Jaune woke to Blake sitting extremely close to him

,their faces inches apart.His eyes widened as he realised that their faces were awfully close.They weren't touching, but it was certainly a very uncomfortable to look into those amber eyes of hers.

"Uh..Hey..Blake?..."Jaune muttered shyly,"You okay?"

"Hmmmmm...yes." Blake replied in a quiet tone.

Jaune cleared his throat nervously,"Uh..do you need something?"

"I...just wanted to thank you for protecting me earlier." Blake said softly.

"It's fine."Jaune responded,blushing slightly.Blake smiled gently and leaned closer towards Jaune,her head resting on his shoulder.Jaune gasped in surprise before chuckling awkwardly.

"So...did you have a good dream?" Blake suddenly asked.

"Uh..not really. Just..you know..bad dreams."Jaune said,looking anywhere but Blake's face.

"Oh really?"

"Yep!" Jaune answered, giving Blake a nervous chuckle.Blake giggled lightly before leaning even closer towards Jaune, causing a wave of panic to wash over him.

"Blake, uhh-"Jaune stuttered,his heart pounding loudly in his chest,"Blake I-"

Before Jaune could finish his sentence, Blake had wrapped her arms around him and pulled herself up onto his lap while holding him tightly by his waist,causing Jaune's breath to catch in his throat and his heart to pound even faster.

Jaune swallowed hard and slowly reached up and wrapped his hands around her waist.

"I'll always watch your back Jaune, You can count on that."Blake whispered in his ear, causing goosebumps to rise upon his skin.

Blake nuzzled her face against his shoulder, causing him to blush slightly.

This felt so strange to him,it's been years now that he's felt comfortable in such close contact to someone but this time it felt different; It felt like he was on fire and yet he wasn't.All he could do was just hope that the warmth she gave off wasn't just an illusion.

Jaune closed his eyes and buried his face deeper into her hair.

"You're so warm..."He whispered in her ear.

"Yeah...and so are you."She said, closing her eyes and letting out a content sigh."This feels good..."

A soft smile appeared on Jaune's face as he held her tighter against him.

Jaune didn't say anything or move his hands which caused Blake to slightly pull back.

"Do you mind if I ask a question?"

"Sure..."Jaune replied softly, staring at the top of her head,feeling her hair brush up against his nose.

"You won't abandon me will you?" Blake asked, looking down at him and meeting his blue eyes."Or hurt me in any way..."

"I would never hurt you, Blake."He assured."Not intentionally anyway."

Blake's body seemed to relax a little,as she up at him.

"Thank you."She said softly before reaching down and grabbing Jaune's hand in hers.She intertwined their fingers together and gently laid his palm against her cheek.

"You're welcome," He murmured in response.

For a few moments neither of them spoke,only sat there with each other.

"You shouldn't trust her so easily big brother."A familiar voice called out suddenly .

Both Blake and Jaune jumped and spun around quickly to face the source of the sound.

Jaune's blue eyes widened as his gaze fell upon Ruby standing in the shadows of the trees.

Her wolf mask cracked and covered in blood.

A single sliver eye was visible though one of the cracks on her mask.

Ruby stared down Blake,her eyes filled with hatred,before taking a step forward.

Jaune stood up and gripped Blake's hand tightly in his own,trying to steady himself.

"Get out of here!" Jaune yelled,"Leave us alone!"

"I should do more than just leave you two alone, I should tear her limb from limb!"Ruby snarled, pointing a finger at Blake.

"You don't even know who I am."Blake replied,"Just stay away!"

"Oh don't I?"Ruby asked,"I'm quite familiar with your face Blake."

"She doesn't mean you harm Ruby."Jaune said with a deep frown on his face."Now please just go!"

"You think that I'm going to leave you alone with a person like her ?"Ruby hissed,"She is going to hurt you.Just give me a couple minutes and then we can live happily together."

"There is no way in hell that I'm letting you near either of us."

"Then you leave me no choice then."Ruby smirked sinisterly,"I suppose I'll just have force you to come with me then."

"You won't touch her!"Jaune growled as he stepped in front of Blake and prepared himself for whatever attack Ruby might throw.

"Watch me big brother."Ruby said in a amused voice as she lifted her scythe

,ready to strike.

Jaune didn't hesitate to react,he quickly drew his revolver ,pulling the trigger multiple times.Every bullet that Jaune fired hit the girl,but Ruby only laughed .

Jaune growled angrily at her as she kept laughing.

"You can't kill me big brother .Your bullets won't do anything to me, after all you can't kill your past."

With that Ruby raised her scythe again and jumped over Jaune landing in front of Blake.She swung her scythe,but Blake had already managed to dodge and landed behind Ruby.

"Are you ready for round two?"Ruby asked slyly as she pointed her scythe at Blake,ready for another attack.


Author's Note:Any comments are greatly appreciated I'm trying to get better at this whole writing thing and increasing the length of the chapters.