A/N: This will be the last one (if these are posted in order) from me, IMayFallAgain, and I'd like to thank each and every one of you readers for sticking with me despite me not being the writer you wanted or chose. Thank you TLoZTFH for allowing me this grace, hopefully these M&C stories were all to your standards. Farewell.

At age 15, you told your girlfriend you were "in love" with her and that you'd always be there when she was in need. Aphrodite heard you and made it a reality, whenever your girlfriend is in need you appear at her side. The problem is, you and the girl broke up after 3 weeks but you still appear even now... 10 years later.

"I love you, Ruby Rose, and I promise that no matter what happens, I will be there for you. If you ever need me, anytime, anywhere, I swear to you that I will be there to help you. I promise."

Looking back on her words, Pyrrha could only imagine what myriad of thoughts were running through her head at the time to prevent her from even considering the consequences. Though, Pyrrha supposed that since she hadn't known at the time that some sort of universal entity was out to get her, she cut her past self some leeway. Still though, a massive pain in the ass.

Pyrrha hummed to herself as she danced through the kitchen, scraping together something to eat in the late hours of the day while everyone else was sleeping. She had been gliding over the tiles and giving the finishing touches to her delicious (and nutritious) sandwich when suddenly the world warped around her and the sandwich faded from view.

Letting out a sigh, Pyrrha glanced around at Ruby's room, the girl in question leaning over her dimly lit desk with far too much focus to notice the entire human coming into existence behind her. They had broken up over a year ago, and quite frankly the novelty of teleportation had worn off extremely quickly. Particularly when it caused Pyrrha to have to drop whatever she was doing without any notice, which was of considerable difficulty.

Pyrrha took a moment to appraise the messy room, clothing strewn haphazardly about and some food wrappers scattered to the four corners of the bedroom. The blankets were twisted and unkempt, and Ruby's chair made certain, irritating squeaking noises whenever she adjusted her position. The girl herself was hunched over her work, the trademark red cloak wrapped around her (adorable) pyjamas and a forgotten bowl half filled with strawberries resting at her elbow as she focused. The headphones covering her ears and blasting some form of rock music was likely the deciding factor in the stealth of Pyrrha's arrival, and after a moment she reached over to tap Ruby lightly on the shoulder.

Starting, Ruby nearly fell off her chair, arms flailing wildly and a pen shooting off to embed itself in a convenient wall. "Wha-?!" Ruby flung her headphones away and Pyrrha watched them twang and bounce on their cord in the air while Ruby composed herself and attempted to lower her vocal volume before waking up the entire house. "What are you doing here?" Ruby whisper-shouted.

Pyrrha shrugged, vaguely gesturing towards Ruby. "I don't know, you probably just need something again."

Ruby's mouth fell open into an 'O' as she turned back to her desk and lifted up one very filled out piece of paper, raising it up into the holy light of the lamp. Spinning back around to face Pyrrha before scooting the wheeled chair over to her, Ruby held the paper aloft before she gently brought it down into Pyrrha's hands. With a measured sigh, Pyrrha strode over to the light and tried to piece together what accident had happened on this paper.

"I just ah…" Glancing back, Pyrrha saw Ruby adorably poking her index fingers together as she looked down into her lap. "I couldn't answer this question and needed some help."

Biting down an amused smile, Pyrrha returned to the task at hand in her hand and quickly scanned the page for the question. Then, grabbing a nearby pen before quickly discarding it when it failed to function and accepting a fresh one from Ruby, Pyrrha took a clean sheet of paper and rewrote the question, adding words and steps along the way to make it simpler.

'Step 1: Find, in modulus argument form, the roots of the equation: z2n+1 = 1'

Ruby leaned over her shoulder to look at what she was writing in clear, legible print, nearly bumping her hand and smudging her clean script.

'Step 2: Using the results found in (1), factorise z2n + z2n-1 … + z2 + z + 1 into quadratic factors with real coefficients'

Pyrrha slid the paper across the desk to rest before Ruby while she took a step back into the relative darkness of Ruby's room. Pyrrha allowed a smile to break through as Ruby let out an exclamation of enlightenment and hit herself on the forehead with a palm. Just as she opened the door, Ruby sped over and hugged her tight, pushing herself all up into Pyrrha's comfortable chest.

"Thanks for the help, Pyrrha!" And with that chirpy goodbye, Ruby returned to her seat where she began the assault against the maths problem which had vanquished her so.

Slipping out silently and letting the door click shut behind her, Pyrrha sneaked down the hallway to where a light was peering out from beneath the door to the living room. After giving a quiet knock, Pyrrha pushed the door open and slipped in.

