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Bold is for attacks

Leona's POV

With Qrow still out of commission for a day or two we couldn't go to Haven Academy and Meet the Headmaster, so the gang and I were doing a little sightseeing. Ren and Nora were still back at the hospital since we figured someone should stay with Qrow, Ruby volunteered but my goal was to get her out for a bit so I made her come.

"It's a busy place." We walked through the main market.

"Hmm." Neo nodded.

"Are all outside lands this populated?" Tarzana asked.

"It varies." Ruby told her "This is a major city, but I grew up in a pretty small place in the woods."

"Still, there are an awful lot of men around." Tarzana sighed.

"You like it." I laughed.

"N-No I don't!" she sputtered.

"Hehehe." Neo snickered

"Are you sure cause you've been staring at like every guy that walks by." I said.

"Silence." She glared "I have no attraction to men, I am merely staring because I have seen so few, I'm…studying them."

"Studying their pecs." I whispered to Ruby.

She giggled a bit "You guys are fun, thanks I needed this."

"Hmm, Leona." Neo tugged my arm "Look at this."

NO POV

"They ran off." Ruby noted.

"Those two never change." Tarzana smiled "Always so adventurous."

"Was Leona like that growing up?" Ruby asked her.

"Somewhat." She shrugged "She liked to explore, but usually by herself but Neo and I usually ended up with her."

"How did you guys meet?" She asked more questions.

"Well my family line is that of hunters who serve the chiefs family, so I've known Neopolitan since we were just infants." Tarzana said "We met Leona when she barged into the sacred area demanding to fight with the Matriarch."

"Huh?"

"Apparently she wanted to prove that she was stronger than even our greatest warrior." Tarzana sighed "She was defeated in about thirty seconds."

"Oh." Ruby laughed.

"You look surprised." Tarzana noted.

"Well, I don't know, knowing Leona I figured she'd have been freakily strong as a kid or something, but it sounds like she was kinda bad."

"You misunderstand." Tarzana said "Most grown warriors would barely last fifteen seconds against our leaders."

"Wait so she really was freakishly strong!" Ruby gasped.

"Still, she was the child of a woman shunned by our tribe, but they saw her potential, Neo even more so was fascinated by her." Tarzana sighed "Shockingly they are strangely compatible. When Neo vanished Leona became quite irate and went back to her seclusion."

"So their like Best Friends?" Ruby asked.

"Hmm…something like that." Tarzana shrugged observing Jaune shopping "Oh my, he tripped…how adorable.

"Uhh…okay." Ruby laughed it off.

"Still, I feel I owe you greatly." Tarzana told Ruby "There was fear that when Leona was sent here that she'd destroy any attempt at relations with her sour attitude, I was pleased to see you've gotten her to open up so much. Just what…is your relationship with Leona?"

"Hmm?" Ruby shrugged a bit "I…wish I knew myself."

"I see." She hummed going back to observing the men around her.

Later

Leona's POV

"What's up Ruby?" I asked when I saw her sitting on the steps outside the hospital "You should get some sleep before we head out to the Academy tomorrow."

"Yeah I know." She said sitting there in her PJs and a sweatshirt "I was having a bit of trouble sleeping."

"Something bugging you?" I sat with her.

She did that thing she always does anymore when she's nervous, she rubbed her wrists.

"Just a little…ugh this is so frustrating!" she groaned "Leona…I know this sounds super weird but…could you drink my blood again?"

"Huh?"

"I miss the feeling." She blushed holding her arm out "J-Just take a bit."

"Seriously?" I was frankly confused "I mean I don't really need to but…sure."

"HMM!" she gasped as I kissed her wrists and used a small blade to cut her wrist open.

"There?" I licked her wrist better.

"Yeah…" she panted a bit and wrapped her wrist up "I…missed that. Leona…what, what exactly do you think about me?"

"What's bothering you lately?" I asked.

"I don't know." She hugged her knees "All this weird stuff's been happening and now I've got all these weird feelings in my head and…it's just a lot at once I guess."

"Hmm." I nodded.

"I see what happened to Jaune and Pyrrha and…I don't want that to happen to me." She looked up at me "Leona…I need to know if we're more than just friends, because I've never had feelings like this about another girl or even any boys and…I think we are."

I just shrugged "Hadn't really thought about it all that much, but I guess."

"I mean, I'm willing to at least try if you wanna." She blushed leaning on me bit.

"Alright, sounds good." I nodded back, trying not to blush myself.

"Good." She smiled softly and kissed my cheek playfully "Uh…what now?"

"You're asking me like I know anything about relationships." I laughed.

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