#he's been hanging out w nora too much

[mortemoppetere]

What do you do when your friend has [...] strange feelings for things? I worry about someone. She will not go out with real people because she has a strange relationship with a cardboard man. Taking advice.

[marigoldbaker]

Hi! I'm new here (here being your blog, calendiles fandom, and also just...Buffyverse fandom in general? I haven't been here that long haha) and I finally got around to checking out your work on AO3 and uuuhhh you've written SO MUCH!!! So first of all, THAT'S AMAZING, GOOD JOB!! But second of all, I have no idea where to start reading... Can I maybe get like a rec from you of your top 5 faves? (Not fan faves, but YOUR faves, fics/series you're most proud of, etc.) Please and thank you :)

oh, wow, this is so sweet <333 hello! i have seen your fic in the buffyverse tag and lurked more than once there. expect some reviews at SOME point when my brain will allow me, because you are adding some excellent sapphic/nonbinary representation to the buffyverse in a very lovely way. i deeply appreciate your energy.

as for my top five faves -- i appreciate your specification that they have to be MY top five faves, because i really was about to just point to the braveryverse as smth that i think you personally might like. (not a single straight person, found family, etcetc). but my personal top five is a lil different than the stuff that's the most popular w/ fandom at large. (not by too much though.)

all of these range from "a little lengthy" to "novel-length" but i think they are worth it! and they are also all complete! (except for the first one on the list, which has a sequel in the works, but everything PUBLISHED is complete!)

1. never mind the years of wasted time

so this is my long-standing baby that i am blogging about all the time! it's so important to me! i cannot overemphasize how much this 'verse means to me. it's an improbable little everybody lives/nobody dies au set about three years after canon, and in my heart it does kind of stand as a spiritual follow-up to canon, in that the emotional place that giles starts the story is very much a continuation of the emotional place that he ends canon in. there are so many details within the main fic (what you make) that i cannot pack into a single summary (giles and jenny's eight-year-old son, who she left sunnydale to raise! giles and buffy trying to figure out how to reckon with the concept of giles being a parent to a kid that isn't her! jenny's adoring extended family! a subplot that is literally just all about how giles's parents met and fell in love! giles and jenny's individual baggage from their complicated parents and how that informed the decisions they made with each other and with/for the kids they were in charge of!) also it is impossible to read the fic and come away NOT loving art or alice or nora. nora is literally my url now because i tricked myself into loving her so hard by writing her all the time.

anyway yes! top of my list, this is the thing i am the most proudest of, it is literally novel-length and i have been considering learning book-binding just because i want the physical experience of making it into something that i can hold.

2. as day follows night

this is also long but um, less long? this is The Faith Fic. i don't really know how to talk about it without spoiling it (or if i've already talked about it and spoiled it, or if the tags will spoil it...) but suffice it to say that this fic is about faith right after killing the deputy mayor, and her decision to ally herself with an all-powerful witch. or more like "attach herself." like to the witch's skirts. and hang on while the witch drags her around trying to get her to let go. (this girl has some attachment issues). it's got fuffy it's got fairy tales it's got the force of platonic love being the most powerful force in the world <3 and i think it is the first long fic i ever wrote where i had an outline and a plot that made sense and consistent tone throughout!

3. the tale of princess imogen

FAIRYTALE CALENDILES WHAT MORE CAN I EVEN SAY??? also some background fuffy and tillow bc obviously! anyway this whole fic is about jenny the witch pining helplessly for giles the acting monarch and losing her mind a little when princess buffy lets it slip that he's in love with some dark-haired lady who's constantly hanging around the castle all the time. and then subsequently coming up with a Magic Plan to ruin his chances of ever being able to win this dark-haired lady over, because what if she's bad for the kingdom? what if she's just trying to grab at power? THIS IS FOR POLITICAL REASONS SHE IS VERY NORMAL.

4. illumination

this one is about giles and jenny both realizing that they share the experience of being closeted bisexual individuals in a het-passing relationship & subsequently figuring out how to process this. (so obviously chapter three is pegging. but it's THEMATICALLY IMPORTANT pegging. and if explicit stuff isn't your cup of tea, the first two chapters are totally sfw!)

5. private life

i am actually really proud of this one! this is set in season four and it's about xander walking in on giles kissing a man and having to reckon with a lot of complicated internalized biphobia. i love xander so much. of course he has to make this list. (and this is DEFINITELY the shortest fic on this list lmao.)

also honorable mentions to north star and it's the principle of the thing, which are the fics that i write when i'm not feeling like writing a Big Complicated Interlock-y project, so if you wanna read something of mine that will (uh, someday) be updated and is still in progress, that would be where to go right now until the what you make sequel shows up! north star is essentially a (mostly) scooby genfic that's set in season six where willow resurrects jenny to prove herself to giles, and it deals with the fallout of that. it's the principle of the thing is a super trope-y fic about giles and jenny getting green card married in the middle of season one because that's what you do when your workplace enemy might have to leave :) you propose marriage so he can't :) it's normal :) she's normal :) she's fine :) do not look her in the eye

[countlessrealities]

Kisses under the mistletoe

@technodromes sent: 💗 : my muse mentions that they want to be kissed under a mistletoe (for Bishop & SR)

Holidays were always a weird time for Rick. His family had never really celebrated them outside the religious aspect, something he had never cared about. He had celebrated his fist, "real" Christmas with Diane and her parents, in his late teen years, back in a time that now felt like it belonged to another life. They had kept up the tradition during their marriage and she had always invited him over even after they had divorced.

All in all, he had some good memories linked to the day, but he also had quite a few that weren't as pleasant. The first year he had spent it at Beth's, they had reconnected was just one example. He still marvelled that Nora hadn't ended up literally kicking him out, considering what fight had broken out between the two of them. At least Summer had loved her present.

Then there had been the odd years he had chosen to spend Christmas on the Citadel, to make sure that AR did more than just getting drunk and throwing around lewd holiday-related insults until he managed to start a brawl. His best friend always insisted on getting wasted, and he had gotten the guard intoxicated too more than once, but at least no fighting had ever been involved.

Also, he had to admit that, since the election of their new president, the Citadel had always looked great during that time of the year, with all the lights and decoration and the massive tree set up in the middle of the main square. The view from the top of the highest buildings was beautiful and it almost made him feel like the city-state could be a great place to live.

Those last two things were the reason why he had decided to man up and invite Bishop over to this relatively calm but still fun party AR had roped him into joining. Deep down, Rick suspected that it was mostly a ploy to keep him busy, so that he wouldn't be there to stop him from doing whatever he had planned for a certain Commander they both knew.

The thought almost caused SR to sigh, but he held the urge back, choosing instead to focus his attention back on his friend. He had been scheming a little too, so he couldn't really judge the black market dealer as much as he usually did. Not without sounding like a hypocrite, at least.

"I-I hope all this isn't too confusing for you," he spoke up, after having swallowed a mouthful of the liquor he had been sipping. He wasn't planning on getting drunk, but he had figured that he could use a dose of liquid courage. "M-Most of the shit you see is stuff from Earth, b-but apparently someone had the bright idea t-to mix it up with alien traditions and...I-I won't lie. I-I have no idea of what that is supposed to be."

He pointed with his thumb an oddly shaped...something that had been put in one of the corners of the terrace. His guess was that it was some sort of decoration, with how brightly it was shining, but it was also made of what had felt like solid good when he had got to poke at it. Plus, there was a Santa hat casually tossed on top of it, which only furthered the confusion.

"B-But I hope that you...w-well, that you like the place. U-Usually the Citadel is never festive, s-so...I thought that you should see it like this too."

What he didn't say was that he was hoping that this would allure the Utrom to spend more of the holidays with him. He did have a guest room in his flat, even if that was another thing he hadn't mentioned yet.

"An-And speaking of traditions, t-there's a funny one I should tell you about..."

His voice trailed off and he gulped quietly, resisting the temptation of downing the rest of the contents of his glass. He knew that he couldn't have managed to be smooth about this, but he wanted at least not to show how nervous he was.

"Y-You see that plant up there? T-The, uh, mistletoe?" He made himself go on, nodding towards the bunch of white berries and green leaves that was hanging from one of the light wires. There were a few sprinkled here and there, just waiting to catch two unaware people underneath them.

"B-Back on Earth, i-if you and someone else end up under it at the same y-you're supposed to...to kiss. I-It's considered a well-liked romantic clichéd."

He wasn't sounding to lame, right? Or, even worse, too desperate?

"I-I did it once. T-The, uh, under the mistletoe kiss, I mean. B-Back when Diane, my ex-wife, and I were still dating. W-We were at this party our college had organised an-and she tricked me so she could catch underneath one of those things. I-I was embarrassed as hell, b-but...it's a nice memory."

Clearing his throat, he allowed himself another sip of liquor as a reward for having gotten this far without running away, before forcing himself to stare right at Bishop as he spoke the next, crucial words.

"I-I've been thinking...I-It would be nice to do it again. W-With the right person, i-if they wanted to try it out." He could do it, just one more sentence. "An-And since you like learning about Earth stuff, I-I thought that we could...you know. K-Kill two birds with one stone maybe?"

[arc-misadventures]

Friend’s

Jaune is laying back on the cool grass as he stared at the stars under the broken moon’s light. He hears the sounds of the grass blowing in the breeze. He looks over to his side and sees Pyrrha lying down besides him.

Pyrrha: Hi, Jaune.

Jaune: Hey Pyrrha… need something?

Pyrrha: Kinda, can you answer something for me?

Jaune: Depends on the answer…

Pyrrha: What were your friends like, before you came to Beacon?

Jaune: W-What? Where is that coming from?

Pyrrha: I’m just curious; Ruby and Yang were talking about all the wacky and crazed adventures they and their friends got up to before coming to Beacon. I was wondering if you had any interesting stories too!

Jaune: Ahh okay… makes sense…

Pyrrha: Do you have any fun stories to talk about then?

Jaune: Nope…

Pyrrha: What?

Jaune: Sorry, Pyrrha, but I don’t have any funny stories to tell you.

Pyrrha: Why not; you and your friends must have had something funny happen to you, no?

Jaune: Can’t have fun stories with your friends when you’ve never had any friends before…

Pyrrha: What, you’ve never had any friends before?

Jaune: Nope.

Pyrrha: Why not?!

Jaune: Well… no one ever talked to me, unless they wanted something from me. Help with a project, moving something, borrow a comic. Use me as a way to get to one if my sisters… That one actually happened allot now that I think about it… But yeah… no one was really my friend.

Pyrrha: You didn’t consider anyone your friend?

Jaune: Nope… no one went to my place to hang out, unless it was to hit on my sisters… Anyway, I was never invited to hang out with them. Actively had someone come to me for a conversation. As I said, unless they wanted something… no one ever spoke to me. I can count the amount of times a friend contacted me to see if I wanted to hang out. Once… just once. Bet he did it only because he was bored… and wanted to do something with someone and everyone else was busy…

Pyrrha: What?! That’s crazy, didn’t anyone ever try to talk with you!

Jaune: Not that I can remember. Probably didn’t help that I didn’t bother trying to talk with anyone else in return.

Pyrrha: But, what about Beacon! You tried talking to everyone and even made some friends here.

Jaune: You mean that cheesy line about, ‘Strangers are friends you just haven’t met yet?’ Or all that false bravado I did when we first met?

Pyrrha: Yeah… that.

Jaune: How quickly did it break when we first met.

Pyrrha: Pretty quickly…

Jaune: Yeah… I was trying to reinvent myself. No one knew me, so I thought I had good odds of maybe making friends. Although… I’m pretty sure nothing has changed…

Pyrrha: What! You’ve made tons of friends! Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang are your friends! And don’t you forget about Ren and Nora!

Jaune: Ha… Ruby was the one who gave me the nickname, Vomit Boy… Hell, she has that as her contact number on her scroll! Yang’s teasing is more like bullying if you ask me. The line between teasing someone and making fun of them is blurry at best. Blake… honestly I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to Blake one on one before… or ever at that… as for Weiss… not sure when to even begin, let alone end…

Pyrrha: …

Jaune: As for Ren and Nora… Ren keeps things to himself and is distant from everyone, even Nora at times. Probably sees me more as, Team Leader than anything else… As for Nora, well I’m her, ‘Fearless Leader!’ And… What else is there to that… Honestly, at times I’m not sure what that means. Not sure if she does at times either. Its hard to pin anything down with Nora…

Pyrrha: That’s not true, they’re all your friend and you know it!

Jaune: If they are my friends… the why am I asking if they are?

Pyrrha: …

Jaune: Yeah… thought as much…

Pyrrha: And what about me, Jaune? Am I… am I your friend?

Jaune: Pyrrha… Pyrrha you are someone who is more than just a friend to me. And I… I don’t know what that means… what that could mean to me…

Pyrrha: Am I really more than just a friend?

Jaune: Yeah… But… I’ll never get to know. After all, I’ve been talking to myself again this whole time…

Jaune looks over to his side, the space empty all atound him. The only sign of life being the light emanating from one Haven Academy’s dorm room. Jaune eyes look about for a moment before turning his gaze skywards once more.

