Disclaimer: RWBY is not mine. Never has been. I'm just the deranged fan.

Just One Date

Volume 3

By: athrunzala

Chapter 11: Just One Gift, Part 1

Jaune and Ren were in town. The two had gone to pick up the item that the blonde had shown the martial artist on his scroll a couple days prior. While on their meanderings, they bumped into a trio of familiar faces.

"Hey! We haven't seen you three since the day that Roman Torchwick was captured!"

The taller male ran a hand through his silver hair.

"Yeah. Sorry about that. We've been… Uh…"

"Busy. Yeah. Very busy."

The sentence was finished by a shorter woman with bright green hair.

"Yeah. What Emerald said."

"Mercury, I'll still pay you to shut up."

Their companion, who had been quiet up till now put her hands on both of their forearms.

"Both of you can calm down. We have a schedule, remember?"

"Of course.

"Sorry, Cinder."

The woman turned around to face Jaune and Ren, brushing her ebony hair away from her pale face.

"We might see you around."

She then motioned for Mercury and Emerald to follow her as she sauntered down the street.

Jaune and Ren both shrugged their shoulders at this and returned to their "mission".

Back on campus, Nora was busy occupying Pyrrha. But it looked like it was more of the other way around. The red-head could not fathom for the life of her what had gotten into Nora, but she could find neither hide nor hair of Jaune and Ren. And her companion had only one response to any inquiries into their whereabouts.

"They're doin' guy stuff."

So she went to find the only other person Jaune spoke to these days. However, she was surprised to find that there was a sign on Team RWBY's dorm door that read:

"No entry. Strategy meeting."

Based on the sounds emanating from the room, however, there was very little strategy, and a whole lot of something else going on.

Inside the room, Ruby had pinned Weiss to the bed, the taller girl having easily won the battle for dominance. Neither one was wearing a shirt, so they would have been very uncomfortable if somebody had walked in. They traded off kisses in their battle of hormones and war of tongues. And they were oblivious to the outside world, thanks to the curtains being drawn, the windows being closed, and the double doors both being shut. Studying was going to come later.

Across campus, Blake and Sun were actually preparing for the combat exam. Not too far away, Yang and Neptune had grown bored with waiting and were having more fun seeing how far they could go with each other in public. After a short bout of who-groped-who, they got up and headed for the room Neptune and Sun shared, neither one backing down. They were going to be fluent in anatomy and biology by the end of the day.

The only group not involved in any side-line activities was team CFVY, who were sitting under the shade of a couple trees, studying their history. That isn't to say that they weren't distractable, though. Coco let out an audible sigh as she caught Yang and Neptune walking away from the outdoor arena.

"Hey, Fox. You wanna…"

The male shook his head in denial at her.

"Fine," she said, returning begrudgingly to her homework.

Their entire team was looking at applying for teaching positions, so they had to stay at Beacon much longer than most groups of students.

Back in town, the male members of Team JNPR were leaving the store Jaune had mentioned, purchase in hand.

"Thanks for going with me, Ren. I… well…"

"I know. You've never done this before. Let's just get back to Beacon before hell breaks loose."

"Uh… Why would that happen, exactly?"

Ren rubbed the back of his head.

"I kinda left Nora with no instructions on how to occupy Pyrrha."

They then made haste to reach the airship for Beacon, worried for the amount of damage that might await them back at the dorm. However, they would return to find that nothing had actually gone awry, save for a few people having sworn that they heard a woman scream out in pleasure from one of the dorms. The two friends looked at each other.

"Probably Yang," was the unison response.

The two of them were dead wrong, however, as it had been Ruby. Weiss had found just the right spot to touch her fiancé, and it was driving the black haired girl crazy.

"Weiss…" she managed to puff out, "Please…."

"Who won, sweetie?"

The scythe wielder bowed her head. She had lost this time.

"You did."

"Damn straight."

The heiress stopped her assault, allowing her lover to fall to the bed, where she lay panting, exhausted from the "exercise". Weiss cuddled up next to her.

"Weiss, I probably smell bad."

"No. You smell like you. And I like it."

The white-haired woman got up to open the window a crack, allowing a fresh breeze to blow into the room. She then climbed back in bed and laid her head down, as she and Ruby both fell asleep.

Across the hall, Pyrrha had ended up studying for their exams, as she had also lost some time due to being sick. It had taken her two weeks to get over that flu, and she was not going to be wasting any time. She had just put down her history book, when Nora bounded over.

"Just got the message. Ren's back. And Jaune's with him."

"Finally. Thank you, Nora."

The red-head got up and headed towards the door, but stopped when it opened and Jaune walked through, followed by Ren. The blonde made a bee-line for their sleeping area, and Ren headed to another table. He looked over at Pyrrha.

"You hungry?"

She rubbed her stomach, hoping to hide the grumbling noise it made. She then smiled and nodded.

"Alright. Pancakes. Coming up."

"Ren, do you do the cooking all the time at home?"

"Not always. But I figured that I should learn to keep my skills well rounded."

"Good," she said, getting up and walking over to him. "Because I have a favor to ask you."

To Be Continued…

A.n./- I'm evil. Favors? Mystery objects? You'll find out in due time.