"So what do you guys wanna do for the rest for the rest of the night?" Ruby asked as they arrived back in their room.
"We could always get back to studying," Weiss suggested, earning a scowl from the rest of the team. "Oh fine. I at least want to go check out a few books for from the library."
"I'll do it," Neo offered. "I could use a walk."
"Are you sure? I can go myself, it's not a problem."
Neo nodded and gave her girlfriend a hug before heading out the door. She jumped as she closed it and turned to find Jaune standing behind her. "Oops, sorry, didn't mean to scare you," he said. "Hey um, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Um, sure. What's up?"
Jaune sighed, "Alright, here it is: Everyone knows I have a crush on Weiss, and that she never felt that way towards me. It was really hard, especially when Neptune came along and practically swept her off her feet, but I got through it. I realised that what matters more to me is that she's happy, whether it's with me or someone else. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm happy for you two. I just hope you know how special she is, and that she's someone you should never let go of. Ever. I'm sorry if I sound like a jerk saying all this, but I had to get it off my chest."
Neo wiped a tear from her eye and pulled the boy in for a hug, "Jaune, it takes a true man to say what you just said. Thank you, and just hang in there, there are plenty of girls out there who'd kill to land a guy like you."
"Pff, yeah right. If I come by one I'll let you know."
Neo broke the hug and stared up at him, eyes wide open, "Are you being serious right now?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Have you really not noticed the girl who's head-over-heels for you?" she asked. Jaune's look of confusion gave her the answer. "Oh my God! How blind can you be?"
"There's no way, I definitely would notice something like that."
Neo rolled her eyes, "Apparently not. I'll give you a hint: It's starts with a P."
"P? Wait, you mean Penny? The robot girl?" he asked, his confusion only growing.
Neo put her head in her hand, "No, not her. Come on, how many other girls do you know whose names start with P?"
"Well, there's Pyrrha, but she..." he started before a wave of realisation sweep over him.
Neo giggled, "Nice taking with you, Jaune. I'll see you tomorrow." She left the boy standing open-mouthed in the hallway and went off to check out Weiss' books. Her walk was made more pleasant by the cool night air and chirping of the crickets along the path. She arrived at the library and picked up the necessary books, scanning them at the front desk before heading back to her dorm.
"Good evening, Neo," a voice called out behind her as she made her way back along the path. She jumped and spun to see Professor Ozpin walking her way. "Sorry to startle you."
She laughed, "Don't worry, you're not the first tonight."
"Very well. So tell me, how have you been enjoying the school?" he asked, now walking beside her.
"It's incredible, I've never been happier anywhere in my life. I still can't thank you enough for letting me stay here."
"I'm glad to hear you're adjusting well. I'm also glad to see that only incident you've caused was back in that alley."
Neo froze, "You know about that?"
"Ordinarily, word about things like that travels fast. But in this case, I still had someone watching over you when it happened."
"I uh... I'm really sorry, I—"
"There's no need to defend yourself," Ozpin interrupted. "You reacted that best you knew how, and saved your friend. However, I would advise more caution in the future. Oh, and be sure to come to me if something like that happens again, it makes talking to the police a lot easier"
Neo smiled, "Yes sir. So... am I still under watch now?"
"Yes, but just for another few days." he replied as they arrived at the front of the dorms. "I let you get back to your team. Good night." They parted ways and Neo went inside. She closed the doors and walked to the stairwell, and was caught off guard a third time by someone waiting for her.
Sun waved as she turned the corner, "Hey."
Neo jumped, "Damn it, why is everyone doing that tonight?"
"Sorry. Hey, you got a minute?"
"Yeah I guess, what's up? Nevermind, dumb question. How's Neptune doing?"
"He's not taking it well, that's why I wanted to find you. I've been trying to cheer him up, take his mind off it, but he won't listen. He's pissed. Like, really pissed. I've never seen him act like this. Just wanted to let you know in case he comes after you or something."
Neo smiled, "Thanks for the heads up."
"Alright, I'm gonna get back to the room and check up on him. Later!" Sun waved goodbye and Neo was finally able to return to the dorm.
"What took you so long?" Weiss asked in a surprisingly nice tone as Neo came through the door.
"I got stopped by Jaune, Ozpin and Sun along the way."
Blake looked up from her book, "Everything alright?"
"Mostly. Jaune had to tell me something, Ozpin was just checking up on me, and Sun had an update on Neptune. He's not exactly taking it well."
"I'm not surprised," Yang said, sounding sad. "Not often you lose your girl because she decided to play for the other team."
"Speaking from experience, Yang?" Ruby teased.
"No, but I've been through enough breakups to know what he must be feeling."
Weiss crossed her arms, "But we weren't even dating! We went out as friends once, and I told him I didn't want to take it any further."
Neo shrugged, "Boys are weird." Weiss sighed and took the books over to her desk. Ruby and Yang were both laying in their beds, not doing much of anything, and Blake had gone back to reading. Neo jumped onto her bed and was ready for a quiet evening, but a knock on the door put an end to that hope. She got up at opened the door to see Nora smiling mischievously. "Hey, what's up?" Neo asked, knowing she wouldn't like the answer.
"We're about to start a game of truth or dare back in our dorm, Pyrrha said to invite you guys. Wanna come?" Nora answered, poking her head through the door to address the whole team.
Weiss raised an eyebrow, "Truth or dare? Isn't that a little childish?"
As if on queue, Ruby leapt down from her bunk, "I'm in!"
"Me too!" Yang cheered, joining her sister. "Blake?"
The Faunus girl sighed and set her book down, "Fine. But I'm only gonna pick truth."
"Works for me!" Nora said, turning to Neo and Weiss. "What about you two?"
"I... Alright, we'll come," the heiress replied after seeing the puppy-dog eyes on her girlfriend. Nora jumped with delight and rushed down the hall toward her dorm, with team RWBY following at a much more leisurely pace.