Paw Prints of the Heart

Jaune was still in the same position, hovering above a very naked and, if he had to guess, very aroused Yang. Both of them panting as he tried to reel himself in from what her affectionate actions had been doing to him. But the way she was panting and the look in her eyes were not helping him in that endeavor. He'd never seen such love and anticipation in her eyes before. And he wasn't oblivious enough to not know what that look she had was all but begging him to do. Then she uttered softly, "Please… I'm yours, Master~"

With that, it felt like something that was holding him back had come undone and everything around him fell away. All except for the beautiful woman in front of him. He surged forward and captured her lips with his own. Only hearing a muffled gasp of shock before he use that to let his tongue enter her mouth and quickly find her own. Soon the gasp was replaced with a purr mixed with a moan. She tried to gain control but she soon decided to submit to her more experienced opponent.

Before she knew it, she felt nearly the entire weight of Jaune as he lowered himself on top of her. And before she could question that, he started to slowly grind against her. A louder, but still muffled, moan erupted from her throat.

When he didn't hear her object or try to push him off, he continued at a steady pace. He felt her back arch as this went on, her chest pushing more into his own. Feeling two very hard parts of her chest rubbing against his own through his shirt. Her hands went down to the sheets of the bed and gripped them tightly. She then bent her knees and clamped her thighs tightly around either side of his hips, not allowing him to pull away from her. One of his hands reached back to slowly rub one of her thighs holding him in place.

He pulled away from the kiss to quickly get some air. Before Yang could even complain about his absence, his lips quickly clasped around her neck. She started to gasp and pant from the barrage of kisses, licks, sucks and on occasion, light bites, to her throat. Her one hand instinctually let go of the sheets she was on to entangle her fingers in his hair.

With one final kiss to her neck, Jaune moved down to start peppering her collarbone with more kisses. Moving closer and closer to her chest. Before he could reach his destination, he stopped when he felt Yang start to tug on his shirt, "Take… Take this off." She managed to get out through her panting.

Seeing no reason to argue, he pulled away from her to sit up. As he did, he grabbed his shirt and easily pulled it over his head before throwing it onto the ground. When he turned back to Yang, he saw that she was focused entirely on the new expanse of skin she could now see. He also notice that her cheeks were much redder than before, probably from being even further aroused.

She wasn't the only one ogling the other. Jaune still could not wrap his head around how beautiful Yang was now that she was human. As he stared at her, his hands subconsciously went to his pants, intent of removing them next. But as he did, Yang looked back up for him and that's when a memory surfaced. For a second, wild golden colored hair was replaced with straight crimson and playful lilac with heartwarming green.

It felt like ice wrapped around his heart and froze for a few seconds. When he blinked, the visage of Pyrrha was gone and the catgirl he was in the midst of loving was back. Yang saw him freeze and tilted her head slightly in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Jaune just stared for a bit. Now that the grip of his hormones had lessened, clarity was able to come back. And with that, he fully understood what they were about to do. And that's when he just felt shame roll over him. He opened his mouth to say something, anything, but nothing came out. He closed his eyes and let out a groan. When he opened them again, he started to lean forward.

Expecting another kiss, Yang parted her lips slightly with her eyes closed. But she was stunned when she didn't feel his lips. Instead, she just felt the pillow her head was on shift. She opened her eyes and turned her head just slightly to the right to see that Jaune had buried his face into the pillow. "Jaune?"

"I…" he managed to get out before he sighed again. "I'm… I'm sorry, Yang. I just can't… I can't."

He just laid there, despite still being directly on top of her. He just wanted to wallow in his shame. That was quickly dashed when he felt two arms wrap around him, one gently settling onto his back to rub circles and the other on the back of his head to pull him closer to her own face. He felt a pair of lips gently kiss his cheek before they pulled away. Yang's face settled into the crook of his neck, "It's okay."

He was stunned by this but that didn't stop his own arms from wrapping around her to pull her close. He felt her legs move again but instead of locking his hips in place, her legs wrapped around his back to pull them even closer. But unlike the more erotic way before, this felt more loving than that, almost protective. Despite the warm embrace he was in, Jaune couldn't stop his body from shaking. Yang just held him and rubbed his back, "I'm here." She said reassuringly and softly. "I'm here."

