Ruby arrived at Team LIJN's dorm room, stationed at one of the newer buildings. She was about to knock when she realised that it was midnight, and they'd all be asleep. She was contradicted by the door suddenly opening. Izzet stood in the doorway dressed in a loose-fitting t-shirt and trousers. Her eyes widened in surprise, but she relaxed when she recognised Ruby.
"Izzet, I'm sorry, I-" Ruby started to stammer, but Izzet held up a surprisingly warm hand to her mouth, before pointing to her head. Ruby heard the familiar voice in her head.
"Come inside."
Ruby complied, as Izzet slowly shut the door. LIJN's dorm room had a similar design to her own dorm room, but each bed was… floating?! Ruby looked upon them astounded, they really were afloat, their occupants sleeping soundly.
"Magnetism." Izzet commented in Ruby's mind. Izzet's bed lowered in response to her presence, and she beckoned to Ruby, sitting cross legged on her bed. Ruby joined her, and the bed started to float gently upwards. It was the weirdest feeling for Ruby, but the bed remained solid, despite being in the air.
"Now then." Izzet's telepathy sounded once again as she gazed into Ruby's eyes, which were on the verge of tears. "What is the matter?"
Ruby, struggling to control her tears simply thought 'The fight that Weiss had with Jet.'
"Ah, that." Izzet's voice was neither harsh nor comforting. "I already spoke to Jet, and I can always wake him." Ruby shook her head immediately, but Izzet simply turned to Jet, saying "Trust me, he'd want to talk to you about it."
Jet stirred, and then opened his eyes. He was wearing a set of black pyjamas, and his eyes shone in the half-light of the room. After glancing at Lilac and Nouvelle, still asleep, and noticing Izzet and Ruby, he smiled, then focussed on Izzet. She nodded, then turned to Ruby.
"I will relay his thoughts to you." she said, and Ruby nodded in appreciation.
'Why did you fight her?' Ruby immediately thought.
"Because I snapped." Jet immediately replied. "She'd constantly berated me of even the smallest of influences on you, and never trusted me, whereas I would have welcomed her with open arms. When she came for me about our first kiss, I was originally going to be friendly, but as soon as she started threatening me, I'd had it with her. I wanted to send a message, that I'd had enough of her constant snide comments and belittlement, but I wanted to do it quickly, hence why I summoned my teammates."
"I truly regret what I did, but at the time I was angry." he continued, and Ruby noticed Izzet moving their beds closer together, allowing her to jump to the other. With a smile of thanks, Ruby flopped onto Jet's bed, still gazing at him, this time with a look that she was sure was melting his heart.
She thought to him 'Can you promise to try and get along with her?' She waited several moments before Jet responded, hugging her, as he thought "Yes. I can try again, for you Ruby."
At this point, Ruby was unsure if she wanted to go back to her own dorm room, given that she'd left Weiss in anger. As if reading her mind, Jet's final thought entered her mind.
"You can always sleep here, if you want."
Ruby nodded, getting under the unusually comfy duvet, and feeling Jet wrap his arms around her. Feeling warmth start to flow into her body from Jet, Ruby quickly dozed off.
Ruby awoke to find herself in Team LIJN's dorm room. Her involuntary movements during her waking up had also awoken Jet. The pair smiled as Jet whispered in her ear "How did you sleep?"
"Like a bug in a rug." Ruby replied sleepily. Sudden thoughts of last night's discussion reached her, and she realised that she would have to speak to her team eventually.
"What are we going to do with you and Weiss?" she asked him as the pair jumped off the bed, Jet using a dark glyph to slow their decent. Weiss was probably angry at Jet, and Ruby now bore part of that anger now. Tears threatened to flow from the corners of her eyes as she realised that she may have instigated the collapse of their team. Jet reached out with a warm hand and wiped the now falling tears from Ruby's face.
"There's nothing to worry about." Jet said, softly. "I sent Lilac with a message telling Weiss to meet with us at Sunset Hill. We can apologise, and just let the matter drop." Ruby didn't think Jet knew Weiss well, and knew how prickly the heiress could be when she wasn't angry with them.
"I don't think it'll work like that. Weiss is too proud, too stubborn." Ruby whispered.
"Ruby, if Weiss has a problem with me and you, she can go and…" he caught himself, but then continued, "but I'm trying to get her to see that I want to be friends with her. I just wish she wouldn't see only a delinquent in me."
"A deli-what?" Ruby asked.
"A bad person." Jet explained.
Back at RWBY's dorm room, Yang was pacing. She'd been doing this for a while. Blake was silent, and so was Weiss. She'd lost the will to argue with either of them, and after Ruby had not returned last night, this had only further cemented Yang's worry. Twice, she'd nearly beaten a hole in the wall after beating up her punch bag and missing, smashing her fist into the wall. Before Weiss could even come close to telling her to quit it after the blonde missed for a third time, there was a knock on the window.
Turning, Weiss recognised Lilac hanging from the tree upside down, using her whips as a tail. Blake sighed and opened the window, allowing the blonde to pirouette into the room. As she retracted her whip, Weiss, Blake and Yang, whom had stopped her relentless pacing, spoke in unison with varying tones of voice. "What do you want?"
"Ouch, dispense with the chill pills." Lilac said cheerily, taking a small bow in respect to the three. "I'm here for Weiss."
"If you're here because of what happened last night, then you'll have to face Yang and I before you take Weiss." Blake growled, stepping between Lilac and Weiss, Yang joining her, eyes red and fists clenched.
Lilac gave an annoying giggle that instantly made Weiss wish Blake and Yang just silenced her already. It was not to be, however.
"Oh, I am here about the fight last night. But no need to worry. I come with a message only. Y'see, Jet and Ruby both want to make up. But, they are not going to abandon their love, and it would be foolish to try to break them apart. So, if you're prepared to back off, meet them both at 3:00 at Sunset Hill today."
"And if I don't?" Weiss challenged, standing up and pushing past a surprised Blake and Yang.
"Between you and me." Lilac whispered theatrically. "You only met one half of Jet. If I were you, I wouldn't get him angry enough that he shows his other side. Brutality, insanity and death await if that… thing ever emerges. But, that's for you to discover, if you dare. Ciao!"
Lilac followed up by elegantly jumping backwards through the window and vanishing from sight. Before Weiss or Blake could say a word, Yang stepped forward, seething.
"You and Jet WILL sort this out." she stated.
Weiss didn't argue with her, if only for the fact that Yang would likely break something at this point.
