Since this isn't going to be a very long story, JUMP CUTS FOR DAAAAYYYYSSS! FYI. That goes for all chapters.
Oh, I just realized something! Ren and Nora haven't been in this yet! So, I thought about it, aaaaannnndddd… they aren't going to be. Sorry! I like Ren and Nora as much as the next guy, I have nothing against them, they just aren't in my plans for this story, sorry. Trying to fit them into this would just be awkward and complicated for me. Now that I think about it, Weiss won't be in this either. And I actually had plans with her before I started this! Now that I look at my plans again, she won't be in either… sorry about that! IF I do have them it, it would just be for a moment and wouldn't be kind of odd. They can't have a major role, just mentioned in like one scene.
Well, I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, or anything else (Such as video games) that I mention, reference, use, etc.
They would be as in love with you as I am.
They would be as in love with you as I am.
They would be as in love with you as I am.
They would be in… love…love…love…
Go about a month forward, AJ and Jaune are getting along very well. They are always talking when they have the chance, always playing together online after school. The two gamers are always getting along.
Currently, they had come out from P.E. and were walking over to their table to wait for the girls of the group, which is most of the group, really.
"So, I gotta ask. Do you have a thing for Pyrrha?" AJ asked, a bit hesitant to this up.
"What!? NO! Of course not! We're just friends!" Jaune vehemently denied.
"Are you sure? Cause I think she likes you." AJ pointed out.
"Pfft! Yeah, right!" Jaune laughed, thinking this was a joke.
"Jaune, she always acts all formal and stuff, unless she's around you." AJ argued. "Acting all open and friendly around you like that makes me think she likes you. And that doesn't include the way she looks at you in general."
"There is no way she could be into someone as dorky and clumsy as me." Jaune argued.
"You're pulling a 'me' right now." AJ deadpanned.
"Huh?" Jaune said.
They finally reached their table and sat down.
"I totally understand that thought. I, personally, think it is pretty odd at first glance as well. BUT, the look she gives you when you aren't looking, the way she reacts to the things you do, it seems obvious to me." AJ argued. "You honestly are a really nice guy, and get past the dorkiness you would probably qualify as handsome. But since I'm not a girl I can't be totally sure of that part." He added.
"No, I am not handsome. I would think you are, but not me." Jaune said.
"Hey! I'm trying to be serious here! Stop joking around!" AJ scolded.
"I was serious…" Jaune said, confused. "Forget it, we'll talk about this later." Jaune said as he realized the girls were finally arriving.
Jaune did try and pay attention to the looks Pyrrha gave him, and her behavior in general. He had to admit, she wasn't being very formal with him, but she was with others. That didn't necessarily mean anything though, did it?
Later, after school. Once AJ and Jaune got online, got in a party together, and started up the game, Jaune actually decided to bring it up again. AJ had figured he was going to drop it completely, but he was wrong on that guess.
"So… how sure are you that Pyrrha actually likes me?" Jaune asked hesitantly.
AJ didn't put much thought into his answer before speaking. "Pretty sure." He answered simply.
"That's not a very good answer." Jaune deadpanned.
"Look, like I said, I try not to be certain of anything, so I'm not going to say that I'm certain. I assume that's what you were hoping for?" AJ asked.
"It would have made things easier…" Jaune sighed. "Crap! I'm down."
"Maybe if you didn't try to punch everything?" AJ suggested. "I mean, I get that you're a Titan, but really?"
"Yes! It's fun to punch stuff!" Jaune embraced his character. "Oh look at me! I'm a Hunter! I have knives and guns and cool capes and stuff!" Then made fun of AJ's.
"CLOAKS, NOT CAPES! Do you want to get revived or not?" AJ threatened.
"Yes please…Thank you!"
"No problem." AJ said. "Why are you shooting them in the head?"
"That's where you shoot them every other time!" Jaune argued.
"Do you notice the numbers in yellow?" AJ asked.
"No."
"Then you're not hitting the right place. It's really obvious, Jaune!" AJ scolded.
"Where do I shoot them if not the head!?" Jaune asked, annoyed with being treated like an idiot.
"THE BIG GLOWING THING IN THEIR CHEST!" AJ was getting annoyed as well. "I JUST SAID TO SHOOT THEM IN THE CHEST!" AJ likes to exaggerate his words.
"That one doesn't have a glowing thing, so I figured I was actually supposed to shoot that one in the head!" Jaune argued.
"All you did was make it rush us now that it doesn't have a head!" AJ yelled back. "Damn it! If it hadn't rushed us we could have taken it! Now we gotta fight through all those waves again!" He complained.
"Ah, we'll get em' this time!" Jaune said confidently.
"I get that this is your first time fighting the Vex, but come on! Big glowing thing in their chest? How do you miss that?" AJ asked, lowering his voice to normal volume.
"I wasn't thinking about it, ok?"
"I know. I'm not mad." AJ said calmly.
