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The four friends exited the movie theater and made their way down the hallway towards the lobby. Ruby and Nora were giggling excitedly and rambling off scene after scene of the movie they had just watched together. Ren was fairly confident that he could merely listen to them babble on and he would have the entire plot of the movie explained even if he hadn't also just seen it.

"And then when there was that cave in!" Nora waved both of her hands around in the air emphatically and made a crashing noise. Ren allowed his lips to creep upward just slightly into a grin. Nora's energy and excitement were barely containable in her little frame, but when she and Ruby were able to spend time together it was like they grew and grew to a fever pitch of excitement that rolled through and past everything in its way. Ren rarely saw her this happy and able to express herself this openly and was incredibly happy that Ruby seemed just as excited by their friendship as Nora did.

"Wow, I guess they really liked it huh?" Jaune asked from Ren's side. Ren turned to appraise the blonde, his leader, his friend, Ruby's boyfriend and the man that Ren's other teammate, Pyrrha, pined after daily despite his ongoing relationship with the bubbly brunette.

"It would appear they did, yes." Ren replied evenly. What was Jaune trying to get at? Was he just making small talk while the girls chatted or was he trying to ease into some larger topic? Ren knew that Jaune was not the most comfortable discussing things. He would usually beat around the bush, fidgeting his way through several meaningless sentences at a time before coming near what he wanted to say and then, usually with a small amount of prodding, Jaune could pose whatever question or request he was trying to lead up to. So, Ren would give him simple replies until he mustered the courage to speak his mind.

There was a moment or two of silence between the boys as they were drowned in the never ending retelling of the film from their girlfriends who were still jumping about, reenacting a particular fight between the Huntress from the film and a Deathstalker, Ruby playing the Huntress and Nora doing an admirable job of impersonating a ferocious Deathstalker, one hand held high and behind her as a mock stinger.

"She really is fun to be around," Jaune said, gesturing with a slight tilt of his head towards Nora as she cornered Ruby by a trashcan and began hissing at her. "Ruby was just saying how happy she is to get to spend more time with her." They were maybe getting a little closer to what Juane actually wanted to talk about now. Ren was surprised, he was moving faster than usual towards his topic. Perhaps something was truly troubling him.

"I know Nora enjoys her company just as much." Ren turned his small smile towards his team leader, closed his eyes and tilted his head just barely off to one side to emphasize his sincerity. Jaune returned his smile but said nothing more so Ren resumed watching the two girls as they all made their way towards the theatre's exit. They didn't have any further plans for the date, not that had any to begin with, but Ren was perfectly content to let the girls keep doing as they were now. If Nora was happy then he was happy.

"Ahhhh," Ruby screamed as she ran past Nora in a mad dash. Nora played right along with the events of the film and snapped after her, never quite catching her billowing cloak. Ruby turned back and faced Nora down, two bendy straws clutched in her hands like pistols and made exaggerated gun noises. Nora flopped back as the 'bullets' hit her and she fell to the ground with a groan. In a flash of rose petals Ruby was atop a nearby bench, one foot on the backrest with her cloak billowed out behind her. She planted her fists on her hips and beamed out at the lobby proudly. They both then dissolved into giggles and came back together, chatting excitedly about how great the special effects were.

"Hey Ren?" Jaune began hesitantly and Ren knew he had reached his tipping point.

"Yes Jaune? Did you have an idea of what to do next?" Ren stopped walking and allowed Jaune to focus on what he was trying to say.

"Huh, oh no I didn't. Should I?" Jaune's slightly relaxed stance completely dissolved as he panicked. "I didn't think of anything I didn't know we were gonna keep doing things. Aww man I am the worst."

"That's alright Jaune. What was on your mind." Ren spoke in a purposefully quiet and even tone to calm Jaune. Now the idea of his actual question wouldn't seem nearly as daunting when compared to admitting he had no idea what to do for a date. Ren had found that Jaune's anxieties were easily overwhelmed with other topics and it could make it easier for him to talk about things.

"Oh, uhh, yeah. Right." Jaune took a deep breath and refocused himself, "When you and Nora started uhh, dating." Jaune still sounded uncomfortable confronting the fact that they were dating.

