When Weiss felt that continuing to hug Blake would be too awkward, she broke off the hug and stood up. "Should we go eat? I think we'll find Yang on the way."
"We could get food and come back here to eat if you want."
Weiss stopped, her hand on the door knob, and looked at her teammate. She liked the idea a lot. "Do you… Do you think we could talk about you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I just talked a lot about myself and I realized I don't know a lot about you. I don't really want to see people right now, maybe we could talk while eating."
Blake thought for a few moments, trying to determine if she would be alright opening up to Weiss. "We… can try, but if I don't want to answers something, you don't push for an answer."
"Of course." Weiss shrugged, never having considered doing something like this. "Come on, let's go get some food."
The two girls made their way to the hall of the cafeteria. Beacon allowed the students to use trays to bring food and eat in their dorm as long as they did not make a mess.
When they arrived, they saw Ruby and Yang, with Zwei under the table, eating with the members of team CFVY. Weiss and Blake stopped by their table to tell them that they will be eating in the dorm. Ruby was going to continue working with Coco on her weapon and Yang was going to Vale with Fox, so they would have the dorm for themselves.
The two girls then went to get their food. Blake tried to hide the fact that she only had eyes for the fish dishes, pretending to look at everything that was available, but gave up when she saw a student go for them and moved quickly to get the one she wanted.
Weiss was used to Blake's silliness after living with her for several months, but it didn't stop her to have a small smile, finding her really cute when she failed to hide her love for fish.
After taking their food and bringing it back to their room, they decided to move Ruby's desk so that they could eat face to face. Ruby didn't use it, preferring to study in her bed, so it was used as a table by the members of team RWBY.
As they were setting up, Blake started to talk. "I have an idea, what if we took turn asking each other questions? That way we can learn more about each other."
"Good idea. Who asks first?"
"You can go. You already told us a lot." They started to eat, Weiss thinking about her first question.
"Did you… have a lover in the White Fang?"
"No." Blake realized that the point of the exercise was to talk more about herself, so she continued. "There was someone I was really close to, but he started changing with the White Fang five years ago. Small things at first, but it got worse as time went by. He also became more and more… creepy the last year I was there. Calling me his love, watching me as I slept, this kinds of things. I was getting really uncomfortable around him." Blake paused, having thought of something. "It might be why no one else ever tried to make a move on me now that I think about it."
Weiss looked at her with concern in her eyes. "Wait, he never… did anything to you, right?" Weiss had heard rumors about how the weakest members of the White Fang were treated, and while Blake was far from weak, she could help but worry.
"No no, of course not." Blake felt a little happy that Weiss was worried about her well-being. "Even with his position, he couldn't have gotten away with it. The Fang did not see crime against Faunus in a good eye, even by another Faunus. Against humans however…" Blake expression grew somber as she remembered one of the reason she left.
"Wait, you mean that…" Weiss didn't like the implications of what Blake just said.
"Please stop, I don't want to remember that."
Weiss saw that Blake was really disturbed. She had stopped eating and her hands were trembling slightly. Weiss knew that she shouldn't continue on that subject, but, remembering some rumors about how the White Fang treated their prisoners, she had to ask. The idea of her friend doing things like that was something she had to refute immediately. "J-Just tell me, you didn't… participate?"
"What? No!" Blake was offended that Weiss could think that she would do something like that, but her anger disappeared when she felt a cold hand on top of hers.
"Thank Dust." Weiss was relieved that her teammate—no, her friend did not stoop that low. She held her hand until it stopped shaking and continued with a little smile on her face. "I'll try to find a less depressing question next time. Now, it's your turn."
The two girls returned to their lunch, Blake thinking about her question.
"What is your relationship with your sister? Back in the White Fang, there were rumors that the Schnee family was really into the 'pure blood' thing and… encouraged incest and that your father encouraged you and your sister to… sleep together rather than with someone 'unworthy'." Blake saw Weiss' eyes widened as she talked and added quickly. "I mean, I know that's not true now."
"And you didn't before?" Weiss sighed. No point getting angry about that now. "Yes, I love my sister very much, she's the reason I'm here at Beacon, but I never, ever saw her that way. I don't know where those rumors come from, but my family never had anything to do with this 'pure blood' stupidity. I know of a few old family that only want their heir to be with a member of another old family, but my father never forced us to go that way and I'm sure he'd be as disturbed as anyone else knowing his daughters are… doing things like that together. I'm pretty sure that if I were to go out with someone of modest origin he would put it in a positive way to the public, something like 'the Schnee family is so powerful that we don't need to marry any of you and have the luxury to be with someone we love'."
"Luxury? Really?" Blake laughed, the phrase sounding like it came from some of the worst romance novel she had read.
"Shut up, that's really something some of those people say." Weiss laughed as well as she couldn't help but remember her own reaction the first time she heard the term. "Apparently they think their familial pride is the most important thing in the world and that they don't have the 'luxury' to fall in love, that they must marry someone that will reflect well on them."
"Like you and your sister?"
"At the time, yes. Now? I don't think so. Winter is in the army, and I will become a huntress."
"Isn't working to protect defenseless people noble?"
Weiss shook her head. "They consider that you should pay people to do that. For them, there is only two way to go, either you rule above others, or you look pretty while your partner does it."
"Well, I feel a lot better about being poor now." Blake couldn't understand how someone could think like that and was glad that she did not grow up in that environment. "It's your turn to ask a question."
