"A slice of life?" Weiss asked. "So, no bad music?"

Orb gave her a look. "No promises."

Weiss sighed. "Very well… You may start the film."

Orb raised an eyebrow in amusement. He most certainly did not need Ice princess's permission to start the film, but he was a benevolent being.

The scene opened with a scrawny Jaune laying in bed, an alarm beeping obnoxiously. He slapped it off, tumbling out of bed.

"Jaune! Come on! You're going to be late for school!" A female voice came from outside his door.

"I'm up, I'm up!" the blonde grumbled, pulling on some jeans and a tee shirt. The shirt itself had two Halo spartans, facing each other, a stylized VS inbetween the red and blue figures. Jaune scrolled through his scroll, looking for something. Evidently seeing the music he wanted, he put on some earbuds. The intro started, Kansas's Point of Know return played as he went down stairs.

I heard the men saying something

The captains tell they pay you well

A middle aged woman in an apron was trying her best to control five other children.

Yang whistled. "Man, that house is packed. I thought that our table got cluttered when Uncle Qrow stayed for dinner, but damn."

Pyrrha gulped. That was a lot of future sister in laws.

"Ah, Jaune! You're up! Julia's already left, so you should get going." She said, before her attention was redirected to a younger sister. "Jade! Stop that!"

Jaune was about to grab some breakfast, but was forced out the house

And they say they need sailing men to

Show the way and leave today

Jaune hopped onto his bike, which was clearly spray painted a simple white. It's dented and chipped frame made it clear that it was a hand me down. He biked down the hilly street, shouldering his bag.

Was it you that said, "How long?"

They say the sea turns so dark that

You know it's time, you see the sign

Jaune had arrived to the school. An old fashioned brick building. A sign, bright and clean, red "Beacon High School Academy"

"So this is this world's form of my school." Ozpin hummed, taking in the sight.

"It is. Without grimm, learning to fight so young became unnecessary." Orb filled in, explaining why there was no huntsman.

"That sounds like paradise." Winter said, emitting a soft sigh.

Orb gave a snort. "One would think, wouldn't one?"

Jaune slowed down to a bike rack, locking the bike in place. He sighed, wiping off his brow.

They say the point demons guard is

An ocean grave for all the brave

Jaune rolled his shoulders, looking around for someone. Various people passed by.

"Who do you think he's looking for? Ten lien on Ruby." Yang said, nudging her partner.

"That is a bold bet. I'll bet it will be Nora and Ren." The black themed girl.

Nora hopped in with a "I bet it's going to be the rest of JNPR! It's got to be!"

Was it you that said, "How long, how long

How long to the point of know return?"

Jaune evidently found who he was looking for, striding over to someone hiding in the shadows of an overhang.

"Ilia, how are you today?" Jaune asked with a smile, pulling an earbud out.

Blake did a spit take. "I-Ilia?" she gasped, wheezing for air.

Adam raised an eyebrow, wondering what exactly what his subordinate had to do with the blonde knight.

Ilia made a so so gesture. "You're late, Blake's off with Yang. Again. Life is nothing but a pit of apathy and sorrow. You know, the usual." she said with a dry wit. Jaune gave a small laugh at that.

"Well, at least it's not any worse. Now come on. I got a project that weighs more than a bag of bricks, and it needs to go in it's locker."

Ilia squinted. "Project? What class do you have? What even is it?" She asked, not knowing what class had a project, or atleast a physical one, right now.

"A bag of bricks." Jaune responded with a strong shrug.

Yang let out a laugh at that. A classic piece of humor. Ironwood and Ozpin also gave a snort at the joke.

Ruby made a confused face. "I don't get it."

The scene cut to Jaune dropping a collection of books into a locker. Ilia stood by him, waiting for him. "So, how was calc? I heard that there was a substitute." Ilia asked as jaune as he closed his locker.

"Yeah. he was ok. How was french? I heard you guys had a quiz." Jaune said sympathetically.

Ilia just groaned. "Urg. we did. It sucked."

"I'm so sorry for your loss." Jaune laughed as they walked off towards the cafeteria.

"I know! And you should be. French tests suck." Ilia complained as they sat down by the . Jaune pulled out a plain box, opening up his plain lunch.

Ruby walked by, talking animatedly with Wiess and Yang. Blake strolled behind Yang, hand in hand. She was reading a book, quiet as ever.

Qrow raised an eyebrow at this. "Oh? This is new. Firecracker, you got something to say?"

Yang just blushed furiously, denying the possibility of the relationship. "Ha, who me? Nope! Got nothing to confess! Nothing at all!"

