Hello! This be my first fic so all criticisms and ideas are welcome. I don't quite know where I'm going to take this but I hope you'll join me for the ride. This will most likely be a little rough around the edges but ill try my damnedest to improve as I publish more chapters.

Jaune Arc still couldn't quite believe that he had been accepted into Beacon. For as long as he could recall he had dreamt of being just like the heroes in the story books, of following in his father's footsteps and his grandfather's before that. And now he found himself the leader of the second best first year team in the whole academy, Team JNPR.

Times had been rough at first for Jaune due to his lack of combat experience, and though it pained him to admit he knew he was hugely outclassed by near all of the other students but things had changed. Jaune had improved vastly with the help of his fellow team member and training partner Pyrrha. She had taken him under his wing, unlocked his aura and taught him to fight.

Jaune woke up late as he often did on a Saturday, at Beacon the students were given the weekend to do with it what they would and as was usual teams RWBY and JNPR planned to head out into Vale to shop for supplies or just to hang out. Jaune rolled over and looked about the room. Nora was gone as was to be expected, the Valkyrie was simply too hyperactive to stay in bed, Ren's bed was also empty for it was an unspoken rule that if Nora was awake, Ren had to be too.

Besides Jaune, the only other inhabitant of the room was Pyrrha whom was still sound asleep. She looked so peaceful that the idea of waking her seemed almost abhorrent to the knight. He watched her as she slept, taking in her appearance without the various troubles of her waking life and found himself thinking just how pretty she was.

Jaune was shocked at his revelation. He was embarrassed to think that he had been so wrapped up in his pursuit of Weiss that he had failed to see what was right in front of him. He thought back over all the events that had occurred since initiation. She had saved his life when his own 'landing strategy' had failed him, trained him instead of turning him in when he confessed his falsehood application to Beacon and above all else had been the best friend and teammate he could have asked for.

'I've been searching for silver whilst walking on gold' the teenage knight groaned at the phrase his father had always said when he had been behaving spoilt as a kid.

He took another look at the champion and sighed.

'She's out of my league, she could have literally anyone in our year if she tried. Why would she be interested in a blockhead like me?'

his fathers voice rang out in his head

'Not with that attitude she wont be! Go out there and get her before its too late. Confidence is the key m'boy'

The blonde staggered out of bed. He contemplated waking the Spartan but thought it wrong to disturb her when she had had so little rest lately so he showered changed and headed off to the canteen.

Jaune smiled as he saw he had hedged his bets and won, as he had expected he saw the rest of JNPR and all of team RWBY. Most had finished and were chattering amongst themselves, Nora was the exception to the rule and sat behind a monster pile of pancakes with syrup all round her mouth. She waved emphatically at his approach.

"There you are! We had wondered when you would surface"

Ruby beamed at him and shuffled up to make space between herself and Nora.

Jaune retrieved some food and sat down heavily. Looking up he saw Ren shoot him a questioning glance

"I left her to sleep, she's been totally knackered lately with all the extra training sessions and the dance and all."

The knight dug into his food and became absorbed in the conversation that had kicked up about the teams' plans for the weekend. Ruby was in charge of coordinating it all and as always she was super excited.

"...And then I thought we could hit the mall cause there's this new weapon shop just opened up and I really really wanna see what they've got, I've heard they have this new gun oil made with dust that is just amazing!"

"Are weapons all you think about?" Weiss rolled her eyes at the young redhead, despite adoring Ruby as she might a younger sibling but her obsession with weapons to the near exclusion of all else did perplex her. The heiress failed to comprehend the unreachable appeal that instruments of death held for her.

It was not long after they had laid their plans that a Pyrrha strode into the canteen in her usual bronze attire.

"Sleeping beauty awakens!" Jaune called out. The table laughed, he didn't have them often but his occasional bursts of confidence often had comedic affect. But what the others didn't know was that Jaune had meant it as more than an idle greeting.

"Sorry I am late, I overslept. Are they still serving food?"

"Yep!" Nora grinned as she returned with her third serving of pancakes. Once again the others burst into laughter.

Once they had all sated their hunger they shot off to the airport to catch the airship to Vale, it was only by the skin of their teeth that they caught it as they shot through the doors into a big, out of breath heap on the floor. They disentangled themselves and settled in for the ride, well, most of them did. Jaune stood poised over the onboard trash can ready for the inevitable onslaught of his motion sickness. It did not disappoint him.

The flight was not too long and soon they all stood among the hustle and bustle of the city. They all agreed to run their errands and gather what necessities they had to before meeting in the town square to hit the mall an hour later. The teams split into their usual groups with Ruby Following Yang and Weiss whom for all their bickering often shopped together. Ren went with Nora to ensure that she was supervised, and Blake went off alone to scour the book stores and libraries. This left Jaune and Pyrrha together, something which the young knight was glad for due to the fact that most of the times they were alone together they were sparring or training.