Ren and Nora both had agreed for a long time to keep their social lives and their dating lives very separate. When they were with friends they would act just like any two other friends, albeit very close ones, but they would completely abstain from shows of affection and other such actions as that just wasn't the setting for them. This meant that for quite a while after joing team JNPR, Pyrrha and Jaune were unaware they were a couple. When they were alone however, or when they went out for the express purpose of being on a date like today, they could slip easily into being as loving and openly affectionate as any other couple. It was a set-up that they both appreciated and that they had come to mutually. Ren believed that their friends must appreciate it as well, not being constantly exposed to the couple's affections.

"Was it weird at all? Like, you two were friends before and then you were more than that. Was that ever awkward?" Jaune put his hands in his pockets quite forcefully, attempting to present himself as calm and collected but achieving quite the opposite. Ren contemplated his question for a moment, letting out a low thoughtful hum to let Jaune know that he had heard him and was processing the information. What was Jaune really asking here? He clearly was not trying to learn more about Ren and Nora's relationship but just relationships in general. Jaune must see them as a very successful couple and want to emulate their success with Ruby and so had come to him for advice. But, what specifically was he trying to get at here?

"Our relationship did not have a start in the way you mean." Ren said slowly, carefully measuring out his words to judge Jaune's response. Jaune stood quietly, ready to take in more information and so Ren decided to continue. "We were friends and then we were dating. We never asked each other out or made a show of it. Our relationship just reached that point on its own." Ren finished and looked over to Nora who was holding Ruby around the waist and spinning her in a circle, laughing and making faces.

"Oh, I guess you didn't really have our problem then." Jaune sounded a little despondent and Ren became worried. It sounded as if he and Ruby were having some sort of serious problem and they hadn't even been dating that long. Sometimes relationships started out rocky and worked themselves out, but other times if they got bad this quickly it was best to get out before anyone got attached enough to be really hurt. Ren couldn't help but wonder and worry which one this was.

"What problem are you having?" Ren asked quietly, not wanting Ruby to overhear, although he really doubted that she could hear over her and Nora's overly loud squealing.

"Well, I feel like she doesn't want to show that she likes me," Jaune turned away and looked out across the theatre lobby quietly and Ren waited for him to come back and continue. If he was going to get this off his chest he had to do it on his own, Ren's questioning would only lead him astray as he had no idea what was truly troubling Jaune yet. "She asked me to not kiss her and stuff around other people." Jaune turned completely back to Ren and he could see sadness in Jaune's usually happy blue eyes.

"Did you make any request in return? Or tell her how you felt about it?" Ren cocked his head off to one side, feeling his single loose strand of hair drift across his forehead, the bright pink strip flitting through his vision for a moment.

"What? You mean like start an argument? No I just said yeah, that I'd try really hard not to." he seemed agitated at the thought of disagreeing with her. If Jaune was truly that smitten, that he didn't want to disagree with Ruby in any way, then their relationship would definitely have trouble. It had to be a two way street on things, one side could not make all the decisions.

"That's a conversation you two need to have." Ren gave Jaune a warm, reassuring smile before a loud crash pulled ther attention back to Ruby and Nora. The two girls had toppled a trashcan over and were hurriedly trying to stuff everything back into it, cheeks flushed in embarrassment. "Now come on, in order to keep their promise to Yang we should reign them in." Ren gestured over at the two girls and Jaune sighed.

"They've got us good don't they?" Jaune seemed to have eased some and had a note of amusement to his voice.

"Definitely, they both have us pretty well caught." Both boys laughed and made their way over to help the girls pick up the garbage and upright the trashcan.

"Oh wow, thanks guys. Thanks Jaune." Ruby leaned into Jaune's side and hugged him with one arm, letting her hand fall down into his between them. That was a good sign, at least she wasn't completely against any outward signs of affection.

"So, I heard it's my idea to come up with an idea of something for us to do. I mean if you guys still wanna." Jaune looked around at the group, but there was no protest, "Well, I thought maybe we could go take a walk on the beach together. Just to talk and stuff." Jaune smiled expectantly and Ren felt Nora squeeze his hand in anticipation.

"Ohhh I love the beach." Nora squeaked out excitedly.

"That sounds really nice Jaune." Ruby's voice was high and sweet and Ren could see that she really liked the idea. He had a feeling that she was the quiet romantic type and would much rather do nice little things like this as opposed to big overblown gestures. That meant Jaune was at least on the right track. They would be okay.

