Robotic heart (a RWBY fan fic)

A day in town

Wiess POV
We finished telling Ren and Nora about what happened this morning. We left out Ruby's confession of love for Penny, it's not our place to tell.
"Well it's understandable that Ruby will want some space then." Ren says.
"No they gotta go find her they gotta be there for Ruby." Nora argues.
"And they will be." Ren retorts "but they can't look for her before she's ready."
"That does follow logic." Blake says.
"But I should be there for my little sister." Yang argues.
"It's not like she's alone." Blake points out "she's with Jaune and Pyrrha so we don't need to worry."

"Well we have 2 votes for giving her space and 2 votes for finding her." Nora says "Wiess you have the deciding vote."
Everyone looks over in my direction and I suddenly feel a large pressure.
"Well obviously I want to find Ruby..." I begin before being interrupted by Nora fist pumping the air "I knew it" she exclaims.
"...but" I continue as Nora's expression dropped and she gives a childish pout. "We could at the very least give her some space for the day." Everyone nods in agreement apart from Nora who crosses her arms in annoyance.

"So what should we do for the day then?" Yang asks.
"We could all go see a movie?" Blake adds.
We all nod "no complaints here." Ren says.
"Yeah sounds fun." Nora adds.
We all head into town towards the cinema.

Ruby POV
Me and Jaune arrived at the coffee shop that Pyrrha was waiting at. She was dressed casual but still looked nice. She seemed confused at first when she saw me but her expression quickly changed to a friendly one and waved.
"Ruby" she says cheerily "I wasn't expecting to see you here."
"I'm sorry." I say quietly but Jaune looks at me softly.
"Hey don't apologise" he says "Ruby got into a bit of an argument with her team earlier so I invited her to come with us so she didn't feel alone." Jaune explains "I hope that's okay."

Pyrrha gives a soft smile "of course it is."
"Oh should I go get us some drinks?" He asks.
"Yeah I'll take an ice latte." Pyrrha. "Please."
Jaune nods.
"Ruby do you want a drink?" Pyrrha asks me.
"Oh uh." I begin. I don't really like coffee, I hate how bitter it is but I didn't wanna seem awkward so I look at the menus to try and see the least coffee like drink.
"Ruby." Jaune snaps me out of my trance. "Should I just get you some milk?" He asks compassionately "I know you hate coffee."
I smile softly "yeah I'd like that." I blush a little "he knows me better than I thought." I think to myself.

As Jaune goes off to get our drinks I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable. I was totally ruining Pyrrha's date. Plus I had forgotten until I saw her dressed so cute but I had a total crush on Pyrrha when I first met her. It didn't last very long, 1 because I thought she was way out of my league and 2 I had fallen head over heels for Penny almost immediately.

Pyrrha notices my discomfort and gives a concerned look "are you okay?" She asks. She is always so caring, always making sure everyone is alright and doing her best to help them if she can.
"Y-yeah" I stutter. "I-I just." I take a deep breath. "I'm sorry for ruining your date with Jaune." I say. "He saw me crying and insisted on me coming with you even when I tried to refuse."
"Ruby" Pyrrha begins "I'm not upset that you're here. In fact I'd be more upset if Jaune had told me he saw you crying and he hadn't insisted on you coming."

I looked at her surprised "but why?" I ask "I'm totally 3rd wheeling."
"Jaune being so caring is one of the main reasons I like him." Pyrrha says "if he was willing to just leave you to cry alone then I wouldn't be so in love with him as I am."
I smile a little at her words "thanks it's just I don't really know what to do." I admit "I really don't want to go back to my dorm tonight but I don't have much of an option."
"It's okay if you don't want to you can always stay in our dorm." Pyrrha offers.
"I wound but I need to be there for Penny." I suddenly have a realisation and my eyes widen. "OMG Penny! I need to find her, she was so upset and if she thinks she's a burden to our team she might not want to stay at beacon anymore andifshedoesntwanttostayanymoreshellgobacktoatlasbutiknowsheisnthappythereand." I begin having a bit of a panic ignoring Pyrrha calling my name to try and calm me down. I didn't even notice Jaune return until he pulls me into a hug.

