A/N: Glad you guys really seem to like this.
Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
"Jessica, Jaune, dinner is ready," Juniper Arc called out as she sat down in her chair at the dining room table. Her husband was away on a hunting job so it was just her and her eight children tonight.
"Be right down mom," Jessica called out. A few moments later, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs and the oldest daughter walked in, carrying an excited small yellow puppy in her hands.
"Oh dear," Juniper sighed with a soft smile, it was hard not to when he looked so adorable. Her daughters all gave him a happy greeting, with smiles, small cheers, and a pat of scratch on the head if he was close enough. She was now somewhat thankful that she didn't pay attention and made too many chicken nuggets for Jade and Jane.
Jaune had trouble eating some kinds of food when he was like this. Soup was sensitive on his tongue and he had trouble swallowing bread. She made a mental note to be more careful and considerate with him in the future.
"June, could you move so Jaune can sit next to Jade and Jane?" She asked her sixth daughter. She nodded and stood up. Jaune then jumped out of Jessica's arms and hopped on the chair. "Jade, Jane, would you mind sharing with Jaune?" She smiled when they wordlessly took some of their chicken on another plate.
"Here you go," Jane cheered as she put the plate to Jaune. With a wagging tail, he jumped up and placed his front paws on the table, panting happily as he dug into his meal, devouring the Grimm shaped treats one by one. Everyone else started eating their dinner of chunky soup and potato bread.
Juniper felt at peace. It was a rare moment for her, considering she was a mother of eight. Things can get hectic very quickly, especially when they were all younger, but she found that despite some sibling rivalry, everyone seemed to get along well as they got older, especially since Jaune condition (she refused to call it a curse, curses weren't adorable and let you rub their tummy) came to light.
However, most of that probably came from no one wanting to see Jaune sad while he was like this. They did once, their hearts were still mending from the sight.
She took another bite and finished her potato bread before she looked over the dinner table. She took joy in seeing her daughters enjoying themselves, enjoying her home cooking and having conversations with one another about various topics. She glanced over to her two youngest daughters playing with their last bit of food.
She was about to speak up until she saw a pair of blond dog ears slowly creep up between the two of them. She decided to wait and see where this goes.
"Hey man, wanna go eat some innocent humans?" Jade said in a Grimm like voice as she moved a Beowulf chicken nugget.
"I dunno man," Jane said with a Geist nugget. "Did you hear about what happened to Larry? He got eaten by a big yellow monster!"
"Oh please," Jade brought another Beowulf nugget up. "That's just a myth. Besides if it did exist, I'd totally beat it up."
"Rawr!" Jaune took this as his cue to strike. He jumped up and chomped down onto the Beowulf before falling back under the table. However, he didn't get the whole Beowulf, just its legs.
"Ahhh! My legs!" Jade cried as she moved the now crippled Grimm on the table. "I told you it was real!" She said while moving the other Beowulf.
"Oh my God it ate Barry's legs!" Jane said as she floated the Geist around.
"Arf!" Jaune, finding the Grimm to be tasty, jumped back up and scooped the other half of Barry in his mouth with his tongue and disappeared once more. He put much more emphasis on his chewing noises this time.
"He ate him!" Jade cried as she moved the Beowulf around the table in a panicked manner. "He owed me money too! You big yellow meanie! Come back up here! I'll fight ya and mess ya u-" Jaune jumped back up and snatched the other Beowulf out of Jade's hand.
Juniper put a hand over her mouth to hide her amusement. She envied her youngest daughters' imagination. Her other daughters tried to hide their amusement with varying degrees of success and failure.
"Nooooo!" Jane made the Geist fly around sporadically. "All of my friends are dead! And now I'm next!"
"Rawr!" Jaune jumped back up to chow down on the Grimm. "Aro?" He sounded surprised when he landed and didn't taste breaded, crispy chicken in its mouth.
"Ha missed me!" Jane taunted as she flew the Geist around in circles.
"Arf!" Jaune jumped back up to get thy tasty treat.
"Missed," Jane taunted as she moved the chicken just out of his reach.
"Arf!"
"Missed."
"Arf!"
"Missed."
"Arf!"
"Missed."
This went on a few more times until Jaune didn't jump back up. They waited a few moments to see what he would do, but nothing happened. Jane went to look under the table but recoiled back when Jaune jumped up and sat on her lap.
"Nope!" Jane held the chicken nugget up high and turned face away from him. "Nu-uh." Jaune then leaned back against her, looking up. "It won't work if I don't see it."
Juniper could hear the others whisper about who would cave in first. They all bet on Jane, and she did too.
"Nope," Jane remained defiant. Jaune then pressed his head against her and whimpered. "I won't break!" Jaune then stuck his tongue out and gave her a little kiss on her chin. Jane said nothing, but her face showed she was starting to break. Jaune then whimpered again and leaned up, giving her a kiss on her cheek.
That did it. "Ok ok, you win," Jane moaned in defeat as her face planted on the table. "Take it." She held the nugget out and Jaune happily ate it, giving her palm a good lick to make sure he got everything.
"Kids, behave," Juniper said in a vain attempt to silence her daughters' laughter and chuckling, but she couldn't help but smile too.
"It's not fair," Jane pouted with her head still on the desk. Jaune patted his paw on her shoulder. "Go away, you're not helping." Any negative feelings she had vanished when Jaune licked her cheek. She gave him a few scratches behind his ears, making him close his eyes and panted happily.
A/N: And there we have it. Let me know what you guys think.
So as I said before, this is a side project, so expect infrequent updates.
I'm still not 100% sure of how to do this. I might make these a bunch of connecting oneshots with a few non-canon (story wise) oneshots mixed in.
But anyway, thanks again for reading, and I hope you have a good day :)