Jaune was resting in his dorm room at Beacon with the lights off. It had been a good day so far, and he was feeling pleased with himself.
He hadn't been picked on by Cardin yet, his training with Pyrrha had gone without a hitch, and his girlfriend was calm and happy - which was a first.
'Normally, she's excited and happy.' He thought.
He didn't mind her either way.
Jaune had more energy than Ren, so he could easily keep up with Nora. But all the same, he only had so much energy, and with school taking up most of his time, dividing his into all things was slowly taking its toll on him.
'Man, I don't even get how Ren does it. And he's half-asleep a lot!' He mused.
But right now, it wasn't a problem. He had a free period after Lunch, and was using the opportunity to have a nice long rest.
Normally, he'd go to the gym to get some exercise, but Beacon was noisy, and right now, Jaune wanted a quiet break.
And yes, Jaune was dating Nora, and so had been for a few months now. He still wasn't sure how it happened. All he knew was that it had, and Ren approved.
Pyrrha was a different story, but she was okay with that as well.
Jaune was grateful, and happy. He liked Nora. She was a fun-loving girl, if a little extreme from time to time. Her hugs were amazing too; Jaune actually liked feeling squished like a rubber duck every now and again.
Sometimes, it was what he needed.
Just then, the door slammed open.
"HELLO HOUSE!" Cheered Nora, "I HAVE RETURNED!"
Jaune smiled. Hearing her voice was always a pleasure.
"Hi Nora." He chuckled, not getting up from the bed.
Nora's bombastic smile split into a mischievous cat-like grin, and with a wiggle of her hips, she bounded into the room and pounced on Jaune.
"OOF!" Jaune gasped as the bed creaked beneath him.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee~." Nora straddled him, delighted, "Hi Jauney."
"Nora . . ." Jaune patted her head, "Do you always have to mount me like this whenever I'm lying down?"
He knew she liked hearing him speak like that, but Nora pouted adorably.
"Don't you like it?" She asked,
"Not when I'm trying to breathe." Jaune answered,
"But you're ALWAYS trying to do that!" She protested,
"When you're hugging me, I'm not." He tilted his head to look at her face.
Nora tried to keep pouting, but Jaune had answered cleverly, like always.
"Smart-meanie." She turned her nose up, the cat-like expression on her face quietly creeping back on.
Jaune chuckled again.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." He tried, "I'll let you crush me with your gloriously thunderous thighs whenever you want-"
That brought her back.
"AND WELL YOU SHOULD." Nora pressed the tip of her nose into Jaune's.
This was something else they liked doing together. While they did share regular kisses, the Mantlan Smoochie - Nora's personal dubbing - was something she enjoyed endlessly.
It was intimate, but not something you needed a break to breathe from. And made snuggle sessions with Jaune, the superior comfort activity.
Unless you rubbed your noses together too hard and too long, then it would chafe. Jaune had found that out the hard way and started putting lotion on his nose every night after he took a shower.
Jaune and Nora gazed into each other's eyes for what felt like an age, breathing down their faces as if they were trying to smell them. Neither could tire of staring into worlds their eyes hid through distance and darkness.
Nora's eyes were a gorgeous oceany teal.
Jaune's eyes were a beautiful, cloudy night sky.
It was an elegant correlation, so Weiss had declared when she heard them describing their irises.
After a few more minutes of staring and heavy breathing, Jaune couldn't help himself.
"Mlem." And he stuck out his tongue,
"BLAH!" Nora jerked back up, rubbing her cuff against her upper lip.
Jaune laughed.
"Ew! Jaune, what have I told you about that!" Nora hadn't liked it at all,
"Aw, c'mon," Jaune sat up at last, "It didn't even touch you then!"
Nora wanted to lecture him, but she couldn't. Jaune's smile was disarming, and she knew he meant no harm, he never did. And he was right, his tongue hadn't reached her.
This was an ick she just had.
She didn't mind the idea of being licked. Having private time together meant hands and mouths would wander, so it was okay then. But her face was a no-lick zone as far as she was concerned - unless it was a dog or a cat who did the licking, then it was fine.