Jaune: …

Jaune: They’re my friends, eh…?

Jaune: Ha… bullshit…

[razorblade180]

Actor AU 3

The previous one<-

Penny:*dancing on set*

Nora:Someone seems happy.

Penny:🎶First episode I don’t have to wear props! 🎶 This is so liberating!

Nora:You read the script right?

Penny:Just let me vibe!

xxxx

Neo:*hanging off ledge*

Cinder:.....Long live queen. *pushes her off*

Ruby:Yo! Let’s add a lion king character!

Director:No!

xxxx

Ironwood,Broadcasting:.....

Everyone:.....

Ironwood:*leans it closely* You have one hour...or I poison Gotham Harbor.

Yang:Pay up Weiss! I told you he’d say it!

Weiss:Damn it!

Ruby:*laughing hysterically.

xxxx

Adam:*sips tea* Now you’re probably wondering why I’m on set for V8 when I have not scene or relevance. The answer is simple.

Neo:*hits Yang of the edge*

Blake:Yaaaaang-

*faint laughing offset*

Blake.....*snickers* You asshole, I was in the zone!

Adam:I’m just adding to the tension!

Yang:*hanging from harness* You should’ve yelled “Lionized!!!!!”

Adam:Oh that would’ve been great!

Blake:You two are the worst!

xxxx

Right after Cinder stabs Penny

Jaune:Penny!!!! H-Hold on!

Penny:J-Jaune? I don’t...I don’t feel so g-good... hehe, this...*tearing up* this really hurts...

Jaune:*crying* Don’t speak! My semblance, I’ll...I

Penny:No...don’t. No time, but....there’s still something I need you t-to do. Cinder...can’t get the power and the relics. *reaches for blade*

Jaune:W-What?! No, I....I can’t-

Penny:It’s okay Jaune. *smiles* Everything is...gonna be okay.

Jaune:*raising bl-

Director:Cut!

Jaune:Huh?

Penny:Hmm? *sits up* Oh no, did I miss a line?

Director:*points to Cinder*

They turn to see Weiss comforting the the woman with a hug while trying not to laugh at the situation.

Penny:What happened!?

Weiss:She’s crying over the scene!

Penny:What!? *runs over*

Cinder:I am so sorry I ruined take! You were doing so well. Too well! Ugh, god damnit!

Penny:Awww you know I’m fine right? Come here! *hugs her*

Weiss:Cinder fall everyone, the biggest teddy bear around. *wipping eyes*

Jaune:You’re crying too!?

Weiss:I am the second biggest teddy bear around.

xxxx

Jaune:We have to go!!!

Winter:*points at Cinder*....Sleep with one eye open.

Director:Cut! Why!?

Cinder:Hahahaha!

Winter:I couldn’t help myself.

Director:Be angry!

Bloop!

Winter:*glares* The next time I see you I swear, I’ll have your head!

Director:Less angry!

Cinder:That one actually kinda scared me. Haha geez, Winter giving chills!

Bloop!

Winter:Can I curse?

Director:We’re already at the limit before we’d have change ratings.

Winter:Dang it! I just one F bomb!

Director:We’ll put it the gag reel.

Bloop!

Jaune:We need to go!

Winter: Tsk, *points sword* You are going to pay for everything you’ve done! So watch you fucking back...

Director:Happy?

Winter:*grinning* Yeah that felt great!

xxxxx

Bomb starts sliding slowly.

Qrow:*clenches Clover’s pin*

Bomb falls off plan set

.....

Vine and Elm:.....

Harriet:Well...boom! I guess!? For the love of- *face palms*

Qrow:....Uhhh I haha, I think hahaha- hahaha! Can we maybe tilt the plan a little less!? Oh boy! I guess someone should’ve grabbed that.

Harriet:You know what, can we keep this ending!?

Robyn: Rename the whole episode haha. “Adults watch bomb slowly fall”

Vine:Okay but I like how we’re all just waiting for it to stop, and then just tips right over! The moment it started moving I knew it was going way too fast!

Elm:Mission failed everyone. We’ll get em next time.

xxxxx

Interviewer:How do you think fans will react to this finale?

Penny:Well I can’t spoil anything for obvious reasons but I hope it resonates well. It’s fun having my character be around for a finale for once, and with so many other roles she doesn’t get interact with much. It’s been really fun.

Interviewer:Oh yeah? Who’s been best to work with?

Penny:Oooo that’s tough. My cousin, Nora, she’s been fun to interact with this volume. But uhhh I think I’ll give it to Jaune. We don’t have many scenes overall together but...it’s hard explain. I feel like between my character and his, there’s this kinda mutal headspace they have for their friends. If I had to pick a person I would say Jaune would have the ability to open up Penny in a way nobody else could.

Interviewing:Interesting, well I hope you both get more interactions and that this finale debuts well.

Penny:Thank you!

xxxxx

Winter:*dragging Ironwood off*

Emerald:....Wait, I know I do illusions, but how did the Ironwood not hear or feel the wind coming from an airship several feet away? I kicked up dirt and alerted Amber in volume 3.

Director:....Do we have time to rewri- no? Okay... just don’t think about it!

xxxxx

Nora:Someone cut the signal!

Watts: *playing Galaga* Hehehe all according to plan.

Neo:Change the tab! It’s- we see it in camera! Haha!

Watts:*strokes mustache* I know. That’s how genius I am. Cracking codes and high-scores! Muhahaha!

xxxx

Ruby:Fun fact, we have two Hound costumes. One where he’s mainly doglike and the other when he’s beating up people. But I you wonder who’s playing him under all that? *takes mask off*

Cardin:Sup.

Ruby:Forever a bully, even behind the set.

Cardin:Pfft am not.

Penny:You had a laugh tossing me!

Cardin:You don’t count, you’re family!

Penny:Ah!?

xxxxxx

Yang:*holding camera* Pssst!

Ren:*sipping coffee*???

Yang:Ready for our fight in the snow?

Ren:I can’t feel my toes! I’m gonna yell at you and then walk away.

Yang:I’ll mess up so we’ll stay here longer.

Ren:Yang! We can have a real fight in the snow right now!

Yang:Heheh, kidding. Mostly.

xxxxx

Ruby:Blake have you heard of Among Us?

Blake:Wh-what?

Ruby:Among Us. You gotta do tasks without an imposter killing you. I only bring it up because we’re rebooting the power. Someone always dies in electrical.

Blake:Ruby this is real life. Besides this way more Resident Evil, but with no- Tyrant!

Hound:*busts through window*

Ruby:Wny is it always electrical!!!?

xxxxx

Ironwood:*doing shirtless pull-ups*

Ozpin:He’s getting ready for his fight scenes. Trying to look winded but a little bulkier in the moment.

Winter:*watching Ironwood*

Ozpin:*snickering* Winter is trying to get into the mindset of having to a play a character who has to go against all that. The agony of fighting someone you looked at for so long.

Winter:You can call it like it is. I’m gawking a little.

Ozpin:She’s gawking a little.

xxxxx

Hazel:*grabs Salem*

Salem:*squeezing his biceps* Its like my entire torso. You eat a bear for breakfast?

Hazel:Oh my god.

Salem:You know this isn’t the worst way to go out. I had a good run. At least you hold me, unlike Ozma! Why didn’t you hold me like this!?

Hazel:You’re so ridiculous.

xxxxx

Set crew adjusting lighting in manor. All but one stays on.

Oscar and Penny:*waltzing underneath it*

Nora:...I like how on or off camera I personally lose the dating game while another redhead wins.

Ozpin:Which pair you talking about?

Nora:Huh?

Yang and Adam:*cracking jokes*

Nora:This is nonsense! Where’s Jaune!?

Weiss:Food run with Ruby.

Nora:Aaaaaggghhh!

[razorblade180-heated]

A brief rest

[Shameless smut]

There was a time and a place for everything. One of many things Jaune’s sisters had told him as he was growing. He never really understood what they meant, but he did know one thing as he walked down the halls of the Schnee Manor; his time and place wasn’t with Nora and Ren right now. Poor boy felt the tension and immediately hightailed out. Three is a crowd after all, another lesson taught to him.

“I hope those two work things out.” He thought, not paying attention as he unexpectedly got poked in the side. Jaune nearly jumped out of his skin until he realized it had been Weiss who had tried getting his attention.

The petite girl smiled at his obliviousness. She had grown super fond of it in recent days. “How’s Ren and Nora?”

“Oh you know, tense. But they seemed to be clearing the air so that’s good. I think they’ll be okay.”

The good news brought ease to Weiss. “Good, seeing those two arguing feels like it’s against the natural order of things. Kinda like with Yang and Ruby?”

“Oh yeah, how is the discussion going?”

“We’re...taking a short break. Everyone needs a moment to just, let things sink in. It’s been hard on Ruby lately.”

“Yeah, I bet.” Jaune sighed.

Weiss watched him slide is fingers through his hair as he tried to un-tense his body. “Looks like Ruby isn’t the only one who needs a moment.” A warmth can to Weiss’s face. Her gaze began to focus on her feet while her fingers rubbed the fabric of her skirt. “You know...we have like twenty minutes or so; and everyone else is doing their own thing.” Weiss looked up at him, more than a little flustered.

Jaune blushed back. “Tempting offer, but maybe we should hold-”

“I know it’s risky, and they might find out about us.” Weiss said, cutting him off. “Still...I...I just really missed you when you were gone okay?” She blurted out, her voice letting out a quiet yell of embarrassment. Their eyes locked in flustered tension. Weiss could feel her chest start to pound. “My room is...just down this all. Just saying.” She added.

What felt like an eternity but was actually several seconds was Jaune trying to wrestle with his girlfriend’s honesty; before he took her by the hand and was lead down the hall to the room in no time at all. Jaune walked in and heard the door close. Before he can even say anything, Weiss had jumped up into his arms and brought his face down into a deep and intense kiss. The young man couldn’t help but groan from the way the Snow Angel’s tongue enchanted his into being ensnared.

Weiss released him from her lip lock. “I’d kiss longer but we’re on a tight schedule here. Have me however.” She gasped, shocked by her own brashness. Weiss held on tightly as Jaune spun around and landed on the bed with his body on top of her. His teeth gently sunk into her pale neck, earning him more gasps while his hands traced up her legs to her thighs; stopping right at her entrance where he pulled the huntress’s panties to the side. He didn’t waste a second entering his middle finger in, curling it slightly to rub against the the roof of her pussy.

“Mmmmm~!” Weiss’s legs begin to fidget from Jaune’s advances. Her own hips began to betray her as they started rocking in rhythm with the finger thrusting into her. “J-Jaune~” Weiss wrapped her arms aground his back. “I know I said tight schedule, but- ah~ my panties. T-take them off...” She requested. Jaune thankfully listened, removing his finger and himself from on top of her, giving Weiss a moment to raise her hips and slide her white lace off onto one leg.

Jaune thought it best to unbuckle his own pants while she got ready “That’s pretty fancy given the situation.” He quipped.

“Well I didn’t know doomsday was gonna hit so soon.” Weiss sat up to help him out. Her hands lifted his shirt enough to see his lower stomach. A coy smile spread on her face as she started kissing bellow his navel while her hands helped his pull his pants down along with his boxers.

“Weiss...” He stuttered as he felt her lips sink lower.”

“Shhh, can’t have you go in dry now can we?” Weiss’s face turned a deep red as she wrapped her lips around Jaune’s hardening length, quivering at the way the weight and size began filling her mouth. His overwhelming scent didn’t help regain any further composure. It only made her head a bit light as she started to bob up and down slowly. This part was still extremely new for her and Weiss would be lying if she said this part didn’t always make her anxious, but it also...excited her. Weiss felt the weight of Jaune’s hand rest on her head gently as she took in half of the six inch phallus before having to go back up. It annoyed her that the entire thing was too threatening, but took pride in the symphony of moans she took from Jaune by swirling her tongue to taste all she could.

“W-Weiss! That’s...mmgh, that’s enough.” His mouth said one thing but his hands said another, gripping her hair for a bit more control. “Shit....aahh~ don’t make me cum yet. Not without you.”

Weiss felt her heart flutter. “Geez he can say embarrassing stuff like that even now!?” Her lips released him not a moment too see. Weiss watched his length throb intently. She had to fight the urge to push him over the edge right here and now. Jaune usually had a longer fuse than this from their limited experience, but they’ve been incredibly busy these last couple days. It was a safe bet to assume he never got a private moment of rest in all that time. Neither did she for that matter. Weiss didn’t want to admit but she ached for him badly. In more ways than one.

“I know I said have me however, but can I ride you?” She said, hesitant for a moment. The fluttering in her heart didn’t want to stop. Jaune took hold of her skirt and hiked it up to stomach. The sudden hit of cold air made Weiss yelp before moving her legs to each side of him so he can lift her up and reposition himself for her sit comfortably. Well, as comfortably as someone could be while riding.

“Think they’ll hear the bed rock?” Jaune said, leaning against the headrest.

