Jaune walked down the hall not so pleased with how the evenings events had transpired. Weiss had already gone to bed and he was on his own now walking the halls thinking about the last few hours, about Pyrrha, about the mound of information he had dumped on him, and about the fragile state of Ruby. He somehow wished Weiss had relayed this to him earlier, one part of him deeply worried for Ruby, but another part wanting to push these thoughts to the back of his mind.

He wished Ruby didn't blame herself for what happened, Pyrrha had gone to fight Cinder on her own accord and she knew that. Jaune himself had barely been able to stop her before he was pushed away by her. He himself had always wondered why he had not fought harder to help her, but quickly realized he would have ended up in the same situation as her, leaving Weiss alone and afraid.

Jaune kept walking the halls of the manor, not wanting to go to sleep or even go near his room for the night, until he heard strange shuffling coming from behind his door as he passed Weiss's room. He knew Weiss was asleep and that Ruby should be fast asleep curled up in the guest room. Jaune crept up to his door, slowly unsheathing Crocea Mors, careful to not unfold the shield to avoid too much noise. Placing his hand gently on the door he prepared himself for whatever fiend lay beyond his door.

Jaune flung open the door pointing the sword directly at the intruder. The intruder that was supposed to be curled up asleep in the guest room.

"Yipe!" Ruby squeaked, dropping the photos in her hand.

"Ruby? What are you doing in my room?" Jaune said.

"You said to put my stuff down in the room next to Weiss's, down the hall?"

Jaune realized he hadn't said specifically which room on which side of the girls door to settle into and seems she had mistaken Jaunes room for the guests, rummaging through his things in the process. Much to his dismay it seems she had gone through one of the night stands, finding some sentimental pictures of him and Weiss he meant to keep hidden.

Ruby picked up said pictures and began to look them over again.

"I just found these pictures and thought it was weird that the guest room would have pictures like this of you and Weiss. She never wanted to go to the fair with me in Beacon."

Ruby was referring to the picture the couple had taken at the fair months ago. Weiss had her hair hidden by a beanie, obviously trying to disguise herself from the public eye, and was dressed in flannel and jeans with some sneakers. Weiss looked good in casual wear. Jaune had opted for his normal hoodies and jeans as well along with his typical combat boots and a backwards hat, his sword still strapped to his hip in the picture. The selfie picture had obviously been taken on Jaunes scroll from the way he held it so far above either of them, just barely revealing their interlocked fingers at the bottom of the photo.

"She never wanted to hold my hand either. Wait, why are you both holding hands in the first place?"

Jaune was nearly sweating bullets, but was so glad Ruby had maintained a level of innocence throughout her time as a Huntress.

"Well, we uh decided to act like a couple for the day. It would be kinda weird to have some scraggly blonde escorting this random girl around with a sword on his hip."

Jaune was almost visibly uncomfortable but could have played it off as just being tired. Ruby shuffled the photos around in her hand inspecting them from every angle diligently.

"Wow, Weiss never wanted piggy back rides from me either" She said, referring to the picture Jaune had taken of a very sleepy Weiss saddled on his back after a hard days work in her office, luckily he didn't have to lie for this one.

"Yeah, i remember that one" He said walking over, laughing and looking at it. "I took it as a sort of blackmail."

"Blackmail?"

"Yeah, in case she made me made do this again."

Jaune revealed the picture Weiss had taken of him in her makeup mirror, his face done up in full makeup, all familiar blue hues from Weiss's own pallet. From the position Weiss had over his shoulder, it seemed she could barely keep her own laughter in as Jaune sat on the bench, stern faced.

Jaune could barely snatch the photos from the girls hands before she collapsed from laughter, her feet flinging up into the air on her back. He managed to collect the spilt photos and the ones from his hands and stuff them back into the drawer before slamming it shut. Ruby got up off the floor before wiping a tear from her eye dramatically.

"Ok, that made my night much better" She said.

