Originally the next chapter was going to be the second installment of the Slice of Life 'moves in' story, but I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head for it. If you have any ideas I would appreciate them! But for now, here is my much-requested take on the 'massage' storyline!
Also, I am still looking for a beta to help out with various things. Hit me up in PMs of you or someone you know would be interested.
All was silent throughout the first-year dorms of Beacon Academy.
Classes were released for the weekend less than an hour ago and most of the student population had flocked to Vale proper to enjoy some much-needed R&R after a tough week of training to become huntsman.
The quiet atmosphere left in the typically brimming with activity living quarters was the domain of few. Perfect for those looking for a place to unwind or just curl up with a good book.
Which is why when passing through the end of the first hall, Jaune was humming happily to himself while clutching the newest issue of X-Ray and Vav in his left hand.
"Pyrrha said she would be gone until dinner and Nora kidnapped Ren… time to catch up on comics and play some games until they pop back up."
Fridays were the only day Jaune really got to have some alone time. He loved his team to death – and enjoyed the time he spent with the girls of their sister team too – but having a chunk of time to just do whatever he wanted.
As he walked through the abandoned halls of the dorm building, he expected to be left alone with his inner thoughts as per usual.
What he didn't expect was to reach the little corner of the dorm that housed both team JNPR and RWBY, was to hear muffled whimpering coming from the door opposite his own.
He stopped to make sure that it wasn't just something else playing a trick on his ears… but upon standing awkwardly in the hall and paying closer attention to the noise his original perception held up.
Someone was whimpering and moaning inside of the RWBY dorm and it wasn't the 'something is happening that he didn't need to notice or acknowledge' kind he was unfortunately used to from back home either.
Casting a quick glance down to his reading material, Jaune let out a quick huff and steeled his eyes on the offending door.
"The things I do for friends…" he mumbled quietly to himself.
His thoughts of alone time now firmly placed behind him, the knight stepped forward and lightly rapped his fist against the sturdy wood frame.
Now in all of his Fridays spent in the quiet confines of the dorms, Jaune had been accompanied by several of his friends in comfortable silence where they just enjoyed the company of each other.
On many occasions he and Pyrrha would spend the time back to back on a bed in their dorm, him reading the weekly issue of his comic while she would either browse something on her scroll or read something of her own.
There were few instances when Ren and Nora were not counted as one entity in their circle – but on the odd occasion the pink-themed girl had to go off and do her… 'Nora things' elsewhere – Ren appreciated the quiet boding with the only other male he was close to.
Even rarer still would be when Blake – and the on the very, very rare occasion Weiss – would need somewhere to get away from the other members of their team and would ask to join him and whoever else was present in the serene environment that was a Nora-free JNPR dorm.
Blake had done so several times, just slouching against a wall or commandeering a small section of his or Pyrrha's bed to enjoy some quality reading time.
Weiss would use the time to catch up on notes or studying normally, taking one of the less cluttered desks in the corner and making it her own until something else – normally one of the more excitable of their teammates – came and made her stop.
Jaune could only remember needing to keep Ruby company once during this time – that being after a particularly hard crash following a sugar rush, in which she had all but collapsed onto his legs after being dropped there by a smirking Nora.
The only person he had never seen or heard from during this time period was his fellow blonde.
Yang would typically be one of the first students to hightail it to Vale once classes broke for the day. Something about needing to cut loose and 'Yang-out' as she put it.
That pun actually got a small chuckle out of him – though he would never admit that to her – in fear of being teased relentlessly in turn.
So as he stood before the second most familiar dorm in the school to him, he was expecting either Weiss or Blake to answer and then reassure him everything was fine and that they had it handled.
What he was not expecting was the door to swing partially open and reveal a slouching Yang – who was lightly sweating and holding a roll of cloth bandages.
"Sup Vomit boy? You need something? Rubes and the others are out in Vale to try out some new café that caught Blakey's eye."
That explained the lack of other people in the room inquiring about who had knocked, but that didn't explain the main cause of his concern at the moment.
