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In the end, Pyrrha decided now wasn't the time to admit her crush. Perhaps later, but not now. She wasn't quite ready for that. Plus, knowing that might distract Jaune during their sessions.

"I've seen the way you look at me," Pyrrha finally said. "I know you find me attractive. I figured something of this nature would be good motivation."

Jaune blushed and looked down, ashamed.

"Was I that obvious?" he asked. "I-I've always tried to be respectful of you and Nora, but..."

"Trust me, Jaune," Pyrrha said, feeling guilty at causing this in her team leader. "I take it as a compliment. Besides, your behavior is far better than some of the other men I've been around."

"Even so...I'm sorry, if I made you uncomfortable at any point."

"I appreciate that." Pyrrha walked back and placed a hand on Jaune's shoulder, rubbing gently. "But it's not necessary. You've been nothing but a gentleman this whole time."

That much was true. To Pyrrha's knowledge, Jaune had only looked at her like that a handful of times. And even then, it was only for a second at most. However, she panicked, and it was too late to say a better reason.

"Well...except for that one time, you tried to quit on me." Pyrrha gave him a light smack on the shoulder, but kept smiling so he knew she wasn't upset. "That hurt my feelings."

Fortunately, Jaune got the idea and smiled back at her. "Will training harder make it up to you?" he asked as they went back inside and descended the staircase.

"Hm...it might. We'll just have to wait and see."

As they arrived back at their dorm room, Ren and Nora were already in bed, asleep. Fortunately, both of them were heavy sleepers, so there was little risk of them being woken up.

Jaune and Pyrrha each took their turns in the bathroom, doing their nightly routines to get ready for bed.

Jaune emerged from the bathroom wearing his typical bunny pajamas. The fact that they even made those in sizes large enough for a man who was over 6 feet tall was astonishing to Pyrrha.

"All yours," Jaune said as the two of them walked past each other.

Pyrrha smiled and walked into the bathroom, getting changed into her usual flannel sweat pants and simple tank top. As she walked out, she saw Jaune climbing into bed, pulling the blankets over himself.

Pyrrha then got another idea. She went over to the case where she stored her armor and bent over at the waist, taking her time to make sure it was properly secured inside. The first time on the roof had been on accident. But after she caught Jaune looking at her earlier that night, she figured there wasn't any harm giving him a little show.

Standing back up, Pyrrha saw it had the desired effect. Jaune's eyes were locked onto where Pyrrha's butt was moments earlier. He brought his eyes up to hers when she turned around, looking embarrassed again. Pyrrha just smiled at him and walked over to her bed, climbing in and going to sleep.