Here's chapter 51, everyone.
"Should we… Uh, tell the others?" Ruby asked, both her and Weiss having gotten back to Beacon already and sitting outside on their favorite spot under the tree. "I mean Blake and Yang, at least them first."
Weiss sighed happily at a cool breeze that flew passed them, and she simply nodded. "I see no reason to keep this from there." She looked over at Ruby's scroll, which was on the grass next to her. "Could you check my aura levels?"
"Heh." Ruby grinned. "I thought you said to not get used to you being in wolf form out here." She said as she grabbed her scroll off the ground.
"Well now that you remind me, I suppose I won't use my semblance after all." Weiss countered, knowing that would get Ruby to react.
"W-Wait, I was just joking!" Ruby flailed her arms around, while Weiss playfully nudged her.
"Relax, you dork. It's a lot easier to mess with you than I thought." Weiss smirked, while Ruby blushed in embarrassment at being tricked so easily.
"Bleh." She stuck her tongue out at her partner, but after a second she checked Weiss' aura levels. "Looks like you're at around… Fifty seven. I guess using it in town drained a good bit."
"Fifty seven? Ugh, well I should be good to use it once, then rest a bit to use it again before we get back to bed." Weiss stated. "Alright, same as usual." The white haired teen used her semblance and left her clothes on the side as she instantly laid down in her wolf form.
Ruby grabbed the clothes and neatly put them in a pile as she laid down next to her partner, resting her head on her soft fur. "I'll never get tired of this, Wolfy."
"Don't push it." Weiss growled.
The rose girl chuckled nervously, not wanting to get bitten on her hand like Yang had the other day, though that was when Weiss was in her pup size. "S-Sorry."
"Dork." Weiss muttered and closed her eyes as she laid her head on the grass. "Oh, and… About today, when we speak with Blake and Yang, I'd rather we not speak about the dust shop incident."
Ruby knew Weiss was still upset about that, so she rubbed her fur a bit. "I won't bring it up. Promise."
"Thank you." Weiss got comfortable and enjoyed the calm breeze, but the silence she wished for was interrupted almost immediately.
"Ruby! Ice Wolf!" Yang called out to the two as she walked over with Blake. "See. Told you they'd be here." She said to her partner, who simply shrugged. In response.
"Ugh, was hoping for some peace and quiet." Weiss lifted her head up, while Yang plopped down next to her. "How did you even know we were back already?"
Yang pointed her thumb over at Ruby. "Texted me. And I so knew you'd be at this spot. Not too hard to figure you out, ice wolf."
Weiss looked over at Ruby, giving her an unamused look. "I thought you wanted this to be a partner day for us."
"Oh? A partner day, huh?" Yang smirked, giving her sister a teasing look. "And what did the two of you do for this so called, 'partner day'?" She used air quotes.
"Ugh, stop, Yang. We just went to a burger place is all…" Ruby didn't want to tell her about the kiss until Weiss was ready to as well.
"Just a burger place? Sheesh, Ruby, you would think you'd wanna take a pretty girl like Weiss here somewhere el-." Yang cried out when her sister tackled her to the ground, while the white wolf sighed in response.
Blake sat next to her, rubbing her fur a bit. "Sorry if she's getting in the way of anything. Yang just wanted to prove you two were here is all."
Weiss' tail swayed a bit from the rubs, and she rolled her eyes. "Don't apologize for the oaf. She's clearly trying to get on Ruby's nerves, but look how that turned out."
"Help, Blake!" Yang called for her partner while Ruby was wrestling her to the ground.
"You're losing to your little sister. I don't think I'm qualified to help on those terms." Blake said in a monotone voice, getting a chuckle from the ice wolf. "Besides, you're the one who bothered them, so this is your problem to deal with."
"Something we both agree on." Weiss grinned, sitting up as she watched the girl she kissed keeping Yang down.
Yang was struggling in Ruby's grip, sighing as she stopped moving around and let her little sister hold her arms down. "You know I let you win, right?"
