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Jaune Arc woke up dehydrated and with a headache, but woke up he did. For a moment, his vision blearily struggled to clear up, but a short groan and a rub of the eyes quickly did the trick.
He froze, however, when he felt a body shift beside him before a grin crept up his face as he remembered exactly just why there was a body beside him. Turning to his side, he watched as red eyes slowly opened into wakefulness.
Emerald Sustrai, naked as the day she was born, looked upon him, also naked like the day he was born, before groaning into a pillow as he wagged his eyebrows at her.
“Still think Blake and I were faking it?” He asked confidently, making Emerald in all her naked glory release a mixture of a groan and chuckle at him as she buried her head.
She cracked an eye towards him, however, and Jaune froze as he saw the mischievous glint in them.
“Convince me one more time?”
She raised her ass, and a grin slowly crept up Jaune’s face at that.
Did he already say Emerald truly was a kind person and knew how to spur him on? Yes? No? Well, allow him to say it once again!
Emerald truly was a kind person and knew how to spur him on!
Jaune didn’t need to say a word. His actions were already an answer as despite the sore muscles he had, he slapped her ass with one hand and rolled over slowly to line himself up with her.
“I’m waiting.” She wiggled her hips while spreading her own cheeks, and Jaune could only smile widely at that as he grabbed onto her.
“Well then, wait no longer.” He answered with one deep thrust.
“Ohhhhh!~”
Face down and ass up.
That was the only way Emerald could receive the fucking she was getting as her eyes rolled to the back of her head.
Damn.
Less than 24 hours ago, she was cursing his name, yet here she was now, getting fucked from behind.
Her hips failed her and Emerald crushed onto the bed, even as Jaune continued fucking into her.
“F-Fuck! You make me so full!” She groaned into the pillow, but that only spurred Jaune harder.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
Jaune’s hips slammed into her ass repeatedly as his dick pounded into her repeatedly. Lewd sounds filled the room, but Emerald didn’t care, all she cared about was how he was making her feel good.
Her walls tightened, and Emerald had to bite back a squeal as her entire body shook. Already, she could feel the spreading throughout her, and Jaune’s own voice only added to everything that was happening.
“Fuck, yeah.” He growled hotly, his penis expanding inside her in a manner she was now thoroughly familiar with.
She didn’t need to say anything. In fact, Emerald didn’t even need to do anything, prone as she was. No, all she needed to do was push her ass back up into him for Jaune to get the message.
His hands tightened, his pace picked up, and a roar left his mouth.
“I’m cumming!”
And just like that, Emerald was filled with copious amounts of thick, white cum.
Her womb felt full, and her own body heaved and trembled as she felt her walls constrict around him. She felt his dick throb inside her as he spewed spurt after spurt, but her eyes only rolled backward as he began to pull out slowly.
“O-Ohh!”
A groan left her mouth as he plopped out of her, his seed following after him and flowing out of her. She was jolted out of her revelry with a gasp, however, when Jaune’s hand slapped her juicy ass.
Slap!
“Believe me now?” He asked breathlessly, and damn him for knowing how to turn her on.
He was equal parts harsh and gentle with her ass, his hand gliding smoothly to softly rub her reddened skin.
She didn’t nod, however, instead, she slowly turned around with half-lidded eyes. Her eyes landed on his still throbbing dick, wet with their juices, but it was the smug smirk on his face that truly affected her. For someone who looked so innocent and goofy out of the bed, Jaune Arc could smile devilishly when he wanted to.
Somehow, someway, her heart beat rapidly like every single time Cinder smirked when a plan went well.
And that….was dangerous.
Thinking quickly to herself, Emerald formed a plan that could not only curtail Jaune’s smugness, but swing control to her side as well.
A smirk crept up her face, and she used her Semblance just as she opened her mouth to speak.
“Want to have a threesome?” Emerald, who now looked like Cinder, asked a gobsmacked Jaune Arc with a smile on her face.
Jaune’s jaw dropped comically as a naked Cinder Fall laid on his bed with his cum still oozing out of her.
What the fuck?
His brain short-circuited, yet his eyes couldn’t help but land on her pale skin, the swell of her breasts, the smoothness of her curves, and her plump shapely ass.
“Like what you see?” Emerald, who looked like Cinder, asked breathlessly with a chuckle.
Logically, he knew it was Emerald, of course, but for all intents and purposes, she really looked like Cinder. And before he knew it, his hand was already moving to squeeze her ass.
