Ruby was feeling a distinct sense of deva ju. Something was amiss, and that something was Blake; more specifically the fact that Blake had disappeared for the past few hours. Normally Ruby wouldn't be concerned too much, but given the semester finals that were just days away and all the drama that the Faunus had just endured, Ruby was worried.

What exactly Ruby was worried about, she couldn't place her finger on it. She isn't in the dorms; Weiss and Yang don't know where she is either. Ruby figured she could probably ask for help from the two but Weiss was just a finger's width away from stress induced Weissplosion while Yang probably needed every bit of last minute studying. Maybe she is just studying? No, then I would have found her in the library.

Ruby's searching finally led her to the one place she had yet to look for the errant Faunus; the common room's kitchen. Maybe she went there because it's quiet? It was true that the library was definitely more than a little… noisy given the imminent collision that was finals.

The first thing Ruby noticed upon opening the door was the smell of baked goods assaulting her nose. It was a smell that was well known to Ruby; mouth wateringly good… cookies?

Automatically her head swiveled to the source of the smell, the kitchen's oven. So intent on the smell that Ruby nearly missed the person standing next to it, giving her a quizzical look.

"Are you drooling?" Blake inquired, eyebrow raised at Ruby.

"Um no!" Ruby said defensively, before doing a double take. "Wait, this is where you've been?!"

"Where else would I be?" The eyebrow stayed quirked.

"Studying?" Ruby wasn't the most studious person herself but even she had found it weird that Blake wasn't studying. "We have the upcoming finals n'stuff… and as the leader of team RWBY I was worried about your grades!" Weiss would be proud of how serious I am taking being a team leader right now! "As your team leader, I-"

Ding

The oven's timer went off as Blake opened the oven up. If the smell of cookies had been strong before now they were over powering to Ruby. Blake donned oven mittens before taking the tray out and setting it on the counter top.

"These are for you." Blake said quietly before backing away from the countertop.

"What." Ruby wasn't going to turn down Blake's most generous gift, but at the same time she hadn't exactly imagined that searching for Blake would result in warm gooey freshly baked cookies. "W-why?"

"As thanks." Blake shifted on her feet nervously. "If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have told people about… these." The Faunus' bow twitched. "I don't know how long I wouldn't have said anything and… it was nice having you there." The older girl had a small smile on her face as she looked at Ruby. "It meant a lot to have you there." Gesturing to the cookies, Blake continued. "So I made you cooki- eep!"

Blake was cut off as Ruby disappeared in a flash of rose petals before hugging the taller girl. "You didn't need to thank me silly!" Looking up at Blake's amber eyes, only a few scant inches away from Ruby's silver ones, the younger girl continued. "I would help you anyway I can!"

"Thanks Ruby." Blake's smile grew as she hugged back, squeezing the red head into a tight hug.

A thought flickered into Ruby's head as the two hugged, a very important detail, one to which she had to ask Blake immediately. "…so these aren't made out of tuna, right?"

AU: And that is the end of this little arc. A little bit of cute fluff to finish up a surprisingly short arc considering what happened. Next chapter will either be a prelude to the arc I plan to release over RTX or it will be on the Friday of RTX. Usually I'd post a chapter between now and RTX but I'm currently neck deep in Acceptance AND JUST GOT A BRAND NEW COMPUTER THAT REQUIRES GAMING!

Side note: No longer will I have to write chapters on a tablet when the laptop freezes and crashes, huzzah!

I'd also like to say today is the six months since Monty's passing. I have a bit I'd like to say but honestly I think I'll save it for Acceptance's author's note.

Have a great day!