Hey, guys here is the next chapter in Three Goth Dorks I hope you all enjoy and please a review as those are always helpful even some of the more negative ones.
"Oh, thank Christ," Jaune mentally sighed in relief as they finally reached his house. Thirty minutes of listing to his sisters sing to children songs damn near drove him insane. What made it even worse was that Ruby and Cinder were singing along with them and encouraging his sisters to sing even more. When they pulled into his driveway Jaune all but jumped out of the car.
"Come on Jaune, it wasn't that bad," Cinder teased while giggling. He shot her a glare when reaching his front porch. Honestly, he'd have less of a problem if the songs were actually good. If they actually had some heart put into them instead of someone just slapping together random notes and melodies with poor vocals mixed in just for a small paycheck. He let out a groan while unlocking the front door. Stepping inside he was greeted with the familiar smell of cinnamon and vanilla. He had one second of peace before the twins rushed through the door behind him.
"Okay you two," he called out making them stop dead in their tracks. "It's Friday, so that means you have to do at least one hour of homework and then you can go play," he told them sternly.
"Yes, Jaune," they said in downcast as they walked to the dining room.
"So Jaune," Ruby chimed suddenly, "What are we gonna do first?"
"We should get started on our homework as well Ruby that way there's less to do at the end of the weekend."
"Oh, what?! I thought we were gonna play video games and eat cookies, I did not sign up for this!"
"I'm with Ruby on this Jaune, we came here to relax and not do homework," Cinder interjected.
"Seriously?" he asked. Both girls took a stance and looked identical to one another, both had their hips cocked and a hand placed on each hip, with their heads tilted to the side. Even their expressions were the same, a serious face with a raised eyebrow. "Guys it's just one hour," he reasoned. Ruby and Cinder glanced at each other before looking back at him.
"One hour?" Cinder asked.
"Promise," he answered.
"Will there be snacks?" Ruby wondered.
Jaune sighed, "Yes Ruby there will be snacks." Cinder looked at her nails while Ruby mimicked her movements perfectly. The girls shared another look.
"Promise to repaint our nails after and we'll stay," Cinder bargained.
"Ugh," he groaned while dragging a hand across his face, "Fine I'll paint them when we're done. Happy?"
"Very," Cinder said with a smirk as she and Ruby sashayed towards the dining room. A sigh escaped Jaune's lips as he hung head in exhaustion. "I've got to learn how to say no to those two," he stated mentally as he raked a hand through his hair. He then headed towards the kitchen to make something for them all.
Jaune walked into the dining room with a large plate of food in his arms. As he set it down on the rectangular glass dining table the girls stopped what they were doing and stared hungrily at the food he prepared. The plate was covered in deep-fried ham and cheese balls topped with shredded parmesan cheese, with a bowl of marinara sauce in the middle. Ruby was the first to reach for one but her hand was slapped away Jaune. "Wait," he ordered. "I need to get some plates and fondue forks." He went into the kitchen to grab them and when he came back he saw the girls hurriedly sit down. He looked at the plate and saw a few fried cheese balls missing. He then looked at their faces, and each one had crumbs around their mouths. He let out another sigh before setting the plates and fondue forks in front of each of them. "Okay, are we ready to get started?"
"Yep," answered Ruby as she popped another fried cheese ball into her mouth. The other girls nodded in agreement.
"Finally," he said as started on his own homework. The hour was filled with Jaune helping Ruby and his sisters with their assignments and Cinder complaining about her paper and the five of them eating the food he made. Well, it was more like the four of them eating as Jaune barely had any before noticing that they were all gone. Suddenly a noise came from Jaune's scroll, "Alright guys we've been studying for an hour now we can finally hang out," he told them. With that said the twins excitedly stood up and rush off to their room.
"I have to take a piss," Cinder said getting up from her chair. "I'll meet you guys in Jaune's room," she told them as she jogged to the bathroom. Jaune started gathering the plates when Ruby spoke.
"Jaune I can help you clean up if you'd like?" she offered while grabbing some of the fondue forks.
He smiled at her, "Thanks Ruby," he said as they walked into the kitchen with the dirty dishes. As Jaune began to wash them when Ruby piped up.
"Hey, Jaune," she began, he looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "You mind helping me out with something?"
"Yeah sure, what do you need help with?"
"Halloween," she stated.
"You want me to go trick or treating with you?" he guessed.
