In the starry night, a girl in a red hood walked down a sidewalk with a basket full of goodies slung under her arm. The ten minute walk to her destination felt faster than usual to Ruby and she didn't know why. But there she was, right in front of the building where Sun lives, where he's all alone, with just her, and no one else. Ruby swallowed nervously as she pushed the buzzer to Suns apartment.

*bzzzzt*

The entryway was quiet again.

"Hello?" A voice came out of the speaker, slightly startling Ruby.

"Hey Sun."

"Ruby? Is that you?"

"It sure is. I heard you were feeling down, so I came with some of my moms special cookies to see if they could help cheer you up," Ruby said bringing the basket up higher.

"Okay let me buzz you in," Sun replied before the speaker switched off and the front door opened.

"Okay Ruby, you can do this," Ruby muttered to herself as she walked down the hallway. "You've been here over a thousand times to work on projects, and this time will be no different." Saying this gave Ruby some extra confidence as she strode up to the door and began to knock.

*Knock knock knock*

"Nothing is different from those ti-" Ruby's train of thought was harshly interrupted by the opening of the door in front of her, for before her now was the man she had come straight out of the shower. Steam swirled around the ceiling as Sun kept his towel up around his waist.

"Hey Ruby," Sun said leaning against the doorway. A feeble smile crept onto his face as he looked back into the shared living space. "Sorry about the mess," Sun said as he turned back into the apartment.

"W-What," Ruby finally ripped her eyes off of his steamed abs, "Oh, yeah no worries. I've seen worse at Uncle Qrow's place." The memories of her fun uncle brought a smile to Ruby's face as she walked into the living room.

"Whelp, you can get yourself settled, I'm going to go get dressed," Sun said as he strides over to his room.

"I mean you don't have to," Ruby muttered to herself as Sun closed the door. With a sigh she set down the basket on the makeshift coffee table, and sat down on the worn out couch. Looking around the room she could see the remains of the sob storm that had to have happened; strewn around were empty ice cream carton, used tissues, one of the better pictures of Sun and Blake together, and finally the cat plushie that she got him for his birthday that matched the monkey one she got on hers. Seeing the remains made Ruby feel a combo of sadness for what Sun had witnessed and jealousy for the relationship.

Any other thought that were going through her head were interrupted by a sudden sob coming from Sun's room. "Whyyy," was cried out as well.

Guilt crept up on Ruby as she reached into the basket to grab one of the cookies for comfort. The cookie helped calm her down as the door to Sun's room opened. Unfortunately for Ruby, he was now fully clothed and no longer as shimmery.

"So what can I do for you Ruby?" Sun asked as reached for a cookie.

"Well, I heard that you were feeling pretty sad, so I brought some of my mom's famous cookies. I mean, they always cheer me and Yang up if we feel sad or homesick so I thought they might help you cheer up," Ruby said.

After hearing that Sun took a big bite out of the cookie he was holding, "Wow, these are pretty good," Sun quickly grabbed another cookie from the basket in a quick motion.

Ruby saw an opportunity, "So how goes your project for Professor Port's class going for you," Ruby asked as she scooted closer towards him.

"It's going really well actually," Sun said smiling at her, "I'm working with Neptune to make a boat; well he's designing the boat while I make the motor for it. We're planning on calling it Cloud 9," Sun finished with a chuckle.

At that last part Ruby leaned in towards Sun, "That sounds awesome Sun! Do you have any blueprints that I can see? I want to see your thought process." Ruby said more giddy than she intended to be.

"Sure, just let me go grab them," Sun replied as he scampered over toward his room to grab the blueprints. He returned with them rolled under his arm, and then unrolled them on the coffee table as he began to explain the project to Ruby in detail. And Ruby listened and asked questions for longer than she thought. And as the time flew on past and the cookies kept disappearing, Ruby felt the atmosphere turn into something that she never thought would happen. The thing that she wanted when she had met him in their advanced physics class freshman year. Sun turned towards her with a smile as he gestured down toward the blueprints, but what Ruby saw was the opportunity that she was waiting for.

So she did what she had been waiting for, and she leaned in and took it.