Hello again! I'm lazy, so let's cut to the end of the year.

*CLANG CLANG CLANG*

"Hah…hah…hah…phew! Alright, team, that's a wrap!"

I sighed, getting on one knee as my swords rattled on the ground. My aura levels dropped dramatically as I rolled onto my ass, letting out a sigh of relief as we finally got the rest we deserved.

"Sorry to be pushing y'all," Sierra stated, wiping the sweat off her brow, "but we need to train as much as we can if we're to make it through the end-year tournament."

"Yeah," Hotel said, "understandable since it's two days away."

I glanced at the knives Sierra had thrown at me moments earlier, suddenly getting a sinking feeling in my gut.

I wonder….

I reached out with my aura, picking the weapons up, swinging them around at will. Sierra turned around, her eyes widening in shock as I flew them over to her, setting them in her hands. I then turned my attention to my swords, picking them up as well, moving them at will. I couldn't help but feel a grin creep up on me as I sheathed my weapons, falling flat on my back, feeling exhaustion take over.

But it makes me feel like crap….

I sighed, looking up into Lima's gazing eyes.

"What's up?"

She blinked, then pointed to the door. I glanced over, seeing team JNPR.

"Hey there," Pyrrha called out, "we're in here next!"

"Alright," Sierra answered back, reaching a hand out to me. Hotel walked by, sticking his out as well. I gladly took both of them, pulling myself back to my feet as we exchanged high fives and good lucks as we left the training hall.

"So the end of the year's already tomorrow," Sierra said. I nodded, as did the others as she said, "Honestly, I'm still not sure what I'm going to study outside of being a Huntress."

"Don't worry," I replied, "you're not alone."

I glanced at Lima, who lifted up a sweater she had made and said, "…designer…."

I then looked at Hotel, who said, "Probably an arms inspector or something."

I can see him doing that, too.

I sighed and said, "I don't know…I sure as hell don't wanna be a teacher."

"Agreed," I heard Sierra say. The group sat in utter silence for a while until a knock at the door caught our attention. I was about to get it until I saw Lima blur past me, already opening the door.

"Oh, hey there Lima!"

Windsickle?

"…Hi…."

She…said that rather…enthusiastically.

"I was wondering if…well…you'd want to do something today."

Say what?

"…sure…."

Did she really just say that?

Usually, Lima would hesitate before she answered. This time was just a straight up answer, leaving me wondering. I turned to Sierra, who was just as suspicious as I was as Lima turned around and said, "…be back soon…."

Whoa whoa whoa whoa…she never says more than two words in a row….

I thought about it for a moment.

She's optimistic about going out with Wind…she's speaking more than two words at a time…not to mention she was basically working overdrive on that sweater the past few nights…the only explanation is….

My face of thought slowly curled into that of a grin. I shot a look at Sierra, who was grinning just as madly as I was. Hotel sighed and said, "Looks like Lima's got herself a man."

The following day, I couldn't help but notice Lima keeping her ears flat. Almost out of nervousness.

"Lima? Something wrong?"

She opened her mouth to say something until I heard Wind in the background yelling for her. She nodded a quick farewell to me and took off in his direction. I chuckled a bit, leaning back onto the tree we had decided to sit under just to have a little partner-to-partner chat before the big day. I groaned, closing my eyes, seeing the separate rays of sunlight flash over my eyelids.

This is…comfortable.

Suddenly, I felt something soft touch my lips.

My breath hitched as I opened my eyes, seeing Ruby's face in mine as she pulled away and said, "Good afternoon, Del."

"Same to you, Rubes," I replied, sitting up. I saw her scoot closer to me, resting on my shoulder as she asked, "Where's Lima?"

"With her new boyfriend," I replied. I chuckled at the sight of Ruby's eyes widening in surprise as she asked, "Who is it?"

"Windsickle."

Her face of surprise dropped quickly to a face of disappointment as she asked, "Why him?"

"Why not? I trust him."

With a sigh, she kissed me again, catching me off guard. I blinked in surprise as she said, "Tomorrow's tournament day."

"Yep."

"Thank goodness we aren't facing each other right away," Ruby said to me. I let out an "mm" of agreement as I glanced down at her. She had her eyes on me as well, half lidding them as she huskily breathed out, "…Delta…."

I felt a burst of adrenaline as her lips curled into a smile. A devious smile.

Why is she acting so…so…what's the word for it?

Her hand traced up my chest as she said, "You know…my team's gonna be out tonight."

"F-for what?"

Oh shit. I'm stammering.

"Oh, you know," she stated, "stuff."

"'Stuff?'"

"Yeah," she said, hopping onto my lap, "'stuff.'"

With that, she leaned down, taking another kiss from me.

…Ah. There's the word.

As we pulled away, I said, "Rubes, I appreciate you acting seductive and all…but we're still outside."

Ruby smile quickly faded as she looked around and said, "…I hope no one saw that…!"

"Well," I replied, "you do know that my team's room window is right there, right?"

I pointed to a window on the second floor of the nearby dorm. Shooting a glance at it, I could faintly see Sierra sticking a thumb out the window. I couldn't help but grin as I could mentally hear her laughing her ass off as Hotel cuddled with Yang.

...I think y'all know where this is heading...