Blake could admit that she had not made the wisest of choices; it probably had not been the best idea to make those cookies for Ruby immediately or… to of spent several days freaking out about revealing her ears to her teammates. Perhaps, just perhaps, it would have been better to of done it after she had studied. Or even after the semester's finals.

So here she was, a day before the exam week started, trying to cram everything in one go. It goes without saying that sleep was something Blake was lacking for a few days now. I must look like crap. Yet she pressed on, going over months of notes, the notebooks spread out across the library's table.

The rest of her team had already studied, Weiss had even gotten Yang to get studying done in advance. In fact, Blake's team was trying to go over their last minute preparations before the tomorrow, holding a team study session in the dorms. It wasn't like they didn't welcome Blake, so much as she thought she could cover more ground by studying without distractions.

I really shouldn't need to study that much, but there is still so much to review! Groaning in despair at the remaining stack of notebooks, Blake's head fell limply onto the notebook in front of her. This is going to take forever!

SLAM!

A massive binder landed on the table, the sound causing Blake to spring backwards out of her chair and away from the table, sleepiness forcefully being pushed out of her head as adrenal coursed throughout her. Her hand went to grab Gambol Shroud as she focused on the assailant-

"Hiya Blake!" Only to be greeted by a cheerful, and oddly determined Ruby, her hands behind her back.

"Wha-huh. Hello Ruby." Blake's mind was racing as she fought her fight or flight instinct. It's just Ruby. No need to fight. Taking a deep breath and letting it out, the adrenaline started to simmer down. Finally feeling more in control, Blake looked at the source of the racket that had startled her.

It was a heavily used binder, one of the biggest ones that Blake had scene. Pages of numerous colours stuck out of it at odd angles, with a few post-it notes as well. Not only that, but Blake's slept addled mind felt like she had seen this particular binder before. Isn't that Ruby's notes binder? Looking back up at Ruby, Blake felt confused. "Why… why do you have your notes here? I thought you had already studied…"

"Yup!" Ruby answered cheerfully, a smile that could only remind Blake of her own partner graced the younger girl's face.

"So why are you here?" Blake knew she was being overly blunt, but there was still so much to review and it wasn't like she had a lot of time left before the exam.

"To help you study!" Blake pinched the bridge above her nose.

"Thanks for the offer Ruby, but I really need do this on my own and…and…" a smell that was both familiar and old wafted by. The smell of fresh baked goods, familiar due to Blake's own recent cooking experience yet… different.

"I thought you'd say that!" Ruby's smile didn't waver as her hands came out from the back holding a tray of… cookies? "So I made you cookies!"

Blake appreciated the sentiment, she really did. She knew the redhead was trying her best to help Blake study and it was true that Blake was quite hungry. "The… thought is appreciate-"

"They have tuna in them!" Ruby blurted out.

The old familiarity that Blake smelled… so that's what it is! Blake's eyes widened as she subconsciously started to reach for one them. "Nope!" Ruby took a step back, even under her bow, Blake could feel her ears droop. "You get one if you can answer one of these!" Ruby produced a stack of… flashcards from binder.

Blake looked at the cookies, then the binder and finally on Ruby's determined face.

"Fine, but can I at least have one first?"

AU: What's this?! I'm posting a chapter right before my RTX special? Yeah basically. I still plan on putting out a chapter tomorrow and Saturday. Sunday is a bit more... iffy. I will try to, but I have a lot of work on both Saturday night and Sunday. I may just write it on Saturday and release it on Sunday.

I'm partially releasing this now, instead of, say, on Tuesday because I know a lot of the content creators for the fandom are currently enroute to RTX and therefore there is probably a lot of not having stories being updated/posted today. So have some ladybug!

See you all tomorrow! (well, you'll see what I've written... you get the idea!) Have a great night!