Honest Feelings

After settling down on his knees the first thing Gray saw was legs. Ruby’s legs. Her legs in tights up close. Gray couldn’t help but wet his dry lips. Beyond her legs were Yang’s and Jeanne’s and Pyrrha’s legs. Yang’s were covered with black thigh high socks and Jeanne had black ankle socks. Pyrrha had tights similar to Ruby. Their skirts just barely hid their hips from him.

The sight had Gray’s blood rushing to his cheeks and down to his groin. Four pairs of legs in a row were doing amazing things for his leg fetish.

Reluctantly, he turned his head to the other side and instantly felt the same rush of visual pleasure. Blake’s black socks above the knee, Weiss’ black socks below the knee, Nora’s black socks that went to mid-shin and Ren’s black tights mirroring Pyrrha. Any revealed skin shone like beacons to Gray, but even all the covered parts had him wondering about the feel and texture if he felt them up with hands, face or dick.

Gray was struck by a bout of horny indecision. Where would he start? Who should he start with? He didn’t have a great deal of time till dinner was served, but even then, there was no need to panic. This same exact scene would play out every day for four years.

Also, Gray wanted to take pictures for the memories, and for the fap material. Even though he could acknowledge that he likely wouldn’t ever need fap material ever again, he still felt the desire to take a picture of these wonderful sights.

So, he brought his scroll up and set up to take some pervy pictures.

He started with Ruby. He lined up his viewfinder with her legs clad in tights and took a few pictures from different angles. Some were up close; some took in the whole length of her legs, and others looked up her skirt. For some of those upskirt pictures Gray had to move her legs apart to get a good view.

He also took the chance to feel up her legs, squeezing her calves and thighs. He even rubbed his face along her inner thighs.

He had to be quick though so he moved on to Yang next to her. He did much the same with her, taking pictures from many angles and getting the upskirt shots. Since she was wearing thigh highs, he was able to get a good view of her underwear and the thigh squish that her socks were creating. Gray also rubbed his face along that heavenly squish, along with some licking of Yang’s inner thigh.

Next came Jeanne. His new girlfriend. There was a chance that she would have let him do these sorts of things with her after some time dating her, but here he was snapping a picture of her slim and sexy legs. Her socks were short so Gray got an eyeful of bare skin. Under her skirt her panties happened to be blue.

Gray took a moment to hold her right leg by the ankle and raise it enough for him to lick her from the shin all the way up to her knee, then across her thigh. He let go of her ankle and lifted her skirt so he could press his face against her panties. Gray’s nose and mouth pressed hard against Jeanne’s crotch and he breathed in deeply, taking in the heady scent of her vagina.

Gray couldn’t help but grin as he grew light-headed from the female musk. He gave a tentative lick to the fabric covering her slit before deciding to move onto Pyrrha

Now, Pyrrha was much like Ruby with her tights or pantyhose or whatever they were called. They covered her whole legs, longer than Ruby’s since Pyrrha was taller, and added that lovely fabric texture to her already sexy legs. Gray had similar fun with her legs that he did with Ruby’s.

Lastly, Gray moved back a bit until his head was between two girls’ knees. A glance told him that they were Weiss and Nora. For the moment he ignored that fact, while simultaneously enjoying the feel of their legs touching him, and brought up his scroll for a landscape shot of the first four girls. That picture came out great, but there was one thing that could be better. Both Yang and Jeanne’s panties were partially seen in the picture, while Ruby and Pyrrha’s legs were somewhat closed from Gray’s vantage point.

He quickly leapt forward to spread all four girls' legs so that all four crotches were visible from his spot opposite them. Thankfully, they kept their legs in that position for long enough for him to get the shot. It turned out glorious.

He was about to move on to taking pictures of the other four girls when a clanging noise resounded across the hall. All the students went quiet and Gray could hear a woman’s voice call out, “Dinner is ready!”

After that announcement came, the noise of a whole bunch of students could be heard leaving their tables to move towards the kitchen counter. That signalled the end of Gray’s fun photoshoot. He crawled out from under the table, noticed that the girls hadn’t made moves to leave yet, except for Nora, she seemed to be pouting and looking over at the kitchen longingly.

He took his seat next to Ruby and deactivated his Semblance.

“–don’t mind staying.” Jeanne was saying. “I’ll make sure no one takes these seats.”

“Are you sure?” Pyrrha asked her, concern in her voice. “There are plenty of places to sit.”

“Yeah, but more people are coming in.” Jeanne replied, pointing out the groups of students walking in from the main entrance and side entrances. “Who knows how full this place gets?”

“True...” Pyrrha answered with indecision.

Nora was getting a little more antsy, rocking back and forth. Ren next to her was looking at Nora with a mostly passive face, except for the mild amusement in her eyes.

The indecision was felt around the table until Gray spoke up.

“I can stay with her.” He told everyone. “You lot can go get your food.”

They all looked to Gray for a moment before Nora finally burst.

“That settles it!” She slammed her hands down on the table and jumped out of her seat. “Let’s get some grub already. And there better be some smooching between you two while we’re gone!”