"As if it wasn't already good being back here" He said, leaning back on the night stand.

"Yeah. Hey, sorry about the thing with Pyrrha earlier. I didn't mean to sound depressed when you told me." She said, fidgeting with her fingers. "After everything we've gone through that was just kind of a shock to me. It didn't bring up the best memories either."

Rubys downed face was hidden by her cloak now but Jaune could still tell she was slightly upset, obviously revealing any weakness coming from her was very hard on the younger girl.

"Yeah, its not been sunshine and rainbows here either exactly." He said scratching his head.

"What do you mean?" She said peeking out from under her hood.

"Weiss has been having more nightmares about the Beacon Attacks. She won't say anything to anyone. Even me or Klein. I'm worried about her but she doesn't want to bring any of it up to anyone."

Ruby looked downwards towards her feet again and shuffled about again. Just like Jaune, this sudden influence of information suddenly disturbed her to a degree. She had been dealing with her own problems for so long that she had no idea how to imagine anyone else having these same problems, let alone Weiss Schnee.

"You don't think the news caught me off guard either? I'm not exactly ready to come face to face with my screw ups either." Jaune sat down on the bed and shrugged. "I could've fought harder for Pyrrha but I didn't, I just gave up and ran away. When we finally found her, part of me was overjoyed, another part of me wished she'd never wake up so I wouldn't have to face her."

"I'm sorry Jaune"

"What?"

"I'm sorry I wasn't faster. I'm sorry I couldn't save Pyrrha. Maybe if I had saved her" Ruby paused to sniffle and wipe her nose "You and Weiss wouldn't be going through this, and maybe team RWBY could still be together."

From Jaunes position on the bed he could see that Ruby's lip, and perhaps her whole body, was trembling.

"Ruby, it's fine, we're all dealing with things from that day still."

Jaune reached his hand out to the girl to comfort her, but as soon as his thumb seemed to graze her knuckles she wretched her hand away and almost tore her hood from her head completely.

"NO JAUNE IT'S NOT OKAY!" She yelled.

Jaune visibly recoiled. He himself couldn't tell if it was from the sudden outburst from the girl, or the inordinate amount of tears coming from her eyes.

"It's not okay Jaune! If I had been just a bit faster, I could've saved her, and you and her could've been happy! I wouldn't have put you through all those years of searching, and only to find Pyrrha as a shell! I know she loved you, and after seeing how heartbroken you were after The Fall, I knew it was all because of me."

Ruby seemed to break down there in front of the bed right onto her knees, her legs collapsing out from under her as she sobbed. Jaunes heart strings were being played like some kind of fiddle, and he knew that all too well. Admittedly he was upset when he realized Pyrrha had been "Killed" in The Fall. He had been heart broken to find Pyrrha all those years later, but Weiss had been there for him, letting their relationship grow and blossom between the two in that time. The love that he might have felt for Pyrrha at one point, had been given, dedicated even, to Weiss.

Jaune scooped up Ruby into his arms and gently shuffled out of his room, closing the door while the small girl sobbed into his shoulder. He walked down the hall cradling his friend in his arms, opening the door to the guest room besides Weiss's room. He gently her down on the guest bed and unclasped her hood, covering her with it like an impromptu blanket. Rubys sniffling slowed down and she cuddled into her blanket as Jaune turned towards the door before he could barely hear the girl whisper.

"Jaune, I'm tired."

"I know Ruby, I think we all are."

Ruby seemed to turn over and fall asleep immediately afterwards. Jaune closed the door behind him and started to walk down the hall before he decided to check on Weiss after the fiasco that just occured. Opening the door, Jaune discovered Weiss tossing and turning in her own bed. He sat there for a few seconds watching the girl seem to struggle with her dreams without him there to offer her help. He turned back and closed the door leaning his back against the outside.

"I think we're all tired Ruby, every one of us." He repeated before heading to his own room.