A squeak left her mouth then, and they both blushed at the same time.
It felt strange seeing Cinder’s ass give way, even as he felt Emerald’s supple skin.
“S-Sorry. Just verifying things.” Jaune squeaked out before clearing his throat embarrassedly to regain any sense of composure. “Is…..is this your Semblance?”
“Pretty neat, right?” Emerald laughed out, doing wonderful things to Cinder’s chest before her hands moved upward to grope them. “I can’t replicate mass though so you can think of it as an illusion. I’m not actually shapeshifting or anything.”
So that’s the strange disconnect he felt earlier. Latching on to that thought, Jaune calmed his rapidly beating heart as he looked at Emerald.
“Is that how you managed to trick Pyrrha? She didn’t seem to see you even if we could.” He asked, but Emerald only sighed at him indulgently before narrowing her eyes.
“You could say that, but enough about me, you still haven’t answered my question yet.”
And just like that, his heart was beating rapidly again.
“What question?” He laughed awkwardly, looking away from Emerald as she rolled her eyes away from.
“The threesome, Jaune. You, me, and Cinder.” She smirked, turning towards him and bending down to touch his dick with Cinder’s face.
“What….brought this on?” He gulped at that, looking down into Cinder’s face as his dick throbbed beside her.
“I guess…..this is your reward for convincing me.” Emerald only sighed heatedly at him, nuzzling his dick with Cinder’s face, and making him hiss pleasurably.
“So you believe me, then.”
“Yes, Jaune, I believe you.” She laughed, but Jaune only gasped when her hands circled his base. “Now, don’t be smug about it. You might have beaten me, but Cinder will eat you for breakfast.”
“How….how do you even know she would want to?” He asked, as Emerald only kept her smirk aimed at him.
“Trust me, she does. Now sit right there and allow me to clean you up. You can just imagine it as Cinder doing the real thing."
Slowly, pleasurably, she opened her mouth and began to suckle the head of his dick.
“Oh, damn.” He cursed, leaning backward on his haunches while letting Emerald do her thing.
Gone was Jaune’s composure, and any sense of resistance. All that remained was pleasure and heated sighs as Emerald pleased him languidly.
Contrary to last night when she was aggressive and passionate, Emerald right now was almost downright caring as he serviced his dick.
She licked him slowly, cleaning up both of their fluids as she ran her tongue up and down his shaft. His balls weren’t spared either, and Jaune could only gasp when she began to clean them up as well.
Hot, wet, and sticky, Jaune stood no chance as his cum began to stir once again. His dick throbbed, leaking precum to Emerald’s delight.
“Oho, looks like you still have some gas in you. Can’t have that now, can we? Not if I’m to keep my promise to your partner.” She smirked, leaking the precum off of his cock before suckling the head with her lips.
Jaune could only gasp at that, a harsh breath leaving his lips as his hands automatically found themselves buried in her hair.
“S-Shit, Emerald!”
“Call me Cinder.” She murmured, looking up at him with Cinder’s bright amber eyes.
Jaune didn’t whimper, no siree, instead, he only moaned loudly as Emerald’s fingers tightened over his shaft slightly.
“Cinder’s the one sucking your dick, Jaune.” She continued, slowly moving her hand up and down as smiled up at him. “Cinder’s the one cleaning your cock. Call me Cinder, Jaune, and I am so going to….make…. you….. cum.”
She punctuated the last three words with a squeeze, and at that, Jaune could only hiss out one word.
“Cin…der”
A devilish smirk crept up Cinder’s face, and Jaune will admit it, his heart skipped a beat.
“Good boy.”
And then it was rapidly beating once again as he gasped while Emerald gobbled him up in one smooth motion.
Gluck! Gluck! Gluck!
“O-Oh shit!” He trembled as Emerald added rotations to her otherwise up and down motion, her tongue swirling around him as she sucked and slobbered upon his cock.
Jaune stood no chance.
He pushed downward, choking Emerald on his dick even as tears dripped down Cinder’s face. She made no motion to resist, however, and it was at that point, both of them were working together to fuck Cinder’s face.
SCLUCK! GLUCK! SCGHLUCK!
It was messy.
It was sloppy.
And it was hot.
His body shook, tensed, and tightened, telltale signs he was going to cum soon even as he fucked up into her mouth. Jaune gave her a warning though, he growled as he tightened his grip on her hair.
“F-Fuck, Em, I’m-”
Knock! Knock!
