Chapter 10: Fire, Ice, and... Bananas?

The next day started as plainly as any other. The usual classes, lunch discussions, everything. The only thing that seemed different was Weiss, who spent most of the morning lost in her thoughts. The more she thought about it, the more she realised that telling her father about Blake was something she simply wasn't ready to do. She couldn't concentrate in her lectures, every thought was about what he could say when she broke the news.

'Why couldn't I just have normal parents?' she angrily thought as Oobleck's class was nearing its end. 'This is so messed up, all I want is a normal relationship with Blake and I don't think we'll ever be able to have it. I shouldn't have made her that promise... I knew I wasn't ready, I just... I just got caught up in the moment. I do want to tell him, but I'm not ready for what he could do... Gah! I hate everything! Why can't anything I do ever be simple?'

The heiress sighed and put her head down on her desk, feeling almost defeated. The bell finally rang and class was dismissed, and the girls split up on the way to their next class. Blake and Yang had forgotten her homework back in the room, so they went back to pick it up while Ruby and Weiss went straight to class. Weiss was still very distracted, and after a while her leader started to pick up on it. "Something on your mind?" Ruby asked a few minutes into their so far silent walk. "Even you aren't normally this quiet, and I can't remember the last time you didn't pay attention in class."

Weiss took a moment to register that someone was talking to her, and nodded once she processed what had been said. "Yeah, but it's sort of personal," she replied.

Ruby smiled, "Then your team leader is the perfect person to talk to! What's up?"

"Look, it's not that I don't think you can help, but... No, wait, it's exactly that. Sorry."

"Hey!" her leader pouted. "Please tell me? I promise I'll have something helpful to say."

'I suppose it couldn't hurt,' Weiss though. 'And I guess as far as personal problems go, this isn't even the worst one this week for our team.'

The heiress sighed, "It's Blake... and my father... I promised her I'd tell him about us this Sunday, but... I don't think I can."

"Are you afraid he'll make you break up?" Ruby asked, and Weiss couldn't help but laugh.

"If that's the worst that could happen, this would be so much less stressful. Not to mention that I could just ignore him."

"Okay... So what do you think is the worst that could happen?"

Weiss shook her head, "Well, it'll be one of two things. He could straight up pull me from Beacon and put me on the path to taking over the company someday, or he could, most likely, just disown me on the spot."

"I think you're overreacting a bit," Ruby replied, sounding almost amused by how pessimistic her partner was being. "From what you've said I'm sure he'll be mad, but there's no way he'd be that extreme."

Weiss gave a light chuckle, "If you knew him you'd know I'm not overreacting, but I guess that is the worst case scenario. Still, the chances of him giving us his blessing are slim to none."

"He's still your father, there's gotta be something to say about you being his daughter, right? You can't pull something like 'Pwease, daddy, do this for your sweet wittle angel?'"

"Sweet little angel?" Weiss asked, smiling at the thought of her father being so adoring. "As if. Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely still his little girl, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters to him is the company. If he thinks me being in a public relationship with another girl could hurt business, then how I feel means nothing."

Ruby looked down at her feet, "Sorry to hear that... My dad's always been really chill with me and Yang. I can't imagine him reacting like that to anything we'd do. Wait, that's not true. If Yang had really been pregnant he would've had a heart attack."

"I don't even want to think what'd happen if I told him I was pregnant," Weiss laughed. "On the bright side, that's not something I have to worry about with Blake."

Her leader made a face, "Ewww, that's not something I wanna think about."

"You're such a child," Weiss replied, rolling her eyes. "But, on the subject of relationships, how're things with you and Sun?"

"Wonderful!" Ruby exclaimed, instantly perking up. "He's taking me out tonight as a matter of fact. I'm so excited!"

Weiss smiled, "Good, I'm glad. You really like him, don't you?"

"Mhm! I've had a crush on him since... well, since I met him really. It sucked cuz I always thought he and Blake would get together, but I guess everything worked out now! She had her eyes set on someone a little different."

"That's one way to put it," Weiss laughed. "Well I'm happy things worked out for you."

Ruby nodded, "Yeah, me too. Hey, would you mind if I asked for some first date advice?"

"Um, sure, I guess. I'm not exactly an expert though, maybe you should ask Yang?"

"Yeaaah, no," her leader nervously replied. "I have a feeling she won't wanna talk about this. I can tell she's mad enough that Sun and I are dating, I don't wanna make it worse. I don't understand why she doesn't like Sun though..."

