Chapter 9: Jaune's Love Advice 2

A/N: Hi guys! Angelo here with a new chapter! Sorry I took so long... again. Aside from being busy in school... I kinda worked on some bass covers first on some of RWBY's soundtracks as a tribute to Pyrrha... AND, I actually tried to ANIMATE using the free "Drawing Cartoons 2" android app on Google Play. I posted my first attempt to make a STICK MAN fight scene on my YouTube channel. If some of you like to check it out, please take note that it's my first time so it probably sucks compared to other stick animations. Animation is really hard, okay? It took me a whole week (2-4 hrs per day) to animate a 34-second fight scene!

Anyway, I'd like to THANK ALL OF YOU... again, for all the support this story's getting. And for that, I really felt inclined to do something for you guys. Here's what I had in mind... Every time I post a new chapter (starting from now), I'll give a shout out to 10 of those who have recently followed/favorited me or my fic (if that's okay with you guys). How, you may ask? Well, notifies me on my E-mail every time someone does follow/fave. Call me a creep but... since this fanfic started, I actually checked every single one of your accounts and read your profiles (even the really long one's)... but I might have missed a few. Most of you don't write stories but you sure do like a lot of 'em especially on different fandoms.

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With Velvet...

She was making her way to team CRDL's room. Their door was wide open. She approached it and saw all of them working on their window.

Cardin noticed her at their door. "Oh, hey. Have you seen Nora? She was supposed to help us fix this."

"She's at the Emerald forest." She then took a closer look at their window. "I don't think duct tape will fix that."

"You got a better idea?!"

Velvet was taken aback by Sky's sudden out burst.

"Don't mind him." Dove said. "He came up with the 'duct tape' idea and even lend Cardin extra lien to buy some at the dust shop. He's just a bit cranky 'cause duct tape isn't really working very well."

Just then, the window's frame came off and fell out of the building...

*heavy sigh* Sky went to his bed and let himself fall on it.

"Wait... the shopkeep sells duct tape too?" She asked.

"Yeah... apparently he does." Cardin replied. "So... what brings ya' here?"

"Oh, right." *ahem* "I came here to 'ring' Jaune's scroll. Maybe it's around here somewhere..."

"Still don't trust us, huh?" Russell asked.

"It was Nora's idea. She wants me to double check your room."

*sigh* "Fine, go ahead. No one's stopping you."

Velvet nodded. "Thanks, Cardin."

"Yeah yeah... don't mention it."

She started tapping on her scroll.

Sky stood up and went for the door... "If someone looks for me, I'll be at the cafeteria." And then he left.

Velvet got confused and turned to the rest of them.

"Stress eating." Dove said. "It's what he does."

"Okay then..."


In team RWBY's room...

They all watched with anticipation as they saw Velvet walk inside Jaune's room.


(Entry no. 8 Continuation...)

Jaune gestured her to sit beside him on the bed. "So Velv, what can I help you with?"

"Um, well..." She obliged, and started to blush. "There's... this guy that I like for a really long time now... and-"

"You need advice?"

"N-No, I actually want to conf-" She then thought of an idea. "I mean...yes. I need some... advice."

He switched to a semi-serious tone. "Say no more, Velv. I'll try my best to help. But first, I need you to answer some questions... just to make sure I really can help you with this."

"Um... okay?"

"Good, now... First question, there are two main types of guys... Is he the shy, socially awkward, insecure type? Or the confident, cool, popular kind of guy?"

She thought about it for a sec. "Can't he be... both?"

"Well... everyone has some of both... sometimes... but which category does he fall into more?"

"He's..." She took a good look at Jaune's face. "... definitely socially awkward."

"Awesome! That makes it a lot easier for me. I'm one of those guys, you know."

"Yes, Jaune. I can tell." *giggle*

He smiled back. "Okay, this next question is optional if you wanna answer it or not... Do I know this guy? It'll help me a lot if you could tell me who he is."


Jaune's ringtone went off...

'Ursa, Ursa...-'

*Gasp!* "Quick! Dog pile on it!" Yang suddenly took the scroll from Ruby's hands, threw it on the bed, took a pillow, and covered the scroll up.

As the ringtone ended, everyone turned to the room's wide open entrance (since Nora destroyed their door earlier). They waited for someone to enter... but no one did.

As a precaution, Pyrrha stood up and checked outside. She turned to the left... the hallway was empty, but when she turned to the right...

"M-Mrs. Goodwitch! W-What a surprise..."

Team RWBY had shocked faces then tried to act normal as they saw her enter their room.

"Sup Ma'am! What brings ya' here?" Yang said.

Ozpin asked me to repair your door. This was Miss Valkyrie's doing, am I correct?"

They all slowly nodded in unison.

The professor started using her semblance. Every chunk of wood that was scattered across the floor levitated towards each other. The door was now fixed.

"Thank you, Professor." Ruby said.

"You're welcome. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be heading to team CRDL's room. Apparently, your hyperactive friend destroyed their window last night."

"So that's why she overslept." Yang whispered to herself.

Glynda turned to the door, but before she left... "Ladies, because of your headmaster, I am fully aware of what you've been doing all day..."

Everybody went silent and nervous.

"But rest assured, I won't intervene. Ozpin doesn't want anyone to... ruin his soap opera."

"Um... okay? Thanks, I guess..."

Weiss hit Ruby's head.

"Oww!"

"But..." The Professor continued. "I hope you all realize that going through someone's personal life has grave consequences. Friendships could be broken by these kinds of acts. Just a little something to think about."

And with that she left the room.

Everyone turned to each other. Guilt was evident on their faces.

"The professor's right. Maybe we should stop this." Pyrrha suggested.

"Pfft... come on. This is Jaune we're talkin' about. He's too nice to get mad at us, right?" Yang said, with a bit of uncertainty.

