Weiss Reacts Valentine's Day Special, Part 1!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Now, after the explosive finale to the last arc, I felt like we needed a slight break from the seriousness and drama. Of course, with Valentine's Day having come and gone, so on and so forth, I felt it made sense to have a chapter on it. I was busy going on a Persona 4 binge and making a forum game about Persona on the actual day itself, so have this as a consolation!

oh and of course shipping always shipping

DISCLAIMER: RWBY does not belong to me, otherwise there would be a parody of emo angsty characters who gets beaten up by Jaune or something.

All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.

Ren blinked at Jaune, who was rooting through a box on his bed.

"Jaune?"

"Ren." Jaune started, his face still inside the box. "Do you have a mask I can borrow? Preferably one that makes covers my entire face?"
"Why?"
"I don't think I'll be able to go out in public today if my face is exposed." Jaune complained.

Ren raised an eyebrow. "What do you- oooooh. It's Valentine's Day."
"Mhm." The knight sighed exasperatedly. "Valentine's Day- the bane of my existence.

I mean, I know this probably sounds Sue-ish and stuff, but can I go ONE Valentine's Day without being flooded with girls?!"

Indeed, for the other three-hundred-sixty-four-odd days of the year, Jaune already had enough issues with girls- and boys- fawning over him. It did not help that he had two of the generally-considered most attractive girls on campus, Pyrrha and Minako, fighting over his affections. It also did not help that there were rumours that Weiss and Yang, the most attractive girls on campus short of Winter Schnee herself, were ALSO after him. Therefore, he had to deal with those rumours, and the inevitable attempts for his admirers to get to him before his other, more prominent admirers- real or imagined- got to him.

He envied Sun quite a lot-he got the rumours too, but at least they were low-key- almost nobody talked about the strange amount of time he spent around the transfer girl Isara or the thought that he might have his eye on Blake, or those weird ones about him and Neptune being closer than friends. Certainly, comparatively less girls and boys pursued him to steal him away, too.

"Heh. It does sound Sue-ish." Ren chuckled. "Maybe if you weren't so oblivious and nice, they'd be turned right off.

Of course, in the process, that would leave the weirdoes who act like crappy shoujo protagonists and like their boyfriends to be jerks..." The gunslinger sighed. "...and with all the fangirls around here, Dust knows who many of those we have..."

"Yeah, yeah." Jaune pulled out a Guy Fawkes mask and put it on, turning to him.

"How's this look?"
Ren raised an eyebrow. "You trying to be a crappy Anonymous wannabe?"

"Gee, thanks, Ren." Jaune muttered drily. "You're a real pal."

"Only joking." The gunslinger chuckled. "It'll do fine, but try something less conspicious."

Miltiades suddenly burst in, slamming the door behind her and wiping her brow of sweat. She had a look of terror on her face.

Ren tilted his head. "Eh? What's-"
"The fangirls! T-they're everywhere!" The girl in red declared, shaking her head. "T-they're like a horde of locusts! Half the chocolate in Beacon must've gone into the boxes or something!"

"D-do you know where Pyrrha went?" Jaune looked concerned. Miltiades nodded, swallowing.

"S-she went out to Vale to do something. She's not here today. Minako went with her, too."
The knight sighed in relief. "Good. One less problem on our hands..."

Ren chuckled. "You'd be better served going out the window today."

"When jumping out of a window is safer than walking out the front door, you know you're either in an action movie or Beacon." Jaune remarked drily, before heading over to the dorm window to prepare to jump out.

"I'm going to quickly grab supplies for the rest of the day. Wish me luck!"

Nora, who was cooking pancakes, as usual, saluted him.

"Dustspeed, my good comrade!" Nora sniffed. "It was a pleasure serving with you..."
Jaune chuckled from behind his mask before jumping out of the window, landing in a conveniently placed bush facing Beacon's courtyard, crouching and looking around.

He pulled his hood up to hide his blond hair and looked around- he could see a pair of fangirls squeeing about their plans for if Jaune accepted their gifts, and Oobleck and Port talking over coffee on a nearby bench, but nothing else.

Jaune sighed in relief. "Thank Dust-"
"Oh. Hello."

"Ah!" Jaune nearly jumped, finally noticing the second occupant of the bush, Winter Schnee.

"W-Winter!" The knight whispered harshly. "W-what are you doing here?!"

"I decided to hide from my admirers this year. "Winter stated matter-of-factly, brushing a twig out of her long white hair, before stuffing her head back into a dull russet hood. "What are you doing here, may I ask?"