Weiss gave a sympathetic smile, "She's not mad that you're dating Sun, she's upset because you're dating someone at all. She's afraid to see you grow up more than you already have."

Ruby looked confused at first, but she quickly understood what Weiss was saying. She frowned, "Huh, I'd never thought of it that way..."

"She really cares about you," Weiss said with a smile. "She's just trying to look out for you, even if it doesn't come across that way."

"I guess... I wish she would've just said that, I've been panicking about her trying to make us break up or something. She can be really overprotective sometimes."

Weiss shrugged, "That's only because she loves you. You're lucky, Winter would never look out for me like Yang does for you. To be honest, I'm really envious of you two sometimes."

"Were you two never close?" Ruby asked.

The heiress shook her head, "No, not really. Maybe when we were younger, but we've really grown apart. I'd be nice to be able to go to her for advice like you can with Yang."

"Maybe you can? Call her just to say hi, I'm sure she'll be happy to hear from you. And hey, maybe she'll have something helpful to say about talking to your dad."

"I highly doubt that... I'm still not sure if I'm ready to tell him. Do you think Blake would be okay with putting it off? With how upset she got yesterday after dinner, I'm afraid I'll really hurt her if I say I want to keep us a secret."

Ruby shrugged, "I can't really answer that. You should talk to her about it. I'll be out tonight, and I'm sure Yang will be too. You could do it then." The two arrived at their next classroom, and paused outside the door. "Seriously, call your sister. Class doesn't start for another ten minutes, you could do it now. I'll have your seat for you."

The redhead went inside, and Weiss just sighed as she stayed where she was. 'Should I really call Winter?' the heiress asked herself. 'I can't think of the last time I called her to talk, or for advice... She probably wouldn't even want to help, but still... Well... I guess I don't have a reason not to call... I hate it when Ruby's right.'

She shook her head before pulling out her scroll. She navigated to Winter's contact information and let her finger hover over the call button. She took a deep breath before pressing call and bringing her scroll up to her ear. It rang for a few seconds before a familiar voice answered on the other end.

"Hello, Weiss," her sister greeted her. "I must say, this was not a call I was expecting to get. Can I assume you need something for me?"

Weiss sighed, "No, I was... just calling to see how you're doing. We don't really talk anymore."

Winter chuckled, "Is that so? Are you sure you don't just need money? It'll make this call a lot quicker."

"I'm being serious. You're my sister, and I... I don't like seeing my teammates be so sisterly and have us not ever speak to each other. I'd be nice to be able to come to you when I need to talk to someone."

"So there is something you need? Again, if you just say these things-"

"Just forget it," Weiss interrupted, regretting making the call. "I'm hanging up, goodbye."

"Weiss, wait, I'm just teasing you. What's got you so troubled that you'd reach out to me like this? And I'd love to just chat by the way, call me later tonight and we can."

Weiss smiled, "Thanks... I'll be taking you up on that."

"I expect you to," Winter laughed. "So what's wrong?"

"Right, right..." Weiss sighed, suddenly feeling very nervous. "I uh... I started seeing someone, and... I'm not sure how to break it to dad."

There was a short pause, followed by a solid ten seconds of Winter laughing uncontrollably. "That's it?" she asked, still laughing while she spoke. "Unless this boy's a convicted felon, I don't think it'll be that big of a deal."

Now it was Weiss' turn to laugh, although mostly to herself. She wasn't about to go into Blake's past since that would bring up a whole other issue, but her sister's choice of words did give her a nice way to break the news to her. Weiss shook her head, "I'm not seeing a boy... Her name's Blake, she's my teammate."

"Oh really?" Winter asked, sounding rather amused. "My my, you're full of surprises today, aren't you? Let me guess, you're afraid he won't approve?"

"I'm afraid he'll throw me out! You've heard the way he talks, his views are pretty cut and dry."

"Oh don't be so overdramatic," Winter replied. "Remember last year after Danny and I broke up when dad found out Danny is a Faunus? If he didn't kick me out then, he won't-"

"Wait wait wait, hold up," Weiss interrupted, her eyes widening from what she'd just heard. "You and Danny broke up? And he's a Faunus? And dad was okay with it?"

Winter laughed, "I don't know if I'd say he was okay with it, but yes."

"Why am I only now hearing about this? I don't even know you two broke up."

"We never talk, remember? We can catch up on all this tonight, but yes we broke up, and he's a Faunus. He had the cutest little deer horns, that's why he always wore a beanie."

