A/N: Long A/N inbound.
I caught a really bad case of pneumonia and was bedridden for a while, thus why this story went a month without an update. "The Things We Go Through" was getting timely updates because those chapters were already prewritten a while ago. But now I'm feeling better so I was able to write again (I even wrote a one shot to get back into the mood for writing again.)
We now have two more stories in the drunken marriage community. A Jaune X Nora story by Cyberleader2000, and a Jaune X Blake story from the drunken marriage founder, Austin Ga Kill.
Also shout out to Qopster for being my beta and a bro as usual.
Anyway, here's chapter 4. Enjoy!
Glynda Goodwitch began to stir from her slumber. Her eyes slowly opened slightly and she took in her surroundings. Out the window, she could barely see the early morning sun over a mess of blonde hair. She was surprisingly warm considering how cold the early autumn nights were. Realizing she could afford another hour of sleep, Glynda closed her eyes and snuggled closer to whatever was keeping her warm…
Her eyes shot open and she looked down. Sometime during the night, she unconsciously wrapped her arms and legs around Jaune and was spooning him. With an embarrassed, heavy blush, she slowly and stealthily unwrapped herself from her husba-... her student. She then rolled over and closed her eyes to try and get some more sleep.
It was a few minutes past noon when Jaune had his head hanging over the side of the airship. The rest of the morning was pretty uneventful. They both woke up sometime later, showered (separately mind you), had some breakfast, and later made their way to the airship pad. Jaune refused to eat or drink anything. He wanted to see if flying on an empty stomach would help with his motion sickness.
And it did. Partially.
"Are you sure you are ok, Mr. Arc?" Glynda asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jaune groaned, clutching his stomach. "Normally I would be vomiting a storm right now, but I'm not so, yeah. I'm just not use to flying is all. Coming to Beacon was actually my first time flying."
"I can't imagine how that could have gone," Glynda said, adding to the conversation.
"I threw up a couple of times, and once on Yang's shoes." Jaune said sheepishly.
"Hmm, well that explains why she always calls you that wretched nickname."
"We will be landing at Beacon Academy in a few moments. All passengers prepare to exit the airship in a orderly fashion." A voice said over the intercom. All of the passengers, most of which were students, began to head to the exit ramp. Glynda motioned for Jaune to wait for a few moments before walking.
"I should have mentioned this earlier, but you are not to mention what happened to anyone, not even your own team." Glynda stated as they exited the ramp. "Understood?
"I- yeah. I wasn't planning on mentioning it to anyone," Jaune reassured. "But I did want to ask you something." Glynda signaled him to continue. "What should I say when… if uh, my ring is discovered?" Jaune asked while playing with the ring though his fingerless glove. "Also, what should I say if anyone asks what happened over the weekend while I-... we were stuck in Vale?" Glynda pondered for a moment.
"Well first off, I hope you will take extra precaution to insure that that doesn't happen." Glynda gave Jaune one of her well known glares. Yet for some unknown reason Jaune didn't feel like cowering in fear like she was staring into his soul. "And secondly-" she was interrupted by shouting from across the docks.
"Jaune!" Nora cried out. They both turned to see Pyrrha and Nora making their way towards them. Pyrrha was waving her hand and Nora was charging him at full speed. Jaune braced himself against what would most likely be a bone crushing hug by his teammate. Instead, Nora skidded to a halt right in front of him and softly wrapped her arms around him.
"Hello Jaune." Pyrrha said as she caught up to them. "How are you doing?" Nora unwrapped herself from him.
"I'm doing fine." Jaune replied with a smile. "How about you guys?" Jaune asked. He glanced at Nora, and his friendly smile dropped when he noticed the bags under Nora's bloodshot eyes.
"Oh you know, just stuck here at Beacon for the weekend, being worried sick about you." Pyrrha's smile dropped and her voice grew more serious as she spoke. Not angry, but worried. "Jaune, where the hell were you? We woke to find you missing, no note, no text, anything. You wouldn't answer your scroll no matter who or how many times we called! Do you have any idea how worried sick we were? Nora didn't even sleep the entire time you were gone!"
"Well maybe if you guys haven't yelled at him about something he couldn't control and chase him off none of this woul-" Nora snapped angrily at Pyrrha but stopped when Jaune put a hand on both girl's shoulders.
