Jaune and the Real Girl.

Chapter 14

Ruby nodded assuringly, "your secret is safe with me Penny, what are friends for after all?"

Penny took a long moment of silence to gather her courage and speak his name. "Jaune," she muttered quietly, feeling bashful at even speaking his name.

"Jaune!" Ruby exclaimed.

The door opened just as Ruby said his name and Penny turned to see the rest of Team RWBY stepping in.

"Oh hey Penny!" Yang greeted her with a smile before looking over to her little sister, "what's this about Jaune?"

"Nothing! Goodnight Ruby!" Penny stammered as she stood straight up and made for the door only for Ruby to catch her by the arm.

"Wait Penny, stay with us. We can all talk about this, just us girls." Ruby offered her looking at the confused looks on her teammate's faces. "Right? They're probably more qualified to talk about this sort of thing than me?"

"What are you talking about?" Blake asked them with a confused look on her face.

Penny looked to the face of every girl. "This will all stay between us right?" She asked them, shaking with nervousness.

"Yeah sure," Yang agreed instantly.

"We can keep a secret," Weiss added in assuringly.

Blake simply gave a silent nod.

"Alright," Penny admitted sheepishly as she moved back into her chair and sat down. Everyone else took seats of their own. Penny felt weighed down by their gazes transfixed on her.

"So what is this about?" Blake asked, turning to Ruby.

"Uh you see, Penny and I were talking about... boys." Ruby explained to her teammates.

"Boys!" Weiss exclaimed in surprise. "You mean like... boys?"

"Ooh!" Yang said excitedly. She pulled her legs up on the bunk sitting criss cross and leaning forward, "one of my favorite things to discuss."

"A... boy," Penny clarified, not sure if she found Yang's exuberance to be encouraging or not.

"A boy?" Blake said her brow furrowing, "so you mean... Jaune?" She asked, putting the rest of the pieces together.

"You like vomit boy?!" Yang asked excitedly, wearing a huge grin on her face.

"Do not call him that!" Penny said, "he does not like it!"

Yang threw her hands up in mock surrender but the gleeful expression on her face shone brighter. "Woah I'm sorry! I didn't mean to insult your boyfriend!"

Penny opened her mouth to retort only to witness a pillow smash into Yang's face silencing her. To her surprise she saw that the feather stuffed missile had been thrown by Weiss who quickly donned the air of a calm and dignified lady once more.

The youngest Schnee sibling cleared her throat as if she'd done something rather inconsequential. "So you like Jaune?" Weiss asked her, remaining calm and dignified as she spoke. "As in... romantically?"

"I think I might," Penny explained to her, "I have never felt this way about anyone before, especially not a boy."

"You have been spending quite a bit of time together," Blake commented.

Ruby nodded in agreement, "and the two of you have gone through a lot together recently."

Yang shrugged facetiously, "seems like this was enviable to me," she said, "what are a couple of kids to do am I right?"