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"Does it bother you?" Yang asks during their lunch break as Ren lays his head in her lap. Her hand is running through his hair, a tickle against his skulls.

"Does what bother me?" He asks her in return, but he knows what she's going to say.

"That people are think we're together together?"

He opens his eyes before responding, adjusting them so he can see her face.

"You are aware that people believe you're in a polyamorous relationship with everyone on your team, including your sister."

Yang snorts before rolling her eyes.

"Oh yeah, I'm almost forgot. I will neither confirm nor deny that rumor."

Now it's Ren's turn to roll his eyes at her response. Yang doesn't do labels and from what he's seen how team RWBY interacts, he wouldn't be surprised that behind close doors such a thing is true.

"I've been meaning to ask you, what's with the pink stripe?"

His breath hitches for a second and he closes his eyes.

All he can hear now is the crash of rain, the screams of a young girl. A body is pressed against him in a tight hug and a searing pain coursing through his chest, throughout his entire body.

"Nora saved my life," He says quietly, barely above a whisper. Yang stops playing through his hair as he turns his head.

"Does it bother you?" She asks him moments later. He releases the breathe he forgot to let go. Only at night, he thinks.