POV: Yang Xiao Long

I've never wanted to be a different person more than I do now. I'm not the kind of girl that wants to follow the "change-for-the-person-you-love" thing everyone my age goes through. I personally think it's dumb and stupid… but after meeting Blake and how she's interacted with other faunus… I've never wished more than to change who I was.

She's so open to them, the Faunus. She shows so much care for them, so much compassion. More than I feel she'll ever show me in a life time. And I'm her partner. Someone who can help her through all the bad things happening in her life. Someone who she can confide in. Just… someone important to her. That's who I thought I could be to her.

But then, she met the monkey, Sun Wukong. That's when everything changed. Blake opened up to him and I couldn't do a thing to comfort her. I only let her leave.

When Team CFVY came back from their mission, Blake immediately showed concern for Velvet Scarlatina. I was worried too, of course. She's our upperclassman… but Blake showed Velvet a kind of gentleness I swear I've never seen from her before.

Never have I wished to change who I was for someone. It's a stupid, dumb thought to pass the mind. But her concern for her own kind is so strong, just once would I like for me to be on the receiving end of that kindness. Even more than for my mom to return home… If there was anything I wanted Blake to know about me, it would be how I feel about her. How I want her to notice me.

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POV: Blake Belladonna

She's strong. She's playful. When she has her mind set to it, she can do almost anything. She's popular. All the boys gawk at her when she's not looking, and sometimes when she does. She milks it in a lot. I mean, who wouldn't flaunt that natural beauty of hers. Overall, she's perfect. Too perfect for anyone to comprehend.

I'm leagues away from Yang. When I first met her back in the Emerald Forest- no, even before that. When she came up to me the night before initiation, I underestimated her. I thought she'd need my help. That she would need me to help her get stronger.

But I was wrong. Dead wrong.

I realized later that I needed her more. She was the person I wanted to become. She's much stronger than I could ever be. And after hearing about her semblance, Yang can become stronger than I will ever know.

Then, I found out how fragile she really was. She lost her mother, her step-mother, (in a sense) her father. Ruby's all she had. Yang's become this strong, just so she can protect her little sister.

I wanted so much to be that strength. The source of which she became powerful. I want more than anything not to be the one that holds her back. Instead, I want to be where Ruby is. Where she is Yang's heart, mind, and soul. That's all I want.