Ms. Goodwitch was pretty sure she needed some long vacation, as far away from Beacon and its madness as possible. She never expected that one day she would have to deal with one of her students walking around like a blazing inferno, but there she was seeing Yang Xiao Long punching anyone that dared to get too close, destroying school property and creating chaos, her eyes red and her hair lit aflame. Ms. Goodwitch wondered if anyone was stupid enough to touch the brawler's hair as that was the usual thing that made Yang rage. The other two options was someone hurt Ruby or Jaune, or the knight did something stupid.
"Ms. Xiao Long!"
"Not now!" She yelled to Ms. Goodwitch surprise. She used a glyph to stop Yang of causing even more damage.
"Ms. Xiao Long, you have five seconds to tell me why you are acting like Godzilla around school grounds and not have you expelled!"
"Ask that cheating scrub called Jaune Arc!"
Ms. Goodwitch arched an eyebrow. Jaune and Yang had being together for seven months now, and for most of the time it was like a honeymoon, with them both being too much in love with each other to care. Even after all the chaos during the tournament it seemed nothing could break them apart. But she expected sooner or later they would have a fight, and while she expected it to be something less serious than cheating, she was pretty sure they would get over it.
And the idea of Jaune Arc cheating on Yang was simple preposterous for her.
"Ms. Xiao Long, you are going to your room and not leave there until I talk to you. I will have a few words with Jaune Arc."
"Fine!"
Ms. Goodwitch let Yang go and the girl stormed off, and in the way she punched a boy that dared to talk to her a hundred meters away. The teacher sighed and grabbed her scroll and called Jaune. She hoped the boy had a good excuse for all that was happening as she definitely used all the patience she had already.
…
Jaune ran as fast as he could from the bullhead towards Beacon. He had no idea why Ms. Goodwitch called him, all she told him is that if he didn't returned to Beacon ASAP, he AND Yang would be in trouble, and as a good boyfriend he would never let his girlfriend get in trouble if he could help.
He saw a trail of destruction in the way, and he hoped that wasn't Yang's handwork, because he had enough experience on how difficulty dealing with an angry Yang was. He found Ms. Goodwitch fixing the damage with her 'magic' and approached her carefully.
"Er, Ms. Goodwicth?"
"Ah, glad to see you, Mr. Arc. Can you explain to me why your girlfriend sent five students to the infirmary and caused extensive damage to school property?" She glared at Jaune, who shifted his eyes trying to figure out what happened.
"I dunno. Maybe her hair?"
"Ah, but she told me you knew what happened."
"Me?"
"Yes, Mr. Arc. You. So have you done anything that would make Ms. Xiao Long go in a rampage? One that she says you is the reason?"
"I swear to the holy heavens I have done, spoke or even thought anything I could point as reason for Yang to do all this." Ms. Goodwitch knew that he was telling the truth and sighed. Jaune wasn't the type to purposely do anything that could anger Yang, even less cheat on his girlfriend.
"Go talk to her. And better you wear your armor and shield. I swear, Mr. Arc, if she causes a single more damage or hurt anyone else, except you, it is you who you get the detention!"
"Yes, ma'am, right away!" Jaune disappeared as soon as he spoke that, and Ms. Goodwitch decided she would get those vacation days she had delayed for so long. She wasn't young enough to deal with teenage drama.
…
Jaune was trying his hardest to remember his day. During breakfast and classes everything between him and Yang was fine. After lunch he decided to go to town and buy her a present, just because. Jaune and Yang decided only the birthday of when they started dating and their own birthday were important, no first kiss birthday or silly things like that. Even so from time to time, when he had extra money and was particularly happy, he would surprise her with some small gift. She always seemed happy to receive those.
Of course, he lied to her about his purpose of going into town, so maybe she was mad about that? But that wasn't a lie big enough to warrant the 'Yangpocalypse' he saw. He adjusted his armor and checked his shield, but hoped he would not need them. But as he turned a corner and heard the familiar sound of Crescent Rose being armed, he saw Ruby and Blake blocking his way. He was glad he brought his shield.
"Errrr… Yang talked to you." Jaune spoke, trying to not say anything that could make them attack.
"Yep." Ruby answered with a smile, that Jaune knew it wasn't a happy one.
