Blake could never read her romance novels the same ever again. Once in a while when a spicy scene appeared on the next page, her mind immediately wandered, imagining what it would be like.

Thanks a lot Yang. . . .

She sighed as she closed the novel, throwing it onto the pile of other books on the floor next to her bed. She never realized how much she missed Sun until he had to go back to Mistral a week ago. He had visited every day, but he had to leave or he would get in trouble. . . . Especially since students weren't exactly allowed to fraternize with each other. If any of the professors or academy staff found out . . . She shook her head, thankful that her friends kept her relationship with Sun a secret.

"Blake." She lifted her head up from looking down, seeing Ruby at the doorway. "Have you seen Jaune? I need to talk to him about the upcoming joint-team-missions. I was gonna ask him if he wanted to join our team."

"No, I haven't seen him. I've been in here all day, actually."

"Oh, weird." She shrugged. "Well, hope you have a good day." She smiled before leaving. But quickly returned when she noticed that the window was open and closed it. "Don't want any stray birds to fly in~" Then she left, skipping.

Blake sighed, she left that window open on purpose, hoping that Sun would appear like he usually did. She needed to get her mind off of him. She wouldn't see him again until the semester ended.

The answer to her temporary problems walked by the dorm room.

Pyrrha Nikos.

"Pyrrha!" Blake got off of her bed and ran after her.

"Oh! Hello, Blake." She turned around to greet her with a warm smile.

"Hey, so I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Professor Oobleck's test, the test to see if we remembered anything from last semester, it's tomorrow. I was wondering if you wanted to study with me." Blake asked. Yeah, studying for a history test would definitely take her mind off of Sun.

"Sure, I'd be happy to oblige. I just need to change out of my armor and shower. Do you want to meet me at the library?"

"Yeah, I'll meet you there." Blake said before Pyrrha went into Team JNPR's dorm room.


Sun couldn't focus in class. He wouldn't get to hold Blake close to him for the next six months! . . . Well there was the holiday breaks in between, but that was still so far away!

"Mr. Wukong!"

He jolted in his seat, coming back to reality with a tired look on his expression. "Y-Yes?!"

"What did I just say a few seconds ago to the class?" The professor and everyone else all looked at him, making him slightly nervous.

"Umm . . . " There was a few moments of silence before the professor sighed.

"You are at an elite school for warriors, Mr. Wukong. Please show that you're serious about this." He went back to teaching the lecture.

Sun sighed as he propped his head up with his elbow on the desk. His eyelids were heavy from sleep deprivation. It had only been a week, but he sorely missed Blake.

Missed holding her. Missed her rare laughs. Missed her smiles. Missed their kisses. . . .

Neptune glanced at his buddy, worried about him. When the dismissal bell rang for the day, he walked with Sun back to their dorm room. "Dude, are you alright?"

"Huh?" He yawned. "Um . . . yeah. Sort of. I haven't been getting much sleep lately, that's all."

"Want to talk about it?"

"What's there to talk about? How do you sleep through the night when Sage is snoring like a bear? . . . "

Neptune chuckled. "Dude, that's nothing new. Scarlet, you, and I are all used to his snoring and we can sleep. I notice you tossing and turning in your bed, and that definitely has nothing to do with Sage's snoring."

He sighed. "Fine, you caught me."

"So what's going on man? You miss Blake that much?"

"Well duh! I feel like a piece of me is missing. . . . But that's partially the reason why I can't sleep."

Neptune raised an eyebrow. "What's the other part of the reason?"

Sun waited until he and Neptune were alone in their dorm room, Sage and Scarlet out for their usual sparring practice. "I've been having these . . . dreams ever since I said goodbye to Blake at the docks."

Neptune listened, putting on the serious-bro-talk mood. "What kind of dreams?"

He sighed. "Don't . . . Don't laugh alright?"

"Sun, I won't. I promise."

"Alright . . . I've been having . . . wet dreams about Blake."

If Neptune's eyes opened up anymore, his eyes would fall out. "What?"

