Ruby and Weiss were sat at the window of their dorm room. The tree near their window had been cut down, and Ruby could see Jet having a snowball fight with Nora and Sun, with Neptune and Ren watching from a nearby bench. Winter was definitely approaching, and with it, some interesting developments.

It was the first of December, two days away from Ruby's birthday. The December holidays had begun, meaning they wouldn't have classes again until the second of January, something Ruby was very pleased about. As they watched Jet getting knocked off his feet from a combined assault from Nora and Sun, Ruby could stand it no longer. She turned to Weiss, who was still watching the snowball fight outside.

"I'm going out. You coming?" Ruby asked, aware of what Weiss would say.

"You go. I'm going to Vale shortly to do some shopping." Weiss said in that clear, crisp voice of hers. "Enjoy your time with Jet."

"I will." Ruby replied, and shot out of the door, already dressed in her winter version of her combat attire, and sped towards the fight, pooling snow behind her in her tailwind.


Jet noticed her coming and immediately teleported out of the way of the burgeoning avalanche headed for them. Ruby leaped into the air and let her tailwind pelt Jet's adversaries with snow, before she landed gracefully next to Jet. He grinned at her, and she returned the sentiment.

"Glad to see you came to my aid." he growled, as Nora and Sun got to their feet.

"Let's get them!" Ruby yelled, and Jet roared his own battle cry as he gathered snow in both hands and launched them at his opponents. Nora ducked out of the way and Sun took the hit on his bare chest and shrugged it off before both threw snowballs back. Ruby hugged Jet as he used his wings to deflect both, then Ruby grabbed some snow as Jet gathered more, but was interrupted when a large snowball thrown hard by Nora smacked him in the jaw, his blocking wing not being fast enough to stop it.

Throwing up a dark glyph, he directed it under Nora within the snow before releasing force upwards, catching her in the snowy blast and throwing her up in the air! While he readied a snowball to get her with on the way back down, Ruby and Sun engaged in close quarters, throwing snowballs, dodging, and ending with Ruby and Sun simultaneously throwing snow down each other's shirts.

It was blisteringly cold, but Ruby was having the time of her life, and both her Sun finally tired out, and turned to watch Jet end Nora's fight by trapping her in glyphs and following up with a massive snowball that was twice the size of a football. It seemed as though he was having fun too, and the four of them were still laughing by the time Ren and Neptune came to check on them, along with Yang, who immediately tackled her and Jet to the ground, blanketing them all in snow.

As Jet used another dark glyph to push Yang off them, Ruby was still gasping from having laughed so hard, and Jet took her in his arms. Knowing what this meant, Ruby prepared herself for Jet's take off, which he did, taking her back to the dorm room via a cool winter's flight over Beacon.

As Jet landed at the entrance of the dorm room, gently placing Ruby on the ground, he released a blast of heat from his wings to heat themselves up, something Ruby smiled at him in appreciation of.


It had gotten to the point where neither needed to speak, being so in-tune with each other's thoughts that Weiss had remarked once that he would serve as a better partner than her, though Ruby quickly reminded her about her strengths over Jet, and she had not brought up the point ever since.

The rest of Jet's team had gone out for the holidays, returning on the 28th, so Jet had moved his relatively few items of apparel into Team RWBY's Dorm. As they both entered, Ruby's bunk, which Jet had now retrofitted with the same technology that his own had, was now floating lazily, and hovering over Weiss' bunk. Yang and Blake had replaced theirs with a more traditional bunk bed, as neither Yang nor Blake could sleep on a floating bed like Jet and Ruby.

Jet leapt up onto the bed, having stripped off his outer black cloak that he wore in place of his jacket, and wore a dark blue long-sleeve t-shirt that had holes for his wings, along with matching tracksuit bottoms. Over the holidays, Jet and Ruby had developed a habit of afternoon naps, to compensate for the late nights that the older members of their teams would often keep them up until.

Ruby followed him, jumping onto the bed, making it wobble a little before it settled in mid-air again. Ruby snuggled up to Jet as he put his arm around her, bringing her closer. After the excitement of the morning, neither could drift off as they normally could, so Ruby broke the silence.

