Jaune and Ren were in the library studying while they waited for Nora and Pyrrha to finish their private talk. However, Jaune was getting bored of reading. It's already been three hours since Nora and Pyrrha have hogged their room.
"How much longer do you think the girls would take?" Jaune asked. "I wanted to shower when we got back from the field trip, but the girls just had to have their girl talk".
"Well, the girls seemed to be talking about something important," Ren said. He then shrugged his shoulder and asked a question Jaune wasn't expecting. "Jaune? Why didn't you mention that you were engaged?".
"There are a few reasons, but mainly because of Weiss," Jaune said. Ren then gave him this 'please elaborate' look. So Jaune did. "As you know from the beginning, I sucked as a student to the point that I had to prove to our team that I wasn't an incompetent fighter.
If at some point, I told our team that I was engaged, then it's inevitable that it would leak to other people. But I wouldn't care about others. The problem is that Weiss would know about it and actively tell me that whoever I'm engaged to is as useless as I am.
I don't think I'll be able to hold back from punching her face. I will never stand someone bad-mouthing people I care about. Knowing what you know, Ren. What do you think would happen to Weiss if I attacked her?".
"Nothing good," Ren said. He understood now why Jaune didn't tell anyone. "With how you can't properly control your strength, there is a high chance that Weiss would be dead. No! The probability of Weiss dying would be 100%. I doubt you would in your enrage state think of equipping Weiss with Yongpyo".
"That's right. But that's not all. Yongpyo would probably not even go to Weiss as she's being a bitch," Jaune said. "So, I decided not to tell anyone. Albeit, I understand now that it wasn't such a good idea when I found out that Pyrrha might have been interested in me".
"So? What are you going to do about Pyrrha?" Ren asked. "I know that she's been avoiding you and is angry. I apologies for that, as it was me and Nora's fault because we suggested spying on you when you spoke to your fiancé in the scroll".
"Huh? I thought you knew," Jaune said. With how Nora was acting earlier, he assumed Nora knew that something good had happened. And with Ren always being around Nora, Jaune thought that Ren would have also known. "I asked Pyrrha out. And she said yes".
"I-I can't believe this," Ren said. He was shocked at Jaune. He never would have thought that his leader was such a person. "I never thought that you're the type of person to cheat, Jaune".
"What are you talking about?" Jaune said. He then remembered that he never told Ren that Arslan was willing for him to date Pyrrha. "Oh! Shoot! I didn't tell you yet, have I? Arslan, my fiancé, allowed me to date Pyrrha since it's legal in Mistral for someone to have multiple spouses".
"You're from Mistral?" Ren asked. Jaune nodded at him. "Which part?".
"I grew up in Argus," Jaune said. "My family only moved here in Vale when I was fifteen. Heck! My eldest sister still lives in Argus".
"Hmm…Argus? Isn't that the place where Sanctum Academy is?" Ren asked. Jaune nodded at him. "How is it that you're from Mistral but knew nothing of Pyrrha Nikos, the champion of Mistral? Wouldn't you have gone to Sanctum for Combat School?".
"Uhm…about that…Ren? Can you keep a secret?" Jaune said. Ren then raised his eyebrow as he was already keeping a secret of Jaune. "Right…Sorry. Anyway, I…Uhm…I didn't go to any combat school".
"Really? Does that mean you took the entrance exam for those that didn't go to combat school?" Ren said. "Because I don't remember seeing you there".
"I…I didn't know those existed. I would have done that if I knew about it," Jaune said. His eyes were shifting everywhere, ensuring they weren't being eavesdropped on. "I…I forged my way into Beacon".
"W-What?!" Ren said. He was shocked to hear what Jaune said. "How did you even do that? If you were to ask someone to forge a transcript for you, it would have cost a pretty Penny".
"I-I…I hacked the system," Jaune said. "It wasn't my proudest moment, but it was the only way for me to get to Beacon. At least I thought it was until you told me there was an exam for those that didn't go to combat school".
"Wow! That's actually impressive," Ren said. "How did you do that? As far as I know, the system at Beacon was designed after the CCTS, which is one of the most unhackable systems. How did you even achieve it?".
"Well, you remember how I was looking at a book that I had no understanding of its language? Then suddenly, after a few minutes, I could read it without a problem?". Jaune asked. Ren nodded at him. "As it turns out, it's one of my abilities. It's called Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils. It gives me multiple abilities, but the important one is its ability to allow me to understand languages that I have no knowledge of.
Now, if you have a small amount of software creation, you will know that there is something called languages. There are a plethora of code languages. As it turns out, Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils allow me to understand it as well as if it was an actual language…well, technically a software language".
"Holy crap, Jaune! That's such a cheat!" Ren said. He was surprised at how bullshit the ability was. "I've seen how easily you could understand a language you did know. Oh, my Oum! If someone knew you had this ability, they would freak out about their software security".
"Yeah, I know," Jaune said. "Did you know that I can read millions of binary codes and easily translate them? That's how I was able to hack into Beacon's system easily".
"Wow, that's actually impressive," Ren said. "Still, you faked your way into Beacon. You're lucky I'm not the type of person to tattle, and because Nora likes you. It's been a long time since she was able to connect with someone aside from me".
"Oh, yeah, Ren. I've always been wanting to ask you this," Jaune said. "Are you interested in Nora? Because if you are, why haven't you asked her out if you've been together for a long time?".
"Because I've been with her for a long time, I'm afraid to ask her out," Ren said. "Nora is all that I have left back then. Now, I have you and Pyrrha, but I still cherish Nora. I don't want to lose her, Jaune. I don't know what would happen to me if I did. Keeping our relationship the way it is, is the best I can do".
"That's dumb," Jaune said. "You do know that there's a chance that a person out there might take an interest in her. I don't know about you, but when I thought about Pyrrha being with another person, it hurt".
"W-Why?! Jaune, why?!" Ren said. He was panicking. "Why would you tell me something like that?! Now, I'm panicking! What should I do?!".
"I don't know. Maybe ask Nora out if you really like her more than a sister and a friend," Jaune said. "Oum knows, Nora is an adorable and wonderful person. Albeit, too hyper".
"Son of a bitch, Jaune!" Ren said. "You're not helping here! You're making me more and more nervous about losing her!".
"Sorry! I've never given anyone advice before," Jaune said. "I'm normally the one who needs advice, but I think you should ask Nora out. From what I can see, she has a thing for you".
"Y-You think so?" Ren asked. "Because I haven't seen any signs that she's into me".
Jaune's eye twitched hard. There were countless times Nora has expressed her interest in Ren. There was a time Nora blatantly even said that she would not allow Ren to be with anyone but her. How is that not a sign?! Nora even said that she would break the legs of any hussies that try to put their hands on her man.
"Are you alright, Jaune?" Ren asked. "Your eye is twitching really bad".
"Y-You can't be serious, Ren!" Jaune said. "There were multitudes of times that Nora blatantly made it obvious that she's in love with you!".
"S-She has?" Ren said. He was confused since he hadn't recognised anything that Nora did that would suggest otherwise. "I really haven't noticed such signs".
"I think I know why," Jaune said. "I think you being with Nora for a long time has made you oblivious to her signs. To you, whatever Nora does is her just being Nora".
Jaune and Ren continued talking about how Ren could ask Nora out. This would last another hour before Jaune felt his scroll vibrate. He looked at his scroll and saw a message. Nora and Pyrrha are done having their girl's talk, and Ren and Jaune are allowed to enter the dorm once more.
