Reunion

8

Today was finally the day of the dance, and it is just nerve-wracking for everyone. The event will begin in about two hours, so everyone's nervousness was at it's peak. In the dorm of team JNPR, Ren, unlike the rest of the student body, was calmly fixing his tie. "Nora! You done with your dress?" He asked his partner, who was changing in the bathroom. "Done!" Nora then came out in her pink dress. "What about you boys?" "I'm done with my tie. What about you, Jaune? You told us you've gotten a brand new outfit for the dance."

"I'm done too. Didn't think that the gloves were this comfy though." Ren And Nora's eyes widened over what their leader wore. A white shirt with a black vest and a red tie, underneath a black blazer with matching black gloves and white slacks. And to top it off, proper black shoes. "How do I look...?"Jaune asked with a hint of nervousness in his voice. "Jaune, you look-" "You look like a total badass, Fearless Leader!" Nora beamed, cutting Ren off.

"Wait! I know the perfect hairstyle for this!" Before the blonde could even open his mouth to reply, Nora immediately bolted behind him and started to mess around with his hair. In a matter of seconds, the ginger haired girl was right in front of him with a grin on her face as well as a mirror in her hands. "Take a look!" Jaune blinked and stared at his reflection. His messy blond hair was tidied up and fixed into a warrior's wolf tail haircut, a hairstyle that he had secretly wanted for a while.

(Jaune from RWBY 3.0 by Dishwasher1310! I don't own it)

"This is great. Thank you so much, Nora." Jaune said with a genuine and gentle smile on his face. The hammer girl only grinned more and gave him a thumbs up.

The three of them left the dorm and strolled out to the ballroom, with Nora constantly teasing her leader about his. 'girlfriend', but then got silenced by Ren. Fortunately for the blonde, they quickly arrived at their destination. "Hey guys! You're right on time!" Yang, who was at the reception counter, waved at them as they entered the building. She glanced towards Jaune and lets out a whistle. "Damn, Vomit Boy. Hoping to charm Weiss cream again? Or perhaps you'll be getting it on with that childhood friend of yours?"

'T-The latter..." Jaune stammered as he signed his attendance with a blush slowly forming on his face, and quickly left the counter before Yang could tease him further. The blonde soon found himself at one of the searing areas in the ballroom, and spotted Ruby just standing by the punch bowl with a glass in her hand, watching everyone dance. He mentally decided to grab a glass of his own and joined her.

"Hey." Ruby turned to him and smiled. "Hey." Jaune stood next to her and watched. "I see you're hiding behind the punch bowl too." "Yeeep." Ruby replied, popping the 'P'. "To the socially awkward." She giggled as they both clinked their glasses of punch. "I'm sorry things didn't work out with Weiss." She apologized.

"Nah, it's fine. It's pretty obvious that Weiss is just frustrated because of me. Chances are she went out with some cool guy." He replied, taking a sip. "Really? Weiss came to the dance alone." Jaune choked on his drink and became a coughing fit. Ruby immediately started to rub his back to try and help, and quickly recovered.

"A-are you for real?" The blonde immediately scanned the area to try and find the heiress, spotting her sitting down on one of the chairs, staring at a certain blue haired boy. "I heard she asked Neptune out, but then she got shot down by him. Then when she came back, she said she had too much to focus on to worry about boys. " Ruby explained.

Jaune growled and handed his glass to Ruby. "Hold. My. Punch." The young girl was confused and took it, before the blonde stormed off to face Neptune. As he moved across the ballroom to walk towards his target, the blonde suddenly stopped and watches a saddened Pyrrha passing by. She then glumly walks up the stairs, and so he mentally decided to follow her to try and ask what's wrong.