Hello people! Again and again, all of you are just really amazing and I am amazed at the support more and more.
Most of my other notes are at the end of the chapter as to avoid spoilers. Thanks to everyone for reading.
Jaune awoke to a loud thump. His eyes shot opened and he sat up, looking for the source of the disturbance. The door to team JNPR's room was open and Pyrrha, who was holding an unconscious Nora, was struggling to get into the room. "Uh…"
"She refused to wake up. Velvet and Penny had already left and we could tell Weiss wanted us out so that she could clean," Pyrrha explained.
Ren, who just finished getting ready for the day, walked over and took the sleeping girl from Pyrrha. "This happens when she has too much sugar the previous night. If past experiences tell me anything, she'll probably be awake around 1:00."
Jaune yawned and looked over to his clock, which read 9:00AM. "Well at least you stopped me from sleeping in. I'm going to hit the showers," he informed his team as he gathered his sundries.
"I should probably do the same. Shall I meet you in the cafeteria for breakfast?" Pyrrha asked.
"Sure, I'll be there in about twenty minutes," Jaune responded with another yawn.
Ren chuckled to himself. It was obvious that Pyrrha was trying to get a private morning meal with their leader, but he didn't make any comments. After his an enlightening conversation with Jaune last night, he figured that this would be something the two of them should solve on their own. The duo in question parted and the quiet boy returned his attention to the girl in his arms and sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"
After a shower and a new set of clothing, Jaune gave one final stretch before exiting the shower room to meet Pyrrha. "Jaune! Jaune!" The young knight heard his name being called.
He spun around to find Ruby charging down the hall only to flail and fall when she tried to stop herself from colliding into the knight. "Are you ok?" Jaune extended his hand to help her up.
The younger girl grabbed it and quickly pulled herself up. "I need your help," she exclaimed.
"With what?"
Ruby took a deep breath before she began. "Well last night, when we were playing truth or dare, I had to confess that I liked Weiss -of course you know this because you were there-, but after words, Weiss and I started talking and she said she felt the same way and I was really really happy, but I was also hyped out on sugar and it was late and I wasn't really thinking and so I asked her out, quietly so Yang couldn't hear us because her teasing would have been un bearable , and then Weiss said yes and I said woo and we had fun for the rest of the night, but then I woke up this morning and Weiss said she was looking forward to the date tonight and I remembered and I started to panic, but then I decided I should clear my head with a shower, so I got ready and then Weiss asked what we were doing and I haven't even planned anything so I said it was a surprise and that satisfied her for now, but now I need to plan an entire date, which is tonight and I don't know what to do!"
"Uh…," Jaune drawled, "I think I understood some of that."
"So can you help me?"
"What do you want me to do?"
"I need you to help me plan my date."
Jaune quirked his eyebrow. "Why didn't you talk to your sister about this? She'd have a lot more knowledge on this kind of stuff."
Ruby deadpanned. "Yang, the queen of teasing?"
"Ok, I see your point, but I haven't really gone on any dates. What makes you think I can help?"
"What did you have planned for when a girl said yes? You were taking Penny to a restaurant, right?"
Jaune thought for a moment then smiled at his fellow leader. "I suppose I could help."
Ruby grabbed his hand and smiled back. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"It's no problem, but I got to get going. Pyrrha is waiting for me." Jaune began to walk away.
"Annnd there's one more thing I need you to do," Ruby called to him.
Jaune turned to Ruby, who was tracing circles with her foot and fidgeting with her hands. This was accompanied by one of her famous puppy dog looks. "I need you to come with us. On the date."
"What?" Jaune practically staggered at the request.
"It'll be really awkward if it's just the two of us, so we need an ice breaker," Ruby explained.
"I don't think Weiss will like it if I'm being a third wheel on her date." Jaune rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"But that's the best part!" Ruby countered cheerily. "You won't be because it'll be a double date!"
Jaune sighed. "Ruby, I can't even get a date for myself. I won't be able to one by tonight to help you."
Ruby, undeterred, pressed on. "It's only to help me. You can ask a friend and tell them that you just need them for this."
Jaune blushed a little. "I wouldn't know who to ask…"
"C'mon Jaune! You and Ren are the only guys in our entire group. You can find one girl willing to help."
"I guess I could…"
"But not Yang. I'm not bringing my sister on my date. Or Blake because she doesn't like dating. Ren might kill you if you ask Nora and Velvet is meeting some family this weekend," Ruby explained.
"But that only leaves…."
"Jaune?"
The two turned to see Pyrrha approaching them. "Is something wrong? I've been waiting."
Jaune went from shock to embarrassment. "I'm so sorry Pyrrha. I was talking to Ruby and I wasn't paying attention to the time."
"That's alright, just send me a message over the scrolls next time," Pyrrha smiled to him.
"Anyways, thanks Jaune! I'm really counting on you. I'll talk to you again around lunch to discuss what you've come up with," Ruby waved as she sped back down the hall.
"But I didn't…" Jaune sighed.
"What was that about?" Pyrrha looked at him with concern.
Jaune blushed, remembering Ruby's request and what she wanted him to ask his teammate. "N-nothing. I'll tell you later. Let's go het something to eat.
Pyrrha shrugged, trusting in the young knight. The entire morning, Jaune was quiet, trying to think of a way to bring up such an awkward question. "Are you sure you're okay? You've been acting a little strange," Pyrrha asked as they walked back, snapping Jaune out of his thoughts.
