In the Family Way
A RWBY Fic by AndrewJTalon
DISCLAIMER: This is a fan based work of prose. RWBY is the property of Rooster Teeth and WB Animation. Please support the official release.
Saturday had been exhausting. Between everyone's parents showing up, setting up the new room, and having to corral Nora and "Patrick" (Which had involved luring Nora into a trap using a bare-chested Ren slathered in syrup), Yang's energy level was just above zero.
She slumped down on the queen sized bed they'd been gifted, as Jaune shooed Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren out the door. Ren still looked deeply unhappy, as Nora pawed at him. Yang did not envy Pyrrha in the dorms, and shot her an apologetic look.
Pyrrha shot back a sad but coping look, and smiled genuinely when she wished her and Jaune goodnight. Jaune shut the door, and let out a long, hard sigh.
"Geez... I am beat," he muttered. He turned and walked to the bed. He slumped down onto it, staring up at the ceiling before covering his eyes with a groan. Yang chuckled and laid down next to him.
"Tuckered out already?" She asked.
"Anyone would be with Nora," he stated firmly. Yang nodded.
"Sorry I couldn't help with the wrangling, but, ya know, pregnant and all."
"I suspect you're gonna use that excuse a lot in the next few months," he sighed. Yang nuzzled him.
"Aw... Don't blame me, blame our baby! You wanna be a responsible dad and not let Mama overexert herself, right?"
Jaune rolled his eyes.
"You nearly tired yourself out laughing."
"Come on. It was funny," Yang giggled.
"It was not."
"Your voice is scratchy," Yang said. She handed him a bottled water, which he accepted gratefully. The trap bated, she waited until he was gulping it down to spring it.
"Seeing Nora drag you around on that rope! With how much you were yelling, I can't blame you being a little..." She grinned, "horse?"
Jaune groaned into his now empty water bottle, before he tossed it at the waste basket. He kicked Patrick, whom Nora had returned. The rocking horse creaked unrepentantly.
"It was not that funny."
"It absolutely was," Yang snickered. Jaune sighed again.
"Tragedy plus time equals comedy, I guess," Jaune mumbled. He sat up, and looked around at the walls. "Posters are a little sparse. I thought you had more?"
"I did, but 'Achieve Men' posters feel a little inappropriate since I'm preggers and engaged," she said with a shrug. "Besides, I think motorcycles are much better decor."
"No kidding," Jaune said with a grin, nodding at a sleek, wolf-like motorcycle on a poster, "A Remus 205? My dad has one."
"Really?!" Yang gasped. "Those are super rare! How did he get it?"
"He said he got it to fight some evil leather twink who was trying to destroy the world with a giant sword," Jaune said. At Yang's stare, he chuckled. "He actually found it in pieces near an abandoned village and put it back together with help from my mom and her neighbors in Radian. He didn't even know it was that valuable until later. But he told me the first story when I was six."
"He used 'twink' when you were six?" Yang asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, Mom really let him have it for that," Jaune said with a nod. He smiled and took her hand, squeezing it.
"I mean... Seriously though... Are you okay with this?"
Yang nodded.
"I-I am... Mostly... It's still scary and new. But... We're gonna have to get used to living together, right?"
"Right," Jaune nodded. Yang smiled.
"And I'm glad you've got more than what you had."
"My parents brought some of my stuff," Jaune admitted. He reached into a box, and rummaged around. He pulled out some books with a smile. "Aw. My parents read these to me when I was a kid. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn..."
Yang reached in, and blinked at a holotape. She snorted in laughter.
"Professor Paradox: Doom of the Khaleds?"
"Hey, come on, that's a classic!" Jaune said, reaching for the tape. Yang sighed heavily.
"I'm aware. My dad and Ruby watch this show all the time."
"Really? So you're familiar with it?!" Jaune asked, grinning broadly. "Who's your favorite Professor? Your favorite enemy? Your favorite-?!"
Yang really hated to do this, given how enthusiastic he was, but if this was going to work... She had to be honest.
"Jaune? Let me make this clear. I have seen every godsdamn episode of this show. I don't want to see anymore," she said firmly. Jaune's face fell.
"But... Come on... You watched it with your family-"
"Yeah! Because we had one TV and they outvoted me!" Yang scoffed. "I mean... The Tenth Professor Paradox was pretty hot, but I will very happily live the rest of my life never hearing another argument about how the Thirteenth Professor Paradox ruined the franchise worse than the Sixth, or pretending an egg whisk is a death ray, or hearing the Albion Broadcasting Company jingle. Okay?"