"Yes, but that's not I what I was gonna ask," she told him as she pulled herself up onto the countertop putting them at eye level. "I need help picking out my costume," she said while fishing her scroll out of her pocket. Opening it up she showed him a picture of what he assumed to be a cute pumpkin theme witch. "I can't decide between this one and," she paused as she scrolled through her pictures, "this one," she finished and showed him another picture. This one seemed to be a corrupted monarch in some questionable clothing.
"The pumpkin witch," he answered immediately.
"Really?" she asked somewhat surprised, "Why that one?"
"The corrupted monarch is a little too," he paused as he shook the image of Ruby in that outfit out of his head, "provocative, for someone your age."
Ruby frowned and narrowed her eyes, "I can see that Jaune," she stated matter of factly, "obviously I would cover up more. I mean it's gonna be cold Halloween night, you think I'd wear something this revealing?!" The woman in the picture wasn't that scantily clad but she did show more skin than he'd want to see on a thirteen-year-old on a night like Halloween. "I'm just mainly talking about the idea of a corrupted princess," she clarified, "and maybe some of the clothing design in the picture."
"Oh, well, in that case, I'm not sure," he said just as he put the last cleaned dish on the drying rack. Drying off his hands he stated, "Why don't we asked Cin, and see what she thinks?" After grabbing their bags from the dining room he followed Ruby to his room, where they found Cinder lounging on Jaune's bed with her scroll out.
Jaune's room was decently sized and dressed in gothic decor. His walls were painted midnight blue and were covered in band posters. In the corner to the left of his door was a long black corner desk that housed his laptop, an X-Ray and Vav figurine, and a nail drying station. On one end of the desk was a dark red electric guitar and on the other, a grey bass guitar. Along the left wall was a tall black bookcase, with comics, books, other figurines, and memorabilia lining its shelves. Next to was a T.V. stand that housed his T.V., game consoles, games, and DVDs. In front of the t.v. was a purple love seat couch. On the other side of it was a bookcase just like one the before it. On the opposite wall was his queen-sized bed dressed in black and white sheets with a red bean bag chair next to it. Cinder glanced at them before looking back her scroll, "Jeez, what the hell took you guys so long?"
"Sorry Cin had to clean up from earlier," he explained setting their bags next to his desk. He then opened a drawer and pulled out a small bag.
"Cinder I need your help," said Ruby as she took a seat next to Cinder.
"What's up?" she asked looking up from her scroll.
"I haven't picked out my Halloween costume yet and I was hoping for another opinion on what I should dress up as." She then showed Cinder the first picture. "First up is pumpkin witch."
"Ooh, that's cute, I think you'd look adorable in that Ruby."
"Okay, next is corrupted princess," she said as pulled up the next picture. Cinder's face changed from a small smile to a look a clear distaste.
"No. No. You are not wearing that," she ordered.
"With less skin," Jaune added as he pulled his swivel chair in front of the girls getting ready to paint their nails.
"Oh, well then let's do that one," said Cinder.
"Why that one?" asked Jaune.
"It'll fit our royalty theme," she told him. He raised an eyebrow clearing not understanding her. "Don't you remember, Alyson and Julie are going as fairy princesses and I'm dressing up as a vampire queen, so we have a theme of royalty. If Ruby dresses as another princess she won't stick out."
"You're going as a vampire queen?" Ruby asked in awe.
"Yep," Cinder answered. "Wanna see my costume?"
"Hell yeah, I do!" Ruby shout excitedly.
"Swear word!" the teens heard as Alyson and Julie burst into Jaune's room with a jar halfway filled with lien.
"Dang it," Ruby groaned as she reached into her pockets for her wallet. After dropping a single lien into the jar the twins left. "Anyway, I'd love to see your costume Cinder."
"Okay, then wait here," Cinder told them as she stood up from the bed and walked out of the room.
"While she does that I'll start painting your nails, Ruby," Jaune stated as he took hold of her hand. "What color do you want?"
"Red base with Zwei's face on top." Picking up the red nail polish Jaune got to work.
"So how is Zwei? I haven't seen him in a while."
"Oh, he's doing well," she said with a smile. "Although he does miss little Kerby. Speaking of which, Jaune where is Kerby, with the twins?"
"No, Sabrina said that she had been feeling lonely so she asked if could keep him for a week. He'll be back sometime tomorrow."
"Awesome I can't wait to see him again." Just then they heard the front door open and close.
"I'm home my darlings~!" someone said in a sing-songy voice.
"Hey, mom!" Jaune shouted from his room before returning to Ruby's nails.