“Wouldn’t care if they did. It’s just us right now.” Weiss pulled him into another feverish kiss. More feverish than the last. Any separation between their lips was hungrily sealed again and again. The frenzy of it all threatened to make Weiss lose sight of the objective. It was a good thing Jaune wasn’t so easily swept in, taking hold to steady her hips with one hand as he sat her down on his eager length. Weiss whimpered in pleasure from the sudden shock of being filled up. She put her arms over his shoulders to grip the headrest while she buried her face in the crook of his neck.

“Ahh! Aaahhh! Mmmphh~” The calm and poise Weiss normally showed had been completely shattered with each pant she let out from spearing herself onto Jaune. “Gods, you feel so good~” her hips were on auto pilot. It didn’t feel like there was a place Jaune wasn’t rubbing against. Her ability to try and keep herself together only dwindled further as Jaune nipped at her ear. “Mmmmm~!!!”

Jaune could barely stand being inside of her. Every sway of her hips only invited a warm and now dripping pussy to tighten around him like a vice. “Ahh! Fuck you’re tight~ Weiss, what’s gotten into you!?” He asked between grunts.

“I...mmmph I just...” Her arms squeezed him even harder as she did her best to all but slam her hips into him, making her sweat a little. “I’m... really glad you’re safe okay!? I was worried about you.” She confessed.

Jaune could no longer sit still. Not after hearing that. “I’m glad you’re safe too.” He lustfully whispered.

Weiss felt his hands move from her waist, taking hold of her ass firmly. “Jaune? What are-” the young man slightly lifted her up with ease to the point Weiss felt his dick began exciting, before slamming her back down on it to fill her body at once. Weiss could only gasp initially until Jaune repeated the movement again and again until the pleasure hit her. “AAAAH! F- AAH! AAAAAH!”

“Sssshhh, bite down or they’ll hear.” He said, refusing to stop.

Weiss bit down on his shoulder not caring how hard she did it. Each time she was slammed down, Weiss’s voice escaped as grunts and strained breathes. The use of her hips was souly on him now as he raged inside body. Eventually her grunts turned to whimpers as he kept pumping into her, making the room echo with her soaked sex.

“S..sso...mmmph! Deeeep~” Weiss felt like she was soaring. Her own nails started to dig into the headrest as she desperately tried hanging on to this high. “Jaune~ It’s....” she had given up speaking.

Jaune whispered with voice drowned in a husky yearning, “Just let me fuck you a little longer okay?”

“....Kay....” she whispered. Never had Weiss heard that voice, or was shown this much intensity. She wasn’t sure what flipped this switch in Jaune but she hopped it wouldn’t be the last time. Her body continued to take her boyfriend’s dick. At this point, cumming together had long since been ruined. Weiss wasn’t sure if she was on her second or third wave. Hell, it might even be fourth. All she knew was another one was rising and Jaune was still fucking her intensely. To think she almost let him top made Weiss believe she dodged a bullet. This was already approaching too much.

“Thank goodness I’m not any smaller and he isn’t any bigger.”

“Weiss...where do you want it?” Jaune grunted, “I’m close!”

If wasn’t for the fact danger could arrive soon and all hands needed to be deck, Weiss could’ve easily entertained letting him give it to her inside without question. However, they had things they needed to do.

“Mouth~” Weiss shut her eyes tightly. Every muscle in her body tensed violently as another orgasm hit her. The petite girl still had enough sense to remove her teeth from his shoulder and bit down on his hoodie, muffling her scream as best she could, which wasn’t much.

Jaune bit down on his lip, pushing through Weiss’s grip on him to allow her to ride her wave as long she could before having to finally lift her off and laying her beside him. “Weiss, I’m- ah!” The girl may have been flushed and dazed, but that’s been this entire experience. Weiss didn’t miss a beat in taking Jaune back into her mouth, letting him cum in a place that wouldn’t leave any stains or potentially cause future problems.

The potent taste wasn’t anything to write home about, yet Weiss found herself moaning and doing her best to take every last drop. He had to give, blushing all the while. How dangerous. She could get used to this. Finally she swallowed everything and even clean around the tip before laying limply beside Jaune. Her head turned towards a ticking clock in the room.

“Eleven minutes. That means we have four or five more to rest. Hehehe, pretty good time.” Weiss put her hand on her forehead and let her body treasure the rest time.”

Jaune couldn’t help but watch his flushed girlfriend catch her breath. He gently lifted his hand to wipe displaced strands of hair out of face and admire her eyes. Even when tired, Weiss remained beautiful. “Need me to get you a water, or perfume?”

“I’ll get those in a moment. Thank you though.” She rolled over to lay her head on him. “Hmmm you’re warm; also more unpredictable than I expected. What got into you back there? Not that I’m complaining.”

“You said you worried about me.” He said. Jaune looked to see Weiss look at with such genuine kindness that his own words made him blush and look away. “It...really made me happy to hear that. If that makes any sense.”

Perhaps their relationship was still sinking in for him emotionally? That’s what Weiss assumed anyways. “I get it.” She said smiling. Weiss turned his head back towards her. “I feel the same. I know things are still pretty new, but I really like us, you.” She blushed, “I really like you.” The flutter in her heart finally started calm down like the rest of her body. Weiss finally felt at ease. That was until Jaune pressed his lips to her again. Getting red again, Weiss broke the kiss. “Hey!”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“You can’t just do that right now? My...I just had to sw...you know, you.” She said flustered. “Aren’t you grossed out by that?”

Jaune thought about it for a second before shrugging. “Eh, it’s not like you just had it still sitting on your tongue. Besides I like kissing. Even if it after you swallow me.”

“........” Weiss hid her fired red face by pressing it against him.

“Weiss?”

She dared not say anything. “Idiot, he’s gonna ruin me completely at this rate. Saying things like that, is too much!” Weiss’s heart began fluttering once again.

[ladydevoir]

Weiss coming out as trans to her team?

The halls of Beacon were quiet as Weiss walked through, though she was glad for the peace as her mind was swimming in thought. She was silently dreading returning to her dorms, knowing what was waiting for her. But, she had decided tonight was the night, and she would not cower away from what she had decided to do. Best to get it over with rather than continuing to let her dread grow. Soon a voice broke her train of thought. “Hey Weiss~!” She looked back as the owner of the voice caught up to her, a plastic bag in hand. “Hello Nora, It’s good to see you. I see your trip to Vale was productive.” Nora beamed back at her with her usual energy. “Good to see you too~ And heck yeah it was~ Me and Ren found that cute coffee shop you told us about, Jaune actually managed to not throw up on the ride there, though he was wasnt as lucky on the way back, and me and Pyrrha went shopping for our dresses for the dance~ Oh, and here’s the stuff you wanted~” Nora held up the back for Weiss who took it and looked through it, a set of razors and shaving cream along with some skin care for after. “Thank you very much Nora. Im afraid I was starting to run low, and our team won’t be free to travel to Vale for a few days. Please, what do I owe you?” As she began to sift through her bag for her purse, Nora held up her hand. “Nuh uh uh, you dont owe me anything. Girls like us gotta stick together after all, and you’d do the same for me~” Nora’s usual high energy voice had softened as she spoke, to which Weiss was grateful. Since coming to Beacon she had been nervous about the truth coming out about her, thankfully Nora had seen through her immediately and been a true pillar of support. Weiss had been surprised and rather relieved when Nora had revealed she was just like her, and in moments like this it was wonderful to have someone to talk to and help her without any worry about questions she was not particularly wanting to answer. As if sensing some unease, Nora gently squeezed her shoulder and nodded her head towards a small bench in the hall. As the two sat down, Nora spoke up. “Hey, you doing ok? You seem off.” Weiss sighed and nodded. “I am just...nervous. I promised myself that tonight would be the night I tell the rest of my team, the truth about me.” Nora watched Weiss’s expression, seeing the build up of worry on her face. “You know the others aren’t going to suddenly turn on you just because of this, right? I cant imagine this would be a big deal for Ruby or Yang, and I doubt Blake would mind really.” Weiss let out another sigh and leaned her head back against the wall, closing her eyes before responding. “I am fully aware that no one on my team will be upset or treat me any different.” “So...whats the problem then?” Weiss looked down, her eyes darting left and right to make sure there was no one else listening, before she spoke. “When Blake accidentally revealed that she was a Faunus, I….did not handle the news with grace. I accused her of having lied to us, keeping the truth hidden from us. And while I did apologise for it afterwards, I still cannot take back what I said. And that is why I am worried. I was so quick to accuse her of lying and hiding the truth and yet here I am, having done the very same thing since starting Beacon.” Her hands gripped one another as she looked down, shaking slightly. “My standing with Blake and the others is not exactly on stable terms, and I am afraid that revealing myself after all I said to Blake might cause more strife between us.” Nora listened quietly as she gave Weiss’s back a gentle rub. Thinking carefully before responding. “If you’re this worried, then why now? Why not wait?” Weiss took a deep breath and looked straight ahead, as if steeling herself for it. “Because I owe it to my team to be honest with them, especially after how I overreacted to Blake. I cannot allow myself to hide the truth any longer, even if…” She looked down at her hands, starting to tremble. Instantly Nora knelt down in front of her and gently cupped her face, speaking softly. “Hey hey, dont go working yourself

up over ifs and maybes. Sure, you said some things, but you said sorry, and they forgave you. Im sure they wont be bothered by this. And if things go south, hey you can always just join our team~! Though we’d need to work out how to include W to JNPR~” Weiss let out a sniffle and smiled, raising her head from Nora’s hands and slowly standing, Nora instantly hugging the girl, to which Weiss reciprocated. “Nora, thank you so much. You have been a wonderful friend to me and I cannot repay you enough.” Nora pulled back from the hug with a wide smile, her usual energy returning. “Hey come-on, thats what friends do, we look out for one another~” Weiss picked up the bag from the ground and nodded back, the two girls walking back to the dorms, idle chatter filling the time before they arrived, Nora giving a big thumbs up before entering her room, leaving Weiss with her hand on the handle, taking a deep breath before entering the room, barely having time to duck as a pillow came flying towards her, narrowly missing as she looked upon the scene. Ruby holding a pillow and swinging hazardly at Yang, who weaved out of the way and returned with her own swing, before the two registered Weiss and stopped. “Hey Weiss! You wanna join in~? Blake might join if its two on two~” Ruby chirped excitedly, her energy seemingly limitless. “Yeah come-on princess, I’ll be more than happy to whoop your butt as well as my little sis’s~” Yang said with a smirk on her face, before dodging a well timed throw from Ruby. Weiss sighed and picked up the pillow that had nearly hit her and closed the door, shaking her head. “Honestly it is a wonder how the two of you are considering becoming huntresses when you act like little children.” “Ah cmon Weiss-y, you gotta have a little fun now and then, whats the point of life if you stay ridged all the time~?” Weiss shook her head and made her way to her bed, placing the pillow onto it and sitting, restless as her worry was building up again. “Weiss? Are you..ok?” Weiss looked up startled at the last member of the team over on her bed, slowly closing her book and focusing her attention on her. “You seem….kinda tense.” Weiss took a breath to help calm her nerves as her other two teammates looked over, all showing a similar sign of concern. “Actually Blake, I need to talk to you. All of you, if that is ok?” Yang flopped down onto Blake’s bed and looked over at her, while Ruby sat down beside her, all eyes on her. “Whats wrong Weiss? Blake’s right, you’re looking real tense.” Weiss’s eyes focused on her hands as she fidgeted, trying to come up with the right words. She silently cursed herself, this should not be this hard. A hand coming to rest on her knee drew her from her thoughts as she looked over at her partner, a soft-yet warm smile on her face. “It’s ok Weiss, whatever’s wrong, you know we’re here for you, right?” Weiss felt herself relax slightly, thankful for her partner’s kind words. “Okay, I do not know how to properly say this, so please, be patient with me.” With a reaffirming nod from Ruby and an audible “Mhm” from Yang, she continued. “The truth is...I have not been entirely honest with the rest of you. And for that, I am sorry to all of you, but mostly, I am sorry to Blake.” Blake looked over, confused. “Weiss, what are you-” Weiss raised her hand to stop Blake, taking a breath. “I was not at all kind to you when you revealed the truth about yourself, despite the fact that in doing so, I was being extremely hypocritical myself. Ive been hiding a truth myself, and after all that has been said and done, I feel I owe it to all of you to be honest.” Weiss took a quick glance at her team, Yang’s expression was clear confusion, Ruby was still giving her the same calming smile, while Blake had become more focused on her. She took a deep breath and continued. “The truth is, I….was not born a girl.” Weiss waited for a response from the others, but when none came, she looked up at her three teammates. Yang looked somewhat shocked, Blake still had her focused look on her, though it was clear she hadnt