"Whatever." She put her hand on his face and pulled her fingers back.
*Thwack!*
"Ah-!" Jaune recoiled and ruefully felt his forehead.
"Remember Jauney, no tongue." She booped his nose,
"Okay, okay, I get it." He relented,
"Good boy." Nora's cat-like smile returned,
"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-" Jaune blushed as his mouth spread into a goofy smile.
Nora laughed. She sometimes forgot how much Jaune liked being called sweet names like that.
"You're lucky you're so cute." And she pecked his nose before laying down next to him.
Nora snaked one arm under Jaune's back and draped the other across his chest, and he did the same to her.
"So-" She nuzzled his face, "What'cha doin'?"
Jaune yawned.
"Ahh, just takin' a breather." He nuzzled her back, "It's loud outside."
"I hear ya." Nora understood and nodded, "You wanna lay here until next period?"
"Yeah, sure-" Jaune stopped short and looked at her, "Hol' up, don't you have class right now?"
Once again, Nora's cat-like expression returned.
"Not if they don't find me." She gently bit his ear lobe,
"Ah~!" Jaune gasped, "Nora . . ."
"What~," Nora breathed into his ear, "do you seriously wanna miss out on spending time with your awesome, sexy girlfriend?"
Jaune tried not to get too excited; hot, sweet whispers really got him going.
He knew Nora needed to get to class. It was her dream to be a Huntress too, and he wanted to see that happen. After all, he still wanted to be a Huntsman himself.
Still, Jaune sighed. He knew he couldn't really stop Nora in the end.
"No . . ." He admitted with a sigh, "I don't want to miss that."
"Thennnnn~?" She pressed her nose into his cheek.
Jaune let out a breathy chuckle; he never thought his face could be ticklish until Nora showed him. He just pulled Nora closer and pecked her cheek.
"Now, that's better." Nora hugged him tightly back.
They stayed like that for a little while.
"Hey, can I use your scroll for something?" Nora asked,
"I don't know, can you?" Jaune teased,
"Ah- dude . . ." Nora was not impressed,
"Bwa-ha-ha-ha!" Jaune wrinkled his nose as he laughed, "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, of course you may."
"Mmmmmm- nom~." Nora bit Jaune's face,
"YOW!" He yelped and tried to squirm away, giggling.
Nora wouldn't let him. She didn't like it when he made these kinds of little jokes.
'Who even cares about properly using "may" or "can" anyways?' She thought.
"Nora, please!" Jaune wheezed, still squirming around, "I can't breathe anymore!"
Contrary to what you might expect, Nora knew when enough was enough. She had always known about Jaune's ticklish face, but never took full advantage of it.
At last, she let him go, and Jaune pulled out his scroll. Nora watched with interest as he entered the PIN. She never memorized it, though. Nora knew all relationships worked on trust, and a person's scroll PIN was private.
She also heard horror stories about girls who demanded to go through their boyfriend's devices to see whether they'd been cheating.
Nora dreaded turning out like one of those girls.
Jaune didn't deserve that.
He was a sweetie.
The homescreen flared to life, and the background, Nora spotted something.
"Hey, who's that?" She asked,
"Huh?" Jaune looked, "Where-"
"There!" And she pointed,
"Ah-" Jaune lowered his brows when he saw, "Nora, that's just you."
He was right. It was a picture he had taken of Nora on their first date night. They saw the new Spruce Willis movie, and had a lovely pancake supper at IHOP. After that, they decided to go for a walk on the 'funside', where all manner of entertainment venues were established.
It had all been great fun, they both agreed that one of the crane machines at the Arcade needed an adjustment and wound up seriously upsetting the staff. That made Nora angry, so she decided to teach them a lesson.
Even Jaune wasn't strong enough to hold her back, and now they were both banned from that arcade.
"BAAAAGH!" Nora blared like an airhorn,
"Ow." Jaune deadpanned,
"Wrong answer." Nora had mastered that ridiculous cat-like smirk,
"Uh, how?" Jaune wanted to know,
"The correct answer is," Nora paused impressively, "My 'super cute, absolutely adorable, too-beautiful-to-be-compared, big-booty, big-tiddie, ultra-mega-special-wifey', Nora~!"