"Hello, my darling boy!" she shouted back causing Jaune to roll his eyes.
"Hi, Mrs. Arc!" Ruby greeted.
"Hello, Ruby," Jaune's mother greeted as her head popped into the doorway. "How are you today?"
"I'm fine Mrs. Arc."
"Jaune, where are my twins?"
"In their room," he answered quickly.
"And where's Cinder?" his mother asked while stepping into the room. She wore a purple bodycon dress with a ruffled skirt and a white blazer with golden buttons, along with black high heels.
"She went into Jasmine's room to go put on her Halloween costume so she could show off to Ruby, and I'm painting Ruby's nails while we wait."
"You know I haven't seen her costume yet either. How about I wait here with you."
"Sure," Ruby said as the blonde mother sat down next to her.
"Hey, mom do you mind if Ruby spends the night here?"
"As long it's okay with your father dear," she said while looking at Ruby.
"Okay I'm ready," they heard Cinder cry out from down the hall.
"Come on in," Jaune told her as he continued to paint Zwei's face on Ruby's nails. When Cinder stepped into the room there was an audible gasp from both Ruby and his mother. Jaune didn't look as he'd already seen it however his reaction was more or less the same as theirs.
"Wow, holy," Ruby exclaimed only to be stopped by the sound of Mrs. Arc clearing her throat, "Um, heck? Holy heck you look amazing!"
"Why thank you, Ruby," Cinder replied as she turned around giving them a view from the back. Cinder wore a short off-shoulder sleeveless red dress that hugged her body tightly, emphasizing her curves while also showing a bit of cleavage. The neckline and hem of the dress had were trimmed with golden etchings. The skirt was shorter in the front reaching down to mid-thigh length while the back of the skirt was knee length. The skirt was also parted on the sides just below her hips. On her arms were black arm warmers decorated with golden bracers, that went past her elbows. On her legs wore black thigh-high leather high heeled boots that, like her arms warmers, had golden armor that went from the ankle up the knee. She even had on stockings that peaked out just above the hem of her boots. Hanging from her shoulders was a black cloak that hung just below her knees. On the cloak were two gold brooches that were connected by a golden chain on the collar and dark grey fur that stretched from the collar to the shoulders. "It not complete as I'm missing some accessories and the cloak is missing the inner fur lining but the clothes themselves are finished. What do you think Rayna?" she asked looking at Mrs. Arc.
"Well it looks nice but," Rayna paused, "don't you think it's a little much for trick or treating?"
"Rayna," Cinder whispered as she tilted her head towards Jaune who was busy putting the finishing touches on Ruby's nails. Getting the hint Rayna gave a small nod, shrugging her shoulders she mouthed, "Good luck".
"Well if your gonna wear that then please be careful," Rayna said as she got up Jaune's bed. "And Cinder just because you'll be eighteen soon doesn't mean you can call me by my first name," she said sternly before leaving the room.
"Yes, Mrs. Arc," Cinder said with a giggle. "Well Jaune," Cinder said as she reclaimed her spot the bed, "what do you think?"
"Cin I told you the first time you showed me, it looks nice. The costume looks great on you," Jaune answered while he let Ruby inspect her nails.
"Sorry I must've forgotten," she lied.
"Anyway, now that I'm done with Ruby what color do want me to paint yours?"
Cinder inspected the black chipped nail paint before answering, "I think I'll do purple this time." Jaune silently took out the purple nail polish and began to apply it to her nails.
"Hey, Cinder earlier you said that you guys are doing a royal theme for Halloween, right?" Ruby asked with a finger to her chin.
"Mhm," Cinder hummed with a nod.
"So does that mean that Jaune's going as a knight or a prince or somethin'?" Jaune stopped what as he was doing and tossed a glare at Cinder before returning to her nails. Cinder covered her mouth, snickering at his reaction.
"No Ruby," she said as she cupped Jaune's chin and forced him to look up at her. An evil grin spread across her lips and her eyes filled with lust, "He'll be my human slave," she cooed in a tone filled with seduction.
Ruby's cheeks flushed slightly as she gasped, "Really Jaune? You're going as her slave?"
"Not willingly," Jaune growled as he tore away from Cinder grip.
"Come now Jauney, you're not still mad are you?" she cooed.
"Yes I'm still mad!" he exclaimed. "You cheated and that's the only reason why I'm going as your stupid slave."
Cinder pouted cutely, "Jaune, we've been over this," she said, "I didn't cheat, you lost fair and square."
