Author's Corner: Welcome back, denizens of the internet! I am amazed at the amount of people who have enjoyed this fanfic. Thanks to everyone who favorited, left a review, etc. I have, in fact, decided that this won't include a lemon, but it will have slightly mentioned sexual escapades...in chapter 3. Yes, you'll have a while to wait, be patient. It's not easy to juggle around so many things at once.

Anyway, have some Rosearc, as I like to call it. Adieu!

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Jaune held his head in his hands.

I blew it, he thought, shaking his head, I had the chance, I was going to tell her, but NOOOO, I HAD to mess up at the last second… Sighing loudly, Jaune threw himself onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. Might as well plan out the day.

He could go train. But no, that's for weekdays, it was his day off. Maybe he could get Sun and Neptune and do something? Nope, a quick check on the scroll showed them busy too. Hang out with one of the guys from Team CFVY? Cancel that. Fox creeped him out, and Yatsuhashi never did anything fun. That basically left nothing to do. Jaune looked through the apps on his scroll for anything left. The movie app showed nothing interesting, the locations app had zilch, and every other one basically was full of mundane activities.

Groaning, Jaune lifted himself off the bed. He slightly considered simply staying in the room all day, but that would be a waste, especially due to the fact that there wasn't enough stuff in here to keep him occupied. Finally putting on the top half of his outfit, as well as grabbing his sweatshirt, he went to the door, thinking that he might as well walk around campus and see what pops up. Opening his door, he was surprised (as his face turned a deep red) to see Ruby walk out of the other door across the hall. Ruby closed the door and turned, surprised to see Jaune.

"H-hey Ruby," Jaune nervously stammered, "About that offer earlier…"

"Oh, sorry Jaune," Ruby apologized, shuffling her feet. Jaune just noticed that she was cradling Crescent Rose behind her back. "I remembered that I promised Weiss that I'd train with her today, and I'm late. Some other time?" Jaune's smile faded, and he nodded dejectedly. Ruby grinned.

"Thanks for understanding!" Taking off at what seemed to Jaune like Mach 5, Jaune sneezed as one of the petals left behind by Ruby landed on his nose, and he fell backwards onto the floor. Why am I such a clutz? he thought, as he stood up and dusted himself off, he heard the door open again, and he looked up to see pure yellow. Quickly turning away, he peeked back at what he saw.

Yang was leaning in the doorway, wearing only a full yellow sleeping robe that certainly did not leave much to the imagination. Yang grinned as Jaune's face burned up, facing away with a hand up.

"Aw, calm down, Jaune." Yang covered herself up a little bit more anyways, so as to not give Jaune a heart attack. "It's nothing you haven't seen before." Jaune face was flustered even more, as Yang burst out laughing.

"Oh, right," she laughed, bending over, "I forgot. I'm so sorr-AHAHA!" Jaune walked back to his door, thinking that maybe he was better off staying in all day, when Yang put a hand on his shoulder.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay?" Jaune turned to face Yang. "There's no shame in it. I'm just in a laughable mood today." Jaune mumbled something about it being "okay", then started to slink back to his room, before Yang stopped him.

"Alright," she said, raising her hands up to her sides, "Tell me. What's going on?" Yang crossed her arms and tilted her head, prompting Jaune to put a hand behind his head nervously.

"Well, there's this girl," Jaune confessed, slouching, "And I like her, but I dunno what to do about it."

Yang chuckled. "It's Ruby, isn't it?" Jaune's eyes flew open.

"H-How did you-?"

Yang scoffed. "I was looking through the peephole. You looked redder than a Beowulf's eye. Plus, you always look at her. In classes, in training, at lunch. Frankly, it seems the only times you DON'T look at her are when she's showering and sleeping." Yang paused, looking at Jaune suspiciously. "Right?"

"Of course not!" Jaune said, "I'm not a creep!"

"Well, the way you sometimes look at her, it shows otherwise." Jaune groaned as Yang stifled a giggle, before she put her hands on his shoulders.

"Hey, listen," she said, looking at him, "All you have to do is tell her. That may sound like a half-assed answer, but I'm serious. Hell, half the guys I've gone out with did that. The other half didn't last long." Jaune gulped, but Yang simply smiled. "Don't sweat it. Just go to the training room, look her in the eye, and tell her. Oh, and Weiss has her eyes on Neptune." Jaune looked at Yang quizzically. Yang shrugged.