Jaune gave her a funny look.
"That- . . . That seems like a bit much . . ." He remarked.
Nora looked offended.
"Ye- but- the- Whaddiyou mean?!" She demanded,
"Weren't you just awesome and sexy a few minutes ago?" Jaune easily returned,
"I'm allowed to upgrade!" Nora persisted,
"What, did you find a secret checkpoint or something?" Jaune smirked,
"You're my frikken' secret checkpoint, dummy!" Nora pouted and pressed her face against him,
"Okay, okay, okay!" Jaune pulled her close and rubbed her back to soothe her, "I get it. I'll call you that from now on then."
Nora pouted in his arms.
"You better." She said petulantly.
"Okay, I will." Then Jaune paused,
"Well?" Nora raised an expectant eyebrow,
". . . What was the whole thing again?" He asked hopefully, "I gotta put it in my scroll now."
Nora stopped her pouting.
"Super cute, absolutely adorable, beautiful-beyond-compare, big-booty-big-tiddie, ultra-mega-special-wifey." She rattled off only too well,
"Helluva mouthful." Jaune shook his head, and changed the name of Nora's scroll contact.
Nora had the perfect comeback.
"I bet you've taken bigger things in yours, though." She grinned,
"'EY-YO!" Jaune nearly sat upright, but Nora kept him down.
"Bwa-ha-ha-ha~!" She cackled, "GOT'EM!"
"D'oh, you . . ." Jaune couldn't even try being firm with her now.
And so they lay there for a little while longer. But after a minute or two of browsing Jaune's scroll, Nora fidgeted uncomfortably.
"No, but seriously." She peered at him, "I'm not too much for you, am I?"
Jaune was confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked,
"Like," Nora voiced her concern, "am I too exciting, or too energetic, or-"
"No, Nora." Jaune set his scroll down on the bed and gave her a tight hug, "I promise you're not that bad."
"I'm not?" Nora felt relieved,
"No, you're not." Jaune smiled into her forehead, "I do have moments where I think you're just a little too much, but at the end of the day, it's nothing I can't adjust to."
Nora's heart sank a little.
". . . Like . . .?" She had to know,
"Like what?" Jaune tilted his head,
"Like, what moments are you talking about." Nora dreaded to hear what he said next,
"Oh!" Jaune pondered, "Well, there's one thing I'm still working on."
". . . Yeah . . .?" The suspense was killing her,
"Waking up." Jaune smirked as if it were obvious, "I'm not an early bird like you."
"Ah- . . . Huh?" That wasn't the answer Nora had expected.
Then again, she supposed it could have been worse. That helped a little, but her smile didn't return. Jaune spotted this.
"Hey, cheer up." He nuzzled her forehead, "It's not a bad thing."
"Are you sure?" Nora eyed him doubtfully,
"Of course!" Jaune promised, "It's just one little thing we need to adjust to. Sorry- that I need to adjust to."
He amended quickly.
"Hrmm . . . okay . . ." Conceded Nora,
"But you know what that means, right?" Jaune gave her a playful look.
Nora pursed her lips to the side.
"I guess that means I have to start sleeping in?" She asked,
"No, it means I have to get used to waking up earlier than you!" Jaune gave her a Mantlan Smoochie.
Nora's eyes lit up.
Was this a challenge?
Was he REALLY challenging her?
. . .
Oh.
. . .
OH.
. . .
. . .
OHHHH!
OH, IT WAS ON NOW.
"No, you won't!" Nora straddled him again and returned the smoochie, "Then I'll have to get up EVEN EARLIER THAN YOU!"
Jaune laughed.
"At this rate, we're gonna have stay up all night!" Jaune countered.
That made Nora laugh too.
"Then that's just what we'll do!" She declared,
"Stay up all night?" Jaune was surprised,
"Yup!" Nora popped the "p".
Jaune shook his head with a happy smile.
"Fine by me." He agreed, "As long as we're both staying up together."
"Together . . ." Nora smiled back.
Yeah.
They liked the sound of that.