"…"

"…"

Yang regains herself first. Her mouth agape, she looks over to a napping Weiss and back to you. With a whisper, she says, "You're… You're CHEATING on Weiss!?" The blonde looks horrified, not catching Blake's smug face. "And YOU'RE going behind her back!?"

Ruby blinks, the events of just now catching up to her. Forcing herself to stifle it, she quietly screams, "WHATTTTT!?" Instantly sobering up, she continues with a weak, "W-with her? Not… You… you chose her…? B-but I…" She looks away from you, nervously dodging eye contact out of shame.

Realizing randomly kissing you while Weiss wasn't paying attention might have been a bad idea, Blake rolls her head. In a louder voice so as to reach Weiss, she says, "Hey, Snow Angel!" in a flirty voice.

"Yes, dear?" Weiss yawns, rolling over to face all of you. She suddenly realizes she just called Blake, "dear," in front of everyone. "Oh… Oh, you were telling them?"

Yang and Ruby blink. Both say, "What?" in differing tones.

Dumbfounded, Yang brushes her hair out of her face and splashes some water on it. "Wait, what is going on?"

Sensing the incoming questioning, Weiss gets up and gets into the hot tub, sitting on the other side of you. You now sit in between Weiss and Blake, who both start leaning on you and holding your arms.

"We're…" Weiss starts. "We're kind of… ALL dating. Each other."

"Polyamory," Blake clarifies. She gives you a peck on the cheek, with Weiss following suit.

"Yeah," you say. "It just kind of happened this way."

Starting to put two and two together, Yang narrows her eyes. "When did this start? How long have you been… this?"

Blake lets out a long sigh. This would be the embarrassing part, plus come with some bad memories. "Remember our holiday party?" Ruby and Yang nod. "Well… things happened when we were sharing the apartment. The whole thing with Ilia showing up and having to reveal that I'm a Faunus… I…" Blake closes her eyes, shameful of her weaknesses. "I broke down. He stayed with me and made me feel safe."

Yang quietly realizes, "Oh, is that what the plushie was from?"

"Yes. He put on Lucky the Cat to help calm me down. We ended up sleeping on the couch together. Not sexual, just sleeping. He made me feel safe and warm when I really needed it."

Weiss' eyes open wide. Realizing the next part of the story, she tries to shrink herself as much as possible. Yang notices though Ruby doesn't.

"And then…" Blake sighs. "Then I started my heat cycle. Yes, we go through heat. Shut up."

"Not the time for jokes, got it," Yang says. She raises an eyebrow, connecting heat with your relationship.

"Weiss saw I needed release after the party, and then one thing led to another, and… here we are." Blake conveniently leaves out her surprise kiss, though there's not any doubt that, "release," means anything other than sex. "It's a bit more complicated than that, but this is already way too personal."

"S-so you two…" Ruby says, twiddling her fingers. She looks at her two index fingers touching and touching, making them kiss. "Did the thing?" Looking like she really doesn't want to hear the answer, she gazes everywhere but in front of her.

"Yes," Blake relays in a stern voice. "We slept together. Sexually," she clarifies. Ruby forces herself not to shoot up in embarrassment; talk of sex seems to still get to her as always.

Yang pauses to take a breath. "Okayyy… That's a bit to take in." Looking at Weiss wish she was invisible, the blonde infers a few things. "And… I can only imagine, but I don't think she'd let you sleep with him if she hadn't done so already." Thankfully being serious about it, she says, "So you slept together, right Weiss?"

From between her fingers covering her scarlet face, Weiss' meekest voice comes out. "Y-yes. We… made love." Your heart twinges at her wording. Refusing to look at Yang, Weiss continues, "I saw Blake needed something, and that he was the only one who she would be safe with. And… because I wanted… I liked… I was attracted to her, too. I kept thinking about sex and her and… all that."

Yang leans back, letting the edge of the pool lift her up. "Wow. And here I thought our parents were weirdos…" Ruby continues to freak out about her friends having sex.

Confused, you let out, "Huh?"

"Our parents were poly. There was our dad, my mom, and Ruby's mom. Given, we were young when Summer passed and my mom left, but the old photo albums stuck around."

You miraculously push aside the fact that Yang and Ruby had never talked about their mothers before. You knew they were half-sisters, but the fact that they were A. poly, and B. not both dead was rather surprising. Taiyang was a single dad, but you just assumed both of his wives died. Still, this wasn't the time to dwell on this newfound information.

"Polyamory was pretty common in the early days of hunters and huntresses, judging from books. Then again, the whole die young thing probably had something to do with that…" Blake says. "Though, I guess it's not… TOO weird, right?"

"I wouldn't say that. Maybe just a little surprising is all," Yang says. "Well, whatever makes you happy I guess."

"Just… one thing, please," Weiss asks. "Could you not talk about this with other people?"

"But what about Jaune!" Ruby shouts. "And Pyrrha and Ren!"

Weiss' gaze turns from embarrassment to pure ice. "Under NO circumstance can you let Nora know. She'd let the entire city know the second she heard."

"But you're going to have to hide!"

"That's… for the best." Weiss shifts moods again to sad. "I'm not afforded the luxury of being able to love whoever I want."

"What, you can't be seen with Blake in public?" Yang asks, angrily. She is right back to thinking of Weiss as the racist snob.

"Yes. There's no way I could help others if I'm seen with Blake."

