Hey, first story so really have no clue how the fuck you do this. Quick notes, I didn't ask anyone for permission, I am just writing and doing stuff. If any authors of what I borrow get upset, they can message me about it. With that thank you and enjoy the story! Maybe. Possibly. There's a chance you can at least.

Story - Cherry by Imyoshi

The day started like every Saturday for team RWBY. Yang dashed down the hallway cackling maniacally, Ninjas of love 3 held in her hands as she ran towards their shared room with Blake and Ruby hot on her heels. "Cmon Blake, Gotta be faster if you wanna get your smut back!"

It was too easy at times to rile her team up. Team training was her excuse, and she would stick to that excuse till death. Jumping over a crouched sun, Yang shoved him backward in the hopes to trip her teammates up.

"Yang! Give her back her smut! We won't hear the end of it if you don't!" Ruby seemed to holler louder than necessary which made her comrade under duress blush.

Blake hissed at her leader sliding to a stop at the RWBY dorm as yang wagged the book at them. "It is not smut, its erotic literature!" Reaching out to swipe it from yangs hand, to find it lifted above her, taunting her.

"Pft whatever you say kitty cat, we all know what you're in to." Gloating over her team, she smirked down at her baby sister and her partner.

The cough made them all freeze, heads swiveling to find the W of team RWBY giving them a nonplussed look. Sighing, Weiss Schnee was tapping her foot with her hands on her hips. "Can you buffoons at least wait to make a mess in the morning for me to get my stuff from the room?"

Scratching her cheek with a laugh Yang moved out of the way of the door. "Yeah, sorry about that Weiss-cream. Just having some fun before classes start up again." Truthfully she was just happy that the heiress wasn't going to demand they study. Giving her what she wanted in the hope that she wouldn't care today was her best chance at that.

Weiss huffed opening the door and walking through the door, followed by a quick dive from Yang and a quick kick to try and shut the door before the rest of the team could get in. She hoped to at least hide the book before her friends got into the room. But both the cat Faunus and the red reaper had gotten in before the door shut. As the door clicked shut, the entire room was plunged into darkness. Before anyone in the room could react the lights came back on and the room had shifted.

A well-furnished theatre was all around them. Chairs feeling old-timey but newly minted. Weiss noticed it was much smaller than a normal theater. It looked similar to her mansion's private entertainment room actually. The pile of three climbing to their feet and spinning around.

"How the hell did we get here?" Yang said looking around cautiously, ready to fight at a moment's notice. As the final words fell from her lips a portal opened in front of the screen that dominated the room. Out of the portal strode a person, a tall person. That was the only thing they could all get from him with a hood that reminded them all of ruby's hood covering his body and face.

"Welcome! You all have fallen into the domain of Archives," They could hear some muttering about how he didn't even understand how they got in "I am an Archivist known by my co-workers as Static"

Static frowned at the people posing in combat stances at him. "Where are we, Why did you take us!?" Weiss shouted brandishing Myrtenaster at the hooded man.

He waved his hands placatingly "I brought you nowhere Ms. Schnee, You fell into my realm, I simply came here to do my work." Static waved his hand and his portal disappeared and another sparked on the wall to their side "If you would like to go home, the portal to your universe is right there."

Static sat in a chair, kicking his feet up and pulled out a remote, about to turn on the screen when he noticed the girls still staring at him. He noticed his hood had fallen off and given them a peek at him. Ruby noted he looked similar to her uncle Qrow, with brown hair falling instead of slicked up and black. Also without the stink of alcohol lingering off him.

Straightening out her dress, Weiss talked "And how do you know who we are anyway? What is an archive? How did we fall into your…." Looking around to take in the room again "Domain?"

Ruby flopped into one of the chairs near him, but not too close and asked even more questions "Ya! And why do you look like a cleaner version of my uncle Qrow! Also, what's your job, I'm curious now."

A quick chuckle, Static rubbed his stubble "Well in order Ms. Schnee, I am an Archivist, it is my job to know you all. I watch over this quadrant of the multiverse. I see many of you all every day I work." pointing a finger at ruby "That also answers one of your questions Ms. Rose"

"But my Archive is here to catalog universes where one of your friends is significant. You all know him as Jaune Arc?" Waving a hand, the screen flicked on to show Jaune Arc in random scenarios, from one where he stood in front of a Classroom dressed up as a professor to another showing the fall of Vale with Jaune fighting Cinder. Another handwave shut off the screen.

The scoff that broke the silence was like a firecracker. "Jaune Arc? Important? That dunce can barely walk straight at times and you are telling me HE is important?" The little scowl she gave would have been sad if it was intimidating at all.

Standing with a stretch, The Archivist threw his hood up, now able to see his mouth with it still up. He smiled at her and spoke "I understand you are young Weiss, a teenager after all, so emotions can rise high for you. But please be polite in my domain especially to the boy that I have been assigned to watch." A portal appeared at her feet, solid as the floor, but shown as a threat that he could make it work as a normal portal. "Is that a reasonable request Ms. Schnee?"

Weiss huffed, sitting down. Yang and Blake were watching the showdown in interest. Ruby was staring at Static with awe "SOoOooo…." She poked her fingers together and gave him the puppy dog eyes "you can send us back whenever right? This seems pretty cool, can we stay and watch?"

Laughing at her giving him the eyes "I do not mind company, but it seems odd you all are so accepting of finding out the multiverse is real, Most mortals freak out and ask a lot of questions." A quick snap of his fingers "Oh of course, so you will not ask about a common worry that time is flowing still where you come from. I would like to cut off the question early, My realm is outside time, You will appear back in your room the second you left."

He could see the ice queen deflate, a look of relief but distress that her one idea to talk her teammates away was gone. Yang shrugged and flopped in a seat, next to where Blake had already taken a seat. "We fight shadow monsters made of hate for a living, multiverse? Please this ain't nothing." Yang waved a hand dramatically "Also if we're gonna be watching some other worlds can we get some popcorn or something?"

Static stared at her incredulously. I Have seen other you's react violently to this exact situation… Sighing, He snapped his fingers and spoke "Speak and whatever food you desire shall be delivered" The Archivist snorted at the silly orders from Blake and Weiss, Sushi and Steak respectively. Yang was much simpler with A large buttered popcorn and soda. Ruby being the predictable one with a plate of her mother's home-cooked Cookies and milk.

With crumbs sprinkled over her mouth Ruby blurted out with stuffed cheeks "mMMHM" Gulp "If we're watching Jaune, can we bring our Jaune here?" The little red hood looked at him while stuffing more cookies in her mouth.

Static shrugged… again. "Fine, But this is the last request, I do have to begin cataloging soon." With a snap of his fingers a portal appeared, Two people fell out of it into chairs, sweaty and fully armored. Jaune Arc twirled in his seat, confused and with his sword still smacked against Pyrrha's spear.

"Who! What?!" he could see ruby looking at him with a glimmer in her eye, as though mischief had been had. "Ruby, where are we? How did you even get us here!"

