Awaken
Jaune woke up feeling like he had been hit by a truck. The sun that was shining in his face didn’t help either. ‘That is the last time I let Yang and Nora convince me to go drinking,” he rolled over in the bed and closed his eyes trying to go back to sleep. As he did his arm wrapped around something warm. He snuggled into the warm object, then after a moment he noticed that he felt his bare chest and legs rubbing against the skin of some one else. Jaune’s eyes shot open as he pushed himself away. ‘What, who is in my bed?’ the young knight thought to himself. Jaune pushed himself up on his elbow and saw that the other person in the bed had light green hair, and was a girl judging by the shape of her exposed back. It was only then that he realized he was naked beneath the sheets, and if he was naked that meant she probably was as well.
Jaune’s movements must have disturbed the sleeping woman; because, she started to wake up, “Urgh, my head hurts.” Picking her head up she looked around the room seeing that she was apparently in a hotel, “Where am I? This isn’t my dorm at Beacon.” Jaune froze he wasn’t sure what to do, but he knew had better at least tell her he was there. Unfortunately, he missed his chance to do so as she turned around and saw him, for a second their eyes met. Jaune couldn’t help but get lost for a moment in her dark green eyes.
Then they screamed, “AAAAAHHHHHH!!!” the girl shot up in bed grabbing the sheets with her left hand to cover herself and scooted to the edge of the bed away from Jaune. Pulling the sheets away from him as he shot up in the bed leaving him quite exposed. Jaune covered himself with a pillow trying to maintain some form of modesty. “Who are you, and why are we both naked in bed?” She asked quickly, her eyes darting around the room seeming to be looking for something.
“I’m Jaune Arc, and I was going to ask you the same thing.” Jaune said noticing a glint on the girl’s hand. Seeming to find what she was looking for she reached beside the bed with her right hand and Jaune heard the telltale sounds of a mecha-shift weapon. “Uh-oh,” He said as she brought a pistol up from beside the bed and pointed it at him.
“I’m Reese Chloris, and I’m a student from Haven Academy, so if you don’t explain what is going on I’ll shoot.” The girl now known as Reese narrowed her eyes.
Jaune raised his left hand to grab the barrel of the gun and moved it away noticing how much she seemed to be shaking. As he did so he saw a glint on his own ring finger, “Wait, what is that?” He released her weapon and looked at his hand and then back at hers he finally put two and two together, “Um, Reese right, I think I figured out what might have happened.”
“What?” She asked seeming not to trust what he was about to say.
“I think we somehow got married while we were drunk,” Jaune said letting his words sink in.
Reese looked at her left hand that was still clutching the sheets to her chest then at Jaune’s out stretched hand. She saw two identical gold bands on their fingers and knew that he was telling the truth, “Oh, my Oum. This, no, no way,” she dropped her pistol on the bed, “this can’t be happening.”
“Listen this is unnerving, but we need to figure out what happened. So, let’s get dressed and see if we can find some sort of marriage certificate. There should be one around here somewhere,” Jaune said. Seeing how nervous Reese was he decided he needed to try and be the reasonable one right now. If they both panicked they would get nowhere, he had learned that much as part of his training with Pyrrha. “How am I going to explain this to my team, much less my family?” He got up and while keeping his privates covered, began gathering his clothes.
“Wait, did you just say team?” Reese asked.
“Yes, I’m a student at Beacon and the leader of team JNPR.” He walked to the bathroom, “I’ll knock when I’m done just let me know when you are dressed.” With that he stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.
Reese got up from the bed still trying to calm her nerves as she looked for her usual combat attire; a sweater, hoodie, shorts, boots, gloves, with knee and elbow pads. While she got dressed she thought to herself, ‘At the very least he seems to be responsible and isn’t going to just disappear on me. I mean if he was telling the truth about being a team leader then at least I know why he appears so calm. He is probably just as scared as I am. He is kind of cute though.’ Reese stopped her train of thought right there. ‘No, bad Reese that is probably the thought that got you in to this mess.’ As she finished putting on her boots she heard a knock come from the bathroom. “You can come out, Jaune,” she said sitting back on the bed, head in her hands as he walked out.
Jaune stepped out of bathroom wearing his usual gear; jeans hoodie and the plate armor on his arms and chest. He looked around and saw her on the bed and asked, “Did you see the certificate while you were getting dressed?”
