Jaune had slept in until an hour before lunch began. He told RWBY the night before about them not having to go to classes and the detention, but Weiss had managed to convince the rest of her teammates to attend classes. Even if they were excused they might miss valuable information. Jaune on the other hand couldn't care less. All he wanted was to go back to his room and sleep forever, and in his boggled mindset though he had missed the nervous glances that were being thrown his way by Yang and Blake.

Jaune had thought that Pyrrha or Ren would have woken him up and tried to convince him to go to classes, but they hadn't so much as disturbed his sleep all morning, and that was a great task when you had Nora on your team. So as Jaune took half an hour to get ready for the rest of his day, classes had just been let out and his team was making their way back to the room. Pyrrha was the first to open the door, and was greeted with the sight of Jaune wearing a pair of boxers with damp hair from the shower he just took.

"Hey Pyrrha, what's wrong? Is our fearless leader still asleep?" Nora asked, once she had bumped into Pyrrha, who was blocking her entrance into the door and the view of Jaune. Pyrrha didn't speak and began to wobble at the knees a bit. From Jaune's point of view he say Pyrrha's face grow very red, and looking like she was about to faint. Being the caring and loving leader/friend he was, he thought she was going to collapse, and he rushed forward to secure her in his arms.

'I'm not ready for this yet!' though Pyrrha as she had an array of lewd thoughts going through her head. She was muttering gibberish as Jaune led her into their dorm and set her down on her bed. Now that Pyrrha was out of the way Nora and Ren could enter the room and see their leader. They were greeted with the same sight of Pyrrha but with completely different reactions. Ren just blinked twice before moving to the closet and grabbing Jaune's uniform for him since he was still trying to get Pyrrha to let go of him. Nora on the other hand whistled and closed the door shut behind her.

"I knew our leader was fearless, but I didn't know he was this fearless!" Nora said with a slight giggle at the end. Jaune tilted his head to the side confused on what she had meant. As Ren tapped him on the shoulder and cleared his throat while looking down, Jaune realized that he was only in his boxers. His face grew a slight red tinge but otherwise he didn't overreact.

'Thanks Ren." Jaune said to his only male teammate. Ren just nodded while casually slipping a note into one of Jaune's pockets during the handoff of clothes. After a minute of dressing Jaune was now in his usual clothing and ready to get eat. Also by this time, Pyrrha had regained her senses and sat up from her bed to see Jaune fully clothed and offering her a hand to get up. She gratefully took it while another bright blush filled her face.

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It was a bit tense at the lunch table. Apparently Yang and Blake told Ruby and Weiss about what happened last night, and how Jaune had been physically hurt. Weiss just scoffed and didn't think much about it. They had all been hurt that night, but it wasn't like their aura didn't protect them from bleeding. Yang snapped at her though, telling her that Jaune's arur had depleted and he had gotten hurt taking a blow for her. That had made Weiss snap her mouth shut, as she unconsciously stroked the scar over her eye.

Now the day after at the lunch table no one was willing to talk, not even Nora was telling a story about her latest dream. Jaune looked around the table at each and everyone's face. Blake was staring at her book, flipping the pages but her yes never moving. Yang sat there staring at her food, clenching and unclenching her fork. Weiss was slowly picking at a salad and for once not filing her nails. Ruby was staring right at Jaune, and once their faces met, he gave a reassuring smile.

With his own team, Nora was happily eating pancakes that she had bribed the cooks to make for her at lunch. Jaune knew that she was nervous about the silence though since she was taking slow careful bites instead of just inhaling them. Ren was tapping his fingers onto the table, agitated while his eye would occasionally twitch. And next to him was Pyrrha, she had sat down and not even touched her food, instead opting to stare at the table the entire time. Ever so subtly Jaune nudged Pyrrha's leg with his own, gaining a startled jump from her. When she looked at Jaune she saw him tilt his head toward team RWBY and raising his eyebrows with an expected look.

Pyrrha sighed as she knew what he wanted. She cleared her throat gaining the attention of everyone at the table. "I-I…I would like to say that I'm…I'm very sorry for what I said last night. I know that if I myself were in your position I wouldn't have been able to alternate anything. I hope what I said doesn't ruin any friendships between our teams." Pyrrha said. Jaune gave an approving nod, while the members of team RWBY smiled and then all looked at Jaune with expected looks.

Jaune not understanding just tilted his head. After a moment of silence Ruby spoke up. "We're really sorry that you got hurt, and we really hope you can forgive us." She said.

Jaune cracked a smile, and slowly began to laugh. RWBY were now confused and patiently waited until Jaune finished laughing. "I-I'm sorry! It's just…I found it funny because I didn't blame you guys for anything. I would have gladly taken that hit for anybody, and it was my own decision to just in front of the blow." Jaune said. "If I wanted to, I could have let Yang taken the blow, I knew that her aura level was still pretty high, but I didn't want to risk anything." Team RWBY began to slowly nod and things started to get back to normal. Nora began to retell one of her dreams, Ren corrected her, Blake read her book, Yang and Ruby listened to Nora, Weiss filed her nails, and Pyrrha ate her healthy meal. This didn't last for long though as a voice behind him said. "I believe it's time you and Team RWBY served your detention, Mr. Arc."

Author's Note: Hello all. Short chapter this time. Mostly just for an update that I'm not dead and haven't abandoned anything. KEGISPRINGFIELD thank you again if you're reading this note. He had recently drawn cover art for my other story Golden Bunny. He's a great guy and artist check him out on deviantart. Will update Golden Bunny by Sunday hopefully, need inspiration. Until then, goodbye.