Team JNPR celebrates their first Christmas at Beacon, with Jaune and Pyrrha exchanging gifts, stories, and fulfilling a Christmas tradition under the mistletoe.
It was an early Christmas morning in Team JNPR's dorm room. The tree was lit with wonderful lights, decorations, and tinsel, the entire room adorned with wonderful, Christmas-themed decorations, and the members of Team JNPR were sound asleep in their beds, wanting to enjoy a little more sleep so they would be full of energy and ready for the morning. However, a young, bubbly, young woman had other plans.
"WAKE UP, EVERYONE! IT'S TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!" Nora whooped as she sprang out of bed and onto the other three, awakening all three in her plight, except for Ren, who dove out of bed to avoid his ecstatic friend.
"Nora, why couldn't you let us sleep a while longer?" Jaune moaned as he rubbed his stomach, now sore from Nora's impact.
"Silly! You always gotta get up early for Christmas! Nora hooted as she threw on a red Santa hat and Santa beard. "HO HO HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!" Nora dashed into the kitchen to make hot cocoa for everyone, forcing Ren to go after her before she had a chance to make a mess.
While the two were doing that, Pyrrha threw a red sweater on herself and slipped on her fuzzy slippers, and Jaune threw on his Pumpkin Pete hoodie over his Pumpkin Pete pajamas. The two headed for the JNPR Christmas tree that sat near the fireplace. Jaune started up a warm fire while Pyrrha assured that the tree and the gifts under it were in rightful order. "Just think, this will be our first Christmas together as a team," Jaune remarked. "What are your Christmas' like back home, Pyrrha?"
"Just the normal sort of Christmas. My family and I are together, we exchange gifts, have a big family dinner, and say our goodbyes. Although, my family often remarks and gossips about my championship winnings during our dinners," Pyrrha explained.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up that sort of thing." Jaune excused himself by tending to the fire, poking at it and adding some small wood and a little bit of newspaper, hoping to avoid embarrassing himself further.
"What have your Christmas' with your family been like?" Pyrrha suddenly asked. "I imagine Christmas with the Arcs must be more exciting than my own family."
"Eh, it kinda is," Jaune answered, turning his attention to her. "Usually, we wait for my grandparents, my aunt and uncle, my cousins, the whole family, to arrive. Once everyone has dropped off the gifts at the tree, hung up their coats, and settled in, the family starts off with the usual family talk."
"Family talk?" Pyrrha asked.
"Stuff about how my sisters and I are doing with our lives, any new or eventful things that happened recently, the usual."
"Oh, I see!"
"Yeah. Often times, I would always leave the room when the family talk happens cuz I always found it boring, but I'd overhear my parents talk about how I'm the lowest in my classes or how I'm not all they hoped I would be."
"Oh…" Pyrrha tried to say something to help him feel better, but…
"But it's okay. I may not have impressed my family then, but I will in time, especially when I graduate as a full-fletched Huntsman," Jaune assured her, earning a smile from her.
"Well, you've already impressed me and you continue to do so," Pyrrha told him, adding onto his well-being. Jaune flashed her a smile of gratitude.
"HO HO HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!" Nora yelled, bouncing into the sitting room with a mug of hot cocoa while wearing a Santa hat and white beard around her. Ren followed behind her with a tray holding mugs for the rest of the team, which he distributed to Jaune and Pyrrha.
Once Nora had calmed down enough, everyone sat around the fire and gathered the gifts they themselves got for everyone. Jaune went first, being the team leader. "Nora, this is for you," he began, handing "Nora Claus" a big box, which the girl took with glee. Nora tore the wrapping apart like a feasting wolf and discovered a box of grenade shells inside, all patterned with pink hearts.
"Thank you, Jaune!" Nora squeed with a giggle.
"Ren, this is yours," continued Jaune, handing Ren a red and green-wrapped box. Ren opened it and found an assortment of scented candles, Samurai's new strawberry-scented shampoo, and a handheld battery-operated back massager. "I figured you could use this sort of stuff, especially the candles and massager since you're always tense after a mission."
