RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 36

Chrome

Packing my clothes for the trip to Argus, I closed the suitcase just as I heard the door to the bedroom open. "Hey, Yang." Grabbing the suitcase, I turned to the door. "Did you-" I stopped when I saw Weiss standing in the doorway instead. "Oh! Hey, Weiss."

With a deep breath, she walked into the room. "Chrome, I-" she sighed. "We need to talk."

Sensing what she meant, I nodded. "I've been meaning to talk to you, too, actually."

"This...may be difficult to hear, but..."

"We're related." I finished for her.

A look of shock spread across her face. "You knew?"

"Yeah. I overheard you and...our sister talking back at Beacon." I said. "Didn't believe it at first. But with that information, more and more about me started to make sense."

"You mean your semblance?"

"My semblance, my hair." I sighed. "The only thing that doesn't seem to be from y... our mother," I corrected myself. "are my eyes."

Weiss took a step closer to get a better look. "They're...amber?" I nodded in reply. "I never noticed before."

"But yeah...I've known, about as long as you, that we're related." I told her.

There were a few seconds of silence. "What about Blake?" she asked. "Aren't you two brother and sister?"

I sighed. "No, we're not. We're cousins."

"That...must have been hard...realizing your whole life was a lie." Weiss said softly.

"Not really." I shrugged. "I still consider Blake to be my sibling, and she feels the same. I consider her parents as my parents, and they consider me as their son."

"You told them?" Weiss asked.

"Well, yeah." I replied. "I needed to know. Didn't you talk to mom about me?"

Weiss rubbed her arm nervously. "I... No. Winter told me I couldn't say anything about your existence. Not unless I wanted to risk my dad finding out about you."

"I'm not scared of some stuck-up jerk that thinks Faunus are lower than him." I crossed my arms.

"My dad would send private mercenaries after you." she told me, ignoring what I'd said. "He would do everything in his power to 'cleanse the family name'."

"Wow, he sounds like an even bigger prick than I thought." I told her. "No offense."

"None taken." she crossed her arms.

"Wait, wouldn't he have seen my semblance during the tournament?" I asked.

"I was wondering that, too." Weiss said. "So, I asked if he caught any of the fights, but he said he was too busy to watch."

"Huh."

"Anyways, Chrome, I wanted to tell you that... I'm glad I have a brother I can get along with." she told me.

"You... We have another brother?" I asked.

"Yeah..." she seemed to get a bit annoyed at the mention of him.

"Huh." I shrugged. "Well, I'm happy we talked about this."

She gave a warm smile. "Me, too." turning around, she made her way out of the room.

As she left, Yang walked in, passing Weiss. "Hey, Chrome." she smiled once our eyes met. "I figured we could talk before heading for Argus."

Sitting down, I gestured to the bed. "I've...actually been wanting to talk with you."

Hearing the seriousness in my tone, Yang's smile slowly faded. "What's wrong?" she walked over and sat down next to me.

Seeing Yang's right arm was replaced by a mechanical yellow and black arm, I bowed my head in regret and guilt. "Yang, I..." tears stung my eyes. "I'm so, so sorry."

"Chrome." I kept my head bowed, not wanting to look her in the eye. "Please, look at me."

"It's my fault you-"

"I made the choice to help you and Blake." Yang said softly. "You're not responsible for what happened."

"How can you forgive me so easily? I left you at Beacon. I-"

"I understand why you left." she told me. "You had a lot going on. A lot more than me. Sure, I lost my arm, but your life was flipped upside down."

"That doesn't make it right." I told her, shaking my head.

"I was pissed at you for leaving." she said. "But...what you're dealing with...I can't imagine."

"Still, I...I shouldn't have-"

"Chrome, it's okay." she said softly.

"Hey, on the bright side, we both came out of Beacon with some cool battle scars!"

"...I guess."

After a few seconds of silence, Yang sighed. "Look, we can't change what's happened. So let's focus on what's ahead of us."

I slowly nodded. "...maybe."

Yang gently placed a hand on my chin to get me to face her. "I love you." Hearing those words come from her sent a wave of emotions through me.

Trying to find the right words, I tried to speak but Yang silenced me by pulling me into a kiss. Surprise overtook me before being quickly replaced with happiness as I let myself sink into the embrace. Falling into the bed, we didn't separate from our embrace.

Finally pulling away for air, our eyes locked. "I love you, too."

Yang smiled before pulling me into another kiss.

Hearing someone clear their throat, we both sat up to see Ruby standing in the doorway. "Can you two get ready? We're leaving for Argus soon." she said as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah, yeah." Yang said as she reluctantly got up. "Way to ruin the mood."

"We're all waiting for you two." she said before walking off.

"Come on." I got up and grabbed my suitcase. "It's going to take a while to reach Atlas."

End of chapter 36

(Going to take a bit of a break because my mind is exhausted. I'll work on the fic every now and then, but I want a few days to just...chill. I have a bit of writer's block at the moment, which is why I want a few days, to a week, to myself. Just to cool off, chill, and give my mind a break.

I will work on my fics every now and then during the week off, whenever an idea pops into my head or when I have nothing else to do, but other than that, I just want a bit of time to myself.

For those wondering, once this story is finished, I'll work on my other RWBY fic and that'll probably be it until the next season of RWBY.

Anyways, see you when I see you!)