Pool!AU: where Weiss is a champion diver and Yang is the captain of the water polo team. Weiss originally goes to Yang to yell at her (and her team) to keep it quieter while she is practicing. Surprise surprise they fall in love :P
She breathed in and closed her eyes. She was 10m above ground, getting ready to end her practice with one final move. Weiss was a champion diver, nationally. Soon enough, she'd be a name known worldwide with her diving skills.
Beacon Academy was the perfect place to hone her already perfect skills and it could help if she went beyond perfect. Beacon Academy offered everything a top tier athlete could want, including a very large pool.
Now, the only problem with said pool was that it was public. Granted, there were schedules and sign-ups for times and practices that could be made but frankly, Weiss had considered herself unlucky with who she had shared the pool with during her scheduled times. There was no peace, no quiet - at times it was hard to concentrate with so much noise surrounding the pool.
Today, out of all days was probably the worst day.
The girls water polo team of the school was making such a ruckus. Weiss opened her eyes, she wasn't going to be able to perform in these conditions, no. She eyed the water polo team who were being loud and obnoxious.
She watched from her makeshift perch as they loudly dunked each other underneath the water, trying to get a ball and throwing it at a goal. Or at least that's what it looked like.
What brutes! Weiss sneered from her perch. Who could like such a barbaric sport? She hadn't actually watched it being played before, and to her surprise she didn't realize how violent the sport could be. Or how loud.
Every time in the past she had narrowly missed just having the same time slot as the water polo team. Yet here she was, after months of being at the school she finally had the run in with them.
She sighed and shook her head, retreating from her perch and climbing down the ladder. She had had enough of this. If they weren't going to be quiet for her last routine set, she would make them quiet.
The pitter patter of her feet could be heard on the wet cement as she had hurriedly made her way over there. She had made it over there, only for the ball to fly towards her as she narrowly dodged it.
She huffed.
"Oh, sorry! But could you pass us the ball pretty please?" One very tall and lengthy looking girl asked, her bright green eyes shone as she smiled in a very polite manner. Her tone was sickeningly sweet.
Weiss grabbed the ball and held onto it. "Not until you tell me who is the…" she paused trying to find the word her eyes flashed as she remembered "team captain is." Usually, sports the used teams weren't her thing. She had trouble relying on anyone other than herself.
A girl in the back raised her hand and swam towards the edge of the pool where Weiss was. A gorgeous set of lavender eyes stared up at Weiss with a curious looking smirk. Weiss glared at her, who was this girl and where did she get off on being so pretty? "That would be me." The girl said, now lifting herself up and out of the pool.
Weiss backed up, noticing just how tall and ripped this girl was. "Yang Xiao Long. Team Captain for Beacon Academies water polo team." she introduced herself sticking out her hand. Weiss looked down at it. Everything about this girl was overwhelming. Weiss held the ball underneath her arm, and stuck out her hand to politely shake the girls hand. At least she didn't behave barbarically outside of the pool.
Weiss cleared her throat, "Weiss Schnee. Champion Diver." she puffed herself up, trying her hardest to look like the best. It was something she had to do on a constant, especially with so many eyes on her.
Yang cocked an eyebrow with a smirk on her face. Almost as if she knew something Weiss didn't. "Alright then, Ms. Schnee. Is there something you needed." Yang's tone became somewhat...mischievous.
"You all need to settle down. I cannot concentrate on performing my last and final set with you all yelling and screaming!" she quickly demanded. A few scoffs and chuckles could be heard from the water.
Yang held a smug look about her "Weren't you working just fine this whole time? Why the sudden change?" she crossed her arms looking down at Weiss.
Weiss huffed, "I knew you wouldn't understand." she tossed Yang the ball, looking a little disappointed.
Yang caught it with ease. "Whoa, whoa. I didn't say we wouldn't stop princess . In fact, we'll give you the audience you deserve." she turned her head towards the girls in the pool, "Isn't that right ladies?" The team cheered as Yang looked back at Weiss who seemed to be sporting a blush.
Yang smirked. "Go ahead." she gestured back towards the diving board.
Weiss quickly turned heel, and fast walked towards the diving board. She felt a burning sensation in her cheeks. What was it about the girl that had suddenly gotten her so worked up? Was it her eyes? Her voice? Her muscles? Weiss couldn't put a finger on it, even if she did want to lay several on her.
The pool area was now quiet as Weiss had readied herself atop the diving board. She took a deep breath and readied herself.
She jumped then tucking, flipping, and twisting and quick and smooth combination that only few could achieve. It was almost has Weiss had simultaneously danced and flew through the air only to dive into the water in perfect form.
Weiss came up from underneath only to hear loud cheering coming from the opposite sides of the pool. She hid her smile underneath the water as only half her face could be seen. She stared directly at Yang who's eyes never left hers.
The team, along with Weiss exited the pool. Both of their times being up.
While the rest of the team headed back into the locker rooms, Yang had waited behind for Weiss. "Sooo, that was pretty cool." Yang commented as her and Weiss had begun to walk in sync back to the locker rooms. "Like, I know I've seen you do that stuff from time to time it's just that I never really got to pay that much attention." Yang admitted.
Weiss looked up at her as they walked. "You've seen me before?" Weiss asked, her heart nearly jumping for an odd reason.
