EDITED

The song of her heart

Chapter 1

"Jaune..." Weiss sighed, observing the man who was down on one knee with flowers in hand and a rather annoyingly confident grin on his far more annoying face. This fool who consistently made it his mission to attempt to court her to the best of his ability, which was next to none, had decided to do it again. In the cafeteria. In front of everyone. Including a giggling Ruby, a booked centred Blake and a smirking Yang.

Her lunch had been going rather smoothly, having ordered a light salad with pieces of tender cooked chicken at the side and a mild chutney to dip it into, she had made great progress on an assignment that was due in 2 weeks time. She had just made it past the halfway marker of her paper (which had been assigned yesterday mind you) when she felt a rather unpleasant presence making It's way towards her. Looking sideways, a bouquet of white roses were thrust into her face. The thruster of the flowers voice saying in a way he assumed was charming "Good morning Snow Angel, how's the most beautiful girl in all the kingdoms?"

The dolt clearly thought he was being charming going off of how large his grin was as he knelt down on one knee. It was almost painful how awkward he looked, it might have been comparible to a poor theatrical play if he didn't look so... underwhelming was the nicest words she could think to use to describe him. Then again, he didn't quite deserve her kind words after all the trouble he ahd given her.

She had grown rather tired of his constant advances and poor courtship, to the point she had openly become infuriated with him. Why didn't this fool seem to get it? He was just another suitor after her money and/or power. Just another fool thinking he could earn her love and body through cheap tricks and charms that he didn't even mean. He hadn't even tried to look nice for his attempt at wooing her. Wearing that childish hoodie with the rabbit across the front, blatantly shouting out to the world that he had the mental maturity of a child. Along with a pair of tarnished blue jeans that clearly needed to be replaced, his "outfit" was completed via a pair of dirty, black sneakers that squeaked as they moved about due to his awkward kneeling.

His mess of blond hair, that clearly hadn't been tamed since he had awoken this morning, was an affront to how meticulously she cared for her own hair. The only thing Weiss noticed that gave him even the notion of trying was that he had clearly put on some form of cologne, it was a rather nice scent if she was a completely honest with herself.

But still. She had, had enough of this. This fool needed to be shown that no amount of sugar coated, half arsed comments from someone who's only inclination to be this frustratingly adamant to make her his, was that he was desperate to increase his families fallen status. Everyone else had always only wanted her for their or their families agenda, so what else could Arc be after? Love? Hah. That was so ridiculous it almost made her laugh.

"I have tried to be as pleasant as I could with you. Yes I may have acted strongly towards some of your more... aggravating advances" she started, trying as best she could to hold in her annoyance as he gently lowered the flowers to his side and looked up at her with his continuingly smug face. Cobalt blue eyes, devoid of any form of class or intelligence, staring into her own. "But I have had enough" she sternly added, standing up and crossing her arms as she stared down at him. Only at this did his smile falter, his eyes turning dull for a second before he regained his composure and gently placed the flowers down upon the ground and placed his full attention upon her, waiting patiently for her to finish, eyes staring intensely. It honestly took her by surprise, but she was a woman on a mission. "I have lived my life being fawned over by armies of suitors that did all they could. They all did better jobs than you. They dressed better, flirted better, their words were the finest and most romantic pieces that their servants could think of. But there is one thing that you and they have in common" she practically hissed, she could feel the tension in the room growing to the point of exploding.

"Weiss..." She heard Ruby nervously start before a quick glare from the heiress shut her up. Yang of all people looked mildly annoyed with her but she also looked worried for what she was about to say. Blake looked impassive, head in a book, but Weiss saw those golden eyes dart between herself and the fool before her.

"All you and those boys before you are after is my money, my influence, my body or even all three. You clearly don't love or even like me in a romantic way. What man would do all of this foolish behaviour after constant rejection unless they were trying too woo me for reasons other than love. Whether it is your families or your own agenda, I want you to know that you will never have me as I am far too tired of foolish men who don't love me for me. Not my name" she spoke all too clearly for Jaune's ears to hear.