"I'm confused," Ruby chimed in a low tone, "What did Cinder do?" Jaune let out an exasperated sigh as he looked over at Ruby.
"About a month ago I was thinking about my costume, it was supposed to be a corrupted knight but Cin suggested I be her human slave so that she and I could match. I was against the idea but Cin kept on insisting. Seeing that the argument was going nowhere I suggested that we play a few games of poker to end our little quarrel. I even got Jasmine to be the dealer so there wouldn't be any cheating."
"And I didn't cheat, you just had some bad luck," Cinder lied. She totally cheated as she'd never beaten Jaune in a game of poker before and knew that this time would be no different. So she asked Jasmine to throw the game in her favor. "Just accept that you lost and move on. Honestly holding on to that one game isn't doing you any favors Jaune."
Jaune then let out a groan of despair, "How long until the movie starts Ruby?" he asked needing to switch subjects.
"About forty minutes from now," she answered.
"That place is close to thirty minutes away so we should probably get ready to go soon," said Cinder. "Which means I need to change back into my regular clothes."
"Don't worry I'll finish up soon and then you can use the nail dryer," he told her. After a few minutes Jaune had finished and Cinder was now using the nail dryer on his desk, and once her nails were adequately dry she rushed into Jasmine's room to change. Jaune was now lying down on his bed watching videos on his scroll with Ruby lying next to him, her hands were wrapped around his bicep and her head on his shoulder. They were about to watch another when Cinder burst through the door startling Ruby.
"I'm ready so let's go," Cinder ordered before leaving the room. Jaune tried to move but still felt Ruby's grip on his arm.
"Something wrong Ruby?" he asked.
"No," she groaned when she let go of his arm and walked out of the room. "She couldn't have taken just a few more minutes to get ready," Ruby groaned mentally as she and Jaune made their way to the front door. The trio waved goodbye to Jaune's mother as they piled into Cinder's car and pulled out of his driveway. "H-hey Jaune," Ruby hesitantly called.
"Yeah what's up?" he asked.
"Do you wanna go to the haunted house with me next weekend?" she asked in a hushed tone with red cheeks.
"What?" he asked as he turned down the death metal song that playing from Cinder's radio.
"I said do you want to the haunted house with me this next weekend?" she asked a little louder this time.
"Sure Ruby," Cinder answered, "Jaune and I would love to go with you." Ruby wanted to tell Cinder that she was only inviting Jaune but couldn't find the heart to do so. "Although I am a little surprised that you want to go, I thought you didn't like scary stuff?"
"Well my dad got some tickets to the amusement park and said that Yang and I could bring some friends, so I thought I'd ask Jau- er, you guys if you wanted to go, and I suggested the haunted house because it's close to Halloween and I thought why not go there with my friends?"
"Yeah sure Ruby I'll go," Jaune told her a small smile.
Ruby beamed at him, "Really?!"
"Yeah it'll be fun for the three of us," he replied. Ruby's smile dimmed a bit when she heard him say "three", but did not disappear.
"Oh," Cinder cooed. "Are you going be our knight in blackened armor protecting his dark maidens?" she teased.
Jaune flushed slightly and turned away, "Shut up Cin," he said with a small laugh. Cinder and Ruby giggled at his embarrassment but neither girl could resist the urge of imagining Jaune in black armor with sword in hand protecting them from evils.
When arriving at the theatre the group couldn't help but notice just how packed it was. "What the hell's going on here?" Cinder asked as they headed towards the ticket stand. As they walked a sign caught Jaune's eye.
"Maybe it's because of that?" he said pointing at the sign. The sign read: 'Movies half-off every weekend all October long'.
"Makes sense to me," Ruby chimed. After getting their tickets and food they headed to one of the theatres to watch their movie. Only one thing though. It was packed full of people. All the seats seemed to be taken until Ruby spotted three all the way in the back row. The trio rushed up the stairs to get hoping to get there before anyone else. Ruby was the first to make it. She sat down quickly and waited for her friends. Jaune sat down after in the chair right next to her. However, just before Cinder could make it someone else had sat down in the last chair.
"Fuck," she whispered.
"Here you go Cinder," Ruby whispered as she scooted over in her chair hoping to make room for her friend.
"Thanks, Ruby but I don't we'll both fit," she told the other black haired girl when an idea formed in her head.
"How about you sit in mine?" Jaune offered as he started to stand. Cinder put a hand on his shoulder and pushed him back into his seat.