He jolted, and just like that, he ripped Emerald, who still looked like Cinder, away from his cock just as thick, hot cum spurted out of him. Emerald gasped, opening her mouth just as heavy, hot, globs of Jaune’s seed covered her face. Cum began to cover her cheeks, her chin, and even her mouth as string after string shot out straight towards her, coating her face in his white pearly load.
Jaune, however, only had one thought in mind as he heard a muffled voice behind the door.
“Jaune, are you there? Are you awake? We need to have breakfast before our mission!”
Shit.
“You should probably get that, huh?” Emerald smirked, and Jaune could only watch as her disguise failed her and there she sat, playing and tasting his cum with a grin on her face.
His dick throbbed once again as another thought came to mind.
Double shit.
Pyrrha frowned as she knocked at the door once again, before she could even her mouth, however, it creaked open.
Her eyes widened, because there in front of her stood a topless, sweaty, and breathless Jaune covered only by blankets wrapped around his hips. Did she say he was topless already? Well, he was, and Pyrrha Nikos could only gawk at the results of their short training because by the Brothers’ sweaty chests, Jaune Arc was getting ripped.
That, or he was just really really dehydrated.
“Pyrrha? You okay?”
She jolted, her eyes taking in Jaune’s worried look as an embarrassed blush rushed to her face.
Stupid, stupid hormones!
“Y-Yes, I’m fine.” She stuttered, looking away and resisting the urge to fan herself lest she make herself be so obvious.
Jaune smiled softly at her then, and believe her, she almost swooned at the sight.
Before either of them could speak, however, the door beside them opened and out came an unpleasantly familiar face.
“Ara? You too are up early.” Cinder Fall, the smug bastard that she was, grinned arrogantly at them first thing in the morning.
A growl threatened to leave Pyrrha’s throat at that, but in lieu of being polite, she only kept silent as she gave Cinder Awkward Chuckle/Plastic Smile No. 28.
Jaune, however, had a wholly different reaction.
“C-Cinder! You’re awake!” He stuttered as a blush rushed to his face, making Cinder raise an eyebrow even as Pyrrha gritted her teeth to herself.
Relax, Pyrrha. Jaune was just being polite. That’s all, he was just being polite.
At least, that’s what she told herself. Reality, however, was far more cruel.
A blush rushed through her face as an outline made itself known through Jaune’s blankets.
“Well, looks like someone is excited.” Cinder smiled, noting the same observation Pyrrha did, even as Jaune turned away from them with a blush on his face.
“It's normal! A natural reaction! I’m just healthy, that’s all!” He shouted, even as Cinder laughed.
“Almost too healthy, it seems. Do you think Emerald might need some help?”
It was not funny. It really was not. But whether she wanted to admit it or not, Pyrrha almost chuckled in agreement. She caught it at the last second, however, and sent a glare down Cinder’s way.
But just like yesterday, another voice cut in.
“Uhm, guys? Hallway? Public space? Some of us are only just waking up.” Neptune called out softly, and just like before, another voice cut in.
“Shut up, Neptune! It was just getting to the good part!”
“Good morning to you too, Reese.” Neptune grumbled before a sigh left his mouth as he looked at them tiredly. “Just….keep it down, you guys. Some of us didn’t get a full night’s sleep after all.”
“Sorry.” Jaune winced, but Neptune only waved a hand with a sigh.
“Dude, I’m not even angry anymore. At this point, I’m actually a little bit concerned. Two nights in a row with little sleep could not be healthy.”
“And he’s about to make it a third.” Cinder added cheekily, but Pyrrha only blushed at it.
“At this point, I’m just going to invest in earplugs.” Neptune grunted, shaking his head as he went back inside his room, while worry filled Pyrrha’s face.
She might not have liked to hear it, but Neptune had a point. First, Blake. Then, Emerald. And tonight it was going to be her.
“Jaune….maybe we should-”
“Do it tonight.” He cut in, and Pyrrha could only snap her eyes towards her to see a determined look on his face. “I gave my word, and I am keeping it.”
“Maybe keep it after Emerald is out of your room?” Cinder raised an eyebrow, and Pyrrha’s eyes immediately widened as she sent Jaune a gobsmacked look.
“She’s still inside?”
“In the shower.” He winced, to which Pyrrha could only bite her lip worriedly. She had no room to be mad. She already expected this outcome, after all. Only the fact that she was still there gave Pyrrha a bitter feeling.
