Morning came too quickly for me. Made sure to set my alarm earlier than normal to make sure I was on time for my meeting with Weiss's father. I had assured her the night before that everything would be okay, but I still wasn't able to convince himself. I had some ideas to hopefully convince him to allow our relationship to continue. Unfortunately if he was as much of a racist as I had heard then I might have a hard time even getting a chance to convince him. I decided I should dress a little nicer than normally to hopefully give a decent first impression. I wore black dress pants with a black long sleeve button up shirt. I had just started buttoning my shirt when I heard a soft knock at the door. I opened it to see Weiss standing there blushing.
"What is there something wrong?" I asked confused.
"Um... Your shirt is um..." she said pointing to my shirt which was currently only half buttoned.
"Oh sorry I'm just finishing getting ready." I said franticly trying to finish buttoning my shirt up. After I got the last button I fixed my collar. "So? How do I look?"
"Not as good as you did in the tux, but this is a close third." She said.
"Third?" I asked confused.
"I like your normal outfit the best you just seem out of place in dress clothes. Although you might wanna tuck your shirt in if that's what you're going with" She said.
"Good to know I won't be expected to dress fancy for you." I said tucking my shirt into my pants. Her expression completely changed after I said that.
"If things don't go good that might not be an issue either way." She said rubbing her arm nervously.
I leaned in and gave her a kiss. "It'll be okay Weiss." I said pulling her close. 'I hope.'
"We should probably get going. Don't forget your scroll just in case." She said stepping away from the door.
"I forget my scroll one time." I said jokingly
We headed for the CCT for our meeting. Weiss's father had deemed the call as a business matter so we were able to get a private room. Good thing too I'm pretty sure there is going to be a lot of yelling. Weiss placed the call to the number her father gave her in the message. After a few rings the head of the Schnee Dust Company was on the other side of the screen.
"Weiss." He said with a stern expression on his face.
"Father. This is my friend and former teammate Crimson Vayr." She said holing her hand out towards me.
"It's an honor to meet you sir." I said giving a small bow.
"Hmm. Well Mr. Vayr maybe you'll want to start by explaining why I saw you kissing my daughter after the attack in Vale." His voice slowly growing in anger.
I cleared my throat before speaking. "Well sir it's because I've come to truly care about your daughter. She is a truly amazing person and has been the best friend I've had since coming to Beacon.
"You both used the word friend. Yet you both seem to show there is more than that. That is something I simply REFUSE to allow. Weiss your relationship with this vermin is over. You will be returning to Atlas immediately." He said sternly.
"What!?" Weiss said
"Sir please. Wouldn't allowing your daughter to be with a faunus be a plus towards your company's image?" I said hoping to find a way to get though to him.
"Ha. The Schnee Dust Company's image is fine the way it is. A heathen like yourself would tarnish it." He said leaning back in his chair.
"Father that's enough! Crimson means so much to me don't you care about your daughters happiness?" Weiss said pleadingly
"Why do you think I allowed you to attend that school. Clearly if your making decisions like this it was a poor move on my part to allow it. To think my daughter would become enamored with a weak and pathetic faunus. You are to return at once and when the time is right you will be married to a proper suitor. Clearly That is another decision that needs to be made for you." He said
"Alright I've tried to be civil about this but clearly that's not going to be an option now." I said getting pissed. Weiss was trying to calm me down before I said something I'd regret. We were way past regret. "I had heard so many times that you were a horrible man towards my kind. I thought since your daughter didn't show the same malice that maybe the rumors weren't true. Unfortunately I have seen for myself that every one of them are in fact true. Clearly you only give a shit about your money. If you truly cared about your daughters happiness you'd let her decide her future. She's not a damn robot you can program to your will. She's a wonderful human being.." He cut me off.
"Exactly she's human and for now the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. However if this is the life she chooses then the position will shift to her younger brother." He said firmly
Weiss was beside herself. "Does my happiness mean that little to you?" she started crying.