"That's all fine and good Yang, but that wasn't why I stopped by."
The look on his face wasn't serious, but it wasn't exactly something to be joking about either.
But this was Yang Xiao-Long he was dealing with…
"Oh? Well then Jauney, I didn't take you for a guy to be so forward about something like this."
It was clear from her tone and the much less pained grin on her face that she was teasing him, but that didn't stop his face from turning a healthy crimson or the sputtering that came after.
"N-not like that!"
His defense came out a little to loud to be considered natural – which sent her into what would have been a deep and booming laugh like he was used to out of her.
Instead she stared laughing only to clearly wince in pain and slump forward more.
Noticing this, Jaune stepped forward into the doorway and leaned down to support her with his arms.
"What's wrong Yang?"
His voice seeped with concern, which touched her, but also made her realize why he must have come over.
"You… heard me moaning, didn't you? I swear Jaune, if you keep picking up on little stuff like that people might start to think you are pulling a Blake and hiding that you are a faunus."
"I can guarantee that isn't something I am hiding," he said with absolute honesty.
The smirk returned to her face – though it was clear she was still in a lot of pain.
"So you admit you're hiding stuff from dear ole Yang? I am appalled Jauney."
He met her smirk with a quick eye-roll before picking up on her body and taking more of her weight onto himself.
"You didn't answer my question Yang. What's got you in so much pain that you aren't out causing your normal levels of property damage? At this rate Nora will pull ahead in points."
She tried to laugh at his joke, but it came out as nothing more than a weak chuckle after tensing in pain again.
"My back. My back has been sore for the past few days. I th-thought it would go away if I just stretched more and ignored it, but after Port's class this morning I just couldn't stand properly. Weiss is buying me some painkillers in town while they are out, and I am working on icing it… or was before mister super hearing decided to come over."
'So she ignored the pain for too long and instead of going away it just compacted? Ouch,' he thought to himself, helping the injured girl back away from the door and towards one of the beds not held up by questionable means in the room.
"Yeah well this guy with super hearing has decided to help you out with your little issue until the rest of team wonder girls come back with your sweet relief pills."
She didn't complain as he helped her sit on the bed, but shot him a look that he couldn't pin down as being either sympathetic or slightly off put.
"You don't need to waste your free time babysitting me Jaune…"
He stood up straight and took the bandages from her hand.
"I know I don't need to, but as mom always says, 'Friends come before self-indulgence'… or something along those lines."
Another weak chuckle met his ears.
"You and your mom's advice… you and Ruby are too adorkable for me to handle sometimes."
He took the compliment in stride and sat down next to her.
"That aside, what do you normally do when something like this happens? I assume with you having been in training for so long, something like this must have happened to you before."
She nodded along.
"You would be right their VB. Every once in awhile I will pull something or get a real tough stiffness in my back after intensive training sessions. When that happens, if it gets too out of hand for me to handle alone, I tend to go to whatever massage parlor is open and get the deluxe treatment for my troubles."
An answer not far from what his sisters would say.
"I see. So you think a massage would help in this case too?"
"Without a doubt… but there is no way I will be able to bear sitting in one of those cold, metal benches on the bullhead ride to Vale and then be able to walk all the way to wherever the nearest massage parlor or spa is with how I am right now…"
She looked down to her knees and he could just see how tense her back was just from how she was moving.
"Well… what if I g-gave you one?"
That got the Patch native's attention back onto him.
"No offense Jauney… but I really don't want to have to rough you up because you make it worse…"
He didn't blame her for the hesitance, especially with how much simple movement seemed to hurt her.
"It's fine Yang. My sisters… or I guess specifically my oldest sister Janet would have similar back issues after long stints training too… I always offered to give her massages because it was faster than her having to go all the way into town and it seemed to work…"
He could still sense the hesitance, but her eyes did regard him with… something? Was she trying to judge him based on that now?