Jaune had figured out by now that AJ was rarely ever actually angry with him. Annoyed? Yes. Angry? Only if he had done something really stupid that ruined something AJ, or both of them, were doing. It's not Jaune's fault they didn't put a checkpoint before the cliff and had to fight all those enemies again… that was a different game though.
"Also, the Minotaurs don't have a weak point."
"Seriously?" Jaune asked, surprised.
"Yep." AJ answered.
"Great…" Jaune deadpanned.
"Seriously though, I'm thinking you should try asking her out, you never know." AJ suggested as the waves of enemies started again.
"Wouldn't she have asked me out by now if she liked me?" Jaune asked.
"Maybe she expects you to do it?" AJ guessed. "I know that I would never have the guts to do it, it could be that as well."
"So you aren't gonna ask Yang out?" Jaune asked.
"NO! Why the hell would I do that!?" AJ asked, surprised by the suggestion.
"I thought you and her were getting along." Jaune answered. "I figured you were gonna ask her out eventually."
"I wouldn't even if I wanted too." AJ said. "And I don't like her like that! She is not my type! The 'sexy and I know it' type is absolutely not my type!"
"If you say so."
"Back to your issue though." AJ wanted to shift the spotlight back to Jaune.
"I am supposed to ask out a girl that couldn't possibly like me?" Jaune guessed.
"No, you are supposed to ask out a girl that I'm pretty dang sure likes you." AJ corrected.
"I don't know, man…"
"Don't pull a 'me'! Do it next time you see her! Just ask to talk to her privately and ask her out!" AJ said.
"What if it ruins our relationship? Why can't we just stay friends?" Jaune asked, hoping for a way out of this.
"You can, but do you really want too? From what I've seen with her, she has a lot of patience with you. Also, you've missed some hints, and I can only imagine how long she's been giving you those hints. You're kind of dense, frankly." AJ said.
"So… she isn't just being nice?"
"NO, YOU IDIOT!" Jaune quickly pulled his headphones away from his ears because how loud AJ was just now.
"It's been what, a month? You guys have known each other for years, and you never noticed?" AJ asked. "I don't think she wants to be just friends with you."
"Maybe you're right." Jaune said hesitantly.
"I would like to think that right now, I am." AJ said confidently.
"Wow… I'm an idiot, aren't I?" Jaune put his head in his hands as he was starting to come to the same conclusion AJ had made as he looked back on the few years he'd known Pyrrha. Maybe she wasn't just being a good friend.
"Yeah, you kind of are."
"Dude, you were supposed to say something comforting there." Jaune deadpanned.
"Right, sorry." AJ apologized. "Actually, there is one really important thing about all this that I'm forgetting." He realized.
"What?" Jaune asked.
"Do you like her?" AJ asked.
He never got an answer, there was just silence for awhile until Jaune shut down his Xbox One and went to bed for the night. AJ realized what the question had done to Jaune and simply left him to think.
And so, the next day, at school, Jaune decided to say what AJ usually says: "Screw it." And walked up to Pyrrha.
"Hey, Pyrrha." Jaune greeted.
"Hello Jaune! Good to see you." Pyrrha greeted.
Suddenly it all seemed really obvious to Jaune. He could see the look in her eyes that AJ was talking about. He could see the warm smile she gave him. He could see her whole demeanor brightened just seeing him. It was more than just friendship, wasn't it?
"Um, can I talk to you? In private?" Jaune asked hesitantly, but seriously.
"Sure, Jaune." Pyrrha asked with a confused look on her face at how serious he seemed right now.
They moved over to a building where no one was near and they both leaned against the wall.
"So, what did you want me to talk to you about?" Pyrrha asked curiously.
"I um… well…" Jaune was trying to put this into words. He had thought, oh, had he thought! He tried to figure out, alone, what Pyrrha meant to him, how he felt about her. Once he thought about it, he realized he enjoyed being around her more than anyone. Sure, it was nice to have someone else to play video games with, putting AJ in his best friend list after only one month, but she was still his best friend. But they were only just friends because he was too dumb to make a move. Too busy putting himself down and making himself think he wasn't good enough for her. He still felt that way, but it was clear now that she chose him anyway, and she had been pretty patient with him about it. Who better than the one you enjoy being around the most? Sometimes that's all that love starts as, right? I guess it was time for her patience to finally pay off.
"Would you, like to go out sometime?" He asked her.
Pyrrha completely froze. She was certain he just didn't like her, he certainly didn't give any signs that he did. What made him, after 4 years, (Unlikely? Yes, but she was that patient) ask her out all of the sudden?
"Like, on a date?" Pyrrha asked finally.
"Yes." Jaune answered, still worried about her answer.
Pyrrha had to fight hard against the urge to just squeal with joy. "Yes! Where and when!?" She still showed a little too much enthusiasm though… It was understandable really, she had figured they were going to stay friends forever. She had decided just being there for him, being a good friend, was enough for her. Sure, it tore her up inside, but she was going to live with that. Now? She didn't have too anymore, as long as she didn't mess this up.
