Through the day leading up to Ruby's birthday, Jet and the rest of her team had been deflecting request after request by Ruby to know about their plans and her presents. All of them, even Jet, hadn't given anything away, and so Ruby soon gave up. Yang, on Jet's request, went to cheer her sister up during the evening, and she slept next to Jet in generally high spirits.

When Ruby woke up next, she saw the familiar cocoon structure that was Jet's heating wings. She realized that it was impossible to leave without waking him. 'Clever devil' she thought, as she begun to shake Jet awake. He opened his eyes, and unfurled his wings, revealing her three sleeping teammates and no change to the scenery.

Ruby couldn't hide her disappointment, but quickly dispelled it when she remembered who she was with. This was reaffirmed when that person whispered "Happy Birthday" in her ear, then put his arms around her and kissed her. She returned it, and they leapt down together.

After they both shot through the shower and got dressed, Jet took Ruby out of the dorm room and lead her to the mechanics room. Sitting down on a chair next to a work bench, Jet sat beside her, and she gave him a curious expression.

"I thought we might service our weapons together." Jet said, and Ruby eagerly pulled out Crescent Rose, while Jet smiled at her enthusiasm before pulling out Midnight Rose. As they both cleaned their weapons and oiled them, Ruby marvelled at how similar Midnight Rose was to Crescent Rose, yet so very different in terms of machinery.

The bolt action and chamber were replaced with power coils and cells, and the barrel was instead a focussing point for the high power laser scythe. The laser blade was made of shadow energy that was formed when Jet wielded it, moulded by more focussing lens. Finally, the symbol of it was a black rose, with several red thorns.

Once they had finished, they both picked up their weapons, and in perfect synchronisation, twirled their scythes, before folding them up and placing them on their backs in one fluid motion. Somebody applauded from behind them, and both wheeled round to see Professor Ozpin standing there.

"It is rare to see students who are so fully in tune with one another." he said, taking a sip from his customary cup of tea. "Happy birthday, Ruby." he added.

"Thank you sir." Both Ruby and Jet answered, before turning to look at each other before a giggle escaped Ruby and Ozpin chuckled.

"I was actually hoping to check on you two, after the events of the… arrest." he said, and Ruby stiffened at the mention of it.

"I can assure you, sir, no mark remains hidden, but none hinder me." Jet replied, solemnly.

"Good." Ozpin remarked. "If ever you need someone to talk to, you need only ask."

"Of course." Ruby answered for Jet, who smiled at her in appreciation. Ozpin nodded to each of them, then left, not long before Jet and Ruby left to return to their dorm room. Ruby knew that Jet still held that against himself, but she'd done her best to help him over it.

As Jet and Ruby neared the door to their dorm room, Jet braced himself, knowing what was coming. As Ruby opened the door, what followed was a deafening shout of 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!'

The dorm room had drastically changed. Balloons were attached to the bedposts and confetti lay on the floor amidst a stack of gifts from Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jet, Penny and team JNPR, all of whom were in the room. As Ruby stood in awe and shock, Jet gently nudged her with one of his wings, and she stepped inside as everyone, Jet included, sang Happy Birthday.

As this ended, Jet flapped his wings, throwing a gust that sent all of the confetti up into the air, causing several people to cheer and Weiss to scowl at Jet for the mess. Jet bowed apologetically, before blasting her with another gust from his wings while her back was turned, earning him a pillow in the face, causing Ruby, Yang and Nora to crack up laughing, and gained smiles from the rest.

Ruby then turned to her presents. She started with the largest, a present from Yang, which was revealed to be a set of ammunition for Crescent Rose along with more clips. Blake had gotten her a book on advanced weapons servicing, along with a magazine on the latest weapons technology. Weiss' present was next, which was a new weapons cleaning kit, and she soon discovered that Ren had had the same idea, also giving her a cleaning kit.