expected that. Ruby however, didnt seem shocked or surprised in the slightest. “So, like Nora?” Weiss nodded, and to her surprise found herself being wrapped in her partner’s embrace. “Aww Weiss, you dont have to be nervous, its not like we’d think of you any diferent, ya know?” Yang looked over, shaking off her shocked look and sitting forward. “Yeah, Rubes is right, you’re still our icy princess after all, right Blake?” Blake looked over at Weiss, her expression no longer one of shock, but of understanding. “You were worried I’d be mad at you, werent you?” Ruby and Yang looked to one another as Weiss nodded slightly. “I acted like you lying to us about yourself was such a big deal when I have been lying this entire time.” Weiss continued to hang her head. “Its ok Weiss, really. You already apologised more than enough times for me to know you mean it. And I get it, really. Growing up where you did, I know that kind of thinking isnt easy to get rid of.” Blake shifted herself and stood up. “But, you’re wrong about something.” Weiss looked up hesitantly as Blake stepped over to her, kneeling down in front of her. “You haven’t lied to any of us.” Weiss looked taken aback, not sure what to make of that. It was far from what she had expected Blake to say. “I...I am not sure I follow.” Blake smiled at her softly, resting her hands gently over Weiss’s. “You havent lied to us, because you arent pretending to be something you arent. You’re a girl Weiss, even if you weren’t born one. You haven’t hidden anything from us. From day one, you have been honest to us.” Yang soon walked over, sitting on the other side of Weiss. “Blake’s right, ya know? You’ve always been honest with us about who you are, and you didnt have to feel like you owed us to tell us.” She felt her eyes begin to well up, she knew they would accept her but she had fully expected Blake to be mad at her. To find not only was she not mad, but giving Weiss words of kindness and understanding as she had, it felt overwhelming. Said team was quick to embrace her as she felt a few tears flow, a small smile on her face. “T-thank you, all of you. I-I suppose I should not have been worrying so much over this.” Ruby gave her a gentle squeeze. “Well, worrying about things too much is something you’re best at.” “Hey!” They all laughed as they remained in their embrace, Weiss giving a gentle chuckle. Of course Nora has been right, she shouldn’t have been worried about hypothetical ifs and maybes, especially not with her team. A team that, day by day, Weiss would consider more and more her real family. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whooo boy, this, this was a tough one. Im proud of how her talk with Nora went at the beginning, I felt like I wrote that well, and yeah I HC Nora as trans. But writing her coming out to her team, I kept erasing and redoing parts because I really did not know how to do it right. This is one I feel like I should come back to when ive gotten some more experience writing.

[fangirlincorporate]

Happiness Doesn’t Last Forever

Just a little fic I wrote. I normally don’t post this kind of stuff on my tumblr page. I like to keep it on my AO3 but I’m really proud of it. I think it’s cute and wanted to share 🥰 so if you like Yatori fluff here ya go! Added the link as well just because.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33487336

*warning my writing isn’t the best. I write because it’s fun not necessarily because I’m good at it*

Hiyori walked behind Yato and Yukine, bouncing along behind them in her half-phantom form. The two were arguing over something silly, but it still brought a smile to her face. She had offered to take them out for dinner now that school was over. Unfortunately, she lost her body along the way so Yato had to carry her. She enjoyed these little moments with her friends. Cherished them even more than before since the traumatic events that occurred recently.

After the fight with Rabo, Hiyori's thoughts were constantly on the fact that she had forgotten the two of them. Guilt filled her chest every time they smiled at her. Despite knowing Nora had everything to do with that deep down she had a fear she really would forget them. She couldn’t bear the thought of it.

She didn’t even mind that Yato hadn’t fixed her body. Hadn’t brought it up for weeks. She was immensely happy that she could have more time with them. More time with him. A blush crossed her face, and the two boys ahead stopped to look back at her in concern.

“Hiyori?” Yukine asked, a small frown on his face.

She hadn’t realized she had stopped and was now standing in the middle of the sidewalk. Her eyes met Yato’s striking blue ones. She sucked in a breath like she did every time. Momentarily she forgot Yukine had even spoken. Not wanting to worry the two she plastered a smile on her face claiming to have gotten lost in thought rushing forward to catch up to the two. By the look on Yato’s face, she knew he didn’t buy it, but he played along.

His shoulder brushed hers in what she hoped was for reassurance, and she nudged him back ever so slightly. This has become a frequent thing between the two of them. She had been the one to initiate it. Despite having lost her memories she remembered how desperate he was to get her to recall those same memories. She has yet to forget the look on his face that day he stopped her in the crosswalk. Those blue eyes were filled with not only desperation but fear that rocked her to her core. She knew that Yato could disappear if he was forgotten. If he no longer received wishes. Kofuku told her about it.

In an attempt to reassure him she started to hang around more. Touched him more than she had before. Fixing his jersey even when it didn’t need to be. Brushing the hair from his eyes. Lingering closer than what was necessary. When he started to reciprocate that’s when she started to realize that it was her fear that had sparked the interactions.

She was terrified that he would just be gone one day. That something else would come around and kill him for good. Hiyori wasn’t sure if Yato had caught on to her feelings yet, but there was something in the way he would look at her that made her feel that he knew. He was an “all-knowing” God after all.

She watched them eat, and for just a moment allowed herself to relax. Glancing out the window having already finished her food she watched the birds in the trees.

Yato had brushed up against her leg sending shivers down her spine. Her eyes drifted in his direction, and she had to swallow a lump in her throat. They sat there staring for a moment, legs resting up against each other.

He was still here. Little did Hiyori know that the God in question was thinking the very same thing. Yukine had finished his meal looking between the two. Groaning as he rested his chin on the table stretching his arms out in front of him.

“If you guys want alone time you can just say so.” He mumbled. A red tint to his cheeks as he glanced away from them.

Hiyori’s face heated up in embarrassment. Of course, Yukine would notice the change between the two of them. She stared at the table long enough to burn a hole through it.

“It-It’s not like that!” She squeaked out.

Yukine rolled his eyes. “Sure, and I’m leaving now.”

Yato hadn’t said a word during the interaction watching as his Regalia left. His knee pressed ever so gently against Hiyori’s.

Yato opened his mouth to speak, but fearing what he might say, Hiyori beat him to the punch. “We should go after him.”

Rushing up to the register to pay for their food Yato followed behind. Not really caring where Yukine had gone, Yato knew he would be fine. Yukine was right about him wanting some alone time with Hiyori. There was something bothering him about her behavior, but he humored her and followed her along as she went looking for Yukine.

At some point the God started to lose his patience. Now they were on the outskirts of the city walking through a park. Yato was about to grab Hiyori to get her to stop walking when she tripped. Before she could hit the ground though Yato had pulled her into his arms.

She clutched his jacket tightly dazed for a bit. He still hadn’t let go, and Hiyori didn’t mind when he held her just a little tighter. Taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart, his sweet scent filled her senses. Enveloping her entirely, and he didn’t mind when she leaned closer resting her forehead against his shoulder. He was intoxicating.

They stood under the light of a street lamp. The sunset grew darker as night drew closer. “Hiyori.” Yato called her name, and she would be lying if she said she didn’t like hearing him say her name like that.

She pulled away to look up at him, and her breath caught in her throat. Those eyes were the same ones she saw standing in the crosswalk. The eyes she never wanted to see again, but there they were. Staring into the depths of her soul. Electric blue meeting her own magenta ones. She reached up, putting a hand to the side of his face. Subconsciously he leaned into her touch wanting it just as much as she did.

“Don’t look at me like that.” Her voice was just above a whisper.

“Like what?” He asked, his voice tight.

“Like you’re scared. Terrified. Desperate. Like I’m going to forget…again.” Her voice dropped, and all her guilt bubbled to the surface once again. “I’m not going to forget you. Ever.” She whispered the last word, dropping her hand back down to her side.

“Is that what has been bothering you?”

She nodded her response, already feeling tears forming in her eyes despite every effort to stop them. She didn’t want to cry. Not now, and not in front of him.

“Hiyori, what happened wasn’t your fault.” Yato put his hands on her shoulders. “It wasn’t your fault.”

“I know.” She whispered, “but it scared you didn’t it? Yukine too.” She blinked, and one of the tears she was holding back slipped down her cheek. Yato wiped it away with a stray thumb.

“Of course it did. You’re the only human who has remembered me. The only one who has seen me.” A lump formed in her throat at those words. “However, I believe in you. I believe you will remember me and continue to. So don’t cry Hiyori.”

“You’ll be sad though.”

“What do you mean?”

“If we stay friends, Yato. I’m going to grow old and die. I’m going to leave you eventually.” Hiyori clutched his jacket. “I don’t want to leave you knowing you’ll be alone again.” She gripped his jacket so hard her knuckles turned white. Her own desperation shining through her tone.

“I know.” He said resting a hand on her head. “And that’s okay too.”

Her eyes widened in shock at his words. She looked up to meet his eyes. Finding a sadness there that she couldn’t fathom. “Human lives are fleeting compared to us immortals, but I could disappear at any moment. I’m a nameless God. Hiyori, you have brought a light into my life that I wouldn’t pass up for anything.” He cupped her cheeks pulling her just a little closer. “I’d rather be by your side and be sad later on than walk away now only to regret it for the rest of eternity.”

Did he really mean that? Her heart fluttered at the thought. She was enamored by him, and everything he was. He captured her heart with those words, and she was left speechless. A God was confessing he would give anything to stay by her side. Her, a mere human.

“You’d give anything to stay with me?” She smiled cheekily at him. His words made her guilt fade to nothing.

He seemed to realize what he had said. He nearly stumbled back blushing furiously. “W-Well just about…anything.” He mumbled turning to the side so she couldn’t see his face.

Feeling a surge of confidence Hiyori reached up to his face, pulling him down gently. She stood on her tippy toes to place a light kiss on his lips. She spun on her heels turning away from him so she couldn't see his reaction. Her embarrassment overruled the confidence she had as her face heated to new levels. Meanwhile, Yato stood with his mouth hung open in shock staring at Hiyori’s back.

“Let’s go find Yukine.” She called back to him, turning to glance at him over her shoulder.

Yato stood with his fists clenched, and a blush dusting his cheeks. He couldn’t believe she kissed him. He wasn’t upset, he just wished he had been the one to kiss her.

While the moment was still fresh Yato tugged Hiyori into his embrace, lifting her chin, and returning the kiss. The kind that left your lips bruised, your mind hazy, and your body craving more. She leaned into the kiss grasping fistfuls of his jacket to steady herself. One of his arms snaked around Hiyori’s waist pulling her flush against him. She sucked in a breath of surprise which granted him more access. Hiyori was a little overwhelmed by the kiss, but didn't want him to stop.

Not sure what to do, she followed his lead. Their tongues danced, and she grew hot from the new sensations. Subconsciously she started to grind on him in her haze. He pulled away breathless and his own body started to feel the effects of kissing Hiyori.

“Let's-” He cleared his throat. “Let’s go find Yukine. He is probably at Kifoku’s by now.”

“Yeah. Let's do that.”

The two were blushing furiously as they walked in the direction of their friend's house. Hiyori wanting to hold his hand, but too afraid to ask. Yato, thinking his sweaty hands would gross her out, kept his in his pockets as they walked side by side. Every so often they would bump into each other only to turn red once more.

[am-artist]

the wilds s2 e5 discussion (tw SA from previous ep)

i really did not need for josh to go through this man

seth being the inside man sure is a choice. now i wonder what kind of fucked in the head he is to have agreed to the role and done what he did to josh, since it clearly was not part of some scheme.

also, this makes 2/4 operatives who have siblings in their control groups, which feels wild considering you’d think they get found out instantly. luckily for gretchen both sibling pairs have massive underlying tension ig!

still do not care about gretchen can we cut back faster

rachel getting to a place where nora’s funeral being suggested while we’re still stuck with 0 body is making me think that she is not in fact dead.

is shelby losing her faith? is that what we’re getting here?

kirin may yet be the #true leader of the group, which is kind of annoying considering what a macho chad type he’s been presented as thus far. stil glad the others are making an effort re josh despite how annoying he is (esp w the tryhard lib backfire racism).

so far gretchen’s inside agents have 1) died 2) ‘died’ 3) purposefully sabotaged the whole operation after assaulting another candidate and 4) been her shitty son, so that’s another point for the “gretchen is a total flop” argument. absolutely incompetent.