"I... I don't know, sis. I think Jaune has a limit to his niceness too. Right Blake?"

"Everyone has a limit... even him." She answered.

"Look, let's think about it this way. We're doing this... to make him happy, not to abuse him using the things we know about him."

"But we're already abusing him by doing this!" Ruby said.

"No, Yang's right." Everyone turned to Weiss with shocked faces. "I... I want to know more about him. I've... been a bad friend. Even after he stopped asking me out, I kept pushing him away and called him names. I want to make it up to him, and by doing this... I'll know how. And I think... you should all join in too."

Silence...

"For Jaune." She added.

The girls were still hesitant.

"Look... he doesn't have to know. Once we're done, we could just secretly return this to him." Yang said.

"I'm in." Pyrrha said. "I won't let Weiss gain the advantage."

"Fine, I'm in too." Ruby said. "But if anything goes wrong, I'll blame it all on you, Yang!"

"Fair enough." Yang said. "How 'bout you, Blake?"

"I don't think anything I'll say would stop you so... go ahead."

"Awesome! Now we're back in business." Yang started tapping on Jaune's scroll. "Let's get back to where we left off."

"Wait!" Pyrrha stopped her. "I want to know who tried to called him just now."

Yang checked his scroll. Her eyes widened as she saw the name. "Velvet..."


Back in team CRDL'S room...

"Any luck?" Cardin asked.

"No." Velvet answered."I guess his scroll isn't in here after all."

"So... what now?"

"My... last resort."

The boys gave each other confused looks.

"Uh... what?"

Another moment of silence before Velvet answered. "Professor Ozpin... he knows everything that's going on in this school. Especially when Jaune's involved."

"Well, I don't think he'll help you though. You know how he is."

*sigh* "I know... but it's worth the shot. I don't have anymore ideas to try."


In team RWBY's room...

They continued watching his eighth entry...


"Okay, this next question is optional if you wanna answer it or not ... Do I know this guy? It'll help me a lot if you could tell me who he is." Jaune said.

"It's... complicated. I'm sorry but... I'd rather not say... at least not yet."

"That's understandable... but that tells me... you're the shy type of girl who likes this shy guy, am I right?"

She blushed and nodded.

"So this guy... How close have you gotten with him? Are you one of those 'stalker' types who hide behind things just to look at him from a distance or...?"

"Well... I used to be." She admitted. "But now we've gotten real close. So close that he even shares... personal things with me. I wish I could do the same for him too."

"Cool! So you're already steps ahead. So the only thing you have trouble with is to let him know how you feel, right?"

"That's... not actually what I had in mind."

"Huh?"

"I don't think I can confess my feelings. I'm... too shy. Could I just drop a few 'hints' and wait for him to realize that I'm in to yo- him! I meant 'him'. That way I'll have him confess to me instead?"

"..." He took a deep breath. "Velv, I have to be frank with you on this... no matter how brutal the truth is. Ready to here it?"

She hesitantly nodded.

"Okay, here goes..." Jaune put his hand on her shoulder. "Velv, that's probably the DUMBEST thing any girl would do when it comes to shy guys."


All eyes turned to Pyrrha as she slumped her head.

*long heavy sigh of defeat*

"There there, Pyr." Yang patted her on the back.

"Uh... I don't get it. Sis, why's Pyrrha sad?"

"Well..."

"It's because she's doing exactly what Velvet said." Blake said.

"And Jaune said that idea was stupid, heh heh." Yang added.

"Oh..."

"Well thank you for summing that up." Pyrrha said in a sarcastic tone.

The blonde girl smirked. "Someone's cranky."


"..."

"Sorry... I know you girls normally want to be approached by men but, we shy guys don't work that way. We're not the type who makes the first move... most of the time. Does the guy you like have a crush on someone else, by any chance?"

"Well, yes..."

"Then that makes the situation even worse. If you just let everything play out... then it WILL play out. If the guy somehow musters up some courage to ask his crush out, one of two things will happen. Either he gets together with her, which is 'Game Over' for you... Or if you're lucky, he'll get turned down. That doesn't guarantee he'll go to you though. You have to break out of your 'shell of shyness' and be straight forward because all the hints that you'll pull off will be completely ignored, especially when the guy's 'love struck'. But don't worry... I'll show you how to get your feelings through 'the easy way'."

"Um... okay. I hope your 'method' works."

"Don't worry, I know a lot of stuff about socially awkward guys."

"Well... let's say that my feelings actually got through, what if he thinks I'm... not good enough for him? Or maybe I'm too... weird?

Jaune started laughing... much to her confusion.

She pouted. "What's so funny?"

"HA HA HA!" *sigh* "Sorry, Velv. We're still talkin' 'bout a socially awkward shy guy right? Generally, we have pretty low standards when it comes to girls. We go for any girl as long as she's still 'available."

"..."

"Hmm... not enough for ya', huh? Well then, let me show you a little somethin' here." Jaune took out his scroll and started tapping on it. "Now, I'm not supposed to show this to any girl but... this is an emergency so... just promise me you won't tell this to anybody, okay?"

"What're you talking about?"

"All the guys in the academy... including me, made this list of 'The Top 10 Hottest Girls in Beacon'. You might not believe it but... Sky Lark actually hosted this a few hours right after last year's dance. He sent text messages to every single male to answer the questions, 'Who are your top 3 hottest girls? And why?'."

"Top 3?"

"Yeah... It's kinda like voting for three candidates. Anyway, his scroll managed to take in all the replies, somehow. He then sent them to Professor Ozpin to process the resul-"

"Wait! The headmaster's in on this?"

"He is." *chuckle* "So after processing all that data, he sent this very message to every single guy in the school..." He gave his scroll to her.

She then took a look.