"And you aren't going to allow me to talk to her?" he asked, knowing it was a big rhetorical question.
"Nope."
"Nope as in 'we aren't going to stop you' or as in 'we are going to kill you if you take one more step?"
"The second one." Blake affirmed, her arms crossed over her chest. Jaune sighed deeply and looked at the duo.
"Look, I don't have time for this. I need to talk to Yang if we are going to fix this mess." He begged to them, but they didn't move.
"She is very angry, you know. And sad. She was crying, and I rarely see her crying. I don't like to see her crying." Blake said, and Jaune made a dejected face. He always hated when he saw Yang sad, and she with tears in her eyes was simple heartbreaking to him.
"Them I don't have the time to spend here arguing with you two. Look, I don't know what Yang think I did, but clearly she thinks I did something awful if she is crying, and I swear I haven't did anything to make her cry, at least not willing or knowingly." He said, and for a second Ruby hesitated, but they still hold their positions.
"That is not something you do unwilling or unknowing Jaune." Blake spoke again, and Jaune wondered what they were talking about. He stood straight now, and used his best commanding voice.
"Ruby, we know each other since our very first day at beacon, and have being friends since, so I ask of you, have I ever give you reason to believe I could do whatever you are thinking I did to Yang?"
Ruby death smile disappeared. Jaune was many things, but his biggest flaws resided in his innocence and honesty to a fault. Believing he did what Yang said he did was to believe that Jaune Arc was not the person they have known for more than a year. And the fact he was there was a sign he wasn't the type to do that.
"Jaune, she saw with her own eyes." Blake stated, still not convinced.
"Blake, look at me and tell me that there is absolute no chance that whatever Yang saw couldn't be a misunderstanding."
Blake stared deeply in Jaune's eyes. She liked him, he made Yang happy for so long, and he always respected her and treated the Faunus and Blake with respect. And he was clumsy enough to get into a situation that would be completely innocent yet look like something awful.
"Yeah. I want to believe it is just that, Jaune. So go talk to Yang. You know the consequences if you do not fix that fast." Ruby answer was to put her weapon away and hug Jaune tight.
"She is really sad, you know? And really crying. Please Jaune, give her smile back."
Jaune patted her head and smiled, and Ruby and Blake walked away. He once again tried to reach Yang's room only to be blocked once again, this time by Weiss and Zwei, the small dog growling at the knight, Weiss pointing her weapon dangerously at the boy, who just sighed once again.
"I swear this is becoming ridiculous. OK, since clear one of you is being irrational and I can't properly reason with, I will talk with the other one. Zwei…"
"Hey!" Weiss protested as Jaune kept talking with the little dog.
"… I want to make things right to Yang, but I can't do it if everyone keeps trying to push me away from her. So, please little buddy, can you take Weiss with you and let me talk with my girlfriend?" The dog stopped growling, tilted his head a little and whimpered for a bit, before barking. "Thanks, buddy."
"Are you sure, Zwei?" The dog gave Weiss a happy bark. "If you say so. But I swear to the heavens, Arc, if Yang and you aren't back to that unbearable lovey dovey mood, there you be no next generation of Arcs coming from you!"
With that Weiss and Zwei left, and Jaune finally was able to reach team RWBY's dorm room, where the statue that used to be by its said was now marble dust. Jaune resigned himself to fate and knocked at the door, but no answer came from it. He knocked again, harder, but again no sound come from the room. He left a loud groan out, realizing it would be harder than he thought.
He fully expected one day that Yang and he would get into a fight, but he expected their first fight to be about something minor, like him not noticing new clothes or nail polish, not something that would throw his beloved Yang into full destruction mode, or that would make her lock herself in her room and cry.
"Yang, please, open this door and let's talk." He begged, but no sound come from the room again. He tested the knob but the door really was locked. "Sunshine, come on, let me in."
No sound from the door, and this time he got annoyed. He was pretty sure that they could talk whatever he did to anger her if she allowed him to. And despite Yang being probably more mature than her attitude let it show, she was being a bit childish. Jaune groaned again, and took his scroll to call his sister Mia.
"Hey, little brother. How are you? Is Yang OK?" She greeted but she quickly noticed her brother wasn't happy. "Oh, something happened?"
