Jaune woke up with a soft yawn and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, a happy smile coming across his face as he looked around. It almost felt like he had gotten a decent amount of sleep last night. A frown came across the blonde's face. He couldn't have gotten decent sleep, his extra training with Pyrrha had gone well past midnight with his Aura practice, and even when he got to bed he was kept up by having to read another chapter into his history text. Jaune slowly turned toward the alarm and saw the glowing ten on it and instantly felt his heart turn to ice. "Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap" he jumped out of bed and ran to the closet, shoving the doors open and finding only a single outfit with a note on it.

Classes off for the day. Nora and I took clothes to get cleaned. Friends in dining room when you two awake. We will catch up after breakfast. Group might head out toward town afterward, bring wallet.

-Ren

P.S. Wake up Pyrrha when you get up sleepy head.

XOXOXO

-Nora

He let out a small sigh of relief and put the note to the side, walking over to Pyrrha's bed and smiling down at his partner. The red haired beauty was currently wearing her nightclothes, a comfortable tank top and pants with tiny spears and shields running along them. Her arms were wrapped around a pillow and her lower body was covered by blankets, a look of peace over her features showing a smile that oozed out peace. It was almost a shame to wake her, but Jaune knew they needed to get up eventually. "Hey Pyrrha," he nudged her a bit. "Time to wake up."

She cracked open one eye and looked at Jaune before muttering. "Ten more minutes…" she rolled over and pulled the blankets over her head.

Jaune tapped his chin and a smile came to his face. "Nora set the curtains on fire again."

Pyrrha jumped out of bed and went for the closet, eyes focused and jaw set. "I will get the fire extinguisher…" she looked around and gave Jaune a small glare. "There isn't a fire."

"Hey you're up!" Jaune gave her a cheeky grin and handed over the note from Ren and Nora.

She read over it and looked up at him with a smile. "Hm, well I suppose we should shower and get to the dining room then," She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and grabbed her school uniform out of her side of the closet, grabbing a towel to go with it. "Meet back here in twenty?"

Jaune answered with a playful salute. "Yes sir." he got a roll of the eyes and a smile with that before she walked off to the girls showering area.

After grabbing his own clothing Jaune made his way to the men's showering area, stripping off his clothes and laying them in a heap outside of the door. He turned on the water and was surprised to find that there was still warm water running through the pipes. Normally the upper classmen used up all of the warm water before any of the first years got a chance, but he must have just gotten lucky. The feeling of warm water pressing against his skin was one of the most calming things he had felt in quite some time, and it was a great relaxant for the sore muscles he had gained during his training with Pyrrha. Jaune felt a smile come over his face as he looked over his body. In the last few months he had put on quite a bit of muscle, and while even before coming to Beacon he had never exactly been lacking in the build department he looked a lot better. He really had to do something to thank her for that, maybe get some chocolates or something.

He snorted and shook his head. Yeah, and maybe Weiss would actually accept a date with him. He turned off the shower and began to dry himself off. Pyrrha was a bit of a healthy nut when it came to him; even going so far as to make a list of foods he should be eating while they trained. Any good food came from Ruby sneaking him sweets between classes. Despite that he was grateful for all she had done, and he would have to think of a way to pay her back. He turned off the water and got quickly dressed into his uniform, walking back to his teams shared room.

Pyrrha looked around the showers and noticed that it was empty, which in and of itself was odd. Even with how late they had been in waking up there would usually be at least two or three late people in the showering area. She quickly scanned each shower, the mirrors, and anywhere their might be cameras. After as clean a sweep as she could do in her current state she became convinced she was worrying over nothing before getting into one of the showers and cranking up the hot water, letting the hard streams wash over her body as she cleaned herself.

While she did this her mind turned to the same subject it always turned to when she relaxed, Jaune. It was undeniable to herself that she had a crush on him, even beyond that she felt that she might even love the blonde. It had been a slow thing at first; he was just a nice if odd boy who had treated her like a human being instead of some goddess. At first these interactions just made her glad to have him as a friend, but one day…

A little girl had been crying on the streets, next to her a small part filled with papers. Team JNPR had been out to go see a movie Jaune had paid for them to go see as part of a team bonding experience. Before any of the other three could even say something Jaune had gone straight to the girl and asked what was wrong. She told him that her cat had run away, and that the posters she was putting up kept getting taken down. At first the group had been confused, but when a small fox like tail moved behind her they understood well enough. Jaune declared that their mission for the day was finding the cat. They had spent the entire day turning the city of Vale upside down to find that cat, and they had managed to find it up a tree at a local park. Jaune had found it first and climbed the tree, only to be thanked by the cat jumping on his face and clawing at him.