Top 10 Hottest Girls in Beacon:

(A/N: Pretend there's a picture and description of each girl mentioned... and this list was only made in my opinion and for story purposes... obviously.)

1st place: Pyrrha Nikos

2nd: Cinder Fall (from Haven)

3rd: Yang Xiao Long

4th: Coco Adel

5th: Velvet Scarlatina

6th: Blake Belladonna

7th: Ruby Rose

8th: Nora Valkyrie

9th: Emerald Sustrai (from Haven)

10th: Weiss Shnee


"I-I'm... on fifth place?" She said in shock as she started to slowly blush.

"Yup! Although this list hasn't been updated yet, I'm pretty sure you're still part of the 'Top 10' even if it did." He then smiled. "And what's weird is... I actually know all these girls... but I kinda regret meeting two of em'."


Pyrrha slightly blushed after seeing the list, but didn't look as surprised.

Blake simply smiled.

"Wow! Seventh hottest girl! I'm so cool!" Ruby said.

"Meh..." Yang had a confident look. "Third place ain't bad."

"Why am I on tenth place!? I should've at least topped your sister!"

"Hey!" Ruby pouted.


"W-Wow..."

*chuckle* "Why so surprised? Is it because you're a faunus?"

"Well, yes... I never thought-"

"Velv..." He interrupted. "Here's another secret that you should know about us guys. Most of us actually think female faunus... or fauna... fauni? Whatever the plural of that word is... ARE CUTER than female 'humans'."

"..." She was puzzled. "But... all that racism..."

"Let me explain." *ahem* "You know what the word 'fetish' means, right?"

"Well, of course... but-"

"Look, not all guys will admit it but... your bunny ears actually turn me o-" He realized what he was about to say. "Uh... I mean 'us'! Uh...'them' on. Y-You know what I mean."

She blushed. "I get it."

"I even know a guy who just pretends to be racist so he could touch your ears by bullying you."

Her eyes widened. "Cardin?"

"Uh huh. I got that out of him in that 'truth or dare' game at the club right after doing my swearing rant about Neptune." *chuckle* "And as it turns out, he has a crush on you. Don't tell him I told you that, by the way."

"..." She wore another shocked face. "Well, I'm flattered... I think. But something bothers me a bit. Why is Weiss on tenth place? I'm pretty sure she would be at least on fifth or even fourth place."


"Yes! Thank you!" Weiss blurted out, earning all her friends' stares.


"Well, I thought of the same thing back then. I read her description on the list and it says... most of her bad qualities. The only good qualities 'they' know is that she's smart... and pretty to look at. If it were up to me, I would've put her on... second place."

"Why second?"

"Let's be honest... No one beats Pyrrha, period. I mean, just look at her! She's the TOTAL PACKAGE! She's beautiful, smart, nice and quirky, an awesome fighter, her picture's in a cereal box... I could actually cast aside my feelings for Weiss to 'not' put Pyrrha under her. It's like my brain won't let me be biased for some reason."

"..." She frowned.


Now Pyrrha's face got red as her hair.


"Anyway, we're kinda gettin' off topic. Point of the matter is your bunny ears are an asset, not a liability. But in some cases, your chances with the guy you like might get lower because they will most likely have this thing, which I would like to call, 'The League Mentality.'

"The League Mentality?"

"Yeah. It's basically a guy's state of mind we're they think that the lady's too good for him or in other words, he thinks he's way out of the girls league. If that's the case, then the guy would get intimidated to even consider you as an option. I think some girls have this mentality too... I think."

"Wait, the guy that I like isn't as shy as you think he is and he actually tries to hit on Wei- Uh... I mean, a girl who he may consider to be too good for him... you know. But nowadays, he stopped. Like after breaking out of his shell, he went back inside and shut almost everyone out. Anything you can say about that?"

"Well, there are more complicated factors. Believe it or not, I kinda experienced something like that."

She gave a slightly 'sad' laugh. "Really? I had no idea." She said sarcastically.

"In my experience... you know that I have a crush on Weiss, right?"

"I... I know. You still haven't gotten over her yet?"

"I'm... working on it." He rubbed the back of his head. "Anyway, I used to say cheesy pick up lines to her and even asked her out a bunch of times. You already know how that went. Especially when the dance came. It hit me hard when I saw Weiss ask out Neptune. That's when It clicked. She wasn't really playing 'hard to get' like I initially thought she was doing since the very first day in Beacon..."

"..." Velvet gave him an awkward look.

*sigh* "Yes, I know it was stupid of me for not being able to tell..."


Weiss was shocked. "Wait, what?! That's what he thought I was doing? Playing 'hard to get'?"

"Ha ha ha! He seriously needs help on understanding women." Yang wiped a tear of her eye.

"Aww... poor Jaune." Ruby said.


"I realized that all this time, I was annoying her from the very start. I actually thought I had a chance... all because of what I heard she said to Ruby about me."

"What DID she say about you?"

He slightly chuckled. "I still remember it like it was just yesterday. She said something like..." He then tried to do an impression of her. '...or talk about cute boys like tall, blonde and scraggly over there.' "And then she points at me. I know she said that sarcastically but... I think it's in a different context. I mean, she said true things about me so... I kinda assumed she genuinely thought I was a cute guy."

"To be honest... I think she meant what she said... but she never gave you a chance? All this time?"

"Well... there is one time. Although, that chance didn't really came from Weiss. You see, she kinda lost a bet to Yang one time... I think it was two weeks before the 'Prank War' happened. Weiss was forced to go out with me so I thought maybe I could show her a good time for once. We kinda ended up watching a bunch of people doing a human pyramid. Torchwick was there for some reason and Yang, who was at the top of said pyramid."

"Let me guess, it didn't turn out well?"

