Here's chapter 28 everyone.


"Are you sure it's okay to have your leg on the grass like that? It might be better if I hold it up with a glyph." Weiss offered.

"Remember that my aura is helping with the pain, Weiss. I just need to keep pressure off of it and I'll be fine." Velvet assured.

Weiss sighed. "Well, if you're absolutely sure, then okay. If you feel any pain, don't hesitate to tell me. I really don't mind keeping a glyph up for a while."

Velvet smiled at how Weiss wanted to care for her in such a way. It wasn't a surprise. It made her feel happy. "Thank you." Velvet placed her hand on Weiss' and asked. "So, what were you and Blake talking about before we got there?"

For someone like Weiss, that question would normally bother the heiress, but when she heard Velvet ask her that, she didn't second guess herself. "We were having a talk about some concerns she has with my father." Weiss noticed Velvet's expression turned to a worried one. "It's okay. I'll be honest, talking with my sister beforehand made me feel better to talk about it."

"Oh. You look happy about it, so what did you talk about?" Velvet asked.

"She wanted to know how I was doing here at Beacon." Weiss sat up and crossed her legs together. "It was…quite a surprise to hear from her."

Velvet slowly moved closer to the heiress to kiss her on the cheek. "What did she ask exactly?" Weiss wanted to answer as soon as she heard the question, but the kiss she received distracted her. "Weiss?" Velvet snapped her out of it.

"Oh…uh, right." Weiss cleared her throat. "Sorry about that. I was…a little distracted for a moment. What was the question again?"

Velvet giggled. "Instead of that question, can I know what distracted you?"

The heiress blushed. "Y-You kissed my cheek…I wasn't expecting you to do that out in public." Weiss looked down at the grass. "I-I liked it."

"I'm sorry about doing that in public, but I couldn't help myself." Velvet leaned closer to Weiss.

"I don't think it's too bad to do that. Most of the people here are just students, so I doubt they'll do much if they were to see us, but still. We should be careful." Weiss suggested.

Velvet nodded. "So what did your sister ask you exactly? That was the other question I had before."

"Oh, right. She asked me if I made any friends…so I told her about you." Weiss admitted.

Velvet's eyes widened at that, but she was secretly hoping that Weiss meant she told her sister about their relationship. "Wait, do you mean you told her about us? I thought you wouldn't want to do that so soon."

"N-No…I mean, I was thinking about it, but Blake walked in the room, so I didn't get to call her back." Weiss sighed. "Winter isn't one to say something to father about this. I guess she should know, but I don't know when to tell her."

"We can tell her together, right now." Velvet suggested.

Weiss closed her eyes and took a breath. She nodded and opened her eyes. "Okay, but how do we tell her about it? Should we even be on video?"

"Telling her slowly would be best. You said she wouldn't tell your dad, so I'm guessing she's not the kind of person to think negatively about this, but we shouldn't throw this in her face." Velvet stated.

"I just hope she doesn't feel confused about it. R-Remember how I thought about Faunus…She doesn't forget about how I was as a child." Weiss said.

Velvet ran her hand through Weiss' hair. "We can show her how you really feel now. And if you want the truth, then yes. She'll be a bit confused, but that won't be a bad thing."

"I hope you're right." Weiss took her scroll out from the bag on her back. "I asked before, but should we even have the video feed on?"

"Yes. It'll be better for her to see who I am. That way she at least has a face to work with." Velvet reasoned.

"Right…well here goes nothing." Weiss tapped Winter's number on her scroll and waited a few moments for her to answer. "What if she's busy? Maybe we shouldn't. This could be a mis-."

"Weiss?" Winter answered.

Weiss' eyes widened when she heard her sister and looked down to see her on the video feed. "W-Winter! Um…sorry, I was just speaking with that friend I mentioned before." She adjusted the scroll to show Winter that Velvet was sitting next to her.

"H-Hi, Winter. I'm Velvet." The rabbit Faunus greeted.

Winter examined Velvet for a few moments and nodded. "Alright, so you're one of the people my sister has made friends with. How well has that gone so far?"

Weiss spoke up. "It wasn't exactly the easiest start, but it got better with time, though…there were some things that needed to happen. One being a lot of talking."

"I see." Winter sighed. "Talking is usually something we could all use now and again…I'm sorry for not being able to do that as much when we were younger."

"Um, if it's okay to interrupt, I don't think you need to say sorry." Velvet said. "I don't know every bit of information, but from what I do know, it couldn't have been easy living with the threats you've both had to endure."

"No…It was not easy, but that is no excuse." Winter stated.

"Stop. This isn't why I wanted to speak to you, Winter." Weiss said. "You…When you called me earlier, I was alone in my dorm. I was thinking about telling you something after we ended the call…and I'm ready."

Winter's facial expression changed when she heard that, showing that she was taking what Weiss said in a bad way. "Weiss? Is something wrong? Did father call you after we spoke or something?"

Velvet noticed Weiss wasn't saying anything, so she decided to speak up. "It's nothing wrong. We just…really need to speak to another person about this, and since you are Weiss' sister…we both felt that it would be right to tell you."

