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Chapter 10- A harmless trip to Vale.
Ruby frowned as she sat down next to her first friend at Beacon. Jaune appeared to be incredibly tired despite the advice she had given him a few nights ago. They had Combat Class now and the cute reaper was worried about how the exhaustion would affect his performance. "Hey Jaune, are you okay?" She asked concernedly.
From beside the girl, Yang nodded. "She's right, you don't look so hot Vomit Boy."
The knight smiled sleepily as he answered the sisters. "Yeah I'm fine, it's just… I was up all night." He replied in-between yawns. Pyrrha's training really took a toll on him, especially so since it's a lot harsher than his usual run and push up 'till you drop regime.
Ruby tilted her head in confusion, "Why?" She asked curiously. What reason did her fellow leader have for being up so late?
The blond boy stifled another yawn as he began to explain, or rather, complain. "Pyrrha's a slave driver." He stated simply with a tired expression. "She kept me up for the whole night and wouldn't take no for an answer." The writer groaned as he rolled his sore arm that he may or may not have landed on... several times over.
"…" The two girls just stared at him blankly. Yang blushed, There's no way they did that... right?
"Did she have to be so rough? I mean, I'm pretty new to this." He complained, "I'm sore in places I didn't even know you could feel sore in!" Several audible pops resounded around the arena as the boy stretched his back, catching the attention of a few of the students around them.
"…"
The writer sighed, "I mean, we went at it for hours on end without a single break and she still wasn't tired. She has the stamina of a goddess I tell you." Seriously, how did she do that?
"…"
Jaune laughed tiredly, "She taught me how to position my body to have the most effect when clashing with someone else as well." The boy kept making motions with his hands to further emphasise his plight but the girls payed no mind and focussed on his vague descriptions of the previous nights events.
"…"
"And then she took out the whip!" The blond knight shivered unconsciously, "I didn't even know that a whip could do things like that… Ruby? Ruby!" The boy stopped as he realised that Ruby had fainted whilst Yang was trying to wake her up and cover the large nosebleed she had at the same time. Jaune looked on worriedly at the rose as she sat limp with a dazed expression. Why did she faint? Did she not get enough sleep as well?
The blond girl her sister, "Ruby stay strong!" She cried with her hand to her nose.
"Jaune… And Pyrrha…" Moaned the young rose in her comatose state.
Jaune, finally putting two and two together, gasped in realisation at the reaper's misunderstanding. "We were training Ruby! TRAINING!" He shouted as he shook the downed female.
The girl lifted her head up weakly, "Training?"
"Yes Ruby. Training." He said as he nodded vehemently, emphasising 'training'.
From the stage Glynda called out to the students, the previous match having finished, "Next match is Jaune and Pyrrha." The champion smiled coyly at her partner who gulped audibly at her action,
The red headed girl smirked, "Don't worry Jaune, I'll be gentler than last night."
Ruby fainted again.
A certain rose blushed as she thought back to the events of earlier today. The girl was sat in the next class bored out of her mind when her thoughts drifted to a blond knight. She turned to the main cause of the event as Professor Poop-er, Port droned on about his adventures in the depths of Emerald Forest, far past the area sanctioned for students during initiation. Her blush darkened as she noticed the boy's thoughtful expression, was he thinking about the events prior as well? Oh dust was it embarrassing.
Meanwhile, Jaune gulped audibly to himself as he remembered what had transpired that morning, and it wasn't the large misunderstanding by the adorable reaper. Hopefully, tomorrow would go well.
Flashback
Jaune stared ahead of him with a tired expression on his face as he opened the door to see the black haired member of Team RWBY. What would she want at this hour? He thought to himself. Quickly checking his scroll he gasped as he realised it was- "4:30!" He cried, why did she wake him up at this undustly hour? Blake flinched at his outburst and hurriedly put her hand over his mouth to silence him, making a shush gesture with her free hand. "Oh, sorry. Uh, what's up pussycat?" He asked. The bookworm flinched again and began to squirm uncomfortably, a blush present on her face as she appeared hesitant to say her piece despite it being seemingly important. Jaune blushed at the implications, Think Jaune. What could it mean? A cute and beautiful young woman is at your doorstep, blushing like mad, and dressed in rather fine nightwear… hot dust. The writer's brow raised unconsciously as he gazed at her interesting choice of sleepwear, not realising his semblance had activated once more and was set to 'observe'.