Still, she appreciated Jaune’s honesty and gave him a wan smile for it.
“I see.”
It was then, however, did Cinder once again decide to stir the pot.
“Here, why don’t you give Emerald some fresh clothes? In fact, why don’t you join her so you could save time and water? Cinder grinned at Jaune before sending Pyrrha a challenging look. “I’m sure your partner would really appreciate it if you get ready soon. Isn’t that right, Pyrrha?”
If Cinder expected that she would lose her composure and crumble at such an attack, then she would sorely be disappointed.
As galling, frustrating, and vexing as Emerald was sleeping with Jaune, what kind of champion would she be if she allowed herself to wallow in misery and defeat?
No, Pyrrha did not reach where she was by allowing setbacks to crush her. Oh no, Pyrrha was the type to learn from her defeats, and learn she did.
Instead of rising to Cinder’s bait, Pyrrha gave her a cheerful. It was Fake Smile #7, designed to cut into a reporter’s confidence whenever they’ve asked a particularly nosy question towards her.
“Quite right, Cinder. I would certainly appreciate it if Jaune could get ready earlier.”
As expected, her answer garnered surprised reactions and shocked looks.
“Wait, what?” Jaune looked at her in shock, even as Cinder only raised an eyebrow while trying to maintain an affable look.
Pyrrha, however, only kept her smile as she turned to Jaune. She wasn’t satisfied, yes, but neither was she in uncontrollable fury….or at least not anymore.
“Why yes, Jaune? Is there a problem with that? I’ve been led to believe that you’ve already seen each other naked, or is that not the case?”
“I-uhm, yes?” He squirmed hesitantly, and while it was nice to know that he was a bit uncomfortable admitting it out loud, Pyrrha only chuckled at him.
“Then there is no problem. Now, go on. Do and join Emerald in the shower for me, will you?”
The words tasted bitter in her mouth, but it was like the bitterness of a medicine that people needed to take when they were sick, whether they wanted to or not.
After all, if it was Blake or even Yang in the shower, Pyrrha wouldn’t have many qualms with Jaune joining them or not.
She would pout, of course, but as Blake and Yang were so glad to point out last night, Jaune Arc was no longer going to be a one-woman man.
She’d already accepted that she was going to have to share Jaune with Blake, Yang, and possibly Ruby, so what was one more?
And so, she decided to give him being with Emerald a chance. The girl did win the right for it, after all, as quick as she was to point out and despite Pyrrha doing her best.
“Are you sure, Pyrrha? Are you really really sure?” Jaune asked worriedly, even as he took Emerald’s clothes from Cinder.
It was endearing how despite being essentially given a free pass to sleep around, he still worried about her feelings.
Such concern deserved a reward, and smiling to herself, Pyrrha stepped forward and pulled him into a kiss. His eyes blew wide open because unlike yesterday when she was forceful and demanding, Pyrrha took it slow.
It was not a declaration or a marking of her territory, oh no. It was a plea, a request to be accepted, and hopefully an assurance to them both. Her heart fluttered, and a moan stole itself from her lips as Jaune kissed back. His tongue entangled itself with hers as he leaned into the kiss.
“Mmph. Mmhhmmm!~”
Soft sounds filled the hallway before they separated with a smack that left a smile on Pyrrha’s face. Jaune wasn’t unaffected either because with only a blanket wrapped around his hips, she could feel his manhood harden as it made a tent.
“Oh my.” Cinder fake gasped, but Pyrrha could see how much the situation amused, even as she brought a hand to cover her smile.
“I…uhhh…gonna take this to Emerald.” Jaune called out embarrassedly, shifting awkwardly as he tried to cover his boner with Emerald’s clothes.
Pyrrha only chuckled, waving a hand as she put a finger to her lips.
“You go on, then. Cinder and I will be here to….talk about things.”
“Cool, cool, cool. I’m….going to go then.”
He closed the door, but Pyrrha still saw the flash of worry in his eyes. She indulgently rolled her eyes. Cute, but really, he shouldn’t have been worried….at least not for her. With Jaune out of the picture, Pyrrha turned towards Cinder with a cold smile.
Jaune’s heart beat rapidly as he rushed to the bathroom while dumping Emerald’s clothes on the bed on the way.
He could still feel the kiss Pyrrha gave him, and consequently, he could still feel the boner he had. And it was in that state did he happen upon Emerald.
“Holy shit, dude! You’re still not satisfied?!” Emerald shrieked as she turned around to look at him when he entered. Jaune could only stutter nervously, even as he looked upon her wet form.
