Jaune's Escapades

Exciting Relaxation

Ren's usual calm disposition had changed recently. His life motto is: 'I don't do anything I don't have to do. If I have to do it, I'll do it quickly.' He was afraid that he did in fact have to do something about his friends problem. But it would be a slow process, no matter the direction he took.

Ren had intended to speed up the process by giving Pyrrha a little push in the right direction, but now he's afraid that he just threw her into a fight she'd rather not be in. Luckily, his best friend was always looking out for him, to an extent that's borderline creepy. Nora had obviously noticed Ren's change in mood, most would say he was acting the same, but for Nora the change was drastic.

She didn't know what the problem was, but she'd do everything in her power to cheer her lov- Best Friend… up. "Nora, where are we going, and why am I carrying this basket?" Ren asked, with no hint of confusion whatsoever, as if he were simply stating a fact. "Oh Renny, we're going to have a picnic in the Emerald Forest of course! We can eat your meals, and play tag, and hunt some monsters. Ooh, it'll be so much fun!"

Ren couldn't help but offer a rare smile at his lov- Best Friend's… antics. As they sat down under a tree with a fairly large amount of foot prints around it, Ren decided to ask Nora's point of view on their groups current situation. "Say Nora, have you noticed that team RWBY has been acting differently around Jaune lately?" Nora's beaming smile found itself getting smaller at the mention of their friends dillema. "Yeah, I dunno why though. They should be happy, like us!" Ren smirked at this. "All of team RWBY, even Pyrrha, have feelings for Jaune. I'm rather surprised Nora, I wasn't expecting you to be so oblivious about other people's feelings." Nora's eye twitched.

Ren learned something that day, something he never thought possible. Nora can feel rage. "How can I be so oblivious?! What about you?! I've been in love with you for years?! HOW HAVE YOU NEVER NOTICED?!" Nora would soon remember the look on Ren's face to be absolutely priceless, he was shocked beyond words. "B-because, I've been in love with you for years, Nora. I've just never known that you liked me back… th-this can't be real, I must be dreaming." Nora had an ecstatic smile on her face, one could almost call it euphoric. "Even if you were dreaming Ren, you'd still wake up with me in your bed." She stated with a wink as she slowly crept closer to her… her love. "Uhh, Nora? You're getting a little close there." Her reply shut him up instantly. Nora pressed her lips against Ren's, butterflies erupted in her stomach while she closed her eyes and deepened the kiss.

Ren's eyes snapped open the moment their lips touched, a million thoughts raged through his head in the second it took for him to start kissing back. Neither of the two had ever done this before, both scaring away any possible suitors from their best friend and therefore never having any deep relationships with others. Their first kiss was with each other and they couldn't have been happier. As they parted, the two looked into each other's eyes and smiled. "I love you Nora." Ren said, finally admitting his seven year-long secret. "I know!" Nora shouted happily. To the naked eye, one would think that Ren's mood hadn't changed from her reply. But Nora knew every nuance of Ren and could tell that his emotions flared for half an instant. She of course knew the reason why.

"I love you too, Ren." She admitted, for once acting lax and calm, instead of her usual bubbly self. The two newly found lovers shared an embrace that was only broken the moment Nora decided that they hadn't kissed enough yet. Ren realized that he wouldn't be able to focus too much attention on RWBY and Jaunes relationship from now on. He'd have his own on his mind.

The couple returned to Beacon grounds many hours later to the confused looks of their friends, Pyrrha had asked where they were the whole time while Yang just gave them a knowing smirk. She knew, Ren had no idea how or why. But Yang already knew.