Cuts of RWBY
A RWBY Fic Collection 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.
Just a collection of plot bunnies and ideas for RWBY fics. Free for you to take and make use of.
For instance... More Baby Adrian shenanigans!
Jaune wasn't entirely sure why Blake had asked him to go on a weekend outing. She'd never seemed particularly interested in socializing with him before. But after going out with Weiss, it sounded like a nice idea.
They sat at a bookstore café, sipping iced coffee, while Jaune gave Adrian a bottle.
"So," Blake began, "You've been looking forward to this book?"
"Hm? Oh yeah," Jaune said with a nod, holding up the book in question, "Quest of the Golden Duck is a great series! It's a great reinvention of the classic pulp stories from before and after the Great War! Ancient temples in jungles, adventurers, seaplanes, air pirates-It's awesome!"
He beamed at Adrian, who was gulping down milk happily.
"You're gonna love the classics, aren't you buddy? Aren't you?"
He looked back at Blake with a smile.
"What did you get?"
"Lone Coyote and Cub," she said, holding up a volume of the popular Mistralian manga, "Are you familiar?"
"I am, sort of," Jaune admitted, "I always liked the artwork. But uh... It's a little..."
"A little what?" Blake asked, staring at him with an unreadable expression. He shrugged.
"Just... It's a little different from what you normally read-Not that that's a bad thing, really. It's good to expand your horizons, and stuff."
Blake nodded.
"I suppose I'm feeling inspired," Blake said, "To expand my horizons."
"That's... Good," Jaune said, blinking a little at how intensely Blake stared at him. Adrian whined, and Jaune took his bottle before wiping his face. "I was a little surprised you asked me out... N-Not that this is a date or anything!"
"Well, I thought you would like a break from Weiss' baby mania," Blake said wryly. Jaune nodded.
"I mean, I'm glad we're on better terms but she was a little... Weird."
"How so?" Blake asked.
"She kept insisting it wasn't a date... Which it wasn't," Jaune added quickly at Blake's slight glare, "But she kept getting us romantic stuff at the restaurant. Also she tried to get us the family discount at the roller rink when she heard what it was."
He shook his head.
"Seriously weird, huh?" He asked Adrian.
"Wa puh!" Adrian stated succinctly before he began chewing on a teething ring.
"Still, I'm glad she's being... Uh..."
"Nice for once?" Blake asked dryly. Jaune frowned.
"You shouldn't be so mean to your teammate, ya know," he chided her gently. Blake sighed.
"I know... But she makes it difficult."
Jaune sipped his ice coffee... Then grimaced.
"Geez... I gotta go to the bathroom." He reached for Adrian's baby carrier, but Blake shook her head.
"I'll watch him, don't worry," she said. Jaune smiled.
"Thanks. If he gets fussy-"
Blake gave him another small smile. He had to admit, it was pretty.
"I'll handle him, really."
"Thanks Blake." He rubbed Adrian's head, and headed off.
Blake pulled Adrian out of his baby carrier, and held him. He squirmed and whined a bit, but soon settled down when she waved a toy in front of his face.
Blake honestly didn't have a lot of experience with babies, given her life and small family. So she was fascinated by Adrian. He was so cute, cuddly, warm, and his large eyes and inquisitive nature really spoke to her on a primal level. In a good way.
Getting to spend more time with Jaune was also surprisingly pleasant. She hadn't paid him much mind at first, but she could admit he was endearing in how he took care of his nephew. They had a lot more in common than she might have guessed, with his interest in literature. Sure, most of it was not to her taste, but he had read the classics and could appreciate Mistralian manga.
Albeit not romance novels and erotica, but... Maybe she could change that.
It would be nice to have a male friend in her life who wasn't a genocidal maniac with a lot of psychological baggage.
"Why hello Blake!" Said the last person Blake ever expected to see. Blake paled, and turned her head to see a brightly smiling cat faunus woman.
"M-M-M-Mother?!"