"Wha? Oh, um… there's something I need to do and I'm not entirely sure on how to do it."
"Is there any way I can help?" Pyrrha offered.
Jaune blushed a fierce red. "Well… Yes. I need you to go out on a date with me."
Pyrrha's eyes widened in shock before she matched her companions blush and tried to hide her growing smile. "Okay, sure."
Jaune's head snapped to her, surprised by her easy acceptance. "Really? Don't you want to know why I need you to go on a date?"
Pyrrha's eyes widened again, this time in fear as she stammered for an answer. "I-I'm, uh, well I trust you and I'm sure that any reason you'd have would be a good one for something like this."
Jaune nodded his head, believing in the Spartans quick excuse. "Ah, ok. Well Ruby wants me to go with her on her date under the guise of a double date so that'll be less awkward for her and Weiss. You don't have to come if you don't want to."
Pyrrha relaxed and smiled at him. "Of course I'll come. I would always help a friend."
And I wouldn't describe being taken out by you as bothersome, Pyrrha added in her head. "Gee, thanks. Now all I have to do is plan this date. I swear that Ruby is even worse than me when it comes to dating. Although I suppose she actually did get a date before me… with one of the girls I hit on," Jaune sighed.
It wouldn't be that hard if you just looked right in front of you. Pyrrha restrained her twitch.
"There's a theatre in town with a manager who's a big fan of mine. He's offered me tickets before and I could probably get four for a play playing tonight. Weiss seems like the type to enjoy that," Pyrrha offered.
"That's great! I'll make reservations at a restaurant in town and we'll be set. You're the best, Pyrrha!"
Pyrrha blushed and smiled as Jaune made the call with his scroll. By lunchtime, Pyrrha had secured four reserved spots in the front row for some play called 'from dust till dawn' and Jaune had explained what they were doing to Ruby. "Oh my gosh Jaune! You're a lifesaver! Weiss is going to love this," Ruby gushed quietly to Jaune at the table.
"Pyrrha helped a lot. I just made the reservations," Jaune replied sheepishly.
"So we'll meet at 6:00 and take the air shuttle?"
"Uh… yeah, sounds good."
"Is everything all right?" Ruby noticed her friend's distress.
"I might be a little nervous about tonight," Jaune answered.
"You dork! You're not even going on a real date. I'm the one who should be scarred," Ruby punched playfully, her cheerful smile lightening his mood.
"Hey, you didn't even plan your own date," Jaune countered, now smiling.
"What are you two talking about?" Yang appeared between the two of them.
The leaders of both teams froze in place, neither wanting to give Yang any fuel.
"Nothing! Something geeky you wouldn't really care about," Ruby rambled.
"Nonsense! I'm always interested in you, lil'sis," Yang slung her arm around the younger girl.
Yang had had suspicions that Ruby was up to something and had been trying to figure out what that was. Weiss was even colder than usual, refusing to answer any of her questions, not even with a regular snippy remark. Here she was, whispering and chuckling with Jaune and she was determined at this point. "It was about this web series I was trying to convince her to watch," Jaune interrupted, "About two teams of futuristic warriors and the wacky things they do."
"Okay then," Yang chirped and moved on.
The remaining two let out their breaths. "That was close. I know for a fact that she has over three hundred ways of making fun of me if she ever found out that I was on a date," Ruby whispered, "I found the book she keeps them all in."
"Seriously? I'm pretty sure she'd never let Pyrrha or I live down tonight either, even if it's just two help you."
They decided they should stop talking about it and save it for tonight.
The day moved on until the time eventually it was the time for the date. It was agreed that everyone would be dressed casually, but Ruby showed up at team JNPR's door about an hour early because Weiss wanted some time to prepare. When the clock hit six, the three said their goodbyes to Nora and Ren and went to go get Weiss. As they were leaving, the opposing door was opening for the departing heiress. Ruby went slack jawed at the sight of her date, who had done up her hair and carefully decorated herself in make-up. Her dress also seemed more detailed and sparkly. "Ruby told me that you two would be coming. I didn't know you were dating now," Weiss looked over the others.
Jaune and Pyrrha looked nervously at each other, neither of them having planned for this scenario. Pyrrha looked back to Weiss. "It's just as friends. I wanted to see this play and Jaune offered to come. It was lucky that it landed on the same day you two started dating."
"Oh, alright. We should get going before we're late," Weiss stated and briskly walked towards the school entrance.
Ruby looked dejected at the ice princess' actions. "I'm sure she's just nervous," Jaune tried to comfort her.
Ruby gave him a small smile. "By the way, what did you tell Yang about tonight," Pyrrha asked, also concerned about the lewd brawler.
"Blake said she'd distract her for us," Ruby replied before running to catch Weiss.
"Well… here we go," Jaune laughed nervously and started after the other two.
Pyrrha tried to contain her smile. Perhaps I can show him that dating me can be fun. Maybe he'll ask me out on another. I can't waste this opportunity.
The four walked to the entrance and onto the air shuttle. Unfortunately, they were so wrapped up in their conversations that they didn't notice the flash of blonde and brown follow them in.
Some of you are going to hate me, others will love me, but Whiterose is officially in the story. I couldn't help it, the ship won me over through some other pretty good fanfics. To the Nora/Ren shippers, it will happen... just not soon.
Also, I'm a tentative, but I was thinking of pairing Sun and Velvet. I'm not too sure about so if you could let me know it would help.
Thanks. Read and review. Or not. I'm not the boss of you.