"Interesting..." was all Weiss could say, wondering whether or not she should tell her sister about Blake. "So... you don't think dad will be mad at me?"

"I mean, I wouldn't expect him to welcome her with open arms," Winter sarcastically replied. "But, he certainly won't go as far as to throw you out. If she were a Faunus then maybe, but I'm guessing that's not an issue."

Weiss nervously laughed, "Y-Yeah, not an issue..."

"Weiss...?" Winter asked, immediately picking up on her sister's tone. "Is she...?"

"Uh... Well... Maybe..." There was another pause, followed by both girls laughing together. Weiss was incredibly relieved to not only have gotten everything out, but also that Winter not only was okay with it, but could relate to it too. "You won't tell him, right?"

Winter continued to laugh, "Not a word. Just be careful though, I'd wait to bring that up until you're ready for someone else to cover your tuition."

"No kidding," Weiss smiled. "Thank you, I'm really glad I called."

"So am I, it's nice time hear from you. Listen, I've got to go, but I'll hear from you again tonight? Maybe around seven or so?"

Weiss nodded despite being on the phone, "Sounds good, I actually have to go too, class. See you tonight."

They hung up, and Weiss let out a massive sigh of relief. 'That was... unexpected,' she thought with a smile. 'I guess she cares more than she lets on... I'm actually excited to talk to her tonight. Maybe I'll put her on speaker phone and let her meet Blake.' She finally went inside and took her seat beside Ruby, and soon the rest of the team joined them to sit through Professor Port's class.

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, and eventually the girls ended up back in their dorm after dinner. Ruby immediately showered and started getting herself ready for her date, much to the amusement of her teammates. Weiss went to the library soon after to return some books, while Blake stayed in her need to read. Yang grinned as Ruby finished finished her makeup in the mirror, "You need to chill out. It's Sun, you'll be lucky if he buttons his shirt, so I doubt he'll care if you're all gussied up."

Ruby stuck her tongue out at her sister, "Shut up, I can look pretty if I want to."

There was a sudden knock at the door, and Ruby rushed over to before anyone had time to blink. She smiled when she opened it to see Sun, who was dressed about as formally as he had been for the dance, which wasn't much. He smiled back at her and cleared his throat, "Ahem, you uh... You look really nice."

Ruby blushed, "Thanks! Come on in, I'll be ready to go in a minute."

He nodded and stepped inside as she went to the bathroom to finish up. He made eye contact with Yang almost immediately, and took a tentative step back. She smiled, "So where are you guys going?" Her tone was level and warm, not a hint of anger or anything. It was surprising, but she really did seem to be alright

Sun looked confused as to why Yang wasn't acting different, but he certainly wasn't going to question it. "She'd mentioned wanting to go to that new weapon museum downtown," he replied, although he still sounded a little cautious. "Not my first choice, but as long as she likes it then I'm good."

Yang nodded, "Sounds like fun. Are you getting dinner first or going straight there?"

"We'll probably get dinner first, but we haven't picked anywhere yet."

"Alright," Yang said, still maintaining her cool. "Any plans after the museum or just coming straight back?"

Blake couldn't help but laugh at her partner, at least in her head. 'I wonder if she realises she's interrogating him,' she thought. 'Probably not, but at least she's being really calm about it. I bet Sun thinks she's plotting to kill him with how level headed she's being, even I wouldn't believe she's really this calm.'

The monkey boy nervously shrugged, "We uh, haven't decided yet."

"Okay. Just don't be out too late, alright? We've still got class tomorrow."

"Can do. So... you're really not mad or anything?" Sun asked, not sure if bringing it up would set her off.

Yang smiled and nodded, "Sun, I can't tell her not to have a boyfriend, that'd make me a horrible big sister. Even if I don't like it, I have to accept that she's growing up, and can do more adult things. My part only comes if she gets hurt, so just remember what I said yesterday."

Sun nodded as Ruby emerged from the bathroom, and the two headed out for their date. Yang let out long breath once the door was closed behind them, but still didn't seem upset. If anything she looked relieved. Blake smiled and set her book down, "You continue to surprise me, Miss Xiao-Long."

"Huh?" her partner asked. "Why's that?"

"Mostly the fact that you haven't killed Sun. You've been really mature about this, I'm proud of you. I can tell it's really bothering you though, so if you wanna talk about it, I'd be happy to listen."