"She locked herself in her room and refuses to talk to me. I have no idea what I've done but I am sure if we talk we can fix this. If I can get inside her room." Jaune explained, and Mia thought about it for a second.
"Dear brother, do you think I can access Beacon's systems, and simple unlock her door?" Jaune just glared at her. "And here I was expecting a challenge. Done." He heard the sound of the door unlocking and smiled. "Want me to keep undesired interference out?"
"Thanks sis, you are awesome." She chuckled at the compliment.
"Of course I am. I will keep the line open just in case, and I, Mia Arc, promise to not pry. Good luck, brother. I want to see you two together."
Mia was a computer and hacking genius, and there was no computer network she couldn't access. She even created a supercomputer in the basement of their castle, that she affirmed to be for research purposes, but mostly was used to play pranks around. Jaune was just glad that she was helping, and since she spoke her full name while promising, he knew she wouldn't record the talk he was about to have with Yang.
Jaune readied his shield and gulped, just hoping Yang was calm enough to them to talk, so he slowly opened the door and entered. To be received by a flaming punch. He was glad he took his weapons as he blocked Yang's punch, and that both her training and Pyrrha's allowed him to properly avoid being killed by his angry girlfriend.
"Get out!" She yelled at him, her eyes glowing red and her hair on fire. Jaune though noticed her smudged make-up, and that she have being crying a lot.
"No! Not before we talk!"
"We have nothing to talk about Arc!" She grabbed him by the shield and moved to the door, but Mia had locked it remotely. "Open this door or I will murder you!"
"YANG!" His yell made Yang look at him. "Please we promised each other to talk about any trouble we could have! So let's at least talk! I don't want to see us like this!"
Us.
Yang loved when he used that word.
She let him go and sat on Blake's bed. Jaune breathed relieved and put his weapon on the wall closer to the door, then sat at Weiss bed. Yang refused to make eye contact, but at least her hair wasn't on fire anymore. Her eyes were still red, both because of her anger and because of her crying.
"Yang, tell me, and please don't go the 'you know what you did' line, what have I done that made you so angry?" His plead made Yang cast a glance at him. After being together for so long she knew he was being sincere and had no idea what made her like that. She breathed slowly trying to calm herself down, while Jaune just waited.
"I caught you with another girl…" She finally said, shocking Jaune. He didn't spend the day with any girl he could think of, and he certainly didn't have done anything that could be interpreted as cheating. "The blue haired one at the mall. You two were being very passionate with that hug…"
The first thing Jaune noticed was how sad she was speaking, and that hurt him. The second was how her eyes were asking him to deny all of those. Jaune tried his best to remember any blue haired girl he might have met, until he remembered an incident that might be what Yang saw.
"Yang, what you saw was me stumbling upon a mannequin." Yang glanced at the blonde boy and wondered about it. Sure it wasn't beyond him to do that. Despite his combat prowess improvements, he was still clumsy on daily stuff.
"Can you prove it?" She whispered, surprising Jaune. He got his scroll.
"Mia, can you find footage of me on the Claire's store in the Vale Mall?"
"Right away, little brother. Oh, heavens, that is why she is angry? It is so you." Mia chuckled and Jaune groaned.
"Just… stream the footage to her scroll…"
Yang took her scroll and saw the security camera footage. Jaune was walking around the store, and then his hood got tangled in a mannequin that fell over him, he trying to hold it and put it back. It really looked like he was making out with it from most angles, and the mannequin indeed had blue hair.
"Well, now that he cleared this misunderstanding, I am going to my room…" Jaune said dejected, but he couldn't move as Yang hugged his head, pressing his face on her navel. He felt something dripping on his head, and knew it was her tears.
"I am sorry…" She murmured. Jaune just sighed.
"You know, the fact you thought I was cheating on you isn't what I am sad about. It really looks like that from the video. I am sad you asked me to prove to you I was telling the true…"
"I am sorry… I was… I was dead afraid of losing you…"
That surprised the knight. Yang wasn't angry because she felt betrayed, she felt scared of losing him. He remembered that despite what anyone thought of them being Hunters, they were still young; they still had a lot to learn. Jaune remembered that all experiences Yang had with dating before were less than stellar, so she could feel insecure from time to time.