The knight took note of how well the black Yukata framed her body- he shook the thoughts from his head and stopped his semblance. That was enough! I'm not going to perve on my friends… anymore! He exclaimed mentally, I will not let Neo be right! "Even if she is more beautiful than a delicate flower under moonlight… Wait, did I say that out loud?" The writer quickly covered his mouth as he realised his mistake. The ninja-girl blushed at him, she was right in the middle of explaining her predicament when he had to go and say something like that.
"I-I'm sorry, what?" She flushed. Where did that even come from? In fact, who was he even saying that to?
Jaune stuttered incoherently before taking a deep breath and speaking once more. "I, uh, could you repeat what you said?" The introvert gave him a sceptic look before reciting her story once more. "So what you're saying is, you want me to go into Vale tomorrow with you to get the latest Jane Caur novel, because you can't ask anyone else?" The girl nodded, Yang was of course Yang, Weiss would most definitely not approve of her literature choices, Ruby and Amethyst wouldn't be able to keep it from Yang, she wasn't exactly that close with the other members of Team JNPR and she didn't want to go by herself. Jaune shrugged casually, "Sur I'll go with you. But you came to ask me in this," He gestured towards her strange choice of clothing. "Why?" Blake frowned, what's so bad about her Yukata? Upon noticing her discomfort the blond mended his previous statement. "There isn't anything wrong with it per say, but isn't it a bit much- scratch that, not enough?" The introvert blinked, what did he mean by that? Looking to her clothes the girl realised, to her horror, that something was wrong. She was wearing her other Yukata that Yang had gifted her not too long ago as a prank and showed a rather embarrassing amount of skin. That blond woman would be the death of her. Actually, how did she not notice that she slept in this? She could've sworn that... YANG! She growled mentally. Wait, Jaune was still- The embarrassed girl slowly looked towards Jaune to see that he was standing too close for comfort. Blake's blush deepened,
"I… I-I… PERVERT!" She cried before knocking him back into his room with a slap and running across the hall into hers. Jaune sighed, he should've seen that one coming. It was literally a scene out of the second chapter of the third Ninja's of Love, so it would make sense that she'd subconsciously repeat it. That said, hot dust was that a view to behold. The knight sighed tiredly, back to sleep with him.
Flashback End
Jaune smiled to himself, maybe he'd be able to see LittleMissPublisher and his editor in Vale. The blond writer was woken from his musings when Nora began to poke his cheek repeatedly. "Hey Jaune-Jaune Arc, whatcha looking at?" Asked the hyperactive girl curiously. The blond sighed as he turned to answer his teammate. He was still a bit too sleepy for her antics.
"For one, could you please stop calling me that? I told you, its just Jaune." The Valkyrie nodded slowly. "And as for what I'm looking at, I'm staring out the window at that pink rainbow."
"But Glorious Leader! There aren't any windows in this room." The knight blinked and gazed around the room. Huh, so there aren't… Wait, then how come there's a pink light coming from the wall? Nora grinned and bopped her palm with a closed fist comically. "You must not be feeling well! Don't worry, I got something for your sickness. I brought some Forever Fall sap!" Cheered the girl as she stuffed some into her mouth. "You wanth thum?" She asked with her mouth full. Oh, that's why… Oh dear… He thought to himself as he stared at the sap, his eyes slowly going out of focus. "Oh! Glorious Leader! I had the most amazing idea!" Jaune grinned drunkenly as the girl explained her idea to him.
"That. Sounds. Awesome. As the leader of Team JNPR I, Jaune Arc, say we shall enact plan 'The One in The Hole!'" The two high fived.
To this day, no one knew how Jaune and Nora managed to free Edgar and destroy half the teacher's lounge with the unconscious body of Professor Port, nor did they know where they got a sloth shaped boulder the size of an Ursa, but to be honest did any of them want to know? Either way, it happened and Jaune was now lying down on a beanbag in the library, still very much out of it and not himself despite it being several hours after his initial exposure to the sap.
To his surprise, Snow Angel of all people approached him. "So~ How's your day going?" She asked with sarcasm dripping from her voice. Jaune smiled, Snow Angel's finally warming up to me! "You're looking pretty relaxed there buddy." The knight was internally cheering, she called him buddy!
"Pretty good, pretty good. This beanbag feels amazing." Sighed Jaune, uncharacteristically relaxed for once. Weiss' eye twitched.