Yang smiled, "Blake, I promise you I'm alright. I know Sun will take good care of her, not that she can't take care of herself. I want them to have a fun, I can see this lasting a long time. But thank you, if I need to talk I'll come to you first."

"If you're sure. So what're your plans for the night?" Blake asked, starting to grin. "As if I need to ask. Where's the party tonight?"

Yang shrugged, "Nah, I think I'm gonna stay in tonight. Just chill."

"Wow, I think that's a first this semester!"

"I guess so," the blonde replied, but she didn't look very happy about it. She sighed and lazily climbed into bed without any of her usual flare, and didn't move for nearly ten minutes after she sprawled out on top of the covers.

Blake looked worried after she noticed how her partner was acting. "Yang? You okay?" she asked, getting a low grunt in response. "Oh... This is about Ruby and Sun, isn't it?"

The brawler finally rolled over and met Blake's gaze with a serious look, "For the last time, I really am okay with it. I meant everything I said when Sun picked her up."

"Alright... Well what is it then? And don't say nothing, clearly something's wrong. Is that why you don't wanna go out tonight?"

Yang shook her head, "I don't wanna go out because I'm done with what it does to me. Remember how much of a mess I was last week? I can't do that to myself again, it's just not worth it."

"You can still go out and not hook up," Blake replied, surprised to hear how much of an impact that experience had had.

"No, that's the thing. The only reason I go out in the first place is to hook up."

Blake paused to think of what to say next. This was by no means her area of expertise, but she felt she still had to say something to try to be helpful. "Alright..." she said slowly. "Was it just for fun or is there a reason behind it?"

Yang rolled her eyes, "What are you, my therapist?"

"I'm just trying to help. I've had my fair share of problems, I'm sure there's something useful I can say. If you'd rather be alone or whatever though, I can head to the library for a bit."

"No, don't go," Yang said, although she looked very reluctant to keep talking. "I guess I'm afraid to commit to someone again."

Blake frowned, "Have you been in bad relationships in the past?"

"No, not at all. I had a boyfriend a for three years that I was really serious with, but we split up because I was going here and he decided he was going straight into the military instead. We'd never see each other, so why try to keep it together, right? I dunno, that moment it hits you that it's over for good... I just don't wanna feel that again."

"I've been there," Blake replied, walking over and putting a hand on her partner's shoulder. "It sucks, it really does, but that's not the part you should focus on. Remember all the fun you had, all the good things about your time together."

Yang shrugged, "Yeah, I guess so. I miss having that kind of connection with someone, but I think I've dug myself into a hole for trying to start something serious. I've developed a bit of a reputation around the school..."

Blake smiled back, "You just have to know where to look. Try going out tonight, but don't go to some huge, crazy party. Go somewhere where people are looking to just hang out, chat, have a good time. See who you meet, you never know what could happen."

Yang thought it over for a second, then smiled and hopped down from her bed. "Ya know what? You're right," she said, walking over to her dresser to fix her hair in the mirror. "There's an entire campus full of... well, mostly full of nice guys, and there must be one out there for me. Thanks, Blake."

"Any time. Now get out there, you don't want someone finding your perfect match before you do. Just be sure to take your own advice, you have class tomorrow too."

The blonde grinned as she walked to the door, "Have you seen me? Another girl doesn't stand a chance with him." She turned and left while Blake rolled her eyes at the joke, leaving the Faunus girl by herself. She picked up her book and started from where she'd left off, but was interrupted when Weiss came back only a few minutes later.

The Faunus girl smiled, "Hey, how was the library?"

"No different than usual," Weiss replied, taking a seat on the edge of Blake's bed. "I take it Ruby left already? I hope Yang didn't go with them..."

Blake laughed, "No, Yang went out. We had a really interesting talk before she left."

"Really? She's going out partying again? Does she have no self control at all?"

"Actually, she's not," Blake replied. "Basically she said she's tired of hookups and wants a serious relationship. I told her to go to a more low-key party and meet people."

Weiss looked surprised, "Wow, I wouldn't have gotten that if you gave me a million guesses. That's good though, I'm glad to see she's slowing down, it was only a matter of time before something worse than just a scare happened."

"Yeah, I'd hate to see something like that happen to her... Well hey, we've got the evening to ourselves now, anything you wanna do?"

"I don't know," the heiress said with a shrug as her girlfriend sat up beside her. "Any suggestions?"

Blake thought for a second before before donning a grin, "I think I've got one." She reacted over and pulled Weiss in close for a long kiss.