Blake just hid herself further into the chair. She was not dealing with this today.

Jaune lit up at seeing the red caped girl. "Oh hey Ruby! I was wondering-"

"Oh, Hi!" Ruby said quickly, not even glancing in the blondes direction. Jaune deflated, looking back at his plain sandwich. Team RWBY sat down with a familiar redhead and her friends, Ren and Nora.

"No you dumb dumb! Talk to him! Sit with him!" Ruby yelled at the other version of her. She wanted one of her to actually end up with her crush, damn it!

Wiess raised an eyebrow at her partner. "Okay? Why anyone would, I don't understand." She scoffed.

Pyrrha took a breath in. "do not smite the schnee girl. Do not smite the schnee girl." she repeated like a mantra.

Ilia sighed, looking wistfully at Blake as she walked away. "Told you you should give up on it, Arc." she said melancholy.

"Learn to take your own advice, Chameleon. But it's just so…" Jaune said with a frown

"Bullshit? Batcrap? Annoying? Yeah, I get it too." Ilia said, returning to her own lunch. "You pine after your best friend for god knows how long, but then she starts to date Adam."

Jaune nodded, knowing the story.

"And you're like, oh darn, she's straight, but that's ok. Right?"

"Right."

"NO! Wrong!" Ilia said, straightening up. "She starts dating Yang right after! A girl! Like, was I not good enough? Was I not noticeable enough that she didn't even think of me as an option?" At this point Ilia was looking down, almost talking to herself.

Wait, Ilia was interested? Blake thought. She never knew, nor did she feel any attraction to the girl. Should she have a conversation with Ilia about this? Blake just stared into space, having a minor case of panic.

Jaune patted her shoulder. "Ehh, if Blakes blind, let her be blind. Plenty of fish in the sea."

Ilia sighed longly. "Yeah, but none of them have an ass like that."

Yang sputtered at that, while Blake just growled. "Really? What is it about my butt that does that?" she growled under her breath.

"It is a magnificent ass, love." Adam said, wiggling his eyebrows from under his mask.

Blake made a disgusted face. "Ew, no."

Adam soured at that.

Jaune took a deep breath in. "yeah, I need to set you up with someone."

"You could set me up with your sister, Saffron." Ilia smirked.

Jaune gave her a very tired look. "She's married, Ilia. last time I'm telling you this."

Ilia rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah. So, you still trying for Ruby?"

Jaune made a face. "Why do you have to make it sound weird? We're friends, that's all."

Ilia gave her best friend a flat look. Yes, best friend was the applicable term. Jaune was really the only person that she spoke to, and they hung out all the time. "Jaune. You two haven't had a conversation much longer than the one you just had in three years. You two aren't friends. She's abandoned you."

Jaune got teary eyed, looking at Ilia, before sighing. "Yeah… I guess you're right."

Ruby was teary eyed as well. "No! Jaune! I can still be your friend! Orb, please tell me that Other me fixes this!" the reaper pleaded. Orb shook his head solemnly.

"The last conversation others had with Jaune was the last chance for what you hope to happen, Ruby. it was the last straw."

Ruby started to cry. She never meant to leave behind her gave her a comforting pat on the back.

"I mean, we were friends, but then I guess she fit in with her sister's friends group better than with me, so…" Jaune started. Ilia nodded, not really having the heart to tell him that Yang just simply didn't like him and didn't want him around Ruby. how she tolerated Ren and Nora, but not Jaune, Ilia was unsure.

Ruby gave Yang a wet eyed glare that screamed betrayal. Yang made a guilty pout, continuing their silent conversation.

The two of them sat in their melancholy silence for a moment.

"Yeah, this is starting to get depressing. Wanna wander?"

Ilia nodded. "Yup."

The two got up, Jaune helping his friend to her feet.

The scene cut to them walking down a hallway, laughing as jaune made an unflattering but accurate impersonation of their history teacher, professor Port. the two came across Flynt and Neon struggling to move a large piano up the stairs.

"Uhh, you guys want some help?" Jaune asked the two musicians.

"If ya think you can, skinny man. Though I doubt that you got enough bone to be too much of a snazbert, we jake?"

Jaune and Ilia turned to each other, hoping to find understanding in the other's eyes.

Sun blanked on that. "I'm sorry, what did he say?"

"I'm…. not really sure." Ren responded with confusion.

Penny helped clear things up, as she had spoken to the musician before. "I believe he saying "sure, but I doubt that you are strong enough too." "

Mercury squinted. "How the hell did you get that out of… That?"

Penny shrugged. "I've talked with Coal before. It takes some time to understand his vocabulary."

