Ruby was in shock. How did her father know about her and Weiss? Did Yang tell them? Were they not being secret enough? Does that mean Weiss's father might know? Ruby couldn't help but fear the worse.
"W-w-what?"
Her father smirked at her. "You really think I wouldn't have caught on. You two aren't that sneaky. I can see the tell-tale signs that this is something more than just friendship. Plus, I'm a professional hunter honey, so hiding things from me is harder than from anyone else and who am I kidding, you have a hickey on your neck!" He said before bursting into laughter and pointing at Ruby.
Ruby instantly brought a hand up to her neck and she could feel the bruised skin that was a hickey. She looked at Weiss, who was hiding herself in shame by resting her head on the table and wrapping her arms around it. "Weiss?"
"I'm sorry! I got into the moment and forgot!" She yelled, slash, mumbled into her arms.
Tai burst out into another fit of laughter at the heiress's misery. "You two are adorable." He said as he wiped away a tear.
"So, you're not mad?" Ruby asked a little hesitantly.
"Mad? For what?" Tai asked a little surprised by his daughter's question.
"For me falling in love with a girl." Ruby said as she lowered her head.
"Ruby." Her father then leaned over and rested a one of his hands on her own. "You can date whoever you want regardless of who they are. Guy or girl, it doesn't matter to me. What matters is if you are happy. Are you?"
"Yes. More so than I have ever been." Ruby answered without hesitation, a smile on her face.
"Then I am happy." Tai then leaned back into his chair and looked between the pair. "So, how long have you two been together?"
Ruby was a little hesitant to answer. She knew that even though her father was okay with them dating that he would probably be a little upset that they had kept it a secret from him for so long. "Uhhhh since last winter."
"W-what?" The older man spoke, his eyes widened in shock. "You kept this a secret for almost a year?!"
Ruby let out a nervous chuckle. "Yep."
"Why did you keep a secret for so long?"
"That would be my fault Mr. Xiao Long." Weiss said as she looked at the man. "I wanted to keep it a secret because I was afraid of my father finding out and I knew that he would instantly disapprove of our relationship and would do anything to destroy it." Weiss then looked over at Ruby and took her hand. "I love Ruby far too much to let him do anything that could jeopardize our relationship so I asked Ruby if we could keep it a secret. Until, that is, I could find a way to get his approval or at least until we graduated and I became the new CEO of the company. Then I could reveal our relationship and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it."
Ruby watched as her father sat silent, looking at the two of them in turn. He took a deep breath before speaking. "I guess I can understand that. I only met your father once Weiss and I know how much of an asshole he can be." He looked at Weiss who only nodded in agreement. "I won't lie though, I am hurt that you had to keep it from me for so long." Ruby felt her heart grow heavy with guilt at knowing that she did this to her father. "But, like I said. I understand and I am happy for you. Both of you." He then took one of each of their hands into his own and gave them a small squeeze. "Love is love and nobody can tell you who to love."
Ruby smiled at her father's words and couldn't help but run to the other side of the table and hug him. "Thank you, dad." She cried into his shoulder.
"Anything for you honey." Tai smiled as he rubbed a hand up and down his daughters back. He then looked at Weiss who was sitting and smiling at the family moment. "Hey, you're a part of this family now too so get over here." He couldn't help but smile even wider as he held out an arm for the heiress to join the embrace.
Weiss was a little hesitant to do so but Ruby just smiled at her to let her know that it was okay. She then made her way over and was greeted with the comforting embrace of both Ruby's father and Ruby herself. They stayed like that for some time before separating. "Well, now that the truth is out. I must say that I am a bit relieved." Tai said as Ruby and Weiss went back to their seats.
"Why is that dad?" Ruby asked a little confused. She took a look at Weiss to see if she had any idea as to what her father was talking about but the heiress seemed just as confused.
"Well I was worried when that when you were admitted to Beacon two years earlier and with you having to deal with guys that were several years older, I was worried that they might try and take advantage of you." Tai stated a little worried as he weaved his hands together in front of him. "Thankfully though I don't have to really worry about that now and I can sleep peacefully at night not having to think about you coming home one day pregnant." He then let out a hearty laugh, grasping his stomach as he leaned back in his chair.
Ruby lightly chuckled with her father as she glanced at Weiss with a scared look on her face. The heiress's face mirrored her own and Ruby noticed that she looked like she was about to die right then and there. Tai soon noticed the lack of laughter from the other two girls and stopped his laughter. "Ruby. Something wrong?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Ruby Rose. What aren't you telling me?" Tai asked in a stern voice.
Ruby looked to her girlfriend and after a few seconds of silence, Weiss closed her eyes and took a deep breath before turning back to Ruby, grasping her hand in her own before nodding. "Dad. There is something I need to tell you." Ruby took a very deep breath and looked her father straight in the eye. "I'm pregnant."
A tense air filled the dining room for what felt like forever to the leader of team RWBY. Ruby could feel Weiss trembling through her hand and gave it a firm squeeze to try and quell her fears. Unable to take the silence anymore she finally spoke. "Dad?"