I was startled at first but then I wrapped my arms around him and melted into the hug.
"It's okay Ruby." He says quietly "you're okay, I'm here."
"B-but Penny is..." I start before Jaune interrupts.
"She's fine but don't worry about that right now." He says to me. "Just focus on me, on my voice and breathe."
I breathe in and out and slowly calm down and pull away from the hug.

"Ruby I have something I want you to do for me okay." He says pulling away from the hug and I nod my head.
"Tell me 5 things you can see." He commands softly.
I look around "table" I begin. "Coffee, you guys, door, window." I finish.
"Now 4 things you can hear." Jaune says.
I focus on the sounds around me. I hear the bell ring as someone comes in through the door. "Bell" i say before focussing again. "Traffic, other people." I try and focus for a fourth sound as I hear someone's scroll go off from a message "scroll."
"3 things you can feel." He continues.
"Chair, glass and clothes." I say quickly.
"2 things you can smell."
"Coffee." I say "and traffic."
"And finally one thing you can taste." Jaune says.
I take a sip from my drink "milk." I say.

"Thank you." He says.
"Why did you have me do that?" I ask a little confused.
"To help you calm down." He admits.
"How doses that help?" I ask "I just said what I could sense?"
"Well don't you feel better?" Pyrrha points out.
I think for a moment and realise I did in fact feel much better.
I look at Jaune in awe "how'd you know that would work?" I ask.
Jaune shrugs "one of my sisters taught me it, she had a friend who'd have panic attacks every now and then so when I saw you having one I thought I should give it ago and at least try and help you."
"Seems your doing a lot of that today" I joke dryly.
Jaune frowns a little. "And I always will." He says. "Ruby." He places his hands on my shoulders and I look up at him. "You are one of my closest friends, you mean the world to me. You were my first friend here at beacon, you are always there for me when Cardin won't leave me alone, you never met me feel like I'm alone and you always made me feel welcome and loved."
I blush a little at his kind words.
"So if you ever need my help or are feeling upset I will do everything in my power to make you feel better." He continues. "And do know I mean these words in the most platonic way possible."

"I love you."

I sit there shocked. I begin tearing up and I throw myself on him and he wraps his arms around me and we share a caring and loving embrace. Me and Jaune do love each other, in the way in which you love family, not romantic but you still couldn't picture your life without them.
"I love you too." I say though it's muffled by his hoodie and my sobs.
He kisses the top of my head and I feel Pyrrha place her hand on my back.
"You guys are the best." I say with a few more tears running down my cheeks.
Pyrrha smiles softly and kisses my forehead which makes me blush a little.

"I have the best friends"

Sun POV
Me and Penny had made our way into town and we had ordered some food. By us I mean me, Penny had refused to order.
"You not hungry?" I ask.
She shuffles a little in her seat "I just don't like to eat In front of people." She admits "I'm only comfortable eating in front of Ruby."
"You two are really close aren't you."
She gives a soft smile and looks off into the distance "yeah we are." She says so lovingly I can almost see the hearts in her eyes.

I smirk a little "Ooh Penny's got a crush" I says musically.
"What" she says confused. "I have not crushed anything."
"Huh?" I say "no, like you have feelings for Ruby."
"Yes" she says bluntly clearly still confused. "I have positive feelings towards Ruby she is my friend."
I face palm "how oblivious is this girl?" I think to myself. "No like you want to date her."
Her eyes widen with surprise, "wait do I?" She asks.
I raise an eyebrow "you can't tell."
"Well I'm not really good when it comes to feelings." She says solemnly as she looks down at the ground.

I give her a warm smile "hey it's okay not everyone is." I reassure her.
"So what do I do about these feelings?" Penny asks innocently.
"Well" I say leaning back in my chair "you could confess how you feel and ask her to be your gf." I suggest.
Her eyes widen again "oh no I can't do that." She says flustered.
I raise and eyebrow, "and why not?"
"I-I" she stutters but before she finishes what she was saying we hear an explosion in the distance.

We jump out of our seats. "We need to check that out." I say and me and Penny sprint of to what ever made the sound.

If only we had known what was waiting for us.