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Yang breathed hard as she pushed Nora up against the wall. She slid her hands around the slender girl's back and pulled herself into her. She felt Nora's hands reach up around her shoulders and pull her down, making it easier for the redhead to press her lips against Yang's. Their tongues were jostling back and forth, pressing into one another's mouths as they vigorously devoured each other in their passion. Yang really wished they had one of the dorm rooms to themselves but they had no such luck tonight. It was a Friday and they had been out late walking the campus together before coming back to the dorm, but saying goodbye in the hallway almost always lead to something like this. Yang knew they were both holding back from wanting to do more, part of that was because they often found themselves in these situations in quite public spaces, the other was because they had not been together that long and were both still furtively testing the waters of this relationship. But, they were both very physical people and excited each other very much. It was a balancing act they were playing.
Yang lifted Nora up off the ground and the redhead made a little noise of surprise but then wrapped her legs around Yang's waist and pulled her in. Now, Nora's head was higher than Yang's. She pulled away slightly and gazed down at Yang's shining violet eyes and smiled.
"Ohh Yang, you are just so much fun." she planted three kisses in a line on her forehead, nose and lips and then pulled away again, "I knew I liked you but the way you make me feel is just incredible." Yang stretched up and dribbled a tiny line of kisses along Nora's neck and she giggled with delight. Then they both stopped when they heard a low muted cough from a few yards down the hallway. Yang swung her head around, leaning back slightly to see around Nora and saw Pyrrha Nikos, Team JNPR's other redhead but perhaps the furthest from Nora's personality. Yang grinned and blushed in embarrassment and eased Nora down to the floor. She could hear Nora laughing nervously beside her and assumed she shared her deep red blush.
"Oh, hey, sorry Pyrrha." Yang could still taste Nora's lips as she spoke.
"Oh, no that's quite alright. I'm sorry I intruded." Pyrrha glanced at the floor nervously, she didn't seem able to meet their eyes.
"Nope, nope definitely our fault," Nora laughed a little easier, "I mean it's not like we were somewhere private."
"Ahh yes, it is the hallway. I was just..erm… well I was just trying to get back to the room." Pyrrha was sporting a small blush and Yang cocked her head to try and see the Mistralian girl's face a little better. Nora pulled out her scroll to check the time.
"Oh wow, it's getting pretty late." she looked back to Pyrrha, "We weren't keeping you out were we? I'm so sorry Pyrrha." Nora pushed at Yang's shoulder, "Yang, this is your fault you know?"
"My fault? How is it my fault that you attacked me in the hallway?" Yang held a hand to her chest in shock.
"Well, you kissed me first so you started it." Nora stuck her tongue out at her girlfriend.
"It was just a good night kiss. Then you had your hands all in my hair and-" Pyrrha made a small coughing noise, politely reminding them of her presence and Yang stopped herself, "Sorry Pyrrha." Yang blushed again.
"It's alright. You really weren't keeping me out. I was just returning to the dorms when I…" she trailed off, blushing again as she remembered the intense scene she had walked in on, "When I interrupted," she finally managed to squeeze out.
"Oh, okay." Yang was surprised that Pyrrha was getting back this late, she knew she had early mornings and had to sleep a lot to maintain her routine.
"We're still sorry though Pyrrha, we need to control ourselves a little." Nora was mangling her fingers together in front of her, obviously still embarrassed that they had been caught and then slipped right back into bickering over who started making out with who right in front of the person who had caught them.
"Oh no, you two care for each other so much and you're very passionate. Perhaps, just find somewhere a little more private." Pyrrha looked up and truly met their eyes for the first time, "Uhh, so that you aren't interrupted I mean. You should feel free to do as you will as long as you're decent. I mean…" Pyrrha trailed off, stuck desperately between telling the couple to love each other openly and wanting them to be modest about their affections.
"It's okay Pyrrha. We'll try and be a little more private from now on. But you have to make us a promise." Yang caught Pyrrha's cautious eyes and held them tight with her stare.
"Uhhh, what sort of promise. It's truly alright if you don't want to-" Nora cut her off mid backpedal.
"Oh no Pyrrha, I think I know what she means and this is something you have to do no matter what." Nora's nervousness vanished and she went from mangling her hands together in embarrassment to rubbing them together deviously.
"Yeah Pyrrha, we've been watching and waiting and trying to hint at it but he's just not taking the bait. It's time to take action." Yang placed her fists on her hips confidently and Pyrrha shrank a little in apprehension.
"I don't know what you mean…" she glanced all around the hallway except at the devilish sets of eyes bearing down on her, "Who are you talking about?"
"You know exactly who we mean." Yang shot down at her.
"So, what are we gonna do about your feelings for Jaune?" Pyrrha jumped at Nora's mention of his name and came rushing down the hallway, holding a finger to her lips and trying desperately to shush them. Yang and Nora both laughed but did not continue any further. When Pyrrha reached them she started up in a hoarse whisper.
"Please, oh please be quiet. What if he hears you?" Pyrrha was moving her hands in a downward pressing motion, still trying to quiet them even though they weren't speaking. Yang was right, she had been getting back late because she was trying to avoid any awkward time with her team leader.