"Right... You want to know what I've been doing for the past few hours?" Jaune shrugged, why not? "I was being scolded for the History homework we were supposed to do two hours ago!" She growled. Why Doctor Oobleck thought it was a good idea to pair her with this dolt was beyond her. "And thanks to you, we have to redo all four of them, plus two more, before next lesson." The knight nodded.
"Okay." The heiress blinked confused with his simple answer.
"Alright, spill. What's wrong? You're way too… Laid back." Normally the blond would be all over the place worrying, so what was going on? Jaune sighed contently as he wriggled further into the beanbag.
"Well the sap wore off and I had some time to kill before I went to work on the homework with you, so I had a bite to eat at Nora's Sloth Shack. Turns out she put some more Forever Fall sap in my waffle and now everything's just… great." He groaned happily as he stretched his arms over the blue beanbag.
Weiss grew a tick mark, "Oh, my, dust. I can't believe this! You're the one that insisted on doing it later, and then you go and-"
Jaune smiled at his Snow Angel, "Weiss, Weiss, Weiss. Look okay, I get it. You had a really tough day, you're stressed out, you have four essays to do-"
"Six essays!"
Jaune rolled his eyes and put his arms behind his head. "Not the point. They have to be finished next lesson now, and really, who's fault is that?"
"YOURS!"
Jaune closed his eyes nonchalantly, "That's right, no ones. So why don't you lie down, relax, and watch the stars with me?" Weiss' tick mark grew,
"It's four in the afternoon and we're indoors! There are no stars!" Growled the heiress, stomping on the wooden floor with impatience.
Jaune smirked and relaxed, "Only if you're looking with your eyes."
Weiss groaned at the knight, "What the dust is that supposed to mean?"
"Only one way to find out." Mumbled the blond. The white haired girl glared at the now sleeping boy, ticked off beyond belief.
"You'd better go back to normal soon so I can kick your teeth in."
Weiss yawned as she got off of the beanbag she had been taking a rather pleasant nap on. Rubbing her left eye the girl looked up to see an amused Jaune looking pleased with himself as he sat casually on a seat before her. The boy put on a smug grin that practically screamed he had done something to her in her sleep. "Hey sleepyhead~ How was your- gah!" He was interrupted as Weiss drew Myrtenaster from… somewhere, and pointed it directly at his face.
"Tell me what you did right now, and you may live." Jaune yelped and whimpered behind his chair,
"I drew whiskers on your face!" He cried in fear, Why does she keep pulling that thing out?
Weiss paused, "Um… What?" Is he really that childish?
"I drew cat whiskers on your face like I always did with Opal because I thought it would be funny and it was!" He explained with a frightened tone to his voice.
"Is… Is that all?" Asked the girl as she lowered her dust rapier slowly.
The knight blinked confusedly, "Um, yeah? You were asleep, what else would I have done?" Weiss blushed, how does he not know? Doesn't he read that blasted smut along with Yang and Blake?
"W-well, y'know… Y-you could've… Uh." Stuttered the girl between incoherent mumbles. "You want to start on that History work now?" Jaune grinned,
"Thought you'd never ask Snow Angel- er, Weiss." He quickly corrected his statement as the heiress pulled out her Multi-Action Dust Rapier again.
The two spent the next few hours working on the essays and Weiss was actually surprised that Jaune was able to type so quickly, and that he was able to put information together immediately after she recited them. As much as she hated to admit it, the two made a good team. Weiss was the one who knew everything whilst Jaune would effortlessly sort the information into an essay structure, quickly type it all down and effectively meet all the criteria. Though when she asked why his eyes were glowing he just responded by saying that it was an allergic reaction to the sap, along with his rather uncharacteristic behaviour.
"I must say Jaune, you're rather good at this." She commented as they finished off the next essay. The Arc grinned,
"Aww, is that a compliment Snow Angel?" Teased the boy as he poked her shoulder.
"It'll be the last you'll ever hear if you keep acting like that." Growled the heiress, pulling out Myrtenaster again.
"Y-Yes ma'am." He gulped.