"… I guess it really couldn't hurt… but I swear if-" her ramblings were cut short as he placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"No need to worry Yang. Seven sisters remember? Not like I am eager to face the wrath of a woman – especially one who has already proven she can kick my ass."
His words seemed to reassure her.
"Good to know I have you so well trained already."
Her smirk was back and as playful as ever, but now came the semi-awkward part for him.
"…now how do you prefer your massages? I can do it with you sitting here or I you can lay down if that is better for where you want me to reach."
Looking down, the blonde brawler gave a slow shrug and in one swift – yet pained – motion she pulled off the yellow tank top she had been sporting. Leaving her generous chest covered only by an orange sports bra.
Jaune – flushing – turned away from the scene.
Yang on the other hand rolled her eyes and smiled at his innocent display and made to lay down on the bed.
"Come on Jauney! Times-a-wasting and I have to see if you live up to the hype."
He back exposed as she rested her head on her crossed arms, Jaune turned back and sighed.
Taking the only position available to comfortably reach all of her back from the right angle, Jaune straddled the back portion of her butt with both legs and stretched out his fingers to prepare. Ignoring the soft giggle of Yang as she no doubt could tell he was redder than her sister's signature cloak.
With slight trepidation, he pressed his finger tips down into the skin of her lower back. Allowing the weight behind his touch to force the digits beyond simple contact.
He felt her tense up briefly before all of it seemed to release at once from her body in the form of a deep sigh.
Using his reach, he tested each area of her exposed skin – and that which was covered by the fabric of her bra – to feel out where the source of the pain stemmed from.
After a few probed, he discovered the extremely taught and knotted muscle in the upper-middle of her back.
"Yang, I found where all that tension is based. This... might hurt at first, but hopefully after a few seconds it will start to loosen the muscles up."
He wanted to give her fair warning before inflicting her with a random jolt of pain.
"G-got it Jaune. Just… try to get through it as quick as possible."
With her assurance that she was at least aware of what was about to happen, he dove in.
His splayed fingers kneaded at the offender from ever possible angle as he worked and tried to ignore the gasps of pain and discomfort from the mounted party.
"Ahhh!"
Thankfully the pain was short-lived, allowing her to release one last uncomfortable noise before slumping back into a relaxed state and moaning in what he perceived as blissful release from the pain she had dealt with for the past few days.
He could almost feel her shudder as another – more relaxed – sigh rocked through her body.
"I feel like jelly…" she moaned into her arms.
Jaune smiled down at that.
"Glad my sisters weren't just saying I was good to be nice then."
He had always wondered if Janet or the others were exaggerating when they said he had 'magic fingers', but clearly their words were at least partially accurate.
"I would say your description of what they said was spot on. This feels amazing!"
He would have taken the compliment better if she hadn't thrown out a deep moan as his fingers dug in again at the end.
His blush returned -though it was more controlled this time – to his cheeks as he continued his work.
… and it really didn't help that she just kept going.
"Oh yeah right there…"
Oh gods…
"Harder! Yeah that's the spot!"
She was really doing this…
"Oh God that feels so good!"
Why had he agreed to this again? Oh right, he was to nice for his own good sometimes.
"Yang…"
She gave him a sideways glance from her position under him. Though was it just him or did the look seem a little different then her typical ones?
"Jaune..."
"Can you tone it down just a little bit I don't want anyone outside that may hear us to get the wrong idea…"
Her half-lidded gaze didn't change, but he was used to seeing the playful smile that wormed its way onto her face.
"Don't y-you worry about that Jauney. I got it all under contro-mmmhmmm…"
She didn't even finish her sentence before moaning deeply and turning away from his face.
He decided to continue on regardless, allowing the practiced motions to soothe his mind as they also soothed Yang's body.
He couldn't actually pinpoint how much time had passed since he began, but he felt the blonde he was working on relax even more as her breathing started to even out.
The knots in her back were all but nonexistent at this point and he could tell she was feeling the full effect of a long massage and coupled with the softness of the bed underneath her.
Allowing his hands to still, he pulled back, smiling at his work.
