Jaune and the Real Girl.

Chapter 8

He wasn't quite sure how he should ask Penny for the details. Ironwood told him he'd killed Vasily, but when he tried to recall the memory, he could only conjure flashes. He had ended that fight fueled purely on adrenaline and nothing more.

He banished the thoughts. There was no point in trying to think too hard about what had happened right now. They were both alive and that was the only important thing right now. He leaned forward and grabbed the box looking through the contents.

He sifted through the DVDs, he wasn't sure where Ruby and the rest of his friends got them but their options were extensive. They had a collection of his favorite Spruce Willis action movies, some animated Mistral shows, romantic comedies, even a couple of cheesy looking horror movies. He supposed a movie marathon was in order, he wondered if Penny would enjoy his favorite actor as much as she seemed to be enjoying his comics.

The door opened and Penny stepped in greeting him with a smile. "I got you some juice and milk too," she said with a box of apple juice and a carton of milk in her hands along with a fresh bottle of water."

"Uh thanks," he said as she set the refreshments on the table next to his bed. "You didn't need to do all that."

"It is no trouble," she assured him, "I am happy to assist you."

Jaune nodded, he didn't see any reason to argue with her just trying to be helpful. "Would you like to watch a movie?" He asked her motioning to the collection of DVDs they'd been blessed with.

"Certainly," She answered.

"I'll give you first pick," he offered.

"Thank you, I think I will be happy to watch whatever you would enjoy." She told standing next to him as if waiting for him to hand her a DVD.

Jaune frowned at her. "But what would you like to watch?" He asked her.

"Um..." She looked at the assortment of DVDs laid out in front of him. "I do not want to subject you to anything you'd dislike."

Jaune shook his head. "Don't worry about me," he told her. "We're both here, we both get to pick a movie. Worst case scenario I just read through it, or take a nap or mess around on my new scroll."

Penny nodded silently looking at the various movies. She studied them carefully and Jaune suppressed his urge to laugh. He'd never seen anyone overthink picking out a movie quite so intensely.

"Would this film be suitable?" She asked, picking up one of the DVD cases and holding it up for him. It was one of the romantic comedies, an attractive couple sat together at a table with a set of wine glasses between them. The man was laughing jovially, his hands held up as if telling a wild story. The woman on the other hand looked bored resting her head in her hand supported by her elbow with only a faint smile showing interest. The cover really didn't tell Jaune anything about the story.

"You want to watch a romantic comedy?" He asked.

"If you are alright with that," she said tentatively looking at the movie holding the case in both hands.

Jaune chuckled. "Of course we can watch it," he told her, "I grew up with seven sisters, I can watch a chick flick."

"You have seven sisters?" She asked.

"Yeah, eight of you count my sister in law," Jaune said scratching the back, "it certainly made our family weekly movie nights hell, everyone had something different they wanted to watch."

"How did you usually choose?"

"We'd narrow it down to a few choices and put it to a vote, though I was usually outvoted." He chuckled at the memory as every Friday night they gathered around with a bowl of popcorn and voted yea or nay on the movies they picked out.