Ta daa. New Chapter. It was kinda hard to write, not because of muse... but because I was spending a lot of time on Destiny 2 stuff. Which will still be going on that grind. Oh well, Enjoy! Reminder, I have a pat reon, look up azndrgn making fanfic. Donators get perks!
And yes, if people want to ask, I've had a situation similiar to dealing with what's going on below. I deal with customers very often.
Beta by TheMischieviousPuppyDog
It was Velvet's second day on the job now, and so far, she had both positive and negative experiences. A few humans came in and saw her manning the front desk, turned up their noses and left. A few Faunus customers that came in smiled at the sight of one of their own in a human owned establishment, though some were worried that Jaune was abusing her by giving her lower wages. Velvet told countless others that she was not being underpaid and that Jaune was a fair boss.
Yet there were also opposite reactions of some humans and Faunus as well. An old man came up to her and shook her hand, thanking her for working with Jaune. Another teenage Faunus looked at Velvet and scoffed, saying that she should be ashamed for working under a human boss. Said Faunus was wearing the emblem of The White Fang on his shirt, though he wore it more as a fashion statement as well as thinking it was cool to support such a group.
Velvet easily escorted that teenager out of the clinic when he started to threaten to break chairs. Going back to her chair, she began to help organize some paperwork for Jaune, checking the scheduler and appointment websites for any appointments.
The door opened to reveal another woman, walking straight up to the counter.
"I want to see the masseur now," demanded the woman. She was a rather portly lady with vivid pink spiky hair.
"I'm sorry, but do you have an appointment?" asked Velvet, "Jaune is currently with a patient right now."
"Yea, I got my appointment right here," snorted the woman, "I'm here aren't I? I want a massage."
"May I have your name then?" asked Velvet cautiously. When the name was given, Velvet carefully looked it up to see absolutely no records of her.
"Did you make an appointment via phonecall or through the appointment system?" asked Velvet.
"That's why I'm here," said the woman, "I want to see him today."
"So you're a walkin patient," clarified Velvet, "As I've said, Jaune is currently with a patient right now. Furthermore, there are already other patients who have already reserved their time spot."
"Do you know who I am!?" boasted the woman.
"Just your name?" said Velvet.
"I am a paying customer!" shouted the woman, slamming her hands on the countertop, "You should be treating me as though I was a Queen!"
'Except the fact you haven't even paid, and you're just spouting out nonsense now,' though Velvet as she masked her emotions, "I'm sorry, but there are other people who have already made reservations. Perhaps I can help you make one for tomorrow? We have an opening around the same time."
"I live very far away," scoffed the woman, "This is in midtown Vale. I live all the way in the Agricultural District. That means I have to drive all the way up here, taking me 2 hours with traffic! I want to see the masseur now!"
Velvet kept telling her that Jaune was currently busy and that if she really wanted to try to wait that she could sit down and hope one of the appointments cancel or not come and take that spot.
"Forget it," said the woman, "I want to speak to your manager. Your behavior is atrocious, and hopefully, the manager will be smart enough to fire you for ruining the business."
"Depends on who's speaking," said Jaune coolly as he entered the room, rubbing his hands together, "I could hear you shouting from the room and decided to investigate what's going on."
Velvet quickly told Jaune the situation with the woman trying to insert made up comments and parts while shouting.
"Enough," said Jaune, "Ma'am, we do not have an opening until 6 at night and will be only given the 30-minute massage. If you are willing to wait that long, we can book that appointment time for you and let you wander around the city until it is time."
"Hmph, fine," said the woman as she stomped out, "I was willing to pay Lien to this establishment, but now I see it's a joke."
She slammed the door as hard as she could as she left.
"Uwaa," moaned Velvet.
"Don't worry, I get those patients once in a while," sighed Jaune as he began walking back into the rooms, "You get used to them. Don't let them get you down."
The clock hit 1:30, signifying lunch time for them all. Velvet had been prepared to go outside to grab something when Jaune stopped her.
"I have a bit of leftover from my dinner yesterday," explained Jaune, "I'd appreciate it if you would help me eat them."
Seeing no harm, Velvet went up the stairs to see Jaune heating up some leftovers and pulling out... Velvet began to drool as she saw what Jaune pulled out. She recognized the box wrapping and style, as it was from her favorite cake shop that she rarely went to because of how expensive it was. Her drool became more prominent when Jaune pulled out her favorite cake, the Red Velvet Carrot Cake. Sure it was a play by her name, and a bit stereotypical about the carrot part being a bunny Faunus, but she loved that cake.
"When did you get that cake?" asked Velvet, trying to stop herself from drooling.
"A friend brought it over yesterday," replied Jaune as he began to cut some slices, "Bought a full cake too. No way I could finish this alone."
Velvet helped take some of the food out of the microwave while Jaune began setting the table up for three.
"Three?" asked Velvet curiously, "Who's the third?"
