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"Aw, thanks Sun!" Weiss cooed, opening her gift. She gasped in joy. "Ooh! Banana cupcakes?"
"Well, I like to give you my banana whenever possible," Sun said with a wink and smirk. Weiss giggled, though her blush was quite real.
"Oh you beast!" Weiss giggled, slapping him on the shoulder.
"That's what you like about me!" Sun teased back.
At the far end of the table where Teams RWBY, SSSN, and JNPR were gathered, a multitude of emotions ran through the other Hunters-in-Training.
"This is getting kind of gross, not gonna lie guys," Yang uttered.
"I think it's sweet!" Ruby giggled.
"You would," Yang groaned.
"It's so great!" Nora cheered, "Gives me ideas! Riiiight, Renny?" She pressed against her stoic best friend/crush/partner. Ren continued to eat his breakfast calmly, through a twitch had developed over his right eyebrow.
"No."
"Me too!" Nora cheered.
"I'm glad they're in a fulfilling relationship," Pyrrha said cheerfully.
"This is horrific," Neptune moaned. He perked up. "Hey Pyrrha? Wanna try to match them if you're happy for-?"
"No."
Pyrrha's tone had not changed, nor had her smile, but her eyes were terrifying enough that Neptune coughed and immediately backed down.
"Uh, Yang, babe-"
"No," Yang stated, not even breaking her stride. Neptune looked at Ruby, and Yang spoke again. "Try and die."
"Uh, um..." He looked at Nora with a smile. "Hey, Valkyrie-!"
"Try and I'll break your kneecaps," Nora said cheerfully.
Neptune looked over at Blake eagerly.
"Hey, mysterious lady, I'll-!"
Blake actually snarled at Neptune. He fled from the table. Sage and Scarlet watched him go.
"Huh," Scarlet observed, "He didn't get castrated."
"This time," Sage said with a nod.
Blake for her part was trying very hard not to look at Weiss and Sun's little performance. She kept her eyes firmly on her plate even as they carried on.
"Heehee! I love them, Sun!"
It doesn't bother me... It doesn't bother me...! Blake thought.
"Well, there's a language of cake in Atlas, so I looked up what they meant."
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME...
"There is! ... Geez, you actually studied it, huh?" Weiss asked, blushing.
"Hey, I'll even open up a book for you, Weiss!"
"Awww... So, what does banana cake mean?"
"Well... I could show you, but I know how you are about school rules."
"S-Sun! You're so naughty!"
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME! Blake seethed inside, as she dug her claws into the wood table.
She got up and stormed out, without a look towards the obnoxious couple. All the way outside, to the nearby park on the quad. Blake plopped herself down on a bench and glared angrily out at the picturesque scenery.
After a bit, she heard footsteps nearby. She recognized the scent of the boy who stood nearby.
"Jaune?" She asked. Jaune shrugged.
"Hey," he said quietly. "I saw you storm out... Not hard to guess why."
Blake grimaced and glared back out at the scenery.
"It's stupid," she muttered, "We weren't even together."
Jaune nodded slowly.
"Yeah, well... Neither was I with Weiss," Jaune said.
Blake winced. She'd been so wrapped up in her issues, she hadn't even...
"Sorry," she murmured. Jaune shrugged.
"Well... I mean... It's dumb, right? I never had a chance with her anyway. Why would she ever want me? Some country bumpkin."
"She..." Blake hesitated, "I mean... She did kind of like the attention. I know that."
Jaune snorted.
"Yeah... Like she liked Sun's attentions," he muttered.
Blake nodded slowly.
"I... I mean, we weren't together but he was..."
Mine, she thought, but was he really? If he was so quick to just go for Weiss... That little witch...
"Yeah," Jaune nodded, "I get it. It sucks."
Blake nodded slowly.
"I don't... I never really thought I could feel that way for someone ever again, after what I'd been through, but..."
Jaune sat down next to her. He rested a hand on her shoulder. She tensed, but... Relaxed.
"I know," Jaune said with a nod, "I-I mean, I don't know the whole story, and you don't have to tell me, but... It's all right."
Blake sighed softly. She squeezed his hand over her shoulder.
This is... Nice, she thought, Just nice warm affection, from someone without any ill intentions... Weiss really was throwing away something wonder-
A lightbulb may as well have gone off over her head. She turned to smile at Jaune.
"Jaune? I have an idea," she said.
"Uh... Sure," Jaune managed.
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Weiss sighed as she sat with Sun. They were still away from the rest of their teams. Blake had left, as had Jaune.
"I'm... Starting to feel a bit bad about all this," she murmured. Sun nodded.
"Yeah... Me too." He stared at her. "If you want to stop this, I'm game."
"I..."
The thing was that, unlike Jaune or (ugh) Neptune, while Sun did flirt with her, it was... Fun. It wasn't overblown and cheesy... Well it was, but he was in on the joke. He could be lewd but fun-Winks and nudges to make her laugh. He was good at that.
And Weiss hadn't gotten to laugh a lot in her life. It was pleasant... And it became more difficult to focus on how it was making Blake feel, when she was being overwhelmed with how it was making her feel.
"I-I mean... Do you want to stop this?" Weiss asked softly. Sun stared at her for a long moment. He took a bite from his banana cupcake, and hummed.
"Well... I..."
He was hesitating. Was that a good thing or a bad thing?
"Holy-What?!" Ruby cried. Weiss and Sun looked back towards the doors.
Blake and Jaune re-entered the cafeteria... Blake holding onto the blushing Jaune's arm with a warm, happy smile and-NO BOW ON HER EARS?!
"What the-Belladonna's a Faunus?" Muttered some random student.
"Well, it was kind of obvious in hindsight, her last name and all," another said, "But why is she with Arc?!"
Blake shot Weiss a smug look, before she pulled Jaune into a toe curling kiss.
"Mmm... Thank you for giving me the courage to come out like this, Jaune," she said breathlessly, after letting Jaune's lips go. "I'm so glad I got to see the real you, and that you showed me that. It let me show who I really am."
Jaune gaped at her, obviously a bit overcome with that kiss. She stomped on his foot, and he coughed.
"Ah, uh... An-Anytime, Blake," he said, smiling genuinely despite the pain.
Blake shot a smug look over at Weiss as she led Jaune to another table. Sun and Weiss gaped after them.
"She... What?!" Weiss hissed. "She's supposed to be upset! Not... Not... Oooh!"
"Um... Should we stop this now-?" Sun asked, but Weiss shook her head.
"I-I don't-No! I mean... Unless you want to but-No!" She glared after Blake and Jaune. "She can't do that!"
At the RWBY/JNPR/SSSN table, everyone scooted away from Pyrrha as every metal utensil began to bend ominously.
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