"Feeling better Yang?"
The grumbling noise she made before again half facing him told him she would have preferred his hands to stay in motion against her back.
"You bet. You're pretty Jaune-some when it comes to massages Vomit boy."
He really should have known better than to allow her terrible pun to affect him, but after a long, grueling week of training and classes, you had to be able to forgive the guy for forgetting just who he was dealing with.
So the little mix between a snort and chuckle that came from the boy on top of her set off a chain reaction.
The half-lidded and partially annoyed eyes of the buxom huntress shot wide open as she forced herself partially up onto her elbows and turned to face her impromptu physician.
She didn't say anything, but her large lilac orbs and dumbstruck expression made the masseuse panic slightly.
"What? I didn't touch anything or anywhere I shouldn't have did I?"
He didn't get time to think of anything else he might have done to earn her ire as he was quickly forced into the reverse position he had been in with her.
She flipped herself all the way over, thusly planting one leg on each side of his body as she straddled him. Her face hovering just above his own as she bent over to better lock eyes with her captive.
His eyes were as wide as hers as he took in their switch in position.
"D-did you just laugh at one of my jokes?"
He couldn't imagine someone sounding more hopeful than Yang did at that moment.
Her eyes were shimmering with unshed tears and hope – but hope for what?
"U-uhm… what happens if I say yes?"
The pleading look she had only partially faded to show the more familiar confident and playful eyes he was used to seeing.
"Let's just put it this way Jauney. Your magic hands have already bumped you onto a very exclusive list of people. Adding onto that, one more right will land you in my bed, a wrong move still might see you laying at my feet after I beat you down."
Her strange ultimatum set, she leaned down next to his face and breathed heavily with warm breath into one of his ears – causing the hairs on his arms and neck to stand at full attention.
"So… are you feeling lucky lady-killer?"
Mind officially dominated, Jaune just stared forward as she pulled back and gave him a warm smile.
"But seriously Jauney, thanks for helping me out!"
She proceeded to give him one last teasing brush up – this time with some of her long hair tickling his face as she rolled off of the bed and onto the floor.
Standing up, she stretched her thoroughly pampered back and gave out many satisfied noises as her body complied without any lingering pain from before they started their session.
He watched her stretch before finally coming to his senses and following her off the foreign mattress.
"Anything for a friend Yang, I'm just glad you aren't feeling so bad anymore."
He grabbed his previously discarded comic from the nightstand and moved past her towards the door.
"Try not to hold something like that in next time okay? I'd be more than happy to help before it gets that bad too."
As he made to leave he heard her chuckle.
"What? Don't want to Yang around Jauney? You could really hurt a girl's feelings just up and leaving after touching her to intimately!"
He gave a short chuckle, but didn't turn around – thus completely missing the bright light that went off in her eyes and the megawatt grin that followed.
"Hey, with a team as crazy as mine I need to make the most of all the me time I can get. I won't get the chance to catch up on my reading until next week knowing Nora and her antics."
His walking continued until he felt a strong hand clamp down on his shoulder. Turning slightly – he saw the same half-lidded eyes and smirk that she sported when she teased him during their massage.
"Sorry lover-boy, but I was serious about what I said and the only wrong move was not making one at all."
As she finished saying that and before he could move away or question what she meant – she wrapped a strong hand around one of his and brought it down behind her.
Pushing it lower, she forced his open palm firmly against one of her butt cheeks. Not allowing him any chance to remove it as she moved closer and smirked up at him.
"… now up we go. Momma needs a good long nap after that heavenly massage you handed out."
Jaune didn't have the energy or awareness to react to that particularly poor joke – nor the swift movement that sent him directly from the floor and onto the bed hanging above their previous positioning.
He did react when the bed swayed on the rope that was tethering it to the ceiling above.
"U-uh Yang?"
His contained, confused and meek protest wasn't met until the blonde in question made the same leap and landed way to close for comfort within his personal space. Grinning like a lion who had cornered her prey as they were practically touching noses.