As dense as Jaune used to be, even he wasn’t as dense as to say that he was turned on because of a different girl straight to her face.
And so, he only nodded with a gulp as he joined Emerald under the shower.
Emerald only sighed before bending over her waist and presenting Jaune would with a truly wonderful sight.
“Make it quick, we only have time for one round. Don’t want to miss breakfast, after all, right?”
Well, who was he to say no?
His hands automatically rubbed against her ass, and Jaune swiped the soap away as he lined himself up with her pussy.
“Breakfast, right. We have to get breakfast.”
And with one big thrust, penetrated Emerald once again.
“I don’t understand why we couldn’t have just picked up Jaune with Pyrrha. It’s not like we’d be late for classes or anything. We have missions for today.” Yang scowled as she crossed her arms, tapping her foot impatiently despite the food in front of her.
Ruby, however, only waved a fork in front of her even as she swallowed her own food.
“Because, Yang, we don’t want to overwhelm Jaune or Emerald. Besides, the missions were first come, first served. We had to get there early if we wanted to get the coolest one!”
“Mountain Glenn. Overnight stay. Grimm Extermination” Blake cut in, listing the mission Ruby picked, even as she was reading her book while enjoying her tuna sandwich.
Immediately, Ruby pointed her fork at her with a grin on her face.
“Exactly! Can you imagine?! Just us! Team RWBY! Ready to be the most badass Huntresses we can be as we exterminate the Grimm!”
Instead of sharing her excitement, her team groaned disappointedly.
“Ugh. No baths. Why couldn’t we have just picked a mission in Vale?” Weiss voiced out, but she knew the real reason they were complaining.
It was plain to see in their faces with the way they stared at the cafeteria doors impatiently.
No Jaune.
As much as Ruby shared in their dismay in not being able to spend more time with her bestie, however, there was a very good reason why she picked Mountain Glenn over him.
“Do you really want to go babysit some kids and escort them to school? Or hold a self-defense course for the single mothers of Vale? Because those are only some of the missions available in Vale.”
She could immediately see the result of her response. Indecision warred across her team’s faces, but ultimately, they all slumped in resignation.
Nothing against the missions in Vale, of course, but they were…not Huntress material.
Ruby shrugged, smiling to herself as she then turned to the other side of the table.
“What about you guys? Have you thought about whatever mission you’d want yet?”
“Whatever Jaune chooses.” Lie Ren shrugged, spreading jam on his bread as Nora Valkyrie chewed loudly beside him.
“I mean, if he manages to get out of bed first. We even got this food for them if he was late, but I doubt we’d get to choose a mission at all with the way things are going.” Nora shrugged, pointing towards the cafeteria doors to the mass of Haven students coming in.
Already, Ruby could see tired eyes, and she immediately turned toward her team with a stern look on her face.
“Alright, everyone. You remember what we talked about last night. No fighting, no cursing, and no getting angry.”
It wouldn’t be long now before Jaune came out, and whenever he did, Ruby was sure her teammates were going to react strongly. One of them, at least.
“Why are you looking at me?” Yang frowned, but in reply, Ruby only had to wave her hand towards the rest of their team.
Blake was busy reading a book while enjoying a tuna sandwich, and Weiss was fidgeting awkwardly while trying to drink some tea. Neither was crossing their arms, and glaring at the doors like Yang was.
Yang only rolled her eyes at that, uncrossing her arms as she grabbed her own sandwich.
As much as they tried to keep an affable air, however, every single one of them was looking at the door.
A minute later and more people were coming into the cafeteria.
Another and the flow started to die down.
And when the third minute passed and Jaune and Pyrrha were still nowhere to be seen, it was then they were starting to get worried.
“Where the hell are they? They’re taking too long.” Yang tapped her foot impatiently, and this time, the rest of her team couldn’t help but pipe in.
“I agree, we just saw Team SSSN come through, and they’re usually the ones coming in late.” Blake nodded, putting her book down to watch the doors more closely as Weiss fidgeted beside her.
“Do you think we should go and check if they’re all right?”
Eyes turned towards Ruby at that, and a big part of her preened as being seen as leader. As the unofficial official in charge of restraining her team, however, and despite wanting to go check on Jaune and Pyrrha, Ruby knew what had to be done.
“I think that Team JNPR is going to be saddled with the last mission left.” She nodded towards Ren and Nora, desperate to have the topic changed to give Jaune and Pyrrha some time.
