Jaune Arc stared as his roommate in exasperated disbelief and annoyance.
"Please Jaune! Just while she's here!" She pleaded on her knees.
Jaune Arc was a normal person, living a normal life and working a normal job in a cafe, as a barista. It was a good job, made better by the fact that he had help thanks to the fact he was apparently good at making drinks. Since he had more or less a stable life, he began apartment hunting, which had been a bit pricey until he came upon a two bedroom apartment that was already a good catch since it already had someone to pony up half of the rent. So with that in mind he decided to see if it would be okay with the other interested party.
And thus he met a younger girl named Ruby Rose.
It seemed like it might be a bit awkward to have a girl as a roommate, but he didn't want to lose the deal because of 'awkwardness'.
Being crowned 'Mr. Awkward' in high-school and college made sure he was more or less immune to it by then.
She seemed nice enough, a bit energetic and excitable, but nice enough.
Seemed like a foregone that they would get along reasonably well.
So they shook on it and moved into the apartment.
Now it had been about a year and over that timeframe, they had grown a good friendship between them. Ruby was a regular girl and had a schedule that easy worked with his. They had a few... uncomfortable instances in the beginning but other than that things were great. They had a lot of the same interests and tended to nerd out over their favorite shows. Jaune and Ruby's friendship actually sparked over the fact they both had gotten an early day off from their respective jobs to catch a marathon of movies that was going on the early evening. They split the chores to get ready - Jaune handling the pizza order and Ruby getting the drinks - and then sat on the couch in front of the TV. Fingers knotted in the blanket they draped over it and absorbed in the show.
It had all gone uphill since then.
Now, though?
He was regretting every decision that led to this moment.
He pinched the bridge of his nose as Ruby appealed again, "Just for a bit!"
"Ruby..." He began, "Why is it so important that I play fake-boyfriend for the duration of your sister's visit into town."
"Well... Um..." Ruby floundered before sighing, "She's been kinda... 'pushy' when it came to me having friends, I mean it was not so bad when I was a kid and she was protective, I could deal with it just fine since I wasn't too popular. But now? She says she doesn't really have any intention of settling down soon and she wants some nieces and nephews to spoil... And so if I don't want her to drag me with her to meet boyfriend material... I need a boyfriend."
"Okay..." Jaune began, "Have you TOLD her you had one?"
"Yes." Ruby squeaked.
"Urgh..." Jaune cursed his bleeding heart for this, "Fine... I'll do it, but you owe me for this! Big time!"
She leapt up and threw her arms around his chest in a hug, "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Jaune! I promise I'll make it up to you! Now we have to prepare!"
"Prepare?" Jaune replied weakly.
"Yep!" Ruby said brightly as she dashed into her room to gather things, "You need to know how to deal with Yang and everything about me!"
"Oh god..." Jaune groaned miserably, "I should have sprung for the single room listings..."
It was there for a while but never really had a followup urge to complete it so I decided to store it and now am giving it to the community.
-Y.A.R.N.