Pyrrha had never encountered an obstacle as great in her life as this.

She could feel the fear as her heart rate rose, the start of cold sweat forming on her brow, the terror facing her. The accusation in those silver eyes… Pyrrha Nikos was scared.

It had started off so innocently too…

Ruby had fall asleep on Pyrrha's lap.

After a long day of classes and training, the two red heads had decided to cuddle on the couch and watch a movie to unwind before sleep. They had gotten to the middle of it when Pyrrha started to hear the soft snores of her girlfriend through the noises of the movie. No big deal, happens all the time; Ruby eventually has a point in the day where she just crashes. Pyrrha didn't mind it one bit, in fact she loved sleepy snuggles with her adorable girlfriend.

Pyrrha didn't mind in the least when Ruby turned her body slightly to get more comfortable. That action in it of itself was fine. What was not fine was that an unyielding objects was now poking her in the stomach. Pyrrha definitely minded that.

Rolling Ruby over gently, so as to not wake her, Pyrrha was fairly easily able to figure what was causing her to feel poked in the stomach.

Crescent Rose.

The weapon was still belted to Ruby's waist. I forgot she was still wearing it. It had slipped Pyrrha's mind that they had yet to change into their pajamas.



While it was true that ever huntress and huntsmen felt a certain affinity with their weapon – Pyrrha being no exception – Ruby took it a step further. Pyrrha's girlfriend referred to Crescent Rose as her 'sweetheart' and spent a lot longer than then most other students did fiddling with her weapon. The fact it bore her last name came to no surprise to anyone that knew her. It was as if Crescent Rose was part of Ruby's family.

If Pyrrha was being completely honest she could admit that she felt… jealous towards Crescent Rose. As absurd as it is to feel jealous towards an inanimate object, she was definitely more than a bit envious of it. After all, she spends more time with it then me and gave it her last name…

"Pyrrhhaaaaaaaaa…" Ruby whined as Pyrrha held her in an odd way to see the source of her discomfort. I must have woken her up. "I was comfy."

"Sorry." Pyrrha rolled Ruby back to her spot… only to remember there had been a reason for rolling her over in the first place. "Say, Ruby…"

"Huh?" Ruby mumbled, still half asleep. "What's up?"

"Could you take off Crescent Rose?"

"Why'd would I do that?" Silver eyes looking quite awake stared at Pyrrha.

It was at that point the fear started to set in. All the fears that she haboured started to prey on her mind. Oh no, what if she thinks I'm trying to get rid of it? Or that I'm envious of it – which is true. Pyrrha was fretting over the connotations while Ruby curiously stared at her girlfriend. I'm not trying to replace it, I just don't want to get poked, but will Ruby see that? Okay, no, that's a small lie. I'm just a little envious of it is all. And its poking me in the side.



Silver eyes that bore into Pyrrha's head as she tried to come up with a reason. Eventually she was able to put out a few inelegant words.

"Because… it's… poking me in the side?"

Ruby, much to Pyrrha's surprise, set Crescent Rose down, off the couch, before latching on to Pyrrha's arm. She stared up at Pyrrha's shocked face with a confused expression. "What?"

"I thought Crescent Rose was you're sweetheart…"

"Yea…?" Ruby looked at her as if Pyrrha had said the most obvious thing. "So what?"

"So why did- I mean that's to say, um. Um." Pyrrha was having a hard time with words. "You didn't have to let go of it…"

Instead of answering with words, Ruby gave Pyrrha a lazy kiss before settling back into Pyrrha's lap. As Ruby nestled into a comfortable spot in the soft glow of the television - while keeping a hold of her arm, fingers entwined with hers' - Pyrrha could barely hear Ruby mumble.

"I'd much rather hold you."

AU: Okay first, the 'accusation in the eyes' was entirely perceived on Pyrrha's part. Ruby was just like "I'm half awake and my better half is asking me something and I'm curious."

Next is that yeah, this is of lesser quality. I honestly feel somewhat unhappy with this chapter; my goal was to make Pyrrha freak out about because she thought she was making Ruby choose between her and Crescent Rose while ultimately Ruby is like "huh?"

SORRY FOR NOT GETTING THIS DONE YESTERDAY! I honestly thought I'd get it done on Tuesday or Thursday but Tuesday was "I'm going to work on chapter 16 of Acceptance" while Thursday, Friday and most of today has turned into "SHADOW OF MORDOR TIME!"

If you like Pyrrha/Ruby a story I commissioned for momoxtoshiro just posted yesterday!

Editing should be done for chapter 15 of Acceptance by Friday, expect an update then! Until then, have a great day everyone!

P.S. Have a silly omake!

Omake:

"So you're saying you aren't open to…"

Pyrrha clicked her tongue in frustration. She loved the girl to death but this was a bit… much.

"I mean if you don't wa-a-ant to… just…. Um, p-p-pretend I never said anything?" Ruby nervously stuttered.

"No, no, no!" Pyrrha shook her head to put her girlfriend at ease. "I'm just trying to figure how to tell people that I'm in a relationship with you and Crescent..."