"I am sorry…" She whispered, and he hugged her back, making her shiver for a second.
"I am glad we could talk this over. I don't want us to be apart…"
Us.
Yang finally smiled as she caressed his hair.
"Us… I promise to work on my temper, for us." She said, and now Jaune smiled and looked up. She wasn't crying anymore, and she kissed him.
"I love you, sunshine."
"Not more than me, sir knight." Another kiss, then she rested his face in her navel again, just to feel he was kissing it, making her blush and smile. He was good at that. "Jauneeeeyyy…"
"Well, I think I will ask Mia to open the door…"
"Oh, no, you won't. I think you deserve a little reward for your patience." She said as she removed his armor and laid him on Weiss bed.
"Weiss will be pissed." He said but didn't really care as he removed his snickers and helped Yang with his armor.
"She doesn't need to know. Besides, for Xiao Long we haven't had some nice fun?"
"A few days. Far too long." He said as he pushed her with him in bed, and kissed her neck.
"Exactly!" She said as she straddled him.
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"Do you think he is dead?" Ruby asked as she pressed her ear against their room door. It was more than half an hour since Jaune entered, and they still had no news of them.
"I am sure our honorable leader solved this and they are just cuddling like sloths on Weiss bed." Nora answered; she too had her ear glued on the door, despite both knowing that Beacon rooms had great acoustic isolation.
"They better not be on my bed doing anything!" Weiss protested as she with everyone else from teams JNPR and RWBY waited for the couple to open the door. They all were rooting the couple could solve it all.
"It was probably a misunderstanding. We all know Jaune would never cheat on Yang." Ren spoke calmly as he waited inside their team's room with Pyrrha and Blake.
"Besides, he knows exactly the kind of punishment he would receive from Tayang." Pyrrha added, looking concerned at the door.
"Come on, they are probably just doing what all couple do after a fight and a reconciliation. Steamy making out session." Blake said plainly, and Weiss looked with indignation at her friend.
"THEY BETTER NOT BE DOING THAT IN OUR ROOM!" She tried to use her scroll to open the door, but a red screen appeared with 'access denied' written over it. "Ruby, try your scroll."
"Nope, access denied. A bug, maybe?" Ruby wondered as she examined her scroll.
"A bug? Involving Jaune Arc? Unlikely!" Weiss called Mia via scroll. "Open the door."
"Wow, good afternoon to you too ice queen." Mia answered, pretending to be offended.
"Mia Arc, open this door right now!" Weiss threatened. "Or the authorities will receive anonymous tips about who might be the hacker that sent that insufferable singing pony program to all scrolls in Remnant a few weeks ago!"
"And you think it was little Mia that did that?"
"I can see the damned pony on that poster in your wall!"
"Door opened!"
They all entered the room, and gladly didn't saw a dead Arc inside. And also gladly they didn't caught Jaune and Yang in a steamy moment. The couple was snuggling on Yang's bed, Jaune wearing his t-shirt and pants and Yang with her top and shorts on, the rest of their clothes in a neat pile on the floor. Ruby and Nora giggled seeing the couple looking so happy together once again, while the rest sighed in relief. Weiss examined the room, especially her bed.
"So, why you two were fighting?" Pyrrha asked, and Jaune showed them the video.
"That is so you, Jaune-Jaune." Nora laughed as she watched the video again.
"I am happy you two worked this out. But Jaune, what was you doing in a store for women's clothes?" Blake asked as she sat in a chair.
"Oh, that. Here." He gave Yang a small package, and she opened to find a beautiful orange and black choker.
"Aww, Jauney, you didn't have to!" She said and kissed him, then immediately put it on. She really loved his small gifts.
"Well, you two might want to apologize to Ms. Goodwitch now. After all, you did destroyed part of the school and sent five students to the med bay." Ren commented, and they just laughed and nodded.
"You two might want to run away." Weiss said as she armed her sword with Dust. "Those sheets aren't the sheets I put in my bed and I found this in the trash bin."
She held a bright colored small package. Ruby's face became red as a tomato, while Nora asked Ren what that small, square package was. Jaune and Yang looked at each other and then jumped out of the window.
"YOU TWO CAN'T HIDE FOREVER!"