Weiss was internally over the moon with their progress, who knew Jaune was this good at coming to conclusions? The dolt had somehow managed to help her finish five essays in the matter of a few hours. All that was left was the one on-
"The Faunus Rights Movement…" She mumbled. Jaune frowned at the expression on her face,
"Is there something wrong with the Faunus?… Faunuses, Faunus', Fauni, Faun- you get the point." He asked curiously, his Snow Angel seemed troubled and he wanted to sooth her worries. Besides, she knew a Faunus so she can't be against Faunus kind, after all, she hadn't been mean to Velvet. The heiress looked away slightly,
"I'd… rather not talk about it right now." She mumbled. The knight's frown deepened but he decided not to pursue it. She'd tell her friends eventually when she was ready and besides and he wasn't even her teammate, but that doesn't mean he couldn't give her a nudge,
"Alright Snow Angel, but just remember, I'm always ears if you need 'em. Unless someone gives me Forever Fall sap. If that's the case then you'd better run." The heiress chuckled lightly and smiled thankfully at the knight.
"I'll… I'll keep that in mind. Though stop calling me that detestable nickname."
The blond writer grinned, "Whatever you say… Snow Angel!" Weiss blinked rapidly, for a moment Yang's face replaced the knight's. Jaune laughed playfully as she began throwing random books at him.
"I swear, you and Yang are two birds of a feather." She frowned. Their humour was somewhat similar and it irritated her, even if she wasn't entirely sure why. The boy laughed once more and ducked under the front desk before exiting the library. The white haired girl huffed, crossing her arms as she did so, "Good riddance… Wait, we still haven't finished the essay! Jaune YOU DUNCE!" She cried.
Unfortunately for the heiress, Jaune was already long gone. The boy smiled as he casually walking into Nora's Slothasaur Park a couple minutes later. He ordered for a white hot chocolate at the concession stand and sat down. How Nora managed to do this was beyond him, but he had to admit it was pretty cool. The blond writer grinned as he noticed Amethyst strolling by. "What's up?" He waved, "Haven't seen you in a while." The purple haired girl blinked in confusion as she approached him.
"What do you mean? I saw you a couple of hours ago when I had to stop you from ordering twenty margarita pizzas doused in white chocolate in the library." Jaune blushed slightly in embarrassment. Had he really done that?
The blond grinned, "I'm sorry about that, but I can't be held responsible for Sap-influenced Jaune. That guy's an idiot." The librarian chuckled and took a seat on the white chair across from Jaune.
"But aren't you the same person?"
The two smiled and shared a quick laugh, "So how have you been lately, sans the whole sap ordeal. Yeah… Pyrrha told me about that." The knight sighed and took a sip from his delicious drink.
"Well a lot has happened, but I made a new friend so that's cool." Amethyst grinned at him and leaned forward,
"Is it Velvet?" She queried 'innocently'. Jaune nearly spit out his drink as the girl before him wiggled her brow suggestively.
"H-how did you know?" He stuttered after swallowing down the rest of the chocolate. The librarian laughed melodically.
"I'm actually pretty good friends with her and her team myself, and lately she's been talking about a certain handsome blond knight in shining armour coming to her rescue." Jaune blushed as he timidly twirled the spoon in his chocolate drink. Did she really think that of him or was Amethyst just teasing?
"Y-you're joking, right?" He stammered out. The older girl just gave him a teasing grin,
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. You'll have to ask Velv to find out." The knight gulped audible, he was curious but he didn't want to ask the bunny girl directly. That was asking for trouble. He thought back to the brunette rabbit, he hadn't spoken to her since their first interaction despite them being in the same History class. It was pretty interesting seeing her in his class but he was mostly distracted by the whole Cardin situation. "Jaune?" The writer flinched backwards as Amethyst's hand was suddenly waving before him, "Remnant to Jaune."
He chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry, I was distracted with my thoughts. What were you saying?" The girl pouted,
"As. I. Was. Saying, do you have any plans for the weekend?" She asked with a tinge of annoyance in her voice, "Velv and I were planning on having some fun in the library but we need more people for some of the games I got stored out back. So I was wondering if you could ask some of your friends if they could go?" Jaune smiled apologetically as he rubbed his neck.
"S-sorry, but I actually have plans for Saturday. I could probably get Yang, Ruby and my team on board, but Weiss hates my guts right now and Blake might not be able to go either." Amethyst tilted her head a fraction to the right, her long purple hair draping around her shoulders from the action.