The two laid like that for a few minutes before Yang gently rolled them onto their sides to be a bit more comfortable. She unwrapped her legs from around his waist but pulled herself flush against him, their legs entangle with each other when she did. Neither loosening their grip in the slightest after that. They soon pulled away, not completely but enough to see each other properly. Jaune couldn't keep eye contact with her and looked away from her, "I'm sorry…" he repeated.

She shook her head, "It's okay." She reiterated.

That wasn't enough for him, "It's just… I don't know how to say this but…" he tried to explain but was getting nowhere.

The hand that was on the back of his head slid to cup his cheek. That made him look back to Yang, who had the most supportive look he had seen from anyone. "You don't need to explain. You've been hurting, Jaune. Since the day any of us have met you, you've been in pain. You've been sad, lonely, and just hurting. We've been trying to help you and we have made some progress but it wasn't enough." She gave him a small smile, "But now with us like this, maybe we can help you. In whatever way that means. Whether as a friend or as a lover."

Jaune just stared at her before a weak but heartfelt chuckle slipped from his lips, "What would I do without you all?"

She smiled back, "Oh, you'd be doomed."

That got a laugh out of the two of them but when they stopped, they just looked at one another. Jaune then leant forward to give her a chaste but loving kiss. He pulled back enough to look her in the eyes, "Thank you again. I'm lucky to have you."

That made the blonde blush a deep red and look slightly sheepish. "I'm lucky to have you too…"

He just smiled, not used to seeing the confident Yang he knew looking like this. He decided to change the subject to spare her some embarrassment. "So, do you know how long I was sleeping. You know, before you decided to join me?"

"Uh…" she started, looking like she was in thought, "Twenty minutes or so."

He nodded, "I'm still kinda tired. Would you like to join me for a nap? I don't want to be alone right now."

She nodded, "Absolutely." With that she pulled herself closer and tucked her head underneath his chin and gave him another brief squeeze. He just smiled and one of his hands came up to gently run through her long hair. He felt her shudder and a low purr started to sound throughout the room.

"And can you please stop walking around naked?" he asked.

She was quiet for a bit before she eventually spoke up in a more drowsy tone, "Fine…" His petting might've had a larger effect on relaxing her than he thought. And in a few minutes he was confident that the blonde catgirl was fast asleep. He laid there and let the purrs from her slowly lull him to sleep as well. But with a content smile now on his face.


Jaune came back to consciousness sometime later. Feeling refreshed after the much needed nap. He didn't open his eyes but just laid there in the warm embrace he was in. Except, something was a bit different. He didn't remember his entire face and head surrounded by something warm and soft. Or breathing in a scent that was oddly familiar but impossible for him to place.

With great reluctance he started to pull back enough to see what was going on. Or as far back as he could possibly get with the pair of arms still wrapped around him. And as soon as he was far back enough to see, he now realized his head was just entrapped between a pair of very large breast. That made his cheeks turn bright red, 'How did I end up there?!' he thought in a mild panic.

He looked up to see that Yang was still fast asleep with a content smile on her face. That made him sigh, 'At least she wasn't trying to seduce me again…' That was when the content look shifted to one that seemed almost uncomfortable. He then felt her arms tug him closer and his face was right back to where it was when he had woken up. His blush grew darker with that and all he heard was her letting out a blissful sigh as her chin settled onto the top of his head. 'Well that answers that question… What do I do now?' He mentally questioned.

That answer was given to him when he heard the telltale sign of the front door being opened and a few seconds later, the sound of footfalls racing down the hall. He then heard his bedroom door being thrown open and the familiar voice of Ruby shouting, "Master, we're back!"

That was when he felt another body land on top of himself and Yang, getting a startled gasp from both of them. That caused Yang to stir a bit and loosen her grip on him. He pulled his head away from her cleavage to turn and see that Ruby was indeed now on top of the two of them, giving them both a hug. Clearly unbothered by him being half naked and Yang being completely so. Yang's eyes slowly blinked open before she saw her sister on her. She smiled before removing one arm from around Jaune to then give Ruby a one armed hug. "Hey, Sis." She said tiredly but happily. "Did you have fun?"

