Hello there, all and welcome back! Well, between the reviews and a couple private messages, Jaune and Pyrrha have won the vote and thus this one-shot is dedicated to them. Hope you all enjoy.

-Beacon Academy, outside medical wing-

Pyrrha sat nervously rubbing her hands over one another as she and her other two teammates, Ren and Nora, awaited news on Jaune's condition from one of the medical staff. All of them were on edge, every creak made them turn their heads, hoping that it was news, only to be let down. The halls outside the wing were realatively quiet now, the hum of students going back and forth to class replaced by only the occasional one passing by, going to study or maybe into downtown for a few hours. Pyrrha was doing her best to ignore the sick feeling that was currently turning her stomach upside down, but had no luck.

"It was not your fault, you know," Ren said softly, pulling her from her thoughts as she looked up to meet his gaze. "Jaune's condition is no fault of your own, Pyrrha."

"Yeah, I mean…the grimm was the one who tore into him like..like that." Nora said, her breath words catching a bit as she choked up. Ren put a comforting hand on her shoulder, which made her smile a bit. Taking in a deep breath she looked back at Pyrrha; "You know he wouldn't want you beating yourself up over this. He's going to give you such a talking to when he's up!" She said. Pyrrha only shook her head quietly, even though normally she'd be laughing at Nora's jokes, it wasn't the time for it. They could say it wasn't her fault until they were blue in the face. Deep down she believed it was, and nothing would convince her otherwise.

-Flashback-

Team JNPR had been returning home from a successful swee and clear mission when Ospin had them change course. A large back of Beowolves had begun to press down upon the outer limits of the city, and they were the closest team avaliable. "You got it, Professor. We won't let you down," Jaune said glancing at his team who each nodded in turn. Ozpin took a deep drink of his coffee before smiling at them

"No, Mr Arc, I don't believe you will. Go and make beacon proud." He said, the scroll going blank. Nora huffed dramatically as she took her seat again.

"But im HUNGRY…." She whined, kicking her feet. Ren chuckled softly before turning to look at her

"I'll tell you what Nora..get through this last little bit and when we return to Beacon I'll take you out for some food. My treat," he added. The way Nora grinned at that, you'd think she won the biggest contest ever. Jaune shook his head, laughing softly as he and Pyrrha went back to their seats.

"Our teammates."

"Oh be nice, Jaune," She laughed, nudging him as they sat down. She frowned when he winced and clamped a hand down on his stomach. "Is..is your aura still not healing you?" She asked softly, putting a hand over his. Jaune had taken a bit of a fall during the clean up mission amd was still having issues with his auras healing factor. The problem being it was slower than was ideal for a combat scenario. He waved her concerns off with a little grin that he knew always worked. And sure enough, after a few more seconds of worrying, she smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder, squeezing his hand tighter. "Just..promise me you'll tell me if the pain gets worse," She said softly. He nodded and kissed her forehead before relaxing back.

-Present-

Ren shaking her by the shoulder made her snap back to the present. A medic had finally emerged from where they had immediately taken Jaune upon arriving back at the campus grounds. Pyrrha stood and joined them over by the door, the man waiting paitently. "We've managed to stabalize his 's regained conciousness and as near as we can tell, he is no longer in critical condition," He said. There was a collective sigh of relief that made him smile for a brief moment before clearing his throat; "that being said, he's going to be on mandatory bed rest for a couple of weeks at least. He lost a lot of blood from that wound and because his aura heals so much slower, even the most tame field missions could aggravate the injury and cause further harm."

"Don't worry there, doc. We'll make sure he stays put even if we have to tie him down, Nora grinned

"Yes…because that certainly sounds like a way to keep him from being too distressed" Ren said, covering his face with the palm of his hand. Pyrrha tapped the medics arm.

"Y-You mentioned he was awake..can I see him?"

"I'm…not sure about that. He just woke up and protocol says not too…" He trailed off when he saw her eyes watering and her giving him a more of a pleading look. "….But…I suppose one visitor would be okay," he said stepping aside. Pyrrha thanked him before hurrying down the hall. Jaune was in the very last room on the left, and the moment she saw him, her chest began to ache and the tears she had been fighting all night finally spilled down her face when his eyes met her's and he managed a weak smile. J-Jaune.." She sniffed, sitting beside the bed and grabbing the hand that didn't have a IV in it.

"Hey….what're you looking so sad about?" He asked softly

"I…im just so happy your okay.." She whispered, bringing the hand up and kissing it softly. Her eyes went from his face to the thick bandage that covered his lower torso, feeling even more guilt. "T-This is all my fault.."

"Huh? No…don't go doing that..I hate when you blame yourself for every little thing that happens," he said with a frown

"But this time it WAS my fault! Don't you remember?"

"Not really..everything is kind of fuzzy after we landed outside the city," He admitted. She turned to face him.

"You were hurt because I was too slow." She said softly, hanging her head as she slowly began to explain

-Flashback-

Ren ducked underneath the swing of a furious Beowolf, the monsters weight carrying it forward, right into the path of Nora's hammer. She laughed loudly as the best shuddered violently before slowly fading away. "Nice one, Ren!" She smiled. Ren shook his head, but smiled back, never ceasing to be amused by Nora's demeanor during a fight.

