As soon as he entered the team PLNR dorm Jaune was greeted by an extremely happy and excited Nora."Hey Commander sir, whatcha got there?" Jaune had to act fast. He knew that if he told Nora what the note actually said that it would result in her doing her level best and most likely succeeding in breaking the legs of whatever student wrote this note. Something that Jaune didn't want to see or explain.

"It's just a scrap of paper that I found outside of the door. Anyway, how are you guys holding up.?" he asked as he closed the door and began to look over all of the teammates present. Ren looked like he always did. Jaune wasn't too surprised by this as Ren seemed to be a stable rock who had seen everything and wasn't shaken up by anything. Nora was just the same.

He took a brief moment to consider how Pyrrha was doing. And while she seemed mildly crestfallen she was equally stable. With team, PLNR checked out Jaune began to search through Luke's desk for something.

"What are you doing," Pyrrha said as watched Jaune kept rifling through the desk.

"I am searching for the after action report that Luke has partially filled out by now"

Pyrrha was shocked by this as any reports needed to be filled out by the student involved. "Can he do that?"

Jaune let out a small laugh and kept searching for the paper. "Only if nobody tells Glynda"

Having found the report Jaune read it over and confirmed that Luke was accurate and then picked up a pencil from Luke's desk and filled in a few spaces before signing it at the bottom. Once he was done he left the room and headed over to team RWBY's dorm. He knew that entering would most likely result in him being velcroed onto by Ruby she probably felt bad that he had been so badly injured and still carried her back the dorm. He would tell her it was no big deal because it wasn't but Jaune had sisters and knew that she may not see it that way.

Preparing himself for the sound of tears and runny noses Jaune opened the door and was surprised to find that Ruby was sitting at her desk doing her homework. Jaune watched her for a moment. Mostly to tell if this was actually Ruby or if he was seeing things. She never did homework, At least not without Weiss badgering her about it. Taking a closer look at what she was doing he saw that she was writing a letter addressed to… Mr. and Mrs. Hansen. Jaune was shocked, less than two days ago she lost someone who had loved her and she was already trying to write a condolence letter to his family. Not this would only cause her more pain. Jaune would let Beacon handle the letter but right now he knew what Ruby was feeling. He had been there before.

"Ruby," he said as he reached over her arms and plucked the pen from her grasp. She sat there and kept looking at the paper as though her very willpower would start to write the words into the paper. "Ruby look at me." this time he used a more commanding tone. And slowly she turned in her chair to make eye contact with him.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her face was covered in dried tears. "What Jaune," she said in a voice so frail it sounded as though a stern glance could shatter it.

"Ruby, this isn't healthy. When was the last time you slept? When was the last time you ate something.?" he figured he knew the answer to both questions.

When she didn't respond and just sat in her chair Blake spoke up. "Jaune she has been through a lot maybe you should…"

She was cut off when Jaune shot a glare at her that told Blake that she needed to shut up. With Blake silenced he turned to the rest of the team. "Give us the room please." in spite of the please at the end of the request they all knew that it was not a request and was, in fact, an order. After they all shuffled out of the room he looked back to Ruby. "I know what you are doing. And it isn't safe or okay. If you keep doing this you will never recover…"

"I DON'T WANT TO RECOVER, I WANT BUD BACK" Ruby's answer was fast and full of pain. She had started to cry when she finally stopped trying to stonewall her emotions. Jaune hated to see her like this but he also knew that this was a necessary part of her loss. Before he knew it she was watering his shirt with her tears. " I can still see him when ever I try to close my eyes I see him staring at me with those lifeless eyes. Do you know what that is like Jaune?"

She knew the answer… or so she thought. "Yes, Ruby I do," Jaune said. When she shifted to look up at him she was clearly confused. "It was while I was in Vacuo, her name was Gypsum. I loved her Ruby. I was actually married to her. Then the Marvin brothers came to town trying to kill me. They didn't, they just shot up the sheriff's office with my wife inside. I found her dead in a pool of blood. I tried to do what you are doing, I tried to bury the feelings but I just couldn't they built up in and when they finally burst out I did terrible things to the Marvin brothers."

Now it was Jaune who was shedding tears. He had long come to terms with Gypsum's death. That was the way of life in Durant. You lived life and you died young. But he didn't want Ruby to feel the remorse of acting on her drive for vengeance. It won't actually help lessen the pain. He also wanted to help Ruby avoid the time after when he fell into a dark, dark place and did more terrible things.

Jaune stood to his feet and dried his eyes as he spoke. "Ruby, the others can't know about Gypsum. Okay" she gave a small nod and then once again climbed up the front of him like he was a jungle gym. He felt a smile come to his face as she did this. It was good to know that even after this she still had that innocence hidden somewhere.
He walked over to the door and opened it to find the other three members of the team. Looking down at the huntress holding to him he said "I guess I am spending the night here." one by one they all entered the room while Jaune held the door for them and when Yang who was the last one in line passed Ruby's left arm shot out and wrapped around her neck. Then she started pulling doing her best to get both of them as close to her as she could.

They were able to take a hint and climbed into Yang's bed in order fit all three of them. As soon as the three of them hit the bedspread Ruby was asleep. After a few minutes of the three of them all laying there like that they had all fallen asleep. They were in for a long overdue and much needed good night's rest. for while the eyes of lost loves were still seen the arms of family help to lessen the sting.