"This is where you live?"

Qrow unlocked the front door. "Yeah. Sorry it isn't much."

Ruby followed him through the front door, still in her dress from the funeral, with her red backpack slung over her shoulder.

"Dr. Ozpin had your things boxed up and shipped here." Qrow locked the door back behind him and the house was bathed in darkness. "I would have unpacked at least some of it, but I don't really know what you'd want where. I cleared out a room though."

She looked over her shoulder at him and offered a sad smile. "That's okay."

Before they could continue, the click of dog nails scratched across the kitchen tiles followed by a black and white corgi. The dog barked and wriggled itself excitedly at Ruby's feet. Ruby smiled, crouching down and laughing lightly when the dog rolled over for scratches on its belly.

"I didn't know you had a dog, Uncle Qrow."

Qrow swallowed. "That's Zwei."

Ruby scratched Zwei's belly. "How old is he?"

Qrow shrugged. "I've had him four years or so. I'm not sure how old he was when your-" He stopped, swallowing hard. "When I got him."

Ruby stopped, looking up at Qrow. He was looking at the ground, but not at anything in particular.

"Did you get him at a shelter?"

"He was a gift." He still wasn't looking at her.

Ruby stood and Zwei bounded over to Qrow, tipping his head to the side to look up at his master. Qrow bent down to scratch Zwei behind the ears.

"This way you won't get lonely." Summer smiled, letting the corgi pup trot across Qrow's living room floor.

Qrow looked at the dog. Watching it. Unsure of what exactly to do with it.

"He's already housebroken." She looked up at Qrow from where she sat on the floor. "He's really well behaved. He doesn't chew or dig or bark. He just likes attention. The shelter said that his name is Zwei."

To prove her point, Zwei trotted over to Qrow and immediately nuzzled up against his foot.

"Summer, I'm not sure if this is the best idea."

She looked at him with moony, silver eyes and got up. "You can't stay in this house all alone in the dark." She sat on the arm of his chair and looked at him. "Zwei can keep you company."

He looked up at her and she ran her fingers through his hair.

He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch. She brushed her nose up against his and he leaned forward to kiss her. But she pulled away.

"I have to pick Ruby up from school."

He opened his eyes as she ran her thumb down his cheek and over his lower lip.

"I know." She whispered, tangling her fingers up in his hair before sliding off the arm of his chair. "I miss you, too."

"Uncle Qrow?"

He looked up, and Ruby was looking at him with those moon eyes.

"Can you show me where my room is? I want to start unpacking."

"Sure." He stood and led her through the house, Zwei trotting at his heels.

"This is the kitchen." He gestured. "There isn't too much right now, but we can shop later."

Ruby nodded.

They turned down a hallway and went up a flight of stairs.

"My room is on the left; yours is on the right." He pushed her door open to reveal an uncovered mattress and walls lined with towers of boxes. "Bathroom is at the end of the hall."

Ruby nodded again, walking into the room and dropping her bag onto the mattress.

"Sorry, it isn't much."

"It's just so dark in here." She crossed over to the window and opened it.

He watched her, standing at the window and letting the sun stream in before smiling to himself.

"Do you want help unpack and set up in here?"

"Yeah." She came to sit back down on the bed and smiled. "Slide that box over to me."

Qrow stepped into the room, sliding the box labeled "Linens" before sitting on the floor and opening it for her.

"The other stuff from your house was put into a storage unit." Qrow picked up another box and tore it open. "If there's something you can't find here, or things you end up not wanting right now, we can make a trip there before we go to the store."

Ruby nodded before laughing as she pulled one of her stuffed animals from the box and hugged it to her chest. She unpacked that box slowly, finding all of the pieces that made up her bed.

"We can get you a bedframe if you—"

"No." She smiled, tucking her pale red sheets against the mattress. "I like it like this."

He smiled back. "Sorry that I'm not very helpful. I don't know how you'd want things organized."

She smoothed her comforter and sat on the edge of her bed. "It's okay, really."

He closed the box and watched as Zwei jumped up onto the mattress. "I found your clothes and hangars. I cleaned out that closet, too. There's some drawers in there for anything you'd like to fold."

She nodded.

"Do you think you'll be ready to go back to school on Monday?"

She sighed and laid back on her bed. "Do I have to?"

"I don't want you getting super behind, Kiddo. You've already missed a week."

Qrow stood and Zwei wagged his tail.

"Let's just see how the rest of the weekend goes."