Jaune's Escapades

The Heart of a Dragon

Yang had known all her life that this day would come, that her darling little sister would eventually fall for someone. She tried to tell herself that it was nothing more than a crush, that Ruby would be over it the next day and finally go back to normal.

That day never came. In fact, not only did it not come, Ruby Weiss and Blake were all acting strangely around the knight. Yang, with her vast experience in social standings, knew right off the bat that the girls had all fallen for none other than the biggest Goofball in all of Vale, and perhaps Remnant.

Jaune.

That is why, at the current moment in one of the empty classrooms that she invited him into late at night, Yang was glaring red, flaring eyes at said Goofball. "Now Yang," He began slowly. "I know that I may have been a little rough when I patted you on the head earlier today and that I might have ruffled your hair doing so, but I swear it was an accident."

'So oblivious.'

"You think THAT'S why I'm mad?!" Yang screamed as she picked him up by the neck and held him against a wall. "Jaune, do you understand the term 'tough love'?"

"Uhh, it means that even though you're m-making someone sad, you're doing it because you c-care, right?" He asked with a strained, nervous voice. "That's right, and although Ruby will be upset by what I'm gonna do to you, it's for her own good."

Jaune stopped struggling against her at the mention of the brawlers sister. "Wait, this has to do with Ruby? Is she ok?" He paused for a moment. "Did I do something, is that why you're here?!"

His tone of voice caught Yang off guard. 'He's that worried? Hmm…'

"Please Yang, you've gotta let me down, If I did something to hurt Ruby then I need to make it right." Yang didn't know what to think when she heard this and her eyes proved that, switching from red to lilac with her conflicting emotions. "Please, Yang I care about Ruby more than you know."

She could only sigh in defeat at this and gently put Jaune down, releasing his throat. Yang realized that Jaune clearly had quite the silver tongue if he managed to defuse her when she was like that. No one could calm her down when her eyes turned red, but somehow Yang couldn't help but ignore the sincerity in his voice.

"Alright Yang, you know I'm not the most purified Dust in the quarry, so I'm gonna need your help on this, what's wrong with Ruby?" Jaune's serious tone sent shivers down Yang's spine, she never heard him like this.

It was kinda hot.

She had to be careful here though, Yang couldn't spill the beans about Ruby's crush or she'd be crushed, pun intended, she had to beat around the bush as much as possible. "Ruby's been acting differently…" She started, but was already interrupted by a sigh from Jaune. "Yeah I've noticed that too, she was avoiding me a lot earlier, but after I talked to her about it she started acting even weirder. She isn't avoiding me anymore, but now she seems to… care more? I can't really describe it but whenever I need something she's always there to get it. She's starting to act a lot like Pyrrha now that I think about it." He sighed again. "Weiss and Blake have been acting different lately too. Don't get me wrong they're still cold and distant, but now they actually seem to pay attention when I speak, something they never did before. I just can't figure out why."

Yang was very surprised by his perception, but knew he would lack the most important part in the end. She decided it couldn't hurt to figure out why he would do so. "Maybe it's because they've got the hots for ya."

Jaune could only stare in complete shock… before bursting out laughing. Thirty seconds later his laughed turned into small giggles and eventually faded. "Yeah, right. Like three of the five hottest girls that I've ever met would ever like me as more than a friend. Good one Yang but I'm being serious here, what could've caused this?"