Neither of them knew that AJ was around the corner, listening with held breathe. A breathe which he finally released when she said yes. 'Good for you Jaune, glad I could help.' He fought away the depressing thoughts that were coming out before heading to first period.
"Hey, AJ?" Yang said and AJ turned to her. "You seem happier than usual today, what's up?" She asked.
"Nothing's up." AJ answered. "I'm just enjoying the class."
"PYROTECHNICS!" *BOOM*
"Good thing the classroom is blast proof as well." AJ said.
"Good thing the whiteboard is blast proof!" Yang added.
"How is the whiteboard even blast proof?" Ruby asked.
"TECHNOLOGY!"
Ruby fell out of her seat from Oobleck appearing next to her, still covered in soot from the explosion.
"Still have no idea what I'm learning in this class!" AJ said to no one in particular.
Come lunch of that same day.
"Hey Big Guy! Where is Vomit Boy?" Yang asked as they walked up to their usual table and saw only AJ waiting.
AJ just accepted that she would use nicknames like that, and stopped complaining. "He had… somewhere else to be." AJ answered cryptically and smiled.
Yang froze in thought and realization before pointing at his face. "You know something, don't you?" She asked with an unnecessarily threatening tone.
"Maybe." AJ answered simply, still smiling smugly.
"Hey, where is Pyrrha?" Ruby asked.
"She… also had somewhere to be." AJ answered, same as last time, smile never leaving, but changing.
'Is that… is that a proud smile?' Yang thought. Her eyes grew wide as cups in realization. "You didn't!"
The smile only became an even bigger and prouder smile.
"You mean to tell me that after the three years I've known them? After all the times I told Pyrrha to just go for it? You came in and after only a month, JUST DID IT!?" Yang shouted/asked.
"If by 'it', you mean get those two to go out? No." AJ answered.
Yang raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"It was only one day." AJ corrected, going back to his smug smile, but the pride was still there.
Yang wanted to punch him and hug him at the same time and couldn't decide which to choose.
"OH. MY. GOD! I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM!" Ruby cheered.
"For who?" Blake asked, suddenly appearing behind her.
"I shipped Jaune and Pyrrha." AJ answered.
"You what?" Blake asked disbelievingly.
"You shipped them? AJ, this isn't fanfiction." Yang said, recovering from her stupor. (Oh, the irony of her statement. XD)
"It's about time! Pyrrha had literally given up on ever going out with him and was fine just being his friend!" Yang said. "I told her that was stupid, but she is surprisingly stubborn, and patient."
"Well, I finally have something to be really proud of myself for. I did what no one else could do." AJ said happily.
"How did you get him to listen to you?" Yang asked.
"Did you not try?" AJ asked back.
"Yes! He wouldn't listen!" Yang complained.
"Maybe it just needed to be a guy to help him?" He guessed.
"Apparently!" Ruby giggled. "Yang was pretty angry when Jaune didn't listen to her."
"I can imagine." AJ said.
"Hey AJ?" Was the first thing Jaune said when he joined party chat.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks." Jaune said.
"No problem." AJ waved him off.
"No seriously dude. Thank you." Jaune said. "I'm not sure I can ever repay you for this. I think it's going to work out between us."
"It already has been working out, and you're welcome. Now can you please COME REVIVE ME!?" AJ requested, since Jaune was right next to him and not reviving him.
"Right! Sorry!" Jaune apologized.
"You don't have to make it up to me anyway." AJ said when they cleared the area and beat the Gate Lord.
"Are you sure? Is there someone you need help with? Cause I think the only way I could make it up to you is if I do the same for you." Jaune said.
AJ immediately thought of Blake, but decided against it. "No, I said you don't have to return the favor. I'm fine!" He insisted.
"Are you really sure though? I could help you with Yang."
"I DON'T HAVE A THING FOR YANG!" AJ insisted and Jaune laughed.
So I focused on Jaune and Pyrrha for this chapter! Arkos! Yay! :D SRSLY though, I'm gonna switch between the two pairings for each chapter, if I do this right, it should be a 5 chapter story.
It's kind of weird for me. In my other stories I have some strange need to make the chapters 10000 words long at least, but I need to remember not to do that here! Hell, even the 6000 of the first chapter is more than the rest of the chapters are going to be with this story, at least I'm pretty sure they will be.
Since these are short chapters, I'll easily be able to post more than once a week with these, so that's a plus! Find the good that comes out with the bad, will ya? Honestly, I wanna focus down on this story till it's done, then I'm going back to… SPWM probably.
Welp! Hope you enjoyed! Again, sorry that it's short, but that's just how it's gonna be with the JaunexPyrrha chapters, and probably the other chapters as well. If you enjoyed, follow and or favorite, and all that other jazz.
Have a great week everyone!