Hope you're ready for some more adorable Emerald. I miss our little messed up child, but it's so nice to see her grow up. Very heartwarming.

Coeur did Relic of the Future. I did The Ashari Files.

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Grocery shopping was not something Jaune Ashari had had to do often in his life. Back in Beacon, he just ate at the cafeteria, or Ren had made food. When travelling, Ren had handled it while the others attended to other matters. Even while staying in Atlas Academy, he an Emerald had had access to their cafeteria and thus the need to shop hadn't existed.

But now they had their own apartment. Now here he was, grocery shopping like a proper adult for the first time. Now he even had a kid walking after him, bored out of her mind. At least she wasn't screaming like some other kids.

Instead, she just switched between looking blankly at all the foodstuffs – she was still working on her reading – and staring at other little kids riding in shopping carts and looking at their own shopping cart when she thought Jaune wasn't looking.

"Do you want to ride in the cart, Emerald?" He asked quietly, but she still jumped at the direct address.

Emerald looked skeptical. It didn't look easy to move, instead she'd just be pushed around. She shook her head, denying the proposition without further word.

But she still kept glancing at other kids, and Jaune kept noticing. "You look tired of just walking up and down these aisles. I know I am. You sure you don't want to ride in the cart?" He asked, leaning over slightly to look her in the eyes. Once again, Emerald denied the idea, choosing to walk, but still glancing at other kids in their carts.

"Yeah, walking up and down these aisles is super boring." Jaune shook his head, now actively trying to convince her to get in so he could push her. "I bet riding in this cart would make it more fun, though."

He smiled when Emerald looked up at him.

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Indigo, the cashier ringing up their purchases, looked terribly amused. Jaune supposed she was justified, since it wasn't often you saw a grown man in a cart being pushed around by a seven year-old.

"I swear," He insisted, handing over some lien, "She wanted to." He gestured to Emerald, who waited quietly with a content smile on her face. Jaune laughed awkwardly, pulling the grocery sacks into the cart with him. "She didn't want a turn herself, though."

"Kids." Indigo shrugged and they shared a good-natured laugh. She handed Emerald the receipt just to be funny, and Emerald dutifully stuffed it into her pocket before beginning to push the cart again.

At least her training made it easy.

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So, I had the idea for Jaune Ashari pushing baby Emerald around in a shopping cart. Then I had this much better idea. And we're going to pretend that everyone understood and believed that this was just Emerald being a cute kid and no one bugged Jaune about being an awful parent.