It was not subtle, not even a bit, but it got the job done and Ruby Rose successfully changed the subject.
Instead of getting worried, however, Ren and Nora only shrugged at the same time.
“It is what it is.”
“I mean, we’re definitely not going to be riding Ursas or anything, but I’m happy where Renny is happy.”
Well, Ruby didn’t know how to take that, but by far, that was the most subtle yet serious casual admittance of Nora’s feelings for Ren, and she wasn’t the only one to think so. Her whole team paused, and their eyes went towards Ren at Nora’s answer.
“First of all, the plural of Ursa is Ursae.” Ren answered as he finished making his sandwich before turning toward Nora with a smile on his face. “And second of all, I, too, am happy as long as I’m with you, Nora.”
Silence, and then a smirk appeared on Ren’s face just before he took a bite of his sandwich. Nora gawked, gaping and blushing as she struggled to parse Ren’s words. As one, however, Team RWBY blinked.
Were they….flirting?
What, why, and how?!
Since when did this start to happen?!
They knew that Nora liked Ren despite her insisting that they weren’t together-together, but since when did Ren start to flirt back?!
The answers would have to wait, however, because it was at that moment a hand slammed onto their table and a familiar voice came to their ears.
“Sorry we’re late! Had to take a look at the mission boards!” Jaune gasped breathlessly, sweat caking his brow as Pyrrha followed behind him with a fierce look on her face.
They were not alone, however, because another voice called out from behind Jaune.
“The mission boards, yes. That’s why we’re late. Not because someone took a long time showering, hmm?” Cinder Fall sauntered with a smirk on her face as her team followed behind her.
“Ow, my back. You did not need to go that hard on me, you know?” Emerald called out, sending a glare down Jaune’s way as she put a hand on her back.
“Sorry! We were kinda rushing!” Jaune blushed even as Ruby’s brain short-circuited.
She knew what they were up to, of course. Jaune and Blake just did it the other night, after all! But to have it said out loud and thrown in their faces still made Ruby into a blushing mess.
She could hear Yang growl beside her, however, but thankfully, cooler heads prevailed as Blake beat her to the punch.
“So you really did sleep together.” Blake pointed out calmly with a flat face, Emerald, however, only sighed at her direction.
“Yeah, we did. Thanks for training him, by the way. He really did a number on me.”
Blake tilted her head at that, her amber eyes narrowing even as she gave her a small nod.
“Ugh, must we really talk about this now? We’re still having breakfast, you know?” Weiss interrupted, and for the first time, Ruby was thankful that her partner could be so….prickly.
She didn’t have anything against Emerald personally, in fact, she quite liked the girl. She was a bit of a tomboy while still being easy to approach, but a woman could only hear so much about how she slept with her bestie.
Said bestie, however, only looked abashed as more than one pair of eyes snapped towards him discontentedly.
“Right, breakfast. Sorry.” Jaune cringed, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly before stumbling as a shoulder shoved past him.
“Yes, breakfast. Food, eat, now.” Mercury groaned dejectedly, tired eyes daring them to say anything even as he walked past their table to get some food.
“What’s his problem?” Nora called out, pouting, even as Ruby nodded in agreement with her.
“Forgive him, he was dropped as a baby! That’s why he’s so cranky!” Emerald answered loud for Mercury’s benefit, and just like that, snickers rang out their table as Mercury grunted towards.
“If someone would’ve let me sleep, then I wouldn’t be so cranky!”
“Sorry.” Jaune apologized once again, but this time Emerald only patted his shoulder.
“No, there is no need to apologize. You were just enjoying yourselves.” Cinder shook her head beside him, adding herself to the conversation before speaking loudly towards Mercury’s direction. “Besides, Mercury was just on his way to get us some food.”
Mercury waved a hand, even as Yang raised an eyebrow at the interaction.
“So this is going to be a thing then? You hanging out with us now?”
“Yes. Is there a problem with that?” Cinder smiled, but this time, it was Blake who answered.
“No, it’s just that our teams never really hung out in full before.”
Amber eyes locked into amber before Cinder blinked, and she sat down smoothly across from them, right beside Ren.
“No one was sleeping with your friend before. The way I see it, we’re just promoting inter-academy relations.”
“Relations, right. As long as you know where we stand.” Pyrrha rolled her eyes, sitting beside Nora to stop the other woman from pouncing towards Cinder.