Coughing loudly to get their attention, Static explained the situation and cleaned them off, sending their weapons home to be stored. Finally, all participants had been settled, food spread out and seats taken. All had settled down before Static spoke up, with an awkward look on his face while reading his work order.

"Ahem, this first world is… a bit…" moving his hand to show he was considering his words "Lewd between Ruby and your resident knight"

Yang shot up in her chair "Woah, what!? You can't show people my sister like that!" she could see that ruby was covering her face with her hood, but her bright red cheeks and glances towards the screen mortified her. Her sister was curious.

Phyrra was looking between ruby and Jaune rapidly before he put his hands up "Hey, what's with the look? It's not my choice what we see partner." he hoped to remind her they were partners and would help settle her mood from whatever reason she was giving that look. Probably from the fact of having to see her partner, even if it's another version, doing things like that.

"You… yooouuuu" pointing a shaky finger at her Partner before deflating "It's fine Jaune, I understand that it won't be you" Phyrra giving Jaune a smile "I'll be fine" Jaune smiled back, settling back into there chairs as Static ignored yangs distress because there was nothing anyone could do. He had a checklist to complete in order and no choice in the worlds he viewed.

Ruby Rose envied others' childhoods.

So happy and full of life.

She knew her dad and sister loved her, never doubted that for even a second, but she hated to remember parts of her childhood. When her father was a wreck and her sister was forced to play mom, yeah, those memories never left her. Things were much better now. More than better, darn near perfect, but she feared for when that might end. Getting to this point in time robbed her of innocence she would never get back. People always mistook her cheerfulness as that very same innocence, but they were wrong.

It was frankly easier to smile.

Yang hugged her sister close and rubbed her shoulder "You know I got your back Rubes, don't you? You don't have to deal with this stuff alone."

Ruby smiled up at her sister and returned the hug "I know Yang, Just bad memories" She cuddled into her sister.

Not to say she was depressed. No, no, far from it. Every day of her current life was infinite times better than her childhood. She loved how things were, cherished the friends she made and the Grimm she slaughtered, but they could be better. During her first day of Signal, when she abandoned childhood fantasies for realistic goals, she made two choices that day. One, to become a full-fledged Huntress. Two, to have a happy family of her very own, one not plagued by sad childhood memories and the scent of death lingering in the air. Fairly life-setting goals, fulling, and she aimed to succeed in both.

So far the start to her Huntress goal seemed ahead of schedule with her early admission to Beacon. Good. Good! Brownie points for getting enrolled with Yang! Now onto her second target, finding that special someone. They had to fit within precise criteria, and no one at Signal came even close. So what if it sounded picky, she wanted to be extra-picky! Normal knee girls could act willy-nilly when it came to future partners, but not her and her bee's knees. Queen bees picked their mates.

She had no other choice but to be extra, extra, extra-picky.

One day she wished for kids, except she desired to protect them from her upbringing. For that to happen, she must find a suitable male who honored his word, had a loving heart and cared deeply about family. No funny business! Extra, extra picky! Not such an easygoing thing to obtain in a monster-infested world, but her search never faltered. Then one day she found him dancing in a dress in front of a crowd of onlookers because an Arc never went back on their word. He smiled, he laughed, he stood next to her at the socially-awkward punchbowl.

Yup, her first friend, Jaune Arc!

Both of the clueless goofballs looked at each other and blushed, Ruby because she Did have a crush on the knight but wanted to keep it a secret. Jaune was embarrassed because being a teenage guy he had thoughts on a romance with most of his friends. Putting them all away as idle fantasies due to thinking he wasn't good enough for any of them to even try after the disaster that was trying to court Weiss.

Yang arched an eyebrow at her sister, taking in her face with an inner cackle. I am going to tease you mercilessly about you and vomit boy from now on sis. She held a finger in front of ruby's face, making a tiny gesture towards Jaune then back to ruby, making a sex gesture and waggling her eyebrows. Everyone only saw yang getting brutally assaulted by ruby. And by brutally assaulted, I mean taps from a puppy dog on her older sister.

A goofball, sometimes a dolt, but honorable. Kind, good-hearted, kept his word, no matter how ridiculous. Grew up in a family twice as large as hers and still cared for them. Yes. Jaune Arc, perfect husband material for little ones. Her long search finally came to an end. Now to win him over. Simple!

Time for this rose to pollinate.

Everyone blinked in surprise at that, then looking down at a fetal ruby; who seemed to be trying to hide from the world. "This isn't me, this isn't me, this isn't me" Ruby muttered over and over even though she secretly agreed with screen her. Yang was confused to hear such a dirty thing come from her sister, the cute little cinnamon bun that she was.

In the back row, Pyrrha ate her popcorn with a neutral expression on her face. Thoughts flowing through her head that would not be appropriate for children to hear what she thought of someone taking her partner. Which was good since she wasn't focusing on Jaune, who had to shift his pants to not make it really awkward with her.

...

Ruby preferred the direct approach.

Too bad she threw away her idea of making him sign a contract, but all the legal work, plus the writing and notarizing, gave her a headache. No matter. She found him reading his comics underneath a shady tree, quite enjoying the graphic novel with a hearty laugh. His chuckle made her smile, only reinforcing her decision with burning vigor. Feet led her to his spot, hovering over his shoulder while balancing on the heels of her boots. She stood there watching him have fun, building up the courage to speak. Not such an easy topic to bring up, but she stopped burglars and slew Grimm. Asking Jaune Arc to be her future husband should be a walk in the park, yet she kept walking around this pesky bush.

Things abruptly sped up. He appeared to be finishing his story. Okay! No more chickening out. Just. Ask.

"Jaune?"

He glanced over his shoulder to find her standing in his shadow, automatically smiling. "Hey Rubes, how's it going?"

She coughed, patting her combat skirt free of imaginary dust. "I have something to tell you. It's crucial you listen."

He lowered his literature. "Sure, what is it?"

She quietly breathed in before out in a slow, drawn manner. Sitting down, Ruby leaned forward and pushed his comic away. Tiny hands embraced larger fingers with a smile stretching by the second.

"You're going to be my husband."

"... What?"

"Gotta agree with other me Rubes, little sudden for a pick-up line," Jaune said, holding back a little snort at how sudden she was. Ruby with a blush on her face scowled up at him and poked his cheek.

"Oh yeah, Not any better then you mister serenade his gal!" she puffed her cheeks and continued poking her dork of a friend who actually started laughing after that. The rest of team RWBY looked on at the scene with amusement. Phyrra sat there smiling "I wish I could be that close to him, we barely touch outside of sparring" She vowed that she would try to be closer to Jaune from now on, to not lose him to the little reaper.

"Yup!" Ruby resumed, oblivious to his stunned features. "We'll start a family right after we graduate. We'll be one big, happy family. I'm thinking two kids, maybe three, one of them has to be a girl, but we can worry about that later."

