(Author's Note: Hello my readers and welcome to a new installment of my "Poly JNPR" series.
My updates will be slowing down greatly over the next few months, and will be starting a new schedule in 2025 (still working on preparing my fanfics in the meantime). This series will be one of only a few more updates for this year. This update is for the Halloween season, and I will be doing holiday-themed updates for Poly JNPR for both November and December (focusing on Thanksgiving and Christmas, obviously).
Anyway…hope you guys enjoy:)
"Come on, you guys!" Jaune complained, arms crossed and leaning against the wall, "We're gonna be LATE!"
"Can't rush perfection, JAUNEYYYYYY~!" Nora's voice rang out from the bathroom, which was followed by a (muffled) giggle from Pyrrha.
"Leave them alone, Jaune," Ren spoke up, not even looking up from his Scroll, "It's not like it'll be the end of the world if we're a little late."
"It's the principle of the matter, Ren! Besides, Nora's the one who signed us up for this in the first place."
Initially, JNPR had intended to attend Beacon's annual "Halloween Party" that they held in the auditorium. However, Yang had told Nora of another Halloween Party that she knew of in the city. One that'll be a little more…"exciting" than Beacon's.
(Personally, Jaune wasn't sure that he wanted to know how Yang found this out)
Anyway, Nora had all but BEGGED the rest of her team to go and, of course, they weren't able to resist those puppy-dog eyes. Nora was also insistent on buying their costumes herself, and would NOT allow them to see what they were until it was time to get ready for the party. Which was almost ten minutes ago, when Nora threw Jaune and Ren's costumes at them before pushing Pyrrha into the bathroom with their own.
"It'll be fine," Ren patted Jaune's arm, "And, to be fair, she got us some pretty good costumes. We can tolerate her taking a little while in the bathroom." And Ren wasn't wrong. They didn't know where Nora had gotten these costumes but they were something impressive. Jaune will definitely say that his cowboy costume was the best Halloween outfit that he had ever worn (and that's no small statement, as Mama Arc is spectacular at creating just about any clothing you can imagine). The shirt and pants that he wore were perfectly pressed (not a single wrinkle in sight), the golden star on his comfy brown vest was shining like a little sun, and the brown hat and big black boots gave him a confidence boost. Made him feel a little…stronger. And the belt even came with a small toy gun.
The ninja costume that Ren wore had a lot more effort put into it than most others he'd seen (which were effectively just pure black body suits). There was a golden sash that was wrapped diagonally across his chest, as well as a grey belt wrapped around his waist. The grey arm bracers had red crosses that extended along their length and even small "compartments" that held twin plastic daggers. The hood (that was currently down) had small purple jewels along its top and the mask (that was currently in his hand) had yellow symbols all over it and only openings for the eyes.
(Ren commented that all of the colors would have made the costume bad for stealth if it was real, which just made Jaune chuckle)
"I guess so," Jaune shrugged, "I'm just saying that-," At that moment, the bathroom door opened (resulting in the two boys' heads darting to the opening)…revealing the girls in all of their glory.
Pyrrha was wearing the costume of a police officer and seemed embarrassed by it (based on her reddened cheeks and eyes to the ground). Her top was dark blue in coloration, with a silver badge on her chest. She wore a black skirt while having a hat on her head and a plastic club in her hand.
As for Nora? She was far more…"extravagant" than her girlfriend. She wore a sparkling pink dress on her body and a shining silver crown on her head (with a light blue gem in the center). The shoes on her feet were a sparkling dark blue (though were definitely not glass) and it even looked like she was wearing a bit of makeup.
Jaune and Ren were…to put it quite simply? Stunned. They both knew that Pyrrha and Nora were beautiful (the most beautiful women on Remnant, thank you very much), but now was…different.
"Whoa," Jaune muttered, his eyes wide and his cheeks growing a bit red (Ren being in a similar boat).
Nora giggled, a hand in front of her mouth, "Likewise." She quickly raced in between the boys, "Do you guys like your costumes? You do, right?!"
"They're great, Nora," Ren spoke up, placing a hand on her shoulder before quickly running his fingers through her hair (sending delightful shivers down her spine), "Do you have any intention of actually telling us where you got them from?"
"NOPE!" Nora quickly responded, grabbing Ren's nose with her thumb and index finger, "Can't go spilling ALL of my secrets, after all!"
"Since when do you have the patience to keep secrets?" Jaune teased with crossed arms, a smirk, and a raised eyebrow.
"Don't you go teasing me, MISTER!" Nora began firmly, and consistently, poking him in the chest, her cheeks puffed out (in the way that her lovers found to be absolutely ADORABLE), "If you don't want to be nice, I'll take that costume from you right now!"
"Is that supposed to be a threat…or a promise?" Jaune began wiggling his eyebrows in a way that her probably THOUGHT was seductive…but what was actually kinda funny. After a few moments, both teens began laughing out loud (actually having to hold onto one another to keep themselves upright).
Ren rolled his eyes and shook his head at their antics, a smile growing on his face. He then turned his gaze to Pyrrha before walking closer to her, "Are you alright?"
"I am. Just…not really used to this. My family hasn't celebrated Halloween in quite a while. And, even when we did before, I've never worn something like…this," she motioned to her costume. Although the costume itself wasn't exactly "adult", it did show off more of her legs than she was used to. And it also doesn't help that the top wasn't quite big enough to cover her…"generous endowments" as much as she would have preferred.
"You know that you don't have to if you don't want to," Ren spoke lowly into her ear, "If you're going to be uncomfortable, we all take these off without any issue."
Pyrrha smiled, "I know." And she did. Even though she'd feel awful about her lovers forgoing costumes tonight, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they would if she didn't want to dress up (not wanting her to feel left out, no matter how many times she'd tell them that it was okay), "And I'm fine…really. If I didn't want to do this, I would have told Nora when she showed me the costumes."
"You would have been able to say no to Nora's Puppy-Dog Eyes?" Ren asked, an eyebrow raised and a small smirk on his face.
"Fair enough," Pyrrha chuckled, "But, I promise you, I will say something if anything's wrong. Okay?" Ren stared into her eyes for a few moments before slowly nodding his head.
"Alright."
"COME ON, SLOWPOKES!" Nora suddenly called out. When Pyrrha and Ren turned around, they saw Nora having latched herself onto Jaune's back, "It's time to PAAAAAAAARTAY!" She kicked Jaune's side, "ONWARD, NOBLE STEED!"
"You know…I'm a cowboy, Nora," Jaune muttered.
"YOU ARE WHATEVER QUEEN NORA SAYS YOU ARE! NOW, ONWARD COWBOY STEED!" Fondly rolling his eyes, Jaune quickly ran out of the room (Nora cheering all the way). Pyrrha and Ren shared a look and a smile before they quickly ran after their teammates.
(That night, they danced, laughed, and watched Nora stuff herself with candy. This time, Pyrrha carried her as JNPR headed back to their room early in the night. With no one ready to turn in, they cuddled and watched horror movies until they all passed out)
(Author's Note: Annnnnnnnnnd scene!
So…what did we think? Admittedly, it's not QUITE as great as I would have preferred and I may have liked to try another idea…but this is what I landed on. Hope you got some good laughs if nothing else, and feel free to let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see in either of the next two holiday-themed installments.
Constructive Criticism ONLY…no flames allowed.
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