Jaune and the Real Girl.

Chapter 23

Penny felt weightless as Jaune's arms enveloped and held her while they kissed. Everything around her seemed muted as he kissed her back. It was a strange sensation kissing, it was completely new to her. She used to wonder what could feel so good about bringing one's lips to another, she used to believe it was more about the act itself showing affection than physical sensation. But she was wrong, she did not know how or why it felt so good but the sensation made her feel light and it seemed.

One of Jaune's hands pressed against her back holding her against him while his other ran his fingers through her hair holding her head from behind as he towered above her as they kissed. It felt strange to be so suddenly aware of how much taller he was than her making her look up and stand on her toes just to meet his lips. It was everything she had wanted, everything she had read about in Blake's novels when the two heroes kissed. It had always seemed perfect and magical described in the pages and it all paled in comparison to what she was feeling right now.

Jaune rose from her pulling his lips away. She opened her eyes and found him staring down at her. His lips shimmered with moisture from the exchange and he was panting. Panting? Had she done that to him? Stole his breath away? The throught excited her.

"Penny," Jaune whispered to her as she stared up at him. She pulled him back down to her lips. She didn't want to talk, they didn't need to, his hands and lips were telling her enough and the way he whispered her name told her everything she needed to know. He seemed  She wanted more, words could wait until later for right now enough was being said without them. Her hands had clutched his shirt but as the kiss deepened she found herself growing bold as she moved them to his shoulders and finally entwined her fingers in his short spiky hair. She pressed the kiss wanting to get further lost in it. She opened her mouth to him inviting his tongue to meet hers. It was perfect, it was everything she wanted. There were no words, not yet but the simple fact that Jaune was kissing her back was enough for her. It was simple, it was nice and she wanted it to continue for hours on end.

Her internal scroll beeped informing her she had an urgently marked message from Atlas police command.

SOUTH CENTRAL EXPLOSION REPORT IMMEDIATELY. It read in bold letters urging her to leave at her earliest convenience.

Penny broke the kiss. She was being called away, now of all times she was being called away.

"Damnit!" Penny cursed wanting to cry. Why now? Why did this have to happen now?

"What's wrong?" Jaune asked her his features coloring with worry. "Did I uh, did I do something?" he asked her, looking flushed and embarrassed.

The simple question was painful, the very idea that Jaune thought he might have done something to offend her actually sent a powerful jolt of fear through her. "No!" she told him shaking her head, "no Jaune no it is not you there is an emergency," she explained to him, "I have to go, people need my help," she said feeling pained just admitting that she needed to leave him to end this moment of bliss between them. She wanted to stay more than anything but people were in danger and she was called to help.

"Goodnight Jaune," she said, turning to leave and hurry but Jause stepped forward and took hold of her wrist.

"Penny," Jaune said only for his phone to beep in his suit pocket indicating that he too was being called out on an emergency. What was happening? A glance around showed that everyone else from Ren and Nora to the whole of Team FNKI was pulling out their scroll to check similar messages. Something big was going on if everyone was receiving emergency messages on their scrolls, she couldn't wait even if she wanted to stay.

"You are needed too Jaune," she told him, refusing to meet his eye.

"I know," Jaune said firmly, "I just... I want to talk when we have a moment, after this, after whatever is going on we'll talk, I'll meet you at your room."