Yang POV

I HATE MONDAYS! After 2 sweet days of chilling out, Monday just has to ruin it! Combat class with Prof. Glynda was just over and we were heading to the cafeteria. I smiled as I hear numerous groans from Agony, Reid, Jaune and Ruby. The five of us just couldn't like the dreaded day of reality.

"It's alright Jaune…" Pyrrha patted his back gently, comforting her leader. That reminds me! He isn't sad about it being Monday, he fought Cardin during Combat Class. It was a disaster! The fight only lasted a few moments and in that short time Cardin dominated over Jaune. After a knee to the gut, Jaune fell on the floor and Cardin was ready for the finishing blow until Ms. Glynda stopped the match.

As I watch the two of them converse, Ruby pats me by the shoulder. "Hey sis! Don't you think we should cheer him up a little?"

Immediately, I saw the opportunity appear and I decided to take it head on. "You're right Rubes! I know just the thing!" All of us enter the cafeteria and took our sits after taking our orders. "Hey Jaune guess what!" I hear the sound of dismay and panic from Ruby but I just ignored it, I'm funny, they just don't know it yet. Jaune looks at me which I took as a signal to let my joke rip "I tried to catch fog yesterday…" wait for it… here comes the punchline… "I MIST!" I smiled brightly at them , feeling very successful because of it. "Eh? GET IT!? I tried to catch fog yesterday… I MIST!"

Silence surrounded us awkwardly quickly. "Heh, that's funny…" I smile as Agony comes to my rescue… hopefully. "A friend of mine did something like that. He said ten puns to make his friend smile but sadly…" I can just tell this is the punch line "… no pun IN-TEN-DID" A satisfied smile instantly appeared on his face and gave us a thumbs up "Now we're even for saving me with that crowd" He said towards me but I couldn't reply as I let his joke sink in.

Slaps can be heard as the hands of my friends met with their faces. "Pffttt… AHAHAHHAHA! NO PUN INTENDID! VERY CLEVER!"

"Yeah-yeah, just don't do it again next time" He grunted out "I don't want to catch your humor"

"Oh yeah? You were able to think something like that so…" He looked at me with a furrowed brow as I said "… I think you're PUNtastic" I winked at him, expecting laughter.

"I'm out… NAPEL!" He walked away from me but I kept on pressing to him my jokes.

"Please take this somewhere else" Napel says the moment me and Agony got near her.

I see by the side of my eyes a smug smile on Ruby's face, hiding her giggles behind her hands. "Ummm… Wuddup Ruby?" I look around the table and see that their smiling at me as well. Completely surprised by this, I took a step back only to step on Agony's feet, tripping and leaning on him. I look up to see his face very close to me.

"It is possible to have feelings for someone but not know it"

Blake's words ring back in my head as I realize what they were probably thinking. Acting on instinct, I gave Agony a good punch in the stomach and stepped away from him. He writhes on the floor, clutching his aching stomach. "Wh-what was that for!?" he screamed at me.

"Y-you don't understand!"

Roars of laughter can be now heard around me as everyone watched the scene unfolding between the two of us.

Ruby POV

The class was dispersing as the school day has come to an end and everyone is dispersing. My whole face is just crunched up from the numerous tasks ahead of us, especially the upcoming periodical exams for the semester.

"Heya sis! You seem… sour?" Yang taps me at the back, as our teams also began to go out.

I let out my frustrations, hoping they'd help "EXAMS! I haven't studied a single page and they want us to submit so much homework!"

"Well who's fault do you think it is?" Weiss asked making me think back on what I've been doing the past few weeks. Thinking up new concepts for my Crescent Rose, having a marathon of the show Red vs. Blue, another movie marathon, an ice sculpture of my dog Zwei and finally sleeping; it seems to me that it was a well spent weekend.

"IT'S THE TEACHER'S FAULT!" I earned a face-palm from Weiss and laughter from Blake and Yang so I guess there isn't anything new. I looked at the other teams just to see how they're doing with the tasks.

JNPR seemed pretty fine and calm. Jaune fumbled and stressed out while Ren and Pyrrha support him as much as possible while Nora kept on distracting Jaune, preventing him from accomplishing anything.

