The day started just like any other, Oscar waking up at the, in Nora's words, buttcrack of dawn followed by Ren, then Nora and Jaune. While Jaune was in the shower, Nora brushed the knots out of Ren's long thick hair. Ren has always had Nora brush his hair instead of doing it himself; for one, it made it a little easier due to it's length, and second, because Nora really enjoyed touching and playing with his hair.

"Oof, you've got an impressive knot right here. Looks like I'm gonna have to put a little more force into it to get it out." Nora said.

"I'll be fine, I'm not tender headed like Weiss." Ren replied.

"Haha, yeah, I've seen Ruby brush her hair and she was all like, "Oww, owww, stooop. You're gonna rip my hair out of my scalp, owww!"." Nora laughed, imitating Weiss at the end.

When Nora successfully gets the knot out of Ren's hair, she braids it for him. Then she wraps her arms around his shoulders and kisses the top of his head.

"Let's get dressed then head to breakfast." Ren said.

At breakfast, Ren and Nora have pancakes. Afterwards, the two of them were assigned, along with Elm and Vine, to patrol the wall. Around noon, Nora was hit with a sudden intense nausea.

"Woah, kid, you alright? You're not looking so hot." Elm asked.

Nora didn't get the chance to answer before she's leaning over the edge of the wall upchucking everything she ate that morning. Ren's protective boyfriend mode activates and he's by Nora's side rubbing her back.

"Nora, are you okay?" Ren asked when his girlfriend was done vomiting.

"Nope..." Nora grunted, slowly sinking to her knees.

"You should take her back to the academy, she doesn't look well enough to continue with the patrol." Vine told Ren.

Ren nods in agreement then picks Nora up off the ground. She wraps her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist, pressing her chest to his. To keep her from falling, Ren places one hand on the small of Nora's back and the other holding her thigh.

"I'll call a transport to take you back to the academy." Elm said tapping at her scroll.

The transport that Elm called in came and took the teens back to Atlas Academy where Ren carries Nora to their dorm room. He could tell how bad Nora was feeling due to how tightly she was holding onto him.

"Do you think it could be the pancakes?" Nora asked pressing her face into Ren's neck.

"No. I ate the pancakes as well and I feel fine. Wanna go to the infirmary to get checked out?" Ren replied.

"Nah, just wanna lay down." Nora said.

When they get into their dorm room, Nora jumps off of Ren and makes a mad dash for the bathroom. She slams the door before Ren could follow her in there.

"Dear, can I come in? Do you need help?" Ren asked concerned.

"No! Don't come in here! It's...gross." Nora whimpered.

"Okay, just let me know when you're done." Ren said backing away from the bathroom door.

Ren stands there nervously, wincing sympathetically at each painful retch that came from the other side of the door. He wanted to go in there and comfort his girlfriend, but he knew that when Nora asks for space, it's best to give it to her. To his recollection, Nora hadn't been sick like this since they were twelve, and she had a severe UTI that left her extremely nauseas and in pain. After a few minutes of silence, Ren cautiously enters the bathroom and his heart clenches at the state the redhead was in. The usually energetic girl was completely drained, barely able to hold herself up, sitting on the bathroom floor.

"You look dreadful." Ren told her.

"I feel dreadful." Nora groaned.

"Ren, my tummy hurts." she whined, tearing up.

Kneeling down next to her, Ren lets Nora lean against his chest. While one hand rubbed Nora's back, the other feels her forehead.

"Ah, Nora, you're burning up. This is definitely a stomach flu." Ren sighed worriedly.

"Come on, my love, let's get you into bed." he said, picking her up off the floor.

It was concerning how limp the girl was in her boyfriend's arms. Ren gently sets Nora onto his bed and tucks her in. Nora usually slept on the top bunk above Ren's bed, but he didn't want to risk her falling off, so he put her in his bed. He hated how her pale skin practically matched the clean white sheets of the bed.

"You're worried." Nora mumbled weakly.

"Well, of course. Just a mere half hour ago you were completely fine...but, now you look like you're on death's door." Ren replied sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You need medicine. But...I don't want to leave you alone in this condition." he said holding Nora's hand.

"I'm a big girl, I'll be okay for a few minutes. Besides, I'm either about to fall asleep or pass out...which ever comes first." Nora replied, squeezing Ren's hand gently.

After Ren kisses Nora's feverish forehead and assures her that he'll only be gone for a few minutes, he leaves the dorm and heads to the drugstore to get medicine. And when he returned, Nora was deep asleep. He wakes her up long enough to take her temperature and give her medicine, then lays her back down and gets into bed beside her. The young huntsman pulls his girlfriend close to him and holds her in his arms. To ease the pain and discomfort in her stomach, Ren rubs Nora's belly in gentle circles. It took Nora two days to get better and she adored every second of Ren taking care of her so tenderly.