"Of course not but how could you ever possibly be happy with that weak filth." He said. Seemingly showing no emotion.
"Crimson..." She started saying.
"Hang on. If I'm so weak then how do you explain me earning my spot as the leader of my team?" I asked
"Clearly the headmaster there doesn't know what he's thinking." He scoffed.
"So your telling me none of General Ironwood's teams are faunus lead?" I asked
"I never said he was a smart man either." He said.
"Alright then how about a little bet? I would say gentleman's wager but clearly there is only one gentleman here." I said trying to irritate him.
"What the hell would you have that I'd want?" He said
"The Vytal Festival is coming up correct? If I win then you have to allow this relationship and Weiss gets to keep her position as heiress. If I don't win then I'll end the relationship immediately. If I understand your thinking you should have no reason not to accept. If I'm as weak as you say I am then I shouldn't make it very far." I said playing to his ego.
"You may as well just end this now then. I'm not an idiot Mr. Vayr I've done my research on you. Your family history is oddly scarce however I know that the orphanage you grew up in was a pitiful place. You didn't even get accepted to Beacon in the same manner as my daughter. You got special treatment and then got lucky. Ozpin threw you and a few other rejects together in a makeshift team. Not to mention that your team was only formed a few days ago. You have no chance in hell of even making it pass the first round." He said
"Then why don't we raise the stakes since you seem so confident in my lack of skill? If I win you have to set up a press conference announcing my relationship with Weiss and how proud you are that she has chosen such a fine partner. If I lose I'll transfer to another school away from your daughter." I said
"Alright you little rat your on. I'll be sending a contract over to make sure you hold up your end of this deal when you get your sorry ass handed to you. Have fun with this little fantasy while you can" He said laughing at me. He ended the call right after that.
"Crimson why did you do that." Weiss said tears flowing from her eyes.
"I'm sorry I let my emotions get the better of me. This just gives me more motivation to win. When I do your father will have no choice to accept us." I said.
"It's not worth it. You were right he clearly doesn't care about my happiness. You do. I'd rather be happy with you that be a puppet for him." Weiss said wiping the tears from her eyes. "I'm going to contact him and tell him that the deal is off and that I relinquish my position."
"Weiss with all due respect don't." I said taking her hands. "I won't lose at the Vytal Festival. Especially since I have the extra motivation."
"This still seems like to big of a risk. I don't want to lose you." She said
"You won't trust me. However we can't let anyone know about this. There is a chance we may meet up against out friends in the tournament. I don't want them going easy on us just to help our relationship." I said pulling her close to me.
"I hope you right." She said worried. I looked at my watch and saw it was eleven thirty-four.
"I've got some time till I leave for my mission how about I take you out for lunch?" I asked her.
"Are you sure you'll have time to get back?" She asked.
"No but considering my mission is in town anyway I can just have my team meet us here and have them bring my stuff." I said.
"Alright do you have a place in mind?" she asked. It suddenly hit me that I had only been in town once when we were getting the tuxes so I really didn't know what was around.
"Um. Yeah. Totally I just need to remember where it is." I said trying to sound convincing.
"Oh? What's the place called maybe I can help?" She said smiling at me. She knew I had no clue. "Or you could always use the GPS on your scroll to check."
"Oh. Yeah right I knew that." I pulled my scroll out and looked up restaurants in the area. She tapped on a small restaurant that was a couple blocks away. "Yeah that's the one nice guess." I said trying to play it off as my idea. She gave me a slight punch on my arm. We left the CCT and headed towards the restaurant. I messaged Skyler that I would meet them in town and asked if she would bring me my normal outfit and my weapons. She messaged back saying Ruby was coming with her and asking how the meeting went. I told her I'd explain later. We got to the restaurant and I was surprised at the place she chose. It was a small coffee shop that seemed to be family run. We walked in and were greeted immediately. We were seated in a booth in the corner and both ordered coffee and a sandwich. Weiss ordered hers black and I added cream and some sugar to mine.
