Making Something from Nothing Chapter Seven-Point-Five

"Wait, so she's getting upset over me?" Jaune asked nearly choking on air.

"I know you're just as blonde as me, but are you really that dense?" Yang asked cocking her head to the side.

"To be truthful, none of us have ever heard much about Weiss from your team," Ren chimed in.

The whole table sat in silence that stretched on for what seemed like minutes.

"So Weiss has a crush on the idiot..." Yang half chuckled.

"NO WAY." Jaune said jumping up. He immediately caught the attention of the whole room. Giving a nervous glance around, he sat back down.

"He's like a little kid who just got a new toy for Christmas." Blake mused.

Nobody noticed Pyrrha's reaction until it was too late.

"Jaune, can I speak to you outside please?"

"Uh, sure."

The two got up and walked back out to the courtyard.

"Alright, listen. I know the past few days have been confusing. For the both of us. I have liked you for months; I have tried to get you to see that, for months! However, here you are figuring out that Weiss finally reciprocates something and you get all excited! Are you really certain you want to be with me?"

Jaune was in a bad spot. What he said next would determine his fate. Off in the distance, he heard what sounded like…

Naval cannon fire.

He shook his head, disregarding the sounds.

"Pyrrha, you're an amazing friend, but I know I want to be with Weiss. I just thought she hated me and I could at least make you happy. It hasn't even been an hour and here we are."

More silence. The noises returned. More cannon fire.

"Abandon ship!" a voice called off in the distance. Jaune looked around, trying to find the source.

"Um, Pyrrha, can you hear that?"

She didn't respond. Jaune looked back at her. Her back was turned to him, but he could hear her sobbing.

"Pyrrha?-"

"No! Just leave me be." She said, quickly walking off.

Now Jaune was alone.

"Now what do I do now…" He thought solemnly to himself. "Go talk to Weiss?"

He sighed in contempt of the situation and walked towards Team RWBY's dorm.

"What would I even say?" He thought, taking his time. "She couldn't possibly want to talk to me right now. Maybe I can just wait a few days and let this all simmer down."

He opened the door and started up the steps.

"She's right to be pissed. I pulled a rather bad move. How could I be so stupid? Well, she didn't even like me to begin with, or at least I thought. How was I supposed to know?"

He began down the hallway when he saw the door to RWBY's room.

"I can't do this!" He moaned to himself. "It'll take a miracle!"

"And I'm your deus ex machina." Came a familiar female voice from behind him.

"Hello, Yang." He sighed without turning around.

"You really sunk that ship, didn't ya, Arc?" she laughed.

"Wait! That was you making the racket when I was talking to Pyrrha?"

"Yup," she chuckled while walking past him. She popped out the empty shells in Ember Celica, putting in a few new ones. "Sue me."

Jaune sighed, contemplating what to do next, "So how are you going to help me?"

"Well, I'm gonna go talk to Weiss. That may help you, or it may not." She turned around to face him.

"I was going to go talk to her anyway…"

"No, you're not." She said pointedly.

"What?" Jaune said in surprise.

"You've caused enough damage tonight; go home and lick your wounds," Yang turned to walk away. "So, did you like my little mid-conversation commentary?"

"You made me look like an idiot."

"You were doing a good job of that on your own."

Jaune stood in silence as Yang walked into the team's room.

Yang walked in and clicked on a small lamp, barely lighting the room.

"Hey, Ruby?" she whispered moving to her sister's bunk.

"Huh?" Ruby said drowsily.

"How are you doing- WHAT IS THAT?"

Yang's eyes turned from lilac to red in an instant.

Ruby's eyes drifted down to see Weiss snuggled into her side.

"Oh, Weiss just needed someone to help her sle-"

But Yang was already out the door and heading back down the hall.

"Something wrong?"

"I'm going to kill a bitch." Yang whispered as she walked past. Down the stairs she went, "Nobody SLEEPS WITH MY SISTER!" followed by a small explosion. Jaune rushed down to see the door flying through the night sky and Yang's yellow aura flared around her.

"Wait what?"

"That perfectly prissy promiscuous princess is in my sister's bed!"

"Oh." Jaune said, his heart dropping.

Yang spun to look him in the eyes.

"Oh don't worry, they won't be together much longer."

"I'm a little scared, so I'll be going back to my dorm now, and locking the door."

As he was walking away, he heard Yang whispering in an almost-demonic manner.

"Oh, she likes my little Rose does she? It'd be a shame if this flower wilted before it bloomed…"

"Damn she's frightening…" Jaune muttered as he walked back to his own team's room.

As he neared the door, he heard shouting. It seemed two of his teammates were going at it. The girls.

He braced himself and walked in. Both of them stopped and stared at him.

Jaune glanced around. Pyrrha immediately went to bed, Nora walked out of the room.

"Night." Jaune muttered.

Sleep never came.

At the first rays of light, he was up and ready to get the day over with.

He pulled out his scroll and looked at his schedule. He had some time before breakfast.

"A walk sounds nice."

The cool morning air had a refreshing feel after the tension of his dorm. He walked down the forest path, eyes barely open. For once, the world seemed at ease.

He let his mind ponder recent events.

"So I like Weiss, Pyrrha likes me, Ruby likes Weiss, Weiss likes Ruby. Wait a minute. I didn't know Weiss or Ruby were into the other."

He opened his eyes to see where he had wandered.

Then he saw her. No, then he saw both of them.

Ruby and Weiss on a bench. Both turned to look at him.

"No!" Ruby shouted. "This is not happening!" Ruby stood up.

"Ruby, calm down." Weiss looked at her partner.

"What did I do? I just wanted to take a walk!" Jaune chipped in.

Weiss stood to face him.

"You don't have the right to talk to me!"

"Oh really? Would I still have that right if you could get your feelings straight?" Jaune quipped.

"Who are you to talk about feelings?" Weiss shot back.

"I'm the one who watches you complain to me about feelings, and then instantly hops in Ruby's bed after!"

Weiss froze. Her eyes got wide.

"Oh, did I hit a nerve there Ice Queen? I know about that. I was going to talk to you when Yang started ranting about 'Weiss sleeping with her sister'!" Jaune added on.

"I was not sleeping with her…" Weiss said, barely audible.

Ruby chimed in. "Isn't listening to other people what got you here in the first place?"

All three of them stood in silence.

Weiss had managed to distance herself from Ruby, and now they stood in a triangle.

A ways off, Ozpin stood against a tree. He had been taking his morning stroll when he saw the conflict brewing. Now he was witnessing the most interesting thing he had ever seen: Teenagers arguing over each other.

Weiss was the first to speak. "Jaune, I…"

She stopped. This would crush Ruby if she knew.

"Jaune, I had a dream, about what life would be like if you and I were together. I didn't know how to deal with it, so I climbed up to Ruby's bunk to talk to her about it."

Ruby's jaw dropped and her eyes began watering.

Jaune was going to be sick.

"You couldn't just tell me?" Jaune asked.

Weiss looked at the ground and shook her head. Silver droplets of water fell from her eyes.

"Well, Ruby deserves you more than I do."

He turned and walked away without another word.

Weiss turned to look at Ruby.

"I thought you were just being a friend…" Weiss choked through tears.

"You're not the only one with these problems." Ruby said, voice cracking.

Weiss nodded. "So tell me, how do you feel about me?"