"Man, I can't wait for detention!" Joan laughed as she threw her arms up above her head. "Detention with Aunt Ruby is always GREEEEEAT!"

With another howling laugh, the redhead proceeded to jump about on her and her roommates' beds, all of whom seemed equally excited for what as typically seen as a punishment.

"Alright, we got popcorn, soda, whole milk, a few boxes of pop rocks- So,I think we're good." Liesbet hummed while looking over the items in the pillowcase she had packed.

"Do you think Aunt Ruby will finally tell us about the Fall of Beacon?" Uzziah asked as he pushed himself over the edge of his bed, expertly moving into a handstand.

"DUUUUUUH! You think she wouldn't?" Joan scoffs, jabbing a finger into the blonde's side to knock him over.

"Of course not, dummy! She was going to tell us about how the teams were formed!" Liesbet huffed, slinging the pillowcase over her shoulder.

"Boring! I don't wanna hear about how my parents met… They tell me THAT enough as is..." Rubbing his now sore side, Uzziah cleared his throat in an attempt to impersonate his mother. "It was sooo crazy…"

"Ha! You should be the one to tell the story! Aunt Ruby NEVER does voices! Too bad." Joan cackled, but then turned her head side to side before realization hit,"Now, where's Eli?"

"He didn't come back to the dorm?" Uzziah hummed, looking around the room.

"I didn't notice?" Liesbet shrugged, "He knows where to go; Maybe he's already in the detention hall."

"Typical Eli... He'd be early to his own funeral!" Uzziah sighed as he clambered toward the door, "As for us- we'll be late."

Gathering the rest of their treats, the remaining members of Team JUEL sprinted out the door.


"So, there we were, all alone in the woods, Grimm everywhere!" Ruby hunched over her desk, gripping the sides for effect, "And then, out of nowhere-"

Suddenly, the woman dropped her hands, reached for a nearby bowl, and proceeded to grab a handful of popcorn. This succeeded in gather several loud, drawn out groans and growls from the detention attendees.

"Aunt Ruby, you're killing us here!" Liesbet groaned, watching as the older woman shoved more popcorn in her mouth.

"O' p'eas'," Ruby rolled her eyes, swallowing, "You've heard this before; I made eye contact with Aunt Weiss, Yang partnered with Blake, and the rest is continued in the next story."

"Aunt Ruby, what about my parents? I'd give anything to hear the nitty gritty on those two!" Joan cried as she swiped a box of pop rocks from Uzziah, offering it to the woman as if it were a sacrificial offering in exchange for the story.

"Ren and Nora? Those two could never be separated!" The older woman stated very matter-of-factly.

"Mom always said she attracted dad with sloth sounds…" Joan raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, yeah, she did that, too. Man, your mom is something else- like there was this one time, in Team R-"

"Wait just a minute, old lady! What about the rest of Team JNPR?" Joan cut in once more, pulling her knees to her chest.

"Oh, right! Jaune was literally hanging around whe-" Ruby's story in cut-off once more as the heavy doors in the back of the room are pushed open.

In came Eli, sprinting at his top speed, which was not deterred by the pushing of the heavy doors. With a loud breath, he skidded to a halt just in front of Ruby's desk, puffing out a quick apology before fumbling to find an open chair to quickly collapse into.

"Eli! You're right on time! I was just telling these guys about how the teams were formed!" Ruby cheered, completely ignoring the fact that Eli was more than a half hour late for detention. "Anyway- So Jaune was literally hanging around-"

"-And my father was stuck in a tree when he met his partner." Eli huffed tiredly, smiling up with a cheery grin.

"Exactly! Your dad got himself into all kinds of trouble back in the day." The older woman leaned back in her chair, smiling fondly at her memories, "Your mother though- now she was a no-nonsense lady, extremely talented, too-"

"Dad said she was one of the greatest Huntresses he ever met…" Eli folded his hands in his lap, eyes casting toward the floor.

"Don't interrupt, Eli… But he was right." A small smile spread across Ruby's face, "You're mother was one of the best."


Meanwhile:

Ren took a step back, despite knowing his wife was far enough away that he was safe from her outburst. He watched as her icon glimmered so beautifully, but he still felt a twinge of fear, as even scroll calls with Nora could be intimidating. It was anyones guess as to why she was calling, but Ren figured she was calling about why he was late coming home.

"I lived a good life…" He sighed, finally answering the call.

"LEI REN! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Nora's voice boomed. "It's been exactly 9 hours since I've seen you and that isn't what we agreed to when we got married! We agreed that 5 hours is the minimum or you owe me-"

"Our daughter had gotten a detention and I had to file an incident repo-"

"Oh, I knew it! I knew it! I just knew that was the reason! I swear, that little girl is SO gonna get it when I get my hands on her!"

"Dearest-" Ren was cut off.

"When her butt gets home, I'm gonna give her the biggest hug she has ever gotten in her whole life! Oh!" Nora squealed proudly, causing Ren's ears to rattle. "Look at our baby, Ren! Showing those dweebs at Beacon who the real Power Houses are!"

"Nora, I believe you're missing the point…" Ren brought a hand to his forehead, feeling a slight headache begin to form,

"Do you think she'll want pancakes when she gets home? Cause I know I want pancakes when she gets home! Actually, I want them right no-" It was Ren's turn to cut Nora off this time.

"Nora, we talked about this. I can not drop everything at work to go make you pancakes…" There's was a pause on the other end of the phone, and if Ren hadn't been looking at his screen, he would have assumed his wife had hung up on him.

"Nora?"

"A-are you and Joan having pancakes without me?" The pure betrayal in Nora's voice almost caused a pang of guilt to run through Ren.

That was quickly forgotten once he remembered that he WASN'T having pancakes without his wife. That should have been made obvious when the conversation first started anyhow! With a sigh, he pushed that thought out of his mind and decided to just re-explain things.

"Nora-"

"Y-yes, traitor!?" Nora sniffled back.

"Love…" Ren started off, hoping to win Nora back over to REALITY with that. "I told you, our daughter got a detention-"

As if someone had flipped a switch, Nora was back to babbling about how proud she was, who she was going to tell, and just how bad she wanted pancakes. Then, without so much of a goodbye, the line went dead and Ren couldn't help but smile lightly.

"Looks like it's pancakes for dinner again…"

A/N: Another big shout-out to PurpleDragon6 for beta reading for me and helping me get this thing up on Archive of Our Own. It hasn't been officially posted there yet, but will shortly.

Also, keep your eyes out on tumblr, particularly the tag 'There's You in Everything I Do (RWBY)' for photos and bios of Team JUEL.