"... What?"

She played with the ends of his locks. "Silly Jaune, this is no time for jokes. We have our future to plan. Now, I know what you're thinking, how do we tell our friends the good news?! Well, I was thinking about hanging an enormous banner in my team's room with snacks in yours. It'll be great! We can play games, watch Nora break some things. It'll be a barrel of monkeys!"

His thought-process returned, forcing him to look over her shoulder and around the vacant area. "Did Yang tell you to do this? Is she hiding behind the tree? I have to admit you got me there for a second. I almost thought you were serious."

"This is nothing like what I would do Vomit Boy, I would do it myself instead of getting my sis to do it" Fluttering her eyes at him, who looked nervous and shifted in his seat.

Clearing his throat Jaune blushed "I know that, other me doesn't though" He then turned back to the screen lowering himself into his seat.

"I am serious."

"About the barrel of monkeys?"

"No, dummy!" Ruby stomped her foot on the dirt. "About everything! You! Me! Family! We'll live in this cozy house with a backyard, and you'll kiss me good morning every day until we're both a bag of bones. They'll be children, and children's children and everything will be perfect. What's not to get?"

"The whole you, me, and family part." Jaune figured it was best to play along. Must one heck of an elaborate joke. "Look, I'm flattered. I am, but why me? There's plenty of fish in the sea, what makes me so special?"

Silvery eyes lost their light, but her smile remained strong. She twiddled her fingers, brushing one part of her hair back. "My childhood wasn't the greatest, and I don't want my future family to go through the same experience. It's one of my only two goals in life. To become a powerful Huntress that kicks butt, and to have a loving family, and you'd make a wonderful father. So kind, and so strong. You have the biggest heart I know. I'd be a fool not to claim you."

Whoa!

Silence washed over the theater with everyone staring at ruby. She looked up with a blush on her face at Jaune, who was blushing as well. They stared at each other before both turning to the screen without saying a word. The crowd gaped at the two.

A sea of ocean expanded. Powerful words she just said, his entire face crimsoned on the spot. Now it was his turn to pull his messy hair back. "Um, thanks. I mean, if you feel that strongly about it, then we could, you know, try dating. I hear that's a good place to start. See where it takes us from there."

"Nope!"

Blush gone. An eyebrow raised. "Nope?"

"Nope, nope! It's all!"

He waited for her to finish. It never came. A tilt of the head to reflect her impossible smile. "Don't you mean all or nothing?"

"Nope!" Ruby giggled, holding his hands firmly, never once letting go. "I've already decided that you're going to be mine. So we don't have to go through all that dating nonsense. Once we graduate, boom, family. See! Easy!"

"Well, ruby you seem to know what you want," Blake smiled at her team leader, giving her a shoulder bump. "Good luck." She knew her leader wouldn't be that forward but it was cute to tease her.

Ruby slapped the side of Blakes's arm "Blllaaakkkeee not you too!" she puffed her cheeks and pouted in her seat, why must her friends mock her so?

Uh? The joke was losing its humor, but he wasn't sure if it was one or not. High levels of skepticism poked holes in her plans. "I'm not just going to agree to be your husband. It doesn't work that way for normal people."

Firmer hold. "It's a good thing we're not normal."

"I thought you wanted to be normal?"

She leaned into his chest, cozying her face against his warm hoodie as his healthy heartbeat lulled her to safety. "That was before I met you. You make me feel special. I love that feeling."

Laughter peeled through the theatre as Jaune ruffled ruby's hair "Thanks Rubes, glad I make you feel special." He smiled down at his best friend.

"You do! You're the only friend who doesn't treat me any differently," she shoots a look at her team. "My good buddies of team RWBY can sometimes forget I'm fifteen and not five." she would have glared as well but instead leaned into the ruffling that had transformed into a petting. Yang whistled innocently while Blake and Weiss looked away with a blush on their face. It wasn't their fault Ruby was really childish sometimes.

A blush returned. Gulp! Wow. Ahem, yeah, skin turned hot. She knew how to lay it on thick. So caring and cheerful, it made his heart speed up. Wait? What? No! Why was he seriously thinking about this conversation? All of this was a joke that had run its course. Ha-ha, very funny. He shook his head, glaring down at the head resting against his chest. Prank or not, the last thing he wanted right out of the academy was to become a family man. He just escaped from one.

He decided to humor her. "That still doesn't mean I'm going to be your husband or start some family right after we graduate. I want to explore the world."

She popped her head up, lips tantalizing close to his. He smelled a faint scent of strawberries, and no matter how hard he tried, ignoring her body pressed to his was an impossible wish. Things got much harder when her innocent smile stretched, straddling his waist before she poked him squarely in the shoulder. Adorable was more than a eight-letter word. It was a hundred-twenty pound bundle of cuteness that smelled wonderful with a soft, supple body.

"Then I'll just have to win you over, you'll see."

He blinked twice. Win him over? Okay, now he knew she was pulling his leg. Good joke. Well played, Yang. "Sure, good luck with that."

She giggled and planted a quick peck on his cheek before running off to prepare her master plan. He thought nothing of it, nor of the raining rose petals, having been on the receiving end of plenty of smooches from his overly affectionate and embarrassing sisters. Back to his comics, meanwhile, she skipped with a hum in her step, already with several ideas in mind to win him over. Little did her future hubby know was that she never gave up, no matter the challenge. She gave it one-hundred ten percent.

Ruby Rose played for keeps.

Yang had fallen back from laughing her ass off. Wiess and Blake were over her body looking at her worried while ruby tried to stay hidden, crawling over her seat and settling down next to Jaune. "Can I hide here from my sister? I know she's gonna tease me relentlessly over this stupid universe."

she only got a dumb nod from the blonde boy. Cuddling into his arm to hide her blush she looked over at Pyrrha who was glaring at her. Ruby stuck her tongue out and cuddled up against his arm even further. This universe was giving her the kick to try and win her crush over, and she was playing to win darn it!

...

When Jaune Arc returned to his dorm room, after reading his comics, a hand slithered its way from out a doorway and pulled him into an empty bedroom, before slamming the door shut.

He almost tripped from the overpowering force, only for the arm to hold him steady. A peek to his right revealed Ruby, still clutching his limb in place as she affectionately smiled. A glimpse to his left made his throat constrict, head tilting at the absurdity. Uh? Now he stumbled. Two beds were pressed together to look like a king-sized mattress, covered with superhero covers and an abundance of pillows. Red drapes closed the windows with dressers pressed together. Everything else—like the spare beds—were missing. A cozy room with a warm atmosphere to it and plenty of space. Nothing like a bedroom for four. Perfect for a couple.

He discreetly pointed at the remodeling. "Uh, Ruby, explain?"

Her grip tightened. "This is a secret base to get away from it all."

"Away from it all?"

"Yeah, you know?" Ruby laughed, shaking in place. "A home away from home? See, one bedroom and bathroom with plenty of space to practice and no one else around to bother us. It's perfect!"

