Sapphire hates her life immensely at the moment. There is a beauty pageant for the Summer Maiden festival today and she was nominated to enter for one reason alone. Comic relief.
It's said whoever is the winner of the pageant was a maiden in a previous life which is the point of having it.
In all of Remnant, if there is one thing Sapphire Jasmine hates, it's a dress. The pageant had twenty four girls entered in it. It was a tradition that the students of Beacon nominate the four prettiest girls to enter. Obviously Pyrrha was entered as well along with two other girls who Sapphire thought were from the years above them.
"Welcome entry sixteen, Sapphire Jasmine"
Nervously Sapphire stepped onto the stage with fifteen other girls on it. They all glared at the mockery their event faced.
"Mutt" one said
The next nine entries didn't matter since everyone was waiting for entry twenty four.
"Last but not least welcome entry twenty four, the one and only Pyrrha Nikos!"
Judging by the applause the winner was already decided. If there was one good thing about being forced to do this, Sapphire thought it was being able to see Pyrrha in a dress. That sight alone made the entirety of Beacon forcing her and Pyrrha to do this worth it.
"Let's get right underway with the question and answer segment" the announcer said
It took only ten minutes for it to be Sapphire's turn since the announcer was rushing through all this to get to the true star of the pageant.
"Hello can you say your name for everyone?"
"I'm Sapphire Jasmine"
"What's your favorite food?"
"Chocolate pudding"
"Any other remarks?" the announcer laughed
At that moment something in Sapphire snapped.
"Fine they're here to laugh at me, I'll win their stupid pageant"
"My love" Sapphire did a twirl closed one eye and formed her hand into a gun at the audience "is a weapon"
Almost the entirety of the audience and a few contestants which included Pyrrha swooned.
Pyrrha could tell Sapphire wasn't being herself, her partner would never talk like that unless it furthered a goal.
"Sapphire must really want this" Pyrrha thought knowing that Sapphire finds talking like that humiliating
"Ms. Nikos?" The announcer called for the seventh time
"Oh sorry, I was lost in thought" Pyrrha responded
"What's your favorite food?" the announcer was dying to know
"I enjoy chocolate covered strawberries"
Just for speaking the entire audience applauded for Pyrrha, something she hated about fame.
"Alright everyone now that we've met the contestants it's time for the next round"
After the first contestants it was time for Sapphire.
"What would winning mean to you?" the announcer asked
"I hate to sound preachy but I just want equality for my race. I want to be able to go outside without having to hide my ears and not fear someone will bully me. If I could I'd also want equality for my...sexuality. I'm a lesbian and I hate having to hide it"
Sapphire was thoroughly humiliated and felt like she just ruined everything since the audience went silent. Suddenly they applauded and cheered, even more so than for Pyrrha.
Moving on, it was Pyrrha's turn soon enough.
"What would winning mean for you Ms. Nikos?" the announcer asked
"To be honest I have no reason to win. I was pretty much forced to enter but I'll be dropping out now. If anyone deserves to win it's Sapphire, I'm proud to have her as my partner"
The announcer dropped his mic and everyone's jaw dropped at the word Pyrrha said. Partner.
"Did I say something wrong?" Pyrrha asked
Sapphire walked over to Pyrrha and said "I said I'm a lesbian and you just said we're partners. They think we're dating"
"I-It's not like that!" Pyrrha blushed "At Beacon Sapphire is who I'm partnered with!"
"Pyrrha and Sapphire forever!" Nora yelled from the audience and was dragged off by Ren
The audience began to chant "Pyrrha and Sapphire forever!"
Sapphire had no idea this level of humiliation existed. Since Pyrrha dropped out Sapphire won the pageant by a landslide.
"Alright Ms. Jasmine if you will spin this wheel we will see which Maiden you were in a previous life"
The wheel had four different sections that read. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. Spinning it with full strength it spun and spun and spun and spun and spun then suddenly stopped due to Sapphire getting bored and using her semblance.
"In a previous life you were a Winter Maiden"
After that the contest was over. All that was left was the crowning ceremony.
"Um...I can't reach" the announcer admitted since he was somewhat short
Luckily Pyrrha was nearby and was tall enough to place a sash that said 'Maiden' around Sapphire and then place a tiara on her dark blue locks, being mindful of her ears. Due to it being Pyrrha, Sapphire was blushing uncontrollably. When Pyrrha placed the tiara on Sapphire's head her lips were just in front of Sapphire's
"M-Maybe I should lean forward, I could play it off as tripping. N-No no! Pyrrha would hate you! But maybe…"
"Maybe I should lean forward, I could play it off as tripping. N-No no! Sapphire isn't into me even if she is a lesbian! But maybe…." Pyrrha thought
Neither of the girls did act on their desires. That is until the next day.
That night Nora was tired and wanted to write in her diary about Ren before going to bed. She went over to the only desk in the room and reached for the second drawer from the top bet accidently grabbed the third which had a lock on it. Not thinking logically Nora just crushed the lock with Magnhild and grabbed the book inside.
Once back in her bed and having opened it did Nora realize something. This was not her handwriting. To be sure Nora read the newest entry.
Okay so today was that pageant and by some miracle I won. The hardest part wasn't humiliating myself at all but how Nora and Pyrrha embarrassed me. After I told everyone I was a lesbian Pyrrha said we were partners which gave everyone the wrong idea, then Nora shouted something like Saphpyrrha forever. Ugggggggggh I wish it was true. How I would love it to be true. I wish I could just pin down Pyrrha and….
The entry went into more explicit details which made Nora realize two things. The first is that Sapphire is amazing at writing lemons. The second is that she'd have to play matchmaker.
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