45 days in is ig a time to discuss what people back home think about their missing daughters. fun times.

gretchen name-drop! woopsie! (everyone immediately looking at leah after this reveal is so funny)

kirin at least believes josh. future besties set up ig.

again narratively i just do not enjoy the way the SA is inevitably going to destroy any authentic dynamics that could have arisen between the group esp re leadership. the tensions that breed just of the clashes of personalities and approaches are so much more compelling to me than the constant gross tension coming from this shared secret.

henry holding out on the #establishment is very in-character. and him just saying the lyrics to black parade…… is so funny to me. im sorry.

bad skin on the girlies, applause again for the MUAs

shelby’s internal drama is… painful. not painful enough to make me forget she put out that fire two eps ago tho!

oh wait shes going there too. oh fuck.

wow okay toni is so accepting. i do not think i would have been the bigger person so easily. but then again yes the likelihood of the boat spotting their tiny campfire is low.

oh the guys are having this confrontation NOW already?? i was not mentally prepared to have to sit through this debacle.

the boys are all acting exactly as i would have expected which makes the whole thing even more mystifying to me. so they deal with this within the space of one episode, and now that’s just lying there between them hanging over everything else they do. it really doesn’t feel like this served any greater purpose than being a twist villain reveal, at the cost of more natural character evolutions. & from an audience pov anyone interacting w seth now makes me like skin-crawly uncomfortable which is def intentional but doesn’t make me want to watch a lot of the guys’ segments. now hes been banished i assume he has to go into straight villain mode, but having an explicit antagonist to bond against makes the guys have a less interesting island life. and flattens seth out too obv but fuck his character.

random note i feel for henry bc seth *is* family but also it feels like their backstory may involve some badness by the way he reacts to this whole situation.

kirin did come thru tho thank u kirin.

as for josh i hope hes going to do well after this display of solidarity even tho he is very understandably traumatised & not happy abt the way this affects the group’s relationship to him (i will say this for this storyline i do think from josh pov it handles male SA sympathetically and realistically). & it makes sense that no one says anything abt this now, even for as reluctant to discuss it i would assume them all to be about it anyways.

future josh makes me not super confident he evolves positively from here tho.

+ sidenote i do enjoy kirin and ivan acting as opposite energy team parents despite josh not particularly appreciating either approach in the moment.

love the amount of rachel introspection this season but wish it wasnt all about her presumed dead sister. the character has so much inner conflict.

fatin going leah mode (more successfully than leah) is good stuff

welp called it. nora girl i get it but WOW have you done a lot that i would not forgive you for putting me through if i was your sister. hoping this was not your choice

[winterstorm032802]

I'm Scared...

Nora: *runs to Alphinaud, almost tripping as she pants* I found you!

Alphinaud: *face brightens as he turns* NORA!

Nora: *laughing in joy as she tackles Alphinaud in a hug* Finally! We were looking all over for you!

Alphinaud: I've missed you so much!

Nora: Pray tell, how was exchange?

Alphinaud: *smiles* It went well, I can even show you the report later. For now, how about we hang out back at Limsa?

Nora: Okay! I can get us some fresh oranges and everything! *stops* Huh?

Alphinaud: You're right, these oranges are quite delectable

Nora: *looks around* How did we get here so fast? We were just at Mor Dhona..?

Alphinaud: My friend you must still be excited at reuniting to have not noticed mayhaps?

Nora: Mayhaps, either way I'm glad we can enjoy this

Alphinaud: Everyone is fine and we're all together as well *smiles*

Nora: Hehe yeah *tears spill* What..? *looks back at Alphinaud*

Nora is alone, Alphinaud no where in sight

Nora: Wait where did you go..? *looks down to see the water from the pier rise closer* W-What's going on? Where is everyone? *cries* Thancred? Urianger? Y'Shtola? Alphinaud? Alisaie? WHERE IS EVERYONE?! *tenses up as the water reaches her shoulders* No! No no no no! *reaches her arms out* HELP PLEASE! P-Please... I don't want to be alone anymore... *sinks in the water surrounded by darkness* (Is this it? I'm all alone now...) *closes her eyes* (Please don't leave me alone again... P--)

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Nora: *sits up in shock, reaching her arm out* Please don't!

Tataru: Settle down my friend, you awoke with a fever, most likely cause you have been searching non-stop for an answer

Nora: *wipes away some sweat* How long has it been now?

Tataru: *looks down as she holds a wet cloth in her hand* So far, eleven days since everyone has passed out a bit longer for others... We're no where near figuring it out though

Nora: I haven't gotten any other strange visions or messages from that person who calls me... I don't know who they even are or why they are doing so

Tataru: You'll find the solution I believe in you, you are the Warrior of Light after all! If anyone can do it, it's you

Nora: Tataru...

Tataru: Yes?

Nora: *tenses up as she begins to sob* I feel so afraid... I don't know what to do anymore... They're all gone I can't do this *covers her face* I'm scared Tataru...

Tataru: *walks over and hugs Nora* I know, I am too... *hugs Nora tightly, trying to hold back tears*

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Ocean Eyes and Wilted Roses

Weiss got rejected and was forced to attend the dance alone. That was fine, wasn’t like she was upset about that or anything. Nora didn’t like it when her friends were sad, and Weiss was probably her friend, and she was definitely sad, so it was up to Nora to change that.

(Same AU as Blooming, you DON’T have to read that first, but it would be appreciated if you did)

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Everybody needs friends, but sometimes it’s difficult to accept when you have them. Birthday present for @harmonylight :D

Girls in brightly coloured gowns and boys in dark suits twirled their way across the dance floor. Candles sparkled in the glass chandeliers hanging above the dancing throng. Tall windows lined the walls of the hall, with the doors at the base opened so the overflowing and chattering crowd could spill out onto the lawn to get fresh air.

Everyone was laughing and talking and having a good time. Some dancing, some hanging half-way over the balconies above, some loitering by the punch bowl, but all basking in the warm glow of companionship.

All except Weiss.

From her spot on the sidelines, she had a clear view of all her friends. Ruby and Yang on a balcony above, just quietly enjoying each other’s companionship as they watched the dancers. Nora holding a bemused looking Ren by both hands as she spun them both around, her exuberance cutting a wide swath through the crowd.

It seemed like everyone was too worried to get close for fear of injury.

Weiss had seen Jaune and Pyrrha duck out of the dance hall a few minutes ago, the boy in his dress pulling a furiously blushing Pyrrha after him. The dress was a surprise, as was the lack of pining over her all night. But from the lovestruck grin on his face that she recognized from the too many times it had been directed at her, Weiss wondered if his days of hopelessly flirting with her were over.

But she suspected they’d been over since Jaune asked her for flower advice. That boy was a hopeless romantic no matter who he was pining over.

Her gaze shifted over the crowd, spotting Penny dancing with one of her guards, the General waltzing calmly with Professor Goodwitch, and the Headmaster keeping an eye on everyone, all with that mysterious smile of his on his face. She spotted Blake watching with fond amusement as Sun and Neptune argued animatedly.

Weiss was glad that Yang had somehow convinced Blake to take a break from her frenzied and exhaustive search, but she couldn’t deny the twinge of upset she felt in the pit of her stomach when Neptune flashed Sun a particularly brilliant smile.He’d come and talked to her for a bit, explaining what his hang-ups had been. Weiss was more than a little surprised that Jaune of all people had been the driving force to change his mind.

But then Sun had called him away for something. And with a shouted over-the-shoulder apology, Neptune had left.

It was fine. She crossed her arms, a sour expression on her face as she deliberately turned away. She was fine.

“Weiiiissss!!!!” called an over exuberant voice, jerking her out of her sulking for a moment. Her head jerked up to see a furiously waving and pink-cheeked Nora rushing over to her. Ren was nowhere to be seen, which was troubling. A Nora without supervision was a Nora who was likely to start breaking things.

“Hello Nora,” Weiss said placidly, eyeing Nora as the bubblegum-pink girl came to a halt in front of her. She hadn’t expected anyone to come over and say hi, not when there was dancing to do and friends to laugh with. She wasn’t bitter.

“Why’re you over here all by yourself?” Nora asked, bouncing on her feet to the beat of the music.

Weiss bristled for a moment, instinctually thinking that Nora was making fun of her, the great Weiss Schnee, for not having a date to the dance. But upon further examination, Weiss found only honest curiosity in Nora’s clear blue eyes. She should’ve known better, the redhead didn’t have an insincere bone in her entire body.

“I could ask you the same thing,” Weiss commented, once again glancing at the crowd to see if she could spot Nora’s missing partner. “Has Ren run off somewhere?”

Nora shrugged, sitting down in the empty seat beside her without asking if she could. Weiss didn’t know if she would’ve said no regardless. “He’s getting drinks for us,” Nora grinned, legs still kicking in rhythm. “Guess all the dancing must’ve worn him out.”

Now that Weiss could believe. Even sitting here, Nora was still moving, she could only imagine how tiring dancing with her must be. Weiss sometimes wondered whether Nora ever lost the energy she got from her Semblance, or if this was just natural.

“But that’s not important,” Nora waved off Weiss’s comments. “You never answered my question!”

Weiss avoided Nora’s curious gaze, choosing to stare determinedly at the crowd rather than at the redhead. She didn’t have to answer if she didn’t want to. Nora wasn’t her father, nothing was mandatory here unless she wanted it to be. It was just her luck that her gaze happened to fall on Neptune’s little trio at that moment, and Weiss stiffened.

“Oh…” Nora murmured, softly enough that she could scarcely be heard over the crowd and the pounding bass of the music. “That makes sense.”

Weiss tore her eyes away from Neptune to glare at Nora reproachfully. “What’s that supposed to mean?!” she snapped. The redhead was just smiling softly at the distant trio, and then turned a too-knowing look on Weiss. The heiress’s heart sank.

Oh. That’s what that was supposed to mean. She averted her gaze.

The music overhead shifted, changing from whatever the bassy energetic pop had been to something more slow and calm. The more boisterous dancers meandered off the floor, making way for blushing couples as the tempo slowed.

“Do you wanna dance?” Nora offered. Weiss startled, staring at Nora like she’d dropped from the moon.

“W-What?!” Weiss spluttered, feeling heat rise to her cheeks, and silently hating how casual Nora seemed.

Nora shrugged, her usual sharp grin smoothing to something softer. “It’s not fair that you’re just sitting over here all alone,” she reminded Weiss, leaning towards her slightly as if this was confidential information. “So I thought I’d offer.”

Weiss was nonplussed. “But… what about Ren?” Ren was Nora’s date. Ren was getting drinks for the two of them. Ren should be dancing with Nora.

Nora once again waved off Weiss’s comments. “He won’t mind, trust me,” Nora reassured her, and Weiss was faintly surprised when she realized she did trust her. When had that happened? “So-” Nora clambered to her feet, brushing down her floaty pink dress with one hand and holding out the other one to Weiss. “-what d’ya say?”

“I…” She hesitated, one hand lifted to take Nora’s outstretched one, the other one curled tightly in her lap. Weiss found her gaze flickering between Nora’s hand and her face. Chipped pink nail polish, of course. Freckles in a constellation across her faintly flushed cheeks. Warmth and trust and friendship in ocean-clear eyes.

Weiss found her gaze connecting with Yang’s purple-eyed one over Nora’s shoulder. The blonde was still up on the balcony, and was watching her intently. Yang had convinced Blake to take a break.

Oh what the heck.

“I would love to.” At her words, Nora grinned widely, grabbing her hand and pulling her upright. Weiss was tugged to her feet more quickly than she’d been ready for, and she distantly remembered that oh yeah, Nora Valkyrie could bench press five of me.

Over Nora’s shoulder, Yang grinned broadly.

Chattering excitedly, Nora led Weiss out onto the dance floor. Other couples were swaying there, some awkwardly, most blushing intensely. Weiss thanked her lucky stars that it was a slow song, maybe this way Nora wouldn’t kill her.

The two of them swayed together, rotating slightly. Nora’s hands at Weiss’s waist, Weiss’s on Nora’s shoulders. Nora talked about anything and everything, from school, to flowers, to candy, to friends. Weiss found herself grateful that she didn’t need to chime in too much, Nora seemed perfectly happy to keep up a running commentary all on her own.

She spotted a newly returned Jaune and Pyrrha across the dancefloor. Pyrrha had flowers in her hair, and Jaune was blushing like the sun, but they were holding hands and spinning slightly just as she and Nora were. Progress was slow, but it was happening, thank the gods.

“This is okay, right?” Weiss glanced back at Nora. The redhead was watching her intently, ocean eyes wide and discerning.

When had she learned to trust those eyes?

“This is great,” Weiss replied, smiling more sincerely than she thought she was capable of. She felt an unbidden surge of warmth when Nora’s grin returned, and Weiss very suddenly realized that maybe tonight wasn’t a total loss.

[jauneda1]

RWBY

The New War Au part 3

Three months after part 2

Jaune and Ren where in Vale shopping for snacks and party stuff for the big party Yang and Coco wanted to throw. Team RWBY and team CFVY had worked together on a HVAG hunt. Jaune wasn't too keen on being a errand boy but atleast him and Ren can talk to each other for once. They haven't really spoken to one another due to Ren being well Ren. It also has to do with a game of drunken spin the bottle thanks to Yang of course.

This is where Nora and Jaune got paired together and instead of taking a shot Jaune just laid one on the ginger bomber. This also lead to drunk and friendship sex something only Jaune, Ren, and Nora know about. Jaune just couldn't handle the silence between the two of them. Since there was a shit ton of traffic they where stuck waiting.

Jaune: So... I know you probably don't want to be here with me rn but were a team. I feel I haven't been a good team leader to-

Ren: Jaune your not about to apologize are you. If it's about you and Nora that night I'm not bothered by that. I know Nora's not good with alcohol, also me and her aren't together- together

Ren: You've been nothing but a good team leader fto us.

Ren: Jaune that was so long ago it doesn't bother me.

Jaune: So then how come you never talk to me. Or come to me for anything?

Ren: Well... Uh how do I put it. I'm still kinda of intimidated by you. That explosion you let off in class and the one after that.

