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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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voicemail #2

[beaconed]

By the way, "don't Yang up"? Love it!

voicemail #3

[beaconed]

Oh yeah, this is Jaune, by the way. Sorry, I forgot to mention! Anyway, call me back!

voicemail #4

[beaconed]

--oops, sorry! This one was actually meant to go to Sun. Ignore this recording. Haha.. how embarrassing...

voice;

[flaredo]

[ what even

WHAT EVEN ]

Well, good to know you're still... Jaune-ish!

voice;

[beaconed]

Don't you worry, Yangy-Yang!

I'm never, ever, ever gonna change after I heard about what a great guy I am. Never!

[ What happened to making her think you're not a great guy, Jaune?? ]

voice;

[flaredo]

[ SO DRY. ]

Even though you sell bootleg copies of movies?

voice;

[beaconed]

Ah... m-my "secret" is out! [ Great work, Naoki! Just as planned. ]

I guess our budding romance is over before it even started. How will I ever move on? [ He says it too casually. ]

voice;

[flaredo]

Oh, I don't know. Find another pretty girl who can beat you up in my place?

voice;

[beaconed]

Yeah, we might have to narrow down the critera just a tiiiny little.

[ He meets a lot of pretty girls who can beat him up. He’s aware of it. ]

voice;

[flaredo]

Someone who probably isn't on my team.

voice;

[beaconed]

[ your hints are wasted on this naive boy... ]

Hey, I thought you were rooting for Weiss and me!

voice;

[flaredo]

I kind of have to support Weiss a little more-- you know, as a teammate?

[ FOCUS ON YOUR OWN. ]

voice;

[beaconed]

Yeah, yeah, I get it. [ He doesn't. She just told him not to date anyone from her team?! What is she trying to say???

Oh.

Maybe she's still not quite over him and is asking him out of respect. Aw, Yang... ]

Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore. That ship has sailed a while ago, heh...

voice;

[flaredo]

[ ... WHO IS WORRIED HERE?? ]

Trust me, I'm not worried.

voice;

[beaconed]

Ouch!

Well, anyway, thanks for saying those nice things about me. You're pretty cool, too, Yang... so.. keep up the fight! Plenty of fish in the sea and all!

voice;

[flaredo]

[ H-haaaa. ]

Thanks, Jaune... I'll try to get a good rebound.

voice;

[beaconed]

N-no way, I'm the one with the broken heart here!! [ He almost forgot that he wanted her to think that dumping him was her idea. ] Yang Xiao Long doesn't need any small-time crooks or rebounds, she only deserves the best!

voice;

[flaredo]

And what's the best here, exactly?

[ Jaune, you're preciously awkward, WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE THIS WITH THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY LIKES YOU? ]

voice;

[beaconed]

[ He shrugs... even though she can't see his actions in a phone conversation. ]

Hey, you've been here a lot longer than I have, right? I figure you probably know the answer to that better than I do.

voice;

[flaredo]

I can honestly say, off the top of my head...

... A lot of people are super hopeless.

voice;

[beaconed]

[ Harsh! How did Jaune ever make it into her good books, he wonders... ]

W-Well.

It's good to have standards! Yeah. That just means you'll know the best when you see it. [ Trying to be optimistic?? ]

And I can keep an eye out for them, too!

voice;

[flaredo]

That's sweet of you, but you should worry about yourself before you fuss over me.

[ please. Please notice the person who glows around you PLEASE. ]

voice;

[beaconed]

M-Myself...? Well, I...

[ The sound of his apartment door being opened can be heard in the background. ]

Ah, Pyrrha just got home from work. She's a teacher here, can you believe that? Anyway, gotta go! I'lllll see-Yang later!

[flaredo]

[ ... Yang sits there long after Jaune has hung up... just... thinking.

They live together, just like in the dorms, only without Ren and Nora, and--

He still-- ]

How is one person so obvious and so dense at the same time?!