"I keep up on rumors. She walks the 'right' side of the fence." Jaune nodded in agreement, starting to head off down the hall, towards the training areas.

"Good luck!" Yang shouted at Jaune, who turned and waved over his shoulder. Yang closed the door, just as Blake (finally) woke up.

"Mmmm….Who wazzat?" Blake asked, still in her half-asleep stupor. Yang waved her hand in a bored fashion. "Don't worry about it," she said, "Just go back to sleep, kitty-cat." Blake groaned, as she turned back around, her breath turning to soft snores shortly after. Yang smiled, grabbing Blake's cold medicine and bringing it over to her bedside table. Yang sat on the edge of Blake's bed, her feet hanging over the sides, as she patted her on the shoulder.

"Just sleep in, my kitty~."

(TRANSITION)

Sounds of fighting could be heard all over the place, even before Jaune opened the door to the training rooms. The sound only intensified when he opened the door, and he actually had to take a few steps back just from the initial brunt of the noise. He entered the arena, looking around for Ruby and Weiss. They weren't hard to find. However, Jaune had to quickly dive to the side to avoid being hit by one of Weiss's ice dust attacks that went a little too close to the door.

Jaune quickly moved out the door and up to the stands, from where he spectated the fight happening in the arena below. At least, he tried to. With Ruby's speed and Weiss's agility, it was hard to see where either of them were going. Ruby darted in and out, slicing and spinning, while Weiss moved about with her glyphs, making ice on the floor to skate around on and launching flames and lightning at the red fighter. Jaune ducked down in his seat when a blast of ice dust nearly clobbered him, and decided to hit the floor when Ruby's shots went a bit off target.

"Hey! Civilian in the fire zone!" Jaune yelled down to the girls, but his cries were dissipated by the cacophony of the blasts and dust being used. However, the cry was enough for Ruby to turn her head slightly, causing Weiss to take the initiative and slam into her with an attack. Ruby flew backwards into the wall, grunting, her aura protecting her.

"Uncle!" she cried, as she slowly stood up. Weiss smirked, sheathing Myrtemaster.

"I told you, Ruby, you still need to train before you can beat me." Ruby sighed as Jaune, in the stands, grit his teeth. Weiss's usual tone of voice seemed to make her sound like a bona-fide bitch. Jaune shook his head. His mother raised him to not curse. Looking down, he saw Weiss stride confidently out of the arena, with Ruby following her right after. Jaune watched, then hit himself on the forehead. He could have gotten down there, talked to her. Helped her, even, since she looked a bit shaken up. Jaune stood, sighing, but stopped when he heard the door to the stands open.

"Oh, hello Jaune." Jaune turned around to see Velvet, the rabbit faunus, following her team leader, Coco, into the stands. Coco walked right past Jaune, but Velvet came up to him. "What brings you here?" Jaune chuckled nervously, putting a hand behind his head.

"N-nothing," he stammered, "Just taking a walk, I guess." Jaune's laughter was quiet and sporadic, but Velvet's face was frowning, crossing her arms and looking at Jaune.

"It's Ruby, isn't it?"

Jaune gulped. "How does everyone know that?!" he exclaimed, causing Coco to instinctively turn around and lower her shades in suspicion. Velvet waved her off, and Coco shrugged, leaping into the arena, waiting for Velvet. The faunus sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Honestly Jaune? You're a first year boy, and I'm both a girl and older than you. For me, it's easy to tell."

"Well," Jaune said, starting to push past Velvet, towards the door, "In that case, I'll just leave." Velvet grabbed Jaune's arm.

"Jaune, calm down. It'll be okay. You should know what to do." Jaune smiled as a "thank you" and walked out the door. Why does everybody know this except her. It's like a bad romance movie. Checking his watch, Jaune saw that it was already time for lunch. Feeling (and hearing) his stomach grumble louder than a wounded Ursa, he started heading towards the cafeteria.

In the cafeteria, Jaune quickly paid for his lunch and sat down. Looking around, he couldn't help but remember the food fight that had occurred at the beginning of the semester. He was pretty useless in that fight, and the blast from the soda cans left him sore for a week, but it was still a good memory. But's that's what it was, a memory….

"Hi Jaune!"

