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Edit: Minor edit with adding a few more words here and there.
Deep breaths, that was it, just think about breathing.
In and out.
In and out.
There's no other care in the world other than breathing slowly.
No thoughts about flying through the air in a metal deathtrap...
With that though, Jaune let out a groan as a wave of pain assaulted his head, closing his eyes as he leaned back in his seat.
"Are you already feeling sick?"
Jaune grunted as he cracked an eye open to wearily glance at the speaker. "You know I've had this condition for years" he frowned at his partner's scoff. "I've told you many times; this condition is far more common than you would think!"
"We haven't even taken off yet" his companion said as Jaune closed his eyes shut again.
Even with his eyes closed tight, Jaune could hear the smirk upon his companion's face, and even the hair flip as she sat back beside him.
"I told you the last dozen times..." Jaune grumbled as he leaned his head back against the cushioned seat. "I just need to not focus on the fact that I'm flying, and the best way to do that is if I curled up in a ball and fell asleep"
Suddenly, Jaune heard some rustling from beside him, and felt a familiar oppressive weight upon his thighs.
The next second, a voice began speaking to him directly beside his ear.
"I also remember us doing something else that had all of your attention..." the speaker ended that sentence by blowing slightly into his ear canal.
Jaune wasn't able to repress the shivers that racked his body; tingling going from his ear, down his spine and to the tips of his toes.
Jaune opened his eyes to see her looking back at him, their faces centimetres apart, noses almost touching.
The face before him was a flawless pale white that contrasted nicely with her black hair that rested over her shoulder to tickle Jaune's neck.
There was a playful upturn of her mouth as the two of them locked gazes.
Jaune could vividly see the simmering heat behind her dark amber eyes, drawing him into their golden depths, no matter how many times they shared a look, he would always lose the ability to speak.
She was just that breathtakingly beautiful, almost... sinfully so.
Jaune felt one of her hands come up to caress the side of his face, fingers ghosting across his cheek and over his mouth, before stopping there.
Jaune remained still, forgetting everything else in the world, other than the feeling of her finger currently tracing his open mouth, and the look of her hooded smouldering eyes.
She leaned even closer before whispering: "You should close your mouth before something flies into it" she leaned even closer now, her mouth once more right next to Jaune's ear. "Or would you like it if I closed your mouth for you?" she asked softly, lips brushing against his cheek.
Jaune took this moment to come out of his surprise as a sly smile crossed Jaune's face before he placed a hand upon her hips, while the other trailed down her straddling thigh, familiarising himself once more with her smooth legs.
"You know, there are people watching..." Jaune said, though he appeared to not mind at all as his hands continued feeling up the girl in his lap.
"Then let's give them a show to remember..." she said as she hungrily devoured Jaune's lips.
Jaune let himself go as he met her attack head on.
The world disappeared, and all that was left was the feeling of her lips, and her hands; one currently fisted in his blonde hair, while the other had snaked its way underneath his hoodie, and the feeling of her silky smooth skin and glossing black hair as his own hands wandered.
Jaune wasn't sure how long they were joined at the lips, but sadly, all that fun came to an end by a sudden interruption:
"Excuse me!" a shrill voice broke through the haze of pleasure to register in Jaune's mind. "Excuse. Me!"
Jaune briefly entertained the thought of ignoring the speaker entirely, but it was not so as he felt her lips detach themselves from his and her hands retracted from his body.
Jaune groaned, low and guttural at the loss of contact as he attempted to regain his breath.
He saw her face turn to the side, presumably to the interrupter, and he mirrored her action.
Of course, he took a moment to get peek into her cleavage as his eyes travelled past her chest.
Finally looking to the side, Jaune saw their interrupter was another girl;
She was beautiful.
This girl was wearing a lot of white, in fact, her entire outfit was white with light blue edges and a red inlay. She also had an offset ponytail of shimmering white hair.
She was also beautiful, did Jaune mention that?
Not like the simmering heat he was used to, no, nothing like the girl in his lap, but from what he sensed, she was more of a frigid beauty.
