Their happiness, however, was dimmed every once in a while. While technical there was no legal difference between their relationship and a straight one… a few people would never accept the fact that others could be happy in other ways than theirs. In Remnant as much as elsewhere.
"It is the same as it is with the Faunus" Blake said one evening a few weeks later in their dorm. Their windows were open wide and let in a fresh breeze. The sky was dark, only lit by the shattered moon.
"There will always be those, who cannot understand that their way is not the only 'good' or 'right' way to live. "
She sighed and shook her head, then leaned against Yang. As they had done so often before, Yang leaned against the wall and Blake sat between her legs and leaned against her. "Adam made that mistake. He thought his style of leadership would bring us closer to our goal and look where it took us."
Weiss looked at her knees, tense.
"You know" she began, a bit unsteady "I was brought up with very stiff roles and expectations.
My dad would not accept it if I would ever bring a girl home. Bad for the family name, he'd say. Disgrace if I were not confirming to the expectations of high society" she sighed deeply. Ruby jumped down from her bed and sat down next to Weiss. "You know we love you just as you are. You don't have to fulfil any expectations for us!"
Weiss looked away, blinking. Ruby put an arm around her.
"It was always so stiff. Fit in or you are forced to fit. I never knew anything else. But the longer I'm here, at Beacon... With you... "she looked at her teammates "the less I want to return to my parents and their expectations. You could say I had a much closer bond to some of our staff than to my parents."
She let her tears run free now.
"Weiss... We can be your family. Protect each other, love and tease each other. Depend on each other. Family is more than blood you know. The woman I remember as my mom isn't, biologically speaking. But she is Ruby's mother. So, we are 'just' half-sisters. But it never bothered anyone. I was her daughter just the same as Ruby, she loved me as much as her."
Ruby nodded. "And our uncle Qrow is not my uncle, not by blood anyway. But that never mattered either." She looked at Weiss and gently wiped away a tear from her friend's face. "We can be your family, Weiss" she said in a soft voice.
Weiss leaned her head against Ruby's shoulder, feeling her hand on her back, gently circling. She sobbed. In front of her inner eye she saw herself with Ruby. The silver eyes looking at her the same way Yang and Blake looked at each other. She felt two more bodies sitting down on her bed. Two more hands on her shoulder. Her team sat around her, soothing her. Her team, her family. In her memory, she heard her father's voice. "Stop crying. You are a Schnee, not a baby. Pull yourself together and don't forget how important it is to represent the family name and honour." The memory made her cry harder, now that she allowed herself to cry.
No, her father would never be there for her. Never. But she was grateful for her team. Her new family, where her heritage did not mean anything. Weiss cried herself out, her team never leaving her side.