"We should link up with Jaune and Pyrrha now, otherwise-" his next words were drowned out by a screeching sound as a pack of griffins rounded the corner, Jaune and Pyrrha directly beneath them. Jaune swung wildly and managed to get one that had swooped in for a strike, but lost his balance and slid away. Pyrrha swung her spear around in a wide arc, driving away a couple long enough for her to quickly use its rifle form to shoot them down. Ren sprun forward and used his weapons to pick off the stragglers. "Well..:you certainly saved us the problem of coming to you," He said flatly.

"My apologies for the surprise. Jaune and I were on the tail of an alpha when we got jumped by those things," she said, walking over and helping Jaune to his feet. "We still haven't been able to find it."

"You probably scared it off Pyrrha," Jaune teased, earning a light punch to the arm that hurt a lot more than he wanted to let on right now. "Well, we can't just leave it wandering around. Eventually more Grimm will be drawn by it," he said, the team nodding their agreement. They went back to the last place they had seen the alpha, a small section of a collapsed building that had been part of some long-abandoned construction project. The team spread out to cover all approaches. Just as they were about to give up, Jaune saw it. The bright red eyes slowly raised up from some rubble while Pyrrha had her back to it, examining something on the ground. Jaune ran forward and knocked her away just as the alpha went to stike. It caught him instead, knocking his shield away, and his sword with it. It threw him against the ground hard and growled, raising it's claw high again.

"Jaune!" Pyrrha cried out, reaching for her weapon, feeling a chill of terror when her hand came away empty. When Jaune had shoved her to the side, it had slid along the ground away from her. She threw her hand out and used her semblence to bring it to her. She turned it to its spear form and threw it as hard as she could at the Grimm's back. But she knew even as it left her hand she was too late. It had barely past her fingertips when Jaune cried out in agony, the monsters claws digging deep into him. The spear hit the Grimm right in the back. It withdrew its claws, and flailed around a bit before slumping over. She didn't wait for it to vanish before running to Jaune's side. Kneeling beside him she saw his lower torso was covered in blood, immediately making her sick. "J-Jaune…no no, look at me okay? I need you to keep looking at me." She said, her voice tight as she tried not to panic. She heard Ren on his scroll, calling for a med evac, but they needed to make sure he would last that long.

"W-Won't his aura just-" Nora stopped short when Pyrrha shook her head. She explained quickly that he'd been having problems with that, and Nora's face lost its color as she became more frightened. "Then what can we even do?" She asked softly.

"You and I will use our aura's to keep him stable until the medics arrive." She said, her hands starting to glow faintly. Nora nodded quickly and did the same. Pyrrha kept one hand on the back of Jaune's neck and the other on the wound. She shook her head when Jaine tried to say something. "Please…save your strength okay? You'll be okay..you have to be," She whispered. She saw his eyes slowly close and she had a brief moment of panic, making sure his chest was still rising and falling. "Stay strong…" She choked out, focusing entirely on her work now.

-present-

Pyrrha was crying harder as she finished re-telling it. Remember that brief moment when she thought she had lost him had been all it took to open the floodgates. She felt his hand touch her cheek and she looked up into his tired, but happy eyes. "Don't cry..okay? You know I can't stand it when my favorite girl cries," he said wiping them away with his thumb.

"H-How can you not hate me…you were almost killed! If I had been any slower than I was.." She shook the thought away. "Why Jaune…why throw your life away for me? You didn't even hesitate…"

"Because…as long as you were still alive..it'd been worth it." He smiled

"You crazy…reckless idiot," She whispered, leaning against his hand. "I don't have the faintest idea what I would do without you Jaune…so please…NEVER do that again," She pleaded. Her eyes widened a bit when he chuckled softly. "What is so funny?"

"Reckless idiot huh? That…is fitting. But hey…people become reckless..when they love someone," he said, smiling wider at the stunned look on her face.

"W-What did you just say?" She said in a dazed voice. She hadn't heard that right, surely. Maybe she was still zoned out in the waiting room and this wasn't even happening.

"I said people can be reckless for someone they love…and well..i love you, Pyrrha," he said, leaning up, ignoring the pain it caused, and gave her a quick kiss. He frowned when she just continued to sit there stunned. "P-Pyrrha? God..did I say that way too soon? Look its fine if you don't want to say it yet-" he was stopped by her pulling him back up and kissing him, wrapping her arms around him. After about a minute, they seperated. She put her forehead against his.

"I love you too.." She said, closing her eyes. Jaune slowly grinned and held her close, enjoying this moment and hoping like hell he wasn't about to wake up. They heard footsteps and Nora and Ren walked in. "How did you get the guard to even let you by?" Pyrrha asked.

"Hey, I have my ways!"

"She means we waited until he wasn't looking."

"Hey! Give it away why don't you." She pouted. Ren chuckled and turned to Jaune.

"You are of course aware that letting yourself be injured to get out of class won't work every time, yes?" He said with a smile

"Holy…did Ren just make a joke?" Jaune said as everyone laughed. "No worries Ren…I doubt it'll happen again any time soon."

"I wont let it." Pyrrha said, burying her face into his shoulder. He kissed her forehead softly, which made her smile.

"We missed something really cute didn't we?" Nora said

"Oh yeah..defintely."

Phew…finally done! I do hope you all liked this chapter, and please remember to leave a review, it is greatly appreciated!

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-DB