"That's perfect, I need to do that when we get back! Having a secret base would be so cool." Ruby gasped, looking up at Jaune with her eyes sparkling "Do you wanna find one with me?" She even broke out the puppy dog eyes, that evil evil girl.

Jaune rubbed the back of his and laughed nervously "Sure Rubes sounds like a fun time" He wriggled in his seat feeling too comfortable with ruby cuddling against him, and his partner seemed to rest her head on his shoulder. What was going on with his friends?! He was used to Ruby being touchy but cuddling? And Pyrrha had never been this close before.

He had questions, attempting to step away, only for her to stiffened her grip. "Practice? Practice what?"

She snorted playfully. "Family life, silly."

Oh? Family life? Suddenly he no longer thought it was a joke considering that conversation happened hours ago. Part of him still decided to play along, not wishing to be caught with his pants down from the inevitable Yang and her awaiting Scroll. Even if the evidence started to weigh against him, like the refurbished room, or the single bedroom—wait? No. No! Something wasn't adding up.

"How'd you even get in here?"

Ha! Picking a lock? Psh! No match for Ruby Extraordinaire Rose. Easy for someone who made Crescent Rose from scratch. So she ignored his question, hugging his arm with her face pressed up to his bicep. He peeked down at the grinning girl, finally putting two-and-two together. The room, the lack of Yang, her extreme attitude toward anything she wanted, all of it hit him like Nora driving a Bullhead. The leader squeezing his arm was earnest.

Ruby nodded "Yup." Popping the P for emphasis. Jaune looked down at ruby before raising an eyebrow. When she saw him looking at her, she stuttered out "I-I mean p-picking the lock!" he looked at her for a second longer before nodding and looking at the screen. Ruby wiped the sweat from her forehead. Smooth Ruby was doing fantastic.

She rubbed her cheek affectionately. "So? What do you think? Cozy, right?"

Cozy indeed, but wrong. "I'm not going to be your husband."

She rolled her eyes—rolled her freaking eyes—like he was acting as the unreasonable one. Somehow his opinion barely mattered. Somehow the idea of all this, everything around them, the room and bed with the matching dressers, made more sense than he denying her. Somewhere she must have dropped her common sense. None of that mattered. She humphed, stomping her foot on the floor.

"You're still saying that? Stop being a spoilsport." Smirking, she rubbed his stomach with delicate fingers. "Just agree to be my husband, and everything else will work itself out."

"No."

Leaning back and pouting at her first friend, Ruby leaned forward and poked his nose with a frown but a joking voice "ya why aren't you just agreeing bub?" she crossed her arms with a pout.

Jaune grinned up at her and still seated made a begging motion "I'm sorry Rubes, I have seen the error of my ways, please make me your husband." the two stared at each other for a moment before they broke down into giggles. Ruby flopped down in her chair before laying her head on Jaune's lap and handing him strawberries.

"The first thing a husband should do is feed his wife strawberries." the look she gave him killed him, so he took the berries and fed her one. Satisfied she looked at the screen again, still leaning to take a strawberry every now and again. Jaune sighed at his new responsibility to his friend from a joke.

"This is what I put up with for my friends."

She pouted, resting those puffs cheeks on his arm. "Give me one good reason not."

He sighed. Fair enough. "I came from a large family, Rubes. Do you have any idea how hard it was to get any sort of privacy? I couldn't even watch TV without one of my sisters hogging the remote. No matter which room I went in, someone else was already there. When I got away from it, got here, you can't imagine how nice it was to relax and read a comic without someone jumping on my back. So the last thing I want to do is start a family right after I graduate. Besides, I'm ninety percent sure this is one elaborate joke by Yang. I'm only waiting for the punchline."

She heard all of that, nodded at the right moments with wide eyes, but she grasped onto that remaining ten percent. Ruby's hand on his stomach gently wrapped around his midriff, joining a second hand from behind with her chin pressed against his chest, looking up anxiously as her comforting body wrapped around his. Tippie-toes, she stood on them, not letting go. He only blinked between the height difference, not sure where to move his arms.

Blake nodded while looking at the screen. Size difference as extreme as the short ruby and the tall Jaune was pretty cute, it reminded her of her favorite side character couple from the Man with two souls series.

"I can be very persuasive, Jaune."

It was his turn to roll his eyes. "Cookies aren't going to win me over, Rubes."

First of all, he had never tasted her strawberry-cream filled snickerdoodles, they were to die for, and second, he had no idea who he was challenging. She would make doubly sure that he partook in her strawberry nectar to show him what he was missing—silly Jaune—and reveal how perfect of a mate she could be. A perfect plan. No flaws. Ruby Rose patent pending! Just give up now.

"Exactly! Thank you, I make perfect plans." She glares at her friends as if to forbid them from questioning her plans.

Yang put her hands up "Hey I love your plans, it's Weiss who questions them," Throwing the ice queen under the bus immediately. Turning to Weiss she mouthed Sorry before smiling again at Ruby. The Ice Queen looked absolutely betrayed.

"Jaune?"

He hummed at her innocence. "Yup?"

"I never lose when I want something really bad. Face it! I've won."

A taller body stiffened. What kind of argument was that? How did one argue with a person who adorably popped her tongue out and expressed her beliefs so on-point? Made things much harder since her request—more like demand—revolved over his shining characteristics to be an ideal family man. Flattery wasn't strong enough of a word to express his reaction, unable to ignore the butterflies fluttering in his stomach. Maybe? No. No! All of this was some joke.

Ninety percent. Believe in that ninety percent!

"There's a first time for everything, Ruby." Jaune separated from her hug. "Believe me, I know. And that includes you losing."

She pressed her arms to her side, hating his six-foot-one height over her five-foot-two stature. Any other time, and maybe with some practice, they could put that height to good use, but right now he was acting unreasonably selfish. Stubborn dolt! Who said no to a happy family and a spacious backyard? Crazy people!

She poked him in his unyielding chest. "I'm gonna win. Just you wait."

He messed up her hair, laughing as he exited the room. "I'll believe it when I see it."

"You will see!"

Shut!

Weiss let out a small giggle before breaking out into loud laughter. After a few moments, Yang and Blake joined in, with a confused group staring at them. Weiss held out a hand wheezing before catching her breath enough to speak "R-ruby does t-the same thing to us all the time" Yang spluttered from the floor. "Nope, my plan will work, yes it totally will, promise, how was I supposed to know it wouldn't work?!" Team RWBY grinned at their leader who pouted at their laughter before giving them a thumbs down.

"I judge you all unworthy, none of you will get any of the Strawberry Cake that Jaune is gonna make." The look that came to Jaune's face almost made everyone laugh again. "Please Jaune?" Ruby gave him the puppy dog eyes and shot a quick look to Pyrrha who also tried her best to do a puppy dog eyes look.