"I will use them to their fullest potential. Thank you, Jaune," Ren smiled, setting the gift aside.
"And last, but certainly not least, for you, Pyrrha," Jaune told her, handing her her gift.
Pyrrha unwrapped the box, and upon opening it, she found the rabbit face of Pumpkin Pete upon a hoodie staring up at her. She let out a gasp as she lifted it out and unfolded it. "Jaune, it's wonderful!" she admitted, quickly trading her red sweater for it. She patted the bunny pattern upon it and marveled herself with the biggest smile, then she leapt onto Jaune and gave him a big hug.
The gift exchanges continued as normal. Ren gave Jaune, Nora, and Pyrrha new polish for their weapons and armor, as well as more grenade shells and a boop for Nora, a new red sash for Pyrrha, and a warm hat for Jaune for their missions in cold environments. Nora's gifts were simple: boops for everyone and double boops for Ren. Pyrrha gave Nora a new ribbon for her combat uniform, gave Ren Dust ammo for his Stormflower, and for Jaune, she gave him five brand-new Pumpkin Pete hoodies, two for his combat uniform and the rest for casual wear.
"Where did you get all these, Pyrrha?!" Jaune asked aspirated. He highly doubted that Pyrrha ate two hundred and fifty Pumpkin Pete's cereal boxes to get him these hoodies, like how he did to get Pyrrha hers.
"Well, being the sponsor of Pumpkin Pete's cereal does come with its own perks, such as getting to have as many of their hoodies as I'd like, which allowed me to get those for you," Pyrrha quickly explained with a smile.
"Oh…" Jaune mumbled, feeling disappointed with his choice of gift for his partner. Pyrrha was quick to notice and was about to explain, but…
"C'mon, everyone! Let's go show off our gifts to Team RWBY and the others!" boomed Nora, bounding for the door with her gifts in tow, but before she left, she hung up some mistletoe above the door, which Ren shook his head to as he followed after her. As he went under the mistletoe, Nora planted her lips onto his and dragged him towards RWBY's door while he struggled.
Jaune headed for the door, now feeling upset knowing that Pyrrha could get a Pumpkin Pete hoodie whenever she wants, and he was already at the door when he heard "Jaune…" He turned and Pyrrha went towards him. "Jaune, you need to understand that I love your gift," she assured him, wrapping her arms around her waist. "I never got something like a Pumpkin Pete's hoodie from anyone before."
"I be you've got a ton from modeling for the cereal," Jaune scoffed, looking away.
"I only have one, actually, and it's collecting dust in my closet at home in Mistral. It was a gift from the Pumpkin Pete company as thanks for modeling for the cereal and for advertising for them, and they said I could have as many as I would," she explained, but Jaune noticed that she felt uneasy about it, like she was not proud of her celebrity benefit. "The only time I ever used that little benefit was to get you your hoodies. And your hoodie means more to me than a thousand hoodies that I could get for free." Pyrrha gave him a sincere smile. Jaune smiled back and stretched out his arms to her, which she accepted, coming close for a hug.
"I'm sorry," he whispered to her. She told him it was alright and hugged him tighter. "Um, Pyrrha?" The both broke apart and saw the mistletoe hanging above them, and both began to quietly blush.
"Well…It is a Christmas tradition to kiss under the mistletoe, after all," Pyrrha commented.
"Yeah! Kiss the girl, Jauney boy!" Yang called from across the hall. The door to Team RWBY was wide open and everyone was watching them, with Nora and Yang in front cheering the two on.
Jaune and Pyrrha smiled at them then turned to each other. "Merry Christmas, Pyrrha," Jaune whispered as he inched close to her.
"Merry Christmas, Jaune." Pyrrha closed the gap, sealing them both in a passionate kiss as they held each other close. The others cheered and hooted for them both, until Jaune closed the door on them with himself still kissing Pyrrha.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, ARKOS FANS!