"Why wouldn't Blake be able to go?" Jaune laughed nervously,
"J-just a hunch. I'll ask her just in case, hahaha…" The boy was inwardly panicking, this was the first time he was ever personally in this situation but it had happened many times in the books he read. Someone was going to misunderstand and he and Blake were going to be forced to run around Vale in an attempt to hide from him or her. Then people are going to get ideas and Blake would hate him forever because they'd end up at an awkward place and-
Jaune's negative imagination was stopped as the librarian stood up abruptly. "Alright then, if you're ever at the library during my shift just stop by and say hello!" With that the purple haired girl left. The writer sighed; hopefully she didn't get the wrong idea. Either way, he had to go get ready for tomorrow as the day was coming to an end.
Yang blinked at the enraged heiress before her as the girl paced angrily back and forth. "What's wrong with you?" She asked curiously. Ruby nodded from her bed, her partner looked like someone stole the last cookie. Weiss scowled,
"That blond dunce, not you for once Yang, had the gall to leave me in the library without finishing our assignment!" The buxom boxer frowned, it wasn't like her fellow blond to leave a friend alone.
"What happened before he left?"
The white haired girl's fury froze for a moment as she blushed, remembering the kind words he had said. "We finished our other five essays when he called me that blasted nickname again despite all the times I have told him not to, that is one-hundred and seventy four times in case you were wondering." Yang nodded and rose a brow slowly, that couldn't be all.
"And?..." She motioned to carry on.
"… And, I may have thrown a myriad of books at the dolt…" Ruby blinked and rested her head on her hands,
"Wait, so he worked on your project with you, and now you're angry at him because he ran away after you started throwing books at him? Sorry Weiss, but it sounds like you're in the wrong here." Commented the adorable leader. The white haired girl flushed,
"Wha- that is simply preposterous! I, uh… It was his fault in the first place for not assisting me initially!"
"Was it his fault that Nora practically drugged him?" Chimed Yang. Weiss frowned and avoided the blond girl's gaze. She fiddled with her fingers in thought,
"… No I suppose not. Perhaps you are right and it may have possibly been my fault. All right, as a Schnee I must take my mistake in stride and work to make amends. If you two will excuse me I must apolo-" The heiress began to choke, "ap- apolog… I must apolo-… Admit there is a possibility that I was wrong." Ruby giggled at her partner, it was cute she couldn't bring herself to say apologise. Yang, however, was recording the entire thing on her camcorder that she pulled out of… Somewhere.
Ignoring her teammates the white haired girl exited their shared room and walked briskly across the hall to the JNPR dorm room in order to speak with their leader. Wanting to get this over with quickly the girl slammed open the door, eyes shut as she brought herself to ap- apo- apologise to the blond knight.
"U-uh Jaune. I'd just like to say that… My actions within the library may have been a little… uncalled for." She apologised as she began to twirl her hair nervously like a tsundere. "A-as such, it is o-only right for me as a Schnee to make amends. So, Jaune Arc, I will a-allow you to accompany me to Vale t-tomorrow for the day. B-but don't get t-too excited, i-it isn't a da-date!" After the heiress managed to stutter out her spiel she sighed. The 'high and mighty' girl cracked open one of her eyes smugly to see the more than likely ecstatic handsome smile of the leader of JNPR. To her surprise Jaune was not only smiling apologetically, but he was also only wearing a pair of boxers. The young man was surprisingly toned, showing it off as he held up two shirts to the mirror as if trying to decide the better of the two.
"Hehe, sorry Snow Angel but I'm kind of busy tomorrow. But if you really want to make it up to me then could you hang with Amethyst, Velvet and our teams tomorrow in the library?" He asked as he put down the two shirts. "S-Snow Angel?" Jaune walked over to the silent girl and waved his hand before her, "You okay?" The boy was completely oblivious to the fact that he wasn't exactly wearing much. He quickly held a palm to her forehead as he compared their temperatures. The heiress blushed heavily at their close proximity. What is that d-d-dunce doing? She cried mentally. "Weiss I think you're coming down with a fever! Scratch my request Snow Angel, I want you to take the weekend off and get plenty of rest so you recover quickly." He said seriously. The white haired girl was on meltdown as he brain refused to function.
"I-I-I-I-I" She muttered incoherently. "P-P-PERVERT!" Cried Weiss. Jaune blinked as he flew backwards further into the room, she just slapped me! Quickly coming to the rescue, their teammates ran in as they heard the scream.