… why did he feel like the prey in this scenario?
"Just relax Jauney. You gotta live a little!"
She punctuated her statement by scooching all the closer in the confined space – to the point where her legs forcefully intertwined with his and her head was comfortably nestled on the pillow right next to his.
"... But I-"
Whatever he was about to say was immediately cut off as she put a finger to his lips – relaxing and quieting him instantly.
"Just shut up and enjoy the moment Vomit boy."
If it was possible, she moved even closer before taking the arm that was not currently pinned underneath her and snaking it around her waist. Moving it into a nice position that left his hand once more in contact with her posterior.
Warm air escaped her lips into his ear once again as she drew the covers over both of their bodies.
"Who knows… depending on how well I sleep, I may just let you massage my ass after this."
She placed a small, chaste kiss on his cheek before getting comfortable and quickly succumbing to her bodies demand for sleep.
Without much chance of escape from the vice grip on his body – if he even wanted to get away in the first place – he just sighed and let the odd feelings in his body fade away as he too joined her in the abyss of sleep.
Only one phrase was uttered before he let the warmth take him.
"God damn it Yang…"
A/N:
I swear I don't mean to make every one of these seem like a YangxJaune (is it Dragonslayer or FireWall? I forget) story, but their characters just compliment each other so well that I just kinda fall into the trap of writing like that every time.
That being said, this time it was completely intentional and also adorable. This is my own original idea for the well visited 'massage' story type. I did include reference to both Danny's (oobidoobi) and Exvnir's comics while keeping the plot different enough to not be a direct line from there to here and vice-versa.
If you enjoyed and would like to see more (though I don't think I will continue this particular storyline) please follow/favorite the story so I can gauge the support! Also leaving a review – preferably with an account I can respond to you one (looking at you Guest reviewers who give me good feedback but I can't message) – with ideas and feedback really inspire me to write more.
And before I get onto the usual spiel about what I am doing/looking for, this story should be posted on Dec. 21st before I head off for a family Christmas party. That being said – I know I would beat myself over the head with a heavy object if I didn't embrace the season with a Christmas themed chapter. SO! This is me giving you fair warning that for the next three-ish days I will be working on a Christmas special chapter for this collection.
With that out info out there – this is your chance to influence what I make it about. I was thinking about putting it in the is a cousin storyline and making it family focused, but I am going to leave it up to you oh dedicated readers. Pitch me ideas for where it should take place, what characters should be involved and even if some romance should happen.
You have been warned!
Now the typical jargon.
I am still looking for a beta – or at the very least some fellow writers to bounce some ideas off of for a more narrative driven story I have been working on alongside this one.
If you – or anyone you know has experience with writing and would be interested in helping me out in some capacity hit me up!
And on the topic of helping me out – I know most people say they read every review, but in my case it is extremely true.
Almost as soon as I get the email notification saying someone has reviewed the story I rush over to the site and read it/approve it if it is a Guest. I love seeing all of the creative ideas and feedback you give me – I will address some of those in a moment – and it really makes me want to write more! Keep it up!
Now most of the feedback I got on the last chapter (moves in) was focused around wanting me to continue the series, which I will do. I have some ideas of where I want it to go and some fun plots to play with, that being said – PITCH ME YOUR IDEAS FOR IT! It is the equivalent of a Slice of Life show, so romance/comedy/drama – anything goes!
It will likely focus around Jaune and RWBY with the occasional appearance of Ren and Nora. I don't think adding Neo (sorry those who requested her) or some of the other characters would benefit the story much with where I want to take it. (Sun and Neptune may pop up eventually but that is neither here nor there.)
I also got about three more suggestions to do a chapter about Jaune becoming a faunus or being born as one, and boy are you all going to be happy with what I cooked up around that one! I took some inspiration from some of the conversations Danny and I had on DA and a few stories here and put together a fun little diddy that should be up following the New Year! Rejoice!
Now I have rambled on enough, see you in the Reviews and on Christmas you hooligans!
Happy Holidays - CP