She nodded, "Yup. Nora made the trip so much more fun and she helped me pick out a few things that I really, really liked." Her silver eyes then snapped over to him, "Put I like the hoodie you got me the most Ma-, I mean, Jaune."

Jaune smiled at that and managed to get one arm free from the two catgirls that were hugging him. He gently placed it on her head and gently rubbed between her ears. That made her whole body shiver as she pushed up against his hand. Her soft purrs filling the room, "I appreciate that, Ruby."

The three probably laid there for a couple of minutes. That was until Nora peaked her head in to his room, "Hey, Jaune, are you sleeping or… oh." She stopped as she saw the position the three were in and the levels of undress they were at. She then gained the mother of all teasing grins. "I see."

Jaune blushed slightly, "Nora, it's not what you think-"

Nora held up her hands in a placating manner. "No need to explain to me, Jaune. You're an adult. Just be safe, okay? I don't wanna be an honorary aunt too soon." That made Jaune blush again and he was unable to get any words out from all his stuttering. It didn't help that Yang started to giggle and pull herself closer to him. "I'll leave you be." She turned from the door to look down the hallway, "Ren! Don't come down this way!" she told her boyfriend as she walked to the living room.

Jaune just covered his face with his hands as he groaned in defeat. "Damn it, Nora…" He was pulled from his embarrassment when he felt Ruby hug him a bit tighter. He sighed and pulled one hand away from his face to hug her again, "Thank you, Ruby."

He felt her shake her head which also let her gently rub it against his bare chest. "No problem. I always liked hugs and now they are so much better now that I can hug back. But there is something new that I really like…"

"And that would be?" Jaune asked before realizing too late what she meant by that.

Next thing he knew, Ruby shifted enough to kiss him on the lips once again. She hummed in happiness as her lips gently moved against his. Despite himself and his reservations, his lips copied her movements on instinct. That earned him a slight purr before she pulled back. "I really like that too." She said as she gave him a bright smile.

They both heard someone else clear their throat and turned to Yang smiling at them. "What about me, Master? Can I have one?"

Knowing her well enough that she wouldn't stop until she did, he reluctantly leant forward and gave her a quick kiss. "Happy?" he asked.

She just smiled back, "Very."

He playfully rolled his eyes before turning back to Ruby, "Would you give us a second to get dressed? We'll be back in the living room in a couple minutes."

She nodded, "Okay. I'll let everyone know." She smiled as she scurried off the bed before leaving.

He then turned to Yang, who still looked like she didn't want to get up. "Come on, Yang. We need to see everybody. And probably figure out what the seven of us are going to do for dinner.

Yang just sighed, "Fine." She begrudgingly let go of Jaune before sitting up, stretching her arms above her head. Reminding him once again that Yang had little concern with hiding her decency, at least from him, and also accentuating her chest to him more. And much to his chagrin, he couldn't look away.

She scooted over to the side of the bed before throwing her legs over. She stood up and started to look for her clothing before bending completely over to pick something up. Again, giving Jaune a complete view of her rear. And much like before he couldn't pull his eyes away. He only stopped when he noticed that she was looking over her shoulder at him with a positively catty smile. "See something you like?"

For what felt like the hundredth time, he blushed again and turned away from her, "Sorry…" he said weakly.

He heard her giggle, "It's alright, I don't mind you looking, Jaune. And if you ever want to get another look, all you have to do is ask."

He didn't know how truthful that statement was but he could assume she was very serious about it. He decided to not take the chance and to not look over to her before she was fully dressed. Instead, he busied himself with finding the shirt he threw off earlier. It wasn't all that hard to find and put it back on. He glanced over to Yang and saw she was still only half dressed so he quickly excused himself to check on the laundry.

