Pyrrha woke the next morning to a wet pillowcase. Rubbing her eyes, she found they were slightly damp.

She had been crying in her sleep.

Her mind wandered to thoughts of Blake, the worry of her lover being in the hospital dominating her mind. The fact that she still didn't know what caused those episodes didn't help calm her at all either, instead fuelling her emotions.

I know she said there wouldn't be any more secrets between us, but I can't help but think that she's still hiding something from me… something she really doesn't want me to find out. Her doctor seemed to withhold on the details of her condition, too. I wonder if it's really all they say it is…

Shaking those thoughts away, she looked at the clock. 6:17 AM. In another 13 minutes, the usual wailing of the alarm would begin, alerting everyone that it was time for classes to begin. Pyrrha got dressed ahead of time, heading out before the wake-up call. She wasn't in the mood for a shower this morning, and she didn't really think it would make much of a difference anyway. She was hardly an unhygienic girl, so one day shouldn't affect her too much. Later on, she begrudgingly sat through classes, her mind very obviously occupying other thoughts. All the information they were being given was going straight over her head, her concentration lacking since the events of the previous night. Her mind would not stop replaying that scene in the bathroom. Over and over again she remembered it. Ten times. A hundred times. A thousand times. She only came back to her senses when Glynda spoke out to her.

'Miss Nikos?'

Snapping out of her trance, she replied.

'Y-yes? What is it?'

'Class ended ten minutes ago. Is something bothering you?'

'No,' Pyrrha lied, not wanting to admit what was controlling her mind. 'I was just thinking something over in my head.'

'I see,' Glynda said, sceptical about her answer. However, she wasn't going to pry into Pyrrha's head, and instead offered her a solution which pleased her greatly.

'I can see that it's bothering you a lot, and while I don't usually do this, I'm going to give you a choice.'

Pyrrha took interest in the choice that Glynda had presented, her eyes widening at the mention of it.

'If you like, you can take the rest of the day off. I'll inform the other teachers that you aren't feeling well, and you can have today to sort out whatever the matter is.'

'Thank you,' Pyrrha responded, grateful for her teacher's kindness. 'I think I'll do that.'

With that, Pyrrha headed out, having the rest of the day to herself. However, she knew exactly how she was going to spend it, and without missing a beat she headed out the front entrance towards the hospital.

I hope you're feeling better today Blake. I want to see those beautiful golden eyes of yours smiling in happiness, she thought to herself.

'Young love truly is a fickle thing, isn't it Glynda?'

'Ozpin, you really shouldn't eavesdrop on a lady's conversation,' she replied harshly. 'And besides, how do you know its love?'

'Come now Glynda, don't tell me you haven't noticed? She's been acting differently for a while now, even if only slightly. Blake has been the same, and now that Blake's been hospitalized Pyrrha suddenly grows melancholy? I can hardly see that as mere coincidence, can you Glynda?'

'But they might just be very close friends!' she protested, wishing desperately to prove him wrong just once.

'Very close friends who kiss under the stars? That would seem to implicate they have more than just a friendship,' Ozpin stated.

'You spied on them?'

'Hardly. They didn't exactly hide it. In fact, it was as though they wanted people to know, but just didn't have the courage to tell people themselves. Love does strange things to people like that.'

She opened her mouth to say something, but had no comeback to his reasoning.

'Still, it's rude to speculate about their relationship like that. You should just let them be. They're young, so of course they'll be interested in love, but that doesn't mean you need to get involved.'

'Yes, I am aware. I'm just interested in seeing where it goes, that's all.'

'How are you feeling today?'

Pyrrha handed Blake the flowers she had bought on the way, giving a heart-warming smile that practically glowed with happiness, the redhead glad to see that Blake was awake and well. Blake thanked her with a smile, letting out a cute yawn that told Pyrrha she had not been awake for long.

'You're really adorable when you aren't being so serious,' Pyrrha teased, Blake pouting at her comment.

'I am not. And I'm not serious! I'm just… dedicated, that's all.'

'Oh come on, you're always so lost in your books sometimes I could swear you actually become a part of one of them!'

'Pyrrha, are you insinuating that we are characters in some kind of story? It's not like we're part of some fan fiction that ships us together or something. That would be ridiculous.'

'Hey, maybe we really are just characters in a story. Who knows?'

'Alright then, if we're just characters then let's stare at the reader to make them feel uncomfortable. I'm not sure how I feel about having my every movement and thought watched at all times.'

The two of them slowly turned their heads, staring directly into your eyes in total silence for around ten seconds.

'Do you think they're getting uncomfortable yet?' Blake whispered to Pyrrha, never once taking her eyes off you.

'I don't know, but my necks starting to hurt from keeping my head like this,' Pyrrha responded.

Pyrrha and Blake both continued to stare intensely at you for ten more seconds before getting bored that nothing is happening and carrying on with their previous conversation.

'Any idea what time you'll be let out?' Pyrrha asked, returning to her worried persona from the day before.

'The doctor said I should be out by 6PM at the latest, so with some luck I might be good to go in a few minutes. I feel fine, at least.'

'That's good,' Pyrrha said, breathing a sigh of relief. She had fretted over Blake's condition ever since she collapsed, and even when the doctors had told her Blake would be fine she couldn't help but worry. She knew a lot of medical practices often made the conditions sound a lot better than they actually were to not cause widespread panic among the visitors, so she had her doubts about their credibility. Sure enough, around fifteen minutes later the doctor returned to inform the two of them that Blake was well enough to leave.

