A little chat

Jaune woke in the morning to his usual state. Yang snuggled beside him, Blake curled up in her bed... but there was something different. No Pyrrha. As he looked around, he did notice a thread of red hair beside him, opposite where Yang was sleeping. It would have been quite a challenge, but it seemed all three of them slept in the same tiny bed.

Jaune slowly rose from his bed, and that's when he heard it... the water of the shower just turning off.

He made his way into the bathroom, seeing Pyrrha there, drying off - not having noticed him yet.

"Pyr?"

She jumped a bit, but calmed when she realized who it was.

"Oh. Master" she said with a smile "I'll be out in a moment if you need to shower"

"No. That's not it. I mean, I do need to shower before class but that's... I wanted to talk to you. Privately."

Pyrrha gave him a serious look, which turned to a look of understanding. She sat down on the edge of the tub, as Jaune sat beside her.

"So I was giving some serious thought to how you felt and I think I kinda have a solution. It's not perfect but--"

"Master" she interrupted

"No. Let me talk, okay? Look... I know you girls all love me. And I love you all too. And I know that basically everyone sees me and Yang as being together and all but... eventually we won't be at Beacon anymore." he said. Pyrrha looked at him quizically

"That's a given, but what does that have to do with this situation?"

"Within the Harem, we know we're all technically together. But people at Beacon don't. But once we leave, we won't need to care what people here think, right? Nobody will remember who I was dating during my time here. Nobody will think about in in 5 years, heck they won't be thinking about it 5 minutes after we graduate. What I'm saying is that as soon as we're all out of Beacon, nobody will know I'm dating any of you. So I'm free to technically date all of you."

Pyrrha pondered a moment.

"It's... a very sweet gesture--"

"Let me finish" he said "You mentioned everyone at Beacon only saw us as Teammates, right? But what about people outside of Beacon? For example, if I took you into Vale and we went to see a movie, do you think they'd see us as 'just teammates'? Would they even know we're a 'team' at all? I mean, I was out with Neo and Emerald the other day and we were definitely getting some looks. People just assumed we were in some kind of polyamorous relationship"

A small look of enlightenment overcame her.

"I suppose that's true... so..."

"So, I'm going to make it a goal to take you girls out on dates more. Solo dates, so that you can all understand how important you are to me."

Pyrrha smiled at him, before leaning in and kissing him. As she pulled away, her face went from happy to serious.

"So... what's this about Emerald and Neo?"

Jaune sighed.

"Later... it's more of a full Harem conversation. The abridged version is that I think I know how I'm going to make them turn to 'our' side... and hopefully once they do the book works on them a bit better. But for now..."

Jaune stood and stepped into the shower

"My turn"