The group had returned the girl and cat to her home and had been treated for the act of heroism. Jaune had continued to insist that 'it was just the right thing to do' and didn't need to be thanked. On that day Pyrrha had known that the blonde goofball was much more than just a friend in her heart, he was something much more special and precious.

She sighed and turned off the shower. It was pointless in the end, his heart belonged to Weiss, and she was just his friend. Pyrrha shook her head and smiled in the mirror. "Better a friend than nothing at all," she got dressed and returned to the room, waving toward Jaune. "Hello, did you enjoy your shower?"

A grin broke out over Jaune's face. "Yeah, there was hot water and everything!"

Pyrrha laughed a bit and shook her head, tossing her nightwear and towel into her own now empty basket. It always brought a smile to her face to see just how happy he could be over something as small as that. "Shall we go join our friends in the dining area?"

"Yeah, I am starving!" he said, tossing his own stuff in a pile next to his basket and following her out of the room. It was a quick walk to the dining area, and on the way they mostly just talked about what papers they would need to write and about new possible team strategies. When they pushed open the door their eyes scanned to find their friends, and when they finally landed on them only one word came to their minds.

"What?"

"After they get done showering phase two of Operation Arkos begins," Ruby said, flipping over to a different set of steps on the screen. "As we have discussed Pyrrha most likely already has goo-goo eyes for Jaune, and Jaune probably feels the same but is stopped out of pure disbelief that it could happen."

Sun raised his hand in the air. "What about the thing he has for Weiss, I mean how many no's before the guy starts thinking it won't happen?"

"How many would it take for you?" Yang quipped to the monkey Faunus.

Sun had the grace to look indignant for a moment before shrugging. "Point."

"Anyway," Ruby said with a bit of annoyance. "We need to remove in trace of other romantic leads for Jaune, which means pairing up people that he normally hangs out with." A number of names appeared linked to each other by a small line. Neptune and Weiss. Blake and Sun. Ren and Nora. Yang and Ruby.

"Hey why don't I get a piece of arm candy?" Yang asked while crossing her arms.

"A. We ran out of guys. B. you are my sister and the thought of you with a guy makes me physically ill." Ruby answered in an almost clinical fashion.

"Hey uh… I mean I know Ozpin gave you command and all but I am not sure I am super comfortable with this plan." Sun finally spoke up. Blake gave him a small smile and a nod from the stage, glad to know someone else was with her.

"I see," Ruby sighed and shook her head. "I really hoped it wouldn't come to this but…" she took a deep breath and looked down at Sun, staring straight into his eyes.

"Hey what are you…?" Sun looked back at Ruby and suddenly he felt something in his mind. As if something was crawling through it and scanning all that was him. Sun tried to put on his usual smile but felt it quickly washed away in the sea of silver that was Ruby's eyes. Everything he was seemed laid out before the younger girl, as if he were just a book that could be figured out word by word. Sun shook his head and tried to look away. He had faced monsters, flirted with death like a cute girl at a rave, and even sat through Neptune's boring speech on how to act like a proper gentlemen, but for some reason this girl's stare shattered all of that. His eyes suddenly returned to hers against his will, and the probe went deeper. She had read all of him now, and the blank expression she had held suddenly broke as a small grin came over her face. "I'm sorry, I will be good." Sun looked down, anything to not have to look at those eyes.

"Yay!" Ruby said, throwing a hand up into the air. "Anyone else?" her eyes turned to Neptune.

"Nope," he waved his hands in front of him. "I am all for this plan, 100%, I am fully prepared and willing to die for this plan, seriously if there is a suicide mission in this plan I am your guy, just please don't do that to me." he looked everywhere but the younger girls eyes.

Ruby grinned to herself. Side missions A and B where going to be easy enough while the main mission was going on, and the best part was that they didn't even know what was going to be happening. She didn't get the degree for nothing.

"Great! Now then, back to the plan."

Pyrrha and Jaune blinked as they approached the table; still not quite sure they believed what they were seeing. Weiss was basically sitting on Neptune's lap, and both of them where holding hands and feeding each other their food. Blake and Sun seemed to be reading the same book, and both held hands above the table. And Ruby and Yang just sat there between the two, acting like this was perfectly normal behavior.

"Sup?" Ruby asked, giving the two a wave.

Step two was in full swing.