Star vs. the Force of Evil Male Reader x RWBY

Forever Fall (Part 1)

Pyrrha Nikos looks out the window sadly as Ren loads StormFlower and Nora jumps on her bed in the room for Team JNPR.

"How come Jaune gets home so late?" Nora said.

"He's become rather scarce since he started fraternizing with Cardin." Ren said.

"That's weird... Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need our rest!" Nora proclaims this while twirling in midair, so her back hits the covers.

Pyrrha angrily said, "I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing."

Nora and Ren exchange glances, not knowing that Jaune himself is looking in through the crack of the door.

"Mmmm... I guess so." Nora said.

Jaune hangs his head and closes the door, just as a voice interrupts his thoughts.

"Hey, Jaune!" Startled, Jaune turns around to see Ruby in her pajamas, and she giggles at his reaction. "Long time, no see! Did you lock yourself out again?"

"Oh, uh, nope!" Jaune raises his scroll, attempting to laugh. "Got it!"

"So! Where have you been lately?" Ruby questions.

"I, uh..." Jaune tries to come up with something, but he just sighs and lowers his head. "I messed up. I did something I shouldn't have, and now Cardin has me on a leash, and Pyrrha won't even talk to me, and..." Jaune breathes heavily through his nose. "I'm starting to think coming to this school was a bad idea." He presses his back against his team's door and slides down to the floor in depression. "I'm a failure."

"Nope!"

Jaune looked at her in surprise and said, "Nope?"

"Nope! You're a leader now, Jaune. You're not allowed to be a failure."

"But... what if I'm a failure at being a leader?"

Ruby thinks about it for a moment, then gives her answer, "Nope!"

Jaune laughs as she joins him on the floor. "You know, you're not the easiest person to talk to about this kind of stuff."

"Nope!" Ruby said as Jaune leaned into the door some more. "Jaune, maybe you were a failure when you were a kid." Jaune groans and sinks to the ground. "...and you might've even been a failure the first day we met!" He groans and goes lower still. "But you can't be one now. You know why?"

"Uhhh, because...?"

"Because it's not just about you anymore. You've got a team now, Jaune. And if you fail, then you'll just be bringing them down with you." Ruby and Jaune looked to see (Y/N) leaning against a nearby wall.

"Hey, (Y/N)!" Ruby spoke excitedly, while Jaune looked away.

"Ruby is right." (Y/N) said, which caused Ruby to blush a bit. "You are not alone anymore. You may have a point about dealing with it yourself, but there are people here to help you. You are a leader, and if you don't put your team first, then they might need a better leader." (Y/N) helps Ruby up and leads her to her door. They wave goodnight while (Y/N) looks at Jaune. "Have a good night, Jaune."

With new energy, Jaune pushes himself off the ground and faces the door, ready to turn the knob and face his team, but his scroll beeps, and he pulls it off of his side to open it, seeing Cardin's contact relaying a message.

"Hey! It's your buddy, Cardin! I know you're probably busy with that Dust project I gave you, but I'm going to need you to go out and get me a bag of Rapier Wasps." As Jaune makes a terrified sound in response, she says, "And make sure they've got some really big stingers! It's important, so don't screw this up!"