Legacy Unbound
Chapter 3 - Introductions
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Introductions didn't take all that long, and by the end of it, their parents were talking with each other, leaving Jaune, his sisters, Weiss, and her older sister, Winter, to talk amongst each other.
Well—if someone would initiate the conversation other than him, that is.
"So it's due to a case of Aura melding that causes the unusual hair color then?" Weiss asked, seemingly fascinated as she looked at his sisters. "Interesting… I suppose it's a similar case to the Schnee then, is it not, Winter?" she asked her sister, who was standing beside her with a frown.
Winter glanced at Weiss before nodding. "Yes, however it is different in which instead of having different variations on hair color, we always have white hair."
Jaune smiled and nodded, and looked to Joan whose eyes lit up, "Oh yeah! As far as most research on Aura has said, cases similar to this only happen because of certain family lines with hereditary Semblances! It's quite interesting actually, it's one of my research fields right now over at Bastion."
Jaune chuckled, walking over to Joan and patting her head, earning a giggle, before looking at the Schnee sisters with a smile. "Yes, so Joan here is training to become a field medic and is currently taking her classes over at Bastion. She's at the top of her batch which is quite amazing!"
Joan chuckled, "Well, it wouldn't be the case if it weren't for big brother here and the family Semblance which the Arc possess."
"You praise me too much. You should thank your sisters more, Joan." Jaune shook his head with a smile, seeing her stammer a response against that. "Regardless, Joan here is taking the field medic route, Olivia is taking the business route, along with Tania who's planning to be an Economist, while Indigo, Violet and Azure, or as they're called by us, the blue trio, are training to become Huntresses. They're at their first year of Sanctum right now, so… yeah." he explained, shrugging, then looking to Weiss and Winter.
"A quite well-rounded family indeed…" Winter muttered, looking to Jaune as she gave a small smile. "I see you're being a good influence for them all."
Jaune shrugged, scratching the back of his head with an awkward smile, "I guess. I just usually tell them to do what they love doing best and not trying to follow in my footsteps."
"Hmm… you are the heir after all…" Winter said, frowning a bit before sighing. "Already being a better sibling than me, mother has chosen quite the boy…" Jaune blinked at that, tilting his head, before she smiled and shook his head. "Regardless, I believe it would be best if we leave you and Weiss alone. She seems rather… anxious to talk to you." she said with a smirk.
"Winter!" Weiss said, pouting at her sister.
Winter chuckled, "Well, it's true, is it not? You've been talking about how excited you were to finally meet your fiancé as he is, in your words, 'the type of guy I wished to have met before'."
"Winter!" Weiss pouted even harder, trying hard to reach up to muffle Winter's mouth and getting frustrated as she couldn't reach her. "Stop embarrassing me!"
Jaune watched on with an amused look before walking behind Weiss and hoisting her up to help her achieve her goal.
"Ha! I got you now!" Weiss laughed, before realizing that Jaune's hands were on her hips as he helped her reach Winter, making her blush. "A-Ah! Jaune!" she stammered, looking behind to see Jaune smiling at her.
Jaune chuckled and watched as Winter raised a brow at them, removing Weiss' hand from her face. "Sorry, I couldn't help it." he shrugged, unsure of what else to really say.
Winter nodded as he set Weiss down, not missing the blush that was still on her face, Winter smirked and whispered something to Weiss' ear, making her blush even harder. "W-Winter!" she exclaimed, backing away from Winter and finding herself in Jaune's arms as he steadied her.
"Hmm, maybe this isn't such a bad outcome. Mother does know best." Winter murmured, nodding to herself, watching as Weiss tried to compose herself in front of Jaune, who was just laughing at her.
"Children, I believe it's time for all of us to go." they all paused as they heard the voice of Alexander Arc, all of them turning towards him with Willow and Marianne by his side, "Jaune, Weiss, I believe you two should lead the way." at that, the two of them nodded.
Jaune turned towards Weiss with a smile, lending a hand to her, one which she took after a moment and then walking towards the car waiting for them. A large white limousine.
They sat at the front seats, just behind where the driver and his father—who walked in after them—were. Jaune and Weiss sat in the middle, while the back had all the others, that being their mothers and sisters.
When they walked in, however, he noticed that their seats looked to have been soundproofed and closed off from everyone else.
Jaune sighed at this, while Weiss just chuckled, patting him in the shoulder. "At least we'll have some private time to each other." she whispered to him, and he rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, well, all we're going to do is talk anyways." he shrugged, both of them sitting next to each other. "Are we going to do the thing where we ask each other questions and we answer or are we just going to talk about whatever?"