'She's passed all her major tests, but we'll still need her to come in for check-ups once a week. We need to make sure she doesn't have another episode like this again. It seems she's been neglecting her prescriptions, and I'm sorry to impose on you like this, but could you make sure she turns up? We can't exactly go out of our way to chase people down. We're usually quite a busy hospital, it seems like you caught us on a slow day.'

'No problem,' Pyrrha replied, glaring at Blake after the doctor's comment. 'She'll turn up every week; I'll make sure of that.'

After leaving the hospital, there was a thick tension between the two girls.

'Why weren't you taking your medication?'

Blake didn't respond. Instead, she began to walk faster, Pyrrha grabbing her arm out of anger.

'BLAKE!'

Blake's face twitched from a mixture of surprise and fear at her lover's exclamation.

'I… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shout at you. I just want to know… why, Blake? You aren't given that medicine to ignore it! And the fact you need it means that this is a risk to your health! Blake, I don't know how bad your condition is, and I'm not going to pretend to know, but for all I knew you might never have recovered from that collapse! Do you realise how fucking worried and scared I was? I was terrified I might lose you after I only just found out for myself how much I loved you!'

She began to choke back tears with her words, the emotional stress she had built up over the last day pouring out as she spoke.

'I know… I know I'm being a selfish bitch right now, only thinking about my own feelings, but I was scared, Blake! I don't want to lose you… I love you, and I want to keep on loving you for the rest of our lives. I don't want that time to be limited to a year or a few years just because you were too stubborn to take the medication you're given! I just-'

She was interrupted by Blake's sudden gesture, the Faunus throwing her arms around Pyrrha's shoulders and pulling her head close.

'I'm sorry. I should have told you about my condition, and I should have taken my meds. I just didn't want you to worry about me,' she answered. Those were her words, but she knew that wasn't the truth. She just couldn't bear to hear Pyrrha tell her how much she loved her anymore. Every time she said it was like a knife to her heart, always reminding her of what she had been told so long ago. It was something she carefully stepped around with every sentence. If she gave Pyrrha any kind of hints who knows what the redhead would do or say. Blake knew she was just as selfish as Pyrrha was for hiding it, if not more. She couldn't bring herself to be truthful with the girl out of fear of Pyrrha's reaction. The two of them carried their sorrows with them on their walk back, Blake never letting Pyrrha's hand go as a sort of small consolation for the emotional turmoil she was putting her girlfriend through. When they were almost at Beacon, however, Blake put forward a surprising suggestion.

'Hey, Pyrrha. Let's… let's not go back to Beacon tonight.'

'What do you mean?'

The redhead was obviously confused, before it began to dawn on her. If they weren't going to Beacon, the only other place to go was a hotel. Her heart instinctively began beating in her chest.

Are we going to… surely not? No… Blake isn't that kind of girl… but we are dating… but she's always so serious… she couldn't be!

Asking as though to confirm her suspicions, Pyrrha spoke up.

'Where should be go then?'

'How about we head over to the Cupid Ranch?'

The Cupid Ranch? But they offer special services for couples who want to do… certain… activities…

That sealed the deal. Pyrrha was 100% what Blake wanted tonight. She was more than happy to comply, it just came as a bit of a shock to her was all. She didn't think that would be Blake's sort of thing. The two soon arrived, and Blake had booked a room in advance for the two of them. This meant that Pyrrha had no idea what was in store for her, and when she saw just what their room looked like her jaw nearly hit the floor.

It was completely normal. What an anticlimax. She felt like she had been building up to the epic conclusion to one of the chapters of her book, only to have it end in a semi-boring way. And as much as she was relieved, Pyrrha felt a little disappointed that they probably wouldn't be doing anything naughty that night.

Am I really that backed up? I thought that my urges would be under control…

Pyrrha internally blamed it on Blake's cat pheromones sending her into heat, before berating herself for her slightly racist thought. As she climbed into bed, she undid her hair, letting it loosely flop beside her as her head hit the pillow with a quiet thud. Taking a deep breath, she looked over to her partner, only to find she wasn't lying next to her. The cat Faunus had somehow made her way atop Pyrrha without the redhead noticing, the mischievous glint in her beautiful golden eyes telling Pyrrha everything she needed to know about what was about to happen to her.

'Uhh… Blake… what are you doing?' Pyrrha said with a nervous giggle, wondering if she could defuse the situation.

'Hey Pyrrha,' Blake replied with a purr, 'did you know that right now it's mating season? It drives my hormones crazy when I don't have anything to satisfy my urges, but luckily I have you to deal with that for me. What do you say? Can you deal with this every few weeks or so for me?'

'But I haven't even had a shower today!'

'I know,' Blake replied giddily, her face completely red as she gently licked Pyrrha's neck, eliciting a soft moan from the redhead. Leaning up to whisper in her ear, Blake drove the girl crazy with her words. 'You smell amazing… it makes me want to just eat you up right now…'

'I'm going to assume that's a metaphor,' Pyrrha said, her face flushed and her voice trembling slightly at her partners advances.

'Nope,' Blake replied in a teasing voice. 'I'm going to eat you all night long, and there's nothing. You. Can. Do. About. It.'

For some reason, the way Blake spaced out her words only made them seem more erotic, before the Faunus finally began to crawl along the bed down to Pyrrha's precious area.

Needless to say, neither of them got any sleep that night.