I watched as his pupils expanded at the covered insult I threw at him.

"Er well, we'll be leaving now. Let's go, Ruby." Yang interrupted loudly, grabbing her team member and dragging the poor girl out. Weiss and Blake quietly followed their friends out, throwing us looks over their shoulder. It wasn't until they were gone that I broke away from Qrow's playful but intense gaze. I sighed and grabbed my books, shoving them into my satchel.

"You scared the kids away again Qrow."

"I scared you away too, didn't I?"

I chuckled. "Never."

"Then I'm sure a little duel just between us two wouldn't scare you?"

I laughed out of exasperation. "You really are asking for an ass-kicking aren't you?"

"Well, considering it's the yearly battle between schools, why don't we see how Beacon does against Signal?"

"I think Ozpin has enough on his plate already than to worry about having to fix his school if we actually do battle." I finally finished and swung my satchel onto my shoulder, moving out of the classroom.

"Just admit it, you're scared to go up against me." Qrow yelled as he caught up to me in the hallway. I remained silent, my honest answer stuck in my head and clutched the strap of my bag tighter.

"Saph?"

"Yes." I whispered. "Honestly, I am afraid to go up against anyone where there is a strong possibility that they could disarm me of my weapon."

"Which rarely happens."

"Yeah but still. Once that sapphire leaves my hands, I switch to my Semblance, transferring it straight into the fight without a medium. I'm better at it now but after a while, it could still grow out of my control and then I lose it."

"You wont hurt anyone."

"You can't say that Qrow." I glanced over at my friend as he walked beside me. "You were there the first time I lost control so you've witnessed the damage I did. It was a miracle no one got hurt. What are the chances of another miracle happening with me?"

"A hundred percent."

"Qrow."

"Saph, face the facts. Sure, you managed to flatten a giant area of crops but you still didn't hurt anyone and you still wont. The power is strong but ultimately, it's your power. You will always control it one way or another. I'll even stake my life on it."

I chuckled lowly. "Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Don't worry, you wont even be able to take me down anyway."

I laughed and shoved him away from me. "Geez, and I thought your ego couldn't get any bigger."

After that statement, my stomach suddenly let out a grumble of hunger. A hand flew to my stomach in embarrassment. Qrow simply laughed it off.

"Now that you-oh, I'm sorry, I meant your stomach-mentioned that it was hungry, I came across a great bar yesterday-"

I grimaced. "Urgh, no bars, Qrow. I don't want to have to take you home again."

"No no!" he waved his hands in protest. "It's one of those bar-restaurant places. I grabbed a burger there yesterday and it was delicious! If you're hungry, I recommend that place."

"Well, I would go to that place if I actually knew what that place was." I arched an eyebrow at him.

"What do you mea-oh." He suddenly smirked at me and I sighed at his egotisical ways. "Are you perhaps asking if I'm free and if I'd like to join you for lunch?"

I shot him a look. "If you're going to act like this, I can easily eat someplace else, Qrow."

"Kill joy." He muttered, pouting. I grinned in response.

"It's called Caribbean Shore." He answered and turned back into the school. My mouth opened in disbelief. He really wanted me to ask him to come with. For the love of-

Pushing my pride aside, I rolled my eyes and asked.

"Qrow, did you want to come with?"

The man paused and slowly turned around. "And eat with you at Caribbean Shore? How can I say no?" he teased and caught up to me again.

"You have no sense of humility, do you?" I murmured, smiling and we headed out to town.

"You know, when I imagined a date with you, this was not what I pictured." Qrow confessed and gracefully landed on the ground. I huffed in exertion and cleanly beheaded the Grimm I was facing.

"First, this was not a date. I can't even consider it something even close to a date. Second, it's your fault for leading me through a shortcut into the forest." I spun around and glared at my friend.

"Oh no, the shortcut really is a shortcut. There's no way Grimm would attack us, it wont take us that long to get through the trees. That was absolute bull." I imitated his voice, letting a bit of my annoyance seep through.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Qrow managed to state before leaping out of the way as a Grimm stalked after him.

"No, because someone is currently fighting on an empty stomach." I corrected, my annoyance flaring up again. I lashed out with my scythe again, catching a Grimm on its vulnerable underbelly and it collapsed.

"That damn Carribean Shore better be worth it. On second thought, I really don't feel like eating out anymore."

Qrow's face whipped towards me as he stabbed the Grimm to his right.

"Oh what?! Come on, you have to try it-"

"Don't even. I feel like something home-made after all this shit, so I am going home and making myself something. I doubt that I wouldn't still be annoyed while eating in public so at least I can chew and rant in the privacy of my home."

"Damn woman, you're still pissed off at me, aren't you?"

"Oh my, how did you ever guess?"

"I'm still hungry too, you know." He pointed out, earning himself a glare. He scratched his head, straining to think of a way to make it up to me, surely.

"How about I cook for you? It's home-made and you can rant all you want. Plus, I get some free food too."

I froze at the offer and glanced up at him incredulously. "You? Cook? You have got to be joking. As much as I trust you, the idea of getting food poisoning doesn't seem appealing, Qrow."

I vaulted into the air and swept my scythe through another dark creature, red petals erupting in the air.

"Hey, I'm not that bad. Ruby and Yang can eat it."

I briefly thought to the young students and their ability to almost eat anything on site when they were starving.

"And that's supposed to make me feel better?"

Finally, the Grimm had stopped coming and we found ourselves alone in the forest again, the afternoon sun slowly drifting down between the trees. Qrow grabbed out his flask and immediately took a swig. He swallowed and wiped his mouth with his arm.

"Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud. I'm decent." His mouth twitched up when he realised what he just said. I rolled my eyes and easily packed and clipped my scythe back onto my belt.

"A decent cook, you mean." I corrected, smiling when his smirk fell off his face. "But Qrow Branwen cooking? Hmm, I think I do have some stomach medicine at home so…I'm game."