"Tell me what? Weiss, if this isn't something bad, then please just say something." Winter pleaded.

Weiss took a breath and shook her head. "I didn't mean to stay silent there…It's just hard to say. I know I can tell you, but…the words just won't come out."

Velvet placed her hand on Weiss' shoulder. "We're both…"

"Stop. I don't want you to say it. Please let me." Weiss requested and the rabbit Faunus nodded. "Winter…all those years ago…when we were told about what happened…You know. I wasn't the best person to talk to when it was about Faunus."

Winter sighed. "I know, but I don't blame you, little sister. Father may have given us a roof, food, and whatever else was involved for basic living requirements, but the way he handled raising us…" Winter looked over at Velvet on the video feed. "I apologize. I didn't mean to speak about that in front of you."

"Please don't apologize. I don't look at what you're saying in the way you might think. In fact, hearing this makes me see the kind of man he is. And I don't think of you or your sister any less because you're related to him." Velvet explained.

"Wow. Alright, well I wasn't expecting you to say that, but I'm glad you can see the kind of people a Schnee can be." Winter said.

Weiss looked up at the clouds for a moment. "With time, things move. People…move…they change. I've slowly learned that, Winter." She lowered her head down to look at her older sister. "That's why I wanted to tell you that even though most of my life was leading me to…not care for Faunus, I've changed and…Velvet and I…are actually together." The moment she said the word, together, Winter froze on the spot. "W-Winter…"

"You're both together? As in you're going to spend time with each other as more than friends?" Winter was honestly still in a shocked mode.

Velvet nodded. "We both decided that while it's going to be hard to be with each other…since your father won't like it, we still wanna try. I care about your sister so much, Winter. And I hope…I hope you don't disapprove of us." Weiss was too scared to say anything, so Velvet said it for her. "Weiss doesn't want you to think of this as a bad thing. She told me how happy she was when she talked to you, so please, try to see that-."

Winter cut her off. "Enough. You seem to be getting the impression that I would tell you both that this is a bad thing."

Weiss perked up at that. "Y-You don't think it's a bad thing?"

"No…I think it's a stupid idea." Winter stated, causing Velvet and Weiss to be shocked. "Do you have any idea how badly this could go if father were to find out? He'd disown you, and then try his hardest to make you understand that his way is the right way again…not to mention what he may do to Velvet."

Weiss instantly jumped to the defense of Velvet. "He wouldn't do anything to her! I won't let him!"

Velvet was taken aback by how loud Weiss got. "W-Weiss…It's okay. We aren't-."

"No! Winter! You tell him that if he ever tries to cause problems for anyone I care about, then he'll have to deal with me first! I don't care how influential he is. I'll show him that I can live my life without being his heiress!" Weiss took a few breaths, and some people were staring from afar after hearing her outburst.

Winter smirked. "Well then. You just passed."

Weiss took a few more breaths and Velvet asked. "What do you mean she passed?"

"Velvet, as a big sister, I want what's best for Weiss. I don't want father to poison her mind, and I want her to choose what she wants to do that makes her happy. And while it is still shocking to hear that she's in a relationship with you, I needed to be sure that it was real. That she wanted to be with you and even father wouldn't scare her." Winter explained.

"So…you really do approve of our relationship? You don't think it's something we should avoid?" Weiss suddenly asked.

Winter placed the scroll down, so all Weiss and Velvet could see was the roof. "Give me a moment to get something, Weiss." Winter called out as she got up to look for something.

Velvet leaned in to whisper. "What do you think she's getting?"

Weiss shrugged and saw that her sister walked back to her desk. Winter picked the scroll back up with one hand, and showed the book in the other, causing the heiress to gasp. "Winter…Is that the book we-?"

"Yes. It is. Do you still have your book?" Winter asked.

Weiss nodded and took the small book out from the bag on her back. She showed it to her older sister. "I've always kept it with me. I just…didn't think you'd keep it too."

"When I first suggested the idea to use the book to keep track of people, I wanted to keep my promise to always hold onto it." Winter explained.

"Hold on. That's the book you showed me when were in the cab." Velvet noted.

The heiress nodded. "This book is to remind me of who I've run into in my life." Weiss sighed. "It reminds me of who I should stay away from."

"And I still write in my book as well." Winter stated. "I know you might think it isn't hard to remember how people behave, but it's more than just a reminder of them…It's how we viewed the people we've come across as well."

Weiss frowned at that. "I…got rid of your section…Velvet."

Winter spoke up. "Weiss, we talked about that. It isn't your fault that you had different views on someone. You should always keep the previous feelings of a person to see the change in it."

Velvet looked at the small book in Weiss' hand. "So…what did you write about me before you got rid of it? I won't be mad if it was-."

"I wrote you were a Faunus that wouldn't stop bugging me." Weiss admitted and lowered her head. "I shouldn't have written it." Weiss punched the grass. "It was just in the moment, and when I started to speak with you, I just got rid of the page entirely."

