Author's note- As I mentioned in the (former) later chapter's ending note I decided to just condense the two because they were fairly short, and in to be frankly honest were only seperated in the first place because I ran out of writing brain juice writing this chapter.

Cheers.

"So what if we just don't fight?" Ruby asked eagerly, clapping her hands and bringing them apart in a motion that resembled a rainbow to emphasize her epiphany.

The only sound to fill the room for a few minutes was the occasional sniffle as Pyrrha regained herself, Yang adding nothing to conversation either as she remained slumped on the floor.

"ahem, I said-"

"I heard you...I just don't understand." Pyrrha finally responded now that her breathing had fully calmed down.

"What's not to get?" Ruby asked with a genuine look of confusion, tilting her head slightly to the side.

Yang answered this time. "How does one...not fight for Jaune?" She asked if trying to solve some ancient riddle, voice a mix of confusion and awe...as if the concept itself was alien. Pyrrha nodded and hummed in agreement.

Ruby looked around a bit, as if looking for whatever was causing the confusion. "Uhhh...just don't?"

Pyrrha and Yang shared a perplexed look before they both turned to Ruby, no trace of understanding on their faces.

Ruby's shoulders slumped as she threw her head back a bit in exasperation. "Ughhhhh, okay so for example..." She brought her hand to her chin in thought for a bit. "Yang, what's your end goal?"

"To live out the rest of my days with Jaune by my side." Yang answered instantly and earnestly.

Ruby nodded. " Ah, I see you are a woman of culture as well, and yours Pyrrha?"

"To have Jaune return even a fraction of the infinite love I feel for him."

"Hmmm, not sure you can have a fraction of infinite but I see what you mean." Ignoring Pyrrha's grumble Ruby brought a hand proudly to her chest. "I myself want to have a never ending, mostly wholesome, relationship with Jaune...that being said what do all of our goals have in common?"

"Jaune." The other two immediately answered, Pyrrha kept talking afterwards. "So that would mean the three of us are at an impasse."

Ruby shook her head as she chuckled. "ah ah ah, but that's the thing you see."

"I don't see." Pyrrha responded bluntly.

Ruby rolled her eyes and sighed again. "The other thing we all have in common is...none of our goals have anything against sharing."

"I would like to add a amendment to my goal." Pyrrha immediately responded.

Ruby shrugged her shoulders with a deadpanned look. "Too bad." Causing Pyrrha to grumble while Yang hummed in thought. "Look, I know it may not exactly be ideal for you but this is just how things have to be." Ruby continued, trying to sell the idea as hard as she could.

"Why?" Pyrrha asked dejectedly. "Why can't I just Jaune to myself?"

Ruby gave a friendly smile. "Because there's no way I'd allow that."

Before Pyrrha could say anything Yang finally spoke up. "It makes sense, all of us want Jaune and none of us are the giving up type." Pyrrha merely hummed in reluctant agreement as Yang continued. "The only problem is...will Jaune be alright with that?"

The three shared a look, contemplating the question...before they each smirked.

Jaune had no real destination in mind as he walked the halls of beacon, nor did he have the faintest clue when he would stop walking aimlessly. He wanted to put distance between him and the three girls from the earlier altercation, but how long could he really distance himself...a few hours top seeing as one of those three lived in the same dorm as him. Hopefully those few hours would be enough for them to get their feelings sorted, to adjust to the way things are going to be through on out...

Jaune sighed as he realized that the first time he had any shot with a girl, much less three, he had to completely shut down any chance at having a relationship with any of them. He hoped that they could move forward as friends but a smaller part of him still loathed the fact that he had just doomed himself to being single for the rest of his life, I mean he already had three absolute bombshells fall for him...it would be beyond any sense of reality to have another girl fall for him.

"Ah what a coincidence bumping into you here Jaune." A soft, regal, voice interrupted his depressing thoughts. He looked up to see none other than Weiss Schnee. He dejectedly dwelled on the fact as just that as he was thinking about a girl never falling for him again he just so happened to bump into the girl who's romantic interest in him was in the negatives...what a coincidence indeed. "Suppose this works for the better however as I was looking for you."

Jaune was a little surprised but none the less smiled warmly. "Oh? Something I can help you with?" The way Jaune saw it if he was going to be walking around aimlessly he might as well rather use that time to help a friend.

"Indeed there is, you see ever since your apology the other day I have been...troubled." She explained with a small frown.

Dang it, had he annoyed her even more somehow? Can't even apologize right. "Oh...how can I fix that?"

"Simple really, allow me to return the favor." Her frown had shifted to small, albeit cute, smile.

"...do what now?"