"What's going o- whoa Vomit Boy. I didn't know you worked out." Commented Yang as she entered the room. The girl nodded appreciatively, analysing every inch of the boy before her, "Yang likes, Yang likes~" She purred. The rest of the group hastily ran in confused, what was the boxer talking abou-
Blake and Ruby blushed heavily and tried to hide behind their hands, leaving a small gap between their fingers to peek through. Pyrrha and Yang were actively trying to stop the approaching nosebleed, Ren was all out laughing at his friend's misfortune and Nora was cheering for their leader.
"Woo! Go Jaune, you rock those boxers." The knight blinked, boxers? Looking down he realised, to his horror, that he was only wearing his boxers. He quickly thanked his male friend as the silent boy handed him his blue onesie.
"Th-thanks Ren…" He mumbled embarrassedly. The blushing knight bowed to his friends apologetically, "I'm sorry!" He cried before rushing into their dorm bathroom. Back in the dorm room the current inhabitants were silent, with Weiss still broken whilst being fanned down by Ruby and Blake. Finally recovering from her initial meltdown, the heiress gasped as she realised something. She was just turned down by the blond leader. Her, Weiss Schnee, was turned down by Jaune Arc. The girl stiffened. Yang blinked, "What's wrong Princess?" She asked, blocking her bleeding nose with tissues.
The heiress slowly turned to her teammate. "He… He turned me down."
The entire group stared at the white haired girl in confusion, "What?"
"I said I'd allow him to accompany me to Vale for the day tomorrow and he turned me down." Explained the flabbergasted girl. Pyrrha silently cheered, Yang stood surprised that Weiss asked him that and that he said no. Blake flinched, well this is a thing, she thought to herself. Quickly, quietly, and without being noticed, the introvert snuck away to avoid being pulled into this mess. Ren, having the same idea, grabbed his childhood friend and towed her away, making sure to cover her mouth to silence her as he ran off.
Ruby smiled comfortingly at her partner as she put a hand on her shoulder, "He probably just has something important to do."
"What if some other girl asked him out first and he said yes?" Mumbled Pyrrha worriedly. The four girls froze. Upon further thought that was the most logical way to explain why.
Ruby cocked her head slightly, "But why would he say yes? If it was someone we knew we'd probably have heard of it."
Weiss just laughed maniacally, her hair slightly a mess. "He-he's obviously just doing this to try and get to me! Ruby, Yang, Pyrrha! You ladies must assist me in bringing this mystery to light!" Pyrrha and Yang nodded. They weren't jealous that some girl might have asked Jaune out, they were just curious is all… Yeah, that's it… Curious. Ruby on the other hand wanted to be there for her partner and decided to join in. The four left the dorm room to scheme.
Jaune felt a shiver run down his spine as he put his blue onesie on, he had a bad feeling.
Yang frowned. It was the next day and she, Weiss, Pyrrha, Ruby, Amethyst and Velvet were all hiding behind a bush close to the airship port. Unfortunately the bush wasn't the largest of flora and could barely hide all of them but it appeared to get the job done. The six females stared intently at their target as he hesitantly entered the airship.
The boxer's frown deepened as they entered the ship. It was 10am and her black haired partner was nowhere to be found, so she just assumed she was at Nora's Slothcake Restaurant downing cups of white hot chocolate. Yang shrugged, gazing at her prey. Oh well, she's missing out on all the fun. Jaune was dressed in surprisingly casual attire. The weather was fairly warm so he adorned a blue and black open collared shirt over a white cotton tee. The blond boy also wore a pair of black jeans and had his hair in its usual mess. Yang whistled to herself. Wow, Vomit Boy cleans up well. He actually looks rather dashing. Weiss just stared at the two new girls, "Remind me why you two came with us again?" She asked the newcomers. Amethyst grinned,
"Well I wanted to hang with you gals, but something Jaune said yesterday interested me. It's just coincidence that you were tailing him too." She explained, "Oh, and Velv's here because I am. That and because a certain dashing knight caught her eye." She winked at the rabbit Faunus suggestively causing the timid girl to blush.
"Amy!" She cried embarrassedly. Several of the girls laughed at the brunette's expense as the airship began to lift off. The heiress' piercing blue eyes stared over at the blond boy from across the airship as she peeked past her newspaper.
"Remember," Spoke the girl as she fixed up her disguise, "We're just here to get to the bottom of that dolt's scheme. Nothing more, nothing less." Ruby rolled her eyes. So says the girl who made us all wear stupid disguises. The young rose smiled at her partner, pushing up her fake glasses in a cliché manner.