Winter heard a knock on her door and muttered. "Damn it. Um, just a moment!" She called out to whoever was knocking. "Weiss, this is the worst time for me to leave, but I need to. Look, about the book, they were your thoughts before, but it's okay now. You have each other and that's what matters." Another knock was heard. "Ugh, I have to go. I'll speak with you when I deal with this situation." With that, Winter ended the call.

Velvet wrapped an arm as best as she could around the heiress. "Does it really bother you that you wrote something that you felt at first? I told you I wouldn't be mad."

"How come you can just brush that off so easily?" Weiss asked, lifting her head up and locking her eyes with Velvet's. "I just referred to you as a Faunus that bugged me. No one would be okay with that."

"I'd only have a real problem with it if I didn't know you, but I do, so there isn't some kind of unwritten rule that says I have to be mad at the girl I care for because she had a different opinion of me before." Velvet explained.

Weiss couldn't believe what she was hearing. "How is this possible?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Velvet asked.

"Out of so many people, how did I get to be with you? You…I…just-." Weiss was cut off when she felt Velvet hold her face with both hands, and then was suddenly being kissed by the rabbit Faunus. She did the best she could to scan the area, and saw no one looking over at them.

The heiress didn't mind the sudden interruption, so she continued to enjoy the kiss for the next few seconds. Velvet slowly pulled away and smiled. "Does it still bother you? I mean thinking about how we ended up together."

Weiss blushed and shook her head. "N-No, but…I'm being serious about this. You can't just let me off the hook so easily, Velvet. Look at how-."

Velvet lightly grabbed Weiss' hand. "I want to talk to you about how we first met, so that you can understand how I was feeling back then. I didn't hate the fact that you were a Schnee that didn't have a great first meeting with me…I was sad."

"You were…sad…" Weiss repeated, though she hated hearing it.

"We went through it. The talks, when Yang locked us in the room. It was all to make things right, and it ended up being something so much more. That's why I want to introduce you to my mother when she gets here, and not as my friend, but as my girlfriend." Velvet said.

Weiss turned her head for a moment. "I suppose…it's only fair to tell her. I told my sister and-."

"It's not about being fair, Weiss. I'll be honest with you, I don't mind telling people, but I choose not to because you don't want to. The only thing about my mother…is well…she's my mother and I really want her to know." Velvet explained.

"You don't think she'll be upset about you dating a Schnee?" Weiss asked in a saddened tone at the thought of Velvet's mother not approving of her because of her last name.

"I'm not sure how she'll react at first, but in the long run, she won't be against it. It won't be easy, but we can show her that a name means nothing to us." Velvet rested her head on Weiss' shoulder, causing the heiress to blush. "Thank you."

"F-For what?" Weiss asked.

"When you got upset with how your sister talked about your dad. You said how you didn't need him and that you wouldn't let him hurt the people you care about." Velvet closed her eyes and smiled.

"W-Well…I won't let him…" Weiss was secretly thinking to herself about what her father could really do.

He could easily take her out of Beacon and force her to either take classes in Atlas, or find some way to make her stay home. Not only that, but he could cause financial issues for Velvet's mother as a threat if she didn't listen to him. The moment when Winter said something about it set her off, but Weiss wasn't sure how she'd really be if faced against her father.

"I know you're thinking about him, but please…try to think about us. It kinda sounds selfish, but…I want your attention so we can actually be together." Velvet requested, having opened her eyes as she looked up at the heiress. Weiss felt Velvet move a little away so that she could offer her hand to her. "Do you wanna go back to the dorm?"

Weiss took Velvet's hand and shook her head. "No…without any distractions from what I think about…staying here is the best idea. And you're right, I shouldn't be neglecting you like-."

"I didn't say you were neglecting me." Velvet giggled.

Weiss' blush reddened, since she liked hearing Velvet giggle. "Well, either way, you're right about spending more time together." Weiss gently fell back onto the grass, seeing Velvet do the same, though a little slower.

The heiress may have been okay with a few kisses here and there while they were outside, but she began to think about something. "I know what I just said, but…I need to say this." Weiss took a breath. "We're out here…with people around us who could see us this way…and yet I'm not as worried as I thought I would be."

"I like it, since we don't have to hide it." Velvet admitted.

"That's what I mean…maybe we should tell the others. Ruby and my sister know already, and your mother will too." Weiss said as she closed her eyes.

Velvet rested her head on Weiss' collarbone, and wrapped an arm around her. "Whatever you choose to do, just know that I'll support it."

"No. I want you to have a choice in this relationship too." Weiss opened her eyes to see Velvet resting on her. "For now, let's enjoy the rest of the sunlight."


Sorry about not posting this for a few days. I was a little busy this past weekend, so I couldn't write anything during that time. Oh and I'll be writing out more of Winter's reaction to her sister dating a Faunus, since she'll have more screen time herself with the new issue she needs to handle with her father's quarry. Next up is mama rabbit.

To JJ- I love seeing the kind of Winter that truly cares for her sister, but has that tough love kind of aspect to her. And thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the way I write out Weiss. Hopefully this was enough fluff for the chapter.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 28. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 29.