"Hey hey hey hey! Hold it." Jaune asserted of his two teammates. "Both of you stop before one of you does or says something you'll regret." Pyrrha and Nora sobered up and gave Jaune their undivided attention.
"First off," Jaune started after a sigh, "from my experience with my sisters back home, I figured I wasn't exactly welcomed at the time, so I decided to leave for a bit and let things simmer down." Pyrrha was about to retort put he put a finger up to stop her. "And you guys had a right to. I messed up badly on that mission. Bad enough that two of my… our friends were almost killed. Everything you guys said was true. Hurtful, but true." Glynda just continued to stay back and watch. She was actually impressed to see such maturity from a first year student.
"But I was also in the wrong." Pyrrha and Nora raised an eyebrow. "I should have at least left a note telling you guys that I was leaving for a bit. I didn't mean to make you guys worry about me like that. That was the last thing I wanted to do. I'm sorry." Nora immediately pulled Jaune into a tight hug.
"I'm just glad you're ok," Nora said softly, her voice muffled through Jaune's shirt. Jaune's smile returned as he returned the hug. Pyrrha cautiously took a few steps forward.
"Jaune," she said as she rubbed her arm, "can… can you forgive me?" She asked nervously. Jaune simply raised one hand and motioned her to come join in on the hug. Pyrrha happily obliged. They separated from the group hug several long moments later.
Glynda continued to stay back and watch with a soft smile. In all of her time as a Beacon, very few first year teams had good chemistry with one another. A conflict like this would have normally continued for a few days at the least, sometimes longer than a week. Yet Jaune was able to calm down and, at least temporarily, resolve the conflict in just over a minute. She started to understand more why Ozpin selected him to lead Team JNPR.
They separated from the group hug after several long, joyful moments. "So Jaune," Pyrrha said, "I'm curious, what did you end up doing in Vale?" Jaune's eyes widened in panic.
"Uh..." Jaune rubbed the back of his head. "You see… I uh, can't really-"
"I'm afraid Mr. Arc is not allowed to discuss the event that occurred during the weekend." Glynda walked up towards the three students.
"Wait, why not?" Nora asked quickly. "Did something bad happen? Did Jaune do something terrible? He would never do anythi-"
"No no, nothing like that," Glynda reassured. "However, Jaune and I were involved in a little… incident that happened in Vale. Neither Jaune nor I were harmed in anyway, but are scrolls got damaged beyond repair." Nora and Pyrrha's eyes widen in realization. "We're not allowed to discuss what happened. I'll probably be in trouble for mentioning this to you, but I felt you should at least know that Jaune is fine and nothing bad happened."
"Oh, well… that makes sense," Pyrrha said. "I didn't mean to pry, sorry."
"It's no problem guys," Jaune just smiled and waved it off. He felt bad about lying to them, but they both wanted to keep the marriage a secret. He couldn't imagine what would happen if news got out.
"Jaune, I'm going to head to my office and put in request for a new scroll for you." Glynda said. "It shouldn't take long to do so, I'll come search for you when it's ready."
"No problem, thank you," Jaune replied kindly as Glynda walked away. "So what is everyone else up to?"
"We were all going to meet in the cafeteria, but then we found out that the airships would be coming soon. Everyone else already left so we wanted to bring you back and surprise them." Pyrrha replied.
"To the cafeteria! Danananana~!" Nora sang with glee with a raised finger. She took two steps before collapsing on the ground, fast asleep and snoring. Pyrrha and Jaune stared at her for a few moments.
"Well, she didn't sleep at all while you were gone because she was worried. Maybe because she now knows you're safe and sound..." Pyrrha didn't know how to word it, but both of them understood what she meant. Shaking his head with a smile, Jaune bent down and picked Nora up.
"I'll meet you guys at the cafeteria, I'm going to take Nora back to the dorm. Can I have your scroll so I can get in?" Pyrrha nodded and handed him her scroll. They then parted ways.
Jaune finally reached the cafeteria after making sure Nora was safe and sound in their dorm. He got a similar greeting from Team RWBY and Ren when he arrived: some mild anger about him just up and leaving and apparently avoiding them, but mostly they were concerned about his well being, and they were very apologetic about their actions.
Jaune had a harder time persuading them that everything was fine and there were no hard feelings, but he eventually succeeded in at least putting everything behind them. Them still being friends in the end is all that mattered. Glynda eventually came and took Jaune to her office so they could set up their new scrolls.