"Ahh…" Yang rubbed the nape of her neck. "Kind of. During practice right now I watched a little. But I've only really seen you perform from afar." Once more Yang admitted to watching Weiss. However, Weiss never found it to be odd. Of course all eyes were on Weiss, she was a rising star. She could only imagine that Yang was trying to be her friend to be associated with fame. "It was pretty impressive how you did all those...things."
Weiss chuckled, "Those things are what got me this far. I appreciate your cooperation, Ms. Xiao Long and thank you." an odd warm sensation ran through Weiss as she spoke to Yang.
"Please, call me Yang." she grinned widely as they had entered the locker rooms, to which Weiss hadn't even noticed they had made it to Yang's locker. "Well, this is my stop. Thanks for escorting me, Weiss." she winked.
Weiss momentarily sputtered, she felt a little embarrassed following Yang to her locker out of all things. Weiss also hadn't noticed how she had let her guard down so easily already. She was lucky that every other girl had either left, was in a conversation, or had gone to shower and weren't paying attention to them at all. "Not a problem. Just don't expect anything like that from me again." she tried her best to put her front back up.
She quickly left to her own locker.
Weiss had managed to find a private shower, get dressed, and then leave the facilities.
She stepped outside, meeting the cold air. She would've instantly shivered had it not been for her rather warm attire. She stepped through the snow that was covering the ground as she made her way to the parking lot.
But she stopped in her tracks to notice a very familiar looking face sitting on the bench with very wet hair.
The girl had noticed her too and tilted her head curiously, her eyes then instantly lit up as the girl seemed to recognize her. "Weiss!" she waved at her.
Weiss had already made her way to her when she was called. "Are you insane?" Weiss chided at her, looking at her hair. "This is freezing cold weather and your outside with your wet hair? Why aren't you going to your car?" Weiss didn't know why she cared so much. But here she was, scolding a girl she hardly knew for the sake of the girls own safety.
Yang weakly chuckled and sat back on the bench, "I was waiting for someone to come give me a ride. I can't really ride my motorcycle in this kind of weather."
Weiss scoffed, taking off her white beanie and handing it to Yang. "Put this on, you dumb brute." she rolled her eyes.
Yang hesitantly grabbed it and put it on, adjusting it. "You know you didn't ha-" Yang was tugged up from the bench, as Weiss had grabbed her hand and dragged her to the parking lot. "Where are you taking me?!"
"Back to your home?!" Weiss huffed, "I'm not going to let you sit here in the cold and I'm definitely not going to let you say no!" With her freehand Weiss unlocked a car that was a few feet ahead of them. She pushed Yang to the other side and opened the door for her.
"Such a gentleman." Yang teased, settling herself on the passenger side.
Weiss glared and closed the door in surprisingly calm manner. Weiss went to the driver's seat, and started the ignition.
"You know you didn't have to do this for me." Yang commented. "I've done this like plenty of times. I'm capable of taking care of myself." Yang's voice held more mischievousness towards it.
Weiss sat with her hands on the steering wheel. "You could just say thank you, you know." Weiss groaned, the sensation in her heart was growing. Overwhelming her, and she couldn't tell what it was. Ever since she had laid eyes on the lavender eyed girl, the girl that she now knew was blonde, the girl that she had dragged to her car in some sort of out-of-body experience moment was someone she could not stop having strange feelings for.
"Alright, well then how about I take you on a date? Are you free tonight?" Yang looked at her and grinned.
Weiss immediately turned her heads towards Yang, eyes widened. "W-what? Are you trying to set me up or something?"
Yang laughed "The only thing I'm trying to set up is you with me. You said you wanted to be thanked, so that's the best way to thank someone isn't it?" Yang adjusted her hat, shook her head, and slightly shivered.
Weiss backed up the car, without another word and drove out of the parking lot.
"If I can't say no, then why can't you say no either?" Yang now asked, and pointed in the direction they should turn. "That's not fair. What if you're kidnapping me?" Yang teased once more. "I can see the headlines now…" she stuck her hands up and pretended there was big billboard in front of her - "Famous Diver Weiss Schnee kidnaps young innocent water polo captain Yang Xiao Long!"
Weiss loudly groaned, "Fine! Fine. You win. Just enough with your...shenanigans." she scoffed with a blush, "You're giving me heart palpitations." Weiss muttered.
"Up here, then a left and a right on the second street." Yang commented before smirking. "Heart palpitations? You mean a warm sensation in your gut? Your heart racing way too fast? A jittery feeling in your whole body?"
Weiss kept her eyes on the road, but Yang read every inch of Weiss and the face she was making. "How did you…?"
Yang chuckled, "I feel the same way. That's not heart palpitations you know, I'm pretty sure that's…oh look, we're here. Pull up here."
Weiss stopped the car and pulled up in front of a nice little house that Yang must've owned as it was off-campus. "Thanks for the ride princess. I'll return the hat tonight. Just pick me up at 7, and I'll handle everything else." Yang exited the vehicle and winked. "It'll all go... swimmingly. " Yang joked.
"Wait!" Weiss called out to her before Yang could shut the door. "If it's not heart palpitations, then what is it?"
Yang widely grinned, and let out a soft chuckle.
"It's love."