Author's Note: Man i'm just pumping these things out. Planning on finishing up Armored Kitty this weekend, and if i figure out how, i'll try to make a poll on Sunday for what I should write next for RWBY's Book.
The air in the room was so tense you could cut it with a butter knife. The room that Blake turned into her mini library-office was made to be sound proof, so all the music and chatter from downstairs couldn't be heard. Jaune was awkwardly sitting down in one of the bean bags because he thought he would be a good decision at the time. He was wrong. After sitting on the bag for a few minutes with no one wanting to talk every time he moved there was a rustle. Velvet had taken a seat at the table and was desperately clutching the cut out photo close to her chest, but had the white back to Blake so she couldn't see the picture. Blake had taken to sitting in one of the bean bags near Jaune. She was sitting there with her eyes locked on him, unwavering, and unrelenting. Slowly and awkwardly Jaune raised his arm and lead it to Blake's head where her exposed cat ears were and started to softly scratch.
'What am I doing?!' Jaune thought to himself. 'I just panicked and did this out of reflex! Oh man, Blake's totally gonna beat me up-' Jaune's train of thought was interrupted as Blake started to push against his hands and purr in the process. Jaune grew a bit red in the face but continued to scratch Blake's ears. Velvet had grown a slight frown at this and got up from her seat. She repositioned herself to Jaunes other side as she lifted his free hand and put it on her ears. Jaune had now begun to stroke her ears as her left foot started to thump on the floor. "Mhhhggmm." Jaune cleared his throat after about a minute of scratching and petting. "So…does anyone wanna explain to me what's been going on recently?"
All motion stopped as Blake and Velvet leaned back and away from Jaune. "Hmm, yes. Knowing you Jaune, of course you still don't know what's happening." Said Blake. Jaune just sweat dropped and gave a slight sigh. "Well I guess even if you know now there's nothing that can change what's going to happen." Blake continued as she pulled up a poster. On this poster was the same picture that Velvet had her hands on, the only difference was this one had the things that Velvet didn't cut away. On the top half of the poster it said 'Faunus Lover' and on the bottom it said 'And His Pet'. Jaune sat there examining the words that were written on the paper as his hands began to shake a bit and his grip tightened on the sides of the paper.
Before he ripped it though, he calmed himself and let go of the paper, laying it down on the ground next to him. He quickly shifted his body to Velvet, got up, and embraced her in a hug. "I'm sorry Velvet." Jaune said with a bit of a choke in his voice. "I made you a promise earlier today, and not more than a few hours after I already couldn't uphold it." Velvet felt Jaune shake a bit while his arms held her a bit tighter. Velvet didn't know how to respond verbally so she wrapped her arms around Jaune and held him as he continued to shake. "What promise is he talking about Velvet?" asked Blake.
Velvet looked at Blake, but suddenly looked down at the floor in shame. "In the picture it shows me and Jaune in a meadow. Jaune asked me to follow him there, and once we stopped…he wanted to know if I was okay. If I had stopped being bullied." Velvet paused for a bit as she saw that Jaune was still unable to contribute to what she was saying. "I told him the truth about letters I've been receiving lately, and he told me about how he's been getting them too. He made a promise telling me that he would do everything he could to protect me from get bullied anymore." Velvet finished her explanation as she looked back at the ground.
"While I'm glad that Jaune is looking out for you, and that he made you that promise, I'm not happy that you didn't tell anyone in the FF about it." Blake said as she chastised Velvet. She let out a sigh though as she continued. "Though I don't think that these posters in any ways breaks Jaune's promise to you." Blake said. This got Jaunes attention as he stopped shaking in Velvets arms and just decided to listen. "You both got back to Beacon only an hour ago. There's no way anyone could have prevented this poster from being spread around. You weren't even on campus yet when half the student body already knew about it." Blake told the blond knight.
