While writing this, I listened to a lot of The Neighborhood and Daughter. I'm not sure if they exactly match the mood of this chapter, but hey, they're good.


Sometimes, Jaune wondered what he would be like if he wasn't like he was. If he was caring, if he were passionate. He guessed that he would never know. Not that it mattered anyways, he was past caring, and wondering what it would be like if his life were different. It just kept him think about things he couldn't answer.

Besides his never ending list of questions, things were going great with Ruby. He didn't exactly have much to compare it to, Jaune never had a girlfriend, but it was going great.

During lunch, Ruby and Jaune stared at each other, earning them weird looks from his friends. They never exactly told them.

"What's going on with you two, seriously?" Yang asked. Blake never looked up from her book, Jaune thought that she might interject, but never did.

"Nothing," Ruby said in a sing-song voice. Jaune looked down and smiled. He figured that his friends would get annoyed, but they never did. At least as far as Jaune could tell.


Cardin sat behind Jaune in one of his classes. Sometimes Jaune forgot he was there, others, well, Winchester didn't let Jaune forget. This day was particularly bad.

"Hey Jaune, hows it going?" Winchester asked.

"Shhh, I'm trying to listen," Jaune said, turning around.

"Winchester, Arc, is there a problem," the professor asked.

"No, sir," Jaune replied, right as Winchester said, "Yes, sir."

"Yes, Winchester,

what is it? What can Jaune possibly be doing?"

"He's distracting me," Winchester shrugged, putting his feet on the desk.

"Off the desk," the professor said, motioning to Cardin. "Seriously." Winchester looked flustered, earning a grin from Jaune.

When the professor's back was turned, Jaune turned around and smiled at Winchester. When he turned around, he felt a small smack on the side of his head, sending his sandy hair forward. Jaune turned around and yelled, "Hey!"

"Boys, headmasters office, now!"

Jaune got up and Winchester followed, feet dragging. Jaune was going to be professional here, he was going to look better than Winchester. That's all that matter. Wow, that was sad.

As he looked over his shoulder, Jaune saw Ruby giving him a sorry look. He managed a small smile and a wave.

Jaune followed Cardin down the hall and stairs, not allowing Winchester behind him. He didn't want to think what Cardin could do to him. Though it might not be that bad. They both were in trouble, no need to further the punishment. Though Cardin might have also been thinking, thye were both in trouble, so it didn't matter what he did now.

Cardin opened the door, not bothering to hold it open for Jaune. Both boys stood akwardly as the headmaster shuffled through his papers.

"Boys," said Ozpin, both boys waited for him to say something, but he never did.

"Um, sir, Professor Peter-"

"I don't care who sent you, all I care is you are wasting my time just standing there. You were sent here for a reason, why the teachers always said you here, I don't know-"

"Because you're the headmaster-"

"But it's getting annoying," Ozpin finished. Winchester signed, looking bored.

"Winchester," snapped Ozpin. Jaune sent him a little smirk.

"Both of you, sit down," the headmaster said, motioning to the empty chairs in front of his desk. There were two, maybe it was fate, the two chairs waiting for them. Yeah fate, Jaune thought, because it was just date there was two chairs.

"Whatever is going on, it better stop, I'm getting tired of the rumors-yes, Cardin, I've heard the rumors," Ozpin said, reponding to Winchester's supriesed look. "When I'm a teacher," headmaster, Jaune mentally corrected. "And I now about your twisted love life-"

"Love life?" Cardin and Jaune asked at the same time. Ozin rolled his eyes.

"You need to work this dispute out," he corrected himself. Jaune rolled his eyes.

"Now," Ozpin said, motioning the two together. Jaune signed.

"I'm sorry," Jaune said throwing hsi hands up into the air. He turned to Ozpin. "Happy?" he snapped. Ozpin ignored him.

"Now you Winchester." Winchester turned away.

"I'm not apoligizing to a grimm," he said.

"Suck it up," Jaune said.

"Fuck off," Cardin said. Jaune looked over to the headmaster, expecting him to say something. He didn't.

"You fuck off, you started it," nice Jaune, real nice. Jaune kept looking over at Ozpin, waiting for him to say something. "Seriously, I thought we were becoming friends. Now half the school is looking at me like I'm a freak."

Cardin stood up, knocking the chair back. "I'm out!" He said, storming out. Ozpin turned to him.

"Well, leave," he said. Shooing him out. Jaune got up, took a deep breath and left.

As he walked out, he could have sworn every eye was turned on him, whispers like a thousand stabbing voices following him where ever he went. It made him wanting the silence. But silence made it worse. Everything just pressed on him, making him want to scream. Ttherr was no escape, not anymore.

Did you hear about that Arc kid-

Yeah, I hears he was a monster

I heard he was a grimm

I heard he killed someone to get in here

I heard he took some kids weapons

Well, if I had weapons like his, I would take some, too

Over and over, again and again. Jaune was clutching his head, feeling as if his head was about to shatter. He got weird looks, no doubt going to start more rumors.

Hear about that Arc kid, he's crazy

Times like this, Jaune wished he could leave. There was nothing left for him at this school, but Ruby. He pictured her beautiful hair, blowing in the wind, her smile, especailly aimed in his direction, and her fighting skill, man, they could put anyone to shame. She was amazing, and Jaune was a freak.

They balanced each other out. The broken one, and the whole one. Ying and yang. Push and pull.

He arrived at Ruby's door, he didn't even realized he was going that way, but it made sense, he was thinking about her. He lifted his hand and knocked on the door. The door swung open and there stood Ruby. She smiled, oh that smile, and threw her arms around him, pressing a soft, feather light kiss to his lips.

"Ruby, it wasn't that bad," Jaune said.

"Yeah, everyone said Cardin ran out, and I thought it was bad," Ruby shrugged.

"How does everyone in this school know everything right as it happens?" Jaune asked, staring at the cieling.

"I don't know, I was just worried, what if they kicked you out, it would be my fault," she said. Jaune took her face in his hands and pressed his forehead to hers.

"No nothings your fault, your perfect," he said, thinking it was the right thing to say.

"Would you destory something perfect in order to make it beautiful?" she said, almost dream like.

"What's that from?" Jaune asked. Ruby looked at the floor, twirling her foot side to side, side to side.

"I don't know," Ruby said. "Just remember it if anything happens."

"What could happen?" Jaune asked.

"I don't know, life just changes so fast," she said, almost saddly.

"Ruby I'm not leaving, you have my word," Jaune said, raising his right hand. Oh, how he wished he could keep that promise.


Yesterday, it snowed. I feel like mother nature was playing a April Fools joke on me. On a different note, baseballs back!

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