Jaune pouted.
"But-"
"Nope! Dad told me honesty is very important in marriages, as are boundaries. No Professor Paradox, ever."
Jaune sighed.
"Fine. Great, our first fight," he muttered. Yang chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Look on the brightside. You can binge the entire show with Ruby and my dad." A pause. "And our baby."
Another pause.
"Maybe."
Jaune brightened.
"I could!"
"Besides," Yang said cheerfully, "There are other things we can do together, right?"
She batted her eyelashes. Unfortunately, Jaune had chosen this exact moment to duck his head back into his box.
"Ooh! You're right! You like Azur Blaze, right? It's a great fighting game, and they made an anime about it in Fuujin-"
Yang cleared her throat, and took him by the shoulder. She pulled him up, and looked at him very intently. She made her smile very sultry.
"Other things?"
Jaune blushed a bit but kept his composure. He cleared his throat.
"I uh... I-I mean... I do want to do that with you, Yang. I really, really do."
"Oh?" Yang cooed, "Really?"
Jaune gulped.
"... I haven't been able to get you out of my head all day."
He said it while looking her in the eyes, though his eyes dipped to her chest at the end. A flash of heat rushed through her, as well as a feeling of intense affection.
"So...?" Yang asked, soft and warm, as she leaned against him. "I mean... I'm already pregnant. And we're engaged."
Jaune put his hand over hers. He nodded very slowly.
"It's just... I don't remember our first time."
"I don't either."
"I..." Jaune swallowed. "I'm... Nervous. I know it's stupid but-"
"I'm nervous too, Jaune," Yang admitted. She flushed at his state. "I-I mean... Ya know... Contrary to my reputation, I was a virgin before we... Ya know..."
Jaune nodded.
"Right... Same... Mostly."
"Mostly?!" Yang demanded, her eyes red and her hair blazing.
What whore took him from me first?! Was the thought that shot through her.
"J-Just... I did kiss one or two girls at my middle school!" Jaune said quickly. "That's it, honest!"
Yang managed to pull her rage back. She frowned and looked at her fists, feeling stupid.
Freaking hormones...
"O-Oh... Um... Sorry," she murmured. Jaune hugged her tightly.
"None were as pretty or amazing as you, though," Jaune said, with that honest, earnest look of his that just made her insides melt.
She pulled him into a kiss. One he returned.
"Let's not worry about anything," she whispered, "We'll deal with all of that tomorrow. Right now? Let's just... Pick up where we left off, huh?"
He smiled.
"Sounds good to me..." He pulled her into a kiss this time, and she returned it eagerly.
Ruby sighed. It was a bit saddening to not have Yang in her room anymore. Sure, it was silly-She was right across the hall! The room just felt... Lonelier, somehow.
She rolled over to say good night to her other teammates... Then froze.
"Blake? What are you doing?"
Blake flushed. Her bare cat ears twitched.
"Just... Stretching my ears out," she said in a stilted tone. She blushed harder, and gasped.
"What? What is it?" Ruby cried. Blake shook her head.
"N-Nothing!"
Weiss scowled at her from the bottom bunk.
"You're listening to Yang and Jaune, aren't you? You perverted voyeur!"
Blake's silence and guilty look were more than enough evidence in the court of Ruby Rose. Ruby scowled at her.
"You should be ashamed, Blake!"
"It's hard for me not to hear them!" She said defensively.
"You can still plug your ears!" Weiss huffed.
"It's not my fault I have two sets of ears," Blake gritted out... Before she blushed and gasped again.
"What? What?" Weiss cried.
"Ummm..." Blake tried.
"Blake! Seriously, that's gross!" Ruby huffed. "No more eavesdropping!"
"Yeah!" Weiss insisted. "You should absolutely be ashamed of listening in... On what they're doing... Together."
A pause. Weiss cleared her throat, and in a low tone asked:
"What are they doing, Blake?"
Ruby glared.
"WEISS!"
"I was just curious!"
The next morning, Ruby kept looking at the cafeteria doors, tapping her foot as she sat at Team RWBY's usual table. She noticed Pyrrha was looking at the doors a lot too.
"What's your deal, Rubes?" Nora asked cheerfully, as she feasted upon her pancake stack.
"Just uh... Just wondering where Jaune and Yang are," she said with a soft blush.
