Reaching out with all of your feelings
Your petals, leaves, roots, everything
Bathe in the gentle sun
But hide now
The storm approaches
And we're sitting in its path
Hold on to me now
Hold on to me now
Don't let go
As we stride through the storm
Weiss finished reading the lyrics, and her suspicions were confirmed. If Jet knew that song, then it could only be assumed that he knew the ones who most often spoke it.
As Ruby ceased her crying, Jet let go of her, and turned her head so that her eyes met. She embraced the dark teen in front of her, hiccupping.
"S-s-sorry Jet." Ruby stuttered tearfully. "That was…"
"I know already. I'm sorry for not looking down before I used our new power." Jet whispered, before hugging his lover even tighter. "I guess… I'm not really cut out for gardening duties."
This elicited a small giggle from Ruby, and she gave a small smile as Jet dispelled the glyph sealing the dorm room door, then leaped down from the bed.
"Why are you going?" Ruby asked as she watched him open the window.
"Three reasons. The first is that I planned to hang out with Sun and his guys for today. The second is that my team comes back in a few days, so I need to get used to my dorm again. The third is that I probably won't be welcome in your dorm." Jet explained, giving a sad frown at this last point.
"Why?" Ruby questioned tearfully, now hearing sounds outside the door.
"You'll find out." Jet replied, before he opened the window, and took flight, feeling the cool rush of the snowy air as he soared onwards and upwards, in search of Sun.
Ruby watched as Weiss entered the dorm room, and as she closed the door carefully, Ruby realised something was wrong.
"Please come down, Ruby." Weiss requested in a comforting voice. "There's something I'd like to discuss with you."
Obediently leaping down from Yang's bunk, she was surprised when Weiss sat cross-legged on the floor, and beckoned for her to do the same. Ruby did as she was silently bade, and was even more surprised when Weiss took her hand in both her own.
"Ruby… I don't quite know how to say this." Weiss said slowly, and Ruby felt her smooth, icy fingers as they gently held her own hand. "Jet probably won't be welcome here anymore."
"What? Why?" Ruby exclaimed, tears growing anew in her eyes.
"He had another fight with Yang, and some harsh things were said. Blake's starting to not trust him either." Weiss replied, rubbing Ruby's hand gently.
"Well I trust him!" Ruby pouted, snatching her hand away. "He'd never hurt me."
"Really?" Weiss snapped, and she stood up, an icy look in her eyes. "Ruby, he's hurt you at every turn! From being possessed by his other side to stabbing all of us in the back, to faking his arrest, to not telling us anything, to killing your most sacred form of plant of them all… Ruby, he's just as bad as the villains we've already fought!"
"So that's it? We're just supposed to abandon the one I love, and my brother at that?!" Ruby yelled angrily. "Why do I even call you guys my team if you can't understand how I feel?!"
A gasp, followed by a stretching silence. Then Weiss stepped in front of her, trembling with rage.
"Ruby Rose, we're your team because we CARE about you!" Weiss shouted, before she ran through the door, slamming it behind her. Ruby clutched at her heart, feeling a darkness she'd never felt before. It felt familiar, almost like Jet was caressing it. He could have been in the room with her…
Ruby shook her head to clear it. The dark whispers in her mind ceased, but she remembered their touch. Was it because she was with Jet? Was something happening?
She'd never shouted at her teammate like that before.
Jet watched from above as Sun and Neptune continued to look around for signs of his coming. He was perched atop a tree, observing a park with benches and a stream that criss-crossed throughout.
"You'd think we'd see him by now." Sun commented, as he scanned around, looking everywhere but up. Jet grinned to himself, putting the pain in his heart to one side. They were right next to the tree he was atop.
"Dude. He can fly, remember?" Neptune reminded him, looking towards the skies. Jet seized his chance, and leaped from the tree, activating his aura. He landed, the activated aura taking the impact of hitting the ground, and outstretched his wings as both guys jumped in alarm and turned to face him.
"You're right, I can fly dude." Jet deadpanned, mimicking Neptune's voice, as his wings flapped gracefully, before folding against his back. He shook hands with Sun even as Neptune tried not to look at them with awe.
"Where've you been?" Sun asked, grinning all the same. "We've been looking for you."
"Up that tree." Jet replied, gesturing at the tree he'd just jumped from.
"Dang dude," Neptune commented, gazing at the tree behind them, "you really can sneak up on people pretty easily, know what I'm sayin'?"
"Of course." Jet grinned, as they started to walk towards the park exit.
"Where are Sage and Scarlet?"
"They bummed out. Something about training." Neptune answered, and Sun groaned in frustration.
"Chill, Sun." Jet consoled, as they looked out onto an open highway. "Shall we be off?"
"Woah, have you ever tried this before?" Sun asked, and Jet knew that he and Neptune could do this no problem, but he seemed worried about him. Sun grinned in understanding when he saw Jet unfurl his wings.
"Try to keep up." Jet taunted, before taking off from the bridge that overlooked the highway, extending his wings and catching a wind current, increasing his speed. Behind him, he saw Sun and Neptune jumping from car to car in pursuit, surprisingly quick. They soon overtook him, and Jet distinctly heard Sun laugh as they started to outstrip him.
"So that's the game we're playing, is it?" Jet muttered, and his aura flared in readiness. He drew on it, activating his original semblance, and shot forwards, leaving a purple trail of spent aura behind him, passing by his two rivals in a blaze of purple light. He whirled around in mid-air, creating projectiles of spent aura, before sending them flying behind him.
"What's he doing?" Neptune yelled as he and Sun dodged the energy blasts sent by Jet. Deep down, Sun felt ready to play.
"He's challenging us." Sun grinned, as he took his staff from under his shirt and twirled it, feeling the wind of the high speeds they were travelling at. He watched as Jet swooped upwards, and saw him land on the roof of a tall building.
"Let's get him."