Over on ARCN's side however, Agony and Reid just woke up from their slumber in class and was being scolded by Napel while Chrome was still frantically copying notes from Napel's notebook. Reid definitely should be scolded as the two of us are usually grouped into the Not so Smart group of people despite having geniuses in our groups. Of course we also meet Jaune in that group. Then there's the Average Group, just getting by through the class. Yang, Nora and Chrome fits into this group very well as they balance other stuff with their classes very well, except for Chrome who is still trying her best. She's a beast in Chemistry however! I remember how she suddenly corrects the teacher out of nowhere despite her silent nature. Afterwards, she gained lots of awe and quite a reputation as the Chem-Girl. Lastly, the geniuses which are pretty much all study. There's Weiss, Pyrrha, Blake, Napel, Ren and Agony who you'd probably see doing something for their grades but of course there are exceptions such as Blake and Agony. I don't know how those two do it but Blake would just read some books then the following test she gets high grades only second to Weiss in our team; maybe she actually read some book about most of our lessons today. Agony was pretty much bordering between Average and Genius. His specialty is Math and Biology which gave him the praise of Prof. Peach and Prof. Glynda. He usually would just sleep the whole class, not even bothering to take notes but somehow he always answers the teachers correctly if he's called.

I sigh, feeling down from all the work I have ahead of me. "Awww… Cheer up sis! Tell you what!" Yang said as we all moved out, Napel still scolding Agony and Reid all the while Yang continued saying "Let's have a group study session 2 days before the exams eh? We'll be able to help each other out! And it's more fun to do it with others!"

"I doubt we'll actually STUDY if you're around with Nora…" Blake spoke up behind us, smiling for some reason we don't know.

"Awww… thanks Blakey!"

Blake stared at Yang before saying "Uhhh… that wasn't a compliment…"

"So if I multiply 'x' with 0.25 then add the answer to this here at 'y' I…" We hear Jaune talk about the answers to the latest Math test. Our papers were given back just now and I got 5 mistakes which is pretty nice since I did pretty much cram for it and considering these lessons are advanced for my age.

I took out my paper to see my mistakes "Hey Weiss! Look at this! How'd this become 1!? After all the long calculations and equations that's it!? Anti-climatic 1!"

"Ruby you dolt! You don't need to use those equations!" she took the paper and a pencil and wrote something down. When she gave it back, her whole solution is written messily on it.

"Ohhh… so that's all there was to it huh?" I looked back to see Pyrrha writing on air with her finger, trying her best to explain to Jaune how to solve the problem he was talking about just now. Beside us, ARCN was helping out Chrome with her own mistakes.

"B-but, how'd you get 21? W-wasn't it 674?" Chrome asked to her groupmates, feeling embarrassed about her mistakes.

"I'm taking a wild guess and say your answer was 674" Reid joked, feeling chilled out despite barely passing the test. Chrome nodded and looked at them for help.

I joined in with their discussion, hoping I can help Chrome out a little and maybe get closer to her. "Oh I know!" they all looked at me suddenly and I continued after getting the go signal from Agony "You first find this…" I point out everything and finally I finish my explanation.

"O-okay! I got it! I-I think…" after those words Napel took over and taught her all the while making sure Reid listened in close.

"Hey Agony, what's your score? I bet I got higher than you" Yang challenged him "I saw you all slumped up in the desk when we were having the test!"

Agony looked over at her, grabbing his paper from his sling bag "So you were staring at me while we were having the test huh? I'm flattered Yang but I think we should take things slow…"

"Th-that's not it! I-I was just-!" Yang got all flustered getting caught by him "Don't be such a prick! I just happened to look over you, that's all!"

"Hehe, fine, you show your paper first then I'll show you mine" he seemed pretty confident "Ladies first"

They quickly exchanged papers and all of us quickly take a look at how well he did. "Impossible…" the words came out of my mouth without my permission as we were surprised by the results of his exam.

"HOW CAN YOU GET SUCH A HIGH SCORE WHEN ALL YOU DO IS SLEEP!?" Yang screamed out, now feeling embarrassed about her own mark. Her eyes turn red as she looks at Agony for an explanation.

He hands her paper back and takes his. "I don't know. I must've gotten lucky"

Even I couldn't take it, to think I really tried and he still got a higher score than me. "You probably cram in your dorm huh? Away from our eyes!"

"No…" Napel says disappointingly "He literally does anything except study…"

"How…"

Suddenly, we hear someone at our backs, calling out for Agony. A familiar accent is heard as she calls "Agony! Wait!"