That last part was said while pointing at Jeanne. The poor girl choked on her own saliva in response. Nora grinned in satisfaction before trotting off to get dinner. The rest of the girls understood the implication straight away.

“Well, if you wanted to be alone together you could have just said so~” Yang teased her. Jeanne was too busy coughing to respond so she turned to her sister. “Alright Ruby, let's go and leave these two lovebirds to whisper sweet nothings until we get back.”

Ruby giggled a little, if a bit uncertainly. She tried to get up to leave and Gray briefly left his own seat to give her and Yang some space to leave. Pyrrha stood up from her end of the table and turned back to Jeanne.

“Would you like us to bring you food as well?” She asked. This girl was really considerate, Gray thought. “So that you don’t have to wait longer than us.”

By then, Jeanne had gotten some of her coughing fit under control.

“Y–You really don’t need to do that...”

“No, it’s quite alright.” The Mistral Champion smiled radiantly.

“Yeah, we’ll get Gray something too.” Yang offered. “So, don’t you worry and flirt all you want, ‘kay?”

She threw a thumbs up his way.

Gray could only laugh at her constant attempts to tease the both of them.

“Thanks, Yang. I appreciate it.” He told her.

“Eh,” She shrugged. “We’re a team, right?”

Ruby nodded next to her. “Don’t worry Gray, we’ll get you something nice.”

“Thanks Ruby.”

Yang and Ruby left with Weiss and Blake silently following after. Pyrrha and Ren stayed behind a little bit longer.

“Do you two have any allergies? Any foods that you hate?” Pyrrha asked them.

“No, not that I know of.” Jeanne replied, having given up on refusing.

Pyrrha turned to Gray for his answer.

“I tend to eat whatever is put in front of me.” He told her with an easy smile. She laughed and turned towards the kitchens.

“Alright, we won’t be long.” She waved as she left with Ren in tow.

Gray and Jeanne watched them go. Gray heard a great big sigh coming from her. He had a good idea why she sounded so exhausted, but didn’t comment on it, instead he watched Pyrrha’s and Ren’s butts as they walked away. Skirts fluttering slightly from the motions.

“Is Pyrrha always that nice?” He asked out of curiosity.

“Hm? Yeah,” Jeanne replied, pulled out of her moment of recovery. “She’s always been so nice and polite. I think it’s both in her nature and because her parents were a little strict.”

“Huh.” Gray hummed in thought. Really, not only was the red-headed champion strong and sexy, she was just such a nice person overall. That was a refreshing fact. Jeanne was fortunate to have someone like that on her team. And Gray was fortunate that he had two teams full of pretty, cute and sexy girls to play with. Of course, Weiss was a little difficult some of the time, and Nora was... a bit much...

There were still eight girls that he had all to himself, and Gray was looking forward to getting a lot closer with Pyrrha. And all the rest of course.

Gray took a breath and finally looked away from the distant red-head and turned to the blonde beside him. He couldn’t use this moment to neglect her, and so soon after going out with her no less.

“So, how has today been for you?” Gray asked her. He then smiled knowingly. “And I mean all the lessons and the new school, rather than... all that other stuff.”

Jeanne let out a small huff of amusement at his meaning, but she seemed relieved to be talking about something else.

“It’s been great. The professors have been interesting. I’m excited about classes.” A smile was spreading across her face and she seemed to be coming out of her embarrassed hunched up posture. “I’m glad I picked Beacon instead of Haven.”

That surprised Gray a little. “You mean there was a chance you could have gone to Haven?”

“Yeah, Pyrrha and I talked about it. We wanted to go to the same school together and since I have family in Mistral, it could have worked out.” She explained, her eyes looking off into the past. “But Beacon was much closer to home in the end, and Pyrrha mentioned that she wanted to get away from all the fame back in Mistral. So, we talked about her coming here with me. I’m still surprised that she managed to convince her family.”

“For the record, I’m glad you picked Beacon.” Gray slipped in there.

Jeanne glanced at him before a small shy smile bloomed on her face. She had to look away for a moment.

“...I’m glad too.” Gray heard her say.

He couldn’t help but smile at how cute this girl was.

“You know, I never expected that they would put our fight on the big screen up there.” Gray mused, turning to look up at the holographic banner. “Do you think that Beacon just does that with every fight?”

Being reminded of that particularly embarrassing detail brought back a complex set of expressions on her face.

“I really wish they had asked us first...” Came her pouty voice.

“It was a pretty good fight though.” Gray said, defending it.

“Yeah, but you weren’t here to see the beginning of the video.” She grumbled. “They showed the bet we made at the start of the fight... and it's on loop.”

That had Gray raising his eyebrows. “Oh, wow.”

“Yeah...”

Gray observed her for a moment before scooting closer to her on the bench. “Does it bother you that I did that? In front of so many people?”

Her head shot up. “What? No! No, no... I, it was–it was just a little embarrassing! That’s all.” There was a little panic in her voice. She clearly didn’t want Gray to think that he had bothered her with his stunt. “It’s just that they didn’t have to go this far.” She said, indicating the banner recording.