The clothes were luckily done in both the dryer and washing machine. He quickly took out the clothes from the dryer and into a basket before taking Ruby's clothes out of the washer and into the now vacant dryer. With that all set up, he took the clothes and walked out of the laundry room. Just in time to see Yang leave his own. She looked over at him with a raised eyebrow, "Can you let them know I'll be there soon? Going to put away this laundry." He asked her.

She nodded, "Sure. Besides, I wanna play with Nora in that fighting game." She said with a smirk as she walked away from him.

"That's not going to end well." He said, mostly to himself before he made his way into the guest room to fold the now cleaned clothes. He put Nora's back into the dresser her and Ren used for spare clothes when they stayed there. Meanwhile he took Pyrrha's and returned them to the box they came from. That way when Pyrrha came back to get them, they would be ready for her.

He returned the basket to the laundry room before finally making his way to the living room. He saw that Yang and Nora were very much in the middle of a game but it seemed like Nora easily had the upper hand. Luckily, nothing had been broken yet so he didn't think he had to worry. Although seeing Ruby cheering them both on was adorable.

Meanwhile, Ren was sitting in the armchair just watching them with a smile while Blake and Weiss were on the couch once again. Blake reading again but this time a novel instead of a comic and not one he remembered owning. But he chalked that up to either Ren or Nora buying it for her. Weiss looked like she was still only half awake. Her nap must've ended prematurely when everyone came back. "You doing okay, Weiss?"

She looked at him before nodding, "I'm fine, just-" she cut herself off when she yawned, putting a hand over her mouth as she did. "I'm just tired. Nora and Ruby scared me when they came back."

"If you want, you can go into one of the rooms to finish your nap." He offered.

She shook her head, "No, I'm already up. I'll just go to bed a little early is all."

"Finally!" Nora said as she caught him in the corner of her eye, "What took you so long?"

He shrugged, "Was being a responsible adult and doing laundry."

"Hey!" Nora said offended. "I do the laundry!"

"Not since you turned all our whites, pink you don't." Ren answered from his seat.

"Ren!" Nora turned to her boyfriend with a look of betrayal. That was exactly what Yang needed, because with that she was able to beat Nora's character with the game announcing her victory. That made the ginger snap back over to the screen. "What? No!"

Yang jumped up in victory with her arms above her head, "Yes! I beat her!"

"Way to go, Yang!" Ruby cheered a she hugged her sister.

Nora turned to them. "That was not fair. Jaune and Ren distracted me."

"Rematch?" Yang asked with a large smirk.

"You're on!" And with that, the game was started anew.

That just made Jaune smile before turning back to Ren, "Well it looks like those two are hitting it off, huh?"

"It seems so." He said with a small smile. "But considering how Yang is now, I'm honestly not too surprised." He then gently rubbed his eyelids, "It's still hard to believe she was your cat."

"So how was the shopping trip." Jaune asked as he took the last remaining seat on the couch, right between Weiss and Blake.

He shrugged, "Not bad honestly. Ruby was amazed by a lot of the new sights but nothing abnormal. Both her and Blake stuck close to us and they chose a few things. Nora also helped them pick out some underwear as well. So they should be all set."

Jaune nodded, "That just leaves Yang then." He then sighed, "That is going to be trouble…"

"Then I'll wish you luck with that." He said with a grin.

"I can feel your support from here." Jaune said with a roll of his eyes. "You and Nora going to stay for dinner?"

"We were going to but with four extra people here, we don't want to be a burden."

Jaune just shook his head, "Don't worry about it. I was planning on doing pizza anyways. An extra pie or two won't be much of a problem."

"In that case, we can pay half." Ren offered.

Jaune nodded and pulled out his phone, going into his contacts for their favorite pizza restaurant. "So, what should we get? Vegetarian and pepperoni like normal but what else?"

"I'm really craving Hawaiian actually." Nora answered without looking away from the screen.

"Okay, that's three…" He was thinking to himself as he looked over the four catgirls, each occupied with their own activities. "Maybe a chicken and bacon?"

"If you think so, I won't argue." He then looked over to Nora, "Honey, no throwing the controller please."

