Everyone hated to see Jaune get hurt. He was the groups' lovable goofball, and it would hurt them to see him in trouble. Of course none of them do anything since Jaune wants to prove he's the bigger man, but that doesn't mean they have to like it.
"Ouch! Cardin stop pulling on my ears!" said a female British accented voice. "Or what?! You going to kick me with your little rabbit foot?!" Cardin yelled at the girl.
The gang was all sitting at the table for lunch as usual when Cardin Winchester started to pick on Velvet. She was one of the Faunus students at the school, and one of the fewer who publicly show it. For this reason she was constantly being harassed by other students.
At the table no one said anything, and they were all visibly upset about the scene happening before them. This happened almost every other day, yet no one did anything. This is what caused Jaune to stand up and yell "Leave her alone Cardin!"
Cardin stopped pulling on Velvet's ear and turned to look at him and he smiled. "Well look here boys. New meat!" Team CRDL laughed and started to make their way over to where Jaune was now standing. They stopped just a few feet in front of him when Cardin started to speak. "So what are you going to do to make me stop, huh tough guy?"
Jaune just stood there with his had curled up in a fist looking ready to fight. Cardin snickered at him at stomped his foot, making Jaune flinch. CRDL laughed at him and continued to harass him until Cardin decided to actually do something. He took a big step forward and shoved Jaune back to that he fell onto his food.
By this point team RWBY and the rest of JNPR looked ready to break Cardin's' legs and be done with him, but the look Jaune gave them said 'Don't even bother with the idiot.' So they sat there.
"What? Your little friends aren't going to help you Jauney boy?" Cardin taunted and shoved him again. At some point someone was expected to break the tension from the group and help Jaune, but no one expected it when Blake stood up slamming her fist on the table.
"Back off Cardin!" she yelled at him. Cardin turned to look at his new enemy. Knowing that her skill was far superior to his he scoffed and turned to walk away.
"Th-thanks Blake" Jaune said to her with his head hung in embarrassment. Jaune got back to his feet and looked at a table a couple of yards away from them. Yet again to the groups surprise Jaune started to walk away to the girl who was getting tormented before he was.
He stopped right before her and tapped her on the shoulder. She flinched away from him at first, scarred that he might hurt her. Then she realized this was the guy who got Cardin to stop hurting her. She broke down into tears, got up from the table and hugged Jaune. He was shocked to say the least. Her hug was almost as grand as the ones his father gave to him when he did something perfect.
If anyone was to look at the end of their table they would see a girl with a black bow staring at Jaune and Velvet with a tinge of red in her cheeks.
JA
Jaune couldn't believe this girl would be hugging him with such ferocity, and be shuddering with tears at the same time. He had finally gotten her to calm down with small reassuring pats on the back, and they sat down together.
"What was that for?" Jaune asked. Velvet looked at him with red puffy eyes and said "For sticking up for me. Even though I'm a Faunus, and you didn't have to do anything."
Jaune looked at her with a stone hard look and a gleam in his eyes. "Of course I had to do something. You're just as much a person as the rest of us….except maybe Cardin. He's sooo special and has to be treated better than everyone else." He said with a flare of sarcasm at the end.
Velvet actually laughed a bit and just looked at the table. "Thank you…for protecting me…and making me laugh." She had grown a very obvious blush by now, and was trying hard not to stare at his sky blue eyes.
Jaune let out a nervous laugh. "W-well it's n-no problem what so e-ever. Anything to h-help a friend!" Velvet looked up at him with a big smile on her face. "Well, maybe I'll talk to you later…friend." She got up from the table and hurried away.
Velvet just rounded the corner in the corridor outside the cafeteria and leaned on the wall. 'A new friend!' She blushed thinking about Jaune and what great friends they will become.
BB
'What's Jaune doing? Why did he walk over to that girl over there? Why didn't he come over and sit next to me?' These thoughts ran through Blake's mind as she watched Jaune get bear hugged by that Faunus that he protected.
'Wait, why do I care what Jaune does or who he does things with? It's not like I'm jealous or anything.' Blake sat there her eyes growing wider at what she was thinking about. 'Am I jealous of Velvet right now? Do I…do I have a crush on Jau-;
"Blake?! Helooooo?! Earth to Blake!" Yang called out to her partner. She looked a bit concerned, that it took this long to get Blake attention. To add to her worry Blake wasn't even reading the book she brought with her to the table.
"Something troubling you Blake? You seem really out of it right now." Yang continued, her interest now piqued. "I-it's not-nothing Yang. Don't worry about it."
"Does this have something to do with Vomit Boy over there?" Yang asked. Blake stayed quiet and stared at the table. Yang's mouth literally dropped as she grabbed Blake's arm and rushed her out of the cafeteria all the while yelling "TELL ME EVERYTHING."
"What do you think that was all about?" Ruby asked the rest of the people left at the table. Everyone shrugged and went back to what they were doing before.