A small bunny that popped into existence in my downtime. Basically a small talk between Weiss and Jaune after Pyrrha's loss and such.

Kinda Jaune being slapped awake by her death.

-YARN

Jaune was bouncing a small ball against the wall in front of him, catching it and then throwing it back; he was stuck thinking of how he was. Weiss came from around the corner and saw him looking like he was a million miles away.

"Heya Weiss." He greeted absently.

"Jaune." She said uncertainly at her lack of her hated nickname.

She didn't really like Jaune all that much until recently. He had gotten much better, and had redeemed himself in pushing Neptune to approach her. Still, she was sure he was going to be annoying sooner or later. Despite all of that, she couldn't just ignore exactly how spiritless he was at the current moment.

"How are you?"

"How do you think I am?" A vaguely curious reply with a bitter sarcasm tinting it.

"..."

"Exactly." An quiet and exhausted sigh.

"It's not your fault you know."

The ball was caught and wasn't thrown again, fingers digging into its surface for a brief moment, "... I know."

"It was her choice."

"I know." There was a bitter bite to his response.

"She wouldn't want you to be like this."

"I know!" His voice rose before it toned back down to the absent listlessness, "It's just..."

"Just?"

"I wasted so much time. I couldn't see it at all."

"What do you mean?"

"I always was chasing what I couldn't get, you know?"

"Jaune?"

"Like you." Jaune quietly continued on, rolling the ball in his palm as he analyzed it, "You were like the moon in a dawn sky. I was some idiot guy who was at the beach and saw you hanging in the air. I was captivated by you and kept jumping like a naive kid, never reaching. Trying to somehow cross the gap between us so you could give me the time of day. I was so focused on something I KNEW I never could reach, missing out on the things I could reach if I simply looked down. Pyrrha was... the horizon. Warming and tangible enough to feel, scattered on the waves that lapped at me feet. I simply ignored the feeling and kept trying to climb the empty air."

Weiss was silent as he talked.

"You are everything I wanted. Graceful, cultured, smart, fierce, strong... everything that I never was. I saw you and wished that I maybe could someday be. You were what my ideal was... now... I guess I just kinda realized what I known. I wasn't ever going to be in your league. I never saw that Pyrrha was the exact same and she was right next to me. She was just as amazing and instead of seeing her try to reach me, I just kept looking away. I guess... I know I can't blame myself for what happened on that tower, but even then, I can't let go of the fact that if I just allowed myself to look... I would've seen her."

He dropped the ball into his lap.

"I would've realized I loved her."