MM! AU: The Awakening, Part 2 By Soundwave3591 Watch

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"Tell Me, Pyrrha....tell me the honest truth...I can take it, I swear..."



"Jaune?" the redhead replied, her voice full of tension and fear as her partner-and oh so much more, to her heart-stood, fists clenched so tight they were turning white, shoulders shaking teeth gnashed in anger.

Jaune still hadn't raised his head to look at her, though Pyrrha could see the anger in his expression and...oh god, those were tears running down his cheeks. She wanted to leap out of bed and wrap her arms around him, comfort him, beg him to explain what was upsetting him, but something kept her firmly beneath her Sheets....



"Why did you face her?"



Well, she certainly hadn't been expecting THAT question...

her Brow furrowed in confusion for a moment before she replied.

"I...I had to do it! Cinder was going to destroy the CCTS, draw all the Grimm into the school, I-"



"WHAT CHANCE DID YOU THINK YOU HAD?!"



Pyrrha flinched back as Jaune suddenly barked at her, his face twisted in rage. his fists were trembling now, like he was a boiling pot ready to explode. She had never seen him this truly upset before.



"Why did you have to take her on ALONE?! Why, instead of doing, the, you know, SMART THING, the LOGICAL thing, the REALISTIC thing, and calling in SUPPORT, did you go solo to take on a woman who took down Professor FREAKING OZPIN!? Even Glynda and that Qrow guy had a hell of a time putting her down! what did you think you were going to accomplish?!"



Pyrrha was silent as she let Jaune's words slam into her.

Why had she done it alone?

"There wasn't time to call the others...by the time they'd arrived it would have been too late... I wanted to give the others time to get away, time for Glynda and Qrow to arrive, time for...time for YOU, Jaune!"



She knew she'd said the wrong thing when she saw him abruptly stop shaking. For a wonder, his lips curled into a small smile for a moment.

"Time...for...me...?"



For a long moment, the only sound in the room was the tick and whir of the heating system, keeping the sparse confines of the room, lacking in decorations save for the shelves of trophies and medals Pyrrha kept over her desk, at a comfortable temperature. Pyrrha studied Jaune carefully: she cursed her lack of social ability...She knew Jaune would be annoyed, even upset with her for what she'd done...but he seemed...Angry. Hurt.



Betrayed...



"Pyrrha...do you remember the night I told you about my sneaking into Beacon?"



Pyrrha started as Jaune suddenly spoke again, his body still frozen stiff.



"I entrusted you with that secret, because I knew, somehow, that you weren't going to run to Glynda and Rat me out. Do you remember what I said to you?"



Caught off guard by the question, Pyrrha looked away from her partner for a moment, as she thought back...had it really been only a few months?...to that night, seemingly so long ago, when Jaune had revealed a deep truth to her: he had lied. Lied about his abilities, lied about his training...Lied.



And his reasoning...a load of self-aggrandizing, ego-stroking, Macho nonsense, except for...except for...



"I'm tired of being the lovable idiot, stuck in the tree while his friends fight for their lives!"



Suddenly, it clicked. no, to be more precise it slammed into her with the force of one of Nora's Hammerblows.



Her eyes widened and tears stung at their corners as she realized what she'd done...what she'd TRULY done...



In her desire to protect Jaune....she'd inadvertently made everything she'd said to boost him up, to help him learn, to help his confidence grow...



...into a lie. She'd thrown him away, sent him to "hide in a tree" while she and the others fought for their lives...



"Pyrrha...?"



Drawn back to the moment by Jaune's shaking voice, she looked back to her team leader....and met a pair of anguished, exhausted blue eyes, full of emotion and leaking tears....glaring daggers straight into her face.

"why?"



Suddenly, Jaune drew a sharp, harsh breath in through his nose, and finally, as fresh tears fell from his eyes, he let loose an anguished roar of outrage and despair.



"WHY DID YOU SEND ME AWAY?!"

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Published : Jul 26, 2016