"I'm serious, dude." Sun yawned. "I can't sleep at night . . . "

Neptune didn't actually know what to say. This was more of a talk Sun should have with his father, but his buddy needed some sort of help. Something Sage and Scarlet would never be able to give, only give him a hard time with all the teasing.

"I always wake up, just before it gets too heated." Sun looked away, embarrassed. "You probably think I'm a loser, huh?"

Neptune shook his head. "No, dude. Not at all." He placed a hand on his shoulder. "I don't really know what to say to help you with this . . . situation. But all I can say is, well, what you already know: You miss her."

"I already told you that. I just don't know why I'm having these dreams . . . It just feels wrong."

"Maybe you should talk to your dad about this. He might be able to help you out." Neptune suggested.

" . . . I'm not sure pops would be any help." Sun sighed.

He didn't have a great relationship with his father. Sun never visited his family ever since he left for the academy. His father had constantly tried to talk him out of his choice, saying that Sun was better off getting an education at an actual learning academy. Acquire a degree and earn a high paying job, not live the life of a Huntsman, where he would be put in harm's way. Kind of strange for an ex-Huntsman to talk another potential Huntsman-in-training out of it. And what did Sun do? Disregarded his father's suggestions without even trying to see it from his perspective, and was really rude about the rejection, saying it was his life and not his old man's.

"Look, I know it's not what you want, but if anyone knows what you're going through, it's your dad." Neptune assured him.

After a few moments of silence, he nodded. "Alright . . . I'll go back home next weekend."

Neptune smiled. "Want me to come with you?"

"Nah, I'll be fine dude." Sun's usual attitude returned. "Thanks for listening, bro."

"Hey, what are bros for?" They chuckled and fist-bumped.


Sun!

Blake stood up from her seat at a table in the library. She was in the middle of studying with Pyrrha when a guy with a similar hair color and style to Sun's walked by. She stopped him and turned him around only to apologize immediately.

"I thought you were someone I knew." She apologized.

"It's okay." The stranger said before leaving.

Blake sighed before sitting back down with Pyrrha. Great, now she was seeing Sun where he wasn't. "Sorry about that, um . . . " She looked through her notes. "Where were we?

"The Dust Revolution," she replied, glancing at Blake for a moment before they went back to studying. During the hour they studied, Pyrrha kept seeing a distant look on Blake's expression. It would only disappear when she asked her a question about the topic they were studying.

Finally, after seeing it happen a fourth time, she placed a hand on one of Blake's shoulders. "Is there something on your mind, Blake?"

"Hm?" Blake snapped out of her trance once again.

"You keep zoning off. Something on your mind?"

"Oh! No, nothing at all. I'm just a little tired." Those romance novels took up most of the Sunday. She definitely needed to get different books, the librarian kept giving her weird glances every time she went to check out the books.

"It's about Sun, isn't it?"

Blake flinched. She knew?!

"Don't worry, Jaune, Ren, Nora, and I will keep it a secret. Ruby trusted us."

Oh . . . So it was her. Blake sighed.

"Don't be mad at her, she thought about it for a while before telling us. We won't tell anyone else." Pyrrha assured Blake with a comforting squeeze of the hand.

" . . . Yeah . . . I really miss him, and it's only been a week." Blake shook her head, giggling slightly to herself. "I'm such a hopeless romantic. It's so pathetic."

Pyrrha smiled. "Aren't we all?" She listened to Blake and let her vent her worries.

"I just don't know if I can keep going. I was always fine being by myself . . . But now all of a sudden, I can't stand it that he's not here with me. I just feel like I'm going to go crazy." She shook her head.

"Blake." Pyrrha stopped her for a moment. "I know this is probably strange coming from me, but have you considered the possibility that you're in love with him?"

Her eyes widened. "Ah- Um. . . . " Pyyrha smiled while she waited. "I don't know."

"I think I know someone who may know what you're going through."

That caught Blake's attention. Someone else at this academy was breaking the rules like she was? "Really? Who?"

"Nora."