Author's Note: Okay, it's official. This is now an AU. Cinder will not attack during the tournament for reason's I have yet to come up with. This does not, however, mean that she won't try something n the future. I also noticed that Yang is now 2 for 2 on being the blunt of my abuse in stories. Woops! To make up for that I shall use my divine power to repent! Also since the poll was a tie between Blake and Yang, I'm going to do a Yang fic next. Mostly because I had already written a Blake fic. I also won't make it a three way fic. Mostly because I'm not ready for that amount of writing and work I would have to put into that. So until next time, CYA! (Side note, I also edited earlier chapters a bit, so Jaune had met Sydney when he was 13 instead of 15. Please PM me if you see a detail i might have missed.)

Jaune didn't wait for his team to wake up before leaving the dorms to get something to eat. To be honest he didn't feel like talking to anyone since the incident the night before. Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora knew something was wrong when Jaune had walked in last night, walked towards the restroom, and proceeded to stay shut in there for 30 minutes. Also the fact that Velvet had come knocking on their door seconds after Jaune had walked in was a clue to Jaune's mood. After they had assured the bunny girl that they would take care of Jaune and make sure he didn't do something stupid she had left back to her own dorm. Moments later they heard a slight shuffle of feet on the floor out in the hall, and a door open and close. They didn't check to see who it was since they were worried about Jaune.

Not 10 minutes later from when Jaune sat down with his food did someone come up behind him. As he frowned and turned to see who it was, standing there was Ruby and Blake. Both of them had their weapons out and were glaring back at Jaune. Instead of putting up his hands and pleading for mercy like they thought Jaune would do, he just huffed and turned around back to his food. "H-HEY!" Ruby shouted at him for ignoring her. "What's your big deal Jaune?! First you made Yang cry last night and then you just ignore us!"

"She's right Jaune. When Yang came back last night she was in tears, and when we asked her what happened all she could say was it had to do with you." Blake said as she reached towards Jaune's shoulder and turned him to face them. She didn't mean to pull very hard but she accidently put too much power into her pull as Jaune was flung back from his seat and thrown onto the floor.

"WHAT THEY HELL!" Jaune shouted. Blake took a slight step back and pulled back her hand they she used to pull him. Ruby began to reach forwards and offer a hand for Jaune to take, but Jaune had already started to rise on his own. Once he was up and standing again he patted himself off from any dirt was on him and gave another frown and Ruby and Blake. "Maybe before you go off assuming things you learn what the situation is!" Jaune said. Before either of the girls could retaliate, a third figure had come running up to Jaune. The person gave Jaune a tackle hug. Being on a team with Nora had prepared him for those though so he made sure that he didn't fall over.

The person turned out to be Velvet, even though you couldn't see her face since it was buried in Jaune's hoodie, you could see her rabbit ears in front of his face. "Jaune! Oh I was so worried. I thought you would have left or disappeared already." Velvet was speaking in a rushed manor so no one could really get a word in. "I know what Yang did last night wasn't very nice…or friendly, but she couldn't have know what was going on." She continued to say. When she mentioned Yang Ruby and Blake narrowed her eyes, and once she said Yang was the offender, their eyes shot wide open. The two of them had just blamed Jaune for something that wasn't his fault, when he was the one who was wronged.

"Thanks Bun-Bun. I was thinking about disappearing for the day though. Want to join me?" Jaune said with a slight smile towards the girl. As quick as she could she nodded, and interlocked her left hand with his right. Without turning towards Ruby or Blake, Jaune had walked out of the lunch room with Velvet in tow.

(~)

(Back in team RWBY's dorm with Yang and Weiss)

Yang was in her bunk wrapped in her blankets and refused to come down. Weiss had been trying to convince the yellow themed girl to come down from her bed, but so far she hasn't had any luck. *Sight* 'Why did they leave ME to try and reason with Yang.' Weiss thought. Weiss was sitting on the edge of her bed when she heard noises come from outside her door.

"Just give me a moment Bun-Bun, I gotta get something real quick." Jaune said, his voice muffled through the wood of the door.

