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After a little more time had passed, Yang parted ways with the two Arcs and went home, both eager and worried as a result of what tomorrow would bring.

Soon enough, Saphron had to say goodbye as well.

"Well, it's getting late, I have to get back home." Saphron said.

Saphron hugged Jaune.

"It was good to see you again." Saphron said.

Jaune smiled, thankful that he had made the right decision.

"Yeah, maybe next time you can bring Terra, I never got the chance to meet her before I left." Jaune suggested.

"Sure thing." Saphron said.

As Saphron got into her car and drove off, Jaune wondered how long it would be until he would see her again.

"I guess I'm kind of a hypocrite." Jaune thought.

"I'm upset that Blake went away for so long without talking to me and yet… I've done the same thing to them." Jaune thought.

While the circumstances had not been the same, this realization just added fuel to the fire.

"I need to talk to Blake, but it's already too late for that." Jaune thought.

"I'll just have to wait until tomorrow like I said." Jaune thought.

It was then that the anticipation and uneasiness began to set in.

"I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight." Jaune said, out loud.


Later.

Jaune had been right.

He had remained awake, thinking about Blake and the multiple ways his conversation with her could go.

Jaune would constantly play each scenario in his mind, from the best case, all the way to the worst case.

There was one other key factor as well.

Sun.

As Jaune paced around his room, he fell backwards onto his bed as he heard a noise.

He was getting a message from an unknown person.

Jaune looked at the number on the screen, curious as to who this was.

As Jaune opened it up, he read the words on the screen.

"Yang gave me your number, this is Blake." Jaune read.

Jaune raised an eyebrow at this.

"When did Yang get my number?" Jaune wondered.

Jaune sent her a message, asking her how she was doing, hoping for a quick reply.

A few seconds later, he received his answer.

"I'm fine, I'm just shaken up a bit." Jaune read.

"What happened?" Jaune messaged her.


Earlier that day.

As Blake and Sun stood outside, Blake couldn't help but feel stressed out.

"I talked to Jaune and he had some interesting things to say." Sun said.

Blake subtly breathed in, too nervous to exhale.

"I was wrong about him, the guy is bad news." Sun said.

It seemed that just that one statement had managed to snap Blake back into reality and almost completely take away her anxiousness.

Her worries were replaced with confusion and intrigue.

"Jaune… bad news?" Blake thought.

She just couldn't picture it.

While it was true he was mostly a loner and that he could be cold at times, she could never picture him in such a bad light.

"He made up some story about some girl that the two of you knew." Sun said.

Just like that, the panic had set back in, causing Blake's heart to beat faster.

"How do you know it was made up?" Blake asked.

"Because he told me that after she passed away, you left him behind." Sun explained.

"I know you would never do that." Sun said.

Sun thought highly of her, despite her introverted nature.

"Anyway, he told me he was telling the truth but I didn't believe a word that he said." Sun said.

"I took care of it, but… I want you to stay away from him, I don't think he's safe to be around." Sun told her.

Blake gathered up whatever confidence she had at that moment and spoke.

"What if I did?" Blake asked.

"Did what?" Sun asked.

"Leave him like that." Blake said.

It didn't take long for Sun to realize what she had meant, as he instantly looked at her in shock.

"Blake… it's not true, is it?" Sun questioned, still slightly in disbelief.

Blake looked down out of guilt, nodding only slightly in order to say yes.


Later.

As Blake finished explaining to Jaune what had happened, a question came up that Jaune had expected.

"How much did you tell him?" Blake messaged him.

"Don't worry, I didn't tell him about that day with Pyrrha." Jaune messaged her.

Blake breathed a sigh of relief, not even wanting to imagine how Sun would react with that added detail.

"I'm sorry if I messed things up between you and him though." Jaune apologized.

Blake wasn't sure how to respond and as a result she chose not to, working around it and just apologizing for another matter.

"I'm sorry about whatever Sun did to you." Blake replied.


Morning.

Unfortunately for Jaune, Yang couldn't make it that day, however, she was kind enough to send him Blake's address.

"It's alright, I already met up with her." Jaune tried to comfort himself.

"Well, technically she just showed up and we didn't really get to have a conversation, but that doesn't matter right now." Jaune thought.

"What matters is that we're able to communicate, that's all." Jaune thought.

Jaune knocked on the front door, only for it to be opened by a different woman from his past.

"Jaune?" She said, in surprise.

"Hello, Mrs. Belladonna." Jaune formally said.

Kali immediately opened the door wider and embraced him, hugging him tightly.

"It's been so long." Kali said, joyfully.

"Please, call me Kali." She insisted.

"Okay… Kali." Jaune said, awkwardly.

"Come on in." Kali welcomed him.