Emerald only laughed at Pyrrha’s statement, however, before slapping Jaune’s back with a grin.
“Oh, I know, alright. After all, this guy was below me, above me, behind, and in front of me! But here, I return him back to you.” She smirked, pushing Jaune towards Pyrrha’s direction, even as she skipped to sit beside Cinder with a smile on her face.
”Ugh. I’m supposed to be the one with the jokes.” Yang groaned, slapping a hand to her face before sending a glare down Jaune’s way.
“What? What did I do?” Jaune pouted, rubbing his back as he sat beside Pyrrha. He paused, however, when flat stares were all that greeted him. “Right, stupid question. Sorry.”
Yang only shook her head at that, sighing as she pointed a finger at Jaune.
“I’m next.”
Everyone paused. This wasn’t new. This wasn’t even unexpected. But for her to call out Jaune so brazenly was still surprising. Ruby could only watch as Pyrrha then slowly turned towards Yang with a cold smile on her face as Jaune gawked beside her.
“I beg your pardon?” Pyrrha asked, but Yang only shook her head at that.
“Nah, P-money. I’m next after you, after we get back from Mountain Glenn.”
Pyrrha relaxed, all tension leaving her body as she gave Yang a genuine smile.
“All good then.”
“You’re going to Mountain Glenn?” Jaune asked, tilting his head even as Ren and Nora pushed food their way.
Seeing her opportunity to steer the subject to safer topics, Ruby beamed.
“Yup! Grimm Extermination! The coolest mission there is! What about you guys? Did you manage to pick one already?!”
“Oh, uhm….self-defense lessons for a non-profit organization down in Vale.” Jaune deflated at that, but he still sent a small smile her way. “I was eyeing being a sheriff for one of the frontier villages, but someone beat me to it.”
“Well, I, for one, think it is a wonderful mission.” Emerald called out, twirling her hair as she sent a soft smile towards Jaune. “Someone has to teach others to be safer around these parts, but hey, look at it this way. We can still hang out after missions in Vale.”
Pyrrha narrowed her eyes at that, and Jaune chuckled awkwardly.
“What mission did you pick, Cinder? I didn’t get to see it back there earlier because we were rushing.”
Ruby watched as Cinder only smiled at him, her eyes turning sharp just as she opened her mouth to speak.
“Orphanage. Why are we in an orphanage?” Mercury Black looked with dead tired eyes as children ran around them.
“Because, dear Mercury, taking care of orphans is always the right thing to do.” Cinder answered, a smirk on her face, while Emerald took a picture of a child trying to climb up on his back.
Mercury scoffed, absently rolling the child off his shoulders and catching him with his hands.
From anyone else, he would have believed that. However, Cinder Fall deliberately choosing a mission to take care of orphans out of the goodness of her heart? Mercury would sooner believe that she was just fattening them up to eat for later!
Cinder smirked, crossing her arms as she stared at him.
“Besides, if we aren’t here, we can’t do this.” She nudged her head towards the door, and as if by some unseen signal, a foot kicked open while a voice boomed loudly.
“Hohoho! Early Merry Freaking Dustmas, you little gremlins!”
Mercury’s eyes widened. He knew that voice! He turned his eyes and there stood a white-haired man wearing all red, and dark shades.
“Roman?!”
“Read the room, dumbass. He’s in disguise.” Emerald bumped into him, making Mercury scowl towards her.
“Fuck off, bitch.”
Squeals drowned him out, however, as the children rushed towards a disguised Roman Torchwick who was apparently carrying a large sack behind him.
What…..the fuck?
“Alright, alright, settle down. You’ll all have your turn to get, oh who am I kidding? Knock yourselves out, kids, the gifts are yours.” Roman shrugged, dropping the sack to his feet to the children's delight before stepping past the children and towards them.
“So nice of you to be early this time of year, Mr. Klaus. I trust the children are in good hands this year as well?” Cinder teased, but Roman only rolled his eyes at that.
“As if I had a choice. Never really pegged you as someone to do something like this, you know?” He waved his hand towards the orphanage around them, but Cinder only smiled at him.
“Come now. We have standards, you know? We’re not monsters.”
“Ha! A likely story! Anyways, what did you want us for? We were supposed to catch a ride to Mountain Glenn early this morning, you know?” He asked, nudging a hand behind him where said Neo just appeared past the door, waving a hand as the orphanage’s matron bowed silently beside her.