The two finally where able to cross the street.

Ren: You also keep to yourself throughout the weeks only really talking and chilling out with everyone on the weekends.

Ren: I just thought it would be best to steer clear of you.

Jaune: I'm just happy you don't see me as an asshole or something. But I'm sorry you feel that way. Tell you what before we go back and meet up with everyone at the party me and you hang out, my treat okay.

Ren: lol okay sure but no junk food I'm trying to stay in shape.

Jaune: NANI!? You can't do that I live off of my burgers and soda.

Ren: That's why your getting a little heavier I heard you talking with Pyrrha last week you went up like 10pounds.

Jaune: Lol

That's when Jaune noticed that there are a lot of trucks driving past them on the road all black Vans one of them parking in the middle of traffic. Vale is boisterous kingdom there is always someone trying to go some where. So for a van to just stop and hold up traffic is unheard of

Jaune: I don't like this.

Ren: I think it's to early to decide that maybe-

Then without warning a group of six men got out of the van all wearing these bullet proof type vest and Black mask and sporting heaven weapons. Two have Light machine guns while two more have Rifles while the last two didn't have anything they just ran forward while the four men with guns ran the opposite direction.

At this very point Jaune's situational awareness kicked in especially when he realized the men run towards they're direction, not at them but towards the cars and civilians near them. Jaune then instinctively grabbed Ren and with aura in his body and his goal in mind he was gonna get the two of them out of there.

Ren: W-What... J-Jaune

Was the only thing he could say before he realized he was being held and moved away from the ensuing explosion. Those two guys without guns where suicide bombers. They where wearing best with obvious c4 labels bad wrapping. Jaune had got atleast 6 meters or so away from where they were standing that was enough to keep out of the initial explosion, but something else had happened that Jaune didn't see but Ren did. The truck the men got out of exploded as well releasing a thick black miasma that covered the area. Jaune was able to get them away before the miasma got them.

Jaune: Ha ha *out of breath*

Jaune: What the fuck was that, those guys, the explosion, all those people are gone.

Ren: JAUNE, we have to move, we have to call someo-

Just like that the sound of another explosion went off. Then another, and another till there was just sounds of chaos and discord. The two looked at what they could only assume was another cloud of miasma like the one where they are and then they saw it the people caught inside of it where they were would die from the fumes.

Ren: Jaune call somebody,

Jaune: Who the hell do I call right now

Ren: ANYBODY!

Jaune: AND TELL THEM WHAT?!. A terrorist attack is happening what should we do?

Then Jaune's scroll started dinging it was Yang.

Yang: JAU- J- R- Y- O-

His Scroll wasn't getting good reception

Jaune: YANG? YANG YOUR BREAKING UP YANG?! YANG?!

Jaune: Damnit I lost the signal.

Ren: Jaune call your weapons to you I'll do the same

Jaune: No need I've already called both of our ETA 2mins. Since we can't get hold of anyone we'll do what we can to help the civilians.

Jaune: We may be Huntsman but I'm not gonna sit by while innocent people die.

The duo's lockers landed and now they both stand in front of them.

Ren: I completely agree and sorry about earlier.

Jaune: It's fine suit up and let's move out I'm going to activate my distress beacon in my scroll and share my location. Someone will see it, btw I'm not the only one who saw the Atlas logo on all of those guys shoulders am I ?

Ren: I saw it too, but I'm not to sure what to make of it? Let's just move. Your orders team leader😌

Jaune: On me stay sharp, these aren't Grimm where fighting. These are living breathing people are your ready for that if it comes to it.

Ren: I can't say I will be but I will do what I can to see Nora again.

Back At Beacon

(Over the PA system)

Ozpin: Due to the ensuing chaos and destruction in the city of Vale all students are to remain in your dorms and be ready for any orders I may give.

Ozpin: I can not say things will be the same after today but what I can say is we will prevail in these dark times.

Team RWBY, Team CFVY, Nora, and Pyrrha are all in teams Rwby dorm trying to figure what to do. They all saw the news mass terrorist attack throughout the kingdom of Vale. They had just tried to reach Jaune and Ren but the signal cut out and they didn't look like they where in good shape.

Coco: Holy shit those people are...

Yatsuhashi: Gone. The people responsible for this... Who could do such a thing?

Velvet: ...

Fox put his hand on Velvet's back and rubbed to comfort her.

Weiss: Those men they patches they look like Atlas military.

Pyrrha: Can't be they're not organized like they're military, They're just waiting the gear.

Blake: ... I don't know Pyrrha they look the part.

Nora: I should have gone with them.

Pyrrha: Nora it's fine they'll be fine.

Yang was pacing back n forth but spoke up once she heard that.

Yang: Oh yeah and how do you know that?

Ruby: Yang... Calm down

Yang: I'm fine Rubes, just curious were supposed to sit here while two people we care about are out there in that mess.

Yang: You say they'll be fine but we've been sitting here for and hour with the same message going off every ten minutes.

Ruby: Yang

Yang: RUBY CALM

Ruby: YANG!

The room was absolutely quiet

Ruby: Jaune will be fine, I'm worried just as much as you are. Besides he is with Ren and they can both hold they're own.

Yang: Against Grimm definitely but people you and me both know Jaune doesn't take death well.

Yang: You may not know the full story but Ricky's passing weights heavily on Jaune.

As the two where about to continue the news anchor on air spoke of two male huntsman adding the Police in the attack. The group can see Jaune and Ren are fighting back and helping the Police but they're position is pinned down from all sides the terrorist are closing in on the law enforcement and huntsman outside of the Dusk till Dawn dust shop. Will the two Huntsman in training survive the endless amounts of men pushing in on they're location.

End Of Part 3

Character Analysis

Lie Ren: Age 18, Classification Mid-Grade, Huntsman classification: Oppressor, with fast unrelenting attacks Ren can send attacks in all the while keeping the targets guessing on the next attack. This opens up Rena targets for successful strikes.

Semblance, Cloak, this semblance allows Ren to cloak humor anybody who touches him making them transparent to the naked eye. This does have draw backs like the main one him and anyone he's in contact with is still there and can be seen with infrared. It also exhausting to do it with more then 5 people for more then 10 minutes.

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Motion Sickness 37

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It was well known that Yang didn’t let just anybody touch her hair but I had always been an exception. Almost.

Some of my first memories of Yang’s hair. Yeah, the distant swish of the cloak and the petals and stuff too. My mother’s voice and the feel of warm light and skin.

But there was Yang’s hair next, golden and true. Much more firm than the silver imprint mom left in my heart. I could remember playing in the stuff, like a mound of straw and burying my face in it forever.

I didn’t remember that day in the wagon. But I do remember the aftermath. I could hear my father shouting, his fear was the only thing that ever actually provoked his rage. When he finally stopped his tirade and let her back inside to see me and uncle Qrow her eyes were already red.

From crying, rather than anger.

He watched her run up to me and pick me up.

“Ruby, I’m so sorry.” She’d sobbed and grabbed me so tightly in her arms. She cried too hard. I couldn’t help but burst into tears with her.

“C-c-can I?” I asked. She pulled back and looked hard into my eyes. She waited patiently with tears running down both of our faces. I choked on the words, “can I brush your hair?”

She’d giggled as tears poured from her eyes. She’d nodded furiously and we both calmed down as I combed through the golden locks.

Then when I was older, I remember the two years that I had to wait before going to school, where I wasn’t around my sister every day, if only barely. I remember waiting by the door for her to come back and to sit behind her and braid it, and brush it, and I could finally tell her all the things I’d been waiting to.

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We never found Jaune's body.

It was the implications of that which were the worst part.

Sure, we never found the relic either but that was secondary. My heart felt so heavy and fit to break at any moment.

It was like when Cinder incinerated Pyrrha all over again.

We found Ren and Nora, they'd died to some deep slashes and thrusts but that couldn't have been Jaune. There was no way. There must be some other explanation.

When Cinder had come back up my eyes had flared up again in her presence and I'd nearly blown her away with the power it had summoned. Emerald carried Cinder away while the other held us off. They escaped. They fled before our superior numbers especially when Blake showed up with reinforcements. I somehow couldn't even be happy about that either, seeing Blake again.

I felt like somebody had turned my heart and legs to lead and laid miserably in my bed at our rental. I could still smell Jaune's scent. A heavy, spice-like odor. It made my eyes water. Jaune, Ren, and Nora were gone.

"Ruby?" Yang knocked at the door. I knew she was worried about me. That was the only reason I responded.

"What's up sis?" It was weak.

"We… we need to talk."

"I keep telling everyone it wasn't Jaune. There must be something else happening."

"Ruby the marks on their bodies was consistent with Jaune's weapon." Yang sounded tired.

"Jaune wouldn't do that. All of you are doubting him. All of you think he killed them and took off with the relic but there was no need to do that! He could have betrayed me to Tyrion. He could have set us up in a dozen different ways. It doesn't make any sense."

"Ozpin said that the Grimm that was in there would allow communication. Communication between whoever and Salem. He says Jaune could have been a sleeper agent who only activated at the right code or phrase. No one thinks the Jaune we knew did it, Ruby. But he still did it."

"It isn't fair. Jaune would never. Not to Ren and Nora."

"Rubes…"

"Don't call me that!" I snapped more than I meant to.

"Ruby we have to talk about what to do next. You should be there for that."

I curled up, wrapping my hands around my stomach. It just hurt so much. More than I could bear. The pain made me writhe against the sheets in agony.

"Ruby!"

"I-it just h-hurts so much." I sobbed out. "W-what a-ah-m I supposed to do?"

"We move on, Ruby. It's all we can do."

"I can't. Not from this."

"Ruby I love Blake." Yang confessed sitting down next to me. "I know how you're feeling right now. When she left it took me months to pull myself together."

I grabbed fistfulls of my sister's hair and cried into it like I had when I was a young girl. I sobbed so hard it racked my body. The pain I felt in my chest was just too intense.

"But eventually I just had to. You know? You'll bounce back from this. I promise you will. I know it feels like so much right now but it will get better."

"No one expects you to be okay right now. Just do what you can." She held me as I cried. It didn't work, didn't make me feel much better. I missed Jaune's touch, the feel of his arms around me. I missed his aura, always so strong, so certain. So full. "Just do what you can and the rest of us will support you."

"Wh-what about Jaune?"

"We'll find him and do what we can for him."

"What does that mean?"

"I don't know Ruby. I don't have all the answers. We have to assume Jaune is taking the relic to Salem. We have to stop her from getting her hands on the others too. Whatever that means. Whatever it takes."

"I don't wanna think about that anymore."

"No one blames you. Just take your time."

Yang stood up, leaving me curled up on the bed.

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I came down the steps in our rental for the first time in a day. Everyone looked over at me and I wished they wouldn't.

I sniffled.

"How are you Ruby?" Weiss asked, rubbing one arm with the other nervously. She was holding two mugs and she passed one to me, creamey and sugary just how I liked it.

I took it and wiped my face. Weiss was doing what she could for me. I met her blue eyes and saw a resolved strength in them. I'd always admired that quiet calm she possessed

How was I supposed to answer? That I felt like a fragile teacup? Set to shatter at a moment's notice and like nothing would ever be right again. I burned. They just stood there as I burned and no one would help. Could help.

Weiss was trying, reaching out to me desperately. Yang, too. I'd have to manage for them.

"A little better," I managed. "Not so good, though." I tried to smile but it was weak.

"We're here for you Ruby." Weiss said. "Whatever you need."

I needed Jaune. Weiss just wasn't enough right now. She was a lot but not enough. I felt like I'd never be whole. And I knew that he needed me. He needed us. Wherever he was he was hurting. His scroll feed had died and he was totally missing.

"I heard about you and Jaune," Blake muttered. "It can't be easy with what he did."

"I have all of you," I said. "And it's not what he did. Salem must have done something to him. He would never turn on us like that. Not on Ren and Nora either." I was adamant. They'd see. "He needs our help wherever he is. He needs my help even if he doesn't know it. Even if he's something else at the moment. And I'll be there to help him when we meet again." In my heart of hearts I knew I'd see him again. For now I had my partner, I had my team. I had my friends. That would have to be enough. Have to be.

Weiss gave me a weak smile back. She stood up and led me down the rest of the stairs and sat me down and kept one arm around me.

"What's our next play?" Yang asked. "We have no reason to stay here."

"With the Atlas embargo I worry for James next." Ozpin said through Oscar's lips. "Now that Salem ," he emphasized, perhaps for my sake, "will soon have the relic of knowledge it is imperative that we prevent the other relics from falling into her hands."

"These relics," Blake began, "what happens if she gets them all?"

"The relics all have power, for example it is the relic of creation which is responsible for levitating the upper city of Atlas. And with the relic of knowledge she can ask the lamp any question and receive a true and full answer. Both would be and are incredibly dangerous in her hands."

Yang let out a low whistle.

"The relic of knowledge has limits for example only three questions may be asked every one hundred years. And it cannot answer questions about those events yet to pass."

"So the relics are an end unto themselves." Blake clarified. "She doesn't need them for anything."

