Ren and Nora
Nora and I sit with out new teammates. I notice how Pyrrha has taken a liking to Jaune and how oblivious Jaune is.
Jaune and Pyrrha turn to us after bickering about something. "Ren. How did you and Nora meet? And why is your hair all black but one part is purple?"
I feel Nora tense up next to me. I smile kindly. "Well we kinda became friends after I ran into her. And the hair?"
Nora begins to shake and cry in her bed. Yet another nightmare tormenting her mind.
I softly shake her shoulders and she bolts up, sweat covering her forehead.
"Ren?" She asks quietly.
I nod as I give her a hug. "I'm here Nora." I pull away and look at her tear streaked face.
She shakily reaches a hand up to my hair and touches my hair where the purple lock of hair used to be.
Nora doesn't speak much, but I have grown to know what she means through her gestures and the emotions that flash on her face.
I reach up and grab her hand. "My parents used to dye it. I.. I don't know if I don't want to anymore."
Nora blinks and looks down at her hand in mine. "If.. If I talk more, will you dye it again?"
I'm taken back by her request. When we first came to this place, she refused to talk to anyone. Much less look at them. I nod. "I'll re dye it if you talk more. And if you talk a lot, I'll make you pancakes."
Nora looks up happily. "Your pancakes?"
I nod. "Yep."
Nora hugs me, completely startling me. "Thank you Ren."
I shake away the memory and send a smile to Nora. "Well. It happened because of Nora here."
Jaune and Pyrrha giggle. "I bet she accidentally permanently dyed his hair!" "It was probably a prank that went wrong."
Nora hugs me and mumbles something that the other two can't hear. "Thanks Ren. For everything."
I hug the girl back, she relaxes and sighs in my embrace. Nora Valkyrie. My pancake loving Nora. I'm so happy you don't hold your voice back anymore.