*sigh* "Yup. She ignored me the whole time while she kept scrolling someone... probably Neptune? I don't know. I don't blame her though. I think I was too boring for company, not to mention 'annoying'. From then on, I kept asking myself... What am I doing wrong?"

She put her hand on his back. "Jaune..."


Weiss shrunk in guilt as her friends turned their eyes to her.


"And that's when I decided to stop."

"Stop what?" Velvet asked.

"I stopped pursuing Weiss... or any more girls for that matter. My self esteem went down hill after that date... plus, my insecurities kicked in. Then again, I was a pretty insecure guy to begin with. I just act confident... even though I'm not." He looked down and gave a sad expression.

She started gently rubbing his back.

"Look, I may not know who the guy you're talkin' about is but... I'm pretty sure he has similar experiences."

"I have another question... about the 'league mentality' thing. Did you have that when you first met Weiss?"

"Uh, yeah... about that. I didn't actually know that Weiss was some rich girl until after the dance, so..." He blushed.


"Seriously?!" Most of them said in unison.

Blake face palmed afterwards.

Ruby and Yang laughed a lot.

*giggle* "Why am I not surprised." Pyrrha said.

Weiss stared blankly at the screen for a few seconds. A warm smile slowly creeped on her face. *giggle* "Seriously?"

Yang turned to her. "Late reaction, Ice Queen."


*giggle* "Seriously?"

"Not funny..." *sigh* "Look, I'm not really the type of guy who looks into famous personalities, okay?"

"Ever heard of the 'SDC'?"

"Ehh...no... Again, not until after the dance. That's when I did my research... kinda."

"Jaune, we're huntsman and huntresses. We utilize dust more than any other people on Remnant. Almost ALL of Vale's dust shops belong to the Shnee Dust Company."

"Well I've never been to a dust shop before! Because... one, I don't use dust. Two, it's Ren's job to go buy stuff in Vale, not mine."

*giggle* "So basically, you don't know anyone famous."

"Well... I know a few. They're all voice actors from my favorite shows though. Like in 'X-ray and Vav', Vav was voiced by that pirate guy in Sun's team. I think his name's... Scarlet? Yeah, it's Scarlet. And then there's Ruby's dad, who voiced Church in 'Red vs. Blue'..."


"Dad's a voice actor?" Ruby asked.

"You... weren't supposed to know that." Yang rubbed the back of her head. "The secret's out I guess."

"Why would dad keep it a secret?"

"Although the show's funny... It's not for kids."

"What!? Come on. I'm old enough!"

"Rubes... just don't watch Red vs. Blue. Trust me, you have to be at least a few years older to watch it."


"...Even Ruby's uncle, Qrow. He voices that huge guy in Dragon Ball Z."

"You mean Broly?"

"Yeah, him. Wait... you watch 'DBZ'?"

"My favorite show in my childhood days... Yes."

"Awesome! I didn't know you- Uh, wait...wait. We kinda got waaaay off topic... This was supposed to be about giving you love advice."

*giggle*

"Sorry..."

"It's okay. I was the one who asked you about knowing famous people in the first place."

*chuckle* "Yeah... where we're we?"

"Sorry, I kind of lost track."

"..." *sigh* "You know what? Let's just cut to the chase. This is the easiest and most effective way to convey your feelings to the guy you like... without actually saying anything at all..."

Velvet listened to him intently.


Same did Pyrrha and team RWBY...


"It's called the 'Forearm Flirtation'."

"W-What?"

"Here's how you do 'Forearm Flirtation'. When the guy says something funny... or even remotely funny, you laugh of course. But then you put your hand on his forearm, grip it ever so gently, simultaneously look directly into his eyes... and hold that position for two seconds. You only need to have TWO FRIGGIN' SECONDS of courage to accomplish this. It's THAT simple."


Everyone gave skeptical looks.

"Wait... So all I had to do, is to hold his forearm for two damn seconds? This is bull..." Yang said.


"Really?" Velvet said.

"Trust me on this. Scientists actually researched this stuff. Their findings show that this method has a 70 percent chance of working. Take note that 'Forearm Flirtation' doesn't work on complete strangers, for obvious reasons. You have to be close to the guy on a personal level. It would even work on me, heh heh."

"Well... if you say so."


"You can't argue with the experts, sis." Ruby said.

"Fine... it kinda makes sense too. I just can't believe it's that simple."

"Ditto." The rest said.


"But that's just getting your feelings through. You still have to pass one final barrier that a typical, insecure, socially awkward, shy guy would might have."

"And what's that?"

"Their 'inferiority complex'."

"You sure know a lot about these 'big' terms."

"I know right?" *chuckle* "Just so you know, not all guys have this. There are guys, no matter how shy they are, would actually jump at the chance. But there are those who actually give a lot of thought about it and conclude that they're 'not worthy'. That's when they start making excuses, good and bad. Anything that they could say to eventually drive you away... because they care about your well being. That's where you have to decide whether or not to pursue a relationship with him."

"So all I have to do is to not give up on him, right?"

"It's... not that simple. Guy's like that WILL be stubborn and persistent. You'll need to take your time on them. Generally, girls don't like to be kept waiting, right?"

"True..."

"That's what they're trying to do. Make you wait until you stop entirely. The only way you will get with him is to never give up... if you're actually willing to play the waiting game. He'll eventually give in."

"..." She smiled. "Thank you, Jaune. That was some really helpful advi-"

"Oh wait! I kinda forgot to mention... if the he ever denies that you have feelings for him after you did 'Forearm Flirtation', you have to woman up and... kiss the guy. Planting it on his cheek will do but it's much more effective when you go for the lips."

"Oh..." She blushed. "Okay... but what if he's still stubborn and persistent about it for so long?"

"When he does the denial thing or the 'waiting game' thing?"

"Both."

He started blush hard... much to her confusion. "Um... you need to use your... stuff."