Slightly off guard, Yang raises an eyebrow. "Help others? Wait, what?"

"I'm the Schnee heiress. I got that title when my sister lost it; the only reason I haven't lost it yet is that my father thinks I'll fail here and run back home. I don't get a second chance." Weiss looks Yang straight in the eye, her face cold and stern. She only gets like this when declaring something grand. "If I'm being honest, I'm shocked I'm allowed to date my current boyfriend. Father aims to marry me off to a businessman; I have more suitors than I do classmates." Once again, Weiss sighs, sinking into the water. Far weaker, she continues, "My family's old-fashioned, so a stupid crush couldn't possibly last. It's miraculous enough I can stay with him; there's no way I could be seen dating a woman. 'Marriage is a man and a woman,' or a man and a trophy capable of procreating."

Inquisitive, Ruby leans in. "What does that have to do with helping others?"

"I aim to inherit the SDC. If father catches me getting caught up in a scandal, then I can't change the company into a name people don't spit on. If I don't marry a rich son of my father's friend, I lose the chance to make the Schnee name mean something good again."

"Weiss," both you and Blake say. She'd never shared any of what she just said. You knew she wanted to do the SDC better but to take her inheritance and fix the horrific actions of her father… And to carry so much weight by dating you. You didn't know how much pressure there is. Weiss must really love you and Blake if she was willing to cross her father.

"I can barely date someone I love; I can't be seen dating a woman. Polyamory? No chance. If it comes out that Blake's a Faunus? My dream ends. A former White Fang? I get locked in my room for life and dragged through the mud in every publication my father doesn't own."

All of you look at Weiss stunned. None of you knew just how much she cared about her name. The Schnee heiress-ship didn't just mean money, it meant she could reclaim the SDC. None of you knew just how audacious it was that you were dating her, let alone Blake, let alone at the same time. You've seen yourself in magazines voyeuristically snatching private moments, and the blowback from that is incredible; there are more than a few articles about, "Weiss Schnee's Secret Love Affair!?" with the picture being you and her on a date, with the article speculating about how you've blackmailed her, or how she's on drugs, or how eating gelato is staining her family name. In between the sex tips on page four, you're any number of celebrities, criminals, or faceless nobodies. If there's one good thing about blatant paparazzi lies, then it's that they are so unclear about Weiss dating a fellow classmate that they assume you HAVE to be notable.

Blake, though…

Blake had people that could recognize her. Dating her meant that Weiss couldn't be too careful when going out with her. She couldn't be publicized without worry.

"If I'm being honest, I'm fine with it being a secret," Blake says, relaxing now that the hard part was over. "I don't need the attention from everyone. And…" She gets a somber look of regret in her eye. "If no one else, keep this from Ilia for now. I think she needs some time to get over me being realizing I'm attracted to women, just not necessarily her. I'm sure she'd be understanding, but I want her to move past me."

"It's okay if they find out," Weiss adds. "Just, try and keep it quiet for now. But if they catch us or think something fishy is going on, you can clear the air."

"I can work with that. Ruby?"

Still a little nervous about everything, Ruby twiddles her fingers. She's having a hard time looking at any of you. Still, she says, "Yeah. I-I want you all to be hic-happy," in between hiccups.

"In that case, are there any other secrets we should know about?"

Weiss says nothing, but Blake considers. You say nothing, but the Faunus answers, "Not a conversation for right now. Soon."

"In that case… again," Yang stumbles. "I'm ready to drunk-sleep tomorrow. And judging from Ruby's inability to speak, she's about done." She stretches before climbing out of the hot tub. "I think we'll head back to the dorm, give you three some privacy." Throwing her hair back, she winks and motions to your room. Ruby groggily agrees and gets out with her. Both begin drying off and putting on their outer clothes. "Use protection!" Ruby and Weiss blush.

"Not needed," Weiss says, embarrassed. "I have a headache from your mixers. I'll be going straight to bed."

"Same," Blake agrees, following her team out of the hot tub. "Though we can crash here so you don't have to make so many trips on your bike and we can just grab a cab tomorrow. That alright… dear," she says, shyly looking at you. It was incredibly cute to hear her call you that in front of her friends, especially because it was fully intentional.

A bit bummed you wouldn't be in another threesome, you say, "Of course. I'll take the couch, and you two can have the bed." You are happy that Ruby and Yang know that you won't be having sex tonight; it'd be weird to know your friends are having sex as you drive home, after all. You start drying off and getting ready to sleep the night away.

"Drive safe!" you, Blake, and Weiss wish as Yang hops onto Bumblebee. Ruby, suddenly very intense, tightens her grip around her sister so as not to fall off the bike. Yang's tolerance left her able to drive well enough, so you all send the sisters on their way. The three of you head back to your apartment, with the remaining Riot Punch in tow and some spare clothes; humorously, Blake and Weiss staying over was already in the plan before Ruby and Yang knew the secret, so you'd planned for this.

You take your place on your couch and start scrolling through the web after putting on some loungewear. Blake and Weiss washed their hair really quick, then dropped into bed.

Just as you were placing down your phone to go to bed, Blake opens the door and comes out into the main room. Though dark, you see a smile on her face. "I lied; I don't want to go to bed just yet."

You hear the sound of Blake's heavy, labored breathing as she draws near.

"Weiss said I could have you to myself tonight~"