"Alright cool, let's go." Jaune waved towards the doors and they all headed off towards the nearest airship landing pad. It was already evening when they emerged from the theater and the street lights had just started to flicker to life.

The airship carried them up and over the tops of downtown's skyscrapers, permitting a generous view of the city spread out beneath them. A single river cut down from Beacon and split the city neatly in two. On the South side was the industrial district and apparently more than a few nightclubs that Yang liked to frequent if Nora's story of their time out clubbin' together were anything to go by. The North side held the shopping district, all the offices of businesses located in Vale and throughout the kingdom as well as most of the residences. The ship was carrying them up to the North East to a stretch of beach near some of the more expensive homes in Vale. The sand there was kept very clean, the sidewalks were nice and wide and there plenty of benches and tables along the way so they could stop and admire the ocean if they felt the need. It would be a nice way for the two couples to wrap up a really pleasant day together.

The ship eased down near the water, blowing sand off its concrete landing pad as it eased itself down. Jaune impressively seemed to have controlled his stomach for the entire trip, despite his usual motion sickness. Ren wasn't sure if it was because Ruby was there and he was struggling to put on a good face or if Jaune was truly getting his troubles with flight. Either way, if he could ride without getting sick it would be an improvement for everyone involved.

"Weee!" Ruby dashed out into the sand and spun around in a little circle. "Those things get so stuffy," Nora ran after her and they both collapsed onto a bench with a sigh.

"The moon is very pretty tonight." Ren looked up, as he exited the airship, at the broken moon above. Some of the largest shards were visible tonight as it entered its waning phase, slowly drifting about in a circle every night until they would be able to see its shattered surface completely. Then it would just keep spinning until there was once again a seamless circle of white floating overhead as if nothing had ever happened. Ren liked the broken parts. It showed that even though it had been through a great ordeal of some kind, the moon could keep moving forward.

"Oh wow it is." Ruby flopped her head backwards onto the table and it looked to Ren like the angle her neck was at should be very uncomfortable. Nora mirrored the movement so she too could gaze at the moon.

"Renny? Do you know what broke it?" She looked down from the moon over at him. Ren thought for a moment. Why was the moon broken? He thought and thought but he just couldn't recall. Had he ever known what happened or was it just something he accepted?

"I don't know Nora." Ren looked at her, his face completely neutral.

"We should ask Weiss. I bet she knows." Ruby chimed without looking down from the sky, "Weiss knows like everything." Ren made his way over to Nora's side and sat with her, gently taking her hand in his and scooting next to her. They both tilted their heads back and continued to gaze up at the peaceful night sky.

"Oh yeah, well does she know why you're so adorable?" Jaune swooped down on Ruby and placed a light kiss on her upturned forehead. Ruby gasped slightly, but audibly and Ren cringed internally. Apparently she was very opposed to Jaune's more intimate displays of affection. He should definitely try and respect her wishes until they had their talk. But it was past Ren's time to say anything. He and Jaune had had their talk and it was up to his leader now to do as he would.

"So, you guys wanna walk now?" Ruby jumped up from her seat and trotted quickly over to the sidewalk on her own.

"Yeah sure," Jaune stepped over to her side and swept her hand up, "I mean unless you two wanna have some time to yourselves." he quickly offered to the couple that was still seated.

"Nah, we can walk with you." Nora leapt up from her seat with serenity breaking speed and offered a hand out to Ren, "Right Ren?"

"Of course we can." Ren accepted her hand and stood slowly, easing himself to her side, "Please, lead the way." Ren gestured down the path and Ruby and Jaune set off at an easy pace. Ren started at the same pace, so the two couples could walk together, but separately. It seemed, however, taht Nora had other plans as she forged ahead, intent on coming up beside the other two.

"So Ruby," Nora started up as soon as the two couples were side by side once more, "Have you ever played Water Chicken Grimm?"

"That's not a game Nora." Ren said plainly. He didn't think that right now was really the time for more of Nora's antics. He understood that she really enjoyed goofing around with Ruby but this was supposed to be a date for both couples and right now it would appear that Jaune and Ruby needed this quiet romantic time.

