Right, speaking of...
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Saturday had been exhausting. Between everyone's parents showing up, setting up the new room, and having to corral Nora and "Patrick" (Which had involved luring Nora into a trap using a bare-chested Ren slathered in syrup), Yang's energy level was just above zero.
She slumped down on the queen sized bed they'd been gifted, as Jaune shooed Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren out the door. Ren still looked deeply unhappy, as Nora pawed at him. Yang did not envy Pyrrha in the dorms, and shot her an apologetic look.
Pyrrha shot back a sad but coping look, and smiled genuinely when she wished her and Jaune goodnight. Jaune shut the door, and let out a long, hard sigh.
"Geez... I am beat," he muttered. He turned and walked to the bed. He slumped down onto it, staring up at the ceiling before covering his eyes with a groan. Yang chuckled and laid down next to him.
"Tuckered out already?" She asked.
"Anyone would be with Nora," he stated firmly. Yang nodded.
"Sorry I couldn't help with the wrangling, but, ya know, pregnant and all."
"I suspect you're gonna use that excuse a lot in the next few months," he sighed. Yang nuzzled him.
"Aw... Don't blame me, blame our baby! You wanna be a responsible dad and not let Mama overexert herself, right?"
Jaune rolled his eyes.
"You nearly tired yourself out laughing."
"Come on. It was funny," Yang giggled.
"It was not."
"Your voice is scratchy," Yang said. She handed him a bottled water, which he accepted gratefully. The trap bated, she waited until he was gulping it down to spring it.
"Seeing Nora drag you around on that rope! With how much you were yelling, I can't blame you being a little..." She grinned, "horse?"
Jaune groaned into his now empty water bottle, before he tossed it at the waste basket. He kicked Patrick, whom Nora had returned. The rocking horse creaked unrepentantly.
"It was not that funny."
"It absolutely was," Yang snickered. Jaune sighed again.
"Tragedy plus time equals comedy, I guess," Jaune mumbled. He sat up, and looked around at the walls. "Posters are a little sparse. I thought you had more?"
"I did, but 'Achieve Men' posters feel a little inappropriate since I'm preggers and engaged," she said with a shrug. "Besides, I think motorcycles are much better decor."
"No kidding," Jaune said with a grin, nodding at a sleek, wolf-like motorcycle on a poster, "A Remus 205? My dad has one."
"Really?!" Yang gasped. "Those are super rare! How did he get it?"
"He said he got it to fight some evil leather twink who was trying to destroy the world with a giant sword," Jaune said. At Yang's stare, he chuckled. "He actually found it in pieces near an abandoned village and put it back together with help from my mom and her neighbors in Radian. He didn't even know it was that valuable until later. But he told me the first story when I was six."
"He used 'twink' when you were six?" Yang asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, Mom really let him have it for that," Jaune said with a nod. He smiled and took her hand, squeezing it.
"I mean... Seriously though... Are you okay with this?"
Yang nodded.
"I-I am... Mostly... It's still scary and new. But... We're gonna have to get used to living together, right?"
"Right," Jaune nodded. Yang smiled.
"And I'm glad you've got more than what you had."
"My parents brought some of my stuff," Jaune admitted. He reached into a box, and rummaged around. He pulled out some books with a smile. "Aw. My parents read these to me when I was a kid. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn..."
Yang reached in, and blinked at a holotape. She snorted in laughter.
"Professor Paradox: Doom of the Khaleds?"
"Hey, come on, that's a classic!" Jaune said, reaching for the tape. Yang sighed heavily.
"I'm aware. My dad and Ruby watch this show all the time."
"Really? So you're familiar with it?!" Jaune asked, grinning broadly. "Who's your favorite Professor? Your favorite enemy? Your favorite-?!"
Yang really hated to do this, given how enthusiastic he was, but if this was going to work... She had to be honest.
"Jaune? Let me make this clear. I have seen every godsdamn episode of this show. I don't want to see anymore," she said firmly. Jaune's face fell.
"But... Come on... You watched it with your family-"
"Yeah! Because we had one TV and they outvoted me!" Yang scoffed. "I mean... The Tenth Professor Paradox was pretty hot, but I will very happily live the rest of my life never hearing another argument about how the Thirteenth Professor Paradox ruined the franchise worse than the Sixth, or pretending an egg whisk is a death ray, or hearing the Albion Broadcasting Company jingle. Okay?"