Her father's face was completely unreadable as he looked down at the table. After some time, he finally looked up at his daughter. "How. How did this happen?"
"W-what?" Ruby asked a little surprised at the lack of anger in his voice.
"How did this happen? Did…did you cheat on Weiss?" His voice was filled with sadness. Ruby understood why. His daughter had just come out that she been in a relationship with another girl for almost a year and now has just revealed that she was pregnant. Obviously, there is really only one way that that could happen and that is what he is thinking.
"No. I would never cheat on Weiss. She is the love of my life and even thinking about such a thing is just sickening to me." Ruby clearly stated.
"Then how?! How is this possible? Whose child is it?" Tai almost yelled.
"It's mine."
Tai turned to Weiss with a look of shock/confusing taking a moment to grasp what she had said before speaking. "What?"
"The baby is mine. Both Ruby's and mine." Weiss spoke as she turned to Tai.
"How is that possible?"
Weiss took a breath and started to explain to him about the dust that her father sent her. Leaving out a few bits and pieces, she told him about how the dust had somehow allowed her to impregnant Ruby with her own DNA and told him about the talk they had with Ozpin. By the time she was finished, she was almost in tears as the guilt of what she had done took to the surface. "I-I'm sorry Mr. Xiao Long. It is all my fault."
Ruby felt pain in her heart at watching her girlfriend almost break down in tears as she explained and apologized for something that she had no control over. She moved her chair until it was right new to Weiss's own and wrapped her arms around the girl's shoulder and buried her head in to her chest to soak up her tears. "It's okay Weiss. It wasn't your fault." She placed a kiss on the girl's head and ran a hand through her snow-white locks. "I don't blame you. I can never blame you." Ruby looked at her face to try and get a sense of his reaction. He just sat in his chair, not taking his eyes of the pair.
"I. I need some air." Her father then got out of his seat and headed to the front door, grabbing his coat as he did so before leaving. Ruby heard the sound of an engine and a truck backing up before driving away.
She couldn't believe what had happened. She didn't plan on her father discovering her relationship with Weiss and while she mostly believed that he would be okay with it but the pregnancy was the wild card. Ruby truly didn't know what to expect from him discovering it and while this is one of the scenarios that ran through her hand when she thought about it, it still hurt her to the fullest extent.
Tears started flowing down her cheeks and she buried her head into Weiss's hair a she cried. They sat like that for several minutes, just holding each other as they cried before Weiss pulled away and stood from her chair. "W-Weiss?" Ruby whispered as she stared at her girlfriend, both with still fresh tears on their faces.
Wiess didn't speak but gave her a smile pulled on her hand. Ruby followed and was silently lead upstairs and into her own room. Still not getting what Weiss was thinking, she was a little surprised when Weiss started changing into a pair of pajamas that wasn't much different from her own except the tank top was blue and the pajamas had snowflakes pattern on the pants. Weiss then handed Ruby her own and went to one of her bags.
After she finished changing, Ruby sat on her bed and waited to see what Weiss was doing. When she finally found what she was looking for Weiss walked back to the bed with a silver brush in her hand and sat down on her knees behind Ruby. She started to gently brush the girl's hair as if it was the most fragile thing in the world. Ruby instantly felt at peace at her lover's gentle touch. She closed her eyes and relaxed as the gentle and loving stokes went through her hair.
She soon started thinking about how her own mother used to do the same to her when she was little before she had passed away and at how her father would start to do it as well. 'Dad. I'm sorry.' Ruby started to silently cry as her thoughts went back to her father. She started thinking about all the amazing moments she had growing up. Her father teaching her how to cook, how to hunt her first Beowolf, even the moment when they adopted Zwei. She smiled as she remembered how hesitant her father was at adopting a dog as taking care of two girls by yourself was difficult enough but when Ruby used her famous 'puppy eyes' he finally relented. After the first few days, he warmed up to the dog and took to the new family member, even taking him on a few hunts.
Weiss must have noticed the tears as she stopped her movements and placed the brush down onto the dresser next to the bed. Ruby soon felt a pair of thin arms wrap around her and Weiss bury her face into the crevasse of her neck. "I'm sorry Ruby." She mumbled.
Ruby reached up and placed a hand on her lover's head. "I told you. It isn't you fault. Never will it be."
"But now because of me, your relationship with you father…" Weiss started but was interrupted by Ruby turning in her spot so that they were face to face and pressed her lips to Weiss's own.
"Stop." Ruby said as she broke the kiss. She reached up with her hand and placed in on her girlfriend's cheek who nuzzled into it. Ruby could see the tears as they fell from her eyes. "This whole ordeal, the pregnancy, my father, anything, is not your fault. I love you Weiss and not anything will change that." Weiss took some time to think before finally nodding in acceptance.
Ruby then pushed Weiss down back onto the bed and straddled her waist. She then leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on her lips as she brought her hands her sides and rubbed them up and down. She then lifted her head so that she was only a few inches away from Weiss's own. Getting an idea, she gave the heiress a smirk which caused the girl to look at her in confusion before realization struck her.
