Jaune Arc woke up to a sight he was not used to seeing that early in the morning. Two colours, Pink and Brown. Both of which, were lying under his chin. Looking down, he saw the girl who he had promised to stay with. He felt at peace right now, holding his girlfriend in his arms, as she laid her head against his chest, breathing softly.
As Jaune looked down upon his girlfriend, taking comfort in the fact she was able to fall asleep soundly within his arms, he could only chuckle at the actions that happened the previous night. "Well, this anniversary date turned out a lot better than I could have hoped." He thought to himself.
Jaune could wish for nothing more than to stay like this forever. Fate, however, had other plans. Jaune glanced around the room, looking around at all of the pink decorations. His eyes fell on an analogue clock, whose hands gave Jaune quite a fright.
The large hand pointed at six, which indicated it was half something. Jaune saw that the other hand was pointed at one. He had slept in till half one. Why in the hell was he still in bed. His answer moved in his arms. Oh, right. Jaune smiled at his small spoon, remembering how he got whacked over the head for being so serious about something like how he wanted to hold her.
He still got to be the big spoon anyway. "Hey, wake up." He said, nudging the person he was cradling in his arms. She groaned quietly, refusing to leave the warm embrace. "Come on, wakey wakey eggs and bacey. I can make you some of that actually." Jaune said, tempting her out of bed.
The promise of food seemed to do the trick. Neo yawned adorably and sat up. Jaune smiled as he tossed on the shirt he had worn the day before. He didn't want to wear the hoodie right now however. As he stood up however, he felt arms wrap around his body.
Neo was attempting to get him to carry her to food. Jaune chuckled, she needed only ask. Jaune hiked up Neo, her head now resting on his shoulder, and held her legs with his arms. "Comfy?" Neo nodded. "Good, now let's get some grub." Jaune made his way out of Neo's room, carrying his girlfriend to nourishment.
"Which is the kitchen?" He asked. Neo lazily pointed at a door that wasn't painted. He didn't notice before, but three other doors were different colours.
One was a bright white, with stripes of blue on it, and the one across from it was red with splashes of black here and there. Wonder who those could belong to. The other, which was across from the kitchen, was a pure black door with a red stripe down the middle.
Jaune figured it was the bartenders, as he was wearing a red tie when he first saw him. Jaune opened the door to the kitchen, and found said bartender sitting at the table, a mug of coffee in front of him. He looked up and his jaw dropped slightly. "Huh, you weren't kidding."
Jaune chuckled. "Yeah, I'm pretty serious, despite how I look right now." Jaune had to add, as he didn't look serious at all, with a small girl hanging over his back. Jaune eyed the kitchen. It was nothing fancy, it had the essentials, a fridge, a microwave, and a gas cooker, with a few drawers underneath.
Jaune gestured to the equipment. "Do you mind if I?" He trailed off as the man followed Jaune's hand. When he realised what he was asking, the man laughed.
"Knock yourself out kid, you might want to make a bit extra though, the twins'll probably be up when they smell food." The man leaned back in his chair as he took out his scroll and started flicking through it.
"Thanks." Jaune said, opening the drawer under the cooker and taking out two pans. He checked the fridge, and found four eggs, and a pack of bacon. He took them out, and turned on the cooker. In a few moments, he had eight pieces of sizzling bacon, and four sunny side up eggs.
The man in the suit took a sniff. "Damn, that smells good kid." Jaune chuckled, it was nothing big. The man however was impressed by two things. One, the fact he made food that smelled pretty damn good, and two, he was doing so while Neo was still holding onto him.
"Thanks, name's Jaune by the way." Jaune told him as he used a spatula to put the eggs onto separate plates.
"Junior." The man said simply. Jaune found his name amusing, not that he would ever say so, for fear of losing his legs. Jaune spooned the bacon onto the plates, two for each. It wasn't much, but it would satisfy. Jaune put down the plates on the table, in front of each seat, including Junior's. Junior raised an eyebrow at this.