Penny had given her a set of neon glowing playing cards, in clear reference to their games back in that cave, while Jaune had given her a framed picture of Teams RWBY and JNPR stood side by side, and Nora had gotten her some new experimental sniper rounds that were explosive. She then turned to the two smallest presents, Pyrrah's and Jet's.

"Open mine last." Jet insisted, and Pyrrah nodded. Ruby tore at the wrapping paper on her present, and found a locket in the shape of a golden heart. Opening it, she found Jet's photo, along with Yang's on the other side. She gave Pyrrah a hug, as that was one of the best gifts so far, and then turned to Jet's tiny present, which was the size of a small jewellery box.

Giving him a slightly dejected look, she opened it, and everyone in the room, except Jet, gasped. It was a glass box, but inside was a miniature version of Ruby and Jet, constructed out of wood and perfectly painted, both crouched back-to-back, Crescent Rose and Midnight Rose ready and held by the two figures. They were perfect look-alikes, not missing a single detail, Jet's wings tucked behind his back.

She immediately passed it to Yang, who was reaching to have a look, before she brought Jet down to the ground for a hug, who inadvertently flapped his wings in surprise and threw wrapping paper and confetti back into the air. All around them, conversation, smiles and cheering for Ruby immersed the small girl as she let go of Jet before starting to play with her toys like an excited little puppy.

Only Weiss noticed Jet disappear into thin air, and she gave an excuse that she'd forgotten something in the library before giving chase to the blur that appeared outside their dorm.

She finally caught up to Jet as he stopped outside the building and took out his scroll, which he used to make a call. He'd only just put it down when Weiss spoke up.

"Going somewhere?"

Jet turned, and met Weiss' gaze, a grin plastered on his face.

"Ruby, whose present do you think is the best?" Yang asked her sister, as team JNPR traipsed off to their dorm. The sun was setting outside as Penny also disappeared, after giving Ruby a friendly smile and a wave. Ruby was wondering where Jet and Weiss had gone before Yang asked, and swiftly brought herself back to reality.

"Um…" she stalled, as both Yang and Blake watched her, waiting for her response. "I don't wanna have to rank my friends…"

Before Yang could respond, Jet opened the door, followed by Weiss who was in shock, her mouth in a perfect 'o' shape. Jet waved, but Ruby's attention was drawn to Weiss.

"Yang, Blake, can you take care of Weiss? Me and Ruby are going to head out." Jet said, promptly placing Weiss on her bed as she continued to gape at Jet.

"Where are we going?" Ruby asked, as she got up.

"You'll see." Jet said, leading Ruby out, and then he turned back to the dorm as she stepped out into the corridor. "Weiss'll tell you where. Goodnight!"

As Ruby took Jet's proffered hand and lead her out of the dorm room building, she started to pull on Jet's hand. She needed an answer. Jet stopped just as they stepped outside, and turned to face her, still holding her hand.

"I wanna know." Ruby insisted, smiling and using her puppy dog eyes. Jet's expression softened.

"The Shining Jewel Hotel." he replied.

"WHAAAT?!" Yang practically yelled in disbelief as Blake covered her ears, but still looked shocked. "He's taking her to the most comfortable, most romantic, FIVE STAR HOTEL?! He's taking her to THAT hotel?"

Weiss tentatively nodded, still speechless, as Blake sighed.

"He did tell us it would be special." she commented, dryly.

"Sounds like a nice place." Ruby commented as they flew over the neon lights and flying headlights that was Vale at night. She was riding on Jet's back, and he was gentler and slower in his flight than he would normally be. She figured it was because of her birthday.

"That's not all." Jet replied as he tilted slightly to avoid a passing bird. "I've got a contact there. You'll be surprised."

They soon reached their destination, and Jet gently landed, in front of a large building with gold lined windows and roof, a large staircase leading up to the main hall along with a red carpet. Beautiful rose bushes lay nearby as Ruby took the whole spectacle in, and turned to look at Jet, as he took both her hands in his own.

"Happy Birthday, Ruby." Jet simply said, as he then followed up with a pure kiss on her lips.