Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140905003518/@comment-209421-20140905020942

Shadow at Morning wrote: Flash (Aaahhh!): That we've seen on screen. You can't be roommates, project partners for a whole semester, and eat and study together without getting to know each other, at least a bit. Ren's just the quiet type, as we well know, and probably feels awkward because he suspects that Jaune's about to ask about Weiss, knows full well about Pyrrha's situation, is not really a social creature himself, and really just wants to take a shower, dammit.

As to Ren's orientation, it's possible; though I shan't infer anything from his own reactions. Nora is more telling w.r.t. their relationship. I simply desperately want to avoid Sloth.

Jaune said it himself - he knows barely anything about Ren. The two, despite being members of a closely knit team, simply haven't really socialized properly because Ren is so quiet, and likely spends most of his time with Nora, similarly to how Pyrrha and Jaune spend most of their time together. The rest of your points for reasoning make sense.

Also, Ren just got OUT of the shower. The cloud of steam on his exit of the bathroom implies that, at least.

I find the idea of Ren and Nora in a relationship cute and appealing - it appears in my fanfic from time to time, but the references to it haven't really left the planning stage. I would find it amusing if the entire reason why they are like that is because of Nora's parents - I could see her father being a Viking threatening to cut bits off boys who hit on his daughter.

TBH, my opinion is either they are both gay, or they are both straight in a sibling relationship. Not one or the other.