"So, what are we waiting for?" Jaune asked since they were currently waiting in Glynda's office.
"Professor Port and Doctor Oobleck said they would meet us at my office with the new scrolls," Glynda answered. "Perhaps they are just running late." Jaune nodded in responce and continued to patiently wait. The door to their office opened up moments later, revealing the two professors.
"Ah, Ms. Goodwitch and Mr. Arc," Oobleck greeted. "Apologies for arriving late. We haven't kept you waiting long, have we?"
"We've only been here for a few minutes. No worries." Glynda reassured with a soft smile. "Do you have Jaune and mine's scrolls?"
"Right here," Peter stated as he held up two scrolls, one in each hand. "We even went an extra step and got them set up for you guys so you don't have to worry about it."
"Really?" Jaune walked up and Peter handed him one of the scrolls. Jaune turned it on and found that everything from his old one was on this one, personal preferences included. "Wow, thank you guys," he said with a genuine smile.
"I appreciate this. Thank you." Glynda said as she took the other scroll from Peter.
"Bah," Peter waved a hand dismissively, "It's the least we can do. Besides, one less burden you'll have to deal with."
"Anyway, I have a class I need to prepare for. I'll see you later," Oobleck said quickly before he speed out of the room.
"Indeed. Mr. and Mrs. Arcwitch, take ca-" Port stopped talking and his eyes widened as he realized his slip of the tongue. Jaune and Glynda gasped as their eyes opened wide with shock and fear. Jaune even dropped his scroll in shock.
"I'm sorry… WHAT?!" Jaune cried out.
"Oh boy this is awkward. I uh-" Before Peter could continue, Glynda flung her riding crop forward, and he was suspended in midair, surrounded by a purple aura. Jaune backed away from Glynda as he could practically feel the anger irradiating off of her.
"Peter Port, explain!" Glynda commanded in anger. "How do you know about that?!" With each word she shook her riding crop and shook Peter around.
"Because you told me!" Peter shouted in a panic. Moments later he was released and fell on his head. "Ow."
"What do you mean I told you?" Glynda asked, her voice showing signs of concern. Jaune walked next to Glynda, his face showing worry.
"Well technically you didn't, but..." Peter groaned as he stood back up. "Around an hour or two after midnight on Saturday night, you sent me, Oobleck, Ozpin, and James a group message. It was… certainly interesting." Glynda and Jaune's faces paled slightly. "Don't worry, we haven't told anyone else for your privacy, and for the fact you were obviously intoxicated, if your spelling and grammar are any indication, so you probably didn't mean to send us that in the first pl-."
"P-peter, what did I send you guys?" Glynda slowly interrupted.
"Best if you see for yourself. Here, I'll forward the message to you." Glynda's scroll beeped and Jaune and her just stared at it, unsure if they wanted to see it. Peter took the opportunity to slip away out of her office. Glynda and Jaune continued to stared at the scroll for several minutes. They shared a glance with one another. Glynda then let out a long, dragged out sigh and opened the message.
It was a selfie of them in the hotel room. Jaune has his left hand out holding the scroll and his right arm wrapped around Glynda. He was shirtless and had his head tilted to the side, eyes closed, and a huge smile on his face. Glynda had her right hand out holding the scroll. She was turned towards Jaune, topless, and was tightly pressing her breasts against him. She was smiling and winking at the camera as she dragged her tongue up along Jaune's cheek.
There was indeed a block of text under the picture. The grammar and spelling was so horrid that they never read past the first sentence, which read: "Weeeee jus goat marrriaggeed bITCHESZZZZZ!"
After several moments, Glynda slowly put the scroll down, took off her glasses, set her riding crop aside, inhaled a deep breath, and started smashing her head against her desk.
A/N: Well, that has to be embarrassing. Little fun fact: When first coming up with ideas for this story, that text image was the first thing to come to mind.
Since real life stuff takes priority, I don't know when the next update will be, but I promise I'll to make sure it won't take this long again. I'm also working on another… artistic literary piece, and I'm coop-ing Cyberleader2000 in writing another one.
So what did you guys think? Like it? Hate it? Leave a review. Have an idea you want to see? Leave it in a review or PM me. If I like, I'll use it and give you credit. (Don't hesitate, I need filler for in between the main plot points.)
Anyway, thanks again for reading! Have a good day!