His eyes tracked over her form before coming to a rest upon the sword at her hip; it looked like a rapier, though heavily modified, especially at the guard.
"Can I help you?"
Jaune could hear the annoyance in her tone as she spoke to the girl in white.
"Have you two no sense of decency!?"
"No"
With that simple answer, Jaune felt hands grasp his face as he was forced to turn his head, and he was once more eclipsed in a pulse-pounding duel.
"Stop that!"
Once more, the two of them broke apart, now a frown adorned her beautiful face as she once more turned to the interloper of their little fun.
It was as the two girls were arguing that Jaune thought back on his life.
More importantly, he thought back on the time when he met Cinder.
Seven Years Earlier
He was having the time of his life; everywhere he looked, there was something new to see. Though he felt bad for lying to Big-sis Jeanne, after he had explicitly promised NOT to go into the forest with one of his older sisters with him, but he was a big boy now, he could take care of himself!
So this was how Jaune found himself lost in the forest, watching the tree branches sway in the breeze as he walked, taking in the calming sights as he wandered amongst the trees.
He had no idea where he was going, but that was all part of the adventure.
So it was a complete surprise when he chanced upon a lake of water so clear, he could see far into the center of it.
But that was not what truly drew his attention...
There was another person already at this beautiful location, though, she -and it was indeed a 'she'- appeared to not be appreciating it.
She was in fact, currently hunched over with her legs drawn up to her chest, sitting at the shore of the lake.
As Jaune drew nearer, he was able to make out that the girl looked no bigger than him, and appeared to be around his age.
At the same time, as he got closer, he was able to make out what sounded like crying coming from the girl.
Jaune wasn't really sure what to do in this scenario; he rarely had any interaction with girls from his classes, and those interactions were usually were a small 'Hello' or a 'Thanks'.
In fact, most of the time he spent with girls ever were when he was at home and with his sisters and the majority of that time was usually when his younger sister, Jane, sneaks into his room at night and won't leave.
So it was with some trepidation that Jaune approached the crying girl; "Um, hello..." he called out weakly as he stood several metres away.
It appeared that she hadn't heard him as she continued to cry into her dress.
Jaune was left awkwardly standing there, unsure how to proceed, before remembering something his father said to him earlier in the week.
'Remember, Jaune, never let a girl cry, no matter what'
So with some renewed confidence, he moved up until he was standing right behind the girl, and then he spoke again; "Hi..."
the girl slowly stopped crying and turned to look at him, only sniffling as she did so.
It was then, when the two of them met eyes, that Jaune was struck dumb by the beauty of the girl before him.
He looked into her amber eyes and found himself thinking to himself; 'I never want to see her cry, ever again. I want to make her smile forever'
"I'll protect you; if you want to be queen, then I'll be your shining knight"
"This is unacceptable, Jonas, Joan!" A disapproving Qrow said from his seat behind the desk. "This is the fifth time Jaune has been caught fighting other students this month!"
"Well, at least it's less than last month... haha..." Jonas gave a weak chuckle as Qrow rolled his eyes.
"Dear, this month only started two days ago" Joan said as she shot her husband a disapproving look, instantly shutting him up.
"What's the cause of the fights this time, Qrow?" Joan asked with a sigh -already knowing the answer- she turned back from her husband.
"The same reason as the fights from last month, and the month before that; some of the children were picking on Cinder again" Qrow answered with an aggravated sigh.
At that answer, both Arcs gave a sigh of long suffering.
"It's always Cinder" grumbled Joan.
"Now Joan, I think it's very sweet that Jaune is so devoted to her, reminds me of our school days" Jonas said with a smile of pride. "He's found himself a girl worth devoting himself to"
His smile was wiped from his face as something jabbed into his ribs.
"Why don't you tell that to our seven daughters whom feel cheated out of their brother's company!?"
As the patriarch and matriarch of the Arc Family argued the merits of their son's female companionship, outside the office, sat a bruised, battered, but triumphant Jaune Arc.
The girl sitting beside him gave him a disapproving glare, causing the smile to disappear from Jaune's face.