Jaune released Velvet from his hug as she in turn let go of him. While wiping his eyes he turned to Blake with a smile. "Thanks Blake. I guess you're kinda right when you said that there's nothing I could do about the poster, and no one's actually bullied you have they Bun-Bun?" Jaune said. Blake raised an eyebrow at the nickname, but besides that she remained quite. Velvet blushed at being called that in front of Blake, but shook her head. "No one's bullied me…b-but when I did get here, Ryan p-pulled me to the side an-and congratulated me." Jaune tilted his head in confusion at the last part, but what he really cared about was knowing that his promise still held true to Velvet.
Jaune gave Velvet another quick hug as he decided to stand back up. "Well…now that I know what's going on, and my promise is still in good turns, I think it's time we got back to our dorms and went to bed for the night." Jaune said. He could already feel the stress from today making his eyelids a bit heavy.
"Hmmm, yes. It is getting a bit later in the evening isn't it." Blake said while checking her scroll. It said that it was already 9:34 p.m. and she had two messages from Yang already. She opened one up and sighed as it was a bad pun. The other was asking her where she was and to get back to the dorm before a certain time. "Well Yang's already wondering where I am. It would be best if I go back now.
"Oh, hey Blake." Jaune said before she got up from her bean bag. "I was just wondering…how did you become the president of this club already?" Blake just nodded letting Jaune know that she understood his confusion. She pulled out a black ribbon from her pockets and started to put it on her head while saying, "I'm the founder of the club. I decided that my quest for equality didn't have to wait till I graduated from Beacon. I could already start making a difference." Jaune nodded while getting up from his spot and reaching up to Blake's bow to help her tie it back on. He got the knot in his first try as he gave a slight scratch to her head. Blake blushed a bit before saying good-bye to him and Velvet and leaving the room.
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"I guess we should start heading out to huh?" Jaune said while facing away from Velvet. Velvet had also stood up from her bean bag as she started to wring her hands together and nodded silently. Jaune was a bit concerned by the lack of noise coming from her, and decided that he could be a gentleman and continue to uphold his promise. "Would you like me to walk you back to your dorm Bun-Bun?" He said while holding out a hand for her to take. Velvet stopped her nervous squirming and looked up at Jaunes face. All she saw was sincerity and honesty. She smiled a bit as she reached out and took his hand.
As Velvet and Jaune had gotten back to team CFVY's dorm room, Jaune was on the lookout for anyone that looked suspicious. Seeing how there was no one in the hall way but them, Jaune let out a quick sigh as he knocked on team CFVY's door. The duo stood there for a bit not saying a word. They both heard shuffling behind the door, and a few voices, but they soon heard a loud crash as something fell on the other side. Seeing as how they had a bit of time to spare, Jaune decided to make plans to hang out with Velvet tomorrow. "Hey Bun-Bun…I was wondering if you wanted to go into town with me tomorrow and hang out around the festival grounds." Jaune said, while lifting his free hand and scratching the back of his head.
Velvet turned bright crimson, as she nodded her head as fast as she could. Feeling a bit brave she decided to do something that was totally out of character for her. Just at the door in front of them clicked and began to open, Velvet leaned her face close to Jaune's and gave him a peck on each of his cheeks. She quickly let go of his hand while rushing into her teams room and heading towards the unoccupied bathroom. At the door stood Coco, and it was very noticeable that she heard about their plans for tomorrow, and she saw what had just transpired. Jaune was a bit red in the face as he opened and closed his mouth a few times. Seeing as there were no words coming out of his mouth he just stopped, turned, and walked down the hallway.
Coco was red in the face a clenching the door handle so hard she was starting to leave an indentation of her hand on it. "So Coco…" Fox began to say. "Do you wanna talk about it?" Coco slammed the door shut, as the sounds of screaming soon took over the dorm room. Moments later there was silence…complete and utter silence.
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Jaune had Just walked back to his own team dorm, when the color in his face returned to normal and he was able to speak again. He opened the door and was immediately met with a fiery red-haired goddess. "Jaune! Would you care to explain JUST what this it?" Pyrrha said, as she was holding the poster of him and Velvet. Jaune was once again rendered un able to speak. This time not out of embarrassment, but out of fear. "You have a lot of explaining to do!" Pyrrha continued as she grabbed the knight by the front of his hoodie and pulled him into the room with a yelp.