She gave a slight chuckle, a rare thing...especially when Jaune was involved. "I can't get over the fact that you went out of your way to apologize, to make effort to mend the *ahem* relationship between us, while I haven't done the same." He failed to notice how she dragged the word relationship, as if she was savoring the way it tasted.

"Oh...well you don't have to worry about that Weiss."

"But I do, and I must insist you allow me to do my part." She seemed oddly fixated on the idea, and Jaune knew better than to keep her from something she wanted.

"Well I guess I won't argue if it means that much to you, what did you have in mind?"

"To show that there's no ill will between us, I'd like to...invite you out to a nice dinner, my treat of course."

If he was a foolish man perhaps Jaune would have interpreted that as a request for a date, but he was far too wise to think such things. So instead he nodded his head with a warm smile. "I'd be happy to spend some time with you."

He missed the borderline psychotic smile that almost split her face as she turned to leave. "Splendid, it's a date then."

Jaune reeled his head back in confusion, but before he could receive any confirmation Weiss had already made her escape. "Wait...what?."

Unbeknownst to him, the exchange he just had with Weiss had a witness, hidden around one of then bends in the long halls of beacon... and unlike Jaune she knew what Weiss was up to. The ice queen had squandered the knights feelings so she simply wanted a do over, she intended to make him fall head over heels for her all over again.

This would not stand. She'd kill this little plot in it's crib, for she already had her plot that she intended to carry out. That being said she decided to make her presence known to the knight as soon as Weiss had left the vicinity.

"Ah Jaune there you are, I need your help with something."

Any other man probably would have groaned at the absurdity of the situation, two people needing help back to back, but call it Arc nature that Jaune instead opted to turn around with a smile. "And what would that be, Blake?" It was a rare enough thing to talk to Blake, something the knight regretted and longed to change, so he figured it would be best to make the best impression he could whenever he could.

That smile and eagerness to help did things to Blake, but she wouldn't show him. Instead she glanced around making sure they were completely alone. "It's a...delicate and personal matter, I can trust you right?"

Jaune's eyes widened, surprised that Blake would trust him with supposedly serious matters given that they could be called acquaintances at best, but he was eager to help regardless. "Of course, I know we don't ever really talk but you can rely on me."

Blake gave a discreet smile. "That's reassuring, seeing as you're really the only one I can go to for this."

Now that was even more surprising. Jaune was sure that Blake got along with the rest of her team, enough to trust them with personal matters at least. "Not that I mind helping of course, but I'm sure your team wouldn't mind helping you."

Blake shook her head. "I'm sure they wouldn't, but the matter at hand makes them...less than ideal."

Jaune cocked his head to the side, even more perplexed now. "And what matter could that be."

"Well... as you are aware I am a faunus."

"Blake, you know they don't really care about that." Jaune said sadly, worried that Blake still felt orchestrated from her team and the rest of Beacon.

"Of course, me being a faunus isn't the problem however, it's what it entails."

"What it entails?"

"As you know faunus have animalistic properties...however not all of these properties are things as simple as ears or tails, they can be things other than physical attributes."

"Hmmm, like heightened senses and what not?" Jaune questioned, getting the gist of what she was getting at. In fact he could faintly recall something about certain faunus having enhanced night vision.

"Yes...heightened senses." Blake whispered, a double meaning to her words...as if things like night vision or super hearing wasn't what she was getting at. She looked around once again to assure they were alone before she leaned in to whisper. "That being said...what do you know about heat?"

"...Heat?" Jaune asked while blinking dumbly. "Well I guess I know the gist of it, sisters had a dog a while back and every once in a while she would get...uhhh extra attached to me." Jaune recalled, not noticing Blake's lack of any interest in old family pets.

"Is that so?" Blake at least tried to play along, hiding her desire to get to the crux of the "issue".

" Yep, used to be a real charmer back in the day...by getting my legged humped by a little dachshund every once in a while, a real playboy haha."

"Yes a real charmer, but you do understand why I'm bringing this up right?" Blake tried to guide Jaune back to his future task/ the first step of her plan.

"Not the slightest." Jaune answered with a slightly tilted head, something Blake would have found cute if it wasn't for the sheer frustration it caused. Instead she took a deep breath before continuing.

"The thing is Jaune one of the many animalistic traits faunus exhibit happens to be heat, which would be the problem I need your help with at the moment."

Jaune tilted his head and blinked rapidly. "Excuse me?" He asked with narrowed and worried eyes, puzzled greatly.

"I'm in heat." Blake nonchalantly answered. "As in I'm incredibly hor-"

"No no no no no no I get that!" Jaune frantically stopped Blake, embarrassed enough without her saying it plainly. "What I don't get is why you're telling me this!"

