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Teasing - 04
Yang stared at the picture.
"Hm, nope. Something's missing."
"What?"
"This lacks…..uh, what's the word?" She took a moment to ponder then snapped her finger. "Right! Impact!"
"What impact? I thought we were taking a normal selfie."
"Exactly! It's so normal. That's why we need impact."
Jaune didn't get it.
"Yang, since when did you care about….." He trailed off when Yang's signature grin was on full display. "Oh, this is another one of…..okay! I have my guard up! You're not gonna tease me this time! I'm not falling for any of your trick again!"
"Cool, stay still then." She said that so simply.
As her free hand reached out and placed on his shoulder, Yang once again breached the boundary of his personal space. Jaune froze in place as she boldly leaned against his form, resting her head on his chest.
"Yup." She held up the camera, nodded in satisfaction. "This looks fine. I'm starting to feel the impact now. Do you?"
"I would be lying to myself if I said I don't."
Lilacs met sapphires up close. She saw traces of red paint his cheeks, but he didn't look away.
"I thought you put your guard up." Yang spoke softly.
"You said you want to take a more impactful picture. So I'll help." Jaune was upfront about this. His arms brought up, somewhat hesitated. Eventually, they wrapped around her back. "I just don't know if I'm doing good or not."
"I'm glad we're on the same pace." She smiled at the gesture. The free hand on his shoulder now hooked around his neck. "Since it's your help, it's perfectly fine to me."
"Alright. Let's do it then."
"Yup."
"….."
"….."
"Is it done?"
"No, I'm taking it now."
"Okay."
"….."
"….."
"Jaune, can you hug me closer?"
"You w-want to be closer?"
"Y-Yeah, and hold me tighter, like a…...like an embrace."
"Okay, is this alright?"
"Perfect."
"…."
"….."
They looked at the scroll in silence. Yang could clearly hear Jaune's heart beating. He felt the same subtle jolts from her body. Another picture taken. She brought the scroll closer to check the result with him.
"Your smile looks so awkward." Yang commented.
"Your face looks like Ruby's cape." Jaune shifted his gaze from the photo to her face. "Wow, it does."
"W-Well, I'm not the only one, Vomit Boy! W-What? Are you feeling hot and bothered by all this!?" Yang forced a grin, but her expression spoke otherwise.
"It gets even redder now." What he said.
"S-Shaddup!" They pulled away. "You don't get to tease me, big guy. I'm the one who do the teasing!"
He opened his mouth to retort, but having no word to come out. Jaune was stumped in finding the right words to counter, sometime he blamed his lack of social experience. Turning away, he let out a sigh in relief, patting his chest to calm down the racing heart. Yang thought that was cute. But she failed to hide the fact that she was having it too.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
Holy Dust! The intensity popping inside her rib cage!
She turned her back to him, loosened the collar and the ribbon on her uniform to get some cool air. It was getting so hot in here, the heat was crawling on her cheeks. Yang rubbed her face, she wished that this feeling would calm down somewhat. Maybe she shouldn't have gone overboard with the tease….no, Dust! Hang on! She wasn't thinking straight! Why would the Yang act all bashful because of something like this? She came up with the idea, and nailed it perfectly. It wasn't like it backfired on her because Jaune decided to put up with her teasing. She got a cute reaction from him, plus, she also got the best stuff to save as the scroll's background image.
And the hug, she enjoyed it. No! Yes! Dang it, yes! She loved it. The warmth and the nice feeling from Vomit Boy. Oh. Right, better saved the picture now.
"Hey, Yang." Jaune coughed into his hand. "Can you, err, send me the picture? I'm thinking of saving it as the background on my scroll."
Well, he really was on the same pace with her. Yang smiled brightly as she pressed send.
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