"Okay, I'll just wait for you here." Said a female voice. Weiss wasn't too sure who that voice belonged to, but apparently Jaune had called her 'Bun-Bun'. A few seconds passed by and Weiss turned to look up at Yang's bed, but now all that was left there was a bundle of yellow blankets. 'What the- where'd she go!?' Weiss turned to look back at the door, and saw that it was slightly ajar. She quickly got up and walked towards the door and opened it all the way. In the hall was Yang, who was still in the clothes as yesterday, and that Faunus bunny girl that Cardin used to pick on.

"Velvet I wanna talk to Jau-"Yang began to say.

"No." Velvet replied casually. Yang looked at the bunny girl with wide eyes. "I don't think you talking to him is what he needs right now Yang." Velvet said. Yang looked like she was about to protest when Velvet spoke up again. "You abused Jaune's trust last night Yang, and right now he doesn't really feel like talking to anyone right now." Weiss looked a bit startled at that. Hadn't it been Jaune to make Yang cry last night? How was it that she abused Jaune trust? A moment later though team JNPR's door opened and out stepped Jaune himself. He stopped to look at the three girls that were standing in the hallway. Once he saw who was there he calmly took Velvet's hand and began to lead her towards the entrance to the building, not bothering to take another glance at Yang's pained look, or Weiss' shocked expression.

Once they were out of sight Weiss turned to look at Yang. "What did Velvet mean by you abusing his trust Yang!" Weiss said as she began to frown. Yang started to sniffle and tear up. This broke through Weiss' cold demeanor as she stepped forward and gave Yang a hug.

"I…heard something last night about Jaune…that I wasn't supposed to hear. It was something that completely gives him the right to ignore me like he just did, and to even not think of me as his friend anymore." Yang finished while pulling away from Weiss and heading back into their dorm room. If Yang truly felt that what she heard was enough for Jaune not to think of her as a friend anymore, then it had to be serious. 'I mean…it's Jaune for Oum's sake! He thinks everyone could be his friend, no matter what they've done.' Weiss thought to herself. Shaking her head she turned around and walked back into her room with Yang. She might not be on great grounds to fix things between Yang and Jaune, but she could comfort her teammate in her troubled state.

(~)

Jaune had lead Velvet back to 'Mom's Home Cookin''. Upon entering the diner they were greeted with a pleasant sight. Almost all of the booths were filled with people, and about a quarter of the car/ counter was occupied. There was a good amount of chatter and not one person had stared at Velvet because she had Faunus ears. They would just causally look over at the new customers and continue eating their food. Seeing the diner so busy was a sight for sore eyes for Jaune. Behind the counter was Ms. Dame herself. She was hustling and bustling, her bangs slightly hanging out of her fishnet hat, and was a bit red, but she had a big grin on her face the entire time.

When Jaune had walked over to the counter, Sydney had finally turned around and saw the two teenagers. She let out an excited squeal and rushed around the counter to hug him and Velvet. "Oh my! Look at all this business in here! Thank you two for convincing me to come along to the festival." Sydney couldn't contain her joy as she started to ramble off about how many people have been coming to her diner since the morning. Jaune and Velvet just nodded and found that they were smiling along with Sydney.

"So…I noticed that it's just you in that big ol' kitchen back there." Said Jaune. Sydney slowly began to smile even wider, if that was possible, as Jaune spoke. "It wouldn't be kind of me to just let you work yourself to the bone all by yourself." He continued as he pulled out an apron. 'That must've been what he had to get.' Thought Velvet. Sydney shouted in joy as Jaune put on the apron. The apron was completely yellow, but had the cliché words 'Kiss the Cook' on it. Before he made his way behind the counter though, Jaune turned around and look at Velvet. "Do ya wanna help us out Bun-Bun?" He said.

Velvet couldn't nod her head any faster in fear of a concussion. Sydney smiled as she went into the kitchen and came back with an apron. "I think this will suit you quite well." She said as she handed it to Velvet. The apron was brown with an orange carrot design on it. "Oh it's going to be so fun to work with my little boy again. Oh! And his girlfriend too of course." Jaune and Velvet blushed at that.

"W-we're just friends Sydney!" Jaune replied. This in turn lead Sydney to have a predatory grin.

"So you're still ripe for the picking?!" Sydney said, causing Jaune to groan at how he had put himself in this situation again. Sydney let out a chuckle as she took Jaune and Velvet's hands and started to lead them towards the kitchen in the back. "Oh this is going to be so fun!"