"My... what?"

"You... have to get a bit sexual..."

"..." Her face turned red.


Everybody had shocked faces again.

Then Blake spoke. "D-Did he just...?"


"Okay, so before you beat me up 'cause of what I just said... let me explain."

"Don't worry... I won't."

"Thanks... You see, there's one thing that EVERY SINGLE GIRL must accept about us guys. We're..."

"..."

"We're..."

"Yes?"

He then took a deep breath and said. "We're all perverts on the inside!"

"..."

"Whether the guy's a gentleman or not. As long as he has working hormones, perverted thoughts are unavoidable. That's reality, okay? That's the nature of us guys. The only thing we can do is to resist the urge of thinking and doing perverted stuff. That's what separates 'gentlemen' from 'REAL perverts'."

"..."

"I'm trying to be honest here. This is 'real talk' from an actual guy so... please don't hurt me." He nervously said.

"Like I said, I won't."

"Just a short message. If you wear something like a bikini at some beach and there's a guy who's staring at you, having a nose bleed... don't hit him. It's your fault for wearing something so revealing. But of course if he starts harassing you... pulverize him. Just sayin'."

"I-I get it... So you want me to..." She blushed again. "You know."

"Just save it as a last resort. If you just can't take it anymore, drag him to a nearby closet or any room where you'll have privacy and then do... stuff. If that doesn't work, I don't know what will."

She quickly nodded a few times.

"This conversation's making you uncomfortable, isn't it."

"Just a bit."

"Sorry... but don't worry. That's all the advice I have."

"There's one last thing actually..."

"What is it?"

"What if... I have competition?"

"Pfft..." *chuckle* "When it comes to insecure guys, that hardly ever happens. If there's one thing I learned about girls, is that awkward guys repel them... most of the time. Don't sweat it."

"But what if? If I happen to have competition, what should I do?"

"Well... try to be possessive. Fight off potential threats. If you make him feel that you actually want him to be yours, you'll get massive 'points'. But take note that there's such a thing as being 'too possessive', okay? Here's a little tip that will help you a lot. This is where most of us guys draw the line. It's natural for guys to think that girls other than you are attractive AS LONG AS he still remains devoted to you. The same goes for girls too. Just... don't overreact when you're faced with that kind of situation."

"Of course... Thank you, Jaune. You've been a great help."

"Nah, don't mention it. Anything for a friend, heh heh."

She smiled back... then turned away and blushed.


"That was... informative." Pyrrha said.

Blake slightly laughed. "I already know most of the things he said."

"What! Really?!" Ruby blurted out.

"Let me guess, you got all that from the novels you've read." Yang said.

"Well... one book in particular. The main character of my 'Ninjas of Love' book was based off of him."

Weiss put a hand on her chin. "Interesting..."


"Hey... tell you what. Tomorrow around lunch time, you start wooing the guy while I watch from afar. How's that sound?"

"It doesn't have to be tomorrow." She blushed even harder. "We could do it right now."

"Cool... wait. What do you mean 'we'?"

*giggle* She then put her hand on his arm and stared directly in his eyes.


Everyone stared at the screen intently.

Weiss eyes widened. "She's already going for it?!"

"Wow... she works fast." Yang said."

"..." Pyrrha just frowned and stayed silent.

Same with Ruby.


Jaune's face turned slightly red. "Velv, I already told you. Forearm flirtation works on me. No need to test it out."

She held her grasp. "This... T-This is serious."

"..." His eyes widened.

"..."

"S-Seriously? You're not messing with me, are you?"

*giggle* "What did I just say, Jaune?"

"So basically... instead of just confessing to me. You had me give crucial love advice first, then reveal your feelings."

She nodded.

"That's a bit cliché, don't you think? Maybe you should rethink to who you should be crushing on-"

"Trying to drive me away just because you think you're way out of my league? Now who's being cliché!"

"..."

"I had these feelings bottled up for about a year now. Trying to convince me to just throw it out the window is impossible."

"Um... could I at least try? Not that I don't like you. It's just-"

"Fine... try me."

*sigh* "I didn't wanna do this... 'cause it's really embarassing, but you leave me with no choice..." He took off both of his shoes and showed it's soles to her. "So... still think crushing on me is a good decision?"

She saw something written on each of them, respectively... "Left and right... Why-?"

"...did I wrote these on the soles of my shoes?" He finished. "Because I'm an idiot. Just before the 'initiation' began, I knew that I was in deep trouble and something's gonna happen to me. So as a precaution, I wrote these on my shoes so if there's any point in time in this school that I end up with a concussion and couldn't tell whether what's left or right..."


Yang was laughing out loud.

Weiss and Blake couldn't help but snicker.

"I don't think that's such a bad idea." Ruby said.

"That's what I said to him." Pyrrha replied. "It didn't cheer him up much."


"That's not such a bad-"

"Don't even, Velv. Pyrrha already tried that. Let's not over estimate my intelligence, 'Kay?"

"I... still like you though."

"I'll be honest with you, okay. If you're one of those girls who likes 'dumb' guys because they make them feel smart-!"

"No! I'm not like that!" *sigh* "Jaune, why are you so... against this? You didn't even mind it when Neo confessed to you."

"Because she's Neo! She likes to mess with people. It'll take more than her kisses to convince me. I'm just playing along for now. Once I talk to her, everything will clear up... hopefully." He then blushed as a thought came to him. "You said you had a crush on me since last year..."

"Yes." She said casually.

"And you're not being shy about it at all? You didn't even hesitate when you said that. You being kinda out of character is really creeping me out."

"I've broken out my 'shell' since last week when we started hanging out. You've shared a lot of personal things with me so openly. That's why I'm comfortable with all this... especially when you just told me how would YOU guys react in this situation. Basically, I already know what to do because you gave me instructions."

