"Blake are you in here?!" Weiss roared as she three open their dorm door only to receive shaking heads from Yang and Ruby.
"Nope."
"Haven't seen her."
It had nearly been a week since the kissing incident and Blake was almost nowhere to be found. She skipped classes, avoided them during lunch periods and seemed to have even stopped coming home. She was completely avoiding the snow haired ice queen.
"Where the hell can she be?!" Weiss stamped her foot indignantly.
"Weiss," Ruby sighed out. "Did you two get into a fight again?"
"What? No!"
"Then why is Blake avoiding you?"
"It's nothing!" Weiss snapped with a stamp of her foot. Though for someone of such fair skin it was impossible for Weiss to hide the blush that surged like fire beneath her skin.
"Aww what's wrong?" Yang cooed snickered. "Cat got your tongue?"
"No, I'm saying it's none of your business." Weiss attempted to give her signature glare but found it lacking as her embarrassment was painted on her face and do I dare say, a smile tugged at her lips. "Just if you do see Blake...tell her that I want to talk."
Weiss words were solemn. Her eyes ached with an uncommon sadness as she hung her head and departed.
"Coast is clear," Ruby said in a hushed tone.
With a plop Blake fell from the underside of Yang's bed, landing on her own. "Blake, what did you do?" Ruby asked, worried for the bonds of her team.
"Something incredibly stupid." The Faunus covered her face with her hands.
"Well whatever it was, it certainly got Snowy's attention," Yang said with a gesture to the door. "Did you? You know~?"
There was only silence but the two sisters could clearly notice the embarrassment on the Faunus' face.
"You did!" A mischievous smile crept across Yang's face. "So...how was it?"
"I should have taken your advice!" Blake cried in frustration.
"What? What did she do?" Ruby questioned, the only one on the team out of the loop.
"Nothing!" Blake spat, taking Ruby by surprise.
"Must have been a bad kiss if you're callin' it nothing."
"Yang!" Blake shouted at their golden haired teammate.
"Kiss?" Ruby asked with a tilt of her head. "Blake...did you kiss Weiss?!"
Silence again. Blake grew into a frantic panic as she looked between the two sisters; Ruby's innocent questioning and Yang's over eagerness to make Blake squirm.
"I-It was an accident!" Blake finally blurted out. "I was helping her study, but I kept getting distracted when I looked at her and then I...then I...I."
"Whoa whoa whoa. Calm down." Ruby said putting a hand on Blake's shoulder, trying to calm the girls scattered thoughts.
"Yeah, you made a mistake," Yang added. "Granted that mistake was kissing probably the coldest person to walk the halls of Beacon aside from professor Goodwitch. But they happen."
"Thanks," Blake said with a small smile. "But I don't think Weiss is that cold. She can be surprisingly...nice."
"Trust me, I know." Ruby smiled in assurance. "She just takes some warming up to."
"Pretty sure they don't need any more warming up sis," Yang snickered.
"But what if she's upset with me?" Blake asked with a sigh. "What if...she doesn't feel the same?"
"Something tells me you probably don't have to worry about that either," Yang said with a knowing smile.
"But it's not like you're going to be able to hide from her forever." Ruby added.
"Yeah. Weiss is just a little...scary."
"Yup." "Totally." The sisters nodded in unison.
"I just don't want things to be weird...again."
"Well she came around about you hiding the Faunus thing," Yang added with a smile. "...sure this is a little different, but you should be fine, I think."
Blake let out a heartfelt sigh as her thoughts turned to the heiress, her stomach swarming with butterflies.
Weiss had long since trained herself away from the habit of biting her thumb, it a terrible habit that her father deemed un-lady like. But it would occasionally whenever she found herself lost in thought, especially when she was worried. What was her worry? A certain feline Faunus who had her mind spinning.
Blake.
Her friend.
Her teammate.
Blake; who she could admit was cute, despite her brooding tendencies. But she was much more than that. She was; strong, dependable, sweet, caring, loving, compassionate and extremely passionate towards the things she cared about. Then her thoughts turned to the kiss. It had caught her off guard but was subtle, sweet but made her heart surge. Even the memory of it made her heart skip a beat.
But why...
The heiress wondered. Why the kiss? Why her? Could Blake have a thing for her? As Weiss wondered she thought about Blake's actions as of late. The side glances, the unusual amount of compliance, her nervousness, the occasional blushes and then finally the kiss.
"No...Can't be." Weiss tried to shake the thoughts from her head, instead bumping into someone. "You..."
"Why always the cold shoulder, princess?" The person whom Weiss had bumped into had was Sun.
"Don't call me princess, monkey boy." Weiss glared.
"Okay-okay! What's got you pissed off?"
"It's nothing" Weiss lied. "Anyway...have YOU seen Blake?"
"Black haired Faunus girl, cat ears and a glare that could kill? ...NOPE!" Sun smiled before raising a curious brow. "Did you two get into a fight again?"
"No." Her voice came out bluntly. "I just need to talk to her..." Weiss subconsciously bit her thumb again.