Blake coughed and buried her own red face in her book. Weiss's pale skin glowed red as she focused on her Scroll. Pyrrha too blushed heavily and looked away.
"Oh. They're probably still sleeping," Nora said brightly, "After having sex all night!"
Silence fell. Much staring ensued as Nora speared another stack of pancakes and shoved it into her mouth.
"I believe they're aware of that," Ren deadpanned.
"Boy howdy, we were too!" Nora went on, after swallowing, "They just kept going and going and going and going-!"
"NORA!" Weiss gasped. Nora blinked.
"What? We all know!"
"Some better than others," Weiss deadpanned, looking over at Blake. The cat Faunus sank behind her book a bit more.
"Really?" Nora asked cheerfully. "Ooh! The ears and stuff! Cool!"
Ruby looked back toward the doors. They opened... And Yang and Jaune entered.
Yang leaned against him, their hands joined together. A soft, warm smile was on her face. Jaune smiled with his arm tight around her waist. They moved together, slowly, but in synch.
An "aw" escaped Ruby's lips as she watched Jaune and Yang sit down on the bench, between both teams. Pyrrha handed over plates full of food, to which Jaune beamed gratefully.
"Thank you Pyrrha," he said.
"Yeah, thanks," Yang giggled. "We uh... We slept in, um..."
"Th-That's fine," Ruby said quickly. "It's okay to sleep in! Totally fine!"
"Nothing strange about that," Weiss contributed.
Yang and Jaune stared at them, and then at each other.
They turned to their food, still sharing sweet looks and smiles. It was honestly very heartwarming to Ruby. It was so very wholesome.
Nora took a deep breath.
"So... How hard did you fuck?!"
Jaune and Yang both began coughing at the same time.
"NORA!" Weiss shrieked, "DON'T ASK THAT!"
"N-Not in public!" Blake said quickly.
"Oh! So we can talk about it in private? COOL!" Nora cheered. "But come on! Give me the blow by blow!"
Jaune continued to choke. Pyrrha slapped his back, as Yang held him.
"Hell of a thing to ask us first thing in the morning," Yang deadpanned.
"But you will tell us, right? Right?" Nora asked eagerly.
Yang smirked.
"In detail," she grinned.
"YANG!" Jaune whisper-shrieked.
"What? I shouldn't brag about my new hubby?" Yang asked with a grin and a wink. Jaune nearly choked again.
"I... I would be fine hearing about it if you want to!" Pyrrha said quickly.
"GUYS!" Ruby shouted, blushing bright red, "L-Let them have breakfast!"
"Sure, sure," Yang said with a smirk and nod. Jaune sighed in relief. He nuzzled Yang affectionately, and she returned it. Once again, Ruby beamed.
Jaune turned to his eggs. Yang watched him.
"I like my eggs fertilized, how about you?"
Jaune spat out his eggs. He choked. Yang cackled, and patted his back this time.
"Y-YANG!"
"Heehee," Yang giggled. She nuzzled him again, and kissed his cheek. "Come on, you need to pull your weight, Jaune! They're called dad jokes, after all!"
"I think I'll wait until the kid is born," Jaune said, recovering with a small smile, "They're supposed to be used on your kids, not everyone."
"I'm not a dad!" Yang said cheerfully.
"I'm aware and thankful," Jaune chuckled. "Now cut it out! I'm eating breakfast!"
"Make me," Yang teased. Jaune looked her in the eyes and took hold of Yang's...
Ruby turned bright red.
"Ah," Yang managed softly, her cheeks turning red. Jaune stared intently into her eyes.
"Do you want me to?" Jaune murmured firmly.
Did his voice get deeper? Ruby wondered.
Yang flushed but leaned in closer to Jaune's face.
"Are you going to make me~?"
"Ahem."
Jaune and Yang pulled apart and began eating, as Glynda Goodwitch loomed behind them. Ruby squeaked in terror, as Weiss and Blake both tried to hide behind their books. Pyrrha stood perfectly still, while Ren and Nora kept eating.
"Do please mind your manners, Mister Arc, Miss Xiao-Long," Glynda stated calmly, "You may be engaged, but that is not a license for debauchery in public."
Nora stuck her hand up. Glynda raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, Miss Valkyrie?"
"Is it a license for debauchery in private?" Nora asked cheerfully.
Silence fell. Yang smirked.
"Is it, Professor G?" She asked.
Goodwitch stared intensely at the table. Ruby tried to fight the urge to look away or hide under it, but looking right into the intimidating gaze of the Huntress was a bit beyond her. She instead focused on Jaune and Yang.