"Don't worry Jaune I got an idea," she said. She then took the bag of popcorn from his hand and eased herself into his lap. Ruby's jaw dropped while Jaune's cheeks became significantly darker but stayed silent. "See," she said looking back at him with a lustful grin on her face, "nothing to worry about," she said as she leaned back into his chest. Jaune was about to speak but Cinder shushed him, "The movie's starting," she told him as she wiggled in his lap trying to get more comfortable. If Jaune wasn't blushing before he definitely was now as his cheeks grew even darker when realizing that he'd have to spend two hours like this. "This is gonna be great," he groaned mentally trying to keep his attention on the movie and not on the sensation of Cinder wiggling her rear in his lap. Although this was not her intention, she genuinely wasn't trying to arouse him by wiggling in his lap, actually, she was just trying to get comfortable. As for Ruby, she'd gotten over the initial shock and was now adorably pouting as she munched on her cookies and popcorn.
"Oh finally," Jaune stated as the movie had just ended. He'd hardly been able to focus on the movie as he had to deal with Cinder on multiple fronts. Like the feeling her of sitting in his lap, the sweet smell of her shampoo coming from her hair, along with the sight of her chest heaving up and down as she breathed. He'd tried his best not to become aroused by her and by some miracle he prevailed. No longer feeling the weight of Cinder in his lap. Jaune was about to stand up but stopped when he noticed his face was mear inches away from her rear end. "C-Cin," he stuttered.
Cinder turned her head, looked down and giggled when she realized that she had been standing right in front of him when she'd decided to stretch from sitting for so long. "Sorry Jaune," she said as she teasingly wiggled her hips once more before moving out of his way.
"I can't stand you sometimes," he told her sending a glare her way. Cinder giggled and stuck her tongue out. Letting out a sigh he turned to Ruby, "Did you like the movie?" he asked with his voice trailing off at the end when he saw her face. It looked like she was fiercely scowling, or what they assumed to be a fierce scowl, it's hard to look scary when you're an adorable thirteen-year-old. Anyway, it seemed to them that her ire was aimed at Cinder.
"Ruby?" Cinder asked, "What's wrong? Did I do something?"
"Yes!" she nearly shouted, while jumping out of her seat and poked Cinder's stomach with an accusing finger. "You've been sexually pestering Jaune during the entire movie!" she exclaimed in just under a yell gaining the attention of a few nearby people. "And to make matters worse," Ruby continued but lowered her voice when she noticed that some were beginning to stare at them, "you did this all in public." Ruby removed her finger and put both hands on her hips. "What was so fun about teasing him that you had to humiliate him public?" Cinder tried hard not laugh but seeing Ruby expression was really funny and cute. Once again, it's hard to be intimidating when you're super cute. Cinder glanced at Jaune with lustful eyes, he blushed once more and looked away. Cinder couldn't help but feel happy knowing that she could arouse Jaune.
"You're right Ruby it was," Cinder paused looking for the right word. "Fun, thrilling, enjoyable, pleasant, stimulating, electrifying. Whoa, calm down a little Cinder don't forget about the little girl right in front of you." "Inappropriate," she said after a short silence. "It was wrong of me to do something so shameful out in public." She wasn't lying it was a little embarrassing sitting and shifting in his lap where plenty of random people could see. However, that didn't make things less fun. A naughty smirk appeared on her face, as she grabbed a hold of Jaune's waist and pulled him closer. "I'll have to remember to keep moments like these more, private," she said with her voice filled seduction. Jaune and Ruby were at a loss for words. Sure Cinder had acted like this many times before but never out in an area where people could see. Cinder herself wasn't sure what caused her to be more adventurous today, maybe she was just going with the flow, but she definitely didn't mind it. It was fun to mix things up every now and then. Suddenly she heard Ruby growling.
Ruby then rushed forward and pushed the two apart, "That's enough!" she yelled. Luckily there was no one else there to see her outburst. She then grabbed Jaune by the wrist and stormed off stomping with every step. She then turned around to look at Cinder who stood there surprised by her sudden outburst, "Jaune and I will be at the arcade, you can come hang out with us when you've learned to keep it in your pants!" Ruby then continued to drag Jaune out of the theatre while ignoring his protests. Cinder stood there motionless as she processed what just happened. She then sat down in the chair next to her as a single thought formed in her head.
"What the fuck was that?"
Well that's end I hope you all enjoyed and I hope that answers some of your questions of whether or not Cinder likes Jaune. Anyway please leave a review as those are always welcome and I guess I'll see you all in the chapter.
