Secrets Well Kept
Jaune was having a bog-standard day until the moment his day was flipped on its head.
Literally.
Right now he was suspended in the air by his leg hanging over the roof of a building situated away from prying eyes.
He was surprised how quickly he got up here, how a single thread was holding him suspended in the air, but more importantly, that he didn’t throw up his guts in the process of getting here.
But, considering he was hanging upside down he suspected that there was still a possibility of that happening.
Peachy.
Fortuitously he wouldn’t have to worry about that for long. Hopefully.
For his captor have finally revealed themselves before him, and he only had one thing to say to them.
Jaune: If you dare say, “How’s it Yanging?” I will deliberately throw up on you.
: You wouldn’t dare!
Jaune: Unless it is by the form of a vile semi-non-lethal case of projectile vomit, how else could I, a common human possibly harm you, Spidergal.
Spidergal, the wisecracking web-slinger that swung around the city, saving people from a variety of things: Criminals committing crimes, cars speeding out of control, an introductory lesson of the ramifications of underestimating gravity. She will come in, and save everyone, be they petty criminals, or crazy men in monster suits. There were too many of those weirdos around town lately.
Jaune: Or… should I perhaps say… Yang Xiao Long…?
Spidergal stared at him for a moment before pulling off her mask, revealing a mane of golden hair, vibrant amethyst eyes, and a face that vibrated with fear.
Yang: Why?! Why did you do that?!
Jaune: Seemed pretty simple really; Your name is, Yang. I’m hanging from a… Crane? Yang, hang: Yanging. Seemed pretty simple considering you like towards making cheap puns.
Yang: it’s good I’ll give you that! But, why?!
Jaune: Why?
Yang: Yes: WHY?
Jaune: Why what?
Yang: Why didn’t you tell anyone that I was, Spidergal?!
Jaune: Are you talking about that time I caught you changing into your spider suit, and I caught you in that tantalizing lacy violet underwear?
Yang: Yes tha…?! Wait, you peaked?!
Jaune: To be fair, I couldn’t help it. You were changing your outfit at the time, and I just happened to walk on you in the process.
Yang: …
Yang: That’s fair… But, why didn’t you tell anyone?!
Jaune: Yes, I’m going to tell everyone I found out, Spidergal’s secret identity because I caught her in her underwear whilst changing into her suit. Who the devil would believe that, that could possibly happen?
Yang: Well… uhhh…? Honestly I wouldn’t believe that either.
Jaune: Precisely! Besides, I try to be a gentleman; I would have legged it out of there if it wasn’t for the fact that your friends… What are their names… Weiss, and… Blake?
Yang: Yes, their names are, Weiss, and Blake.
Jaune: Yeah, they could have caught you in that compromising position. Short of confessing you were, Spidergal, or a nudist how could you have gotten out of that?!
Yang: Definitely not the nudist route…
Jaune: Not to mention that squid guy…
Yang: Dr. Oc!
Jaune: Lame. Anyway he was on a rampage, so you had more pressing matters to attend to.
Yang: But… T-That was a month ago! Why haven’t you done anything?!
Jaune: Anything? What do you mean by that?
Yang: you could have blackmailed me into doing stuff for you, or you’ll reveal my identity! Like stealing stuff for you, o-or… m-making me doing something lewd…
As, Jaune lazily hung from the air he shot her an infuriated look that shocked her as she gazed upon a face that screamed offence.
Jaune: I’m tempted to tell everyone now for how insulted I feel that you would dare think that I would do something like that!
Yang: I’m sorry! It’s just… you know… secret identity that she has to keep secret… smoking hot babe… teenage boy…
Jaune: Get your head out of whatever gutter its in lady!
Yang: Okay! Just, why haven’t you told anyone about this, hell why didn’t you come to me about knowing this?! I’ve been on edge all month thinking you were planning something?!