Yang was smiling up at her, not quite as brazen but still fearless. Jaune seemed kind of... Done, as though the threat of Professor Goodwitch's glare had lost its power. Which she supposed she couldn't blame him for.
"Yes," Glynda said, sounding resigned. Yang grinned at Jaune.
"You heard her, hubby!"
"Boy did I," Jaune sighed. "We'll uh, we'll keep it under control, Professor. Promise."
"Good," Goodwitch stated firmly, "Try not to let your new status go to your heads. It can be... Exciting, but don't let your passion overrule your good sense."
"You must have a great marriage to offer such great advice, Professor!" Nora said cheerfully.
Glynda's pale eyebrow twitched a bit.
"I'm single."
"Oh." Nora shrugged. "Still good advice!"
"Quite," Goodwitch said icily.
"So, what other advice can you off-?"
Jaune looked at Ren. Ren nodded. Jaune scooped up some pancakes and shoved them into Nora's mouth.
"GLMPH!"
"Thank you so much, Professor, again," Jaune said quickly, "We appreciate everything."
"Especially the privacy!" Yang said cheerfully.
"Indeed," Glynda muttered, amused and exasperated, before she resumed her stern face and headed off. Ruby watched her go, and looked back to Yang.
"Seriously Yang?" Ruby whispered.
"Aw, come on," Yang said cheerfully, "She likes it when we joke with her!"
"I don't think she does," Weiss muttered, tapping her chest as though to make sure her heart was still beating. "Seriously Nora, are you trying to get us killed?!"
"Wouldn't expulsion be worse?" Nora asked. "That sounds like something you'd say!"
"Both would be bad!" Weiss hissed.
"Goodwitch isn't that bad!" Yang laughed.
"How are you so calm?!" Weiss demanded.
"I just keep on carrying on..." She patted her stomach. "Carrying."
"Ugh," Weiss groaned.
Jaune nuzzled her again.
"That the best you can do?" Jaune asked. "You gotta be... Kid-in-me!"
Yang snickered.
"Okay, that was pretty good."
"I had a lot of practice," Jaune grinned, "And I'll need a lot more before the baby is born."
"You'd better, time's gonna start contracting," Yang joked.
"Oh Gods there are two of them," Weiss moaned.
"Be thankful you're not her partner," Blake muttered.
"HEY!" Yang protested.
"I-I like Jaune's jokes," Pyrrha said quietly.
"Thanks Pyrrha," Jaune said cheerfully. He frowned. "Wait, are you just saying that to be nice?"
Pyrrha shook her head, smiling back warmly.
"No. And I never will."
Jaune flushed and smiled.
"Thanks," he said.
"Aww," Ruby cooed.
"And you call me a potential homewrecker," Weiss muttered.
Yang giggled, though she did make sure Jaune's arm was still tightly round her waist.
"Still jealous I see, Weiss-cream."
"I AM NOT JEALOUS!"
As the teams finished their breakfast, Jaune got a text on his scroll. He checked it and sighed.
"Well... Time to start my training at Field 7."
"I'll come with you," Yang said with a beam and a pat on his shoulder, "Come on, Stud, we got this. Don't be so down."
"Trying not to be," Jaune said.
"He can't be worse than me, right?" Pyrrha asked with a smile.
Jaune winced.
"Ooh, training with your dad?" Ruby asked eagerly. "Can we watch too?"
"Sure," Jaune sighed, "Might as well have my whole family watch me get knocked around."
Ruby gasped happily.
"That's right! We are family!"
"YAY!" Nora cheered, and hugged Blake. "FAMILY!"
"Let me go," Blake sighed.
"Never!"
They got up and headed for the doors. Yang and Jaune kept holding hands. It felt... Natural. Honestly, he liked touching her, and he liked that she enjoyed being touched by him. That she also liked to touch him and-
Woah. Down boy. Don't get horny now.
Outside though, the tall form of Cardin Winchester waited for them. Blake glared, Ruby and Weiss moved in front of Yang, Pyrrha frowned, and Nora began sizing up Cardin's knees.
"Ah... Can I talk with Jaune for a minute?" Cardin asked.
"Why?" Yang asked, eyes narrowed.
"It... It's private."
"Is it?" Ruby asked.
Jaune smiled at his fiancé/babymama, and his friends, and shook his head.
"It's fine guys," Jaune said, "I won't be long. I'll see you at the field."
