"Would you like to try using Milo and Akoúo̱?"

"Can I?!"

It was true that Ruby had a rather… large interest in weapons, and it was equally true that she'd been staring at her girlfriend's weapons more than her girlfriend herself… and perhaps drooling just a tad.

It wasn't that Ruby hadn't held the weapons before, but more along the lines of having never tried to use them before. In theory she knew how the weapons worked. This should be easy! Tying the bracer to her left arm, and tightening her grip on Milo, Ruby was ready.

Pressing a button, a door-like panel opened up, as a training drone came out, a spindly metal frame in a shape of a humanoid. It's only set to level one. Ruby grinned at the lumbering robot. How hard could it be?

A matter of seconds later, Ruby found herself on the floor, the drone standing over her while Pyrrha stopped the training exercise. Ow, that hurt. Looking down at Milo, Ruby couldn't help but feel betrayed. Where did I go wrong?

It'd been a while since Ruby had last tried to use something other than her sweetheart, in fact, she hadn't used another weapon since she had made Crescent Rose. But it was only level one, which should have been really REALLY easy. "I guess I just suck." Ruby muttered dejectedly.

"You don't suck!" Ruby felt a strong hand pulled her up, her girlfriend pulling her to her feet. "I'm sure that it was just fluke, I know you could do it next time!" Ruby could feel a blush rising as Pyrrha gave her encouragement. "Do you want to try again?"

"I think I'm going to sit this one out." Ruby sheepishly admitted, her face red with embarrassment. "Do you wanna go again? I can take these off…" Ruby started to fumble with the bracer tied to her arm.

"No no, it's quite alright!" Pyrrha made a calming motion with her hands. "I've gotten enough practice with Milo and Akoúo today."

"Oh." That makes sense, we've been here for three hours after all. A thought occurred to Ruby. "W-w-would you want to try with…" Ruby's voice became nearly inaudible "Crescent Rose."

Pyrrha's emerald eyes widened, her mouth opening in shock. "Are you sure?" Pyrrha glanced towards the combat scythe. "I thought you didn't want others to touch your sweetheart."

Pyrrha wasn't wrong; Ruby reaaaaally didn't like others touching Crescent Rose. Yet… "I trust you though…"

The champion's mouth closed before forming into a smile.

Ruby was starting to have second thoughts.

On one hand, she was quite happy that a girlfriend felt so honoured to use her weapon. On the other hand it was eerie to watch Pyrrha swing around Crescent Rose with an easy that Ruby even felt envious of, as she decimated the level 39 exercise.

I mean she IS Pyrrha Nikos after all, why wouldn't she be great with my sweetheart. It's not as if it took me a month with my Uncle Qrow to even figure out how to hold it properly. Or that I couldn't even take down the easiest exercise with a simple sword. Nope.

It was a sickly feeling towards that was welling up in Ruby as she watched Pyrrha swing the scythe with a level of grace. A level of skill that no newcomer to one of the deadliest weapons in the world she be able to exhibit. Pyrrha really earned the title of Invincible Girl, didn't she? Ruby knew it was true; she had seen her girlfriend go through hordes of Grimm like a hot knife through butter, but it was times like these that it really sunk into Ruby's mind just how truly deadly Pyrrha was. How adaptable she was. How beautiful.

It fed the fuel to that feeling as it built up in the pit of Ruby's stomach. The flames were stoked as Ruby watched Pyrrha continue to level 44 with the same ease as it had been when she had been using her own weapons. It's my sweetheart, why is she so good with it? As the feeling rose up in her, Ruby could finally put a name to it.

Jealously.

The moment Ruby realized what it was, the feeling abated, vanishing into the dusky recesses of her mind as a new feeling replaced it.

Shame.

Shame at feeling jealous of her girlfriend, shame at having such petty thoughts about Pyrrha. The shame of feeling jealous of the girl who gave Ruby her heart. Ruby slowly started to trudge towards the exit.

"Ruby." The teen felt strong arms close around her shoulders, before locking around her mid-section as something warm pressed up against her back, stopping her progress to the door. Lips gently kissed the top of Ruby's head before a concerned voice spoke. "What's wrong?"

"I…" Ruby melted into the embrace as she tried to calm down enough to speak. "I suck."

"No you don't." Pyrrha's grip on Ruby tightened as she spoke, almost painfully so. "You do not suck. You are actually really cool."

Ruby shook her head as much as she could given how tightly Pyrrha was holding onto her. "I-I-I couldn't even h-h-hit the drone. A-a-at level one." Ruby couldn't keep her lip from wobbling as tears traced their way down her face. "Y-Y-You didn't hav-v-ve any trouble at all with my weapon."

"That's because I watch you use it every day." Pyrrha loosened the embrace before slowly turning Ruby around. "Plus, since it's so important to you, I may have looked up a book or two on how the theory behind it." The older teen shyly admitted. "And whenever Crescent Rose started to slip out of my hand, I could just pull it back with my semblance."

"Oh." Ruby couldn't help but to stare at her girlfriend. "Y-y-you actually looked up how to…?" Pyrrha gave a quick nod. "Oh." A blush started to spread across Ruby's face.

"It's not exactly fair to say that I didn't have an advantage; you just need practice is all." Pyrrha thought for a moment before giving a snap of the fingers and giving Ruby a smile. "I could give you some tips on how to use Milo and Akoúo if you want?"

Spending time with her girlfriend, while said girlfriend taught her how to use her weapons? Ruby couldn't help but smile.

"That would be awesome!"

AU: Have some feels to start off your Friday!

I know it's been a few weeks since I last updated Spoon Equality and I'm really REALLY sorry! D: I've just been bust with real life as of late.

A special thanks to Super Saiyan Cyndaquil for supplying the prompt for this chapter!

Seeing as it's the first Friday of the month… whooooooo wants some more Pyrruby in a few hours, i.e. Acceptance? Any takers out there? :D

As always, thank you all for reading the story! It really does mean a lot to me! Expect Dilation in a handful of hours and Acceptance an hour after that!

P.S. Oddly enough, this felt more like the early chapters of Acceptance, stylistically. Dunno if that's the case, what'd you guys and gals think?

P.S.S. Have two omakes!

Omake 1:

"I could always give you some lessons…?"

"Would… would they be private?" Ruby didn't want her teammates seeing her failing so badly with a weapon. "Like private lessons?"

Pyrrha's face turned red. "I-I-I guess we could have some private lessons."

"Great!" Ruby beamed at Pyrrha. "Just make sure no one finds out!"

As Ruby left, she didn't notice the nearly ruby red blush on Pyrrha's face, nor her muttering "This all happened so fast…"

Omake 2:

Pyrrha had of course learned everything there was to know about combat scythes, but for another reason she hadn't divulged to Ruby. Staring down at the forgotten scythe, a single thought protruded into Pyrrha's mind.

Know thy enemy.

Pyrrha had followed that maxim to a T. I must know my enemy in the continuing battle for my rose's heart!