With a sigh, Jaune ruffled ruby and Pyrrha's hair "fine you two, cake for all" Ruby looked at him with a scary look "Except your team… unless you want to let them after." Smiling ruby turned and cuddled back into Jaune's stomach.

...

Operation: Walk him to Dinner!

Phase one of her plan was a go!

Ruby waited impatiently for Jaune to exit his last class, tackling him once he crossed that threshold. By the time he yelped, she already hugged his arm with her face stubbornly pressed up against his biceps, smiling in awe. When she refused to budge, even when he shook his arm, she slid into his bubble and rubbed his arm with delicate fingers.

"Walk me to dinner."

Smiling at the scene, Ruby realized she should walk to dinner with Jaune more, her team could make it to the cafeteria without her right? She frowned at the thought, maybe she would invite him to walk with them all so she could keep watch. But then it wouldn't be the romantic walk she wanted… but the property damage!

He frowned but honored her request with a tired sigh. No one questioned the oddball pair, too used to Team JNPR and Team RWBY's antics to be remotely surprised. Off they went to the Mess Hall, walking hands-to-arm, talking nonsense as Jaune fought down a blush from such closeness. That and he kept an eye out for one Yang Xiao Long, tongue ready to talk his way out of this one. He doggedly admitted that it felt nice having her squeezing his arm. Something about having an adorable girl drowning him in affection made the ordinary process of walking to dinner suddenly riveting.

In any other situation, in another scenario, if Ruby had maybe asked to be his girlfriend, he might have thrown caution to the wind and reached out for her hand—screw the consequences—but no. She wanted motherly status from a guy staying away from family as far as possible. All or nothing, except she crossed out the nothing and scribbled three lines underneath the all. With all that on the table, plus the potential of this being a joke, down to eighty-five percent, he pointedly ignored the way Ruby seized his arm.

She smiled through it all.

Jaune said, "be polite and just ask whatever guy you like in the future Ruby and you'll get the guy." He smiled down at the girl in his lap. Cocking his head at the blush that came to her face after he said that. What? Is talking about crushes embarrassing for her? Oh, my gods, she must have one and not want Yang to know. The Clumsy Knight nodded to himself and fed her a strawberry, he would just have to keep it a secret for her.

It all made sense now, of course, he was nervous. Ruby's cuddle buddy only needed time to adjust. Some arm holding, walking, shared dinners and some alone time would ease all his tension. All that and more would win him over. She had four years, plenty of time. Already ready she was ahead of schedule. A little nudging, maybe some kissing, throw in some hand-holding, and everything would be smooth sailing. Until then, she gripped his arm, talking about how much Blake loved tuna.

She dragged him back toward their honeymoon room, eating while talking with their mouths full. The goof pretended to ignore the way she cleaned his cheek with her thumb. His mismatched frown brought an overzealous smile to her face, cheeks bloated in her favorite milkshake. Extra-thick, super creamy and lip-licking messy, just the way she loved it. He preferred his strawberry-flavored ice-tea, another favorite of hers. A robust jaw constantly got soaked in that taste, attributing more to his messy eater status. She rolled her eyes at the way he lapped away the excess juices by licking his lips.

Guess they were both messy eaters.

"Huh, the first big personality difference in me… I'm a really clean eater." Jaune said looking at himself be messy.

Pyrrha nodded "He is usually the one getting Nora to try not to make a mess in the room, Syrup all over the beds, the walls, sometimes on the curtains." Shuddering at the disaster that their room became when Nora got her way.

Laughing, she leaned on his body, kicking her boots off as they shared the bed. Again, he snubbed such a movement. Fine by her. As long as that pesky percentage kept decreasing, she could play the waiting game. Still, it couldn't hurt to try her luck.

"So have you seen the error of your ways and decided to become my husband yet?"

"Keep dreaming."

...

After a gruesome training spar with Pyrrha, Jaune rubbed his sore neck and wandered the halls of Beacon.

He avoided his dorm room. The thought of spending time with a destructive Nora, while his Aura worked to heal his injuries, didn't bold well with him. Plus he wanted to avoid his partner's criticism on his technique and Ren's indifference to his partner's fatal nature. Nothing hurtful per se, but he just wasn't in the mood for any of that now. Felt like being at home, only more enclosed.

Weiss looked over at the only two from JNPR "Is she really that bad?" Living with her team was a big deal for her, with so many conflicting personalities, but she always felt she could rest in her room.

Jaune sighs and shakes his head "Honestly? No, not really, but it can get to be a bit much at times." He should get Nora something to do as a hobby. Maybe some yoga. He heard that it was a good way to burn energy and calming.

A wary sight focused on a passing dorm room, dubbed their Home Away From Home. His feet moved past it, only to stop when the thought of only one other occupant, the least destructive one at that garnered his interest. Granted, Ruby was currently going through some episode, a phase like everyone, but it beat random grenade explosions.

Everything beat random grenade explosions!

Arg! He threw his hands up. Fine! Just a few minutes, half an hour tops, before he ventured back to his domain. His Scroll quickly opened the door, somehow programmed for this room. Ruby wouldn't tell him how she did that. Some things might be better left unsolved. Once inside, it was vacant, a hollow bedroom with one—technically two—beds and opened curtains. He hardly cared about the indications of using this niche to get away from his team, and quietly fell headfirst on the mattress with his shoes kicked off and armor peeled away.

After a minute with no interruption, he turned his face on the bedding. "Huh? A home away from home? I can get used to this."

Slam!

"Honey, I'm home! Did you miss me?"

Smiling at her team leader, Blake teased "You certainly have home life down."

Ruby puffed up her chest proud of her knowing more than most "You got that right, I learned it from all those shows yang would watch when she thought I went to bed!" everyone from beacon looked at Yang who chuckled nervously but didn't deny it.

Ruby announced her presence with a slam of the door. He only raised one eyebrow. Whelp! So far one drawback to this magical place. It still beat random grenade explosions. Point being, he overlooked the honey part, knowing full well his input mattered not. Maybe if he played along, she would leave him alone so his Aura could undo his knot's knots? Sore muscles tanked.

"How could I have missed you? We have the same classes."

She laughed, beating her boots off to join him on the twin beds by jumping on the mattress. When he groaned from the sudden shift of weight, her mouth curved downward. "Jaune? Are you okay?"

No point in lying. "Sore muscles. Nothing to worry about."

Nope! She worried with her arms crossed. "Well, that's no good. Can't have my future hubby all sore."

"I'm not your future—whoa!"

Yang whistled, drinking in Jaune's muscles "Damn Noodle Boy, gonna have to change that name, that training is making you yummy," Giving him a sultry stare as she said it.

Jaune blushed, rubbing the back of his head "T-thanks but I've always looked like that?" he was a little embarrassed talking about his body. From the looks he was getting it looked like most of team RWBY didn't believe him. They all turned to Static to see if he was telling the truth.

