[Teaser] Pineapple Jaune CH14

Slowly, Pyrrha Nikos opens her eyes.

She sees Jaune's blue eyes looking over her body through the changing room's mirror reflection. Her body flushes with heat as his eyes roam over her body from her foot to her hips, then her chest, and finally locking eyes with her own.

"Jaun-" Before she can even call out his name, he closes his eyes and interrupts her from behind.

“Did you know that your black hair and cat ears makes you look like Blake a little bit?” He spits out rapidly from out of nowhere.

She receives a stab of pain from that comment. Here she is, nearly half naked in front of him and he thinks of another woman? Before she can even agonize over her pain, he interrupts her thoughts again.

“Pyr, I don’t want to perv on any of our friends.”

That just made her confused, with her brows furrowed, she tried to think of what Jaune meant by that. She is interrupted by him yet again.

“If I’m gonna see someone, I want to see them as themselves.” They both blush at that. If Pyrrha is interpreting his words right, then that means he wants to see her as herself! Not with a disguise that looks like Blake. But just to be sure she asks a question.

“Then do you want to see Blake naked?” Pyrrha blushes, not willing to put her name in the question yet, she’s not that bold….yet.

Jaune laughs hysterically at that question while blushing.

“Pyr, I think you forgot that I’m a young, healthy, 17 year-old male. I’d be happy to see a beautiful woman naked.” Jaune laughs out hysterically.

“...Then do you want to see Pyrrha naked?” Pyrrha asks quietly, referring to herself in the third person. It's as close to an indirect verbal confession she can manage. Implying that she wants to know if he wants to look at her or not.

Jaune’s hysterical laugh chokes at that and falls silent with his eyes still closed.

“...No.”

That hurt her more than she thought it would. That he would look at Blake and not her. With her breath caught in her throat, she’s just a tiny ways away from crying. But yet it seems Jaune’s streak of not letting her agonize over pain and interrupting her is not over yet.

“I’m not worthy of her….not yet.” Jaune says quietly, referring to Pyrrha in the third person to put some distance between them metaphorically. Pyrrha was just about ready to tear her hair off and rant about her status as a champion before hearing the last part.

Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. Meaning that it can be!

“What about when you’re worthy?” She says quietly, anticipating Jaune’s reply.

“..I don’t know. I’ll cross that bridge when we get there. But I have to get there first.” Jaune responds shyly.

Sighing to herself that she still has to wait before getting a chance with Jaune, she turns around and looks at him. Well, she was already thinking the same thing wasn't she? Jaune Arc is not yet ready for Pyrrha Nikos, but he could be. Now that she has a moment to calm down, she at least knows there’s a chance for them to be more than friends in the future.

Still, Pyrrha won’t let it end here. She’ll tease him here and there, give him a glimpse of what could be in the future and he might just be more motivated to work harder… Proper motivation and all that.

“What about Pyrene?” She asks coyly, looking at Jaune’s face while he still has his eyes closed.

“Pyrene…What about her?” Jaune gulps, nervous at where this is going.

“She’s not Blake, and she’s not Pyrrha. Would you like to see Pyrene naked?” Pyrrha asks slowly, taking pleasure in seeing Jaune’s face blush.

“I-” Before Jaune can even reply, Pyrrha interrupts him. It’s her turn to interrupt now.

“I bet you do, after all…you are a young, healthy, 17 year-old male, aren’t you?” Pyrrha teases out slowly.

Making Jaune gape, gulp, and flounder for a response as his blush intensifies. Pyrrha laughs lightly at that. She doesn’t know what’s come over her, but teasing Jaune and making him embarrassed lights a small fire in her core.

“I..Pyr! You’re teasing me!” Jaune whisper-yells with a blush from having been exposed and his own words from before thrown back at him.

“I am, aren’t I?” Pyrrha laughs lightly at that, there’s something to be said about being able to laugh with your crush inside a changing room and with you, being almost topless.

“Pyrrha…” Jaune whines, sending a tingle down Pyrrha’s spine.

“It’s Pyrene, remember? No Pyrrha Nikos here. Still, you could open your eyes, Jaune. You’ve already seen me, I saw you look. This isn’t so different from seeing me in a bikini, it’s not a big deal.” She replies boldly with a light blush on her cheeks.

“Are you sure?” Jaune asks slowly, unsure, nervous, and just part excited with his heart beating through his chest.

It might be because she already knows he’s seen her, or maybe she’s still riding the high from knowing that they could be more than friends in the future, or even just because she wants to tease Jaune, but Pyrrha replies as boldly and confidently as she can.

“I’m sure.”

Jaune Arc opens his eyes and looks.