Sun's grin faded as he took in the worry on the girls face, gently moving her hand away from her mouth. "Hey, I'm sure Blake will come around. You guys are teammates after all."
"I know. It's just…" Weiss struggled to find the words she was looking for to describe her present falling out with Blake. "Different this time. She's avoiding me because I think she's afraid that I'll think differently of her."
"Well do you?" Sun blurted out, oblivious of the context.
"Um well…I don't know." Weiss admitted as she coyly looked at her feet.
"What do you mean you don't know? She's your teammate, you should know if you like her by now!"
"Shut up!" Weiss shouted unable to hide the blush rising in her cheeks. "This is different!"
"I don't think so." Sun shrugged. "If Blake is important to you then you could at least give her a chance. That is if Blake is really important to you."
Weiss' heart ached. Her thoughts turned to Blake and Blake's actions. It was no doubt that Blake was important to her as a comrade and as a friend. But could they be more was what left her heart in turmoil. Weiss wasn't sure. Things had changed much in the recent weeks since the discovery of Blake's heritage. They had undoubtedly grew closer and found that she could open up to Blake. But were they ready for more? Did Weiss deserve that after her treatment of Blake and her kind? Were all these feelings even what they thought they were? But she did have an answer to Sun's question.
"Y-yes," the heiress stuttered out, her face was deep red, unable to face Sun. "Of course she's important to me!"
"Then just go talk to her," Sun smiled. "I mean it's obvious that she cares about all of you guys."
"Hey Sun!" a blue haired boy with goggles on his forehead shouted from down the hall. "We're gonna be lake for practice!""
"Whoops gotta go!" Sun said with a wave and his patented smile.
"Wait Sun," Weiss called after the feeling boy, taking care to actually use his name this time. "...thanks."
Blake sighed to herself as she stared at the fragmented moon of Remnant. She sat alone on a rooftop balcony that allowed her to overlook all of Beacon.
"Finally found me?" Blake said breaking her silence.
"How'd you know it was me?" Weiss said as she stepped closer to Blake.
"Faunus have heightened senses remember? I could hear you coming," Blake said without turning to face her. "But I could tell it was you by the way you smell."
"Are you saying I stink?"
"No." Blake laughed. "Just that your scent is…unique." She still refused to face the other girl. "How did you know I'd be here? Did the others tell you?"
"No." Weiss took a seat next to Blake, her attention focused on the Faunus, who still refused to look in her direction. "You have a bad habit of always looking at the moon, we both do."
Silence fell between them again. Neither knowing exactly where to take the conversation.
"Blake, look at me," Weiss pleaded.
Blake refused to budge, her sight remained trained on the moon that hung ominously above them.
"Blake I'm not upset with you…I'm just confused," Weiss admitted. "The kiss took me by surprise and I didn't know what to do."
"It's fine." Blake's words came out quick and sharp.
"Blake!" Weiss pulled her friend by the shoulder and wheeling her around, making the girl face her. What she saw made her heart sink. Blake's amber eyes were swollen to a puffy red. The remnant of tear trails stained the girl's cheeks. "…Blake." Weiss repeated her name, softer, gentler.
"I must look like an idiot," Blake frowned as he pushed Weiss' hand away.
Weiss shook her head as she moved her hands to Blake's cheeks, wiping away what tears did remain. "Blake look, I'm not mad at you. I never was."
"But-"
"No buts," Weiss said placing a finger to the girl's lips. "Like I said I'm just confused by everything and I don't know what I want, what you want."
Blake smiled briefly as Weiss spoke but she understood the girl's feelings. This past week had been an explosion of emotions within Blake. Truth be told, she wasn't exactly sure herself either. At the time the incident just seemed 'right'.
"I know…and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kissed you. I just got caught up in a swirl of emotions." Blake laughed to herself as she tried to keep herself together. "Not like anything could come of it. You're the heiress to the Schnee fortune and I'm a Faunus."
"I don't care about that," Weiss said as she looked into Blake's eyes. She wanted Blake to see that she was honest. That her words weren't just a part of her facade of bravado that she normally presented. "Blake you're important to me and that's all that matters."
Blake felt a feather light touch on the back of her hand. It was Weiss'. It felt warm and delicate in comparison to hers that had grown rough from her time wielding Gamble Shroud.
"But Weiss-"
"No buts."
What came next was another soft sensation. This time it was on Blake's cheeks. A kiss from Weiss.
"Look Blake," Weiss began, their cheeks glowed matching colors. "I'm not exactly sure what I want either but I want to give it a chance. You a chance. Us a chance."
Blake was at a loss of words. He face only grew more embarrassed as she looked back at the heiress, a small smile crept across her face as tears of glee filled her eyes and her heart pumped joy though her veins.
"Okay."
"This is a surprising development," a shadowy figured said in a near disgusted voice. "Blake and the Schnee heiress." The figure clicked their tongue. "This might cause…complications."
TBC
Woooo an update. Sorry if my Sun interpretation is trash. I don't feel as though I know his character well enough….WELP. Hope you all continue to join me as this story develops!