-Leliana Pov-

I sit with Juane, and then he lets out another sigh, and then starts pacing the room back and forth. I would try and tell him to sit down, but that's not going to do me any good. Ever since Phyrra killed Penny, he hasn't been able to calm down whatsoever. He's been pacing for about half an hour, as Ironwood asks Phyrra questions about what happened. Juane practically tried to barge in there, but was thrown out. So, now I've tried everything I can to get him to calm down, but none of it's worked. And, to be honest, I'm starting to get a little bit irritated with him. Not just for this, but for everything in general. 

Not that he's a bad boyfriend. He's sweet and has such a big heart. All the reasons I fell for him are still there. But, I've been noticing more and more problems he and I have been having lately. For one, the fact that he and I haven't been on any real dates. I get that a lot has been happening lately, so I've done my best to be patient with him. And yet, I can't help but notice everyone at Beacon has found the time to take their partner on a date. 

It isn't like I haven't asked him either. But, he seems to always need to work with his team for the tournament, or work with Phyrra for a one-on-one training session. Not that I think he's cheating on me. Juane isn't the type of person who would do that, and even if he was, I have to at least trust Phyrra isn't the type of person who would allow him to cheat on his partner. Or, so I can hope. 

His bond with Phyrra is something I don't get. Sure, she trains him and is supportive of him. But, the bonds he has with her go very deep. I can't help but notice she never once told him to spend a night with me instead of training, and how he goes out of his way to make her happy whenever he can. Something that always stuck with me is how on the night of the dance, he left me to keep some promise to dance with her. 

I also wonder if Juane realizes Phyrra has feelings for him. Everyone else at Beacon has figured it out, except for him apparently. It's so hard not to notice, and yet he truly manages. Gideon has mentioned to me his desire to smack Juane and tell him, " She's into you dude! Why can't you see it?!"

Some part of me feels bad for Phyrra, knowing that the odds Juane will ever see her that way are slim. And yet, they are there. I know the both of them share things with each other they don't share with anyone else. I have to admit, the idea that Phyrra know some of his secrets and I don't really bothers me. He knows everything there is to know about me, and it hurts that he in turn denies me in certain parts of his life. 

Nora mentioned it off hand earlier before leaving to do something that this is the most worried Juane has ever been, which is something else that sticks in my side. Sure, she exaggerates a lot, but Nora also knows her team inside and out. If she says this is the most worried he's ever been, then there's good chance this is the most worried he's ever been. Which would include the time I was arrested for barging into the arena. 

That thought irritates me. I don't love the idea of Juane panicking over me, but it would be nice to know he worried more about his girlfriend that a friend. I also know that Juane tried to force his way into visit Phyrra, which is more than he did for me. Sure, he had told me he had been worried. And yet, it was RWBY that had come to visit us, and CFVY. It wouldn't have killed JNPR to make their way down to us. 

It isn't to say I was unhappy with him by any means. These doubts had only recently began to pop up in my mind, and it was probably due to how I was using the other couples around me as a benchmark. However, seeing Juane pace the room over a girl I had hardly spent time with was starting to get a little bit old. I truly wished I understood the friendship he had with Phyrra, and that I could assure myself I was just paranoid. 

But, I couldn't get it. Sure, I had my male friends. And yeah, I was close with all of them. And, maybe it seems a convenient thing to say I consider all of them brothers, as a get-out-of-jail-free card. But, I truly do thing of my team as my brothers. And, Gideon is probably my best friend, but it's just different than Juane and Phyrra. He and I hardly hang out on-one-on,since he's usually with Velvet. And, even if we hung out by ourselves, it wouldn't matter. He never had feelings for me, so it would be totally different. Come to think of it, all my male friends are taken. So, it's completely different when I spend time with any of them. 

It makes me wonder why Phyrra hasn't moved on from Juane. She mentions how it's difficult to have everyone perceive you a certain way, but that's bullshit. She's gorgeous. It wouldn't be difficult at all for her to find someone who didn't care about status. Juane couldn't have been the first or last one to do so. So, either she still has feelings for him and believes she can sway him, or something else has to be happening. 

-Cinder Pov-

I sit with Emerald and Mercury, and yell at the two of them. I don't know how, but that damn ( team name) was able to piece together how we infiltrated this school. However, I manage to calm down eventually. Everything major we set out to achieve has been done, other than me getting the Fall Maiden powers. 

" We were going to destroy this place eventually," I say, and the two of them let out a sigh of relief. " It looks like we're just going to have to do it sooner rather than later.I'll tell Roman to move up the time table."

( let me know what you thought. Some more tension between Leliana, Juane and Phyrra, and other developments.)