An educated huntress was a powerful one, and of course, this extended to education that extended far beyond just slaying beasts.

Pyrrha was consumed in a book that Blake had given her about Faunus customs. With the way her cheeks held a blush, Ruby was more than positive there was nothing she wanted to do with it. Having been a teammate to Blake, and having Yang as a sister, there were plenty of things Ruby would have been better off never knowing. Though, as she had told Blake one evening after a few too many shots at the local pub, her disgust came strictly from Yang's involvement. After all, no one wanted to think about what their sibling did behind closed doors.

Blake took the Ruby's embarrassed rant in stride, and even promised to try to get Yang to behave. It was a failed effort each and every time, but it was the thought that counted.

Now, if only Ruby could get Yang to lay off when it came to her own romantic endeavors, or lack thereof, things would be right as rain. Another text came through and Ruby looked at it before turning bright pink and deleting it. Now was not the time to fall for Yang's teasing. The studying was important for Pyrrha, and shouldn't ben interrupted. She had been welcomed among Ozpin's inner circle, and required a far deeper understanding of the world at large.

Pyrrha had always been destined for greatness, studiousness suited the redheaded woman.

Ruby, while considering herself a fabulous huntress, was happy to be a simple commoner. She didn't mind watching from afar as her goal oriented friends claimed positions of power and recognition. Blake, Weiss, Pyrrha, and even Ren had lofty goals and emotionally driven concerns. Ruby simply wanted to help people while waiting for the next mission to fall into her lap.

However, even she had things to do today, and began her afternoon in earnest. She was never good around the kitchen, only campfires and grills. Still, she could make a sandwich and iced tea just fine. Setting herself to work with the lettuce, cold cuts, pickles, and condiments, she made three moderately sized sandwiches and a thermos of tea to go with it.

Carrying Pyrrha's meal to the end table she smiled. "I'm going to go check in on Jaune."

This got the green eyed woman's attention, and she looked to Ruby with only a hint of concern. "Are you sure you don't want me to go with you?"

Ruby bit her lip, but declined the offer. "No, this is something I should do for him on my own."

"That's true, but I'm his partner. It's my responsibility to look after him, and, truthfully..." Pyrrha trailed off with a tired sigh. "Well, he's been a little out of sorts."

"No one would ever question your loyalty to Jaune." Ruby told her. "Besides, I haven't been around much, and I should probably talk to him."

Pyrrha rubbed her eyes. It was hard to argue that. "You're right. I know that you are, but he's been so stubborn."

"Do you blame him?" Ruby laughed. "He knows all the work you have. The Faunus rights rally is next week, and Blake asked you to be a core speaker on behalf of the humans willing to support the cause. If Jaune found out you were more focused on him than the rally, he'd never forgive himself if things turned sour…" Ruby's voice grew soft. "Talk about being out of sorts then..."

"There is so much more that I must do to prepare, too." Pyrrha looked down at the tome resting on her lap, she wasn't even halfway done. "Thank you, Ruby, truly."

"Don't mention it." Ruby said, bending down to give her girlfriend a quick kiss on the lips. "I won't be gone too long."

Jaune lived in the next apartment over. It wasn't a coincidence. He wasn't quite the same after watching Vale crumble around him. Some just weren't meant to see that kind of destruction, and though he coped with it as best he could, he was still recovering from the shock of it all. He was, as always, his own worst critic. She allowed herself into his apartment, where he sat tending his sword, the stubble on his face patchy and unkempt.

He sat shirtless, the bandages along his chest and arms were a recent injuries from when a crumbling building finally fell, and with him inside.

She sat the try of food down on the table, swiping away his tools, not minding that they clattered into the floor. "You need to eat eventually." Ruby told him, crashing down on the sofa next to him, and grabbing the first aid kit that he kept under the table.

"I've got food, Ruby…give it to the people down the hall. There's a family in there." He said quietly.

"Hunters have a huge metabolism because of our aura. If you don't eat, it won't stay strong and protect you like it should." She said biting into her own meal. "Pyrrha told me about how you saved that family, ya know. If it wasn't for you, they wouldn't have made it."

"If Nora hadn't been there to break up the rubble, I wouldn't have made it." Jaune said with a sigh. "That doesn't exactly deserve praise."

"Yeah, well I ran face first into a goliath. If it hadn't been for Blake, who knows how I would have ended up." She said, licking some mayo off the side of her mouth. "We do stuff like that because we can take it. I mean, yeah you could have been hurt a lot worse, and that's never good….but the alternative?" Ruby let the question hang in the air a moment. Leaning back, she put her feet up on the corner of the table. "Don't belittle your own hard work, Jaune, because the fact is you do it. You get it done the best you can, and that does deserve praise."

"If you say so…" Jaune said.

"Let's just get you cleaned up." Ruby murmured. "It must suck to have to wait for someone to help you."

"Pyrrha makes sure the cuts on my back stay clean." He shrugged, reaching for the lunch Ruby had made him. Guiltily, he took a bite. "Hunters get way too much food."

"Not when they're like you and give all of it away." Ruby chuckled. "Cubed calorie rations aren't actual food Jaune. You can't live on those alone."

"We don't need as much as we get." Jaune said.

"Which is why Pyrrha doesn't smack the crap out of you for passing yours out to people who do." Ruby grinned, tossing the dirty bandages in the trashcan by her feet. "We don't mind sharing food, like you say, we get plenty, but we also get way more than the average hunter because we all take dangerous missions that require we stay fit. You need to start eating right so we can get you back out on the streets. I don't like the idea of Pyrrha wandering around without you."

"Speaking of, how are you guys?" Jaune asked. "She…um…we don't talk about it as much as we should."

"It's a little strange, putting myself out there so much for another person in ways I never thought I would." Ruby admitted a bit, the shyness in her tone coloring her words. "I don't know if what we have is really normal or not. I don't have anything else to compare it to, but being with Pyrrha makes me happy. I think I make her pretty happy too, and I guess really that's all that matters."

"Yeah," Jaune said taking a swig of the iced tea. "I'm no expert, but, that sounds about right. Like it's the way it should be."

"It wasn't your fault, you know." Ruby said offhandedly.

"Yeah..." He sighed. "Yeah, I know..."