Jaune returned from the bathroom, a little anxious as he made his way back to their table.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Blake, far from it. He'd seen her in combat and knew she was a good person. Adrian would be perfectly fine with her.
Indeed, he could see Blake with his nephew at the table as he approached. He also saw an older woman who resembled Blake cooing and making faces at him, making the baby laugh. Jaune smiled.
"Hey Blake! And uh...?"
"J-Jaune, this is my mother, Kali," Blake said quickly, "She's visiting from Menagerie."
"Well, after I heard that my long-lost daughter whom I feared was dead or worse was going to Beacon, I just had to come and visit!" Kali said cheerfully, though there was an unmistakable edge to her voice. Blake winced. Jaune coughed.
"Ah, well... I'm Jaune Arc," Jaune said, "And I'm-"
"He's my boyfriend, Mother," Blake said quickly, with a desperate, pleading look directed at Jaune. Jaune blinked.
Wait what?!
"He is?" Kali asked, raising an elegant eyebrow as she looked Jaune up and down. He fidgeted under her expression, and glanced at Blake in desperate confusion.
What?!
Blake's pleading expression became far more desperate. Jaune mentally sighed.
"Y-Yeah, though we're uh... It's a little new for us both," he said, just barely managing to not come off as deadpan. Kali hummed... Then rose up and hugged him tightly.
"Urk!"
"I'm so glad to hear that!" Kali gushed. "My little kitten's moved on from her horrible racist ways! Dating a human! And such a responsible one, too! A single father at your age!"
"Uh, n-no, he's my nephew, I'm just looking after him for my sister," Jaune said quickly. He'd seen more than enough TV to know that too many lies and falsehoods in some stupid scheme would just collapse under their own weight.
"Oh! Well, that's still very good of you," Kali said cheerfully. She sat back down in her chair, as Jaune took the one near Blake. She immediately reached out and took his hand. He squeezed it reassuringly, and she relaxed as Kali went back to fussing over Adrian.
"I'm just so relieved to find her safe, sound, and with a responsible young man as her boyfriend," Kali said, smiling very genuinely.
"Sorry," Blake mumbled. To her mother and to Jaune.
"Well, I know one way you can make it up to me~!" Kali said, sing-song.
"What's that?" Blake asked.
"Well~," and here Kali smirked at Jaune, "He already seems good with children."
Blake blushed.
"M-Mother!"
"I'm just saying, I wouldn't mind some grandchildren from you two!"
"Errrr..." Jaune blushed. "It's... A little early for that, don't you think?"
Since this relationship had apparently started two minutes ago.
"I-I need to finish schooling, Mother!" Blake said quickly.
"I can give Beacon a massive donation so you can finish your studies while pregnant," Kali said cheerfully, "Jaune's been taking care of his little nephew during school hours, correct? It would just be like that! Only you'd be doing something that doesn't break your poor mother's heart and keep her up crying all night in fear for her daughter!"
"I deserve this," Blake sighed, "I really do."
"Ummm... It's a little early for us, ma'am," Jaune said quickly, "But since I'll be taking care of him, you can see Adrian whenever you like?"
"Hmmm," Kali hummed, before nodding. "That is acceptable..." Her eyes narrowed ominously. "For now."
She was then back to cooing over Adrian. Blake gave a very apologetic look to Jaune.
"Sorry," she mumbled.
"It's okay," Jaune said with a shrug, "My sisters had their drama. This helps you with your mom, I don't mind. What's the worst that could happen?"
At a White Fang base...
Adam Taurus glared hatred and death at the still image one of his agents had obtained. It showed Blake and some blond idiot human male at a cafe with a baby.
"Bad enough she ran out on me," he hissed, "She went and got herself knocked up by some human?!"
He shattered the tablet between his hands with a snarl.
"Her punishment must be more severe...!"
Ilia, standing nearby, sniffled.
How could she betray me like this...? Though that baby is kind of cute...