"I wasn't!" she denied as she glared at Yang for winning again. The prideful smile on the blonde's face was not helping in calming her down.

"Yang, please behave." Jaune told her as he stood up. "Those controllers can be pricey and I do not want to buy another one." He started to walk towards the kitchen. "I'm going to order us the food, I'll be back shortly."

Eventually the food came and all seven of them enjoyed it. Jaune found the looks of confusion the girls had turn to shock when they tried their first slices. Seeing them quickly falling in love with the dish was heartwarming and funny to see. Although the way they ate the pizza with such a fervor made him worried that they may choke if they weren't careful. Thankfully, no emergencies came up and the seven enjoyed a nice night together of watching some of the trios favorite movies.

When Ruby's clothes were done drying, he excused himself to put them back in his room before coming out and giving Ruby her hoodie. She cheered in joy before sliding it back on. She practically melted into the still warm fabric before cuddling up to his side when he sat down to resume the movie.

When it was getting late, the couple left to head home for the night since Jaune was running low on places to sleep. Not long after that, Jaune and the girls started to relax before slowly each heading to bed. Jaune taking the couch once again as the four went to share the rooms they stayed in the night before. He just laid there and looked up to the ceiling as he smiled to himself, "Today went better than expected. Ren and Nora believe me and they hit it off with all four of them. Was kinda worried about that, honestly. Maybe things are finally looking up for me."

Those were the last words he said as he closed his eyes and let sleep take him. But unlike the night before a weight was lifted off his shoulders. But the one on his heart was still there sadly. Although if he really thought about it, he would see that it had lessened. Just a bit but lessened all the same.


Strangely Jaune woke up a few hours later, in the dead middle of the night. He looked around the dark living room in confusion before he realized just how dry his mouth was. 'Too much pizza…' he thought tiredly to himself. 'Quick glass of water and back to sleep…'

He pulled the blanket he was using off himself before making his way to the kitchen. He grabbed a glass from his cupboard before filling it at his sink. As he brought it to his lips, he noticed something move at the entryway. His eyes moved over to see that Weiss was peaking around the corner at him. "What are you doing awake, Weiss?" He asked quietly, not wanting to risk waking the others.

Her eyes widened slightly and her ears stood up straight, "Uh…" she started, not planning on being spotted. Her eyes searched around the room before they landed on the glass in his hands. "I was thirsty…"

Jaune could easily tell that was a lie but decided to humor her. He smiled and offered her the glass. Weiss just stared for a bit before she walked into the room and gently took it from him. "Thanks…" she said weakly as she took a small sip from it.

He just nodded before he went back into the cupboard to grab another glass to fill. He drank about half of it before pulling it away and sighing to himself. He turned back around to see that Weiss hadn't drank much more of her own. Instead she was just holding it in both of her hands and was just staring at a random spot on the ground. Jaune leant against the counter as he looked at her. "Do you wanna tell me what is bothering you?"

That snapped her back to reality and she looked back up at him, "What makes you think something is bothering me?" she asked, trying to keep her prideful tone but was failing.

He shrugged, "I grew up with a lot of sister and have spent most of my life around Nora… and Pyrrha too. I've seen a lot of women when something was wrong and you look a lot like that." He grinned slightly, trying to make her feel somewhat more at ease. "You could hide it a lot better when you were a cat." He then took another sip from his water.

She nodded slightly, "Right. Right…" she stood there for a bit before taking another sip of her own glass.

He just watched her for a minute or so. When she didn't look like she was going to say anything, he sighed to himself. He finished his water before placing the glass into the sink. He walked over to the white haired catgirl and gently put his hands on her shoulders. She jumped slightly and looked up at him. He put on the most calming smile as he could, "Weiss, you can talk to me. I'll do what I can for you. You know that, right?"