"Kid, I'm not moving if that's what you're trying to get me to do." Junior told the blonde bluntly. Jaune chuckled a little and shook his head.
"No way, it's yours." Jaune said, leaving Junior in a small state of shock. "I need to get back to Beacon anyway, so I'm just gonna grab something on my way there." Jaune shook Neo awake, apparently she had fallen asleep on his back. Junior was still processing what he had said and done.
"Hey," Jaune called gently, rousing Neo from her slumber. "I need to head back ok." Jaune set Neo down in front of one of the dishes. Neo nodded in recognition, still somewhat groggy though. "Message me when you feel better." Jaune turned away, only for Neo to grab hold of his shirt.
"What's wrong?" he asked, leaning down next to her to get an answer. And what an answer he got. Neo gave Jaune a quick kiss on the cheek, leaving light pink lipstick. The piece of bacon that was about to enter Junior's mouth fell back to the plate in shock. Jaune became a red mess, as Neo hadn't realised she had kissed him in front of someone. "Uh, well, I'll see you soon." Jaune returned the kiss and hastily made his way out of the room.
Neo brought a piece of bacon to her lips, savouring in her sustenance. Neo finally decided to open her eyes and take in her surroundings. What her surroundings consisted of, was a large open mouthed man, staring at her. Before Junior could say anything, Neo brought her hand over the butter knife that was set by her plate.
Junior nodded, and gulped, he would very much like to keep his baby makers, and that was what he was sure she would go for if he pissed her off. Neo got her trademark smile back, and continued with her meal. Junior sighed. He was glad he worked in a nightclub, because right now, he could use a drink.
He wasn't the only one. Right now, the majority of team RWBY and JNPR could all use a drink, but not because of their concerns about Jaune, rather because of someone else's concern about Jaune. "It's two o'clock and he still isn't back." Pyrrha Nikos said for, quite literally, the twentieth time since the little hand hit the two.
"We know Pyrrha." Yang complained. "But Jaune's a big boy now, he can take care of himself." Yang reassured the Spartan. Pyrrha just looked downcast. Her leader had been missing since yesterday, and hadn't heard a word from him since.
Suddenly, they all perked up, as they could have sworn they heard the blonde they were all waiting for call out to them. They looked in the direction that the sound came from, but saw nothing.
"Jaune!" Coco whispered excitedly pulling Jaune around a corner. Jaune looked at the brunette, wondering why he was being taken aside by her. "Two things: One, tell me exactly what happened that caused number two." Coco held up a small mirror, showing Jaune his face. What Jaune saw made him freeze.
Two bright pink lips were printed on his cheek, and Jaune was about to go and sit with his teammates and friends without knowing this fact. "Coco, you are a life saver." Jaune thanked the brunette simply smiled, and took a small something out of her bag and began wiping Jaune's face.
"I want details later." Coco said, giving the blonde a small pat on the cheek she just cleared. Jaune sighed. He wasn't looking forward to explaining how he spent the night with Neo.
Jaune psyched himself up and walked around the corner. "Hey guys!" He called out. Everyone's head at the table turned, seeing the blonde walking up to them. Pyrrha was the first to get out of her seat and shake him violently.
"Where have you been!? We've been worried sick about you! You scared us so much!" Pyrrha held Jaune so close to her chest she was in danger of suffocating him, or at least giving him severe blood loss.
Jaune had to tap Pyrrha several times, and required the help of the other's to pry him from her grip. Once he was free, Jaune gasped for air, and began to explain himself. "Pyrrha, guys, I'm sorry for not telling you beforehand, it was just really something that had come up, and I sort of promised I would help."
Once the word promised came out of the boy's mouth, everyone understood. The boy flat out refused to go back on his word. He even drank Ren's weird health drink because he said he would if Nora got an A in Port's next test. Needless to say, he felt very sick the day after.
"It's alright Jaune." Nora said happily. "Just tell us next time you go out mysteriously for the night." Nora suddenly gasped. "You're not a secret agent are you?!" Jaune chuckled at his teammates antics.
