Here it is: part 2!

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Jaune quietly ate his food, rather surprised that Weiss went this long without making a snide remark or rude comment about him. It was nice.
"Jaune."

Speak of the devil. He gulped and timidly met her gaze, "Y-yeah?"

Her normally cold and sadistic demeanor had melted, leaving behind a small smile and softer blue orbs, which Jaune thought was a nice change of pace.

"This is one of my favorite restaurants; how did you know?" She asked, finishing off a small pastry that she had ordered earlier for dessert.

The restaurant they currently occupied was called: 'The Dark Dragon'. It was simply called that because the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dark had believed in simplicity, and they had a culture where they revered dragons highly, so they figured that they should name the shop just that. It had been fairly successful over the few years that it's been open; having won ten awards for best food in different categories had attracted a lot of customers to their business.

"I wanted to take you somewhere fancy, and this was the first place that popped into my mind. I just went with my gut." Jaune replied, relieved he had actually done something right for once with Weiss. They had been on bad terms since day one when the dreaded 'Snow Angel' incident occurred. He actually lost count of how many times he apologized and begged her to forgive him. Today, it seemed like it was working well.

The two of them had only been there for an hour, and Jaune was surprised, and worried, that the other females of Beacon didn't come crashing through the door and make a huge scene. It was nice to have a little bit more peace and quiet, but at the same time, Jaune couldn't quell the uneasy feeling he had in his stomach.

"Well, thanks to your gut, you actually did something right."

...I'm not sure if that's a compliment or an insult.

He nodded, sipping his water. Weiss had ordered some tea and had some sap from the forest of Forever Fall. That was going to put a dent in Jaune's wallet.

Goodbye new armor set. I'll just have to wait another five years. One look at Weiss' smiling face and soft eyes, he thought: It's worth it.

The two of them talked for a little while, learning more about each other, since Jaune could never ask her stuff up front without her getting mad at him.

Weiss learned Jaune was from a small village that was just below a cliff where the Schnee manor was. She had known that there was a village down there, she just never bothered to learn about the people down there; she was a little ashamed at how selfish she had been, and how absorbed she was as a child. Jaune did tell her about how he snuck into Beacon, but only because he wanted to be a warrior like his family.

Weiss was a little disgusted at his dishonest way of getting into Beacon, but the way he talked about his family with such passion and admiration swayed her to his side of thinking. He just wanted to make his family proud.

In reality, Weiss shared his point of view. She had spent her entire life trying to make her father proud. She remembered countless evenings wasted practicing her singing, fencing, and piano playing. And the nights were whisked away from her as she tried to stand up straight for long periods of time without slouching. It didn't help, also, that her father would often come home with a scowl on his face, and his fist clenched into a tight ball. When that happened, the evenings dragged into eternity, and the nights dragged even longer.

"Please, don't tell anyone else." Jaune said quietly. He had told Yang, Ruby, and Blake, as well as the rest of his team about this news, but he couldn't bring himself to do it in front of Weiss; not with her cold and calculating stare. He just couldn't bear it.

Her expression changed slightly from one of happiness to one of empathy.

"I...promise." She said with some uncertainty.

He sighed in relief, "Thanks."

They ate the rest of their dinner in peaceful quiet.

"So that's what happened?" Yang asked Blake, exasperated to find out that, yet again, Jaune was snatched away from her, and from the ice princess herself. Who knew.

Blake nodded, her bow leaning slightly forward. She had her eyes downcast and a frown was completely visible on her person. Yang and the rest of the girls could guess why.

"Ugh...now we gotta try and find them. Again." Ruby groaned.

Blake spoke, albeit, she was quiet, but spoke, nonetheless: "I overheard the two of them saying they were going to the Dark Dragon; my best bet is that they would be eating there."

Pyrrha led the way. "The Dark Dragon is on the other side of town."

On their way there, the three girls wouldn't leave Blake alone; they pestered her over stuff like: did you guys kiss? Did you go any further? That question solicited a dark blush that colored the ninja's face. She simply replied with a 'no.'

But she would like to; oh how she would like to. Images of Jaune without his shirt and armor coupled with some scenes from 'Ninjas of Love', it was almost too much for her to bear. It was good that her train of lewd thoughts was derailed by their spartan leader.

"The Dark Dragon isn't too much further; we'll be there in about fifteen minutes." The rest of them smiled, but each one had a different thought going through their head.

Jaune had taken Weiss out of the restaurant and onto a little walkway. They were just walking, and listening to one another's stories of trials and tribulations. Weiss had finally opened up and let Jaune know that she wasn't as perfect as everyone made her out to be; this surprised Jaune.

He looked at her quizzically, scratching his blonde, messy hair.

She elaborated further: "I...I had a...pretty bad childhood." This line came out no louder than a whisper, and Jaune had to lean forward to hear her. This caused her heart to spike in speed.

She reiterated what she said, and Jaune nodded solemnly.

He took her into a tender hug, surprising the ice-themed girl,

"Hey!" Their 'comrades' showed up in time to catch this heart-felt display.

Jaune sighed.

Right, so I'm going to count this and the last chapter last week as one chapter. So I got...five or seven more chapters to post; seven if you include the epilogue.

Have fun guys!

Den R.