Jaune was a thief,a master thief. Someone who was an expert at his craft. Right now his craft included him speeding through Vale in his yellow car with a big sunroof and his sidekick Roman. The two were trying to outrun Jaune's nemesis Glynda Goodwitch while they made off with enough lien for it to be nearly overflowing their little car.
Unfortunately,just before Jaune was able to make his dashing escape he was jolted back to reality by his scroll ringing. He grumbled as he pulled out his device,angry that his day dream was so rudely interrupted. While he may be busy working,he still had enough time to let his mind wander.
Jaune started to read his scroll before gulping at who exactly was messaging him. It was his boss,or well Roman's partner who may be his boss. While Jaune doesn't know where exactly Neo fits into the chain of command,he knows she outranks him. He dreaded to know what exactly she needed of him.
"I'm sick Henchie." The text from Neo read,and while Jaune disapproved of Neo's nickname,he did feel bad for her. Being sick was never fun.
He felt a little less bad for her when he got her second text. It was a list of things she wanted him to get her. Her "necessities" she claims. Such needs include more icecream,some tissues,and those god forsaken magazines
Jaune sighed as he put down his broom. He knows he should help her,but he still has to keep this place clean,especially with his work being as high as it is.
Recently some of Roman's business partners have started to hang out in the hideout whenever they aren't doing Whitefang stuff,and they were the absolute worst! Sure they moved the dust out of there and made Jaune's gang's life easier,but that didn't make them any less dickish. They would make messes and start fights wherever they went and would call Jaune all sorts of names. He lost track of the amount of times he's been called a worthless human.
Jaune relented though,putting his broom away for now and making his way out to go get everything his maybe boss wanted from him. He started to make his way out of the hideout,even as he walked past the Whitefang members calling out to him. "Where you going little human! You still gotta clean up this mess!" One of them called out as he pointed to some trash they had tossed to the ground. Jaune just tried to ignore them the best he could.
Jaune was at the grocery store,checking out two different types of ice cream. He was still in his uniform,but while he was getting some looks from the other customers,he was mostly allowed to go on with his business.
"Did Neo want this flavor? Or the other one?" Jaune asked himself as he rechecked his scroll. Neo had only given him the brand name for the type of ice cream she wanted,not exactly the flavor itself. Jaune just sighed,as he already checked two other stores to get this one brand of ice cream. "She's not going to mind getting two things of ice cream right?" He asked himself before taking both and began to make his way to the front to pay for them.
As he was walking he checked off ice cream off his list. 'Alright. I have ice cream,tissues,even that one romance movie starring Spruce Willis. Last thing I need are those magazines Neo likes.' Jaune thought to himself. He stopped himself in front of the rack of magazines and started to look for the newest issue of "Rouge". He was lucky enough that he could find it,and it was the last one! He was about to snatch it when out of the blue another hand grabbed it at the same time as him.
"Excuse me?" Jaune turned before freezing at the sight of who was grabbing his magazine. It was a blonde girl with long hair and a bomber jacket. One that struck fear into Jaune,especially after he heard what she did to Roman's buddie's club. Yang also froze for a second,though not out of fear. It took her a second before she recognized Jaune or at least thinking she did. "Say. Aren't you one of Junior's goons?" She asked,confused why a criminal was trying to take one of her magazines.
"Uhhhh..Yes?" Jaune answered quickly. He doesn't know if this helped him or not,but he rather not say he's working for Roman.
The blonde girl laughed,her grip ever tight on the magazine. "Haha. Aren't you thugs supposed to be tough? I didn't know you were allowed to read stuff like this."
"I-It's not for me!" Jaune tried to clarify to avoid further embarrassment. "It's for my boss. She's sick and she sent me out to get her some stuff. Like this magazine…" Jaune tried to pull the magazine towards him but it wouldn't budge. The huntresses' grip was airtight.
"Which one?" The Huntress asked,very interested. She was always one for gossip,and she gets it for one of the bitches she beat up? Sign her up.
"Uhh…" Jaune paused as he tried to tap into his memory of the girls. He only really met them once when Roman took him to the club to celebrate joining the gang. "It was Miltiades." When he only got a confused look he clarified. "The red one. She's a big fan of these magazines."
"Ha! That's rich!" The blonde girl snorted. "Haha. Thanks Blondie. That just made my day,but I think I still want this." Yang started to pull the magazine towards her and Jaune couldn't stop her,even with both hands.
Jaune panicked as the huntress started to take the magazine. He doesn't know where he can get another one,and he's probably already ticked Neo off with how tardy he's been. He tried to hold on for dear life until he heard a voice call out and the huntress stop. "Yang! What are you doing?"
Jaune turned his head a bit to see a girl in a red hood and cute gothic attire. The two locked eyes for a moment before the girl gave him a confused look. "Yang who's this?" She asked.
"Oh no one sis. Just one of Junior's thugs that won't let me just take this magazine." Yang explained,making the young girl look up at him in shock.