Reese only nodded her head, “I just finished getting dressed, and I’m still in shock over all this.”
“Well, let’s see if we can find it,” Jaune and Reese began to look around the room they were in there was a large bed up against one wall with two night stands on either side. across from it was a couch and coffee table facing a tv, off to one corner was a small desk and chair. “Not many places to look, huh?” Jaune said as he walked towards the desk.
Reese walked towards the couch feeling her legs give slightly as she got close. She stumbled a bit but caught herself on the edge of the couch. Jaune looked her concerned. “I’m fine just a little shaky if we were both drunk, I’m probably just still unsteady is all,” She lied she knew exactly why she was so unsteady, but she didn’t want to think about that yet. ‘I really hope I’m wrong, but if so and if we are married at least I managed to wait till I had a husband.’ She thought as she got to the coffee table she saw it plain as day, a piece of white paper with a fancy gold trim around it and the words “Marriage Certificate” printed on the top. “I found it,” She announced as she picked up the piece of paper.
Jaune walked over to her and looked over her shoulder at the piece on paper and began reading out loud, “This certifies that Jaune Rhodes Arc and Reese Thalia Arc were united in marriage on this day, the ninth day of September in the year eighty AW (After War). The ceremony was witnessed and celebrated by Arslan Atlan and… PYRRHA ELAINE NIKOS! My partner saw this happen and still let it go! This is crazy.” Jaune slumped onto the couch and sighed, “No offense to you Reese but I just can’t believe she would just let me get married to someone I had just met.”
Reese sat down beside him her mind reeling, ‘His partner is Pyrrha Nikos. As in the Pyrrha Nikos, I’m so dead, I’m so so so dead. Forget my parents murdering me, I’ll be lucky to survive if she gets mad at me for this.’ “My team leader is the other girl and she should have stopped it too, they might have been just as drunk as we were.”
“Maybe, but still,” Jaune placed his head in his hands.
“So, what now, we can just go file for a divorce right? I mean it’s Saturday, so we just need to make it through the weekend, right?” Reese said seeing how she could get out of this marriage.
“I’m afraid it is not that simple an Arc never goes back on his word and while I’m not sure whether or not that applies to being drunk, I still need to talk to my father first,” Jaune said head still in his hands. “The phrase an ‘Arc never goes back on his word’ has been our motto since our family began. So, if I made a vow and being drunk can’t get me out of it well, then a divorce would make me the first Arc since the first generation of my family line to break his word.”
Reese suddenly understood the weight of the situation for the blonde knight, but she also didn’t want to be stuck in a marriage with a man she didn’t know. They sat there for a moment in silence both trying to think of ways to deal with their current problem. Until Reese’s stomach decided to make itself known. Her face turned red in embarrassment as she glanced at Jaune. He was wearing a huge grin, “Well I didn’t expect that from a girl as small as you, but I can’t blame you, I’m hungry too. Why don’t we go eat then head back to Beacon? We won’t get anything done sitting around here.”
Reese nodded her head in agreement, “That sounds like a plan. I’m sure our teams are worried as well.”
With that they grabbed their weapons and scrolls and checked out of the hotel. Walking out into the late morning sun the newlyweds made their way to a small burger joint where they ate in relative silence. When they went to pay Reese reached for her wallet to pay her half when Jaune stopped her. She looked at him confused.
“It’s the least I can do after all of the craziness this morning. I got the bill,” Jaune then turned to the waitress and handed her the lien to pay for the food.
The waitress smiled and said, “Awe, what a gentleman, and a good looking one to.” She then leaned down to Reese and whispered, “Good thing you got him locked in. He’s certainly a keeper.”
Reese sputtered at the comment, how had the waitress figured it out both her and Jaune were wearing gloves, so no one could see their rings. “How did you…?”
The waitress smiled again, “You both took your gloves off for a minute while you were eating, young love, how romantic.” With that the waitress left, leaving a very red couple sitting at the table.
“We need to watch that,” Reese stated.
“Agreed,” Jaune muttered. “You ready to go face our teams.”
“Sure, it will be interesting at least.” Reese responded.
With those words the couple began making their way to Beacon, not knowing what craziness awaited them when they got back.