Disclaimer: Well now. This is awkward. I'm writing more without thinking. Let's see where this leads again.

Save the Date

By: athrunzala

Chapter 4: Discussion, Part 1

A few days had passed since Ruby and Weiss' arrival, and they were already feeling like they were back at school. They were waking up earlier than they had in the past 5 years. Even the year of their graduation, they had not woken up as early as they were right now.

As Ruby rolled over, she ended up getting an eyeful of Neptune leaving the bathroom. The blue-haired Huntsman immediately noticed her and returned to the bathroom to grab a towel.

"Sorry!"

The scythe-wielder face-palmed before saying, "It's okay. Nothing I haven't seen before!"

This response caused Yang to peek out around the corner.

"Excuse me?"

Ruby merely glared at her sister, her face set in a "you-know-full-well-what-I-mean" expression. The blonde grinned sheepishly as she returned to the confines of the bathroom.

By now, Weiss had woken and was stretching. She tapped Ruby on the shoulder, causing the younger woman to turn around. Her target acquired, the heiress planted a kiss on her lover's lips.

"Good morning, Ruby."

"It is now."

In the other room, Ren and Jaune were making breakfast.

"You know, Ren, It has been a while."

The marital artist nodded and continued cutting up various meats, cheeses, and vegetables.

"And we haven't done anything as a team yet…"

"Jaune?"

The blonde looked over at his friend.

"What is it?"

"You're burning the pancakes."

The following moments could only be described as a comedy. Nora flew, seemingly out of nowhere, into the room and over to the counter. Via some potentially arcane and dark art, she managed to take control of the griddle from Jaune. The fate of morning food changed to positive, the blonde walked away defeatedly.

"Sorry, Jaune."

"Don't worry about it, Ren. I have never made pancakes before."

The taller man looked at him, a confused expression on his face.

"Well, not outside of frozen ones that you heat up."

"Oh. Right. Sorry about that. Didn't know. Can you hand me that bowl?"

"What'cha need it for?"

"Eggs. Omelets are a thing today."

Not wanting to make things worse, Jaune turned, grabbed the bowl Ren had pointed at, and handed it over. He then headed back over to the sleeping area, where Pyrrha was rolling over.

As she did, she reached her arm over and was slightly confused when it hit empty bed. She picked her head up off the pillow slightly and opened her eyes a small amount. Seeing that Jaune wasn't there, she sat up and began looking around. Her gaze fixed on him walking back over to where she was now seated.

"'morning!"

"Good morning, Jaune."

"How'd you… uh… ya know… how'd you sleep?"

"Jaune, I slept fine. I'll be honest, I missed this."

The blonde was a little confused at his fiancé's response.

"Missed… what now?"

"Being under the same roof as our team mates. It is reassuring."

Jaune stepped over to the bed and sat down. The red-haired Huntress leaned in to rest her head on his shoulder as he did this.

"Jaune?"

"Hmm?"

"We really should set a date."

The comment was not lost on the blonde. He knew that they had been putting off their wedding until the ideal moment, but he was so afraid of messing up something that he had done his best to avoid the subject. Even reassurances from his own parents hadn't eased his nerves on this one.

~two weeks earlier~

"Jaune, you've already got her! What are you afraid of?"

"Ochre!"

Jaune's mother looked at his father, a horrified look on her face.

"Sorry, dear," was the immediate apology. He then returned his attention to his son.

"Dad, it's not that I'm afraid of losing her. It's just that it is one of those things that I'm pretty sure she views as a big deal, and I don't want to mess it up. When you and mom got married…."

"Jaune, I made loads of mistakes!"

"Wait… You did?"

His mother smiled.

"Sweetie, he said he would be with me "until desk do us part." I've never heard things said that way."

"And you ran with it?"

"Of course. That is part of how it works. You take them for them, faults and all. There is no backing down at this point."

The blonde smiled. He was glad that he could talk to his parents on the whole issue.

~Present~

The swordsman swallowed the lump in his throat. It was going to be now or never.

"Alright. Let's do this. When sounds good to you?"

Pyrrha looked at him. The confidence in his eyes had come from somewhere, but she would ask him about it later.

"The other night, when Weiss and I walked away for a bit, we discussed doing a double wedding," she paused, looking up at him as she was leaning still.

"Is that… is that okay?"

Jaune breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that if he was having this much trouble, Ruby and Weiss were surely in the same boat.

"Sounds good. When, exactly?"

"A month from now. She wanted to make sure it would be warm enough."

"Wait a minute… Outdoors?"

In the next room, Ruby and Weiss were in the middle of the same discussion.

"Ruby?"

"Ye…yeah. Sounds great."

The black-haired woman was now several shades paler than she normally was, even under the slight tan that she had gained from traveling the world. Under any other circumstance, she would not be this nervous. But here she was, discussing the date for her wedding. Right in front of Yang and Neptune. Blake and Sun had gone for a walk, so they were not present.

The blonde could tell that her sister was scared slightly.

"Weiss?"

"Yang?"

"Nora!"

Everybody in the room jumped as the orange haired woman jumped over the window sill and into the room.

"What are you doing?"

Through the window, a shout was heard.

"Nora!"

"Sorry, Ren!"

She then turned back to the occupants of the room.

"You guys hungry? Ren made pancakes and stuff."

Neptune looked at Yang, who smiled and nodded.

"See you next door!"

Nora smiled after delivering that remark and skipped out of the room.

Yang then turned her attention back to Weiss.

"Word of advice: asking Ruby anything first thing in the morning is a bad idea."

The quartet then exited the room and headed to the next residence.

To be continued…

A.n./ - Yes. This is the drama-inducing event for this story. Mwahahahahahaha. I'll have it resolved by the end. Don't worry. However, I have made the decision to do a mid-fanfic break to expand on other works.