"So what if he does, that might-" Yang was cut off by the more spontaneous of the pair.
"HEY JAU-" Pyrrha clamped her hand down over the redhead's mouth and silenced her. Yang laughed out loud and Pyrrha pulled her hand back with a jerk.
"Oh Nora, I didn't mean to. I just reacted." Pyrrha's eyes were full of concern now, not for them like they were so accustomed to, but for herself, "I don't know what I'd do if he came out here and knew how I felt." she looked down at herself, "I'm all gross from working out and my hair's a mess and I'm just not ready right now." Pyrrha began nervously running her ponytail through her hands, trying to neaten the perfect, immaculate bloom that was her hair. Even after the most intense workouts or sparring matches the girl seemed to shine, she was invincible and untouchable, truly a class above the rest of them and it showed.
"Okay Pyrrha, first of all you look great." Yang leveled her stare at her, "I don't care if you just ran a double marathon and fought a herd of Deathstalkers you look wonderful." Pyrrha blushed under the praise and Nora crossed her arms in a pout.
"Well look who's a sweet talker all of a sudden." Yang turned on her girlfriend and gave her a rueful eye.
"Oh hush you. You know I think you're beautiful." Yang gave her a kidding smile and Nora split into a grin.
"Alright if you say so," she leaned over and kissed Yang on the cheek.
"If we're really going to talk about this can we, perhaps, not do it here?" Pyrrha asked pleadingly, "As you saw, anyone could walk up at any time. I would prefer a more secluded space, please."
"Did you have anywhere in mind?" Yang looked over her shoulder to the Team RWBY dorm room door, "If we go in there you'll have to hash this out in front of Weiss, Blake and Ruby. That's not exactly private." Yang sighed and Nora giggled.
"I think Ruby gossips more than I do." Yang turned on her girlfriend.
"Yeah but only with the info you give her," Yang mocked and Nora giggled again.
"It's not a secret, they went to the dance together. They should already be a couple, she's just so shy." Nora grew louder in her defense and Pyrrha made another coughing noise, louder and slightly more pointed this time than before. Yang and Nora both returned their attention to Pyrrha and hung their heads in shame.
"I did have an idea of where we could go. That is, if you are still interested in having this conversation." Pyrrha regarded them as politely as ever, not a hint of frustration or malice in her voice.
"Yeah yeah we really wanna help you." Nora lit up with a smile and Pyrrha's lips curled up slightly.
"C'mon lead the way," Yang motioned down the hall with her arm, "The sooner we get to it the sooner you can have your man." Pyrrha blushed slightly and spun around quickly to hide it, walking off down the hall for them to follow.
Pyrrha led the couple to a secluded fountain under one of the large sweeping arms that came off of Beacon's main tower. The moon was full and round, showing no visible scarring or evidence of its near destruction. The flawless white circle threw light down on the trio from high in the sky as midnight approached and cast long shadows off of the Headmaster's tower. They all reached the small clearing and took their seats on a bench that skirted the border between the stone lined path and the grassy field.
Nora and Yang sat purposefully apart for Pyrrha's comfort, they would have preferred to sit with Nora in Yang's lap, but realized that would put Pyrrha in an awkward situation so they did not. Instead they sat on either side of their friend, ensuring that she felt they were there to support her. Pyrrha gave them both an uneasy but warm smile and took a deep breath, exhaling slowly with her hands open and flat on her bare knees.
"So, what do you recommend?" Pyrrha looked back and forth between the two of them expectantly.
"Well Pyrrha, we need to know first. How do you like him?" Yang leaned back against the armrest of the bench.
"Yeah, like we know you are falling all over him, but is it just a crush? Do you just think he's so dreamy you could die? Are you hoping for lots of alone time with him?" Nora made a suggestive wink and nudged Pyrrha with her elbow. Pyrrha looked at her lap and blushed deeply at the last suggestion and took a moment to contain herself before responding.
"I do think Jaune is quite attractive." Pyrrha began and Nora smiled hard, "His hair is like a gentle golden wave atop his head, and his eyes are such a piercing blue, it's like they can see right past all the pretenses and layers I put up and get right to my heart. I feel that when he looks at me and smiles his big, goofy smile, that he is really respecting me for who I am and not what I have accomplished or what I'm capable of." Yang and Nora both looked to each other over Pyrrha's downcast head and then back to her.
"This is Jaune, your team leader Jaune, that we're talking about right?" Yang asked with a hint of humor in her voice.
"Yeah I mean, he's a great leader and all but he's just Jaune." Nora giggled a little but caught it in her throat when Pyrrha raised her eyes.
