Jaune stared at the door in front of him, his hand raised to knock but unmoving. He was worried about what he would say to get Weiss to help him, especially after all the times he'd annoyed her by asking her out.
Something which in hindsight he definitely regretted. The way he'd asked her out that is, not the asking her out part. Hopefully, now that he's stopped, she'd be willing to hear him out.
Taking a deep breath he lightly knocked on team RWBY's door and patiently waited. If he couldn't get Weiss's help then he could probably ask Ruby if she could help as well. It may not be a gun that he needed help making, but with how smart Ruby was he had no doubt she'd be able to help as well.
But as smart as Ruby was, he knew that Weiss was the dust expert, and a dust expert was what he needed right now.
A few more agonizing seconds passed before the door opened and a surprised Yang greeted him.
"What's up VB. Looking for Ruby?" Suppressing a groan at the unfortunate nickname, and a wince at the memory of their first meeting, Jaune continued with his main goal.
"Uh, no. I was. Is Weiss here? I wanted to ask her something." He tried not to wince at her questioning look, and he could only sigh in relief when she went back into the room.
"Hey Weiss-cream! Vomit-Boy wants to talk to you!" Taking a deep breath he tried to calm himself, but the sharp clacks of Weiss's footsteps only increased his anxiety. Seeing her, his breath betrayed him again like it always did, his heart skipping a beat, and he found himself unable to speak. She was breathtaking as always, and although he had no intention of pursuing her anymore, especially when she was pining after Neptune, a part of him was still in love with her.
"What is it Arc? You better not be asking me out again." he flinched at the tone of her voice, but he couldn't help but agree that he deserved it as he moved to deny the justified accusation.
"No no no no!" He flinched again at the questioning look. "Sorry, I uh, I kinda need your help making something," he spoke softly, unsure i asking her for help after all he'd done was even the right thing to do.
"Shouldn't you be asking Ruby then?"
"Maybe, but this isn't exactly a gun. It's mostly involving dust and you're the smartest person I know when it comes to dust. So you were the first person I thought I'd ask." He answered sheepishly, but he couldn't help but lighten up when he saw Weiss smile at the compliment.
"Well, maybe I can help. What exactly are you making?"
"I wanted to create something that'll allow Nora to activate her semblance safely." Weiss's eyebrow shot up as she examined him, and he couldn't help but shuffle uncomfortably under her gaze.
"And why now?"
"Well, it's Nora's birthday soon and I wanted to give her a present. So I thought why not kill two Grimm with one strike and give her something for her semblance as well." Silence took over as he finished. He could feel her judging gaze on him, and he couldn't bring himself to look back at her.
"Alright, I'll help." Surprised, Jaune looked up at Weiss to see her with a soft smile he'd never seen on her before, and it took his breath away. "Come on, Jaune. Let's go over the details in the library." Knocked out of his stupor, Jaune quietly followed behind the heiress, unsure of what had happened. But there was one thing he knew for sure, moving on from Weiss was going to be harder than he'd expected.
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AN: This was just supposed to be about Jaune making a gift for his new sister, but it somehow turned into a White Knight story. Not sure how that happened but it did lol. But the reason why Weiss was colder at first was that she was testing Jaune and yes this is just after the dance.