The heiress turned a deep shade of red after they parted. "I uh... I think it's still a little early, don't you?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Blake asked back in confusion, but it didn't take long for her to realise what Weiss thought she was implying. "OH! I didn't mean like that! I just meant like, cuddling, maybe making out a little... or a lot, whatever you're up for."

Weiss smiled and rolled her eyes, "You're so weird, but I guess I couldn't say no to an offer as romantic as that."

Blake grinned and let herself lie back, pulling Weiss down on top of her as she did. She put her arms around the heiress' shoulders and let their lips reconnect. They rocked side to side a bit as things heated up a bit, each girl starting to run their hands along the curves of the other. Weiss flinched when she felt Blake's hand brush at the top of her skirt, but didn't swat it away. Instead, she moved her hands up, brushing Blake's cheeks and through her hair before taking hold of the tip of her bow. The Faunus girl gasped when she felt a slight tug, and quickly pulled away. "W-What're you doing?" she asked.

"Taking off your bow...?" Weiss hesitantly replied, starting to feel like it was a bad idea.

Blake looked sceptical and confused, "Why?"

The heiress shrugged, "I want to see your ears... You're always wearing the bow, I never see them. They're... they're really cute."

Normally Blake would get angry when someone made a comment like that, but Weiss was different. Coming from her, any sort of compliment was more than genuine, but that didn't mean Blake felt any less awkward about showing her ears. She felt naked without the bow, more so than she would stark naked in the middle of class. She didn't know what to say and sort of froze in place. Weiss gave a sad look and started to take her hand away, but Blake reached up and held it there, giving a small nod to say that it was okay. The heiress gave another timid pull, not getting any reaction from Blake, then finally pulled it loose, letting the fabric fall onto the pillow.

Weiss smiled, "There, much better." She lightly stroked up the length of Blake's ear before letting her fingers rest at its base and gently began to scratch. Blake pushed her head up against Weiss' hand, just like a cat would, and the heiress started to scratch harder, in turn making Blake press harder. After a few seconds the Faunus girl let out a loud purr. She froze after realising it and pulled her head away, turning bright red.

"I-I uh... I-I'm sorry," she stuttered, feeling violently embarrassed. "I didn't think-"

"Shhh," Weiss interrupted, giving her girlfriend a light peck on the lips. "You might not want to believe it, but you're really cute when you do stuff like that."

Blake blushed and smiled, "I love you, so much. I take it all back, I don't care if we have to hide forever, as long as we can have moments like this while we're alone."

"I love you too, and it's funny you should say that," Weiss laugh. "I called my sister earlier and... well... she thinks I'm probably overreacting. We'll tell my father over the weekend, I promise. He won't be happy, but I think everything will turn out okay."

"Really?" Blake asked in surprise. "Well, alright then. Hey, why is this the first time I've heard you talk about your sister other than just in passing?"

Weiss shrugged, "We haven't really talked much, but we want to change that. Oh, that reminds me! It's after seven, she wanted me to call her to chat and catch up. I bet she'd love to meet you."

"That sounds wonderful," Blake smiled. The two sat up and Weiss grabbed her scroll off the nightstand. She went to her recent calls and tapped Winter's name, then pressed the speaker icon and held her scroll up between her and Blake as it started to ring.

"Hello again," Winter said from the other end. "I was starting to think you weren't going to call."

Weiss smiled, "Yeah, I got a little distracted. I have you on speaker, Blake is sitting next to me."

"Hello," Blake said shyly.

Winter laughed, "Nice to meet you. So you're the Faunus that stole my sister's heart?"

Blake's face immediately turned white, and she turned to Weiss with a look of fear and confusion. Weiss just giggled, "Relax, she's okay with it. Her ex boyfriend is a Faunus too."

"That's right," Winter replied. "So tell me about yourself, Blake."

The Faunus girl looked very hesitant, but a soft nod from Weiss was all the reassurance she needed. "Alright... Well... I don't really know where to start..." she said.

"How about how you two got together? I have to imagine it's a good story."

She and Weiss went back to the beginning and told the whole story, and soon the three girls were going back and forth sharing their stories, chatting about themselves, and laughing the entire time. By the time it was late enough to end the call, nearly two hours later, Blake was convinced that she and Weiss had a bright future ahead of them. She smiled as Weiss finally hung up the call, 'If that's how her sister is, then maybe I've been looking at her family all wrong. Even what they said about their dad doesn't make him out to be a monster, just really set in his ways. I can't be sure what's ahead, but I'm not afraid anymore.'

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