"Oh, hey, Pyrrha," Yang waved at her from her comfortable position on the couch. "You get whipped through the universe again?"

Pyrrha awkwardly shifted her weight between her feet and rubbed her left elbow. "Yeah. Ruby just needed some help with a maths problem."

"Ah. Fun."

Swallowing and grimacing, Pyrrha asked Yang, "Do you uh… Think you could give me a lift back home?" Yang was older than Pyrrha by nearly a year, and teleportation typically had the issue of having to return to wherever she was before the sudden jump, which would have meant walking a long distance home in the dark.

Yang leaped up off the sofa and turned off the television. "Yeah, sure thing." She passed Pyrrha and began to walk along the hallway to her room. "Just gimme a minute to get changed and find my keys."

And with that she vanished into her room, light briefly flooding the hall before she closed the door to an ajar position. Pyrrha relaxed and decided to stay put rather than roam the home she knew nearly nothing about, apart from Ruby's room and the path to the front door which she had been forced to memorise after several teleportation predicaments. Suddenly, Pyrrha felt her gut shift and the universe warped around her again.

"Maths problems?" Pyrrha asked with a smile, appearing to the sight of Ruby scratching her head as she regarded a question.

Ruby spun around in her wheelie chair with her legs pulled up to her chest and a cute pout on her face, saying, "This question's being a real meanie. Can you help me deal with it, Pyrrha?"

Letting out a small chuckle and sitting on the edge of Ruby's chair, Pyrrha responded, "Sure, Ruby. I'll help you."

Slowly, Pyrrha felt Ruby rest more and more upon her shoulder while she was explaining the theory behind De Moivre's Theorem and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, but she continued her explanation until there was a faint knock on the door and Yang popped her head in. "I'm fairly sure she's asleep," Yang whispered. "Ready to head home?"

Pyrrha turned and lifted Ruby into her arms in a bridal carry, walking over to gently settle the small, sleeping girl down onto her bed and tucking her in. Pyrrha faced a smiling Yang as she said, "I am now."

"Gah! Pyrrha!"

"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha shouted as she immediately spun away from Ruby and gazed at the very interesting tiled wall. It had been several years since they had broken up amicably, and Pyrrha was still being ported across Remnant to Ruby's side whenever the occasion called for it. Such as this... situation she had found herself in. "What exactly do you need, Ruby?"

"Some toilet paper?" Ruby's voice quavered into a question.

Pyrrha carefully walked over to the door and patted her jacket pocket to check that her purse was with her. It wasn't. Of course it wasn't. "I can head out and buy you some, but I don't have any money on me."

Pyrrha heard movement through the air behind her and assumed Ruby was waving her arms around. "If you just head into my room, you can borrow some money from my bag."

Pyrrha reached out to unlock the door but hesitated for a brief moment. "Uh… After you've… Finished… Do you think you could give me a ride home?"

"Yeah, sure. Please just go," Ruby pleaded.

Pyrrha opened the door and slid it shut behind her before heading out on her errand.

On some occasions, teleporting to Ruby's side wasn't so bad. On others, it was a real pain. Then there was that one time that Ruby needed Pyrrha while Pyrrha was having a shower. That was one really awkward dinner situation and ride home that Pyrrha would never be able to forget until the end of her days. But gradually, the little forays over into Ruby's life were becoming less and less frequent as she gained control over her life, and Pyrrha began to miss the sporadic adventures they had together.

Ten years after their cordial break up, Pyrrha appeared in Ruby's room once more. It had been nearly a full month since her last little jaunt through space, and Pyrrha reoriented herself after suddenly abandoning her afternoon jog to be summoned to Ruby's side. The room was far tidier than Ruby's original one, thanks in small part to Pyrrha who had begun to comment on the state of the jungle she had appeared in several times, and the curtains were drawn to block out all sunlight. There, sitting on the edge of her bed in the dark, Ruby was crying.

Pyrrha felt a sheet of ice slide through her heart and chill her, quickly rushing to Ruby's side and enveloping her in a comforting hug. Ruby's sobs continued into her shoulder as the hug was returned, Pyrrha holding her close and trying to warm her.

"I'm sorry, Pyrrha," Ruby sniffled before hiccupping. "I didn't mean to-"

"Shhh," Pyrrha whispered gently, patting Ruby's back and pulling the shaking girl in to rest against her chest. "It's okay," She comforted, resting her own chin on Ruby's shoulder. "I'm here for you. I'll always be here for you."

Maybe this promise wasn't so bad after all.