Gray felt relieved that she wasn’t feeling bad about him asking her out, only how it was being shown to practically every other student. He scooted a little closer, until their hips and shoulders were touching. “You know... I kinda don’t mind if people know about us, or if they gossip. Sure, it might be a little embarrassing, but everyone else's opinions don’t really matter to me.”

Jeanne looked at him, her expression mostly clear, except for a little bit of red in her cheeks. She looked away again before speaking.

“Um... can I ask you something, at the risk of sounding like a needy girl on the first day of a relationship?” She asked, a wry grin quirking one corner of her lips, even as her hands were clasped and fidgeting.

“Sure?” Gray said, amused by the initial question.

“Err, why... why did you ask me out?” She asked nervously. “I mean, I’m happy you did... just... what prompted it?”

Ah. This girl really didn’t have the best self-esteem. Courtesy of her sisters teasing no doubt. Hopefully, Gray’s next words would help lift her up a little.

“Well, let’s see... I guess we can start with the obvious,” He began, feigning deep thought. Jeanne looked at him, seemingly interested in what was ‘obvious.’ To Gray it definitely was though. “There’s the fact that you are really pretty–” At the word ‘pretty’ her eyes widened and she had to look away and down in an attempt to hide the blush warming her face. “–your face is very cute–” A small noise escaped her mouth but Gray ignored it and continued. “–I really like your hair. The braided ponytail plus the short sides. Yep, very nice–” Jeanne seemed to hunch over a little and one of her hands reached up to touch her hair. “–you have a tomboy sense of fashion, which is really sexy if you ask me–” That statement made her stiffen and another small noise left her mouth. It sounded like a panicked ‘a?’ but once again Gray just bulldozed through. “–not to mention that you’re pretty strong too. That fight got me feeling a little ****.”

Gray couldn’t tell if that last compliment had affected her but he could see that she was still touching her hair in that ‘bashful girl with a crush’ sort of way. Gray couldn’t help but smile at how cute and shy she could get.

“Now for the not so obvious reason.” He said, coming to the final statement he could think of to say. When Jeanne heard that, she turned slightly to him to pay better attention. Thinking about it now, Gray felt a little embarrassed that he was going to say it now. Being honest about emotions wasn’t something he was used to doing. Certainly not this soon after meeting someone either. Perhaps his newfound ability gave him courage.

“You’re really easy to talk to,” Gray began. Jeanne watched and listened. “When we first met on the airship, I was surprised by how quickly we became friends, how easy it was. And it’s not like I’ve never had female friends before, but... they all felt more like acquaintances rather than actual friends. I guess it always just felt like it was difficult to be close to any of them. I’m also a bit of a quiet person usually, so that might have had something to do with it, but meeting you felt... easier?”

Even though he had access to a power that could help him change how people perceived him, he still felt that his meeting with Jeanne was different to other girls. His power might have given him more courage to talk to girls but Jeanne still felt good to talk to. Gray suspected that her slight tomboy nature had something to do with it. He felt that tomboys were more relatable than most girls.

“What I’m trying to say is that talking with you feels natural... and... a part of me didn’t want to miss an opportunity and... I guess, I guess I had a moment of courage with that bet.”

Gray finished giving his reason for asking her out. And it wasn’t a lie at all. He could have just made her a sex friend using his Semblance, and he probably will end up using it to have sex with her in the future anyway, but his greedy nature decided that he also wanted an emotional connection too. He wasn’t entirely a pervert. He did in fact want to feel close to someone, but his dick made too many good arguments.

“I also felt–!” Jeanne tried to say but a whirlwind of red petals interrupted them.

“Hey guys!” Ruby’s voice called out from the sudden rush of wind and rose petals just as her body appeared, all of this making Gray and Jeanne jump. “We made it to the counter now. The others sent me to find out what drinks you wanted. They have coffee, tea, juice or water.”

Her words came out in a rush as she listed off the choices with the fingers of one hand. Jeanne’s face exploded in a blush, probably wondering if the younger girl heard anything that was said. Gray himself had to get over the sudden heart palpitations beating in his chest.

“Ah, I’ll have water, thanks...” Gray told the excitable leader of his team with a wry grin on his face.

“I–I’ll have a water too, thank you Ruby.”

The dark-haired girl with red highlights saluted cutely. “Okay, coming up.”

His leader zoomed away again. Her Semblance leaving behind a wisp of rose petals that dissipated after a few seconds.

A silent moment passed before they started laughing away the nervous tension. Jeanne couldn’t help but giggle uncontrollably. Another moment passed before they had a handle on themselves.

Jeanne breathed deeply before letting out a relieved sigh, another small giggle escaping her.

A comfortable silence would sit between them until the girls would come back. Jeanne was feeling giddy and Gray was feeling satisfied with himself. Sure, he might not have been kissing her or doing anything lewd, but getting those reactions from her felt like another kind of accomplishment.

Gray gently rocked his shoulder against hers. Jeanne smiled shyly and rocked her shoulder back against his. They would play that little game and enjoyed each other's presence until their teams came back with their food.