"I know you try to hide it, but I've seen seem several time with a book called 'Ninjas of Love'." Weiss smile grew while Blake's face went red. "What is it about?"
So 'less depressing' mean 'more embarrassing' for her. I'll remember that, Blake thought to herself before answering. "It's the story of a princess who run away from home and is found by a ninja, who then decide to train her. It's not really an original start, but the story gets a lot better as it goes on and the characters are very good and feel so real." Blake's enthusiasm was palpable in her voice when she talked about the book she liked so much, even as she didn't mention some elements of the story that Weiss didn't need to know.
Weiss still had a smile on her face, not plannig to let Blake get away so easily. "That sounds nice. The story must get really intense, I remember seeing you panting with one hand under your sheets while reading it."
The catgirl's eyes widened when she heard Weiss' words. "When did that happen? I always make sure that—oh you little…" Blake had read enough mystery books to understand what Weiss had done when she started to laugh while she talked. "You didn't know."
"No." Weiss stopped laughing, but the grin on her face was closer to one of Yang's expression. "But I do now. So it's smut?"
Blake sighed, knowing that her friend would not let it go until she told the truth. "There are a few sex scene here and there but they're well-written and what I told you earlier was true. The book is interesting even outside of those scenes." Blake decided that it wasn't fair if she was the only one to be embarrassed. "You better not tell that to anyone, especially Yang, or everyone will know that the snow angel is not as pure as they think."
Weiss kept a neutral expression, but her cheeks turned red. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"May I remember you, my dear Miss Schnee, that a Faunus sense of smell is better than a human's and that I can smell what you did even if you air the room?"
Weiss was mortified by her friend's words. "I'm really sorry, I didn't know."
Blake did not expect Weiss to react like that. Anger, yes, but an apology? "It's normal to do it you know. At least you're airing the room, unlike Yang."
Weiss blushed even more than before, her ears and her face now the same color as Ruby's cloak. "Can we please change the subject, I'm not comfortable talking about… that with someone else."
"No problem, it's my turn to ask a question anyway." Before thinking about her question, Blake spoke in a soft voice. "Just so you know, I don't have a problem talking about this subject if you need to talk with someone."
Weiss nodded at Blake's words but kept her eyes on her empty plate. She looked at Blake's plate and saw that she also had finished eating. "Do you want to go sit on a bed? Unless you have something to do and want to stop."
"And leave while I'm the one that can ask a question?" Blake smirked at the heiress. "I don't think so. But yes, let's go."
The two girls stood up, leaving their trays on the desk and went to their beds. Weiss lay on her bed leaving enough place for Blake to lie besides her.
"You're okay with me in your bed?" Blake raised an eyebrow at the white haired girl. As Ruby had found the hard way, the heiress did not like having her belongings used by other peoples. While it was okay for her teammates to sit on her bed, any more than that and they'd have to face a very angry Weiss.
"I'm the one offering." Weiss shrugged. "I thought it would be easier to talk like that."
Blake lay on the bed next to Weiss, feeling her tense up a little when her shoulder touched hers. Blake looked at her teammate, a questioning look on her face.
"Sorry, I just didn't think it would be this easy to have you in my bed." Weiss grinned at Blake, making a joke to hide her embarrassment at her reaction and was happy to see Blake's face becoming red.
After being speechless for a few seconds, Blake finally got her voice back. "I have to admit, I didn't expect you to do this kind of jokes."
Weiss grin disappeared from her face. "Sorry, it's just- I'm trying to be a little less… Sorry, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."
"It's not a problem for me don't worry. I didn't grow up in a very… sophisticated place anyway. But you better be careful around Ruby, I'm not sure Yang would like you to corrupt her."
"Yes, I am totally the person who is the most likely to corrupt her." Weiss responded, her usual sarcasm back, while looking at Blake's bookshelf.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Blake's kept her neutral expression through Weiss' accusation. "So, I think I have my question. What's your type of girl? What kind of girl would you like to be in a relationship with?"
Weiss thought for a few moments before answering. "I'd say someone rather calm and mature, someone who would be okay not doing anything fancy, just… being together, talking or something. Not that I don't want to do anything with them, it's just more of a 'bonus' for me. Someone who would like me for myself and not my name of course." Weiss let out a little laugh. "That sounds like a bad novel, 'just being together is okay'."
"I don't know, I like the idea." Blake agreed that staying at home with the person she loved sounded rather nice. Thinking about what the white haired girl said, she realized something. "So Pyrrha is your ideal?"
Weiss looked at her, surprised. "Now that you say it, I guess she does. She is really nice, smart and very pretty." Weiss blushed a little saying the last part. "Except for the part where she only has eyes for Jaune and that I don't think of her like that." Weiss felt obligated to justify herself, not wanting Blake to get the wrong idea.
"Wait, Pyrrha has a crush on Jaune? Did she tell you something?" Blake was surprised by the information. They did spend a lot of time together, but they were in the same team and she was helping him train so it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"She didn't tell me anything but pay attention to the way she look at him, how she smiles when they go or come back from training."
Blake frowned. "You always observe us like that?" She wasn't sure she liked the idea of her every move being analyzed like that.
Weiss felt a little bad seeing Blake's disapproval. "It- It's a habit I got from all the soirees I went to, having to stay on top of who likes who and everything. I'm trying to stop but it's not that easy…"
Blake decided to leave her the benefit of the doubt. "Fine, your turn then."
The back and forth continued for some time, sleep slowly taking hold of the girls as they spoke, when they finally fell asleep without realizing it.