Reunion

1

"Hey! Wait up!" "Your fault for being so slow!" The sounds of children playing can be heard in the park of the town of Ansel. It was relatively peaceful Sunday morning, with two young children, a boy and a girl running around, playing a game they had made up.

Eventually, they stopped and took a break, sitting down on a nearby bench near the fountain. "You're...so fast..." The boy, who had blonde hair and ocean blue eyes complained while trying to regain his breath. The other girl, who had long blue-grey hair and sky blue eyes only giggled. "Maybe you should stop eating that terrible cereal." "Hey! Pumpkin Pete isn't bad, okay?!" The blonde protested.

The boy sighed. "I heard that tomorrow you'll be going to a combat school?" "Yep!" She smiled while looking at the sky, kicking her feet. "You know we won't be able to see each other again, right?" "Don't be so dramatic! We can!" The girl bursted his bubble of negativity. "I hate to see you sad all the time, so how about this? Let's promise to be best friends forever. Even when we're far apart, we're always together!" She smiled brightly, holding up her pinkie.

The blond boy slowly grew a smile and raised his own pinkie. "Okay! An Arc doesn't goes back on their word!" The girl grinned as their pinkies intertwined. Then, they slowly wrapped their arms around each other and hugged. "I'm gonna miss you, Fu Hua..." "It's okay, Jaune..."

The background slowly broke down and crumbled away into a white void, yet this went unnoticed by the two children. "I'll always be there for you....Jaune..." Fu Hua's voice wavered as she slowly faded away, yet her smile was still there.

Jaune slowly opened at the sound of birds chirping outside. His vision slowly cleared up and focused on the ceiling. He blinked several times and groaned before lifting his left forearm up and rests it over his eyes to try and black out all the light.

'Fu Hua...' The blonde wondered over why he had that dream. She was a really smart one. One of, if not, THE best of the best in his entire class back at elementary school. And to top it off, she's beautiful and athletic too. Almost all of the teachers told the girl that she'll have a bright future.

Jaune groaned, giving up on trying to fall asleep again before sitting up on his bed, looking down on the blanket and recalling about what happened in the dream. 'Wonder if she still remembers that promise.' he then scoffed and chuckles. "Probably not. She probably forgot already."

"Who forgot what?" The blonde's eyes widened. Damn it, why can't he just say it in his mind?

He looked up to see Pyrrha out of the shower with her clothes on and a damp towel in her hands. Her hair was already blow dried and tied to its usual ponytail. "Morning Pyr." Jaune greeted with his trademark smile, before getting out of bed and stretch. "What time is it?" "7 AM." She answered.

We're always together!

Her voice suddenly returned in his mind. "Fu Hua..." "Fu Wha?" Pyrrha was confused over what her partner and leader is mumbling about. Is it a mistralean flower or something? "N-Nothing." Jaune stammered as he quickly waltzed into the bathroom and locked the door.

Pyrrha just stared at the bathroom door for a moment before shrugging it off and went to desk to work on an essay they were given a few days ago.

Meanwhile, Jaune continued to think about that girl he met with so long ago. Why can't he stop thinking about her? Why did he get that dream? Did she remember about the promise they made? Did Fu Hua even remember his name?

The leader of team JNPR sighed as he spent little time in the shower, coming out with his usual god forsaken Pumpkin Pete hoodie with his blue jeans. He puts on his armor and took his weapons before leaving the dorm and closing the door behind him.

He left for the garden of the school, thinking that a walk could clear his mind. Jaune's eyes scanned the fields of flowers as he strolled around. Poppies, sunflowers, roses, nightshades...

But then the blonde suddenly stopped dead at his tracks at the sight of a certain patch of them. The ones that she liked. Lavenders. Lavandula angustifulia, Lavandula stoechas, Lavandula dentata, and Lavandula latifola. So many species of them...

Jaune yelled in frustration. "Why do you keep on taking over my mind?!" He scratched his hair violently, making the other visitors of the garden quickly jogging away and leaving due to his sudden outburst. The blonde boy sighed heavily before taking a seat on one of the nearby benches, looking at the ground as he ponders over his thoughts.

Jaune didn't know if he actually did it or not, but his right hand slowly crawled to his pocket, fishing out his scroll and expanding its screen. His fingers tapped lightly on the phone app, before slowly pressing on the number pad, one digit at a time, until it displayed her old phone number.

This is totally ridiculous. What if she got a new phone and changed her number? Who will be picking up? An old lady? Some random grumpy huntsman? Or did she never changed it and still kept that same number for so many years? Did she forgot about him? Jaune hesitated as his thumb hovered over the call button, with so many questions in his mind.

His body stayed like that for who knows how long, his mind asking a million questions about whether he should really press the button, or just stop this nonsense and go on with his day. Slowly building up the courage, he tapped the call button.

As Jaune waited for someone on the other side of the call to pick up, his heart was pounding so hard, it could burst out of his chest. Sweat beads trickled down his body as he continued to silently wait, only hearing the sound of beeping.

Then, the call, was answered.

His eyes widened as time seemed to stop as he heard the voice of a girl his age.

"...Hello?"