"Same thing." Jaune chuckled, sighing. "Admirers, am I right?"

"Indeed..." Winter sighed, shaking her head. "I dread Valentine's Day- hence my decision."

"I know the feeling." Jaune nodded. "Hey, do you want to hide in my dorm then?"
"Is that a preposition?"
"No, because I'm hiding from my admirers too." The knight took his mask off to reveal his face.

"Ah. Mister Arc." Winter smiled at him. "Your reputation precedes you."
"Yeah." The knight sighed, putting his mask back on. "I'm just out here to grab supplies and then we can hide in my dorm for the rest of the day. Sound like a good deal?"
"Indeed." The lady nodded. "I fear my dorm is somewhat inaccessible, of late."

"Fanboys?"

"Indeed." Winter shook her head. "Let us take these supplies you are looking for and hide quickly, before we get noticed."

Jaune sighed, nodding. "This might be a lot harder than I thought it would be."

He weighed his chances of being able to get himself and Winter back to JNPR dorm without being spotted.

Meanwhile, over in Vale...

"Thank you, Melanie, for taking us out here." Pyrrha nodded, fixing her brown leather jacket and dusting it off.

Melanie chuckled. "Oh, it's fine, it's fine. I needed to get out here to buy something for Cardin anyway."
"Pretty cool of you to bring me along, too." Minako waved at her, adjusting her scarf around her neck. "I was meaning to head out here anyway."

"Well, Weiss gave me all these coupons for all the shops her company owned..." Melanie contemplated, rifling through her wallet and pulling out a large quantity of Schnee Company Store coupons. "She said her dad gave her all of these."
"He must've been quite worried after the events of last week..." Pyrrha noted.

Minako shrugged.

"We should be used to stuff like that happening by now. We had a giant mecha battle in the air above Beacon twice already."

"Point taken." The spearmaiden nodded. Melanie checked her coupons again, before sighing.

"Well, I'm going to go spend these on getting Cardin more sewing materials. He's not really all for being sappy and stuff." The girl in blue giggled. "I can trust you two to watch each other's backs, yes?"

Pyrrha and Minako smiled. "Of course!"

"Good." Melanie began walking away, before turning back to them. "Well, we're meeting up in the food court when we're done, alright?"
"Yes." The summoner nodded, waving at Melanie as she walked away.

The moment Melanie was out of earshot, Pyrrha and Minako glared at each other.

"I will buy Jaune-kun a superior gift." The spearmaiden declared. "And then I will ask him out on a date. And I will not be interrupted."

Minako crossed her arms, closing her eyes and smiling smugly. "That may be, but we all know that I'm going to be more successful."

Pyrrha crossed her arms right back, confident in her victory. "May the best Huntress win."

"Indeed, Pyrrha. Indeed."

With that in mind, both girls set off in separate directions, hoping to find a shop which sold good gifts for him.

Meanwhile, back at Beacon...

Winter and Jaune crouched behind a bench, making sure they were unseen by their admirers.

Jaune peeked over the bench, looking around.

"Winter, you see anything?"
"Nothing whatsoever." The lady sighed in relief, pulling herself up off the ground and dusting herself off. Jaune lifted his mask to dab at his face with a towel, before putting his mask back on.

"Okay, we should be RIGHT next to the-crap!"

"Huh?" Winter looked at him curiously before being pulled back into cover by Jaune.

Around the corner, two fangirls, one pining for Jaune and the other for Winter, walked.

"Jaune-kun is just so...gaaah!" The Jaune fangirl squeed, clutching a chocolate box to her chest. "I wish he'd sweep me up into his arms..."

"I don't know whether to call that creepy or corny..." Jaune muttered, shuddering.

"I heard he was going out with that Nikos girl." The other girl, a Winter fangirl, scoffed. "Dream on..."
"Even having him just talk to me would be enough..."

"And besides, Winter-sempai's better." The other fangirl took out a Winter plushie, sighing dreamily at it. "She's just so...lady-like, and polite...and not to mention, she's got a great rack..."

Winter blushed at the lewd comment. "W-what..."
"If only Winter-sempai would notice me..."

"If only Jaune-kun would notice me..."

Both fangirls sighed longingly before walking straight past the objects of their affection. When they were out of earshot, Jaune looked up.

"Okay, it's safe."
"J-Jaune..." Winter inquired plaintively, gazing at her chest. "I-Is my chest really so...attractive?"

