“I’m awake! I’m awake!” Ruby shouted as she snapped up.

“Heh, you certainly are,” Yang smirked, knowing the young girl was asleep just a few seconds ago.

“If you’re that tired, you should just sleep,” Blake told her.

“Yes, forcing yourself to stay awake is not healthy,” Pyrrha agreed.

“Noooooo~” whined and pouted Ruby. “I fell asleep on Christmas, so I want to stay awake tonight at least!”

New Years Eve tradition: Stay awake until midnight.

Why? Yang said something about greeting the new year the minute the clock strikes midnight.

Ruby was extremely excited to the bemusement of her friends, but wanted to stay up no matter what. To help her, she invited team JNPR to join them. Something Nora was only too eager to agree.

“Well, we are here to help,” Jaune smiled at Ruby’s insistence. She reminded him of when he tried to stay up when he was younger and he had his sisters to help. “How about we do something to help stay awake?”

“Like what?” Weiss rolled her eyes. She was against this in the first place, muttering about messed up sleep schedules and fatigue before Ruby’s puppy eyes and whimpering broke her.

“Er… well… … …” Jaune looked around trying to find something. “New Years Resolutions?”

“What’s that?” Ruby asked.

“It’s a promise,” Yang explained with a grin. “Something to look forward to in the new year. Like I plan to get even stronger, maybe punch an Ursa a couple hundred yards!”

“You should definitely use it as a chance to better yourself, like stop rushing in recklessly,” Weiss huffed, half of it directed at Yang. “Mine is to work on my techniques so our formations will flow better.”

“Or use it as a chance to better society,” Blake murmured so softly on Ruby heard her. Ruby couldn’t quite understand, but Blake seemed deep in thought.

Ruby found everyone’s goals interesting, but she also felt her eyelids getting heavier.

“It doesn’t have to be so grand and can be something you already plan on doing,” Jaune stated. “I just want to be a better leader so I don’t let everyone down.”

“Reaffirmation is important,” Pyrrha nodded at Jaune. “And mine is also general, but I want to be more helpful to those around me.”

“It should be important to you!” Nora exclaimed. “So mine is to make more trouble for Ren!”

“To let Nora trouble me and clean up after.” Ren smiled and finished softly, “As long as you understand it, nothing else matters.”

…

…

“What about you Rubes?” Yang asked.

“Aww… sleeping like a baby,” Nora cooed.

“Heh…” Yang smirked.

“Noooooothing~♪” Yang sang.

“I-I’m just trying to keep her from getting sick! That’s all!” Weiss tried to justify.

“Hey, we’re not saying anything.” If anything, Yang’s grin got even wider.

Weiss sputtered and eventually sat down before she embarrassed herself further. Everyone chuckled a little at her antics, but a lull soon passed the room.

Weiss kept looking at the clock, never once moving from Ruby’s side.

At 11:58, she woke Ruby up.