she used to say 'i love you'
"We have to help Professor Ozpin-"
"No, Jaune," she whispered, eyes filling with barely-held back tears, "we need to run."
Pyrrha Nikos did not run.
But the urgency in her voice, the strength of her grip on his arm, and the trembling of her entire body, brought him back to his senses.
She wants to fight, he realized. She's running to- to keep me safe.
"Please," she begged.
Never had shame filled him up so completely as when Pyrrha dragged him to his feet, glittering tears falling by the wayside as they left their headmaster to fight against a veritable monster.