"No Nora, I'm not a secret agent." He said laughing. Nora eyed him warily.
"That's exactly what a secret agent would say!" She said accusingly, jabbing a finger at him.
Jaune decided to humour the girl. "I know." He said suspiciously. Nora gasped and grabbed Ren's arm.
"Ren, we have to tell Ozpin! He's got a spy in the school!" Everyone else just sighed, seeing the poor ninja being dragged off by the bubbly red head. Everyone minus Jaune however, who felt as if he should not go into his dorm for the next few hours.
Jaune's stomach growling brought him back to reality. The others noticed it, and looked at him oddly. "Heh" Jaune said, rubbing the back of his head. "Haven't actually had anything to eat for a while, I'll be back in a minute." Jaune stood up, and grabbed a nearby tray, going to where the food was, which was now serving lunch rather than breakfast as he had hoped.
The moment Jaune left, RWBY broke into suspicious murmurs. "Was it me, or did his cheek look different?" Weiss spoke up. "It looked like he had make up or something on it." Yang turned to the Heiress and shot her a look.
"Why Weiss, why were you looking at Vomit Boys face. You couldn't like him could you?" Yang was obviously teasing Weiss, but the fact that her fork became covered in a dark glow and began to bend slightly stopped it immediately. "B-But yeah, it looked like a different colour or something."
"He smelt different too." Ruby said, causing Pyrrha to nod in agreement. This gained another look from Yang, but not like the one she gave Weiss.
"How do you know what he smells like?" It was a genuine question. Both Ruby and Pyrrha got a heavy blush on their face.
"Well, he's in my dorm, so I've sort of gotten used to it, but he did smell different." Pyrrha explained to Yang, who raised a blonde eyebrow.
"And what did he smell like this time?" Her answer came not from the redheads, but from Blake.
"Ice cream." She stated simply. Everyone looked at her, wondering how she could have known that. Blake sighed and pointed to her bow, and to a lesser extent her ears. Everyone realised that, because she was a Faunus, she had a heightened sense of hearing and smell.
"What kind?" Ruby asked, now imagining all different kinds of ice cream in her head.
"I'm not actually sure." Blake said, frowning. "It smelt like, different ones mixed together." She suddenly recalled how Jaune had found out about her Faunus heritage. "Actually, that café that Jaune saw me at with Sun, I'm pretty sure it served ice cream." Blake ignored the glances and eyebrow wiggles Yang gave her when she mentioned Sun.
"Well, would that have anything to do with him being out?" Yang asked. Blake just shrugged, and then noticed that the subject of their conversation was returning. Blake nodded towards him, and they all quieted down. Once Jaune had sat down at the table, next to Pyrrha, much to her delight, and Jaune's obliviousness.
"Hey Jaune," Ruby began, causing the others to look at the youngest person in Beacon. "What's your favourite kind of ice cream?" Jaune coughed and started choking on his sandwich. His breathing tract was eventually cleared thanks to Pyrrha, who hit him a tad bit harder than necessary.
Jaune looked at Ruby for a moment, wondering if she had possibly found out about him and Neo. He ignored it, no way. First off, Ruby wouldn't be interested in his love life, and secondly, he'd been very careful not to tell anyone, or let anyone see them together.
Jaune smiled a little as he looked at Ruby. "Neapolitan." He told her. "THAT'S CHEATING!" Came a sudden cry from beside Jaune, causing him to jump. Nora had reappeared, and decided to voice her opinion.
"You can't say Neapolitan's your favourite, that's like three different flavours." Jaune simply laughed, getting used to Nora's antics.
"Oh yeah, well what's your favourite flavour Nora?" Jaune used this as an escape hatch. Nora went off on a tangent about different flavours of ice cream and why she liked some and didn't like other's and how she wished there was pancake flavoured ice cream.
Jaune simply chuckled. He hadn't lied to Ruby. Neapolitan definitely was his favourite flavour of ice cream. Had the fact that a certain someone's lips always tasted like that have anything to do with it? Of course not.