Sipping at his drink, Static set it down "Oh ya, his parents made sure he got no huntsmen training, so he worked out a bunch." He waved to Pyrrha who was happy to show off her partner and lifted up his shirt, showing a chest that wouldn't look much different than Sun. Jaune let out a whine and tried to tug his shirt back down still blushing.

While tugging down his shirt he could feel a hand on his abs. Two actually. He almost squealed like a girl when he realized Pyrrha was giving a smug look to WBY and was running a hand up his stomach. When he saw Ruby doing the same with a look of awe on her face, he could have jumped out of his chair and died.

"OK WE'RE GONNA STOP TOUCHING JAUNE NOW!" Jaune yelled, yanking both of the hands-off him and pulling his shirt down. His face was on fire as he stared at the screen missing the disappointed looks most of the girls gave him. "These women are gonna be the death of me."

Suddenly he went from laying to sitting, courtesy of her quick reflexes. his shirt flying across the room. Before he argued, she pressed her fingers and elbows into his back and shoulder blades. Immediately pain alleviated from tender spots. When he groaned in pleasure, quickly slapping his mouth shut soon after, she filled the cozy room in giggles.

"Dad and Yang always practice so much that they end up all sore. So I'm used to giving massages for aching muscles. Just another thing to look forward to after a long day at work."

"I did not thank you enough for that Rubes," Yang said, leaning back and rubbing her little sister's head. "Those massages would help me get through dad's training some days."

Ruby was happy to take a compliment from her sister "It was no problem sis, I was just glad to help."

His back hardened under her gentle hands. "You're trying to convince me while you're giving me a massage?"

Silver eyes blinked. "Is it working?"

He attempted to leave. "Maybe I should go back to my room."

"Sit your butt back down!" Ruby pulled him back toward the bed. Fingers worked to undo knots. "I'm not finished yet! I'm trying to be nice."

"With a hidden motive."

"I said trying."

He held his comment. Ruby found this particularly bad knot, and he awed when she applied the right amount of pressure. Why he indulged her, he hadn't a clue. Maybe Arc pride or his naturally good-hearted characteristics worked against him? Either way, he knew this back rub would come back to haunt him in some way or another. Things were done to seventy percent joking, especially since Yang completely appeared oblivious to her sister's actions. Which meant she was trying to get him to settle down, allegedly.

Sigh.

Looking nervous, Ruby poked her fingers together and looked up at jaune "I can give you a massage if you ever need one… I-If you want of course! I wouldn't wan-" She was cut off by Jaune's hand rubbing her head.

"If I ever need one I'll ask you." His smile sent her heart fluttering as she blushed and looked back at the screen. Ruby counted this as a win in her book.

Another nasty knot fixed by her gentle fingers. If only she had been doing this since Pyrrha started training him, then maybe his body wouldn't ache so much from pent-up stress and strain. Frustration clawed away at sore muscles, and Aura only did so much when drained during a spar. It would have been nice to come home to this back rub and—choke! Not home! Nope! He meant to say anything else, but not home. Good thing Ruby wasn't a mind reader.

Too bad her wide smile made believing that somewhat challenging.

Giving in, he released a breath when she loosened most of his knots, gripping his neck to crack his vertebrae. Snap! Crackle! Pop! Ah! Great! Felt a million times better! Maybe now he could deal with Nora's random grenade explosions. Too bad his hoodie prevented her from getting deep into his crevices, but he smiled nonetheless. Probably not the wisest move in the world.

"I owe you one."

A smirk. "One husband, please!"

"No!"

A frown. "Fine! One kiss on the cheek."

"... Okay."

She turned at the last second and stole a smooch on the lips.

Yang smiled at Jaune from the front row "Didn't think I would be protecting other people from ruby but… you ever need help fighting off the cookie monster, just call me up Vomit Boy." She winked at him and settled back into her seat. Jaune choked on his drink mid-sip, scared for his sanity after all these alternate realities were done.

...

Ruby Rose stalked the academy for her target.

She found him entering their shared room, still using the space as an ironic getaway from everyone but her. Perfect! That meant he was alone. Good, because she didn't want anyone to hear this except him. If someone else, or dear Dust Yang, caught wind of this, things would spiral out-of-control. No! All of this would remain covert. Secret with a capital S! Just like a few other words that began with S. Words that made her skin tingle, core hot, and thighs shamelessly rub together all at once.

Eh! Head in the game!

Operation: Seduce Jaune Arc was a go!

"Damn Rubes, you are a filthy girl!" Yang chuckled "I raised you better than that young lady, what do you have to say for such filth?" Yang said, putting on a mocking tone.

Ruby almost broke into tears "It's society's fault! I am young and impressionable! Video Games made me do it!" Her excuses fell on deaf ears as Weiss gave her a sour look and looked to be comforting blake. Jerks, jerks the lot of them, didn't they know it was rude to tease their leader?

She approached the door with her hand stuck on the doorknob, swallowing a lump of nervousness. Ruby spent two sleepless nights thinking about her new approach, counting infinite specks in the air to distract her. What sounded like a good idea on a messy kitchen countertop, sounded insane once she had laid down on her bed. Two nights plenty of blood rushed to her face, enough to fill a donation center. Even now, her cheeks retained a healthy ruby glow. Maybe this was a horrible idea? She had never crossed the thought of seducing her future husband. He was supposed to come to her. Not the other way around. Her heart raced from the planned conversation. It thumped loudly from just thinking of how he would react, adding another shade of red to her skin.

Her gripped abruptly tightened. Look at her acting all scared. Ha! She faced down countless Grimm and criminals. Putting on the works for a clumsy knight should be a snap. A little touch of skin there, maybe some harmless flirting here, and plenty of smooches should do the trick. Plus all the things she read in Blake's filthy book should help. Confidence bloomed this rose! She possessed the natural tools to win his heart.

Watch out, Arc!

Ruby threw the door open to find Jaune reading one of his comics, laughing at some silly joke while laying down and hovering his graphic novel above his head. His laughter melted any lingering doubts. Look at that smile. So carefree and happy. She imagined him tucking their kids into bed, only to read them a bedtime story with such a face. Some days he would read classics and others comics from his back in my day's youth. Goodbye insecurities! Hello, daddy!

"Good! I caught you at a good time!" Ruby jumped on the bed, onto his hips, straddling his waist with her hands pressed firmly to a wide chest. She smirked at her trapped prey. "This is your last chance to give in. Things are going to become very hard, very fast."

He blinked, looking down at the way she pressed his chest and straddled his lower half. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Filth."

"Filth?"

"Filth." Ruby leaned dangerously forward, lowering her eyelids. Red captured her cheeks. "I'm a filthy girl, Jaune Arc, and I'm going to make you want me. So either agree to be my husband now or prepare for filth."

Time stopped in the room with the Arc in question shifting his sights between the Rose leaning on his body and eyes glazed in silver. Filth? He glanced down at the small hands pressed against his body with the creamy thighs trapping his waist. Filth? A sound caught in his throat followed what sounded like a hiccup. Whatever composure he tried to maintain failed.