Yang frowned deeply. Jaune leaned in to press his forehead to hers and kissed her lips.
"He's not scary to me anymore. Not by a long shot," he whispered. Yang beamed.
"He'd better not be," she stated. Jaune turned and nodded to Pyrrha. She relaxed, just a little.
"Come on, come on, we'll get to see Mister Arc's fighting style!" Ruby said cheerfully. She did, however, glare at Cardin.
"You hurt him, I'll skin you alive," Ruby growled. "He's my brother-in-law now!"
Cardin winced and held his hands up.
"I won't! I won't! I swear!"
"You'd better," Pyrrha stated, polite but firm. The group left, Ren leading Nora away but staring intently at Cardin before they vanished behind some trees nearby. Jaune turned back to look at his former bully, who fidgeted. He sighed.
"You've got a minute, Cardin. Say what you have to say," he stated.
Cardin stared and then cleared his throat.
"I... I'm sorry. I was wrong."
Jaune blinked.
"Huh?"
"I bullied you because you were weak. I didn't think you belonged," he admitted, "And you, well... You saved my life. When I was a jackass. You've..." He sighed. "I'm sorry for that."
"Oh... Well... Thanks," Jaune said.
"Also? You took responsibility like a man," Cardin said with a nod, "After knocking up a girl? Standing by her, proposing to her, standing up to her parents? That's... I respect that. Good on you."
Jaune managed a small smile and nodded back to Cardin.
"Thanks."
Cardin flushed.
"Also... Damn, man. Hooking up with Xiao-Long? That is incredible." He held up his fist.
Jaune frowned.
"Er..."
"Dude, you cannot deny me the fist bump."
"I mean, she is my baby mama and fiancé," Jaune said quietly. "I'm not sure I should-"
"FIST BUMP HIM, JAUNE!" Yang shouted from behind the trees. "OR AM I NOT WORTH IT?!"
Cardin and Jaune stared at the trees for a moment.
"They stayed for you?" Cardin asked.
"Of course they did," Jaune said, with fond exasperation.
Cardin sniffled. Jaune blinked.
"Dude, are you crying?"
"NO!" Cardin growled. "Though if I was, they'd be manly tears!"
"Riiight," Jaune drawled with a nod. He held up his fist and bumped his to Cardin. The tall redhead grinned and gave a thumbs up.
"Seriously though Jaune: Nice."
"Yeah, thanks," Jaune managed.
"You uh... You think you could give me some pointers with girls?" Cardin asked.
Jaune blinked. He blinked again.
"Like who? Velvet Scarlatina?" He deadpanned.
Cardin flushed. Jaune waited for the punchline.
And waited.
And kept waiting.
"Oh Gods, you're serious?!"
"You got with Yang Xiao-Long, dude!" Cardin cried. "Is anything impossible for you?!"
"Yes! Many things!"
"Please?" Cardin asked.
Jaune sighed.
"All I can say is sincerity, kindness, and alcohol helped. A lot."
Cardin hummed and seemed to be thinking this over seriously.
"Thanks. I'll give it a shot."
"Good luck," Jaune managed, as Cardin headed off. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he set off after his friends.
He caught up with them behind the trees. He was gratified to see most of them looked as weirded out as he did.
"Cardin... Likes Velvet?" Blake asked in disbelief. "But... He's racist! He hates Faunus!"
"How does that even work?!" Ruby cried.
"On the other hand," Nora pointed out, "Velvet is super hot. Like, sooo hot!"
"I really can't disagree," Ren said.
"I guess it's like... Pulling on a girl's pigtails?" Pyrrha suggested.
"But-But he's racist!" Blake protested again.
"And yet, hot bunny girl," Nora said.
"You mean he's-he's fetishizing her!" Blake cried. "Seeing her as nothing but a sex object for his own fantasies! YES! That makes sense!"
Pyrrha looked through the trees with raised eyebrows.
"He's getting flowers," Pyrrha observed.
"RACIST FLOWERS!" Blake cried.
Yang sighed heavily.
"Let's just go watch my husbando get knocked out by his dad," Yang said, reclaiming Jaune's arm, "Before the day gets any weirder."
"Thank you," Jaune said gratefully.
"Hey, I need to look after my meal ticket, right?" Yang asked with a wink, "This won't be a bun-dle of fun without you!"
"URGGGGHHH," Weiss moaned.
Yeah, this is really just short and for fun. And I hope you enjoy it.