"Oh... CRUD. So... what now?"

"I don't know, you tell me. There's no use if you're going to play 'The Waiting Game' on me and I know you're not the type of person who would turn down a girl."

*sigh* "Okay, here's what I'm gonna do. I'll talk to Neo just to clear things up with her. Hopefully, she's not serious about 'her thing' for me... cause that'll make my life way more harder than it already is."

*giggle* "I knew you were the indecisive type."

He slumped his head. "Sorry about that. Anyway, if I confirmed that Neo's not really into me, then I'll consider us 'a thing' from now on. If not, well... it'll take me a whole lot longer to decide... Sound good?"

"Of course but... why bother confirming it if it's blatantly obvious that she's not serious and she's just using you? She'd probably just lie to you again!"

"Whoa... take it easy, Velv. Don't worry, I have a way to know the truth. She can't lie her way out of this one." He took out a small object from his pocket and showed it to her.

"The mood ring..." She slightly frowned.

"Why the long face? This'll expose Neo."

"Well..." She hesitated to answer, so she changed the subject. "Does that even work on mutes?"

"Yeah, it does... somehow. Okay, I'm not really sure but we'll see. It probably would."

After a few moments, Velvet smiled as she scooted closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

Jaune's face was now redder than ever. "Velv, if it's okay... would you... tell me your feelings? Like... telling me stuff you like about me. I just want to make sure that you actually like me for a reason."

She smirked. "You want to make sure that I'm not like you, who likes someone for no reason at all just because you thought you had a chance?"

"Hey! I liked Weiss for many reasons! Good reasons! She maybe cold, but she's also incredible... She's smart, graceful and talented..."

She frowned at his words... and she snapped. "She's a 'know-it-all' bitch who treats you like s-some... some bug, just waiting to be squashed or stepped on! She doesn't even want to be your friend! If she did, then she wouldn't have ignored you, like you're some person she haven't met- ahh!" She flinched as she felt Jaune's tight grip on her arm. Tears started to well up on her eyes. "J-Jaune, I..."

"Don't say those things about her!" He then saw her tears. *sigh* "Velv, I know where you're coming from. I know Weiss... treats me different. But you don't have to worry about her. She likes Neptune... not me. I'll get over her sooner or later."


"You just can't catch a break, can you Weiss?" Yang teased.

"Not in the mood, Yang! Not in the mood."

"Sheesh... grumpy much."

"Seriously, Yang. You should stop." Blake said.


"I hope so." *sniff* A smile slowly crept on her face. "You want to know why I like you?"

"Yeah... pretty much."

She slightly laughed. "Well... besides you being cute and all, you're an all around nice person."

*chuckle* "Tell me something I don't know. I really get that a lot, to be honest."

"It's true, though. You're so nice that you're capable of liking people who don't even like you. Not just Weiss, or the twins at the club..."

"Wait... you know them?"

"No... but based on what I heard from you so far, they seem like nasty people."

"Pfft... they're not nasty. They're just... difficult to deal with."

"See! You're even defending them right now."

"..."

"And most of all, you even befriended one of the most hated people in Beacon."

"Team CRDL?"

"Yes! They used to be bullies. Look at them now! You actually got them to sing and dance right in front of me and apologize."

"True..." He admitted.

"When you first stood up for me last year, that's when I started to take an interest in you. You're the first person who didn't hesitate to help out a faunus in need... besides my teammates."

"I'm sure there are a lot of good people in school. They we're just probably scared of causing a ruckus or getting bullied themselves."

"I know, but still... there you were. A guy who could barely even fight at the time stood up to them knowing that you're going to get pummeled. That was really brave of you."

"I just did the right thing to do like any 'normal' good person would do... possibly a dumb person would too just so he could look like a hero. I would've been jacked up that time if Glynda happened to pass by."

"And from then on..." She then blushed. "I started... watching you from a distance every time I had the chance."

*chuckle* "Stalker..."

"You don't think I'm creepy, do you?"

"Well if you're a grown man or woman... yes, you'd creep me out. But since you're a cute girl with the same age as me, even though you're in a higher year, and you have bunny ears that make you look twice as cute... no, you don't creep me out. It's kinda flattering to know actually." He blushed too.

*giggle* "That's good to hear." She inched closer to his face and kissed his cheek.

"Eeep!" He jumped up. "Velv, I appreciate... that and all but, could we please take it slow? We're not even a thing yet."

"That's not fair! Neo already kissed you a bunch of times."

"Good point..." He scratched his head. "Can't think of a good excuse for that at the moment."

*giggle*

Awkward silence...

"Um... are we done? I think we left Penny out there long enough."

"Yes, Jaune. I'm good." She gave him one last hug.

Jaune gave a warm smile and hugged back. "Good talk, Velv."

They broke away and headed out of the room.

Opening the door, they saw the robot girl right outside.

"Salutations!"

"Gah! Penny!" Jaune gave her a suspicious look. "Were you listening in on us?"

"Uh..." She turned away. "No..." *hiccup*

*sigh* "Penny, Ruby told me you get the 'hiccups' when you lie."

Velvet gave her a mean look.

"I'm... terribly sorry. I got bored and... you we're discussing such an interesting topic. The information you gave will definitely help me become a real girl."

"I would've just told you all that if you asked, so I'm fine with it... as long as Velvet is." He then turned to the faunus girl.

"..." She still wore her grumpy face.

Penny just gave her a warm smile.

*sigh* "Fine..."

"Oh, splendid! Thank you so much!"

Jaune snickered as a thought came to mind. "Hey Velv, random thought. Bet I can out smart a high tech robot like Penny." He whispered.

*giggle* "No way..."

"How 'bout we bet on it. Winner gets a favor."

She gave it a bit of thought. She then slightly blushed on the thought she just had.

"Uh... you okay?"