Jaune Arc burst out laughing.

Most of the audience laughed with him, including the Jaune in the theater. Except Ruby, who realized this universe they were watching was just blackmail all the way through. It made her pout.

Undiluted laughter filled the cozy room, all coming from a red-faced Arc. He had difficulty stopping, this close to ending, only to glance up at Ruby's bewildered expression and restart all over again. His body hurt from being unable to breathe, and Ruby sitting on his waist made things much harder, but funnier all the same.

She pounded her fists against his chest. "Hey? Hey! What's so funny?!"

"Stop! Please! My sides hurt! I can't breathe!"

More fist pounding. "I said what's so funny?!"

He wiped a tear away from his eye, sighing in the best mood. "Ruby, you can't be filthy. It's impossible. You're adorable. A-dor-a-ble!"

She fumed, pounding another fist to his abs. "I'm not adorable! I'm a filthy girl!"

More laughing, but he managed to maintain his composure with one eye open. "Hold up, let me see if I got this right. What you're saying is unless I agree to your terms, you're going to be a filthy girl?"

"The filthiest."

Ruby looked up from his lap at Jaune and squinted at him "The filthiest." He had no response to that except to gawk.

That composure he maintained shattered with a taunting grin, stretching by the second. He threw his head back on the pillow, breathing deeply from a lack of oxygen to the brain. Wow! What a laugh! Been some time since he let go like that. Phew! His stomach hurt with air finally reaching his lungs. He rubbed his forehead, only to remember a hundred-twenty pounds of adorable mass seized his hips with fury matching that of a puppy. A quick snort later, and he chuckled softly.

"Ah-ha! So this was one big joke? I knew it." Jaune glimpsed at the closed bathroom door. "Alright, you got me. Come on out, Yang."

Seconds passed. No one popped out and yelled surprise with a Scroll in their hand. Ruby frowned, arching her back with her bottom pressed firmly on his pelvis. A fire in her belly awakened from being mocked and called adorable. Filth! She seized the threads of his hoodie, pouting with an atmosphere of determination. Everything in the room turned hot with her arms pulling him slightly upward. That infuriating smile of his made her cheeks swollen. Just to really show him, she shook him a few times before growling.

"I'm not joking."

He raised an eyebrow with his mouth curving upward. "Okay, okay, let's say I believe you. I don't, but let's say that I do. A filthy Ruby? How exactly is that bad for me?"

She leaned back, deliberately rubbing her rear on his jeans. "Because you won't get the main course until you agree to be my future husband. I'll tease you so much that you'll be too pent-up to do anything."

"What if I lie?"

"You won't. An Arc never goes back on her word."

Nodding along to his other self Jaune said "Yup, if I give an Arc Promise, I will never back out!" looking a little nervous "Made sure I thought through what promises I made growing up." so many dresses...

Drat! She got him there. However, he didn't buy her fib for even a second. He instead slow clapped. "Sure. Okay. Filth. Nice try, Rubes. I got to admit it caught me off-guard. Bravo."

She released him and pushed him toward the bed, humphing as she got off his waist. She straightened her combat skirt, walking up to his stupid face and poked him in the nose, smushing skin. Dumb Jaune never dropped his smile for even a second, disregarding her threat with ease and building laughter. Whelp! Not today! She would have the final ha-ha!

"Don't say I didn't warn you."

. . . . . .

An A minus?

Jaune blinked at the grade. Not a B or anything below, but an A minus? First time he ever received any mark of that sort in this class. Any class really. He would be lying if he expected an extra-wet kiss from his sitting buddy. The thought made him hide his paper, not wishing to be on the receiving end of Ruby's patent-pending style of filth. He hated he enjoyed it. He despised he looked forward to it. He loathed that she was wearing him down in ways there was no counter-productive method to stop her. Most of all, Jaune despised the way she saw his paper with a gleam in those silver eyes because he impatiently waited for the kiss to the cheek.

Ruby never moved.

She looked down at the A-minus, biting her finger in thought. Somehow the idea of planting one of his cheek, extra-firm-y, sounded lame. Nope! A smooch on the lips? Hn? Too tame. Up the filth, not tone it down. An A-minus deserved more than a kiss. Something more memorable than a three-second memory. Like how she rubbed her cute behind over his sheathed sword, such an image still consumed her thoughts. What would it have been like to her buns over that hot piece of meat? No clothing. Only skin-on-skin action? Maybe then he might have lost control over a little rub down—?!

Rub? Rub down? Lost control?

Ruby spared him a passing glance with her eyes traveling downward. What if—no! Even if—ah! Although he might like it? Several actions spoke in her support. That massage worked in her favor. She knew he enjoyed the sensation of her touch. Body reactions, involuntary or not, were so adorably honest. A bold idea, sure, one with a Filth labeled stamped and notarized in all capital letters, but her hand already slowly traveled down with her fingers scratching tantalizing fabric. Poor Jaune had trouble figuring out her scheme, thinking an A-minus deserved a tummy rub.

Almost.

"Woah Woah! Uh, think we can stop now? Onto the next right?" yang said waving a hand at the archivist to get him to cut the screen. "Ruby really doesn't need to see this."

Static shrugged and slapped his clipboard "Sorry but I have to finish this universe. We are almost done though." He sat back and went to start the screen only being stopped by yang yelling.

"Jaune! You cover her eyes right now! And yours as well! Don't you watch my little sister do the filth!" Yang demanded shaking a fist at him with her eyes going red.

Picking ruby's head off his lap he let her rest on his arm instead "You heard her Crater face, no watching the screen for you." He covered his and Ruby's eyes, peeking through his fingers once he made sure Yang had turned back around. What? He was a teenager! His mother raised him right but he was curious.

Not his stomach, but something was going to get a massage. A smooth hand already unbuttoned his pants by the time he pieced it together. Too late! She reached down and gripped the soft flesh, bypassing his boxers, fumbling her hand around the foreign organ. Ruby experimented, tugging and pulling while throwing caution to the wind. Slowly, but inevitably, all active blood disobeyed him and traveled downward, turning melted metal into tempered steel from burning anticipation. A breath hitched. Cheeks reddened with pupils shrinking. A sword throbbed from unforeseen contact, and the class kept on going with her prey caught.

Ruby's lips thinned with her face burning hot.

Rubbing her posterior through thread was one thing, but holding his tool was another entirely, within it held the capability to fertilize her rose. Such a mighty and powerful sword, a greatsword crafted in a burning forge. The blade was hot in her tender hand with a wide girth. Only way to test its weight was to rub her palm against the steel. So she did, going up-and-down, checking for cracks with a firm grip as it twitched. From the base to the tip to the length of the blade itself, a dutiful hand inspected every inch of the weapon, making sure to check every spot more than once. Up, down, up, down, her digits rubbed without slowing, but they stopped upon finding veins in the metalwork.

Huh?