As if to answer her question, Jaune's bedroom door opened to reveal Neo walking in while yawning. Velvet blushed as soon as she saw what Neo was wearing... or rather, how much skin she was showing. Neo had a very loose tank top that barely went past her chest, still revealing the bottom part of her breasts and just a pink thong.
"Neo, we have a guest," hissed Jaune, who seemed completely unperturbed by this.
Neo glanced around to see Velvet, blinked twice, and shrugged before sitting down and grabbing some food.
"Only you would do this," sighed Jaune as he sat down too.
Velvet tentatively sat down with them, and the three ate in relative silence.
"So... is she your girlfriend?" probed Velvet, pointing at Neo.
Neo smirked and before Jaune could respond, Neo plopped herself onto Jaune's lap, uncaring the fact that her shirt lifted up a bit more for Velvet to see something red. Jaune, however, completely missed it and was unaware of that as it had settled down while he was trying to get his breath back when Neo sat on him.
"No, she's just a friend who likes to play around," coughed Jaune, ignoring what Neo was now doing, who was wrapping her arms around him, "She slept over yesterday because she had a long day at work, had the day off today, and spent most of the night watching a tv series up until 4 in the morning. She just likes to tease around."
Neo stuck her tongue out at Jaune, who managed to dislodge Neo from his lap and set her back on her chair.
"Oh," said Velvet, "Does she not talk? I noticed she hasn't said a word at all."
"I'm not entirely sure," admitted Jaune, "Her friend tells me she talks, but I haven't really heard her say anything. It's like she's purposely mute."
Neo pouted and sent a gentle kick at Jaune's shin. Jaune took it good naturedly while serving the cake to them all.
Velvet had to admit despite being microwave leftovers, the food was good. She was certainly surprised to hear that the leftovers were not from a diner, but Jaune's own cooking. However, she had been looking forward to the cake as soon as Jaune had bought it out. As soon as Velvet got her share, her fork dove into it and swiftly brought it to her mouth.
Both Neo and Jaune paused from eating the cake as they watched Velvet with surprise and amusement as Velvet closed her eyes and let off a small moan from the taste, rubbing her cheeks with her hands as if to enhance to pleasure.
Velvet didn't seem to notice as she continued eating her cake until there was no more. She looked up to see Jaune and Neo still watching her, slowly eating their cake. Velvet blinked in surprise at their gaze, trying to figure out why they would do so and checking her face to see if there was any cake on her face.
"Your expression when you ate the cake," clarified Jaune.
Velvet blinked and began to show just how she got that name by turning into said color, causing Neo and Jaune to just laugh before telling Velvet to calm down. The remaining food was demolished, and Jaune and Velvet went back downstairs to work while Neo stayed upstairs to either snooze or watch more tv.
Velvet was having the rest of the afternoon in peace until it four. A few customers had come and go, and one just entered in for Velvet to stiffen up. Dove and Sky had entered the building.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Dove hesitantly as he eyed Velvet nervously.
"Right now... not so much," gulped Sky. Both boys had no idea Velvet worked here at all.
Dove had pulled a muscle a few days ago, and the pain wasn't fading. Sky recommended heading to Jaune's place without telling Cardin. So the two rushed to the Bullhead when they could while telling Cardin that they had business in Vale, and ended up at Elysium Oasis in record time.
Of course, when Sky told them how Velvet had 'snapped', Cardin laughed it off, saying that the freak was too tame to do such a thing as all Faunus should be. Of course, he said this in the safety of his dorm room. Russell followed his lead as usual, but Dove was more reserved. He was getting tired of being punished and whipped by Professor Port, and was more willing to follow Sky's advice.
"Do you two have an appointment?" asked Velvet with a slightly cold tone.
"I-I I do," hesitated Dove, "I have an appointment at four for a 30-minute massage on my arms, basic massage."
"Alright, just sign in here," said Velvet, handing the tablet over to Dove.
Dove looked at the tablet and slowly took it, hoping that Velvet wouldn't hit him with it even though he knew he slightly deserved it.
Filling it out quickly, Dove handed it back with trepidation, just to see Velvet finishing up with his information.
"Ok, since you have the basic massage, just go ahead to the changing room and just wash up your upper body a bit. Then I'll direct you to your room when you're done."
"Ah, I can do that," said Sky, raising his hand, "Just point out which room it'll be and I'll take Dove there while you man the front desk. I'm only here to accompany Dove."
Velvet nodded her head in reply as she opened the door for them to enter. Just as soon as they entered into the changing room, the door swung open once more to admit someone in. This time, Velvet really did freeze.
Cardin Winchester had just entered the building.
"Hmph. Well, well, the freak found a side job," sneered Cardin as he saw Velvet, "Unless you gave up on trying to become a Huntress?"
"No Cardin," growled Velvet, surprised at her own voice, "I'm doing this for some extra Lien to fund my new weapon. Now did you have anything you wanted to do here or are you just wasting time?"
"Easy now," chuckled Cardin, "I'm here to make an appointment... so to speak."