"You and Ruby both add way to much to your coffee." She said with a small laugh.
"Normally I don't add this much but since I had an early morning as well as a mission still to come. Of which I have no clue what it will consist of. I figure I need all the help I can get." I said returning her laughter."So not that I don't trust your judgment but why did you pick this place?"
"Coco actually showed me this place a couple weeks ago. She and Velvet apparently came here a lot their first year. She said its one of the few places in the city that will serve faunus. Since clearly you aren't familiar with the town I figured rather than scour to find one that will and possibly take up to much time I'd cut out the hassle." She said
"See that kind of thinking is why you need to become the head of your families company." I said
"Yeah..." She said remembering the deal I made with her father. "By the way didn't you grow up around here how do you not know the area?"
"Actually I didn't grow up here. The orphanage I grew up in was located in Vacuo. When I decided I wanted to become a huntsman I decided thought the Signal would be a better starting place." I said
"But surely you'd gone into town at some point." she said
"Yeah since I was alone anyway and didn't have friends at signal I had no need to go into the city. There was a small market in Patch that had anything I needed." I said
"That brings up another question. Not to sound rude but you dress rather well for someone who would be in that situation and the fact that you were able to afford your weapons and the resources to maintain them. Where did your money come from?" she asked.
"Well that one is a little harder for me to explain. Growing up I was told that my parents were huntsman that were killed when a mission went wrong. My grandmother was watching me at the time. She took me there after she found out my parents had been killed. She wasn't in the best health and wasn't going to be able to raise me the best. She hoped I would have been adopted into a family that would give me a good life. Sadly that didn't happen. As the next of kin for my parents and grandmother. I inherited a large sum of money that both had accumulated that I was to be given access to when I was thirteen. Which was the same year I started at Signal. Although I will admit the amount in the account seemed higher than I would have imagined at well over a million lien." I said. Weiss choked on her drink at the mention of the amount.
"Over a million!?" she asked
"That was my my reaction too. I definitely thought something was wrong. But since it was in a savings account I guessed maybe it just accumulated a lot of interest since it hadn't been touched in so long. Since I knew I wasn't going to be working for a while I kept my purchases at a minimum. I got a few items of clothing and any necessities when they came up. I used a large chunk when I was designing my weapons but the teachers were able to help me keep the costs in a decent range. Other than that I bought my mp3 and a few books here and there for when I was bored. Speaking of which what happened to my mp3 player?" I asked
"Oh.. well about that.. It got destroyed during the attack. I'm sorry I meant to tell you I just forgot. I'll replace it I promise" She said looking down.
"Don't worry about it Snow Angel. I'd rather have you than it." I said.
"What did you call me?" She asked looking at me with a small blush.
"Huh?" I said confused at what she meant.
"Y-you called me Snow Angel." She said her blush growing.
"I-I did? I'm sorry I didn't realize it." I said blushing myself.
"I didn't say I didn't like it." She said taking my hand.
"Alright Snow Angel." I said smiling at her. My scroll went off. Skyler asked said they were in town and wanted to know where we were meeting. I told her to head over to the coffee shop. "So we should probably think of something to tell them about how the meeting went. They are gonna be here soon."
She sighed before she spoke. "Your team knowing doesn't bother me as long as they don't let anyone else know. It'll probably give them extra motivation as well. I know you don't want Ruby knowing so I'm not sure what your going to tell them for now."
"Lets just say it went about as well as we expected it to. That we were just barley able to convince him to allow it. Hopefully the real story doesn't get out until after the tournament." I said.
A few min later My team and Ruby arrived at the shop. It was nice to see Ruby in such a good mood after how yesterday went. Cerise seemed to be in better spirits too.
"So I brought your gear if you wanna change out of that monkey suit." Skyler said trying to contain her laughter. Leading most of us to groan.
I took my bag of clothing from Skyler and went to the bathroom to change. She grabbed my jacket but I didn't see my normal shirt. I put the jacket on and zipped it up further than I normally do and walked out to where my team was.
