"Alright I can do this" Sapphire told herself
Leaning on her crutches, Sapphire opened the door leading to outside of her room and almost immediately shut it.
Today she was trying to leave her room without wearing her hat, putting her true nature as a Faunus on display. She decided that she wanted to be more true to herself about who she is and what she wants after her near death experience. It's harder than she thought it would be.
Everytime she's about to step out of her room thoughts of how she might be treated invade her mind. Sapphire has seen how much Faunus are bullied around school. The fox Faunus already deals with her depression so she really didn't need bullying on top of depression and navigating her way through love.
Sapphire went to open the door for the ninth time when she found it open on it's own. On the other side was her crush.
"Were you going somewhere?" Pyrrha asked "It seems you forgot your hat"
"W-Well I wanted to try going out without my hat but I keep chickening out" Sapphire bashfully admitted
"Would you mind if I went with you?" Pyrrha asked
"Not at all" Sapphire almost immediately answered
Pyrrha smiled which made Sapphire's heart beat faster
"Where would you like to go?" Pyrrha asked
"I'd go anywhere with you…..I-I mean anywhere, anywhere is fine"
It took Pyrrha a moment to comprehend what Sapphire said.
"W-Would you like to go for a walk then?" Pyrrha asked with a blush
"Alright" Sapphire cheerfully answered
Her cheer soon went away. At the moment Sapphire found her advanced hearing to be a curse since she could hear every whisper that was about her.
"Sapphire is a Faunus?"
"I always wondered what was under that hat"
"Gross I was gonna ask her out"
"Ignore them" Pyrrha said
Sapphire could practically see the anger on Pyrrha's face which made her happy.
"Thank you for worrying about me"
"No need to thank me, we are friends. I was hoping maybe best friends" Pyrrha shyly said
"Happily...Pyr" Sapphire responded just as shy
"Pyr?"
"Oh...sorry. I thought that best friends call each other by nicknames" Sapphire apologized
"No need to apologize Phire" Pyrrha cheekily retorted
The two girls chatted and ended up in a park in Vale.
"I'm gonna grab a soda, do you want something to drink?" Pyrrha asked
"Melon soda if you don't mind"
"I'll be right back"
Pyrrha walked towards the vending machine and left Sapphire sitting on a park bench. Sapphire leaned back and looked towards the sky which hurt her eyes a bit but she did enjoy big and blue the sky was.
"Maybe this isn't so bad. I'd love to be more but I guess I can deal with being friends"
"Hello"
Sapphire looked to her right to see some guy she's never met before.
"C-Can I help you?" Sapphire asked
"Yeah, can you put in a good word for me with Pyrrha Nikos" he said
"Why would I do that?" Sapphire asked
"No need to be so suspicious, I just want to show her a good time"
"You really think someone like Pyrrha would lower herself to someone like you" Sapphire coldly stated
The man slapped Sapphire hard enough for blood to flow from her lips.
"Alright you filthy Faunus bitch how about I show you a good time instead, you and I both know I'm the best you'll ever get"
Pyrrha had come back and dropped the two soda cans at the sight. Before she could fully process everything she had punched him. Only two things were in her mind.
"Is he hitting on my Sapphire" and "How DARE he hit her"
"Leave. Now. And why didn't you fight back?" Pyrrha said trying to maintain some composure
"I hate hurting people" Sapphire defended
"Heh. I get it. Who would have guessed Pyrrha Nikos is a slutty lesbian"
Sapphire's semblance was activated and pinned him to the ground. For the next ten seconds Sapphire continuously kicked him in the dick.
"Let's go" Sapphire said and stood up after grabbing her crutches.
"You were really cool" Pyrrha told Sapphire
"Well, I just got mad"
"You were scary" Pyrrha giggled
"I'm sorry"
"It's fine" Pyrrha said
Pyrrha thought back on what she thought before.
"Why did I think she was MY Sapphire? Could I like Sapphire that way? Am I a lesbian?"
Pyrrha was stopped by Sapphire's crutch being placed in front of her chest.
"What's wrong?" Pyrrha asked
"You were about to walk into that pole" Sapphire said
Pyrrha looked forward and saw she was three inches away from a street lamp with a poster for the Summer Maiden festival next week.
"Thank you. I got lost in thought" Pyrrha blushed
"Can I ask what about?" Sapphire asked
"Oh no oh no oh no!" Pyrrha thought while blushing
"I-I was thinking about how your semblance works yeah that's it!" Pyrrha panicked
"Oh, just ask next time. So how it works is that I can increase or decrease the gravity of anything within five meters"
"Oh thank goodness she bought it"
"Can you use it on yourself or just other people and objects?" Pyrrha asked
"I've been trying to do it on myself but it causes immense pain and I can only use it on one thing at a time"
"Do you have to focus or does it come easy?"
"It's a bit of both actually. I have to limit myself sometimes. If I went all out it would leave me exhausted but it would kill whatever I used it on. I hate using it since it leaves me so vulnerable" Sapphire explained
The girls continued to exchange small talk on the way back.
Okay so today I actually kicked a guy in the crotch. To be fair he called Pyrrha a slut and I snapped. It made me happy when she punched him for me. I don't know how but I'm falling even more in love with her. I don't know how much more I can take, she actually called me her best friend. I called her Pyr and she calls me Phire.