Moving her fingers, Ruby started tickling her girlfriend on her sides causing her to burst out in uncontrollable giggles. Weiss started thrashing around to try and break from the embrace but Ruby was not ready to give up just yet. "R-R-Ruby! S-s-stop!" She said in between breaths.
"What's the magic word~?" the red-head teased.
"P-p-please!" Weiss managed to giggle out. Ruby then stopped her movements. She lowered her body and wrapped her arms around her lover's waist and rested her head on her chest. "Your…pure…evil." Weiss stated through her heavy breathing.
Ruby giggled as Weiss tried to regain her breathing. "You love me~"
"God knows why." Ruby looked up from her spot and saw the smirk on the snow-white girl's face. Said girl then placed a kiss on her nose with Ruby yawning soon after. "Tired?"
Ruby nodded. "It has been a long day." Ruby then rested her head back onto Weiss's chest and closed her eyes and relaxed as Weiss started to run her hands in her hair.
"That it has. I'm surprised your father found out about us so fast."
"Well if someone was feeling so frisky earlier and left me a hickey." Ruby said with a smile.
"True, but I think it is for the best. One less person to lie to."
"Yeah. Plus, I think he would've found out anyways since he is a professional Hunter and can probably pick up the subtle tells between the two of us."
"Good point. I just hope that he can come to terms with you being pregnant."
Ruby took a breath and nuzzled further into Weiss's chest. "Honestly. I don't know. I think he will come to terms with it and support us but he has thought of me just being his young innocent daughter for so long that I don't know what to think."
"He was probably expecting Yang to be the one to come home pregnant instead. Probably wouldn't have been such a surprise then." Weiss said but Ruby could hear the smile in her voice.
Ruby looked up at Weiss and gave her playful glare. "Hey now."
"I'm kidding Ruby." Weiss then gave her a small kiss to the cheek.
"I know." Ruby smiled.
The loving pair then closed their eyes and waited for the coming embrace of sleep. Both tired out from the day's events and just wanted to relax in the other's embrace.
"I love you Ruby."
"I love you Weiss." They exchanged one final kiss before finally falling asleep.
….
Ruby awoke in the middle of the night as she felt a nearby presence in her room. Jolting up, waking Weiss up in the process, thinking that somehow had broken in she noticed that the presence was that of her father.
"Hey, hey it's okay. It's just me." He said with is hands raised in front of him in an effort to calm the pair down.
Calming down, Ruby sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. "Dad? What are you doing here?" she yawned.
Tai grabbed a nearby chair from Ruby's desk and placed it down a few feet away from the bed before taking a seat. "I wanted to apologize for earlier. I shouldn't have just left like that. I was just…in shock, you know?"
Ruby and Weiss sat on the edge of the bed and look at Tai. "I understand dad. It is a lot to take in all in one day."
"Agreed. Finding out that your daughter was in a year long relationship with another woman and said woman somehow got her pregnant is something that nobody can really expect." Weiss said.
"That is true." Tai spoke as he looked at the pair. "I always thought it would be Yang." He laughed out.
"Told you." Weiss smugly looked at Ruby who only rolled her eyes in humor in response. "But yes, we don't blame you for how you reacted."
Tai smiled. "Thank you. I took some time to think and I want you two to know that I support you. Both of you throughout all of this. I accept your relationship and I will do whatever I can to help you with the baby."
Ruby couldn't but start crying at her father's statement but this time, it was tears of happiness. She got up from her bed and wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder. "Thank you." She managed to say through her tears.
He started gently rubbing her back. "Hey. Hey. It's okay honey. You're my daughter and I love you. There is nothing that you can do that can change that." Tai then looked at Weiss who was crying herself at the touching family moment and smiled as he opened his arms. Getting the message, Weiss once again walked over and was happily welcomed in the embrace. "And Weiss, like I said earlier, you are a part of this family now and I will be there whenever you need me. You and Ruby may not be married…yet" Ruby and Weiss blushed at his statement. "But I want you to know that I think of you as my daughter just like Ruby." He then gently placed a kiss on her head to let her know that he means it.
"Thank you." Weiss said with tears in her eyes.
They stayed in that embrace for several minutes before Tai stood up and the two girls let go of him. "Now, I should probably let the two of you get back to sleep. It is late and I got to be up early to get some chores done before my hunt tomorrow." Both girls nodded and with one final hug they made their way back to Ruby's bed and laid back down. Tai himself walked to the door and took one last look back at the loving couple. "Goodnight ladies."
"Goodnight." They both replied.
He then left, closing the door behind him. Both Ruby and Weiss were almost asleep before he once again opened the door and poked his head back inside.
"Oh, and no funny business." He laughed out.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad~"
And now Tai knows about both their relationship and the baby. I hope that you all liked how I had his reaction and finally his acceptance of the pair. I wanted this chapter to be well filled with love and acceptance to show how much Tai cares for Ruby and now Weiss as they will go throughout the entire pregnancy. It was pretty emotional to write and I got to admit that a few tears were shed but I loved how it ended.
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P.S. Next chapter will be even more emotional. Prepare for tears and the feels.