RWBY: Ever After


"Just what comes after happily ever after?"


Chapter 8

"No Jaune, your other left," Jaune promises he loves his wife. He has loved her since they were students at Beacon. However, it was days like there where he either wanted to kiss her till she shut up or just leave the house to go cry to Ruby and Oscar.

"Snow Angel," Jaune started as he finally just gave up and attached the banner to the wall. "Daphne is a year old. She isn't going to remember the party let alone if the banner is positioned correctly."

"No," Weiss agreed but Jaune didn't relax. He knew a but was coming. "But, in the photographs, she will see the banner wasn't correct."

Jaune peaked over to where Daphne sat in her crib. She was biting at the ear of the teddy bear she had in there. "Something tells me that she won't."

Weiss only snorted in response and turned her nose up in the air. Jaune couldn't help but let out a low laugh before walking over to his wife and wrapping his arms around her slender frame. He could tell she wasn't really that upset with him by the way she leaned into him for support. She had been stressed out about the party for weeks now. "Everything is going to be fine," Jaune reassured her with a peck on the cheek.

"I hope so," Weiss admitted finally letting some of her worries be seen by him. He loved this side of her that he was only allowed to see. The side of her that was vulnerable and desperate for approval. She was always such a strong and abrasive force, like a wind in the middle of a harsh winter. But knowing that she loved and trusted him enough with this side of her was enough to make any little petty arguments like they had now worth it.

The doorbell was a high trill and scared Daphne enough into crying. Both parents groaned and they looked at each other, icy meeting cobalt. "I'll get Daphne," Jaune started as she reluctantly let go of Weiss. "You get the door."

She nodded in agreement and headed to get the door. Jaune watched her for a few seconds before walking over to Daphne and picking her up in his arms. Her bawling stopped and was replaced by sniffing and steady tears. "Its ok princess, daddy's got you."

Daphne slowly stopped her sobbing and leaned heavily into her father. "I hope we didn't startle the little angel too much."

Jaune peaked up and wasn't surprised who the first guests were. Unlike the others, Ilia and Yang didn't have a kid to fuss over so they tended to be the first to arrive places. Ilia saw the blonde and bouncing baby in Jaune's arms and quickly walked over to him. Before she could ask, Jaune handed her Daphne and Ilia gladly took the little girl in her arms with a wide smile on her face.

"Iya, Iya," Daphne cooed and giggled her hands reaching up to pat Ilia's face. Because of the lack of distance, Yang and Ilia were always Weiss and Jaune's go to babysitters.

"That's right, Aunt Ilia and Yang are here to wish you a happy birthday." The way Ilia's voice slipped into baby talk so easily slightly disturbed Jaune but he didn't say anything because he knew he was just as bad.

His eyes wandered and he could see Yang handing over their present to Weiss who thanked her and gave her former teammate a hug. He left Daphne with Ilia and walked over to listen to Weiss and Yang's conversation.

"So, I'm guessing the adoption agency is still saying no," Weiss asked a sad pout gracing her lips. Yang nodded, her eyes flashing over to Ilia before focusing on Weiss again.

"Yeah, there currently aren't any Faunus kids up for adoption and they keep shooting down Ilia and I request for any non-Faunus children. I have half a mind to just go in and take a kid at this point, but Ilia keeps reassuring me that it isn't necessary."

"Well, I can't imagine stealing a kid would help your cause." Yeah, Jaune figured out he probably shouldn't have said that by his wife's glare but Yang chuckled anyway.

"No I don't think it would," she laughed and then her violet eyes clouded over with sadness. "Ilia was crying herself to sleep last night again. I'm glad you two had this party, she needed some time with the kids."

The doorbell went off again interrupting their conversation and Weiss went running.

This time it was Ruby and Oscar. Little Clementine was in her father's arms, and she was cautiously eyeing Weiss. Jaune let out a small chuckle. He could remember when Daphne was that shy and cautious around newer people. Yang had already spotted her niece and quickly ran over to take the smaller girl from her brother-in-law's arms and cooed at her, taking her over to where Ilia and Daphne were standing.

It wasn't long after that the Wukong and Ren families showed up, their flight from Mistral coming in only an hour ago. They will spend the night in town, Blake, and Sun with Yang and Ilia. Then Lie and Nora would stay with Weiss and Jaune at their townhouse.

The hellos were exchanged and Daphne's presents were opened for her. There were even photos taken of Daphne smashing her birthday cake with enough force that it splattered on the other kids around her. Weiss had hissed as Daphne's blue dress was ruined by the chocolate cake, while Jaune just laughed and shared the photos with their friends.

Not even an hour later the kids were all seated in the large playpen in the center of the room. Daphne was playing with Yuki, stacking and unstacking blocks. Meanwhile, Shadow was sitting up and flicking his tail around- his golden eyes watching as Clementine tried to grab it.

There was a warm atmosphere all around the house as Jaune looked at his friends around the room. Yang was nursing a beer while Ilia sat in her lap in their home's recliner. Sun was seated in front of Blake from where she was seated on the couch, both of them watching with amused expressions while their son played with Clementine.

Oscar and Ruby were sat next to the playpen, each of them snapping as many photos as they could of the children to be sent out at a later time and used as teasing material when the children got older. Lie and Nora, they shared the love seat with Nora resting her head on Lie's shoulder-him smiling softly at her while Nora's blue eyes began to droop.

Jaune was sitting on the other end of the couch, Weiss sitting between Blake and himself. She sat, leaning back and content to watch the children play just as much as the other adults. Jaune slowly slipped his hand into Weiss' she jumped a little at first, shocked to feel the touch. However, she quickly relaxed upon realizing who was responsible for the contact.

"You know," Weiss whispered to him softly. "This is the life I always dreamed of having."

"I know," Jaune said simply as he leaned over to kiss the top of Weiss' head.

And none of them would have it any other way.


BRK: Ok so important announcement. Unfortunately, there will be no update next week. Why you may ask. Why it is Rosegarden week next week and I'll be busy uploading and writing stories for that so I will not be able to update this story. However, I will be cross-publishing the stories again between fanfiction and AO3 as usual. If you are reading this on AO3 then I will have a series tag for you to read all the works I am posting for the week. I hope you all come out and support those who are working hard to make the week possible! Now for fun fact! and Shadow gets two since I accidentally forgot to give him one last update.

Yuki: His first word was "dada"

Daffodil: Her first word was "dada" as well

Shadow: His birthday is April 1st (Yes it made Sun laugh) also his first word was "mama"

Clementine: Her birthday is August 13th