleaning lady wheeled up with a mop and a bucket, scowling at him. "Hi… Abby…" he muttered, stepping away from the mess with the cute girl.

"I'll tell you what," the cute girl said, tugging him over to a table and pulling a large towel out of the bag at her side, draping it over one of the chairs and gesturing for him to sit. "Seeing you crying over your ramen has touched my heart strings, and if you'd like, you can tell me about your rough week?"

"Are you sure you want me to sit on this?" He asked, gesturing at the towel as she took a seat opposite from it.

"I just bought it, I was going to wash it anyways," she said with a casual shrug.

"Well… if you're sure…" he said as he sat down, the towel easing some of the discomfort of his wet pants, but not enough for him to not feel his boxers sticking to his butt.

"So, you can start with your name?" The pretty girl said, her ponytail swishing as she tilted her head to the side.

"Oh, um, Jaune Arc. And you are…?"

"Pyrrha Nikos," she said, smiling at him as they shook hands. "Now, Jaune, what's got you so down that a bowl of ramen is enough to send you over the edge?"

"I think it started on Sunday when I found out that my sister is divorcing her husband…"

A/N: NEGL, I didn't really think of any of the hot mess!AU's applying to any of my ships until I rewatched RWBY and was like, "oh my god, JAUNE".