A Red Hot Drunken Marriage

Chapter 2: Playing Cards

Cinder's place, east vale...

Jaune chews his thumb nervously as he waits for Cinder on the couch beside still unconscious Mercury. Of all the horrible things that could happen to him, he just had to somehow get married to a girl with Fire for a semblance. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER THAT WELL!

All he knew was this girl was from Haven. He had seen her around the school… she somehow actually looked like she was dying inside in Professor Port's classes. "Heh I can relate" he thinks to himself. "But why? Why do these things keep happening to me?"

"Because you cheated. And this is your payment Arc" he mutters to himself answering his own question. His self-loathing is interrupted by the clicking of Heels on the floor of the warehouse flat. For a second he could swear Ms. Goodwitch was here.

But no, instead he looked up and saw Cinder in a red dress with glowing yellow embroidery throughout it. It complimented her ivory skin very well, as well as revealing quite a bit of leg. Finally she's wearing a pair of black six-inchers. She comes up to him and says "you got any room there?"

He blinks, and then pushes the unconscious Mercury off the couch. "All yours" he replies.

Cinder sits down beside him and sighs in both relaxation and a feeling he can't quite pick up on. He decides to get a conversation going not wanting to be quiet around her for too long.

"So your one of those girls huh?" Jaune says.

"Oh, you mean my attire? It's what I'm comfortable in. I'll take a skin-tight dress over an ill-fitting anything any day" she says in reply. "Besides I never get cold, never" she continues as she creates a small flame the size of a candle flame on her finger to emphasize her point.

Suddenly Jaune feels very stupid "Right, pyro got it" he replies.

She turns to face him. "So why do you want to be a huntsman?" Cinder asks him, her golden eyes staring into his.

"Uh wow deep question. You sure don't beat around bushes. Uh… I come from a family of accomplished huntsmen, all the way back to the Great War. I guess I have a legacy to live up to. My older sisters Vert and Rouge are also huntresses. I want to be like them. I want to protect others; I wanna be a hero others look up to" Jaune replies with a dreamy look in his blue eyes.

"Oh this will be so fun!" Cinder thinks evilly to herself. She's pulled out of her thoughts with the same question.

"So, Cinder why do you want to be a huntress?" Jaune asks.

"Respect mostly. I want to be admired, respected and feared in equal measure" she replies.

"Yeah, but why a huntress? You could do that in the military, police force or many other places" Jaune says, not quite getting it.

Cinder sighs "I would have to follow someone else's orders and I'm not comfortable with that, at all. I'd prefer to blaze my own trail thank you very much" she says to him.

"Oh, I guess I can understand that. You're big on individuality huh?" Jaune says.

"Absolutely. One who cannot hold their own and mindlessly follows others is a waste of my time. You cannot rely on others all the time; sometimes you will be alone, and that is where a person's true colours come to light" Cinder says.

Jaune nods "Makes sense". At that moment Mercury wakes up. "Ugh, what the hell happened to me?" the grey-haired teen groans as he picks himself up.

Cinder replies "Thank you for being my cushion. I could've been seriously hurt..." taking a brief moment to glare out of the corner of her eye at Jaune. "So thank you Mercury for the sacrifice" she says.

"Not a problem, I guess" he replies as he cracks his neck.

"Uh hey man, this has been bugging me. Why do you have prosthetic legs?" Jaune asks Mercury.

He simply replies with "No offence but I'd rather not talk about it and you wouldn't want to know anyway, it's not a happy story".

"Okay, if that's what you want-"Jaune tries to say, but is interrupted by his scroll ringing.

"Oh no… it's my team! HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS?!" Jaune screams in a panic, practically leaping off the couch. "Look Cinder, I have to go. I have to explain this somehow" he says.

"I'll come with you, I should be there. You ARE my newly wedded husband afterall" she says as she gets up. He wants to say no, that it's best that he alone should break the news. But at the same time he doesn't want Fire tossed his direction again and he definitely does want to send anyone floating again.

"Uh sure, I'll wait for you guys to get changed" Jaune says.

20 minutes later Cinder, Mercury and Emerald are changed into their school uniforms and follow Jaune out of the warehouse for the walk to Beacon.

Sorry this took so long, I hit a bit of a wall with my writing. Plus, NHL playoffs man.

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