Blake blinked lazily before responding. "Because I need your help."

"Is there, I dunno, some home remedy or something you need my help to make or something." Jaune asked with pleading eyes, hoping that Blake wasn't implying something more...intimate.

Blake in turn lidded her eyes as they roamed over Jaunes form. "I suppose that's one way you could word it." She was entirely implying something intimate.

Even Jaune managed to catch the implication that Blake all but threw in his face, however catching onto "hints" and knowing how to respond to them are two entirely separate things. "T-that's really a handful there Blake."

Blake quickly sauntered over, removing any trace of personal space as she begun to massage his chest "I was actually hoping for more of a mouthf-"

"STOP!" Jaune pleaded, face already a burning crimson. "Okay I get it, but you can't really expect me to...well you know..."

She tilted her head up to look Jaune in the eye as she purred. "Leave me a quivering mess?"

Jaune exhaled a long breath through his nostrils as he felt his head begin to steam. He'd try to be understanding and chalk up Blake's sudden vulgarity to her heat, but there were somethings you couldn't just say to a blooming male teen. "If that's how you want to put it, but Blake I can't do this...it just doesn't seem right, I mean wouldn't I basically be taking advantage of you?"

Oh ho, he had no idea who was actually being taken advantage of. It was indeed the truth that Blake was feeling exceptionally lustful, what was a fib however was the concept of "Heat". Jaune needed no assistance from some primal mating cycle to get Blake's engine purring, he did that all by himself. For example just now his hesitation and concern about a very enticing offer had showed off his genuine nature that Blake absolutely adored. She changed her posture to a more normal stance, backing away and taking her hand of Jaune's chest. "And that's exactly why I can only trust you to help me with this." She said with a warm smile.

Jaune blinked a few times in confusion. "Do what?"

"Jaune, I know we don't talk often but even so I know about you and your honest and noble nature." She moved her hand again, instead placing it on his shoulder in a reassuring way. "I know you wouldn't take advantage of this damn heat cycle, that you'd keep my feelings in mind."

"Oh...well thanks Blake" Jaune did still look conflicted however. "But that doesn't change the fact that I can't...do that thing you said earlier."

Blake chuckled a bit. "I do, luckily for you a may have slightly exaggerated the severity of my heat as a bit of a test."

Jaune gave a sigh of relief. "I guess I can understand that, gave me a bit of a scare though." He relaxed his shoulders and ran a hand through his hair. "For a second I really did think you were completely lost to lust there."

"Oh no, given enough time I will be." Jaune doubled over from the revelation. "But I should be able to avoid that if I sate my...appetite slightly before that point."

"Okay you're losing me again here."

"See the basic concept of heat is that it compels a female to find a suitable mate to...well mate with." Jaune began to tense up again but Blake quickly continued to ease him. "However if I was to simply spend time being affectionate with said suitable mate I should be able to avoid the more drastic acts of intimacy."

"...being affectionate?" Jaune asked somewhat wearily.

"Yes, for example..." Blake did her best to hide her growing excitement "cuddling."

"Sooooo...you want me to cuddle with you a bit to try and calm down your hormones?" Jaune thought it over a bit before nodding his head. " That seems doable."

He failed to notice Blake's conceited smirk. Jaune was indeed a lovable dolt but sometimes emphasis could be put on dolt. She was almost amazed that he could believe that they'd merely cuddle, much less the entire concept of her being in heat. Not once in any given point of history had any Faunus showed signs of entering a mating cycle like a common house-cat, but Blake wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. She'd milk this new found opportunity to it's fullest potential, lying that while the actions they took eased her heat that it wasn't enough, that they'd have to take the next step until her final, blissful end goal was accomplished.

"I knew I could count on you...so shall we get started?" Count on him to be dumb enough to fall for such a bold faced lie or to help her in need? The world may never know.

Jaune took a steadying breath before nodding his head. "I guess, but where would we go?" Normal protocol of not doing intimate things in a dorm with other people he especially wanted to avoid his or Blake's dorm given the specific occupants of said dorms.

"A hotel in Vale seems like the best bet, I already booked a room."

"...already?"

Blake smiled. "Like I said, I knew I could count on you."

"R-right."

"The last Bulkheads should be leaving shortly, we should probably hurry if we want to make it." Naturally this was another part of Blake's plan, it would implant a sense of urgency to hurry things along and once these bulkheads departed they wouldn't be coming back until tomorrow...she'd own him until then.

Jaune only nodded as they both started to make their way hurriedly towards the dock, not even the slightest bit aware that the proverbial canary had walked straight into the cat's jaws.