She then gave a sigh as she put a hand to Jaune's head and ruffled his hair, causing him to attempt to break out of her hold, but only resulting in her holding harder onto his head as she did so.
"You need to stop picking fights with the other boys in your class" she said as she held onto Jaune, keeping him attached to her side.
"But Jeanne..." Jaune whined. "They keep making fun of Cinder, and they won't stop, no matter how many times I beat them up"
Jaune scowled at the wall.
"They're just picking on her because they know it makes you angry" Lily explained. "So you've got to be the bigger man and not beat them into a pulp, no matter how much they deserve it.. or how good it feels"
Jaune didn't say anything as he grumbled to himself, too quiet for Lily to hear.
"You know, Jaune, you've been very mean to us" Lily suddenly said.
"What?!" Jaune cried. "No, I love all of you... Even when you guys make me wear dresses!"
"But for the past few months, you've been spending less and less time with us" Lily chided gently.
"I... ah..."
Jaune wasn't able to articulate anything and so closed his mouth after a moment of stuttering, falling silent and drooping his head in slight shame.
Jaune let his anger control him as he lifted up the one guy and threw him into two of his fellows. All three of them landed in an unmoving heap at the far end of the room after impacting the wall.
He might have used a little too much power there...
Jaune turned to the remaining two individuals and fixed them with a glare, before pointing to the open door behind him.
The two of them shared a look for a second, before scurrying out the door, pushing each other in their mad rush to get out.
Jaune gave another sigh as he turned to the last occupant in the room other than himself as he dusted his hands off.
"I thought I told you to stop hanging out with those guys?"
"But they're so much fun to play with, such great activities" the other person answered coyly. "It's actually... exhausting even, we work up such a sweat"
Jaune scowled at the innuendo as he grit his teeth and his eyes narrowed. It always ended like this; she would leave him after school, or generally not even show up to classes, and then Jaune was left worrying about her before he received a call asking for help.
It had gone on like this for two years.
"Whatever, I'm heading home now. You go on and keep having your fun!" Jaune shook his head as he turned to leave. "Don't let me stop you!"
But before he had taken even one step, he felt arms circled around his waist as something excruciatingly soft press into his back ...
Make that two somethings.
Jaune tensed up as he prepared to extract himself with another scowl on his face; she always wheedled out of his anger by getting physical with him, but not this time.
His hands were on her arms before she spoke, making him freeze.
"Please..."
It came out as barely a whisper, but that just made it all the more clear to Jaune's ears.
Jaune stood there with his hands upon her arms, in the process bring them from their grip around his middle; She sounded like that time again, like back at-
"Please don't..."
Jaune knew what she was doing, but that didn't stop him from going back to that day on the lakeside.
He tried to fight it, he always did, but in the end, Jaune Arc was a person who couldn't stay mad - especially at her- or bear to see a girl troubled, so he released her arms and stood there with a sigh, all the anger and fight gone from his body.
After a moment of silence with Cinder's arms around him, Jaune recovered himself and gave a short grunt; "I made you a promise" he said after a pause, trying to sound like he wasn't clearly wrapped around her little finger "I keep my promises"
Jaune was suddenly jerked to the side, and as his back impacted the wall and his mind slightly disorientated, Jaune found himself now facing her.
"Don't worry Jaune, you will always be my knight in shining armour. I just love seeing you when you're angry" her fingers trailed along his face as she took his lips in a sudden scorching kiss before releasing him. "I just love the colour of your eyes when they harden into sapphires"
A weird idea popped into Jaune's head at that admission, thoughts going back to all the times he had been in fights throughout the years.
Another part of his mind lamented at falling for her trap again.
But the final part of his brain recognized that someone was kissing him, and chased all other thoughts away as he pressed Cinder flush against his body.
Jaune was jerked from his thoughts when a sudden chime went off inside the airship.
Turning his head the other way, he was greeted with the hologram of a woman; [Hello, and welcome to Beacon!]
So, to expand upon the summary, I have way too many ideas and too little time to write them all. Though I do enjoy writing short oneshots and snippets, I might focus in that form of writing instead of a lengthy story.