Her face was bright red as she peeked around the fingers covering her eyes. Now that was a katana! Ruby licked her lips "Mama wants," She whispered not being heard.

Too dry. Too hot. The troublesome thing needed lubrication, or else the refined metals might crack. A simple problem to fix, one where Ruby released his sword and licked her palm indecently, eyes clouded in filth. Drool covered her soft skin, sticky and wet. Good! Back down her dampened hand went, cupping his weapon with an added layer of wetness to cool off the heated steel. However, unless she cooled down the entire shaft, it would break. Back to rubbing!

On the other side of the spectrum, holding the hardest smile in his entire life, Jaune clasped his hands together as sweat poured down his face. Whatever anyone or anything said, he heard none of it. His heart thumped loudly in his ears as Ruby moved her hand back in an endless cycle. When she began rubbing, he figured he might moan, but when she added her spit, he forcefully bit his tongue from groaning. Why must she—so firm, so good! The feeling of her creamy skin made concentrating an impossibility but added in the fact that Ruby rubbed him during class, boosted the filth factor. Who knew soft hands could feel so amazing on his junk? She was relentless in her pursuit, speeding up and slowing down whenever she felt like it as her slippery essence burned temperately. Minutes ticked on by with his release edging ever so closer, and he refrained from making a peep when she grabbed the hilt guards of his sword.

Then Ruby turned toward his direction, in control while resting her cheek lazily on her palm. The telltale signs of his labored breathing and focused eyes reveal all to baser instincts. His willpower was impressive, she cooed as he struggled, but all things must come to an end, and this little game between them, well, Ruby Rose aimed to win. The flinching and throbbing of his mass made her eyelid droop as her innocent grin turned into a teasing smirk.

"Imagine what I'll do if you get an A?"

Gasp!

He lost control.

Writing in the notebook the theater gave her, Blake made sure she didn't have a nosebleed as she wrote a… tasteful romance based on what she was watching. Turning to look back at the man of the hour, she could see him shifting around and… oh.. Wow. She turned back around blushing, their Jaune certainly measured up to what was on screen.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The beeping bell saved him from the embarrassment of everyone looking at him lose control. A head of sunkissed hair lowered upon the wooden desk with a somewhat sticky hand releasing her grip. When he turned his head to meet her stare, she waved at him from the door with the same limb. Not like he possessed the energy to catch her, legs weak, breathing heavy.

"I can't believe that just happened."

On the other side of the door, resting her back against the oak, Ruby tried her hardest to control her frantically beating heart. One hand clenched her chest. No one paid attention to her, desperate to reach their next class. Too bad. If only a few stayed behind to watch her face shift from a dark, crimson tone to a light, pink hue.

She scoffed playfully.

What. A. Rush!

Rubbing him beneath the desk, toying with her future baby-maker, just being filthy heated her inner core to an impossibly restless stage. Holy screws against a nut! Forget yesterday, the idea to skip class and relieve herself of her building stress tempted her so. Recalling how it felt to hold such a sturdy, muscular, hot piece of flesh made her thighs rub filthy against one another, soft and squishy compared to that throbbing steel. What would it be like to have that inside of her? Thrusting and filling that aching need building up as the days trickled on by in this game of filth?

Blush!

Pink turned into red again. She gripped her burning face, imagining steam coming out her ears, only for her to huh at the contact. Sticky? Moving her palm back, she blinked. Some of his essence remained on her hand, sticky and warm. Nothing she could see, all of it clear from mixing with her saliva, but she felt it on her fingers.

Warm.

Instinct overpowered her desire, and she slowly licked her palm. A sticky, somewhat salty flavor enthralled her taste buds. Not a terrible palate danced in her mouth. Her sense of smell couldn't ignore its potency. Musky, strong, addicting. More of this would be creamy and thick, like a scrumptious milkshake. She loved milkshakes, but most of all, she loved sucking them dry.

Silver diluted in a spiral of filth.

Static wrote on his clipboard before setting it down. "Well, one universe down! Does anyone need the bathroom? More food?" He could see with the lights coming up Ruby, Blake and Phyrra jump up and run for the bathrooms.

"Uh… I could go for a cheeseburger." Jaune said, raising a hand and finding a plate with a burger on it. "Huh, thank you."

Getting out of her seat to stretch yang looked back at Jaune and stalked towards him. she towered over him "You covered your eyes ya?" a threatening tone undercutting the slightly chilling smirk on her face.

"O-Of course!" Jaune said nervously. He hoped that he hadn't got caught peeking. But it seemed he would be fine when Yang's look turned to flirty immediately.

"Good! Nice dick by the way." Yang smirked, running a finger under his chin before walking back to her seat smiling. He might need to go to the restroom now. What was with pretty women threatening him lately? Oh well, time to dig int-

"Everyone good? Great! I see the trio who left coming back so we can get started on the next world." Static said as the rest of the group enters the room again, taking their seats again. Picking up the controller to flick to the next world, the screen begins to stutter and make white noise. "What the fu-"

The screen begins to shake and flicker before a portal opens up, spitting out a body. Groaning the woman, sits up, white cloak fluttering behind her. Jumping off the floor she pulls out her axe and gets into a fighting stance towards the movie-goers "Who are you!? Where am I!"

Ruby gaped at the woman "Mom?" She whispered raising out of her seat.

"Ruby?..." Summer said lowering her guard and snatching up the girl "How? You're so old, you were five before I left." She shudders squeezing her daughter to her chest. She looked around a little closer. No way a theatre appeared in the wilderness so how had she got there.

"Ok so you have to go back, sorry you can't stay, tata, goodbye," Static said, trying to pull Ruby from Summer's grip and shove her back towards the portal before it flashed and his face slackened. "Nononono, why do you do this to me, Trinity?"

Looking between the man shoving her, Her Daughter, and the portal "Wha?"

Static groaned and pulled her back and threw her into a chair with her daughter in her lap. "Get settled in, the High Divine has declared you an exemption, till these young ones leave you shall stay and partake with them." He grumbled about the humanity and all the paperwork he would have to do for this.

"So she can come back with us?" Ruby's face was filled with joy at the luck that had befallen her, this had given her back her mother.

Shaking his head "I am sorry Ruby but no, she can stay and talk with you, you both can have closure but the timeline must be preserved." Static said, "Summer must die for the world you know to still happen." He left the room without another word to let the group speak to each other. The screen lit up showing five minutes and counting down till the next showing.

Tears streamed down Ruby's face as her mom hugged her from behind, she realized yang had gotten up and come over to join the hug. They stayed like that for a while before Summer spoke "Well girls, I don't know what will be waiting for me on the other side when this is over but if this is the only chance to get to know how my girls grow up then i'm gonna take it."

Settling Ruby in the seat next to her, back in the spot between Jaune and Summer. Both of the girls kept close to their mother, talking quietly about each other and the future for the last minute before a new universe was shown.

Preview - Chapter 2

"Professor Arc!" Nora cut his mother off

"Professor?!"