"That snowball fight was really fun." Ruby said, lazily as she pressed herself into Jet, feeling an unfamiliar twinge at her stomach as she did so, along with a tingling below.

"Yeah. It was." Ruby heard Jet's reply. "I feel sorry for Nora. That last snowball…" he trailed off.

"Good thing I was on your side." Ruby whispered, and Jet chuckled.

"I was actually tempted to turn it into a free-for-all with a backstab in the form of a snowball…" Jet whispered with a grin, and Ruby gave him a pouting look. "…but I couldn't force myself to do it."

"Best for you if you didn't." Ruby said. She went for a kiss, but someone cleared their throat, interrupting them.

"I might as well go if that's the kind of thing to expect." Blake suddenly announced, causing the couple to jump. Neither had noticed her on her bed, with a book in her hands. She gave them a reassuring smile, before leaving the room.

"Well… that was unexpected." Jet admitted. "I swear half the time she's invisible."

"Don't worry about it." Ruby said, stroking Jet's wing muscles in an effort to calm him down. It worked, and he returned to his original position, facing Ruby. "Do you know about what my team have planned for my birthday?" she asked, giving Jet one of her best puppy eye stares, but Jet was one of the few people immune to them, and she knew she had little chance. Pulling her close, he whispered a cryptic message, one that would haunt Ruby until the third day of the month.

"What is the one event that Weiss, Blake and Yang can agree on? Something that is as plain as paper, but as special as yourself? Find that answer, and you will know."


It was not long before Ruby was asleep, still cuddling into Jet. From the entrance to the dorm, another Jet stood, looking quite proud at his handiwork. The shadow clone feigned sleep as it cuddled into Ruby. Jet had to admit, he was quite jealous of it, but made a mental note to give his share of love later.

He strode into the dining halls, where the last of breakfast was being served. Slowing down time, he zipped around, gathering his food before returning to a table where he joined Weiss, Yang and Blake, and returned time to normal.

"Sorry I'm late." Jet apologised as Weiss gave him a cold stare. "Difficult switch-a-roo with a shadow clone while Ruby had her nap.

"Let's get down to business." Yang said, before Weiss could comment. "We're going to have our party in the afternoon, after Jet's done distracting Ruby for the morning. What should we do?"

"Well, it has to be special." Blake said dryly.

"Of course it has to be special, Blake!" Weiss practically shouted. Calming down, she continued. "It also has to be flashy, since you know what Ruby's like."

"What about a movie outing?" Yang suggested, but both Blake and Weiss shook their heads in disapproval.

"Perhaps a trip to a restaurant?" Weiss thought aloud, but Jet knew that wouldn't sit well with Ruby.

"I wouldn't think so. Not Ruby." Blake replied.

"How about we celebrate it in your dorm room?" Jet asked. "We could decorate it, and it would be far easier to get the presents to her. My present to her can also wait until the night."

"Wait." Yang said, as Weiss and Blake nodded in agreement. "Jet, you can't do that! It has to be all together!"

Jet sighed. He'd promised himself that no-one would know, and that probably just gave them reason to inquire further.

"It's a special present. Don't worry," he said at Yang's reproachful look, "I'll have my own gifts for her at the time, just don't expect them to be as big as yours."

"What is it?" Blake asked.

"Need to know basis." Jet quickly answered. "Just don't expect her or me to be back that night."

"Anyway." Weiss interrupted, trying to draw the attention off Jet. "How should we decorate the room? It has to be easy to put away." she asked the group, adding a scornful tone to that last remark as she glared at Jet and Yang, both of whom flashed 'who, me?' expressions on their faces.

"I have a couple of ideas." Blake said, and they all leaned closer as she whispered a couple of ideas. By the end, both Jet and Yang were grinning at each other, while Weiss rolled her eyes.

"This is going to be fun." Yang said, grinning evilly.

"Yes sis, it will be." Jet agreed, matching her grin.