A/N Hey everyone, here is another one-shot that I have concocted for your enjoyment. So, without further adieu here it is. Enjoy.
Amazon on the Roof
She thought she could conquer her fear. She thought that with just this one simple climb her fear would just simply disappear. How wrong she was. Now she sits on the roof of a tower gripping the lightning antenna with all of her strength. She is too afraid to descend, and with her scroll out of power, she is trapped alone on a roof with nothing better to do than berate herself over her fear. She is afraid that no one would find her, that is until a scraggly blond head of hair popped up over the edge of the roof.
"Pyrrha?"
*Fifteen Minutes Prior*
'Okay here it is, the tallest spire in all of Beacon. All I have to do is climb it and I should be able to conquer my fear.' Pyrrha thought as she felt for, and grabbed the first handhold on the side of the tower. The tower was not built for students to climb as it housed most of the faculties offices, however, there were some bricks that were out of place for handholds and footholds.
Taking a deep breath, Pyrrha pulled herself up to the next foothold and handhold. Slowly examining and placing each hand and foot made the climb slow but increased the safety. A safe climb was better than a fast climb in Pyrrha's book so she adapted to this speed very quickly. It took half an hour, but Pyrrha was able to grasp onto the edge of the roof and pull herself up.
After situating herself on the edge of the roof Pyrrha looked at the skyline and the trees in the forests of forever fall and emerald. Everything seemed calm and tranquil from her vantage point, though she knew that was far from the truth in the forests populated by the creatures of grimm.
'Ok. I did it. I climbed the tallest spire of Beacon and my conquered my fear. Now I just need to get down.' Pyrrha thought and leaned slightly forward to look down for a foothold. As she looked down, her heart jumped into her throat, her vision became fuzzy and focused in and out. She began to feel slightly dizzy, and tipped forward a little farther. Snapping out of her trance she leaned back and pulled her legs up before scrambling up the roof farther and got a hold of the lightning rod.
'Stupid stupid stupid! Why did I think that this would work? I should've known that you can't break a fear by testing the extremes. I let my anguish and fear of someone knowing conquer my reasoning and talked myself into this. And now look at me! I'm stuck on a roof and nobody knows where I am or have any way to contact me with my scroll out of battery. What am I going to do? What am I going to do?' Pyrrha berated herself as she clung to the pole with tears streaming down from her clenched eyes.
She stayed there and continued to berate herself for her weakness for what seemed tens of minutes. It wasn't until she heard her name being called that she recognized she wasn't alone. Opening her eyes and turning her head slowly she saw Jaune pulling himself over the edge of the roof.
"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked in a quiet voice as to not startle the young amazon. "What are you doing up here?"
"Just being stupid and not thinking clearly." She replied and wiped her eyes across her forearm. Jaune noticed the red puffiness of her eyes and the light reflecting off the trails of tears running down her face.
"You're not stupid Pyrrha. You are the smartest person I know, what's got you all upset?" Jaune said quietly as he made his way up to her and wiped the tears off of her face with his thumb.
"Yes I am. Why else would I think that I would conquer my fear by climbing all the way up here?" Pyrrha answered and started to bring new tears to the surface.
"You are afraid of heights?" Jaune asked with a tilt of his head.
"Yes! I admit it, i'm afraid of heights. The unbeatable amazon of Mystral is afraid of something so trivial as being too high off the ground. I'm such a weakling." Pyrrha managed to yell out after getting control over her sobbing.
"You being a weakling is the furthest thing from the truth. You are strong, smart, beautiful, caring, humble, kind, and gentle. The list keeps getting larger and larger every day I am here with you. Everybody has a fear Pyrrha. I'm afraid of dogs. Now isn't that something more embarrassing than being afraid of heights?" Jaune answered while placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. Pyrrha let out a small smile and a giggle before looking up at him with tears receding back into her emerald eyes.
"You're afraid of dogs?" Pyrrha giggled, brightening her mood a little.
"Yeah. It's weird isn't it? I'm a hunter and I fight the creatures of grimm for a lifestyle, but a little dog is too much for me to handle." Jaune began with a chuckle of his own. "Are you feeling a little better now that I sacrificed some of my pride?"
"Yes Jaune, thank you for helping. But now we are faced with another problem." Pyrrha said with a small smile.
"And what is that?" Jaune asked with a sincere smile.
"Getting down. I'm still afraid of heights and can't do it." Pyrrha frowned, sadness returning to her eyes.
