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Yang shifted her weight slightly on the bed, unintentionally pushing Nora away and immediately tried to correct her movement by pulling the redhead closer to her. Nora hummed with contentment and snuggled her head deeper into Yang's shoulder. Yang smiled and stroked her shoulder, letting her thumb run little circles on the other girl's firm forearm, it felt so good under her hand in a way she had never expected another girl to. She crossed one leg up over her knee and blew a lock of hair out of her eye so she could see the projection a little clearer.
The rooms at Beacon didn't exactly have large screens or any place to put them that really worked so they were forced to improvise when Nora said a movie night sounded like fun. Pyrrha and Jaune went out every night to train together for hours at a time, so nights in the JNPR dorm tended to just be Ren and Nora. Nora had asked Ren to give her and Yang a little alone time and he had happily obliged, saying that it would be peaceful to walk under the stars and meditate on the grounds late at night when he would not be bothered. Yang knew the boy was the quiet stoic type and was no doubt enjoying his evening alone, but also reminded herself to thank him for giving them this opportunity to have alone time.
Team RWBY seemed to live in their dorm room when they weren't training. Sure occasionally Weiss or Blake would step out to the library for their studying or Ruby would drag one or more of them away on some adventure, but the room was never really empty enough for them to have an evening like this. Plus, the whole bunk bed idea, while giving them ample floor space, had actually limited the visible wall space. Nora and Yang's screen solution turned out to be a small projector which they propped on a pile of books and let throw their film onto the opposite wall, above Jaune's bed.
They had chosen a comedy to watch tonight. They both liked action films well enough and neither one wanted to watch a romance together right now. Nora had suggested something that would be special for them and Yang immediately knew what to do. Their teammates were all far more reserved than them with the only possible exception being Ruby, so Yang thought this was the perfect chance for a little crude, pointless humor that only they would enjoy. The film was about a cop in Vale who has to break up a drug ring dealing psychedelics but ends up being dosed and spends the majority of the movie suffering a days long hallucination and trying to still complete his mission as well as he can. It was perfect for them.
Nora giggled as the cop desperately tried to navigate his car through a crowd of six foot tall penguins, believing he was pursuing a runaway dealer. There was a knock at the door and Yang grabbed her scroll, pausing the movie. Nora sat up slightly, putting herself in a more dignified position but did not scoot away from Yang at all. Yang smiled, happy that Nora was that comfortable about their relationship and moved her arm over her girlfriend's waist to her shoulder. The knock came again, louder and more rapidly this time. Nora called out.
"It's open" she hollered at the still closed door.
"Uhh can I come in?" the familiar, unsteady voice of Team JNPR's leader came through the heavy wood.
"Yeah Jaune come on." Yang laughed and smiled at Nora, amused by Jaune's behavior.
"Okay, okay I'm comin' in." the door slowly creaked open and Jaune inched through, one hand firmly over his eyes and the other flung out in front of him defensively. He waded his way into the room like he was approaching a hive of angry rapier wasps. Yang and Nora laughed uneasily.
"Jaune…? Whatcha' doin'?" Jaune relaxed a little and slid his fingers apart, peeking through the gaps at the couple cuddled together on the bed, fully clothed and on top of the covers. Jaune saw this and breathed a heavy sigh of relief, dropping his hands and letting himself relax.
"Oh, you know, nothing. Just trying to avoid getting beaten to little tiny pieces by the two of you. Just in case you were, you know…. well you were alone in the room and all." Jaune stammered uneasily and fell silent, letting his gaze fall forlornly to the floor. Nora threw a pillow directly at the blonde boy, nailing him the head and causing him to stumble backwards.
"Jaune Arc!" she screamed playfully, "We would not be-" she cut herself short and looked at Yang who was trying her best to repress a giggle. Nora lost it and began laughing herself.
"Jaune come on. Really?" Yang squeezed Nora as they both regained their composure.
"Well I don't know. I mean look at you two." Jaune flung his hand up towards the two of them helplessly, "Who wouldn't expect that from you?"
"We've barely been dating for a week." Nora looked at Yang, less humor on her face than before, "We haven't even kissed yet." Yang rubbed the back of her head, a little uncomfortably.
"Yeah, we're takin' it slow. Unlike most things we do." Yang let a smile back on to her face and Jaune let out an easy chuckle. He stepped to the end of his bed and jumped when he saw the wall.
"Whoa!" He turned slowly back to the couple on the bed, "Uhh, hey… what's that?" he pointed at the frozen image of a penguin jutting from the windshield of a police cruiser being projected on the wall. The penguin had been flailing about, desperately trying to get the driver to swerve off course.
"Oh that? That's a drug dealer's lackey trying to stop the cop from catching their shipment truck." Yang smiled and watched Jaune, waiting for his reaction.
"That's," he paused again, searching for a response, "That's interesting." He turned back to the two, trying his best to smile convincingly. They broke out in laughter again.
"So where's Pyrrha?" Nora stretched her arms and legs out into the air, letting her arm fall easily into Yang's lap.
"Yeah is she having trouble walking after your 'exercise'?" Yang put air quotes around the word 'exercise' and Nora stifled a laugh, pushing playfully at Yang's shoulder. Jaune turned in confusion.
"What? No." he laughed, "If anything I'm a little sore." he rubbed the back of his left leg gingerly, "She really gave me a pounding tonight." He pulled his hoodie off and collapsed on his bed, feet hanging off the edge. Nora and Yang both laughed but did their best to control themselves.