Jaune frowned a bit,thinking for a moment before swallowing his pride. "I'm not a thug." He gave a half truth. "Sure I work for Junior,but all I really do is clean up the club. The only reason I want this is because my sick boss asked me to get it."
Both girls looked at him with confusion before the young girl spoke up. "Yang just let him have it." She said,giving Jaune a sorry look,almost to apologize for her sister.
"What? I-Fine." Yang rolled her eyes as she let go. "Thanks a lot Blondie." She mumbled as she stormed off,hopefully trying to get another magazine.
"Thank you." Jaune smiled at her as he put the somewhat damaged magazine in with the rest of his stuff.
"No problem. Sorry about Yang,she can be….stubborn."
"Stil. I really appreciate it ..."Jaune paused,not knowing the girl's name.
"Ruby."
"Jaune." Jaune introduced himself. "Well I should probably get back to the club. My boss is waiting on me. I'll see you later Ruby."
"Later!" Ruby waved Jaune goodbye as he walked towards the checkout,happy to help her hopefully new friend.
Jaune was tired,dead tired. He had spent all day running around,trying to get the things Neo asked of him.
He had check three different stores for a specific brand of icecream,deal with long lines and trafic, and worst of all is that he had to fight off a blonde girl just to get his hands on the last of a trashy magazine! Jaune just wanted a break.
Jaune had to carry himself back to the hideout,and barely had the energy to not drag the grocery bag behind him. He knew for a fact that even a sick Neo would kill him for messing with her icecream. He walked past the leering White Fang that were hanging out as he made his way up to Neo's room.
When he got there he stopped at Neo's door. He had learned his lesson from last time and knew to always announce if he was entering her room. "Hey Neo? It's me Jaune." He said both nervously and tiredly. He waited a moment for a response before hearing a *Thunk*. He assumed that was as good as a sign as any to enter and he slowly pushed the door open.
When he entered he saw a peculiar sight. Neo was up to her neck in blankets,counting three in total. Each one a color of her hair. Her face was pulled into a pout while her cheeks were a bright pink. She was red due to sickness and the embarrassing fact that a cold has taken out an assassin such as herself. Around her were a bunch of used tissues littering the floor,though thankfully not much else was. It seems Neo learned to throw stuff in the pink trash can Jaune subtlety placed in her room.
Jaune felt a rush of emotions at the sight of her. Part of her thought she looked very cute like that,but he mostly felt empathy. He knew getting sick sucked and it seems Neo's not taking being sick well.
"Here you go." He said simply as he stepped forward and placed the bag next to her. He saw her inspect the contents of it before nodding at him,clearly pleased at his efforts. "If that's all I'll just be getting out of your hair." He said as he turned to leave,but before he could get too far he felt Neo reach out and grab his hand.
When he turned back he saw her typing on her scroll before showing it to him. "Thank you Jaune. I really appreciate this." The message read with Neo looking anywhere but at his face.
"No problem Neo. I'm happy to help." Jaune smiled at her. "If you want I can go make you some Arc family chicken soup?" He offered. Neo looked at him conflicted,about to type out a no before she accidentally let out the cutest sneeze Jaune ever heard. He had to hold back an aww while Neo just nodded yes.
"Alright then. I'll bring it up to you soon." Jaune turned to leave and Neo let him,and it was only after Jaune left the room did he realize that Neo only let go of his hand when he turned the second time.
Roman noticed a few things when he got back to the warehouse. To start, the place wasn't cleaned like it normally was. It seems Jaune didn't do his job today,a minor inconvenience. Roman also noticed the light to his office was still on. It didn't take much searching to find out why.
"Hey Neo. Whatcha doing in here?" Roman asked his partner. She was sitting on his desk,probably waiting for him. She was casually eating some ice cream,though oddly was wearing a black hoodie with a bunny on it. Strange as he never remembers Neo buying nor stealing that.
Neo held up her scroll. 'How much do we pay Henchie?' It read.
"Jaune? He gets the same share from every heist that the other guys get. Why do you ask?"
'Double it. He's earned it.'
"Hehe. Alright. If I may ask what brought on this idea?" Roman had to hold back his laughs,as he had a good idea of the reason.
'He's a hard worker and deserves the reward. Simple as that'
"And it isn't because that's his hoodie you're wearing?" Roman laughed at the embarrassed look Neo had. He stopped though when Neo gave him a look colder than her ice cream.
'I was cold and he offered it to me. He was just being nice. There's nothing else behind this,got it?'
"I get ya. I get ya." Roman tried to appease his angry partner.
'Good.' Neo hopped off the desk. 'If you need me I have some chicken soup I want to finish.' Roman read as Neo walked past him. Roman quickly got to work changing how much Jaune was getting for the last heist.
Hey guys. Sorry for the late update. I promise to update more and sooner. Big thanks to my beta Apoc. Hes been helping me for all of this.