"Doesn't matter right now." The knight sighed, before smelling something. "Winter, is that perfume?"
"Why?" The lady blinked. "Is that-"
"Crap." Jaune blanched behind his mask. "If my hunch is right, they'll smell you from a mile aw-"
"Well, well, if it isn't Winter Schnee. That perfume fits you, by the way."

Winter froze. She looked behind her to see Russell, grinning at her lecherously.

"Hey, babe. So. You look lonely." Russell advanced towards her. "Wanna be my-"
"Hey." Jaune stepped in front of her. "Back off, you-"
"No, let me." Winter held Jaune back with her hand. "I may not be able to handle a horde, but I can handle one."
"Oh, who's this? Your boyfriend?"
"No. Though I'm sure you'd wish to be, wouldn't you?" Winter calmly exhaled, before snapping her fingers.

Russell tilted his head.

"What's that supposed to-"

Suddenly, he felt a searing heat grow in his groin area.

"What the-" He looked down, to find the source of heat.

A look of shock grew on his face, as he realised his pants were on fire.

"GAH! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!" The would-be-pervert fled, patting out his trousers on the way. Winter sighed, shaking her head and wiping her hand with a handkerchief as if to get the taint off of her fingers.

"That was utterly improper and disgusting."

Jaune stared at her.

"Is your Semblance fire control or something?"
"Temperature, actually." The lady explained. "I can finely control the temperature of an object or area- whether to increase the temperature of the air around me by a miniscule amount, or to decrease something rapidly to freezing point.

I am unsurprised that you are unaware of it- I haven't been back to Beacon for a while."

"That's cool..." The knight muttered, nodding.

"Thank you." Winter smiled at him, before sweeping some more dust off of her clothes. "Shall we get going?"
"Of course.

Now...now we just have to worry about the canteen." Shuddering briefly, Jaune mustered his resolve and began moving towards the canteen with trepidation, Winter following him closely and pulling down her hood.

Meanwhile, back at Vale...

'Jaune-kun will likely prefer something home-cooked...maybe a pasta, of some sort...' Pyrrha mused as she looked through shelves at the local grocery and added several ingredients to her basket.

"And of course, I may have to dislodge his admirers once I get back to the dorm." The spearmaiden made a mental note of doing so, making sure to add it to her to-do list, next to 'ask Jaune out' and 'clean her weapons'.

"I find it somewhat...disappointing that his stalkers get far more luck with him than I..." Pyrrha mused sadly to herself as she made for the register, imagining just what kind of insanity he must have been going through at that moment in time.

...

Later, after she'd bought what she needed, Pyrrha calmly strolled out of the grocery, confidently strolling across the plazas of the shopping center, looking around her.

The entire shopping center was dollied up in Valentine's decor- hearts, cherubs and all- with signs advertising couples' events at various venues in Vale. Even the shops were spreading the love, so to speak, from sweet shops selling sugary pink hearts and boxes of chocolate, to bookstores hawking terrible paranormal romances that no reputable shop would be able to sell any other time of the year.

And everywhere around her, Pyrrha could see nothing but couples- couples holding hands, couples kissing, couples embracing. She couldn't help but feel envious- they hadn't had their lovers constantly intervened with when they tried to ask them out.

It was a great irony, Pyrrha noted, that the girl who was seemingly perfect in every way- body, mind and skill- couldn't ask the one boy she wanted out.

She, of course, shook all thoughts of that out of her head. If she was anything, she was determined- and she would be damned if, even after years of failure, she'd give up when she got this close.

"Today will be the day." Pyrrha promised herself. "I won't lose him anymore, I promise."

The spearmaiden made her way to the food court, waiting for Melanie and her other companions to show up.

This would be the year, Pyrrha resolved.

This would be the year where she finally got Jaune to go out with her. Cliché or not, she'd been waiting too long for this.

"And let nothing stand in my way." The spearmaiden muttered, as Minako showed up, tilting her head.

"Pyrrha, what's up?"
"I've decided." Pyrrha declared.

"I'm going to step up my pursuit of Jaune-kun."

Minako smirked. She knew she'd say that.

And she was ready for the challenge.

"Well. Then this rivalry just got a whole lot more interesting~"

To be continued...

A/N: And so, next time, Winter and Jaune's wonderful adventure to the canteen will continue! And what lies next in the quest for both girls to acquire their beloved Jaune's affections? Find out next time!

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, thoughts, reviews, criticisms and suggestions, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!