Jaune: Hmm… That’s a fair concern. Well, I’ll tell you precisely what I was planning! But, first, I require a favour…
Yang recoiled in fear, her nerves were on edge as she saw the loopy smile across his face. She didn’t think he was planning anything sinister, but she couldn’t risk it.
Yang: What favour…
Jaune: Get me down from here! The blood is rushing to my head, and I think the projectile vomit is more of a warning, not a threat now!
Yang: Oh shit, yeah, sorry!
Yang quickly brought him down where, Jaune promptly laid on his back as he let his blood settle. After a few minutes he stood up, shaking the dizziness away.
Yang: You better?
Jaune: Somewhat? Imma gonna need to lie down for a while… that is so uncomfortable…
Yang: You can get used to it.
Jaune: Yeah, but I’m not… whatever it is you now are.
Yang: Hey!
Jaune: Okay… What I was planning to do was this: Nothing.
Yang: Nothing; you weren’t planning on doing anything?
Jaune: Not a gods dammed thing.
Yang: S-Seriously?
Jaune: Yep, I wasn’t planning on doing anything. You’ve been a great help to this city, it needs people like you, honest to god hero. I didn’t want to mess that up for internet clout. I mean, image how many people will be impacted if they knew you were, Spidergal. I mean… How many people could be hurt if your secret got out. And, I don’t just mean your family, but your friends, and any random schmuck on the street. Me telling who you are puts so many people at risk. I couldn’t dare dream of doing such a thing. So, don’t worry, your secret is safe with me.
Yang: Oh… T-Thank you…
Yang fidgeted with her hair nervously as she looked away with a faint blush on her face. She did this because she thought the heroing was cool, and the overall right thing to do. But, to hear someone thank her for doing what she did, seeing that her being a superhero, and doing the things she does, and for who she does it for was more important than knowing who she was, meant the world to her, and really gave her that boost of confidence she needed.
Jaune: So don’t worry about it, Yang. I’ve kept this a secret for over a year now, I can keep it secret still for years yet to come.
Yang: Thanks, Jaune, I really…?! Wait… ‘Over a year now…?’ Hold up! You’ve know I was, Spidergal for over a year now?!
Jaune: Yep!
Yang: How?!
Jaune: Remember when we first met?
Yang: Uhh… We met in the hallway at school… you were helping me by putting a textbook back into my backpack?! You saw my suit when you were putting that book back?!
Jaune: Close, I saw your suit in your backpack before I put that textbook back in. Why do you think I zipped up your backpack when I put the textbook back, and gave you that warning about letting stuff fall out?
Yang: You’ve known the whole time that I was, Spidergal since our freshmen year?!
Jaune: You weren’t really famous for a while yet, but yeah, pretty much.
Yang: H-Have you been protecting my secret the whole time as well?!
Jaune: More, or less.
Yang: Oh… okay…
Jaune: So… now what?
Yang: I don’t know… You know my secret, and have been keeping my secret for over a year now… I guess we just carry on as we are?
Jaune: I can do that.
Yang: Do you… Would you mind if I came to you… To talk about all these things I’ve been through? I don’t have anyone to talk about this to, and I could really use someone to talk to… do you… Would you mind?
Jaune look at her before walking over to a vent box on the roof. The metallic box echoed as he sat upon it, he turned to her, and tapped a spot besides him. Yang smiled at him before jumping, and summersaulting in the air, and landing gracefully next to him.
Jaune: So… Lets start at the beginning shall we?
Yang: How I became, Spidergal? That’s a good place to start.
Jaune: Oh, I was going to ask how you hide all that hair under that mask of yours; like seriously, how?!
Yang laughed as she lightly punched his arm before she told him the origin story of the, Astonishing Spidergal.
And, Jaune had to admit, it was too ridiculous to be true. But, such is life: Too ridiculous to be true.
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Ahh, finally get to play out that Spiderman idea I’ve had stuck in my head for months now!
That was fun. Well, back to the grinding stone.
Do enjoy~!
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