"So have you two been going at it a lot lately?" Nora leaned in, anticipating another misinterpretation from her leader.
"Oh yeah, every night with her. It's like she never gets tired. She's still at it all on her own." Jaune forced himself to sit up and started removing his shoes.
"Wow Jaune. You're not giving her everything she needs." Yang grabbed Nora's hand and squeezed as they waited, wondering how far they could take it before he picked up on their real meaning.
"I do my best. I just get so tired, there's no way I can last as long as her." Jaune got his second shoe off and turned on the two, seeing them laughing now, "What? Oh come on guys." the two finally sobered, certain that he was on to their teasing, "Think about all the practice she's had. How am I supposed to keep up?" Nora and Yang both collapsed back into laughter.
"Jaune," Nora gasped out between laughs, "How could you say that about her? I thought you liked Pyrrha?"
"That doesn't mean I'm any better at sparring her." Jaune let out an exasperated sigh.
"Oh." Yang put a hand to her forehead in mock shock, "Oh we're talking about sparring." Nora turned on her.
"Really? Oh that's completely different." she looked back to Jaune, "You should have said so." Jaune looked back and forth between the pair, trying to size up their intentions and finally gave up with a resigned sigh.
"I'm gonna take a shower. I'm all gross and sticky. You two stay out here." he shot them a quizzical glance and then retreated to the bathroom. Yang and Nora both collapsed in laughter again.
"Oh my Oum, that was better than the movie." Nora leaned her head back onto Yang.
"Is he really that dense? Like, all the time?" Yang pulled the redhead closer and smiled as she nuzzled in.
"Oh yeah. I just never get to mess with him like that because Ren stops me." Nora huffed in a small pout.
"What a party pooper." Yang laughed.
"He's just looking out for Jaune. He doesn't want me to be mean." Yang caught herself and lightened her tone.
"Oh yeah, that I get. But, he can take a little teasing now and then." Nora chuckled in agreement.
"Wanna get back to the movie?" Nora asked without moving from her extremely comfortable spot.
"I don't know. It's not quite as funny as I thought it would be." Yang reached for her scroll to start the film again. Even if it wasn't the best story, it was the whole point of the evening.
"Yeah, you're right. We could just make-out instead. Really get Jaune when he comes out of the shower." Nora laughed but Yang stiffened a little and didn't respond. Nora's laughter faded and the silence reached her ears. "I'm kidding Yang." she sat up and faced the blonde, "Really, it was just a joke." Yang forced a smile.
"Nora, does it bug you? How slow we're moving I mean." Nora grabbed Yang's hands tenderly and stared into her eyes.
"Are you kidding? This is the most fun I've had since I got to Beacon and a long time before that." she leaned in and hugged Yang, "I'm fine with us just the way we are, right here." Yang relaxed and returned the hug. Nora buried her head in the masses of blonde hair falling around Yang's shoulders, rubbing her forehead against her girlfriend's neck gently.
"I really do like you Nora." Nora pulled her head up and locked eyes with Yang again.
"I really like you too Yang." Yang smiled and grabbed Nora around the waist. She lifted her easily with one arm and swung her into her lap. Nora giggled and wrapped her arms around Yang's neck, landing lightly on her legs.
"So if we aren't gonna watch the movie. Then what are we gonna do?" Yang hugged the girl close to her, amazed at how little she weighed.
"Well we could keep messing with Jaune." Nora twisted so she could face Yang.
"What do you wanna do? We could get a glass of ice water and throw it on him in the shower." Yang hoped Nora would think her plan was devious enough. Nora jumped at the idea, she released Yang's neck and turned quickly, putting a leg on either side of Yang's outstretched ones, effectively straddling her.
"Oh that sounds fantastic." Nora leaned forward and gave Yang a quick kiss on the cheek, causing her to smile like a fool, the way she always did when Nora kissed her. Yang was lost in the redhead's eyes and didn't hear the bathroom door click open.
"Hey Nora have you seen my-" Jaune had emerged from the bathroom, pants still on put not wearing a shirt, he was carrying a small shower luffa which he promptly threw at the ceiling in fear, "Ahhh! I'm sorry. Don't kill me please." the door slammed shut and Jaune was hidden from sight. They could still hear his rushed apologies coming from the bathroom. They both fell on each other, bellowing laughter that would certainly merit noise complaints from their neighbors.
"Nevermind, that was perfect!"
A/N - Hey, so a shorter chapter here just for fun. A couple important things happening but mostly just fun moments with them. I hope you enjoyed what I did with Jaune there, he knows his teammate and Yang pretty well so who wouldn't assume they already be physical right?
So, I meant to post this yesterday and break my usual schedule but things happened and it didn't make it up. From now on I will be updating Clubbin' more frequently than before in an attempt to regulate the schedule. I'm going to post Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. That means today will be the last Monday post and I'll have another up tomorrow.
Also, I have news about the longer piece I've been working on. It finally has a title, "Friends and Loved Ones". I've started planning out Clubbin' and treating it more like a real piece so from now on I can work more on both pieces and be much less ad hoc with this one.
I wanna thank all my constant readers dongyrn, nobleMETA, boombox94, story-de're, noone297, trewill91. You're the best. Everyone else, you are also the best. Thank you so much for reading. Please let me know what you think.
-Zach