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AN: Thank you to those who helped with this. This is a One Shot, if you want more just say so. I was originaly going to post this on valentine's day but couldn't wait! XD
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The rings felt cool in her hand. She gripped them tightly as she gazed out over the island of Menagerie. She had gotten married soon thought back to how it began, back to the first night that changed her life forever.
- It was another sleepless night for Blake. She sighed as she tossed and turned in her bed unable to get comfortable. She sat up and crept out of bed deciding to get some air. She quietly exited the room and leaned against the cool wall. She thought about it again, how she almost cost her friends their lives and had let a high priority criminal get away. She blamed herself for it, took the blame for the failure of their mission. She frowned at herself and hid her face from no one in particular as she moped in the hallway until sound of the roof door closing snapped her out of her daze. She stood slowly and made her way up the stairs to the door and opened it just enough to peer out. She saw a figure sitting on the edge with their feet dangling off. she went through the door, closing it silently behind her. Creeping closer to the figure she paused when they reached down for something. her eyes narrowed 'Is that a guitar?' She stayed where she was and listened as the unknown student played beautifully. She heard him humming to the song and knew who it was ,she had had multiple classes with him including foreign languages, although it was the last person she expected to see at this hour. "Jaune?" she asked.
"B-Blake?! What are you doing here?" He asked. "I could ask you the same thing." She retorted walking over to him. The young Arc sighed, "I couldn't sleep." He said setting his guitar down as Blake sat next to him. "Me neither." He nodded looking down at his shoes. They sat together in silence not sure what to say to one another till Blake spoke after a good five minutes. "Jaune, could you play a song?" He was taken aback by the request. "Wha-what?" She looked at him and asked again, "Could you play a song? Please." He nodded with a small smile and grabbed his guitar playing a slow song.
"To all my friends present, past, and beyond
Though you weren't with us too long
life is the most precious thing you could lose
While you were here the fun was never ending
laugh a minute was only beginning
to those we've lost, this one's for you"
"Ever get that feeling you can't go on
Just remember who's side it it that you're on
You've got friends with you till the end
If you're ever in a tough situation
we'll be there with no hesitation
Brotherhood's our rule we cannot bend"
Blake was awestruck by the song, so full of emotion, sad yet happy.
"When you're feeling too close to the bottom
You know who it is you can count on
Someone will pick you up again
We can conquer anything together
All of us are bonded forever
If you die I die that's the way it is.
To all my friends present, past, and beyond
Though you weren't with us too long
life is the most precious thing you could lose
While you were here the fun was never ending
To all my friends, this one's for you."
The song really touched Blake causing her eyes to well up with tears she held back as the song finished. "That was beautiful Jaune." He nodded and sniffled, when he when to speak he found it hard to do so as his voice hitched in his throat. Blake looked at him and saw that he was crying wiped away his tears and cleared his throat looking off into the distance. "Blake, can i confide in you?" He said sounding more serious than he usually does. "Of course Juane. What is it?" He paused and sighed. "Blake, I'm not supposed to be here…" She looked at him confused " I lied, I cheated, I have no right to be here with you, or even on this campus….I faked my way into this place.I am a disgrace to my family." Blake put a hand on his shoulder. "Jaune, if you didn't belong here do you really think Ozpin would let you stay? You're here now that means he either doesn't care enough to throw you out, or he saw something in yo-" "But what if he's wrong? What if he made a mistake?" Blake scooted closer. "Jaune, if he made a mistake do you think he would let you stay?." He smiled slightly and looked down at his knees. "I guess you're right Blake, thank you, i just needed to get that off my chest." She sighed. "Well, as long as we are being honest with each-other, there is something I need to say too then….. I used to be part of the white fang." she prepared for the worst, she waited for him to run away, to yell at her, to do something but what he actually did surprised her even more. He said "so? You aren't any more, that's what matters. you became a huntress with a team...with friends who would stick by your side no matter what you used to b-" Jaune's sentence was cut short by Blake wrapping her arms round him and sobbing into his shoulder. "I killed people Jaune, I killed government officials, I helped destroy villages." He held he silently stroking her hair as she wept. "Blake, that was than, you have changed, you are one of the bravest people I know, without your help people could have died in the Breach. You will never know how much you mean to your friends...to me." He whispered the last part, she wasn't sure what he meant by that. "You are one of the best friends I have, I will be here for you whenever you need to talk, or if you ever need a shoulder to cry on." His soft words stuck with her. She had stopped crying now but held onto him still. He grabbed his Jacket from under his guitar and draped it over her to keep her warm in the late October night. "Thank you Jaune." she said letting go of him huddling into his Jacket which smelled strongly like him, she found it to be comforting as they sat together with his arm around her. "J-Jaune…." she said looking at him. He turned to meet her gaze."Thank you, for being such a good friend to me." She was only inches from his face. He simply smiled. Blake closed the gap between them kissing him before breaking away leaving Jaune frozen in shock. She smiles lightly at him and soon stood to up she turned to leave. Juane hopped to his feet and grabbed her by the waist. Pulling her close his lips pressed against her urgently, firm but gentle. He pulled away to embrace her, as she clung to him. They stood there for a minute embracing each other. When they let go of each other Jaune put his forehead against hers and smiled. She smiled back.
They made their way back to their rooms slowly, each unwilling to end the moment. Blake, still with Jaune's hoodie, stopped and hugged him. "Fais de beaux rêves, mon chaton" Jaune said softly. "Pareil pour vous, mon chevalier." she said back releasing him backing to her dorm. As she lay in her bed she clutched onto the hoodie, still smelling very strongly of Jaune, she smiled and closed That night was the first time in months, Blake got some sleep. -
She watched the sun rise, toying with the rings in her hand. wiping away her tears she smiled down at the bands, so many memories stored in such a small item. her ring lay there, it was Gold with Jaune's symbol on it in polished Tungsten Carbide and the inside read "we can conquer anything together all of us are bonded forever..." the other, was the exact reverse of her own but with her symbol on it with the engraving "...If you die, I die that's the way it is."
She kissed Jaune's Ring and put her ring on. She looked up and Smiled brightly. " I know you are still with us, watching over us, my knight…...mon chevalier." She went inside and put Jaune's Ring on her other hand and looked at the exquisitely detailed urn on the safest shelf in the house along with Crocea Mors. She smiled and touched it lightly. She moved away and went to the first door in the hallway and peered in at the bunk beds that were currently being occupied by the children of the brave knight. She smiled and stuffed her hands into the hoodie she had kept for many years to remember him by, and waited for her kin to wake ready to follow in their parent's footsteps.