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AN: This one's going to be short. It's one of the funnier ones and it's the one that has the least amount to do with Jaune's development, and also the one that note for note actually happened to me when I was little. Granted, I was a lot younger than Jaune was at this time. But my sister was Violeta's age and that's all that matters. Remember to check out the new STRQ chapter going up at the same time as this.
Chapter 6: Violeta
Violeta wanted to play sports. It was a strange case in the Arc household. None of the other kids showed much interest in athletics. So for her tenth birthday, Father built a little baseball field in the yard. Nothing too grandiose, just some bases, painted grass and a plywood dome for the mound.
Jaune was, and has for a while now, been the big man of the house. Rouge was married. And Aliquam had just gotten engaged to her boyfriend Andesite. That left Jaune as the oldest sibling of the house ninety-five percent of the time. And as the older brother, it was his responsibility to play catch.
Actually the game was called 'hot box.' Two people would throw and catch the ball back and forth. Everyone else would run back and forth between two bases. They got a point for every time they touched the opposite base. The catchers would try tagging them. If a runner got tagged, then they switched positions with whoever tagged them.
Verta and Jaune were the first catchers. Indigo, Violeta, Bleu and Amery were the runners. They giggled and shoved each other around as they squeezed onto the base. Jaune gave them all a look before tossing the ball to Verta. Verta casually tossed the ball to Jaune. Jaune looked back at them. Indigo was currently pushing at Bleu, trying to get her off the base. Meanwhile, Violeta bit her lip and focused her gaze onto Verta's base.
Jaune tossed the ball back to Verta. Verta got a sly smile on her face. She adjusted her green shirt and glasses. She lobbed it high in the air so that it took some time to get to Jaune. Violeta took her chance as soon as it left Verta's hand and made a run for it. Jaune caught the ball and quickly threw it back to Verta but it was too late and Violeta tagged safe.
Verta threw the ball again and Bleu started running towards her, followed by Indigo. Jaune caught the ball and chased them down. He ended up tagging Indigo. But while he was running, Violeta left her base and racked in another point. But now Jaune was a runner.
Indigo and Verta tossed the ball back and forth a few times. Violeta managed to get another point, as did Amery and Jaune. Bleu ended up getting tagged by Verta. On the next round, Indigo tagged Amery. Indigo was getting mad that Violeta was winning so much. So Jaune, let himself get tagged by Amery right away. As soon as Bleu tossed the ball to him, Violeta made a run for it. Jaune went to a full sprint to catch the ball and tagged her. She huffed in anger.
"No fair, your legs are longer than mine!" Violeta complained.
"You're winning by a lot." Jaune said. "I'd say it's your turn to throw the ball for a while." And so she did. Jaune was confident that he was quick enough that he could out run their throws. But he wasn't about to abuse his maturity. Instead, he'd just give Violeta the challenge she deserves. Bleu threw the ball. Jaune started running. Violeta caught the ball. Jaune turned his head.
WHACK!
The ball hit him square in the nose.
"Jaune!" Violeta screamed out as Jaune dropped to the ground.
"OW!" Jaune wheezed out.
"Bubby!" Amery dropped to his side. He pinched his nose and lifted his hand. There was blood.
"I'll get some ice." Bleu said as she ran off.
"I'm telling mom." Indigo said.
"Jaune I'm so sorry it was an accident." Violeta had tears in her eyes.
"It's okay." Jaune groaned. "I'm just…going to lay here."
"Don't mess with it." Verta slapped his hand away as he tried fiddling with his nose.
"Is bubby going to die?" Amery had tears in her eyes too.
"No." Verta said. "He just broke his nose. Ali did it too one time when she slipped and fell on her face."
"His nose is broken?" Amery said. "That means he can't smell anymore!" She said worriedly.
"No Amery." Verta corrected. "He'll just have a bump."
Bleu and Indigo returned with an ice pack and Mother. They all helped Jaune get up and put the ice pack onto his face. Jaune got back up, looking toward the sky. Violeta frantically recounted what had happened in the game. Mother just listened to her calmly. Verta and Bleu helped Jaune inside the house.
Violeta came to Jaune later that night to check up on his nose and apologize that night. Jaune forgave her and put some of the blame on himself.
An: And that's the story, sort of, of how I broke my nose. Hot box is a game my sisters and I would play in the makeshift baseball field that was in our backyard. And my little sister did break my nose with a ball while playing it. So like I said, short chapter. But I'm exhausted and I still have to write the next chapter of Old Huntsmen. Be sure to review, follow and favorite.