"Uhhh, ok? I heard if you can, and two hands are better than three. Wait-" Jaune started, already moving to be next to Flynt. "Isn't it four and six? Cause we got two hands?" Jaune asked in his classical Jaune awkwardness. Neon gave him a mixed look. "I guess?"

Jaune hefted, almost single handedly pushing the Piano up the last couple of stairs.

"Damn, man, you got some bone. I didn't sus that you was gonna Schwarzenegger your way up." Flynt said, wiping his forehead.

Ilia laughed, watching from the side. "Yeah, Jaune started working out to impress some girl. Turns out, Jaune is incapable of gaining muscles."

Jaune attempted to cut off his friend, but she just continued with the embarrassing story. By the time Jaune and Flynt had pushed the Piano to the desired room, she was just wrapping up.

"And then Jaune falls, being the shirtless scrawny twig he is, into a fountain!"

Neon was laughing, clutching her sides.

Emerald smirked. "Ok, I want to hear the rest of that story now."

Jaune groaned. "Ok, great. Story is done. Now, do you guys need this elsewhere, or?"

Flynt shook his head. "Nah, we jake, dude. Dontcha worry bout it." The two men shook hands before Jaune and Ilia walked off.

The scene cut to Jaune waiting by a track practice. The sky was darkening as the track

"What is Jaune doing here? He's not part of any physical sports team. Why is he here?" Penny asked.

Orb responded, as he was the only one who knew. "He's helping Ilia." He explained softly.

He saw his target walking away from the practice, as it was ending.

"Arslan!" Jaune called out to the muscular athlete.

The girl looked up Jaune, waiving to get her attention.

"Oh, do I know you?" Arslan asked skeptically, wiping off her back with a towel.

"No, not really. Anyway, I have a question for you." Jaune waived off the growing threat of Arslan beating him up like he was a creep.

Arslan side eyed him. "What do you want?"
"You're friend, Rheese. She's single right?"

Arslan gave him an incredulous stare. "You know she's a lesbian, right?"

Jaune brightened up at that. "Great! Even better."

Jaune Arc used confusion! It was super effective! Arslan is confused!

"As am I. What is Arc even doing?" Wiess asked

Winter squinted. Was that a pokemon reference? She thought, remembering the tiny pocket game she had a long time ago.

"I… I think i need some context here." Arslan finally said, once done processing.

Jaune made a face of realization. "Oh. right. It's not for me. I have a friend that really needs to get over this infatuation with her…. Old friend. And I need her to understand that there are other options besides angsty pining, so i figured the best way to do that would be to set her up!"

Arslan considered it. "Who's the friend?"

"Ilia Amitola. You would know her from theater class, if you did know her at all."

Arslan nodded. "Sure. under one condition."

Sienna raised an eyebrow. "I wonder what that is." Please don't be something racist or embarrassing.

Jaune shrugged. "Sure. shoot."

"I help plan the date."

"Done."

The scene shifted to Jaune struggling to get Ilia into a suit jacket and button up shirt.

"Stay still, or so help me god." Jaune said, doing his best to find a tie that fit with Ilias outfit. A black jacket, borrowed from Ilia's father, a red button up and a dark dark red ankle length flowy skirt was what Jaune had brought together. About half of it was borrowed from his sisters.

Winter nodded. "It does look nice." She had long ago learned how to have good taste, even if it was simple. Wiess agreed with her sister.

"Sorry. I'm just nervous. This is the first date I've gone on in, well, years." Ilia said, fidgeting with her hair.

"Stop that! Jade spent literal hours on getting that right, so don't touch it!" Jaune scolded before looking his friend in the eye. "And don't worry, just breath."

Ilia nodded. There was a honking outside. Jaune looked out the window at the street

Rheese had shown up in a breezy button down that was covered by a leather biker jacket. She waived at the window, leaning on her motorbike.

"Go get 'em tiger." Jaune said, pushing Ilia out the door.

The screen faded as the couple went off into the night.

Neptune nodded. "Yup. The outfits were cute." he said in his infinite wisdom.

Weiss nodded. "Is this a particular genre?" she asked Orb.

"It is. It's called "slice of life." " Orb responded. The white themed girl nodded. She would have to research this "slice of life".

I know it's been a bit of a while, but I hit my head against my other works, and college applications are a pain. Anyway, question: I have two possible stories that I have lined up

Jaune Arc Wizard school

Jaune Arc Helms deep like story.

which would you prefer?

also, if you do write, I would love to see some of the more uncommon relations, like Ilia X Reese, or Jaune x Arslan