Ozpin hesitated. He leaned on his cane. "With the relics," he went on at length, "all of them together, she can summon the old gods back to Remnant. That is what we must prevent. If the gods are summoned too soon, before humanity is ready, they shall wipe out their creation and humanity with it."

It was Qrow's turn to whistle.

"Lords above." Weiss murmured.

"Before humanity is ready?" Yang questioned. "What exactly does that mean?"

"While humanity remains divided."

"Before we have accomplished world peace?" Weiss sounded shocked.

"Precisely that."

"That's Salem's plan then. Why she keeps us divided," I determined.

"Yes. It is also why I try to unify the states across Remnant."

"We're not ready." Blake said. "The Whitefang alone is enough reason for them to destroy us all."

"Indeed. And why we should make our next steps to Atlas and prevent the staff of creation from falling into her hands. As I mentioned I fear for James. If he has turned on us as Leo had…" he let that thought hang in the air.

Weiss let out a smoldering sigh but said nothing. I rubbed her back and leaned on her shoulder. I knew she wanted nothing to do with Atlas. Not after she just escaped. She wanted to go back like she wanted a hole in her head.

"The borders are closed, though." Yang protested. "This is all well and good but how do we actually get in?"

"Argus." Qrow said. "Argus is still the largest military base outside of the kingdom. It's the one place that isn't closed or shut down. Get there, and we may be able to convince them to give us a ride to Solitas."

"I suppose we do have Weiss. That alone might be enough to convince them. And if we can get a message through to Ironwood he may make an exception." Blake plotted. "Perhaps you set up a code before you -um- died." She looked at Ozpin and Oscar.

"And James will be doing all he can to get communications up and running. It will be the fastest way to restore things after the Black-Out day," Ozpin agreed. "For once, time may be on our side."

"It might mean sending Weiss ahead alone." Yang picked out. "They might make an exception for her and not the rest of us. If you went on alone do you think you could get a message to Ironwood."

"Yes. I do." Weiss exhaled. She didn't make it sound pleasant. "If nothing else I should be able to get in contact with my sister and she works extremely closely with him."

"Well it's a plan, a loose plan which might be for the best under the circumstances." Blake said.

That made me miss Jaune. He was always the strategist and I shook slightly in Weiss's arms. She squeezed me closer to her with a concerned look. I'd need to stop worrying her. I'd need to be strong. I'd need to be better. Jaune was counting on me as were my team.

"Perhaps we should take time to remember the fallen. Argus is going nowhere and James is skilled at what he does. Closing the border was an excellent move, all things considered. At least at keeping the agents of Salem away. Unrestricted access might be more concerning and I suppose he's due a little paranoia under the circumstances. What happened at Beacon was… traumatic. For everyone."

I gave him a shallow nod. I wondered if I'd start to lose my team too the way Jaune had. That horrible thought was nearly enough to send me scattering across the floor. It was a hard thought to swallow, my team were just as mortal and could be unwound as easily as Jaune's had. I resolved to never let it happen. I imagined Jaune had made a similar resolution, though.  

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"How are you really doing Ruby?" Weiss asked. We stood alone out in our little courtyard. I inhaled a shaking sigh.

"Not good Weiss. It's bad. It's really bad. You weren't there but Jaune was often there to help keep me going. When things were bad against Vernal and the Knuckelavee."

She rubbed my back. I leaned into the feeling of her fingers against my bare skin. Our aura's overlapped slightly. Her's was a frigid yet familiar thing. The feeling was like being inside while it was snowing out. It was like holding a hot cup of chocolate in one hand and resting. You could feel the crispness in the air but it couldn't touch you. I breathed the feeling of it in. It was different from the almost-too-warm of Yang's aura or the flaring intensity of Jaune's.

"I know how much you must be missing him. Ren and Nora too."

I cried a little at their names. "They'd be happy, I think that they went out together. Finally," I said. "And you? Weiss? You never liked him!" I laughed a little.

"Hey! I started to see what you and Pyrrha were on about. At least towards the end. He was a good guy."

"He was so sweet. He'd do anything I asked him to. He would have killed and died for me."

"A big old golden retriever," Weiss agreed. "That must have been scary."

"A little. I mean who wants that kind of responsibility?”

"You know I'd kill and die for you too, Ruby."

"I know, Weiss. But… I just can't right now. Can't think about that. I don't want that kind of responsibility. And he became dangerous, too." I took a drink from my coffee. "And I got to watch him grow. I got to feel like I was a part of it."

"I saw him fighting Cinder. He wasn't doing bad. At least while his semblance was active. His semblance… do you think it might help him break out of Salem's influence."

"Probably." The semblance was about the soul. Even if she poisoned his mind there was that piece of him that had to remain, right? "Weiss, do you think he's out there right now? Alone and scared?"

"Have you met Jaune recently. I think Salem should be scared of what he's going to do to her. He's going to cut her head off. He's pretty particular about revenge and I think Ren and Nora will count."

"That's only if he isn't blaming himself. Do you think he knows how much we all love him?"

"He's in pain, wherever he is. That's for sure. I… Even if he breaks free I'm not sure he'll be able to live with himself." Weiss played things straight. Jaune did that too. He never lied to me, even to comfort me. I think that's one of the things I liked about him. He was always just there beside me anyways.

"You think he might take his own life?"

"If it's that or be a pawn of Salem's, I think it's a possibility."

"And there's nothing I can do about it." I cried a little more and Weiss wrapped me in her arms. I inhaled the scent of her pale hair. The tranquil creamy smell of her shampoo filled my jammed nostrils. I rested my chin on her shoulder.

"You'll be there. You'll be ready to help him. We'll be there to help him."

"How can you even say that. I wasn't there to help him this time."

"You can't blame yourself. You won. You drove back Cinder again. And the relic... well who cares about the relic. Ozpin mentioned he used some of the questions before he sealed it away. Sure it matters for the long term but none of that should matter to you right now. You just focus on getting better. And besides, this was all Salem's doing. She did this to him. To us."

"I know it's stupid but… he was such a good kisser too. That's really getting to me today. I could use some of that right about now." I cried a little more.

Weiss wiped the tears from my face as she gazed at me. She kissed my cheek gently. it wasn't quite the same, nor would I have wanted it to have been. It wasn't as full. She didn't have to lean down and make an effort out of it, not like Jaune would have. And he would have for me. Then she pulled me close again. We stayed that way for a long time. A long long time.

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-WG

[miss-writes-a-lot]

New Allies (A Rwby Oc Fanfic)

A/N: Hi, hello. It's been a while since I've done anything on here. This is a short and hopefully sweet one Trying to change that so I don't keep you all waiting. This fic takes place during the time that Oscar was kidnapped by the Hound featuring @mcmystery 's oc Cerise and my oc, Garnet whom you may have seen in other fics. If you want to know more about Cerise, go check out mcmystery!)

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Cerise didn't want to just stay in Mantle.

She had just witnessed Oscar be beaten and kidnapped by a monster-there was no chance in hell she was just going to stare there and not help him! But, she needed to. Joanna and Fiona were having enough trouble trying to get the people of Mantle to listen to them. They needed help.

But so did Oscar. So did Yang, Jaune, and Ren-Ruby, Penny, May, Nora-they all needed her help. She needed to help those kids!

If she had the choice, she would have gone with Yang and the others and fought Salem with her bare hands for what she did to Oscar. She would tear her to shreds. But, she needed to help these people. They took priority. She went into the slums to escort the rest of the people out. She gotten nearly everyone out and into some vans that would take them to safety, her mind still racing.

'Okay. Almost everyone is out. Now, we just need to get them out of here. Hang on, Oscar. I'm coming.'

The sounds of howling Beowolves filled the air. Cerise looked up and saw the monsters, perched up on some buildings preparing to pounce. The people screamed and scattered. Cerise drew her weapons and took a defensive stance alongside Fiona and Joanna.

"They just keep coming!" Fiona exclaimed.

"We'll just have to hold them off as best as we can!" Cerise yelled.

She felt her blood boil and her hands tight around Tribute and Devotion. She was in no mood to deal with anymore Grimm. But, she needed to protect the people, and that's exactly what she was going to do. She jumped onto the roof of one of the vans and used her semblance to pull her up. The Beoxolves pounced and Cerise moved in for an attack.

At least, she would have if it were not for a cloaked figure with a scythe and sliced through a Beowolf-inches from her face. The cloaked figure quickly took care of the other two Beowolves and landed on the street.

Cerise stared in surprise. The cloaked figure was short, about as tall as Weiss. Their weapon wasn't like Ruby or Qrow's. Actually, it was quite ordinary. It was a simple, beat up scythe used for reaping crops, yet they seem to do really well with it.

Another Beowolf was about to pounce on them. Cerise charged forward, "LOOK OUT!"

The figure turned just as the grimm jumped. Cerise wrapped it in strings and slammed the monster into the ground with all of her might, watching as it became nothing but smoke.

The hooded figure stepped back. "You're...a huntress."

Cerise was about to speak but the sound of Grimm closing in drowned her out. The figure took off running in another direction.

"H-hey! Wait up!" Cerise took off after them. She pushed past the horrdes of screaming people and into an alley. They tried to make a break for the fire escape of one of the buildings, but Cerise grabbed them by their cloak and pulled them back, "Hey! Wait!"

The figure fell back, knocking them both to the ground. Cerise groaned in pain, "Ah, my leg..."

The mysterious figure stood, "Why did you follow me?"

"Because no huntsmen would just save a bunch of people and run off without helping the rest of us."

"I'm not a huntsmen. And even if I was, I wouldn't be much help. I don't have the weapons you do. I need to get moving."

"W-wait! Don't go! We really need help. We can't deal with the grimm all by ourselves! We don't have a lot of skilled fighters and I need to find someone!"

"Sorry, but I'm looking for someone too and I can't waste anymore time that I already have-"

"Wait!"

Cerise pulled the cloak off the figure, who desperately tried to keep it on. Her heart dropped to her stomach. The stranger turned out to be a teenage girl, with a very close resemblance to the woman maning the giant monster heading for Atlas. Hair and skin as white as snow. Red and black veins wrapping around her fingers and down from her eyes. Red and black eyes staring at her in surprise and fear.

"You...you're..."

The girl put her hands up in surrender, "L-Look, I know what you must be thinking. B-but I'm not her! I'm not the woman in that... 'thing' up there!"

"Do you really expect me to believe that? You look just like her! How do I know you're not not just some illusion or, or one of her proxies?!" Cerise yelled, her voice cracking.

"I...I can't tell you. B-but that's only because I don't remember anything past a few months ago!"

"That's convenient, isn't it?"

"Please. I've been traveling for months across Mistral and even longer to get here. I don't know if I'm apart of her or something entirely different. Half of the time, I don't even remember my name! But I do remember my friend! And I remember that that lady in the whale sent people after her and her friends and tried to kill her! And I'm sure she's done the same to you...hasn't she?"

Cerise didn't try to hold back her tears. "She took...she took someone who was really important to me. H-he's just a kid! He didn't do anything to deserve this!"

The girl placed an awkward hand on Cerise's shoulder, "I know you don't trust me, but...if you need help or anything, I'll help. I may not have the skills you do, but I'll do my best. I'll help you get your friend back if you need me to. I'm not like her, and I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

She held out her hand, but Cerise was obviously hesitant. She couldn't really trust this girl, even if she was telling the truth. She had her trust betrayed a lot this past week and she didn't want to be stabbed in the back at her most vulnerable. But, then again, she was just a kid. If her story was true as she said it was, she couldn't just leave her to fend for herself, especially at a time like this.

'Atlas is in trouble. We don't have a lot of people who can properly defend themselves from the grimm. She's one of the more skills fighters I've seen. If she's telling the truth and willing to help, then...I'll let her help.'

Cerise took her hand and shook it with a tight grip, "Okay. I...I trust you. My name is Cerise, by the way. Cerise Han-Brunswick."

"I'm Garnet. So, what's the plan?"

Cerise looked up to the sky, watching as the giant whale quickly approached Atlas. "First, we get the people somewhere safe. Then, we figure out a way to get up there and get up to that thing."

"Sounds like a very horrible idea more than a plan."

"Better than nothing."

"Guesd your right. And this wouldn't be the first time I was in mortal peril. Okay," she reached down and picked up her cloak, "Let's go."

She stepped out of the alleyway and into the streets, her scythe drawn. Cerise followed after her, eyes fixated on the sky. She blinked back tears as her fists tightened.

'Hang on, Oscar. I'm coming. Wait for me.'

[arc-misadventures]

Friends AU: I could see Terra just being confused on why the gang wouldn't date Jaune. Like to her he's perfect. And she just doesn't understand how they can't see it.

Imma gonna add one! I’m going to work on tgis so help me?!

No, seriously, I need help. I am mentally unbalanced as a coping mechanism to deal with the moronic stupidity of this idiotic world we all live in?! Help!!!

Do Enjoy~!