"Well yeah of course it is Ren." Nora turned on him with a face that he just couldn't refuse. So perfectly sincere and genuine. "I just made it up." She stuck her tongue out at him and went trotting off towards the water's edge. Ruby followed and Nora began explaining the rules to the game as they went. "So one person is the Grimm and the other person is the chicken and the chicken has to run away, but…" Her voice faded to the point that Ren could tune it out as the two girls got closer and closer to the water.

"I am sorry about that," Ren turned to Jaune and apologized, "Like I said. She is very excited to have Ruby as a friend and they don't spend a lot of time together like this. I know that Water Chicken Grimm is probably not the way you saw this night ending."

"Are you kidding? That playful, crazy side of Ruby is like, my favorite thing about her." Jaune smiled wide and honest and Ren felt a little more at ease, "I do kinda mind not being able to join in though." He said with a little more sadness in his voice and watched the two girls run at each other. Ruby chasing Nora and desperately trying to force her towards the water without getting wet herself.

"I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you did." Ren offered, "And I would be more than happy to sit by and watch. If Nora is having that much fun then I am perfectly content."

"Are you sure Ren? You won't feel left out? I know playing in the sand isn't exactly your thing." Jaune stepped forward and placed his hand on Ren's shoulder, requesting his complete honesty. Jaune and Ruby needed some together time right now, definitely more than Ruby and Nora needed. Plus Ren was perfectly happy to see Nora playing and enjoying herself. They had gotten to go get pizza today and even see a very faithfully recreated hunter movie. It had been a great day.

"I'm absolutely sure," Ren nodded his head in confirmation.

"Alright man, if you're positive." Jaune gave Ren's shoulder a light squeeze and then jogged off towards the two girls, trying to get enough of a bead on their actions to insert himself into the game.

Ruby made a close swipe at Nora's legs as she dove at the redhead but missed her ankles by just a few inches and Nora went laughing off down the sand.

"You're gonna have to be faster than that." Nora stuck her tongue out and Ruby attempted to brush the sand off of herself and her cloak, "I thought you were a fierce Beowulf? You look more like a baby Creeper." Nora turned and smacked her rear end tauntingly, "No way you'll catch me." Ruby shook her head, sending sand in every direction around her and leveled a competitive glare that all but proved she was at least half Yang's sister. There was a flash of red and rose petals went flying in every direction as Ruby launched herself at Nora, semblance in full swing. The redhead released a tiny eep as Ruby slammed into her and tackled her to the sand with a giggle. She pinned her arms at her sides with her hands and sat right on Nora's stomach, completely immobilizing her.

"Was that fast enough?" Ruby asked with a smirk. She held Nora's hand down towards the water and a light wave lapped up against her fingers, just barely getting her wet.

"Aww man you even remembered the rule." Nora whined, "Okay, okay. I've gotta be the Grimm now." Ruby started to lever herself off of Nora and prepare to run like the chicken she was playing but Jaune leapt at her and tackled her playfully to the ground beside Nora. Ruby let out a surprised yell as she fell to the sand.

"Ahh ha, the brave huntsman is here to slay the Grimm and save the chicken." Jaune stated heroically from atop Ruby. He then leaned down quickly and placed a quick but firm kiss on her lips.

"You know I'm the Grimm now right Jaune?" Nora asked jokingly from his side. He turned towards her with a smile and she waved both hands in front of her defensively, "Ahh don't tackle me and kiss me though." Nora rolled backwards to her feet and fled towards the relative safety of Ren.

"Jaune can you get off me now?" Ruby asked from the sand. Jaune looked down and saw that he was still crushing her against the beach.

"Oh yeah, sorry Ruby." Jaune leapt off her in a hurry and extended a hand down to her to help his girlfriend up. She stood without his assistance and dusted herself off again.

"I'm kinda tired now. Do you wanna head back to Beacon?" Ruby turned her hood inside out behind her and a significant amount of sand fell to the ground.

"Yeah, uhh sure." Jaune reached out for her hand. Ruby shook her hood once more and then looked down at his hand. She took it lightly, grabbing his entire palm and not twining her fingers through his before setting off for Nora and Ren.

"Ohh Ren. Remind me to write down the rules when we get back. That game is super fun. I think it needs a better name though." Nora turned with a start at Jaune and Ruby's approach. "Oh hey guys. Finish slaying the Grimm Jaune?" Nora asked suggestively, wiggling her eyebrows in a very Yang like manner at the couple.