"Well that leaves only one other option then." Jaune began with a his back to her he said "Get on."
"Huh?" Pyrrha responded with a puzzled expression.
"If you can't climb down then i'll just have to climb down with you on my back. Now just wrap your arms around my neck and legs around my waist and hold on tight." Jaune replied while cracking his knuckles.
"Seeing that it is our only option, I guess thats fine." Pyrrha said as she detached herself from the lightning rod and onto Jaune's back. Once she was safely secured on his back, Jaune made his way to the edge of the roof with his hands and feet cloaked in his bright white aura. Lowering himself over the ledge , Jaune found his first foothold and lowered himself further looking for another for his other foot. Once found, Jaune moved his hands down one by one until all found appendages were latched onto the wall.
The descent was quick, showing that Jaune had a lot of experience when climbing structures. Half-way down Pyrrha was beginning to relax as she breathed in the citrusy scent that came from Jaune's hair. It slowly filled her lungs and calmed her nerves.
"I love you Jaune." Pyrrha whispered into his ear not fully aware she said it out loud. When Jaune heard this his eyes shot open and he lost his grip on the wall and his foot slipped leading to their falling parallel to the building. Reaching out to the wall Jaune forced as much aura into his hand as he could and grabbed onto the first handhold he could.
Their rapid descent came to an abrupt halt as Jaune grabbed onto the handhold and let out a brief scream of pain as his arm felt like it was almost pulled out of socket. After re-securing himself and his passenger to the wall, Jaune looked over his shoulder into Pyrrha's face whose eyes were scrunched shut.
"What was that Pyrrha?" Jaune asked calmly trying to forget about the pain in his shoulder.
"What was what Jaune?" Pyrrha asked while trying to calm the heat in her cheeks and playing it off as nothing happened.
"What did you say?" Jaune retorted starting to get annoyed she was trying to play this game.
"I don't know what…" Pyrrha began but was cut off by Jaune.
"Pyrrha."
"Seriously I don't…"
"Pyrrha!"
"I said I love you!" Pyrrha squeaked out and began to blush furiously again as she hid her face in his shoulder.
"Thought so." Jaune began while cracking a smile. "I love you too, but lets deal with that when we get down. I don't want to fall again." Pyrrha nodded her confirmation into his shoulder with a bit of unrestrained force that came with his answer. Jaune continued their descent, and soon they were both on the ground with Jaune looking a bit flustered as Pyrrha nearly tried to kill him with a strangling hug around his neck.
"Say it again." Pyrrha whispered into his ear while hugging him.
"Say what again?" Jaune asked, narrowing his eyes.
"You made me say it twice. So it's only fair if you do too." Pyrrha answered with a giggle.
"Oh," Jaune began with a smile. "I love you too Pyrrha." Jaune was barely able to take a breath before his lips were conjoined with hers. The kiss was feverous and fast paced and earned the duo a few wolf whistles and claps from some bystanders. Eventually, after a time that felt too short for the both of them, they broke for air and stared into each others eyes. Taking one of her hands in his, Jaune gave it a tight squeeze that promised everything that was happening was real.
"We should probably get back to our dorm, who knows what Nora did while I left her alone while Ren took a shower." Jaune said as he began to lead the way with their hands still entwined.
"Wait you left Nora by herself? Do you understand the consequences of that?" Pyrrha asked while starting to feel afraid of what state their dorm room would be in when they returned.
"It wasn't like I had a choice. I had more pressing matters to attend to." Jaune replied with a shrug.
"And what would that be?" Pyrrha wondered why her leader/boyfriend would leave someone like Nora by herself.
"I had to get you off the roof." Jaune replied as they stepped in front of their dorm room door.
"Oh, right." Pyrrha said as she felt her cheeks heat up in embarrassment. "Just be careful when you enter. We never know what state the room will be in."
"I think we will be fine." Jaune began with a chuckle as he opened the door and stepped in. "Besides, what is the worse she could have..EEEK!" Jaune let out a high pitched scream and ducked behind Pyrrha, grabbing her by her sides causing her to emit a high pitched squeak.
"This is why we never leave Nora alone." Ren began with a sigh as he sat on his bed. "She felt it was necessary that our team had a mascot so she went out to get one. Monty knows where she got it at this time of day." Nora simply stood there smiling holding a small golden retriever puppy in her arms with an innocent smile.
A/N Well that was fun wasn't it? Had this idea while driving my car and felt that it just needed to be posted. Anyway tell me what ya think with a favorite, follow , or a review. And as always, until next time.
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