Jaune jumped, slamming his knees into the table, causing him to groan in pain. Looking up, he instantly sat up and blushed. Ruby was standing across from him, wearing a simple shirt and pants combination. Since it was saturday, the students didn't have to wear either uniforms or their outfits. Jaune just had nothing else to wear.

"Can I sit with you?" Ruby asked innocently. She was holding her own tray of food, with half of it covered in cookies. Figures.

Jaune looked around nervously, stammering. "Sure!" he said, moving over, "G-go ahead!" Ruby smiled, as she walked around the table and sat down next to him. Jaune's blush grew even more. Ruby instantly started to eat her cookies, talking at the same time.

"Sowwy abowt tha thing today," Ruby said, through a mouthful of cookies. She chewed, swallowed, and drank a bit of her milk before continuing. "I had forgotten about the sparring match with Weiss. I just don't understand why she has to be so rude when she wins. I mean, doesn't she know I'm human too?" (ZING!) Ruby sighed, as she decided to actually eat her own meat on her plate, when she looked over to Jaune's plate.

"Are you okay? You haven't touched your food." Jaune looked at Ruby, then down at his plate, then at the fork in his hand that he hadn't moved at all since she sat down. Moving suddenly, he tried to spear some green beans, but missed, causing them to fly off the plate and onto the floor, prompting a giggle from Ruby.

"Okay," she said curiously, "What's up with you, Jaune?" Ruby grabbed Jaune's arm with both of her arms, looking up at him. "You sad that you couldn't go with Pyrrha to the movie?" Jaune chuckled nervously, for what must be the millionth time this day.

"A-actually, that's not it. I'm...well…" Jaune couldn't find a way to say anything without turning red from embarrassment. Ruby looked at him with a curious expression, until her scroll beeped. Pulling it out of her pocket, she groaned.

"Yang's calling me back to the dorm," she said, "Darnit. Can you come with me?" Jaune's heart raced. Would I ever!

"Of course!" he said, standing up quickly. Ruby gave him a quizzical look, before standing up herself, but not before stuffing as many cookies as she could into her pockets. Taking the lead, she started walking to the exit, Jaune following her.

Outside, Jaune noticed, it had become much colder than in the morning. Since they were in the middle of winter, it made sense, but Jaune noticed that Ruby was shivering. Taking off his sweatshirt, he placed it around her shoulders.

"Here," he said, "You need this more than I do right now." Ruby gave Jaune a heart-warming smile, as she wrapped herself in the garment. She looked up at the cloud covered sky and sighed.

"You know, Jaune," she said, prompting Jaune to tilt his head to listen, "When I was little, I just wanted to be a huntress. Nothing else. No boys, no games, just hunting. It was my dad that taught me otherwise. Him and Uncle Qrow. They showed me that being a huntress isn't just fighting Grimm. It's about the relationships you make." Jaune nodded in agreement, then froze slightly as he felt Ruby's arm wrap around him.

"Sorry," she said, "It's really cold out, and you're warm." Even as she said this, though, Jaune could see the blush in her face, although it was probably just the cold making her cheeks rosy. Jaune put his arm around her as well, smiling, as they walked to the dorms.

Finally reaching their rooms, Ruby let go of Jaune, looking at him and smiling.

"I'll see you around, then." Jaune smiled as Ruby said that, and then looked utterly surprised as she stood on her tiptoes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Looking at her, he saw her wink, just a small, coy wink, before going into her own room. Jaune put his hand over the afflicted area, standing there for a few moments, before turning and heading into his room.

Patting his pockets, Jaune had a brief moment of panic before he realized that he had accidentally left his scroll on his bedside table. Picking it up, he saw two messages: one from Pyrrha saying that she wouldn't be back until tomorrow, and one from Ren saying that Nora didn't want to go back, and as such, they would also be absent that night. Jaune sighed as he flopped on his bed. He felt emotionally tired after today.

I hope that meant what I thought it meant. Jaune touched his cheek one more time, before he closed his eyes, silently falling into a nap.

How about that? I realize that I made this chapter shorter than I expected. Oh well, I hope you guys like it! Seriously, this is the longest fanfiction I've ever written. Two chapters already, and I think we may be getting a third, fourth, and dare I say it, fifth! Stay tuned, readers. This is Sebi99cl, signing off!