"Um..." She shook the red off her face. "Deal!"

"Awesome." He said, still in a hushed voice.


"Oh, this aught ta be good." Yang snickered and then paused the video. "Hey girls, who wants to play along with their bet."

They gave her stern looks.

"No worries, girls. No prizes and all that junk. We'll play just for the fun of it. Come on, I vote for Velv on winning the bet."

"Well, if you say so. Hmm..." Ruby put her hand on her chin. "I'm with Jaune on this."

"Same goes for me." Pyrrha said.

Weiss smirked. "Him? Out smarting Penny? I don't think so."

"Blakey?" Yang turned to her.

"I... don't know. That may be a nearly impossible task for him... but he always somehow wins his bets... most of the time."

"Just pick one. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose."

"Fine... I pick Jaune's side."

"Okay, let's see how this turns out."


"What are you two talking about?" The robot girl asked.

"Hey Penny, do you mind if I test how much of a 'real girl' you are?"

"Oh, I don't mind. Please do!"

"Okay, let's make a bet. If I win, you owe me a favor. If I lose, then I owe you one. You game?"

"Challenge accepted!" She pumped both her fists.

"Okay, here goes. I bet you can't say... 'The Alphabet' faster than me."

"Hmm..." She stared at a distance for a few seconds before speaking. "Based on my calculations, there's is a 99.9999% chance that you will lose."

"I'll take my chances." He then turned to Velvet. "Could you please count up to three. You know, to start the challenge?"

"Okay... Ready, you two?"

They both nodded.

"One... Two... Three!"

Jaune confidently gave Penny a head start.

"A, B, C, D, E, F, G..." Her talking speed rivaled Professor Oobleck's.

He then smirked as he said... "The alphabet."

"..." Velvet's eyes widened.

"...U, V, W, X, Y..." She then stopped. "Reanalyzing challenge..."

"..."

"I... lost the bet."


Yang and Weiss had their mouths hung agape.

*giggle* "I knew something like this would happen." Blake said.

Pyrrha smiled. "I've never doubted him for a second."

"Me too!" Ruby added.

They were all soon filled with laughter.


"And that's... how you out smart a robot." He gave the bunny girl a teasing smile.

"Fine... you win. You have a favor to ask?"

"Nah, I'm gonna save it for now. It can come in handy later in the long run."

Penny laughed. "Well played."

"Ya' got that right." He started laughing along with her.

"So now's my chance, right?"

"What are you talking abou-?"

Penny gently held his forearm and stared directly in his eyes.

Velvet gave her a menacing look.

"Are... you doing what I think you're doing?" His face turned red.

Penny shyly nodded.

"I-I um..." *sigh* "I'll just put your built-in lie detector to good use on this, okay? Now answer me, do you... 'like-like' me?"

"Yes, I am... infatuated with you."

He waited for her to 'hiccup'... but it never came. He then blushed harder. "Uh, wow that's... damn straight. I hate to break it to you but..." He briefly turned to Velvet then back to her. "I'm taken..."

"Sorry, Jaune. You cannot lie to me either. I've got evidence." She then took out her scroll from her back pack.

After a lot more tapping, she played a specific footage to him. 'Velv, I appreciate... that and all but, could we please take it slow? We're not even a thing yet.'

She hit the replay button. 'We're not even a thing yet.'

And again... 'We're not even a thing yet.'

"Okay, okay! I get it! I'm still available in the 'market'. And now two 'shoppers' are fighting over me..." His face got redder. "How'd you even get that footage?"

"I have my own fly cams, remember?"

"Yeah, but when did you...?" *sigh* "Never mind. Could we... talk about this tomorrow? This is already a lot for me to take in. I always saw myself as a 'chick repellant', not a 'chick magnet'."

"Of course, take as much time as you need." She smiled. "But could I at least take a picture of you hugging me from behind while resting your chin on my head? Father thought it would be cute so he asked me to send it to him."

"Uhhhhhh..." He then turned to Velvet.

"Go ahead, Jaune. I won't hold it against you." She said.

"Well... okay then. You're not gonna stop this?"

"I owe her. She would've interrupted my confession if I interrupted hers."

"Oh... okay."

A fly cam popped out of Penny's back pack and hovered right in front of them. "I'm ready, Jaune."

He shyly nodded. Then he positioned himself on her just as she requested.

*SNAP!* The fly cam took their picture and hovered back to Penny.

"Thank You, Jaune!"

"Jaune... I want to take a picture with you too." Velvet said as she pulled out a camera from her box... and gave it to Penny. "Will you please take a picture me and Jaune?"

"My pleasure!" She cheerily said.

Velvet nodded, then went to Jaune's side. She put his left arm around her shoulder, hugged him around his waist, and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Jaune, would you please kiss one of my bunny ears?"

What she just said, and the fact that she was gently brushing his lips with her faunus ears... made Jaune look like he was about to have a nose bleed. "V-Velv, don't you think this is a bit too... intimate?"

"Mmm... nope" *giggle*

"Say cheese!" *SNAP!* Penny gave the camera back. "Here you go."

"Thanks." Velvet said.

Jaune turned to his fly cam. "Okay... never thought Ruby's birthday would be this eventful. I'll end my entry right here. I'm going through mixed emotions right now so... bye."

Penny was shocked."Today is Ruby's birthday?!"

(End of Entry no. 8)


"Wow, two confessions in one day... I wonder how's he gonna deal with that." Yang said.

"Sis... They're not the only ones he's gonna deal with. There's probably more to come." *sigh*

"Oh dear..." Pyrrha paled.

"..."

Yang turned to the heiress. "Can't help but notice your long face, Ice Queen."

"..."

"What's the matter? 'Blake' got your tongue?"

"Yang, just... stop." The faunus said. "Bad joke."

