Chapter 8. Reunion

After a few weeks Ben awoke and saw that his team and Eric were there. "Good morning sleepyhead." Yang said as she taps Ben on the head. "W-where am I?" Ben asked. "You're in the academy's infirmary." Weiss said. "How long was I out?" Ben asked. "About a few weeks." Eric said. "Eric you're here. Does this mean you're staying?" Ben asked. "Yup and I'm now a part of team JNPR or now called team JNPER. Anyways the team is waiting for me see ya." Eric said as he leaves the room. "Where's Ruby?" Ben asked a little worried of her. "Right here!" Ruby said sitting next to him. "Are you okay Ruby?" Ben asked. "Yes." Ruby said. "I'm surprised that you aren't tired sis you've been here the entire time." Yang said. "R-really Ruby is that true?" Ben asked. "Y-yes." Ruby said as she blushes. "I guess that is our cue to leave everyone." Yang said as she pushes Weiss and Blake out of the room with her. Ben moves over a bit in his bed so Ruby could finally lay down and rest. "Ruby thank you." Ben said as he kisses her on the cheek. "For what?" Ruby asked then kisses him back. "If we never met I wouldn't be able to control the grimm inside me. Thank you." Ben said as him and Ruby fall asleep cuddling with each other. As they awake Ruby and Ben take a walk to their dorm. "Welcome back you two." Yang said. "Hey Ben professor Ozpin wants you to rest for a couple of days just to make sure you are all better." Ruby said. "Oh….okay." Ben said. "But he said one of us can keep an eye on you till you're better." Ruby said. "Yeah and we pick Ruby to keep an eye on you." Yang said. "Thank you guys." Ben said as Yang, Weiss, and Blake leave the dorm. "Hey Ben can I ask you something?" Ruby asked. "Sure, what's up?" Ben asked. "Why did you give me the cure?" Ruby said. "Because you didn't deserve to suffer the amount of loneliness I had to go through." Ben said feeling a bit sad to remember the past of how many times people rejected him for being different. Tears run down Ben's face as he says quietly almost like a whisper. "No one should hurt my little rose." Ruby was wondering what he said. "Ben what did you say?" Ruby asked. "I just don't like seeing the person I care about get hurt." Ben said. "Awwww Ben you know me no one could hurt me." Ruby said. "Yeah you're right sweetie." Ben said. "Ben it's late do you want to lay with me?" Ruby asked. "Sure." Ben said as he lays with Ruby and cuddle through the night. While Ben is sleeping he dreams about peace with humans and the grimm but….things changed the grimm killed all of Ben's friends all but Ruby who was hiding in their room. Ben sees her and rushes to their dorm. But when Ben gets there he sees Cynder stab Ruby in her stomach. Blood running down her body as she looks Ben in the eyes. Tears start running down both their faces. "This is what happens when you betray me." Cynder said as she drops Ruby onto the floor of the room and leaves. Ben hurries to Ruby and holds her in his arms. "Ruby I'm sorry I-I-" Ben said. "Ben….BEN WAKE UP" Ruby yells. Ben wakes up with tears running down his face. Ben hugs Ruby. "I s-saw you get killed by Cynder….everyone was dead." Ben said. "It's okay Ben….I'm here Ben don't worry." Ruby said. "Thank you." Ben said. They went back to sleep.