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Friends XVII

Team RWBY, was entrapped in a conversation of plans and possible solutions of ways to get to Atlas, when the musing was stopped as they heard some cheerful humming as they saw, Terra descended down the stares with a happy smile upon her face, and a warm glow around her. Her humming was brought to an end as she saw several pairs of eyes staring at her from Team RWBY.

Terra: Uhh… Need something?

Yang: No, its just… you seem happy…

Weiss: Too happy…

Terra: And, what? Is that weird or something?

Ruby: N-No…

Terra: Doesn’t appear so, since you seem so weirded out by it.

Ruby: Don’t get us wrong! We just haven’t seen someone so happy in a while. It’s kinda…

Yang: Unnerving…

Ruby: Yeah…

Terra: Good grief… How long has it been since you’ve last seen someone be happy?

Yang: Uhh… Well…?!

Terra: Nora, doesn’t count.

Yang Uuuhhhh…?!

Terra: Okay, that’s just sad… Hmm? Something on my face, Blake?

Blake: N-N-No! J-Just thinking about something…!

Terra: Oh~? Care to share?

Blake: No!

Terra: You better…

Weiss: Uhh… Is something going on?

Terra: Nothing you need worry about.

Weiss: Okay then…

Terra: Hey, girls… mind if I ask you something?

Ruby: Sure! What is it?

Terra: How come none of you like, Jaune?

Weiss: W-What…?

Blake: Beg pardon?

Terra: I mean… haven’t any of you ever thought about dating, Jaune?

Ruby: W-What?!

Yang: Me dating, V… Jaune?!

Weiss: Absolutely not!

Blake: Eh…?

Terra: Wow… did not expect that…

Ruby: I’m only sixteen… I’m not old enough to date!

Terra: Please tell me she’s joking… Cause that’s the weakest excuse I’ve ever heard…

Yang: It’s probably the best excuse she can come up with…

Terra: Wow… pathetic.

Ruby: Hey!

Terra: Okay, spill it girls; What’s so wrong about dating, Jaune?

Yang: He’s just not my type, he’s not cool enough to hang with me~!

Terra: Pff… Bullshit.

Yang: Eh…?

Terra: If that’s your standard for not dating, Jaune; ‘He’s not cool enough.’ You better get ready to wind up as a lonely little spinster. Because, you’re setting yourself for an impossible standard. You’re going to be wasting your life away looking for Mr, or Mrs, your call, Perfect~! But, no such person exists. So you’re going to be wasting your life away searching for them, when low and behold, they were right in front of you the whole time.

Yang: N-No I’m not!

Terra: Give it some time, you’ll find it out in a few years time. What about you, Blake?

Blake: I-I’ve never thought about, Jaune in such a capacity… to be honest, Jaune and I don’t talk all that much… so, I’m not sure what kind of person he is… I couldn’t really tell if… well… you know. And besides, I really haven’t had the best of luck when it comes to dating… I’ve had the worst… absolute worse luck with Ex Lovers…

Yang: Her last to Ex Lover tried to kill her…

Terra: Seriously…?

Blake: Yeah…

Terra: Well, that’s what you get…

Blake: Excuse me…? Are you blaming me for all of this?

Terra: Yeah, you don’t really seem to get to know people all that well, keeping yourself closed off and ignore others as you get hyper focused on things. Which eventually pushes anyone you know, and care about away from you because of your own selfish actions.

Blake: Eh…?

Yang: Wow… You’ve really pinned, Blake down there…

Ruby: But, how? We’ve only know you for a few days now, how do you know Blake, let alone the rest of us so well?

Terra: Jaune told me allot about all of you, before you came here.

Blake: But, how does he seemingly know me so well? I mean, we’ve never really spoken together that often?

Terra: Jaune’s far more observant that you give him credit for. Sure, he may not seem like it, but her can notice allot of the little things most people tend to miss.

Blake: Oh… Okay… That’s kinda creepy…

Terra: Meh, it can be at times… So, what about you, Weiss?

Weiss: Beg pardon?

Terra: Jaune said that the two of you have some history together, what is it?

Weiss: Oh, well… When we first met, I insulted, Jaune backhandedly, and he mistook it for some sort of compliment, and then started to flirt with me afterwards, calling me Snow Angel, trying to serenade me with a voice that made a broken record sound pleasant. It got extremely annoying to the point I really started to hate, Jaune.

Terra: But, something changed though, didn’t it?

Weiss: It was during a dance we were having at, Beacon, Jaune talked some sense into the person, I wanted to ask out on a date… After that he stopped flirting with me and I started finding, Jaune’s presence more tolerable to deal with. But, I don’t think he will ever see me in such a light again. I more or less burned that bridge… So, instead I tried to… Actually, I didn’t try anything and just left things at that…

Terra: I see… Well then, I think you’re all a bunch of idiots then.

Ruby: What, why?!

Terra: You guys are missing out in a real catch there. If I met, Jaune before I met, Saphron. I’d be all over him…

Weiss: What?!

Yang: But, aren’t you gay?!

Terra: Bisexual actually. But, that doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you missed out on a great catch.

Weiss: And, why is that?

Terra: Well… Actually, I’m not going to tell you.

Ruby: What, why?

Terra: Cause it’s pointless.

Yang: What do you mean by that?

Terra: You’ve had over a year to get to know him, see how great of a guy he really is. How, sweet and caring of a guy he is. But, you’ve spent your time, ignoring him, and from what he’s told me, belittling him. You don’t deserve to know what he’s like.

Ruby: Can’t you tell us? M-Maybe we can use this information to repair our relationship!

Yang: I don’t think that’s a great idea, Ruby.

Weiss: I agree, Jaune had made it visibly clear that their is no chance of us ever getting on his good aide ever again…

Terra: Yeah, you’ve all hurt him once before, it may have taken him a while, but, once is more than enough for him.

Ruby: But, can’t you tell us anything we can do?

Terra: Nope. Besides, I have to get ready to leave; Don’t want to be late for work. I’ll see you all later then. Bye!

Ruby: Bye…

Yang: You really got to give it up, Rubes, you’re never going to be friends again. He said as much himself.

Ruby: Never! Only in death will I ever stop trying to become, Jaune’s friend again!

Blake: Yours or his? Because your more likely to get his than yours based on how things are going with him…

Ruby: Wait what…?!

[virgil-is-a-cutie]

Oh, if you're still doing Alya salt, maybe do something where She ends up footing the bill for all the "free" stuff she got as Marinette's friend since she made it clear they aren't anymore?

This is pro-class and pro-Chloé btw

Pay The Price and Suffer

"I'M NOT YOU'RE FRIEND ANYMORE MARINETTE!"

The class is shocked by the screaming that comes out of Alya's mouth but to their surprise Marinette just stays sitting down on her desk with headphones on.

She looks up to see Alya who was glaring furiously at her.

She takes off her headphones, she had been listening to Set It Off's album Midnight.

"What is it now Césaire?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, her voice dripping of malice.

Everyone in class' eyes widened at how they heard the bluenette address Alya. She had only done it once and that was when they were younger.

The glasses wearing teen was shocked at the tone of her ex-best friend and blushed a little at the tone.

"W...we're not friends anymore Marinette."

"Anything important?" she asked with sarcasm as she wrote a few things down in a journal.

Alya's eyes widened and she hesitates for a bit, "no. I just don't want to be friends with a jealous bitch," she hissed out weakly before making her way to her seat next to Lila who was feigning a small pout.

Mari rolled her eyes while the rest of her friends gave her a smile and sent her a few texts to cheer her up.

Thanks to Sabrina being in the restroom while Lila made her threat she and Chloé basically sat the whole class down, except Alya who was busy, to inform them of what happened.

After that the whole class were wary of Lila and didn't believe her that much much to her frustration other than Alya.

The class tried to explain to Alya but she wouldn't listen to them at all no matter what each of them said to her.

Poor Nino broke up with her once he noticed how his girlfriend was treating Marinette. He was glad since Alya just posted nonsense in her blog without fact checking.

Adrien, too was rather into just plain ignoring Lila and even told Gabriel that he wouldn't want somone as tacky as her to be a model.

Surprisingly Gabriel agreed, because really Lila? Hair in three ponytails that looks like sausages?

He's seen children models look better than her with that hairstyle and they made it look nice.

Marinette eyes Adrien and when he looked back at her they smiled widely before texting each other before class started.

The rest of her friends were worried.

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Alya paled as her mother held up a small piece of paper while a huge stack of papers sat on the table.

"Care to explain why the fuck you owe 2 million euros to the Dupain-Cheng Bakery as well an additional 1 million euros to Marinette?" her mother hissed quietly glaring fiercely at her daughter.

Nora was sitting in the couch covering her face as her whole body shook with anger and disbelief.

Alya looked at her father who was quiet and looking at his phone, not knowing that he was checking their bank account to see how much they had.

The twins, not understanding what was happening, but understanding that the mood of the room was a bit bad stayed quiet as they did their homework.

"W....what?" Alya asked as she felt her stomach tighten.

3 million euros? For what?!!!

"YOU OWE THE DUPAIN-CHENGS 3 MILLION EUROS ALYA! TELL ME WHY?!" her mother screamed angrily with fire on her eyes as she slammed the receipt into the table making Alya flinch.

"Don't bother asking her mom, I read the packet. She owes them because of all the baked goods she begged Marinette to bring to her whenever they hanged out or for lunch...as well as all the outfits and gifts she bitched to Mari into making them for her," Nora said quietly, her voice sounding so weak.

"Alya...why didn't you pay for any of this?" her father asks her softly looking at her with tired disappointed eyes.

"I...that was when Marinette was my best friend and best friends gift each-" Alya tried to explain but her mother screamed again.

"JUST BECAUSE YOUR SUPPOSED BEST FRIEND OWNS A BAKERY AND CAN DESIGN DOESN'T ENTITLE YOU TO ASK FOR FREE THINGS ALYA!"

"Alya....all those free things can hurt their business. What made you think that all of that was free?" Nora asked looking at her younger sister with red eyes.

Alya felt small as her mother glared at her as she quietly whispered.

"Because she was my friend."

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Alya made her way to class with her head down, her eyes were droopy and her hair a mess after not being able to sleep the whole night.

She froze when she saw Marinette, Adrien, and the whole class eating from a box from the bakery.

She stomps towards the group but froze when she noticed that all of them looked at her with a look of distrust.

"I bet you gave that to all of them for free," she hissed out weakly.

Everyone in the class got a confused look before Nathaniel spoke up.

"I sent a text to Mari last night that I was going to buy a box of macaroons for the class to eat in the morning."

Alya froze when she heard that, "w...wait what? You guys...order it the day before?" she asks weakly.

Everyone frowns at her tone before nodding.

"Well yeah. Before you came along Chloé would basically buy 2 boxes of croissants and macaroons each day to share with the class. A few times even her dad would buy 3 boxes of cookies when Chloé was too sick to come to school. Heck out all their customers they tip the bakery so much that even Tom feels bad."

Chloé sheepishly smiled as Marinette playfully glared at her. Chloé and Nathaniel were the only ones in the class to pay her more than necessary when doing a commission.

"I...I thought all those times she brought them as to just share," she said weakly.

Everyone frowns and turn to look at Marinette who raised an eyebrow.

"I believe you got the receipt then?"

"I...I thought it was all free Marinette!" she weakly tries to protest.

When the class heard that suddenly they understood what was going on.

Chloé raised an eyebrow, "you thought that Marinette just gave all the stuff for free? How stupid do you have to be Césaire? Her parents have people who ask to open a tab which they pay a week later."

"B...but all the outfits..." Alya tried to reason.

"All of those were commissions...honestly Césaire you'd think the class would make Marinette waste valuable material and time to make us all the stuff she gives us for free? You'd be absolutely stupid to think we'd ask for free stuff just because she's our friend."

"...Alya did you think just because we were friends with Mari we'd get all of the things she brings to class was free?" Nino asked his ex girlfriend who looked away in shame.

"Alya those outfits and gifts she gives us were commissions we sent her like...2 years ago in advance depending on what was needed through her website," Sabrina informed the now distraught looking teen.

"B...but-"

"I wasted a lot of bakery goods and designs on you Alya because you begged me to or would just bitch to me about them. We aren't friends anymore so you might as well pay the bill of all those 'free' things you felt entitled to," Marinette said with a glare that made the taller girl feel small.

"But my fam-"

"I could care less Alya, you brought this on yourself," Marinette said with a sigh before walking to her desk and Nathaniel grabbed the box of goodies before following after Marinette.

Alya stood there hurt and confused as the rest followed the bluenette.

That night Alya was grounded and had to get a job as her parents informed her that they only paid 1/10 of the bill. Having informed Mari's parents that that's all they were willing to pay since it was Alya who basically asked for free stuff and the rest was to be paid by herself with no other help from her family.

Marinette and her parents agreed since they knew Alya's parents basically were disappointed on their daughter.

Marinette knew it'd take possibly years for Alya to pay back, but Alya's parents kept reminding her whenever she got back from work and kept a chalkboard to show her progress.

She didn't make that much progress after 3 months.

Mari and the class didn't care, neither did Lila who was screamed at by the glasses wearing teen when she found out she was lied to.

Now she had to pay the price.

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