"Hmm… Let's go with the first option, I was looking to ask you some questions anyways." she said, looking at him with a frown.
"Okay, what do you want to know?" he said, smiling at her.
"Why did you accept the contract as quickly as you did?" she asked with a raised brow, making him frown for a moment.
He hummed, "Straight to the point huh? Well… it's very simple really." he shrugged, "It's mostly because I needed to secure my spot in Beacon, to be honest."
"Oh?" Weiss blinked, raising a brow. "That's… surprising. But you're an Arc, wouldn't you have been able to secure a spot in Beacon Academy anyways?"
Jaune nodded, "Normally, yes. But I never attended a combat school and most of my training has only come from these… past two years, my dad wasn't the one to have trained me either, it was usually just me against a bunch of Grimm." he shrugged, frowning slightly, "That being said, I would have been in low-priority, even with my family name, and, by the looks of the contract that your mother had given, whatever slot I would have had would be overridden by whoever it is that accepts your contract. So… I decided that I might as well take the chance while I can."
"I see. Though that's not all, is it?"
"Indeed it isn't." he chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "I… well, I generally know what it's like to be in your shoes. Responsibility being pushed upon you, a legacy that is pushed towards you and is also beyond your control… well, that, and having to make sure that your family line lives on." he sighed, "Well, I'm not really saying that I sympathize with you completely, I wouldn't be able to get that from just one glance at you or something, but… how do I put this…? I—well—I thought you looked lonely. And I thought to myself of how, if you were lonely, and I was lonely, then… I might as well, right? I mean, it also felt like you were anxious about something when you were looking at me back in the first time I saw you through that screen—would it be too intrusive if I asked why?"
Weiss frowned at that, but shook her head, sighing softly, "No… it isn't." she murmured, glancing at the floor of the limousine for a moment, before looking back up at him. "I was anxious because… I had actually wanted you to accept it too." at his raised brow, she continued, "Not—not that I knew you much or anything, it… it was more of how my mother seemed to like your family a lot and, as far as I knew, that only went for a few people. So, essentially, I was hoping that whoever her first choice—which so happened to be you—would have been the one to accept. It seemed kind of naïve, now that I'm looking back at it, but… I trust my mother a lot. She's the only person in my family, other than Winter, who I know genuinely loves me and… and was also the one who helped me grow this way." she said, averting her gaze for a moment. "I would have likely been a much colder person had it not been for her."
Jaune frowned, watching her as she seemed to have a storm of emotions running through her form right in that moment. He sighed and moved closer to her, surprising her when he gave her a hug.
Weiss' eyes went wide for a moment, before she turned around and returned the hug, leaning her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry for ruining the mood…"
"No. Don't be." Jaune murmured, closing his eyes as he leaned his head on her shoulder. "I guess I was right when I thought of how you seemed to look up to your mother a lot." he chuckled, "It's… it's the same thing how a lot of my naïvety had disappeared when Carmine… when she died for me." he sighed, and he felt her hug him tighter, and he chuckled, "It's okay. I'm… mostly over it now. But, honestly, it taught me a lot about the fragility of people in this world, and how we should always live life to the fullest in every moment that we can—doesn't mean we have to stress about every little thing out there, but… you get what I mean, right?"
"Yeah…" she hummed, and in that moment, he pulled out of the hug, making her have to pull out as well. She smiled at him though. "You give good hugs." she blurted out, before blinking and blushing. "S-Sorry, I didn't mean to say that out loud."
Jaune chuckled, shaking his head at her. "It's what you get from living with a large number of sisters I guess. Everyone expects hugs from you. Especially if you're the eldest."
Weiss chuckled at that as well, "You know, I think we're forgetting something in this relationship of ours."
"Oh? What's that?" Jaune asked, suddenly worried, "Did I mess up or—"
"No—no! It's not that. It's… well, we never really get properly introduced to each other, did we?"
He blinked, smiling and nodding at her. "No, we haven't. Then, I guess I'll start first." he took a breath and reached a hand out towards her. "Hi, I'm Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, I'd like to think ladies love it, but I think we all know the truth in that. What's your name, snow angel?"
Weiss blinked, blushing slightly at the nickname he gave her. She then smiled at him and shook his hand, "Weiss Schnee, I don't have much of a catchphrase to it, but I suppose it's also short, sweet and rolls off the tongue. Nice to meet you, arc angel." she said, shaking his hand, delighting in how he blushed at what she called him.
At that moment, the two of them thought something about each other.
Maybe… just maybe, it wouldn't be so bad to trust each other.
… they hoped.
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