"No way! CranOrange pancakes with chocolate chips?! Ren! We haaaaaave to make those! Now!”



She was always like this. Nora could never stay focused unless she was fighting. They had been waiting to meet up with Jaune and Ruby for a little over an hour. They had planned a meeting after everyone else in the Inn was fast asleep and no prying ears or eyes could sneak away with information. To pass the time, Nora wanted to look up new types of pancakes to eat. With him.

“No, Nora. We have to wait for Ruby and Jaune and there is no access to a kitchen.”



“But where are we going to get all the ingredients and a mixer at 1:00 am?”



Her recklessness and chaotic nature, albeit trying at times, was a constant in his life, and soothed Ren. She was his rock.

“Are you even listening?”



“They’re taking forever, Ren! And pancakes take, what...10 minutes tops?!!?”



She smiled ear to ear, tugging harder on his neck. Ren sighed, feeling like he was going to lose this argument. Again.

“Ren, the cooks won’t even know we’re there!”



“Nora, no.”



Nora pouted, looking at Ren with disappointment written all over her face. Ren brought his scroll towards them.

“How about we just bookmark this, instead? When we get to Haven, we’ll make them. We’ll be safer there and have plenty of time to eat them.”



Nora’s eyes lit up, turning her face back to the scroll. “YES!”

Ren felt Nora tug on him once more, and with it came a smile.

‘If it makes you smile; truly smile, then I’m happy. I’ll stand between anything that tries to give you one more painful memory. I won’t let you suffer anymore...Nora.’

---

You cannot tell me that after Pyrrha’s death, Ren and Nora aren’t going to be grieving for a while and also start moving toward being “together-together”.

Ren and Nora have already suffered early in life, but now someone who was their age, and a superior fighter, was killed so easily. Not only will they grow as characters because of this tragedy, but they will be more protective of one another than ever before.

Not that Nora needs “protecting”. Lets be honest, they’re both the knights in shining armor, if anything. Who is the princess in that scenario, then? Jaune. It’s always Jaune.