The Best Laid Plans
"What am I even doing here?" Ren asked himself for the umpteenth time that day. "I really don't feel like I should be here..."
Ren looked between the six girls that now stood in team RWBY's room, all of which were plotting and scheming.
"You're here to help, Ren, we can't do this without you." Ren gave Nora a withering look. "And how, pray tell, can you not do this without me?"
Nora smirked. "You're a guy, Jaune trusts you a lot, we need to use that." When Ren realized the implication of Nora's words he paled in fear.
'I feel kind of bad for Jaune...'
"ACHOO!"
Looking up from her book, Velvet saw Jaune wiping his nose. "Bless you." Jaune looked over to her. "Oh, thanks. That came out of nowhere though, I'm definitely not sick..."
Velvet gave Jaune a small smile. "Maybe someone's talking about you." Jaune smiled back. "Probably talking about how awesome I am."
"Somehow I doubt that."
"Oh, what else would they talk about, hmm?"
Velvet smirked. "Perhaps they're talking about how bad you are at schoolwork, I'm certainly thinking it."
Jaune showed mock hurt. "Well I can guarantee if you sneeze, it'll be because someone's talking about how much of a dork you are."
"I guess it's a good thing that I'm not sneezing then, so no one's thinking that but you. Someone who clearly isn't that smart."
Jaune couldn't beat that, so he shrugged and settled for tickling her sides. "Wha- pffhahahaha!" The sound of her laughter reaching his ears warmed his heart. So he didn't stop for another ten minutes.
"Alright... I think that'll work." Pyrrha started slowly, taking every detail into account.
"I agree." Blake said, uncharacteristically interested in the affairs of others.
"I just hope that Lady Killer doesn't screw it all up. I'm not sure if we can help them if this fails." Yang added as the plan was relayed to Ren, he was one of the biggest factors after all.
"As much as I hate to admit it, it does seem like this could work well." Ren agreed as he was briefed on the details. "Jaune won't know what hit him."
As the group left the room to prepare, Nora stayed behind and burned the plans that they made. There can be no evidence.
Fire is also really pretty.
Jaune and Velvet had left the library to return to Jaune's room. He invited her there so that they could talk in quiet. Despite the fact that they were in a library, they were in a school library.
School libraries were never quiet.
Velvet also wasn't entirely opposed to the idea of being alone with Jaune in his bedroom.
As they entered, Jaune sat down on his bed and Velvet sat next to him. "So... What do you want to do?" Velvet asked, unsure of herself.
Jaune let many thoughts play through his head, he knew what it meant to have a girl alone with you in your room.
He wouldn't entertain said thoughts for long. "How about we just talk?" Velvet nodded in agreement. "Sure, what about though?"
Jaune thought for a moment. "Anything."
Roughly half an hour passed before anyone entered the room, it was Ren. "Ah, here you are, I've been searching for you." He said looking directly at Jaune. "Come with me."
Jaune looked up at him with a look of confusion. "What's going on?" Ren shook his head and grabbed Jaune's hand. "There's no time to explain, come with me." Lifting Jaune from the ground, Ren bolted out of the room with his leader in tow.
Velvet was left alone in Jaune's room awkwardly sitting on the floor. 'Guess I should just grab my stuff and leave then.'
As she slowly picked up her bag, Velvet failed to notice the door silently open and two girls walk in. "Hello Velvet." Startled, Velvet turned around to find both Pyrrha and Nora standing in front of the door.
"Oh, hello Pyrrha, what's up?" Pyrrha sauntered over to her and looked Velvet in the eye with an expressionless look on her face. "What do you think of Jaune?" Velvet was confused, she had no idea what Pyrrha meant by the question.
"Uhh, he's a good friend?" She answered/asked, unsure of where the girls were going with this. Nora decided to speak up at this. "Alright, but what do you think of him?"
Velvet was still confused, but answered nonetheless. "He's very kind and he always wants to protect others... and... can you keep a secret?" The girls nodded.
"Whenever he's around I always get this weird, fluttery feeling in my stomach. It's hard to talk to him as well, I'm usually able to speak easier. What's going on?"
Pyrrha smiled softly and Nora had a manic grin on her face. "You my friend, are in love with Jaune."
"Great, so everyone knows that I like her, huh?" After Ren had disclosed that he and RWBY knew about Jaune's feelings, his first reaction was unexpected. "Yes, we do. It wasn't that hard to figure out."
The defeated look on Jaune's face even made Ren show a little empathy. "The reason I'm telling you this is because we're trying to help. You're not the only one in love you know." Jaune looked confused by this.
"What are you talking about? You don't mean..." Ren nodded. "I'm surprised you didn't realize it sooner Jaune, Velvet is in love with you as well."
"You're kidding! There's no way that Jaune could be in love with me!" Velvet all but screamed at the two girls who couldn't help but giggle at her outburst.
"It's true Velvet, Jaune is in love with you." Pyrrha spoke slowly, so to not startle the small girl further. "I'm surprised you haven't noticed yet."
The look on Velvet's face would be one that both Pyrrha and Nora wouldn't soon forget. "What sort of signs has he shown?" She asked, still doubting the legibility of the girls words.
Pyrrha looked at her incredulously. "You never saw him staring at you? He would just look at you for as long as you wouldn't look at him. It was kind of creepy now that I think about it..."
"She was staring at me? Velvet?" Ren learned that Jaune was a very hard person to persuade into understanding. "Yes Jaune, she was."
Ren made sure to file the look on Jaune's face into the back of his head for later use. "What am I supposed to do about it then?" Jaune asked, starting to fear the implications.
Ren grinned. "Don't worry Jaune, we've got a plan..."
"What do you mean by 'a plan'?" Velvet asked slowly, trying to piece together some concept of what was happening. Pyrrha smiled.
"Just follow us."
Velvet was still very confused by the last couple of minutes as she followed Pyrrha and Nora up to the roof of Jaune's dorm building.
As Nora opened the door she smiled brightly and ushered Velvet outside, Ren came rushing through the doorway as soon as Velvet came through. "Hey wait! Ren, where are you going?!"
Velvet turned to the voice to find Jaune awkwardly standing on the rooftop alone. She then heard a click behind her.
They both understood what was happening immediately.