To many, it may have been a little odd to see Jaune and Blake, in the library together. They weren't doing anything out of the ordinary, they just sat beside each other as they read.

While at first this didn't seem like much, it certainly seemed like something was up if it was a constant reoccurring event.

Every so often, Jaune would go to the library, grab or bring a book, whether be it a comic, textbook, or some other book for any projects, he would search out for Blake. When he finds her, she notices his presence and smiles before patting the chair beside hers, signing him to sit.

While it seemed odd to others, because they never personally seen the two interact, truth is, they became close friends around the beginning of the year, when Jaune would always study on either classes, or sword fighting styles/ techniques.

One week after initiation

Jaune looked for places to sit in the library, but of course the workload dropped onto them by Professor Port, or Doctor Oobleck, left all the tables filled by other teams until he noticed a familiar face. Blake was focusing on a book she was reading, and was alone at her table.

Deciding to take a chance, he walked over to Blake and greeted her. She seemed genuinely suprised, and a tiny bit confused, that Jaune was there. He asked if he could sit and she nodded in response, so he sat across from her. He worked in relative silence, letting out the occasional sigh as he progressed through some assignments, which she silently agreed with his frustration assignments proved to be a tad bit complicated and time consuming. The day shifted from afternoon to evening, and most of the library emptied out.

He finally let out a sigh of relief as he basically dropped his pencil on the table and stretched a bit in his seat.

"Man that took too long..." Jaune said exhausted.

"Was the assignments really that hard on you?" Blake asked. The assignments took her less than an hour, but she didn't take Jaune as an idiot, so she figured maybe less than to an hour long to complete, not several hours.

"No, I finished those early on while I was here."

"Then what were you doing?" She asked.

"I was taking notes on certain sword and shield techniques. I need to improve myself more."

"But didn't what about the Deathstalker during initiation?"

"All I really did was block a pincer, I hardly fought as I did plan the attack."

Blake only nodded her head before continuing her book, while Jaune studied some more.

Such a cycle would repeat, where he would go to the library, see Blake alone at her table, and join her as he worked on whatever, while she read, occasionally making small talk.

There are days where her team would be in the library, and while he could say he was close to Team RWBY, he didn't want to intrude on any team bonding they may be doing.

A few weeks later she opened up a little to Jaune. Small talks turned into conversations, and when Jaune wasn't too busy when he was done with assignments, they were like two good friends who are hanging out.

While Blake felt more comfortable with Jaune, she wasn't about to reveal what lies under the bow.

Of course, the world had other plans.

The two were walking through the rows of books while talking. As they went around a corner, Blake put her foot on a book that was left on the floor, causing her to slip and fall.

"Blake! Are you okay?" Jaune asked as he reached out a hand for her to grab.

"Yeah im okay I just..." She trailed off as she noticed a familiar black fabric hanging from one of the shelves, caught by the metal tag on the shelf.

Letting out a startled gasp, she shot her hands up to her head to feel her ears, her Faunus ears.

Jaune noticed this and the look of panic on her face. Before he could say anything to her, she quickly stood up and bolted out of the library at a speed he couldn't match.

Regardless, he took the bow that was hanging, and ran off to find her.

Blake sat on the roof of the dorms, huddled up as she wallowed in fear and sorrow.

Night long since rolled over and now the shattered moon sits high in the sky.

She ignored all the texts and calls she got on her scroll from Jaune. She felt bad, he must be looking for her. But what was she to say? She didn't want people knowing she was a Faunus! Especially since so many people in the world, and even a handful of students at Beacon, discriminate against the Faunus.

She was thrown from her thoughts as the door suddenly opened, which startled her.

Looking to see who it was, she saw it was Jaune, who was out of breath and sweating an ocean under his clothes.

"There you are..! I've... I've been running all over Beacon, looking for you..." He said in between gasps for air.

"Jaune I-" She was interrupted when he shot out a hand towards her, and in his hand was her black bow.

She was suprised, but nonetheless, took it back.

"Blake, I may not know much about the Faunus, or what kind of problems they face, but I know from Doctor Ooblecks class that they are easily discriminated, and I want you to know that I am not one of those people. I am your friend, so don't worry about me treating you differently, because I wont, Arc's promise." He said, as he spread out his arms for a hug.

She looked at him with shock, before she decided to return the hug.

"Thank you... I was scared when my ears were revealed... I was worried you might not want to be my friend anymore because I was a Faunus, and I didn't want to lose someone so close to me."

"It's alright. Everything is fine. Now why don't we go back to the library? You may have left some stuff back there." He said which caused Blake to go wide eyed at the thought of leaving her "important" book behind.

"Yeah, let's go."

The two walked through the exit, and went towards the library.

Blake learned on that day just how much Jaune meant to her.