"He's so much more than that, at least he is to me. He's so modest and unassuming. When I met him , he didn't even know who I was and once he found out, he didn't care. I have to deal with being Pyrrha Nikos 'The Invincible Girl' every single day. But, when I'm with him I'm just me, just Pyrrha." she sighed, "I can relax and let my guard down because I know that he sees through it anyway. I don't have to constantly try and uphold an image of who I am around him because I know he doesn't care. When I'm with Jaune, when we train together or take our meals together or have time apart from Nora and Ren in the dorm room, those are the only times I feel truly relaxed and at peace with myself. He helps me think clearly and gives me the strength to go back out and face the whole world again." As Pyrrha spoke her hands slowly clenched into fists and she finished with a single tear bubbled up in her eye. She quickly put a hand up to wipe it away and turned her shining emerald eyes back and forth between the shocked faces of her two friends.
"Wow Pyrrha, I didn't know you felt like that." Nora reached forward and put a gentle hand on Pyrrha's knee, "I had no idea it was that hard for you."
"That's incredible, you feel that strongly about him?" Yang slid into a more dignified position and regarded Pyrrha seriously.
"I do Yang. That's how I've felt about him for a long time now." Pyrrha steeled her voice against the tremors in her throat that threatened to break her composure.
"Well dust, we better get you two together like now. I can't believe that idiot hasn't seen it yet." Yang slapped Pyrrha's back and grinned from ear to ear. Pyrrha's face lifted slightly and she turned to Nora.
"Oh yeah, we have to make him know right now." Nora jumped to her feet to run back to the dorm but Yang held out a hand.
"No Nora, come on. If that's how Pyrrha wanted to do it she would have done it already." Nora stopped and turned back to her friend and her girlfriend.
"Oh yeah…" she trailed off, "Wait Pyrrha, why haven't you just told him how you feel yet?" Pyrrha looked back down at her lap and twiddled her thumbs in a slow circle.
"He was interested in Weiss, and I wanted him to be happy so I did my best to help him go after her. Then when he abandoned that, I thought he would see me and how I felt but after the dance nothing changed and I decided he must not be interested in me. I wouldn't want to expose my feelings for him and have it ruin what we already have. If my relationship with Jaune were to falter I might not be completely able to hold myself together." Nora sat back down as Pyrrha's voice weakened, "I'm scared of losing what little of him I already have."
"You're not gonna lose him. No matter what, I won't let you." Nora grabbed Pyrrha's shoulder firmly and Pyrrha turned to her, "If he does anything to hurt you, I'll break his legs off and tie him to your back so you always have him with you." Nora gave Pyrrha a wide grin and the other redhead couldn't help but chuckle a little, although it came out somewhere between genuine laughter and a racking sob.
"Now how do you want us to do this?" Yang saw that Pyrrha was recovering a little from her emotional dam breaking and wanted to get as much out of the closed off girl as she could before she sealed back up again. The sadness she had seen in her eyes and the sincerity in her words made Yang want nothing more than to see her and Jaune together. "You don't want to go at it directly but the long game, dropping hints thing isn't working either."
"Well, I don't have much experience with this. Jaune would be the first boy I have been with." Pyrrha grew nervous and kicked at the ground, "I don't know what to do." Nora smiled and squealed with excitement.
"Oh Pyrrha this is gonna be so great. I know exactly what we need to do." Both Pyrrha and Yang swung their heads up to meet Nora's excited blue eyes, "We need to get you two out somewhere and force you to act like a couple. Neither of you knows what to do so you just have to go for it." Yang smiled and Pyrrha shuffled nervously.
"That would be splendid but it seems a bit direct. I don't want to make Jaune do anything he doesn't want to do." Pyrrha kneaded her hands together.
"No, no not like that Pyrrha. She means like we did for Blake and Sun but way more severe. Jaune is pretty dense so we gotta really drive it home for him." Yang put one hand on Pyrrha's balled up fists to stop her frustrated fidgeting, "We go out for a group dinner and sit you with each other. We make sure you have to stand next to each other in line for something. We can fake some sort of breakdown and have you two walk back to Beacon together. We just need to keep throwing you together until he gets the point." Pyrrha stopped fidgeting and looked up to Yang's violet eyes, sparkling in anticipation.
"Oh I don't know. I would like more time with him but-" Yang cut her off.
"Do you want this?" the sparkle was gone, replaced with bold determination, "Do you want to make this relationship happen?" Pyrrha nodded her head slowly, "Then you have to 'do' something. Just like any problem, you have to tackle it and make what you want to happen, happen." Pyrrha steeled her eyes and gave her head a quick sharp nod.
"Okay, what's the plan?" Pyrrha stared into her eyes and Yang could see the fire burning inside her that made her the champion she was.
"The fair's in town. Let's just take you two to the fair." Nora had a huge smile and had pulled up an ad on her scroll, it showed a massive traveling carnival that was stopping in the city of Vale that weekend.
"Yes." Yang cheered, "That'll be perfect."
A/N - Hooray, the first part of the double feature weekend and a cliffhanger. The carnival/fair story will take up all of next week so prepare yourself for lots of fun carnival fluff, some Arkos times and lots of other giggles and awws to be had.
Can't wait to see what you all think of the fun they're gonna have. Please let me know what you thought of the chapter and what you're expecting. I already have the whole carnival done and it's fun to see what people think is gonna happen.
Thanks so much for reading. I hope you're enjoying it so far and that it continues to please.
-Zach