"Skyler you forgot my shirt." I said
She started giggling again while digging in her own bag. "No I didn't but I thought everyone would like to know that the shirt you wear all the time is a Fighting Faunus shirt. Seems like someone is a bigger fan than they were letting on." She said laughing.
"I said one of there songs was amazing I just didn't freak out like you did. Besides at least I don't run around with a Pumpkin Pete sweatshirt like Jaune." I said causing everyone to burst out laughing.
"Are you serious?" Ruby said laughing.
"Yeah I noticed after my fight with Ren when him and Cardin were getting ready for their fight. The logo hides perfectly under the chest plate." I said
The mention of Cardin slowed the laughing and causing a mixed reaction among everyone. Ruby and Weiss saw everything from that day so their expression showed more of one of disgust. Skyler seemed to miss the comment still laughing as Jaune.
"Which reminds me weren't you supposed to introduce us to that asshole?" Cerise asked.
"Oh yeah. Well we'll have some time before the tournament I'm sure we can get a practice match with his team. Then after we can take on Ruby and Weiss's team." I said challenging them.
"You really think we'll able to take two teams on in the same day? Wont that be overdoing it a bit." Xana asked.
"No I played with Cardin the whole time we fought. If I would have went all out from the beginning he wouldn't have lasted long." I said.
"Wait didn't team CFVY already challenge us shouldn't they get the next fight?" Skyler asked.
"Yeah they probably should. If not Coco will probably kill me." I said
"If your that worried about her killing you can we even stand a chance?" Xana asked.
"Well I'm more scared of her killing me off the battlefield. As far as on I think we stand a good chance. I was able to beat Coco one on one. Skyler would probably be a good match against Yatsuhashi. Cerise could take Coco I think. Skyler would be able to match Foxes speed the best. I'd like a rematch against Velvet." I said
"Rematch?" Cerise asked
"Yeah I fought her right after I fought Coco. I had to activate my semblance in order to have a decent amount of aura to fight her. Long story short she beat me quick." I said
We talked a few more minutes before we realized what time it was. "Crap Baskets we've got ten minutes to get to our mission location." I said.
"Where is this place again." Xana asked. I looked at the message Ozpin had sent me with the mission details.
"Jamie Circle Garden. Across town." We grabbed our stuff and started heading for the door. I turned back to Weiss and kissed her before I left. "See ya Snow Angel." I said running out to join my team.
Weiss's POV
"Snow Angel?" Ruby asked.
"Um Yeah. It's better than getting called Ice Queen all the time." I said nervously. "Ruby I'm really sorry about last night."
"It's OK Weiss. That's kinda part of the reason I wanted to come with today. I want you to know I am happy for you and Crimson. I do have feelings for you, but I also want you to be happy. I don't think I'd be able to make you as happy as he does anyway." She said.
"Ruby please don't put yourself down like that. You are a great friend even if I don't show it very well. Maybe if things had turned out different we could have been together. I'm sure you'll find someone better than me." I said trying to make her feel better. It kinda hurt at the same time after the way today went.
"Thanks Weiss. I hope you right. I-I will admit um.. Cerise is kinda um.. cute. I don't think she's... that way though.. I wish I knew if more girls here were." She said nervously.
"What about the guys? Ren and Neptune seem nice." I asked
"Ren is really nice but I've never really been attracted to guys." She said
"Fair enough just to clarify why didn't you mention Neptune?" I asked knowing that I asked him out already once
"He's nice but I've hardly talked to him so I don't really know anything about him." She said.
"Well I'm sure between Crimson's team, me and Nora we can help you try to find someone." I said.
"You don't have to do that Weiss." She said.
"I want to you dolt. Especially since I feel a little guilty since this whole situation as partially my fault." I said. She smiled and hugged me.
"Thank you." she said releasing herself from me with a blush.
We decided to head out and do a little shopping in town when I noticed a flier near the front of the restaurant. "The Fighting Faunus have a concert tomorrow!?"