"If I didn't know you any better, I'd say you were jealous." She gulped as Weiss gave her a cold glare that could freeze the ocean. "I-it's a good thing I know you better right? Hahaha…" She laughed nervously. The adorable reaper sighed in relief as the white haired girl stopped glaring at her.
Pyrrha looked at her future hus- er, lover- uh bearer of 12 children… her partner, as he held onto his vomit bag for dear life. She hoped he was okay… If only she could be closer and help him get over his motion sickness. Maybe lay his head on her lap so she could stroke his no-doubt soft hair and mutter affectionate sayings to him as the two confessed their undying love for each other and moved in for a passionate kis-
"We have now arrived at Vale. All passengers are advised to exit the vehicle through the front exit." Quick as a flash, Jaune bolted out of the airship screaming bloody murder. He moved so fast that Velvet could've sworn he had leapt out the window in his haste. Upon reaching the solid, concrete, not-flying-dozens-of-feet-in-the-air ground the knight laughed triumphantly as he kissed it repeatedly. He had finally conquered his motion sickness somewhat. He only vomited three times, a new record! Ruby giggled as she watched her first friend smooch the ground.
"I think we found Jaune's date." She commented with a childish grin. All of the girls present laughed bar Pyrrha and Weiss who were too busy looking for Jaune's actual girl. Unsurprisingly enough each student had different thoughts as they gazed around.
A dozen minutes later found the blond at a café a few blocks away enjoying what appeared to be a cup of his favourite beverage. Yang watched the boy intently as he appeared to be enjoying his cup, what was it about that drink that caused the knight and her partner to continuously order it whenever possible? Velvet smiled happily as she watched the boy sip his warm drink contently, maybe she should introduce him to her team? Coco could make really good cups of coffee and hot chocolate. Though she wasn't sure if her leader was experienced with white chocolate, but it couldn't be that different… Right?
"What is he doing?" Wondered Amethyst aloud as the girls all hid behind one newspaper several booths away from their target. The librarian frowned, maybe she was wrong about her gue- All of the girls gasped simultaneously as a beautiful girl approached Jaune. She had long black hair, sharp amber eyes and her outfit was eerily similar to-
"BLAKE?" Cried Ruby in surprise. All five of the girls next to her covered her mouth with one hand each and gestured for her to be quite with the other. They sighed in relief as the girl slowly nodded. After the six girls got over their initial surprise they watched the two interact.
"Do you have any idea what they're saying?" Asked Yang to the group. She facepalmed upon receiving five negatives from them. Now what?
Jaune smiled at Blake as she arrived, feeling slightly overdressed as she was just in her fighting clothes. "Sorry, did I keep you waiting?" She asked as she sat down. The writer shook his head,
"No, I just arrived myself." He lied smoothly. The bookworm gave him a sceptic look.
"You just arrived and already have had five cups of White Hot Chocolate?" She asked in mock surprise as she gestured towards the empty cups on the table. The blond boy just grinned from his seat.
"You know it." The two shared a short laugh. "So, do you want something to eat or drink, or do you just want to head to the bookstore now?" The introvert contemplated her choices for a moment before deciding that heading to the books would be the smarter move. The novel might sell out soon after all. Voicing her thoughts to the relaxing blond, she was pleased to see that he had similar ones. "Well then, let's be on our way!" He cheered. Paying for his drinks the knight and ninja walked side-by-side towards a preferred bookshop.
On the trip there neither of the two were the conversation initiator type as Jaune was socially awkward and Blake just preferred not to interact with society full stop. Despite this though, the silence wasn't unpleasant and actually comfortable. Besides, in the few times Jaune would finally gain the courage to try and start a conversation the bookworm would just leave closed replies that left no room for further speech. "So, uh, do you like playing games?" He asked awkwardly as they walked down the paved road, past the oddly small trees that looked like they could've been made of cardboard.
Blake just kept staring forwards, keen to get her hands on a new book. "I haven't played many."
Jaune blinked. Was that a yes or a no? "Uh, when did you start reading the Jane Caur novels?" The boy didn't care that he technically already knew the answer, he wasn't going to let the conversation die!
"I started a long time before Yang." Jaune groaned mentally, it wasn't that he disliked the silence. He just wanted to make another friend in Blake. As far as he knew, she appeared to only think of him as an acquaintance whom she can talk books with. Even then, she still had Yang and Amethyst to talk to.