Cardin's hand reached for her ears in slow motion as if taunting her.
Velvet's eyes flashed in anger as she had enough of Cardin's bullying ways, slapping his hand away and winding up for a punch. Surprisingly, Cardin seemed to be smiling while Velvet was throwing her punch.
Right before contact, an umbrella hook hooked Velvet right on the shoulder and pulled her back before the hit could land.
"What?" said Velvet in a daze as she fell back down onto the chair.
Neo glared at Cardin, who glared back but slowly took a step back in nervousness.
"What's going on here... you," said Jaune as his eyes narrowed at Cardin, "What do you want?"
"Just coming to make an appointment," said Cardin.
"Sorry, but I'm going to exercise my right to refuse service to you," said Jaune roughly.
"You can't do that! That's discrimination!" shouted Cardin.
"No, I have a very good reason to do so," replied Jaune, "You tried to mess up my shop last time, and you still haven't even apologized. So please vacate the premise, otherwise, I'll have Neo do it for me. And she looks very eager to do so."
"So the shrimp is under you employment in this business?" asked Cardin.
"No. She's just a good friend," said Jaune.
Neo stepped forward with a sinister grin as Cardin began to back away towards the exit.
"This ain't over yet as long as you continue to serve those freaks," growled Cardin as he left.
"So what happened?" asked Jaune as Cardin left.
Neo pointed at Velvet and mimed a punching motion.
"You tried to punch Cardin?" clarified Jaune.
"I'm sorry, I just snapped," apologized Velvet.
"Not that we can blame you," said Sky as the two came out of the changing room. They had heard what was happening.
Neo glared at them, to which both boys put their hands up.
"Listen, we're very sorry about what we did," said Dove nervously before wincing at using his arm muscles, but continued forward, "In our defense, we didn't let Cardin know we were coming here. We know he has a grudge on Jaune still, and had no idea he had this planned. In fact, we haven't really seen eye to eye with our leader ever since that incident."
"Curiously, why didn't you let Velvet punch him?" asked Sky, "Not that I should be advocating it, but he does deserve a punch for what he just did."
Neo rolled her eyes as she gestured to Jaune to explain before walking out the door.
"It would have caused problems for my clinic," explained Jaune, "Cardin was baiting you Velvet. If your punch had landed despite whatever he did, he could easily sue me because of your actions."
"What!?" squeaked Velvet while Sky and Dove gasped in surprise.
"Your actions would be considered a reflection of me, the one who hired you. Despite the fact you were defending yourself, he can easily lie and say you attacked without provocation. According to Neo, who just texted me, he was smiling when you tried to punch him. That means he had some sort of plan to discredit me," continued Jaune.
"He can't do that... can he?" asked Velvet.
"Maybe," coughed Sky, "We both know that Cardin's father is somewhat big and influential in the Vale Council. The recording from last time caught Cardin off guard a lot, and the damage was done before his father could cover it up. Cardin's still pissed off about that."
"Oh my gosh," gasped Velvet, "I can't believe I let my temper get a hold of me. I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay," said Jaune calmly, slowly patting Velvet on her back, "In this work, you deal with annoying customers that you want to punch in the face, and yet you have to just smile and go through the day."
Jaune stretched out his arms for a bit before preparing for Dove's massage.
"Damn, Sky was right, you are good," complimented Dove as he and Sky were walking out the door, "Now I really feel guilty."
"Long as you know it's wrong to bully others, it's fine," said Jaune with a wave as Dove paid his fee.
Soon, it was closing time, and Velvet went to the changing room to change back to her usual clothes. Just before closing, the phone rang. Jaune debated on just letting it go to voicemail, but decided to pick it up.
"Hello, This is Elysium Oasis, this is Jaune speaking. How can I help you today?"
"..."
"An appointment? Sure I can help you with that. When did you want it?"
"..."
"Tomorrow? Alright, what time?"
"..."
"Hmm I don't have an opening at 4. What about 5?"
"..."
"Alright good. And just to clarify, you want the hour massage?"
"..."
"Good, and may I have your name? And could you spell it out?"
"..."
"Alright, thank you, and we hope to see you then."
As he hung up the phone, he entered the name of the patient that would be coming in. He left the desk to check the rooms and prepare to clean them. Just as the monitor began to power down due to inactivity, the name could still be seen on the screen.
On the 5 pm appointment slot was the name Oreo Uziel.
Cue dramatic music. Dun dun DUNNN! Oreo's coming!
And yes, the situation that I mentioned was something like this, really quite stupid. Anyways, in case anyone's wondering about the timeline on this, it's rooughly close to the time of the Forever Falls Trip.
As I said, I've been busy with Destiny 2, with all the new stuff, light level, and iron banner. Aka salty banner because of how much salt you either consume or toss to other people. In short, excuses everywhere. Its just gonna get worst when KH3 finally comes out.
Hope you've enjoyed the chapter, leave a review to help me improve!