Weiss silently stood up and headed out.

"Where do you think you're goin', Ice Queen?"

"I... need some time to myself."

"How 'bout we hold on watching his entries until you get back."

"You'd do that for me? Well... I appreciate it. I won't take long." She then left.

"But what're we gonna do while she's gone?" Ruby asked.

"Nah, she won't take long. Besides, we need a break too. People don't take long when they need time for themselves, especially during the day."

"She's not even doing that!" She said. "She only does that at night time where it's quiet and the air's cool. She's probably gonna 'stress eat' at the cafeteria."

The girls gave her weird out looks.

Pyrrha spoke. "How did you know that?"

"Well... I really wanna be her 'BFF' so I figured... I should stalk her a lot until I know everything about her."

Yang laughed. "Tryin' so hard just like 'Caboose'."

"Who's Caboose?"

"Caboose is a character from Re- mmph!"

Yang covered Blake's mouth. "Uh... you don't need to know that. Let's just binge watch his funny bids till Weiss gets back, 'kay?"

"Yeah... I'm cool with that. It'll lighten the mood."

"I don't like that idea." Blake said.

"Oh, don't be such a scaredy cat. There's a huge chance that he would embarrass ALL of us, not only you. Besides, I really wanna see you dance with Jaune as kids."

*sigh*


Meanwhile, at the infirmary...

Jaune was still lying on the bed with Neo and Coco.

"Girls, would you please move a bit? I... need to regain the feeling in my arms."

"Sure thing." Coco said, as she sat up for awhile.

Neo nodded and did the same.

"Thanks." He slowly stretched his arms. "Ahhhh... that feels good."

Both girls lied back down.

Then CFVY's leader gave him a... lustious look, as she took his hand and placed it on her thigh.

"Ahhh! Coco!" He quickly pulled away. "W-What the heck! I said no sexual stuff!"

"..." She turned away. "It's just a leg."

"Yeah, I know... and it still implies something sexual. So please cut it out."

Just then, Neo had an idea. A thin white light slowly creeped from bottom to top, changing her clothes her clothes in an instant. Now she was wearing something familiar to him. It was a smaller pink version of Jaune's onesie, complete with bunny ears.

"Oh please, not that!" His nose started to bleed.

*giggle* "Haven't seen that for a while. Don't tell me that you consider this innapropriate too." Coco took some tissues on the small table near her and carefully wiped off the blood.

"W-Well, no but... it's still making my nose bleed."

*giggle* Neo began typing on her scroll. 'Jaune, you adorable little perv. '

He blushed hard. "Hey! For the record, my nose is bleeding from 'cuteness overload'. Not anything else, okay?"

"That doesn't really make much of a difference, to be honest." She then stood up and headed for the door.

"Uh... where're you going?"

"Back to my dorm room." She answered. "Gonna get my own onesie... Might as well bring Velvet's while I'm there. She's gonna need it tonight." *wink*

"W-Wait... you're gonna leave me here with Neo? All alone?"

The ice cream girl gave huge creepy smile.

"Yeah... Don't worry I'll be back soon"

"I... I thought you hated her? And now doing... this?"

"Hate is such a strong word. We're more like 'frienemies' that simply agreed to share you... no matter how much you protest. Have fun you two! Neo, take it easy on him." She then left.

Neo nodded, then turned to Jaune and licked her lips.

*gulp* "Now now, calm down. We talked about this..."

She typed on her scroll. 'I know. Hugs only, got it. You have to constantly let me kiss you though if you don't want me to get too innapropriate.'

"Um... f-fine. As long as you stay away from my lips... and my ticklish part, we don't have a problem."

She got all giddy and fist pumped, and then hugged him, pulling his head really close to her... chest. She then put a leg over his stomach, since she's so short.

"N-Neo, w-would you please move away a bit? You're too... near."

Instead of doing just that, she pulled him closer, shoving him into her soft 'pillows'.

"Gah! I said 'away', not 'closer'- umph!"


With Velvet...

She was inside an elevator going to the headmaster's office. As it opened, she walked in and saw Ozpin seated behind his desk, taking a sip off his mug.

He smirked. "Ah, Miss Scarlatina. I've been expecting you."

"Sir, we need to talk."


Next time...on Death Ba-, I mean... Jaune's Video Diary...

Jaune was in the facility's bathroom. He put on a towel around his waist and proceeded to a small sink. Above it was a cabinet with a mirror for the lid.

"Hey ya, good lookin'." He said, opening it afterwards and took out a toothbrush, toothpaste and a glass. But when he closed it, he saw Neo in the mirror... naked. *SHRIEK!*


A/N: Hey, guys! I hope you enjoyed... that.

Anyway... RWBY NEWS! (That you probably already know):

1) RWBY Volume 1 is coming to theatres this April! I can't remember the exact date. Just go to RoosterTeeth and see the announcement for yourself, in case you haven't yet. I'm kinda bummed about it though 'cause I don't think there's any screenings here in the Philippines, last time I checked.

People may ask, "Why bother seeing it in theatres when we already watched Volume 1?" Well, it's because of the experience of watching it WITH a lot fans of the show. Plus, you could invite friends who haven't seen the series yet. I think it's worth it, to be honest.

2) RWBY Chibi! A new show coming out in May! Let me clear something up first, Although that announcement was released on April 1st (April Fools Day... and coincidentally, RoosterTeeth's anniversary), I don't think this is a joke. Because with all the years I've been following them (approximately 2 years), they've never made "joke" announcements.

That being said, I'm excited for this series... obviously. Judging by the teaser video, it's lighthearted... and hopefully it stays that way. It's probably about short mini-stories of their everyday lives in Beacon. I don't know if it's canonical or not, but I hope it is. I wanna see what they've been doing off-screen during Volumes 1 and 2."

That's all. :-)