"We're actually gonna head back to Beacon guys. Sorry. I'm just kinda tired all of a sudden." Ruby spoke up before Jaune could respond to Nora's joke.

"Oh okay. You wanna head back too Renny?" Nora turned back to her boyfriend.

"Actually, if you wouldn't mind," Ren looked to Jaune and Ruby, "I think I would like to walk the beach just a little longer with Nora." Nora smiled wide and cuddled up into Ren's arm, hugging it with both of hers.

"That's totally fine." Ruby smiled at both of them, "Sorry we have to bail."

"Yeah, I'll see you guys back at the dorm?" Jaune asked, speaking for the first time since they had decided to head home for the night.

"Of course Jaune. We won't be out very late." Ren bowed his head forward slightly in appreciation of Jaune's concern.

"Have fun you two." Ruby smiled brightly again and turned quite suddenly back towards the airship landing pad, dragging Jaune along with her.

"Get home safe guys." Nora waved after them happily but turned to Ren once the other couple was a reasonable distance away. "Are they okay? That was really weird? You don't think Ruby got hurt do you?"

"No, but I think that will be a very long ride back to Beacon."

After a perfectly normal airship ride that seemed to stretch on for hours they pulled in at the main Beacon landing pad and disembarked. Ruby had remained mostly silent the entire ride back, telling Jaune that she just felt really tired as an excuse anytime he tried to strike up a conversation. Ruby stood as the ship eased itself down, wanting to make her way back to the dorms as quickly as possible. She put one hand against the wall to steady herself and headed for the exit before the ship had come to a stop, reaching the doors just after they hissed open. Jaune followed right after her, stumbling slightly in the still moving ship.

They disembarked and Ruby turned suddenly when Jaune coughed. He was holding one hand over his mouth and stumbling towards a trashcan.

"Oh Jaune. Are you okay?" Ruby dashed over to his side and put a hand on his back as he vomited into the waste bin.

"Ugghh," he coughed again and wiped at his mouth, "I think I'm okay." He then immediately disproved himself by vomiting again, doubled over from the effort.

"You had been doing so much better with it lately." Ruby ran little circles on his back to ease his clenched muscles a little.

"It really helps having something to distract me during the ride," he turned up from the can and tried to smile to her but had to twist violently back to the trashcan as another wave of bile surfaced in his throat.

"I'm sorry Jaune. I didn't even think of that on the way back. Do you want me to get you anything? I could run for a water or something." Ruby began to step away, letting her aura pool in her feet to carry her off to the nearest vending machine.

"No, no it's okay." Jaune reached out behind himself and caught her wrist, "Let's just go back to the dorms. I'm better now, I promise." He pulled himself upright and stood as tall as his clenched stomach would allow. Ruby looked at him uncertainly and eased her hand around so she could clutch his, winding her fingers between his softly.

"If you're sure, yeah let's go." Ruby said as sweetly as she could manage. Jaune smiled happily despite his haggard state and they started off towards the dorms. The walk back was full of a shared silence, this one much more companionable than the forced silence during the airship ride. It was simply that neither of them had much to say at this point. Jaune was certainly still feeling the effects of not only his sickness but also Ruby's sour mood. Ruby was so disgusted with herself for getting so caught up in her own frustration that she forgot Jaune's motion sickness that she was unable to talk.

They reached their shared hallway and turned to face each other has they had done perhaps a dozen times now.

"I had a really good time tonight Ruby. Sorry I had to get sick at the end." Jaune squeezed her hands in his.

"Yeah, it was a fun day." Ruby felt herself smiling. She had really had enjoyed going out with all of them, "We have to go back to that pizza place again. For another date." Jaune's smile doubled in size at her suggestion.

"Definitely. Maybe see if they make one with pineapple or something." Jaune stepped forward and slipped his hands around her waist. Ruby let her hands drift up and rest on his arms. It was still a little strange for her that she couldn't reach his shoulders when they stood this way.

"I'm gonna just head to bed though." she shook her head and let loose a little shower of sand, "Maybe a shower first." They both laughed and fell back into an easier silence than before. Jaune stared into her eyes and Ruby could see he really wanted to kiss her.

"Uhh, that's kinda gross Jaune." she tried to sound sweet despite her words.

"What?" his eyes flew open in shock, "What did I do?"