She just looked him in the eyes for a bit before she looked down at his chest, "I know…" She took a breath before she started to speak, "I… had a nightmare. I dreamt I was back there…" She said shakily. "That I was back with him…"

He noticed her hand were shaking so he gently took the glass from her hands. He put it on the table before he pulled her into a hug. He felt her shaking slightly before she wrapped her own arms around him. "Before I met you… I was owned by this man. Jacques was his name. He had me for as long as I could remember. I thought he was a good person and he cared for me. But as time went on he just got colder and colder. He started to just ignore me. And on bad days… He would hurt me…"

He could feel her shuddering in his grasp and he knew she was crying. He just held her tighter and just let her keep talking. "I don't even know what I did wrong? All I would try to do was to make him feel better. But he would just hit me or throw me or throw things at me. He… He is the reason why I have this scar…" With that she just started to break down crying and holding him like a lifeline.

He just held her and let her cry for as long as she needed. But eventually her tears stopped and she just held him. "Are you okay?" he asked gently.

She nodded, "I think so…"

He moved his hands from her back to carefully hold her face. He guided her to look up at him and he saw a few tears still falling down her cheeks. He used his thumbs to brush them away as gently as he could. Just the way she looked at him with those teary eyes and this vulnerable look in them, he knew he needed to do something to fix that.

He leant forward before gently placing a kiss on the part of her scar above her eye. He heard her gasp but that didn't stop him. He pulled away and left another just as gentle kiss on the lower half of the scar. He pulled back to see her staring at him in shock.

"I don't know why he did those things to you, Weiss, but I can tell you now that it wasn't your fault. It was all him." He told her resolutely. "You are no longer there and you will never have to go back. You are safe now. And as long as you let me, I'll do whatever I can to make sure you continue to be so."

"M-master…" she said as new tears started to come to her eyes. Before Jaune could say or do anything. Her hands went to grab the collar of his shirt. She then pulled him down to her level so she could kiss him. It was a chaste kiss but that didn't take anything away from just how intense it felt. Like all the emotions that Weiss could not express were being poured into it.

She eventually pulled back and looked at him with a light in her eyes and a smile on her face. "Thank you, Master." She then hugged him again, burying her face into his shirt. "Thank you. I... I love you… I love you."

He hugged her once again and ran his fingers soothingly through her long hair. "Anything for you, Weiss." They stood there for a bit longer as Weiss' purrs filled the room. It was nice but eventually he had to speak up. "We should go back to bed. It's really late."

She begrudgingly nodded, "You're right." She looked back up at him, not wanting to let him go yet. "Could you do something for me?"

He nodded back, "What is it?"

She looked down slightly as a blush came to her cheeks, "Could you… Stay with me for the night? I don't want to be alone."

He honestly wasn't surprised by her request considering everything she had just told him. And even though he could easily point out that she was sharing the bed in the quest room with Blake, he knew that wouldn't make her feel any better. 'I did say I'd do what I could to make her safe, didn't I?' he thought to himself.

"Alright. But let's try not to wake Blake. We know how she can be." He said with a tiny smile.

That made her giggle which helped to put him at ease. The two finally broke their embrace and made their way back to the guest room. The glass of water forgotten on the table. The door to the bedroom was slightly ajar, just enough for Weiss to have slipped through when she left. Jaune opened the door as quietly as he could until the space was big enough to let them both walk in. As they did, he closed it just as quietly behind them.

He looked over to the bed and was relieved to see that Blake was still asleep with her back to them. He saw that Weiss was still waiting for him so they made their way over to the bed. He laid down as slowly as he could to not to disturb Blake before adjusting himself to be more in the middle. Positioning himself in a way so his back to the black haired catgirl. With him comfortably in his spot, Weiss soon laid down as well and scooted herself until her back was against Jaune's chest. Sensing what she wanted, he carefully wrapped his arms around her stomach to hold her close.

She sighed and gently laid her hands over his own. "Thank you." Was all that she said.

"It's not a problem." He told her. "Get some sleep, okay?"

Her only response was to nod. He just laid there, holding her until he was absolutely sure she had gone back to sleep. He made himself stay up long enough to know she wasn't going to have another nightmare. Once he was positive of that, he finally let himself drift off as well.

But as he did, right before consciousness left him, he could have sworn he felt someone else wrap their arms around him from behind. But he couldn't think on that since sleep had taken him once again. Guess it would be something he'd have to deal with in the morning.