"So where shall we head first? I mean I don't need anything really, I stocked up on all my necessities last week." the Spartan smiled warmly as she handed control of their hour to him. The blonde gave her a blank look, he didn't ever really need supplies given that he didn't use bullets. The only things he ever really needed were stationary and he got most of those from the stores at Beacon itself.

The knight's stomach answered for him with a loud, almost aggressive growl, Jaune started at the sound and blushed.

"Sorry, I guess motion sickness makes me hungry".

Pyrrha laughed her melodic laugh and took his hand as she led him off down a main street and into a small cafe tucked away down a small alley. An older man stood behind the counter and broke into a grin at seeing the champion enter.

"Pyrrha! So good to see you again" the old man beamed

"Hello Samuel, we'll take two slices of your finest chocolate cake please" Pyrrha spoke with a fondness Jaune hadn't heard her use for anyone outside of the teams RWBY and JNPR. He raised an eyebrow and they sat in one of the many booths.

"What? I love chocolate as much as anyone else...well save for maybe Nora and Ruby." their conversation was interrupted as Samuel brought them two slabs of what looked to be the richest looking cake Jaune had ever seen. Pyrrha paid him, this made Jaune frown. His father had always insisted that he pay for his own food and for that of any female counterparts should he have any but it was too late now, he would have to remember to pay her back later.

The champion sliced off a decent chunk and put it in her mouth. As she did her whole face seemed to light up. She opened her eyes to find Jaune staring directly at her and shot him a puzzled look. Realising he had been caught out he dove into his cake to hide his reddening cheeks. It was truly delicious.

"How did you find this place?" Jaune asked as he shovelled another mouthful of cake.

The champion pause a moment in thought. " Well when I got here my reputation had preceded me. I was just looking for a place that I could be alone with my thoughts. A place away from would be suitors and fanatical fans. I just stumbled across this place and fell in love with the place"

Her response shocked Jaune. He had never considered the problems her fame might have brought her. Since she had formed their partnership and been enrolled into JNPR she hadn't really been bothered by fans or suitors. To learn how things had been before shocked him.

The two sat in their booth chatting and eating all the cake they could until their hour was up. The two made a move to leave but the redhead stopped him in his tracks, she looked as if she was trying not to burst into fits of laughter. The knight shot her a questioning glance.

"Um Jaune... you have uh...a little chocolate around your mouth" she giggled.

The knight took his napkin and wiped his face, when he finished and surveyed his napkin he realised she had understated it. The once white napkin was caked in the rich cake's icing. He blushed the same shade as the Spartan's hair.

"I-I knew that" he tried to save face "I was just saving it for later"

This finally broke Pyrrha she had a fit of merriment that Jaune found himself drawn into. The two remained in their little cafe laughing until they had tears streaming down their faces and were gasping for breath. Once they had regained control of themselves they found that they were stood in comfortable silence looking straight into one another's eyes, this in turn made them both blush beet red.

"W-we should uh...get going, we don't wanna be late"

Pyrrha nodded and turned to the door to hide the look of disappointment on her face. Internally a battle raged. She knew that was her chance to make her move and that that chance was now gone. she sighed and left their hidden coffee shop.

The two finally made their way to the town square where they found RWBY and NR waiting. Most of them were already laden with bags containing their purchases save for Ruby who had been saving her Lien for her new weapons shop.

It was only on the return airship to Beacon that Pyrrha realised how tired she was. A part of her wanted to stay awake so that she could support Jaune through his inevitable airsickness attack, but she was simply too tired. Deciding that Jaune would be able to cope she settled into her seat and was soon fast asleep.

The next thing she knew was the feeling of strong arms around her and the feeling of movement. Perplexed, she opened her eyes to see Jaune's face smiling back at her. She was in his arms as he carried her through the halls of Beacon. Her feelings on her situation were twofold. On the one hand she felt a rush at being in his arms and she had to admit his carrying her to their room was really cute. But on the other she was guilty that he had had to carry her all the way from the airport.

"You fell asleep and we didn't want to wake you" the knight explained in a hushed voice.

The champion nodded and slowly lowered her face to avoid showing how red she was fast becoming this in turn only made Jaune chuckle. She had accidentally fallen into one of her dream scenarios and was enjoying every moment of it.

'It's a shame that he insists on chasing Weiss.' she sighed. Nothing got to her more than watching the ice queen shoot down Jaune's advances, but a small part of her enjoyed knowing that he was still up for Spartan comfortable in her partner's arms began to drift back to sleep. The last thing she felt before she went was the knight gently laying her on her bed and covering her with a blanket.

'Awh, hes tucking me in' she thought before falling into the land of dreams

"Goodnight Pyrrha" he whispered.

Thanks for reading. I wasn't quite sure how to end this one so I'm sorry if it seemed a tad abrupt. Like I say ill try and improve as I release more chapters, I have no idea how long this will go on for but it's gonna be fun finding out.