"Nothing! Just uhh I don't really wanna kiss you because you just threw up." she scrunched up her face in disgust, "Sorry." she really hoped that he didn't take it the wrong way. It was just so gross to even think about kissing him right after he threw up everywhere. His eyes fell and Ruby realized she had to do something. She perked up on her tiptoes, just barely bumping against his chest and kissed his cheek, lingering for a long moment against the soft skin of his face. She could feel just a little bit of untrimmed stubble beneath her lips and she thought about what Jaune might look like with more of a beard.

Jaune pulled her closer to him and hummed in delight. He totally understood her not wanting to kiss his vomit filled mouth. But she had still given him a goodnight kiss, and even one of her adorable tiptoe kisses. What more could he ask from her after everything else that had happened tonight.

"Goodnight Ruby," he said quietly without letting her back down.

"Goodnight Jaune," she snuggled into his shoulder, letting herself down off her toes until her cheek was against his muscular chest. She pulled him tight as well and they just stood for a moment before separating. "I really have to shower or I'm gonna chafe in weird places." Ruby scrunched up her face in discomfort this time and stepped back towards her door.

"Alright Ruby, sleep well." Jaune leaned back against his door and watched her head into her room.

Ruby slipped into her dorm room quickly and sighed as soon as the door was shut. Tonight had been such a crazy whirlwind, highs and lows and wrestling with Nora. She was still trying to wrap her head around exactly what had happened at the beach, why she had gotten so mad so suddenly. A shower would definitely help clear her head and she really did have sand in very uncomfortable places.

"Hey Rubes you feeling okay?" Yang voice startled Ruby and she nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Oh hey Yang. Yeah I'm just really tired." Ruby pushed her arms up above her head and forced a yawn to prove her point and headed for the bathroom. "I'm gonna take a shower."

"Alright." Yang returned to her textbook with a shrug.

"Oh hey Ruby. Sorry let me grab my things real quick. I didn't think you'd be home this early." Weiss jumped up from her bed and dashed into the bathroom, retrieving her assorted shampoos and soaps from the shelves of the shower stall. "There you go, all yours." She emerged with a smile and gestured regally into the bathroom for Ruby to enter.

Ruby nodded to Weiss with a sleepy smile and stepped into the bathroom and closed the door. She quickly stripped her dirty clothes off, dropping them into the hamper and laying her cloak carefully on a towel rack so she could wash it separately later. She stepped into the shower and turned the water on nice and warm. The pipes hissed quietly and a spray of lukewarm water splashed against her skin. The easy pressure and gentle warmth helped to sooth her tensed shoulders and rinse the sand out of every place she didn't want it to be. How had it even gotten there?

She grabbed a shower loofah and put just a little bit of body wash on it. She wasn't going to stay in long but the feeling of the loofah against her skin would help to relax her. She stroked it carefully across her shoulders and around her neck, pushing the tension out along each arm and off her fingertips until she felt a little more like Ruby. She rinsed the soap off, checked to make sure there was no sand still clinging to her skin and shut off the water.

Ruby emerged into the dorm, all dried off and dressed in pajama pants emblazoned with tiny corgis and a light pink top. She walked over to Weiss's bed to pet her very own Corgi lightly on the head. He was curled up at Weiss's side, snoring softly while the heiress studied.

"So are you gonna tell us what's wrong now?" Weiss turned to Ruby without closing her book and leveled an all too knowing gaze at her.

"What?" No really. Nothing's wrong." Ruby stood up quickly.

"Then where's your giant, post-date with Jaune smile?" Yang swung her legs over the side of her bunk to face her sister. Ruby could tell that these two had a plan and she was cornered.

"Come on Ruby. We know you better than that." Weiss closed her book with a rather solid thump and pulled Zwei into her lap. The little dog put up absolutely zero resistance and snuggled happily into the blankets on top of her legs. Ruby dropped her head in defeat and fell to a seat where Zwei had just been.

"It's just…" she trailed off and looked across to Blake's empty bunk, then up at Yang. Yang jumped down off her bed and plopped down at the end of Weiss's bed to be closer to her little sister. "I talked to Jaune about the whole kissing me in front of everyone thing. He seemed like he got what I meant and he said he would try to be better about it. But today, I don't know, maybe it was because we were out on a double date. He was kissing me all day, right in front of Ren and Nora." She sounded tired, not from playing all day, but emotionally drained from the stress.