The knight sighed, he skipped out on a date with his Snow Angel for this so it'd better be worth it. As the two continued on in silence they both grinned upon reading the sign at the front of the store. 'Tukson's Book Trade – Home to every book under the sun'. Blake's eyes widened, she didn't know that Jaune went here. This was one of her favourite bookshops as she frequently visited it. Upon entering the owner, a large man by the Tukson, grinned at the two. "Well if it isn't Jan-aune Arc. Jaune Arc!" He remedied mid-sentence as the writer quickly motioned stop behind the black haired girl. "And Blake too, I didn't know you knew each other." The bookworm smiled at the man in a friendly manner,
"I could say the same thing about you two." Tukson shrugged,
"Well Jaune here is a regular." He explained, "He drops by at least once every month and has become a rather valuable customer of mine. So what are you two up to? Don't tell me this goofball here has worked his way into your heart." The two students blushed heavily.
"I-It's not like that. I'm just accompanying Blake here so she can get the latest Jane Caur novel." Tukson blinked… then laughed… and laughed some more. Jaune's gotten himself into an interesting situation.
"If that's what you're looking for then you've come to the right place. I just recently got a new shipment of the book." The shop owner grinned once more, subtly winking at Jaune, "And since you two are regulars I'm willing to part with them for half price." Blake mentally gasped, half price? She never got that deal before, did he and Jaune know each other that well? The confused introvert moved to grab her wallet when Jaune gave a large amount of lien from his.
The boy smirked at the owner as he grabbed a couple of comics from the front, "This should be enough to cover for both of ours along with the latest twelve issues of the X-Ray and Vav comics. I heard Mogar's going to be in it!" Blake gaped, just how expensive were those comics to warrant that much money? Tukson chuckled as he accepted the money,
"I just can't make you pay anything under full price can I?" The introvert turned to the knight perplexed, why did he pay in full when Tukson was willing to sell it for half price? Actually, where did Jaune get that money? The amount of lien he pulled out was around a weeks worth of work for someone of our age…
Little did she know, Jaune actually received quite a large amount of income from all of the books he sells.
As the two students said their farewells to the bookstore owner Jaune blinked. Why are there six trees on concrete? He wondered curiously. Activating his semblance he stumbled slightly upon examining them. Hiding behind cardboard cut-outs of trees were Yang, Ruby, Weiss, Amethyst, Pyrrha and… Velvet? He sighed to himself as the two walked out the door. The knight understood Yang and Amethyst, they seemed to be the type to do this as Blake was her partner and he may have accidentally tipped Amethyst off, but Ruby, Pyrrha and Velvet? Dust, even Weiss was there. "Blake-" The girl stopped him before he could start,
"I know." She stated simply, bow twitching slightly.
Jaune chuckled, "What do you want to do?"
"Run?" Suggested the bookworm.
"Lets." Without further ado, the two book lovers ran off, much to the surprise of the hiding females.
"They know!" Cried Weiss as they ran off. "After them!" The group of students nodded to each other and ran after the two.
Jaune groaned, not even a minute after they began running it started to rain heavily. He shivered as the two came a stop under a large building that had a small canopy by the entrance. "Where did that rain come from?" He cried as he wrung his soaked clothes. Using his semblance he noticed the increase in humidity earlier but he just chalked it up to being near the ocean.
The knight sighed, the small roof above them hardly provided enough shelter to keep the rain off the two. Nodding to each other, the Hunters-in-training decided to enter the building in hopes that the owner would be lenient… and have a shower. Jaune frowned, Why does this situation seem incredibly similar to- He gasped, oh dear dust, please tell me I'm wrong. Slowly reading the sign above the reception desk with his jaw hanging, he blushed a shade of red similar to his partner's hair, well this is cliché. Beside him Blake was confused by his red face, had the boy caught a cold in the rain? She curiously followed his line of sight and froze, a deep red blush adorning her rain soaked face.
The two had just entered a genuine, 'real life', not in anime love hotel. Since when did Vale have LOVE HOTELS? Exclaimed the knight mentally. "Why did I have to be right…" He groaned.
So, the blond knight has attracted some unwanted misunderstandings from his female friends and has ended up in a rather cliché situation with the black haired ninja. Will he manage to find a way out of this predicament, or will he just go with the flow? This all to come next chapter as the writer has a little run-in with suspicious friends, and meets a certain fashionista with a passion for coffee.
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