Jaune pouted.
"But-"
"Nope! Dad told me honesty is very important in marriages, as are boundaries. No Professor Paradox, ever."
Jaune sighed.
"Fine. Great, our first fight," he muttered. Yang chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Look on the brightside. You can binge the entire show with Ruby and my dad." A pause. "And our baby."
Another pause.
"Maybe."
Jaune brightened.
"I could!"
"Besides," Yang said cheerfully, "There are other things we can do together, right?"
She batted her eyelashes. Unfortunately, Jaune had chosen this exact moment to duck his head back into his box.
"Ooh! You're right! You like Azur Blaze, right? It's a great fighting game, and they made an anime about it in Fuujin-"
Yang cleared her throat, and took him by the shoulder. She pulled him up, and looked at him very intently. She made her smile very sultry.
"Other things?"
Jaune blushed a bit but kept his composure. He cleared his throat.
"I uh... I-I mean... I do want to do that with you, Yang. I really, really do."
"Oh?" Yang cooed, "Really?"
Jaune gulped.
"... I haven't been able to get you out of my head all day."
He said it while looking her in the eyes, though his eyes dipped to her chest at the end. A flash of heat rushed through her, as well as a feeling of intense affection.
"So...?" Yang asked, soft and warm, as she leaned against him. "I mean... I'm already pregnant. And we're engaged."
Jaune put his hand over hers. He nodded very slowly.
"It's just... I don't remember our first time."
"I don't either."
"I..." Jaune swallowed. "I'm... Nervous. I know it's stupid but-"
"I'm nervous too, Jaune," Yang admitted. She flushed at his state. "I-I mean... Ya know... Contrary to my reputation, I was a virgin before we... Ya know..."
Jaune nodded.
"Right... Same... Mostly."
"Mostly?!" Yang demanded, her eyes red and her hair blazing.
What whore took him from me first?! Was the thought that shot through her.
"J-Just... I did kiss one or two girls at my middle school!" Jaune said quickly. "That's it, honest!"
Yang managed to pull her rage back. She frowned and looked at her fists, feeling stupid.
Freaking hormones...
"O-Oh... Um... Sorry," she murmured. Jaune hugged her tightly.
"None were as pretty or amazing as you, though," Jaune said, with that honest, earnest look of his that just made her insides melt.
She pulled him into a kiss. One he returned.
"Let's not worry about anything," she whispered, "We'll deal with all of that tomorrow. Right now? Let's just... Pick up where we left off, huh?"
He smiled.
"Sounds good to me..." He pulled her into a kiss this time, and she returned it eagerly.
- - -
Ruby sighed. It was a bit saddening to not have Yang in her room anymore. Sure, it was silly-She was right across the hall! The room just felt... Lonelier, somehow.
She rolled over to say good night to her other teammates... Then froze.
"Blake? What are you doing?"
Blake flushed. Her bare cat ears twitched.
"Just... Stretching my ears out," she said in a stilted tone. She blushed harder, and gasped.
"What? What is it?" Ruby cried. Blake shook her head.
"N-Nothing!"
Weiss scowled at her from the bottom bunk.
"You're listening to Yang and Jaune, aren't you? You perverted voyeur!"
Blake's silence and guilty look were more than enough evidence in the court of Ruby Rose. Ruby scowled at her.
"You should be ashamed, Blake!"
"It's hard for me not to hear them!" She said defensively.
"You can still plug your ears!" Weiss huffed.
"It's not my fault I have two sets of ears," Blake gritted out... Before she blushed and gasped again.
"What? What?" Weiss cried.
"Ummm..." Blake tried.
"Blake! Seriously, that's gross!" Ruby huffed. "No more eavesdropping!"
"Yeah!" Weiss insisted. "You should absolutely be ashamed of listening in... On what they're doing... Together."
A pause. Weiss cleared her throat, and in a low tone asked:
"What are they doing, Blake?"
Ruby glared.
"WEISS!"
"I was just curious!"
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There, much better.
