Reunion

10

Jaune moaned in pain as his stomach felt queasy from the air turbulence. 'Why do I keep doing this to myself...?' He asked himself that same question every time he had boarded an airship, and in, every single flight that he gone through, not a single one was ever pleasant.

He felt a gentle hand rubbing his back, trying to help soothe his upset stomach. "Maybe it was a mistake going to Vale by bullhead." Fu hua murmured.

"No..." Jaune disagreed while taking a sip from the water bottle he had brought with him. "This is the only way to get to Vale from Beacon... They should've added a train station or something..." The blonde grumbled as he felt something rise up to his throat and tried his best to level it down, sending it back where it came from.

"You know you can just puke in the bag that they have in seat in front of you right, that way you won't have to deal with it anymore?" She proposed, gesturing to the brown bag that's stowed away in the seat in front of Jaune.

"Nah...I'd rather not give the airship staff handle with it..." Jaune denied while taking another sip from his water bottle to quench his body's innate desire to barf out what he had had for breakfast. "Well good news is, we're almost there. A few more minutes and we're in Vale."

"Don't say that.... Mom always says the exact same thing to me when we're far from the destination..."

"Well, one, I am not your mother. And two, I am not a liar." Fu Hua replied, pointing outside of the window with the city in the horizon. "Oh thank goodness..." He sighed in relief as the cabin crew members informed the passengers that they will be landing soon.

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"Finally..." Jaune sighed in relief as he and Fu Hua stepped out of the airship and onto the pavement.

"Now that we're out of that deathtrap...." He took a deep breath, now feeling refreshed after stepping out of the so called 'Metallic Airborne Coffin'. Fu Hua chuckled at his choice of words.

"Since this is your first time in the city, is there anywhere you want to check out?" Jaune asked, making the gray haired girl cross her arms in thought. "How about we just stroll around for a while, and check out anything interesting as we travel?" He agreed with her proposal and began to make their way through the city together.

The couple fell into a peaceful mood of not talking, aided by soft breeze of the wind. While strolling through the park, Jaune felt Fu Hua nudging his hand with her knuckles. He turned to the martial artist to see her face tinted in pink, which was unlike her usual calm and collected modus operandi. "...Uhm...Jaune..."

"Yeah?"

"Do you...want to hold hands with me?"

Jaune didn't really considered something so simple yet so important. He flushed at the thought of it and looked away while scratching his cheek. "U-Uhm....Ok..." Their hands slowly grasp each other, the sensation and warmth felt awkward although it had also brought some form of comfort to them.

'His hand feels so smooth...' Fu hua thought as she held her boyfriend's hand, feeling how her hand could easily get comfortable due to burnished his palm was. "Let's continue our walk..." Jaune suggested, to which Fu Hua nodded as they continued to move onward.

They soon arrived in the market district, seeing it bustle with life as shops were setting up due to the influx of foreigners from other kingdoms coming over for the Vytal Festival.

"It's pretty crowded." Jaune noted as they passed by some shops and stalls. "Say, you wanna have a quick snack?" He asked, pointing at a food stall that sells some roasted meat on skewers. Fu Hua turned to the stand and stares at all of the food, especially the meat, that is being grilled as if she were in a trance, before quickly placing an order.