"I mean you were on a date right Rubes? Weren't Ren and Nora kissing too?" Yang kicked her legs up in front of her, crossed her arms on her knees and dropped her chin to rest on the little platform she had created.

"No they didn't. Not even once." Ruby was exasperated, "That's how I wanna be when we're with friends. It was like we could still just hang out, but they were still really lovey dovey with each other. Always like holding doors open for each other, or helping each other with stuff and finishing each other's thoughts.

"You and Jaune haven't been dating that long though. I'm sure you'll get like that eventually." Weiss lifted her hand from the dog and stroked Ruby's shoulder instead.

"But he was so weird today," their fearless leader moaned, "He would kiss me in the middle of a joke or while Nora and I were playing or just randomly while we were talking about something." Ruby huffed and dropped her face into her hands.

"Did you say anything to him?" Yang sat back up, her face suddenly much more serious, "If you don't want him doing stuff like that you've gotta say something."

"I told you he would be like this." Weiss lifted her chin indignantly but left her hand comfortingly on Ruby's shoulder. Ruby turned to her with a quizzical look and Weiss stumbled slightly in her speech, "Well I mean, maybe not exactly. But I did say he was an idiot didn't I?"

"I think it's cute when he's silly though," Ruby twisted around to face Weiss better, "I just feel like he wants to hold me and kiss and stuff way more than he should."

"Well he is a boy. Isn't that how it works?" Weiss shrugged her shoulders uncertainly.

"If you're uncomfortable with it then it isn't okay Ruby." Yang dropped her knees and leaned forward to Ruby, putting both hands on her shoulders and turning her back so they were face to face. Yang had her big sister face on now and Ruby could tell she was really serious about what she was saying.

"What if I bring it up again though and he breaks up with me? Like what if that's what he wants and I say no and he just doesn't want to be with me anymore?" Ruby stared deep into Yang's violet eyes, pleading that her older sister had the answers she was looking for hidden away.

"Then you shouldn't be with him. You're so much more than that Ruby." Weiss pulled Ruby's attention away.

"For once, the Princess is right." Yang nodded her head and eased back from Ruby, "You're way better than that sis'."

"Excuse me? For once?" Weiss crossed her arms indignantly again and shot Yang a dirty glare.

"Yes Ice Queen, for once." Yang turned on her, a small fire kindling behind her eyes.

"Guys, guys, c'mon. Please not now." Ruby stretched her arms out and put a hand on each of their shoulders. They both eased back a little at her touch.

"Sorry," Weiss let her tense shoulders droop back down.

"I'm gonna go think." Ruby stood from the bed, "I need to walk a little and clear my head."

"Alright, we'll keep the door open for you." Yang stood as well and gave her sister a firm hug. She was warm like always, never too hot, just like a nice blanket at the end of a hard day. Ruby could have just stayed right there and fallen to sleep standing in her sister's embrace. But she had things she had to figure out.

"Thanks," Ruby hugged Yang back, "You too Weiss." She pulled away from her sister and leaned down to hug Weiss as well. Zwei stood and nuzzled Ruby's arm affectionately, "Awww you too Zwei."

"Oh fantastic, I'm on par with the dog now." Weiss joked but then looked down at said dog, "Who am I kidding, of course I am. He's just soo cute." She pulled him away from Ruby and cuddled Zwei tight against her chest.

"I don't know if you'll still be up when I get back, so sleep well." Ruby stepped back and smiled at both of them before exiting into the hallway.

A/N - Wow, that was a long one. Had to get some things done though. What do you think now? Thoughts? Ideas? Predictions?

I wanted to answer Guest Toolazytologin mostly because your guest user name makes me giggle. Yeah I'm headed to San Diego next week. Thank you so much for the well wishes. I will try to enjoy the chaos of Comic Con as much as I can.

Just a reminder regarding that. Tomorrow's chapter will be the last one until after my break. I will resume posting on Tuesday the 26th. Ironically just the day before the RWBY Volume 2 Theater showings. Anyone else going to that? I'll be there so if you're at the Tyler Galleria at the AMC near Riverside, CA try and find me. The trick is you have no idea what I look like...A fanfiction writer lost in a sea of RWBY fans.

I hope you're all enjoying it and getting as much fun out of these recent developments as I am. Thanks so much for reading. Let me know what you think please.

-Zach