Authors Note: Hope you guys enjoy this chapter
The movie itself was decent, Alex had picked it out using her account. I was surprised with the movie choice she made, a daughter secretly taking the place of her father who was going to be conscripted into the army once again. It was enjoyable to watch at least, though I couldn't be fully sure if she chose this intentionally or not.
Alex was the last one to get up from the couch, stretching and yawning, placing her white jacket back on at the same time as it hanged off her shoulders.
"Enjoyed the movie?" she noted, picking up the plate she had, placing it in the dish washer
"Not as much as my sisters" remembering how focused all of my sisters were as they watched the main character train to be a soldier.
"Your sisters loved it" was all she commented about the sheer affection they must of had for the movie after watching it more and more.
"I wonder why" I added, trying to make my sarcasm sound as obvious as I could.
"Maybe it's because their brother loved it" I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case for some of them/
"It has to be something else, even my- Oh...You could be right" It might be a partial reason why, the movie itself was still good at least.
"I should head home" Alex said, taking note of the time on her scroll.
"You should stay here for the night, It's too late head out" My mom's voice called out.
Alex stopped for a moment as she was right about to say something. "You're right, I'll stay here for the night, so where's the guest room?"
"Oh, dad turned the guest room into a man cave for him and Jaune" Aurelia answered.
"You planned this, didn't you?" She asked my dad, as he shrugs "We had an empty room no one was using, I thought it would make an excellent place to relax"
She turned towards me, as I we both already knew who she chose to stay with for the night.
[Alex POV]
Jaune's room was spacious, that wasn't a real surprise seeing as the Arc resident was a respectable mansion in of itself, still it was quite spacious, for a teenager's room, along with the fact everything was neat and well organized besides the small pile of laundry on the ground.
"Sorry" He started, as he grabbed the small mound of dirty clothes "I forgot to place these in the laundry room, i'll be back after I brush" he said a bit sheepishly as he rushed down the hall, probably running as he realized how late in the evening it was.
Looking around the room showed how much Jaune loved to decorate the walls and his desk with pictures and souvenirs. One souvenir caught my eye as I picked it up to examine it better. The souvenir was a small badge with a golden star and green laurel underneath, small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, I had gave it to him as I came back home a few months ago, he had cherished it like all gifts like that, no matter how insignificant it seems.
The desk had a few other things on it, mostly pictures of him and his family going out to travel and visiting beautiful scenery.
"Hold on" I had almost missed it, he had left his scroll on the table as well as I picked it up. Opening it showed his contact list and everyone he had messaged.
"Couldn't be that bad" I mentally said, scrolling through the list as I waited for him.
The first thing to catch my eye was a peculiar name, Sofia was her name, it was different from the regular name conventions. It had been a while since I've seen someone with the name Sofia. It opened into a chat log
[Jaune's POV]
"I'm back" I called out, closing the door behind me as I looked back at Alex, who had my scroll in her hand-
"Welcome back" She calmly greeted, calmly tapping a few things on the transparent screen.
"Wait, Alex give me my phone!" I had somewhat shouted, as I rushed over towards her. "what are you doing?!" As she had managed to hold me back with her foot, facing the camera part of the scroll towards me.
"Who's Sofia?" She asked, amused by how much I was struggling to try to grab my scroll, it was within reach if I could just-reach a bit further. I tried to pounce towards her, trying to reach a few more inches towards my scroll. It worked at least as i managed to get past her legs,
"Just give me my phone back" I tried to request, meanwhile still trying in vain to grab the scroll, wrestling for control of it, getting on top of her to try to gain some sort of advantage.
The door soon opened, revealing the face as Aurelia as we both stopped dead in our actions. "Mom managed to find an extra pillow for Alex, though we couldn't find an extra blan-" She soon froze as she looked at the see in front of her, as she can see her brother on top of Alex, meanwhile Alex had managed to lock me in place by holding me in position with her legs.
"W-wait, Aurelia, it's not what it looks like" I tried to say to her, it's what everyone says when they were caught in a situation like this, I just hoped that it would work this time, unlike on tv.
"..." She stepped back and closed the door, leaving the pillow on the desk before she left.
"...That's not good" I could only say, before I noticed how incriminating our position was, as I had managed to get past her initial defense, and onto a position where I could actually try to reach for it, though I had now been on top of her, while she in return had locked me in place by wrapping her legs around me as I couldn't move as much as I wanted to.
"It's nothing you can't fix" She commented, as she reached her arm out, as we could both hear a soft click, as she gave it back to me, switching it to the gallery part of the camera.
"What am I going to tell Aurelia?" I asked, still easily remembering her blank expression as she left.
"You can explain to her in the morning" Was the only thing she replied as she laid down on his bed.
"I can try to explain it to her right now"
"You could, though It is late in the night now, and you want to keep your sleep schedule right?" She asked.
"I do, but-" She interrupted me
"Shh" placing a finger against my lips. "She cares for you a rather interesting amount, she'll be fully awake and willing to listen to you tomorrow, besides. You tend to get yourself into more awkward situations than this one."
"Please don't bring up the water park incident" I could only say after shivering from remembering.
Alex laid back on the pillow, while I tried to make room for myself a bit to the side, at least having a decent size bed to fit both of us as I manage to find a decent spot to lay on.
"So, who's Sofia?" She looks towards me, as she was amused by my reaction.
"She's someone I play with, she comes over to play on the console" I gestured towards the black console box she had gifted me.
"Gamer buddies?" I nodded.
"We met in school a while back, though we only started to play a few games together recently when one of my sisters invited her over, I just invited her to play a few games with me" I summarized.
"Well, that sounds nice" She commented, as she turns off the lamp light.
The room grew silent as soon as the light had also faded from it. While the coldness of the room seemed to rise, as I lifted up my comfy blanket in return.
"Still not used to the cold?" She asks.
"Your house feels like the Artic, how do you pay for your electric bill?" The thought of it made this night's cold a bit more bearable at least.
"I'm a big fan of solar panels" she answered with joy.
She soon joined me under the blanket.
"What are you doing?" I anxiously asked, watching her readjust her position to try to find a more comfy one.
"Two body can easily heat up a simple cold room, although I'm not cold I can atleast try to help you" She answered, as it felt she was considerably more closer-though it was only by a few inches.
"Thanks" I wasn't sure if I should try to sleep facing her back, as I could also stare at her white hair, it simply looked wonderful to look at. I turned to the other side of the bed as softly as I could.
"When are you going to head to beacon?" her voice was more faint this time.
"Three months" I waited for any immediate reaction from her before I said the official date. "On the 15th
"I see" she said to acknowledge it.
There wasn't much more for us to talk about, as I could feel sleep finally getting a hold of me.
"Goodnight, Alex"
"Goodnight, Jaune" She said in return.