“Don’t worry, you can always catch one of your trains for Mountain Glenn later. For now, I have an urgent mission for you. Both of you.” Cinder waved a hand before staring at both Roman and Neo.
“Please don’t tell me this is another heist. You're working us to the bone as it is!” Roman hissed, a frown forming on his face as he was already thinking of the logistics.
“Nothing of the sort. No, I asked you out here for some information.” Cinder snorted, making Roman tilt his head in confusion even as Neo walked beside him.
“That’s what this is about? You called us here to ask us some questions? Couldn’t we have done this with Scrolls?”
Cinder, however. Only narrowed her eyes at that. And just like that, the tension rose along with the temperature.
“This is sensitive, Roman. This is no time for jokes.”
Roman froze before sighing as he slumped in acceptance.
“Fine, what is it?”
Cinder stared for a moment before nodding in satisfaction at Roman’s subservience.
“Jaune Arc, what do you know about him?”
Mercury’s eye twitched.
Jaune Arc.
Again.
He was getting tired of the guy’s name popping up everywhere! It was bad enough that they had breakfast with him, but even here? Right now? Would Mercury have to keep hearing about him everywhere?
“Considering the fact that I do not know who the fuck that is, nada. How about you, Neo? Know anything about John Arc?”
At that, however, Emerald couldn’t help but interrupt.
“Jaune. His name is Jaune.”
“That’s what I said.” Roman blinked towards her, but Cinder rolled her eyes at that, and raised a hand to interrupt the both of them.
“Just tell us what you know, and if you don’t know anything, then find out what you can.”
“Fine, fine. I’ll ask Junior about it. Information is more his turf anyway, but first of all, why do you want to know the guy anyway? It might help when gathering information about him.” Roman hummed thoughtfully, his eyes narrowing at Cinder, even as Mercury mumbled to himself.
It was because he fucked Emerald! And Cin-
“Mercury!” Emerald shrieked, a blush on her face as eyes snapped immediately towards his direction.
It only took Mercury a second to realize, but when he did, it was like thunder. He actually said those words! Out loud!
But hey, who in the world could blame him?!
Two consecutive nights making him hot and bothered while getting nothing out of it?! A man could only take so much!
It started as a chuckle, then laughter, and finally, a bellowing laugh that had Roman holding his sides.
“This? This is what it’s about? Someone fucked your pet, and now you want to hunt him down?!”
“I’m not a pet!” Emerald glared immediately, but upon finally having the opportunity to vent out his frustrations, Mercury was just getting started.
“No, she’s just his-hmph!” He began, but he stuttered as hot fingers grabbed his chin.
Right, so much for getting started.
“One more word and you’re dead.” Cinder hissed, and for a moment, Mercury glared at her, but only for a moment.
He looked away, grumbling to himself, even as Roman noted the interaction between them.
“Huh, he must be really important to you.”
Cinder only waved her hand at that, smoke wafting off of them as she crossed her arms once again.
“Suffice to say, his performance was….intriguing.”
Incredulous looks greeted Cinder at that, and even Neo, the mute, brought her fingers up to a ring and pushed another into it.
“Yes, Neo. That.” Cinder rolled her eyes at that, but this time, Neo turned to Emerald and pushed her palms against each other before separating them slightly.
“A bit bigger, but it was the way he used it.” Emerald nodded with a blush, and this time, Mercury blanched as even he could understand what they were talking about.
“Woah, I’m going to stop you right there.” Roman raised a hand before shaking his head. “Seems like you already know more information about this guy than I’m comfortable with. What do you even need me for?”
Cinder scowled before sighing as she realized she actually had to give an explanation for Roman to know what to look for.
“Because Jaune Arc is slowly becoming the center of a deep, complicated web in Beacon. I need to know everything about him to see how I can best make use of it.”
Neo only looked incredulously at Cinder at that before turning to Emerald.
“Yes, Neo. He was that good that women are going to fight over him.” Emerald translated, and this time, Neo pointed at Cinder.
Everyone paused as Cinder narrowed her eyes at them. Emerald only shrugged, however, looking away from Cinder even as Neo shook her head in disbelief.
“Well, believe it. I hate to admit it myself, but he was that good.”
Neo scoffed, looking Emerald up and down as if she was just weak.
Mercury agreed. No man was that good. He only blanched, however, when a smirk crept up Emerald’s face.
“Wanna bet?”
And at that, Neo’s face beamed with an equally feral grin on her face.
Mercury sighed.
He could already see where this was going, and he did not like it one bit.