She had expected many reactions from Jaune in that moment. To laugh and ask her to not joke like that and respond with another terrible flirt. To get up and storm out in a rage at having his plans foiled. Even to simply stay there, frozen like a statue, unable to comprehend her words.

What he did do though... it shocked her to her very core.

His eyes looked down and for the first time since their meeting that morning his lips dropped from a grin to a simple half hearted smile, lowering his head gently as he moved his hand to grab the flowers again he raised his tall body up, to the point he towered over Weiss's small figure. Forcing her to look up at him.

His eyes that had, despite still lacking what she had noticed earlier, always had a certain spark in them. Full of life and determination. Now though, they were dull. With a sigh he looked at her with those sad eyes and barely a whisper of a smile. He raised a hand to his neck and rubbed it in a way that showed he was uncomfortable to all the people in the room.

"To be honest with you Weiss" he stated, his usually slightly squeaky voice was now calm and purposeful. "If that's what you thought I was after, if you thought so little of me to think I was that shallow... then I guess I was wasting my time trying to be with you" a single tear falling down his cheek, ice blue eyes followed it as a deep *bathump* sounded in her chest... a small ache beginning to form that made her want to wipe it away, to be rid of it mere seconds after it had started. What was this feeling? Why was she feeling it? It... it didn't make any sense...

With a turn, he carefully placed the flowers upon a table and took out a letter that was in his pocket, putting it among the petals. Then he simply walked out of the silent room. His team, who had been sitting nearby, following a rather fearsome trio of glares, left with him.

Even after they left, the room was deathly silent. Weiss stood there, beyond shocked as she watched the door he had left by even as it stopped moving and she could no longer see him through the glass windows along the walls. She couldn't comprehend what had just happened. It just didn't make sense. None of this made sense. Yes she could have said it kinder, yes she could have taken into account the amount of people that had watched her publicly tell Jaune he was someone who only went after her for material or social gain. But that was what he was right? Every other man in her life had been so, what made him any different?

There was one thing she couldn't deny though. His words and his face had struck a chord in her heart. He looked so... sad. As If his whole world had just been torn down with her words alone. Those eyes of his seemed so tired. Not tired from lack of sleep, no. They looked tired with the world.

Then there was the matter of his words. If that's what you thought I was after, if you thought so little of me to think I was that shallow. That had gotten her to stop as she had planned to rebuke his words as he started, she hadn't thought what he said would cause those words to get caught in her throat as my his own made it to her ears.

Then I guess I was wasting my time trying to be with you

How dare he. How dare he say that and pretend he actually cared for her. He couldn't. No boy ever could because all they ever saw was a name. That was true wasn't it? Wasn't Jaune just like the others?

Her trained mind told her of course he was, that act was all just a rouse to get her to feel sorry for him. To get her to chase after him and beg him to forgive her, that she would gladly go out with him.

Her heart though. It was only saying one thing. If he truly didn't actually care for her as a person, not even in the slightest, why did he look so sad and broken at her words? Why did he cry?

"Weiss?" the high voice of her partner and leader dragged her from those thoughts as she turned from the doors. Ruby was staring at her with a worried expression, a hand on her shoulder. "Maybe we should go? People are staring..."

Weiss looked at her, almost stupified as her mind slowly worked it's way back to the present.

Suddenly the world smashed back into place and all she could think was to get away from all the thoughts of Jaune. She didn't want to think of how calm yet pained he had seemed throughout the finish of their conversation. She didn't want to think of those words or the fact that she could see a small dark patch on the floor from his tear.

She ran from the room with Blake and Yang hot on her heels.

As the crowd watched the heiress ran from the room, no one noticed the flurry of rose petals that flew over to the table Jaune had left a pair of items on. They especially didn't notice that one was missing as the petals floated to the floor.

Well. That was something. This is my first story and to be honest this was completed in a couple hours of planning and work. Criticism is welcome and practically asked for so long as it's actually constructive. Won't lie I'm really nervous, as I usually just draw for authors stories but I wanted to get my own story out there.

I don't plan on making Weiss a bad person throughout the story, I just needed a way to get Jaune to stop going after her that sorta made sense :)

There will be some comedy and other happy things down the line, I don't plan on making this a 'boo hoo' fest that would just be boring XD