Ruby moved her hand over and flicked Yang in the forehead, making her sister yelp. "Yes, but that doesn't mean you didn't deserve it. Now stop teasing me and let us have our partner day."
"Alright, alright. But hey," She leaned in to whisper. "Did you tell her yet? I know you mentioned you wanted to soon." Yang hoped Weiss' hearing couldn't pick up on that.
The white wolf was too busy speaking with Blake to notice, and Ruby blushed a bit. "Uh, I'll tell you later." She whispered back, Yang's eyes going wide because she knew her sister must've said something to the white wolf.
As the rose girl got off of her sister, she sighed and looked over at Weiss, who at the moment was still talking with Blake. "Yes, the place we went was a bit packed, but surprisingly the food wasn't all that bad."
"Depends on what you get." Blake noted, enjoying the small talk she could have with Weiss.
"I chose to get a salad, while the dolt here went with a burger. Ugh, I can't think about eating those things so much." Weiss said.
Ruby plopped down next to her. "Oh come on, Weiss. Burgers aren't that bad, and besides I know you like fries, and those are a little greasy too."
"I had one fry, Ruby, and besides, a burger is so much more than a few fries." Weiss defended, looking over when Yang sat next to Blake. "Have you learned your lesson, Xiao Long?"
Yang groaned and leaned against the tree. "Meh, I like teasing my little sister. What of it?"
"Oaf." Weiss muttered and laid down again, Yang smiling a bit when she thought about something.
"Hey, I know you two wanna have your partner day, so we'll leave you to it, but I do wanna say this. I like this." Yang's words weren't understood immediately, so she continued. "Us. All just sitting here and finally being a team who gets each other."
Ruby grinned happily. "Yeah, it's really nice. And we're all here together, ready to take on four years of Beacon. It'll be awesome!"
Blake's ears twitched under her bow, thinking about if she really could go four years with her team. More so, living a life she could be proud of again. Her right hand was shaking a bit at the thought, and Weiss noticed it, but instead of saying something to draw attention to her, she moved a little and nuzzled Blake's hand, causing the cat Faunus to look down at her.
Weiss smiled, trying to get her to relax. "Weiss… Thank you."
Ruby and Yang looked a little out of the loop. "What ice wolf do?" Yang asked her partner.
"Nothing. I do agree though. Four years here will be an experience." Blake said as she rubbed Weiss' fur a bit, the white wolf looking over at Beacon as she did.
"This place means a lot to so many people. It's a home to some, a chance to start over for others… What is it to me?"
The white wolf felt it was to follow her dreams, but it seemed more than that. Like a combination of many reasons to be at Beacon. But all in all, that question didn't invade her mind for long, since she was with her team.
"Ruby." Weiss called out to her partner as she sat up to face her. "I'd like to tell them now, if you're okay to."
Yang and Blake remained silent, wanting to know what she was talking about, while Ruby nodded and scooted close to her partner. "Blake, Yang… Um, Weiss and I, are, well… Together."
"I knew it!" Yang cheered loudly, while Blake threw her hands over her bow, trying her best to cover her ears since the blonde was way too loud just then.
Weiss groaned in response, her own ears flattening against her head. "Do you have to be so loud about it, Xiao Long? Ugh, last time we tell you important news while I'm using my semblance."
"Sorry, but I just knew something had to have happened while you guys were in Vale." Yang grinned, holding her knees with excitement. "Look, I don't need full details, but at least tell me how it happened."
Ruby blushed, wishing her sister wasn't gushing about it. "Yang, can we not do this right now…"
"Oh come on, Ruby. I've known about your little crush for awhile now, and Weiss, you're honestly the only one I'm okay with Ruby being with, without having to have the sister talk with them." Yang stated.
"The sister talk?" Weiss repeated confusingly.
"Yeah…" Yang's eyes went red for a second, surprising Weiss and Blake, while Ruby sighed. "You know," She got right in the white wolf's face. "Hurt my sister and I break every bone in your body." Her tone shifted, making Weiss' eyes go wide, but when she moved back and chuckled, her lilac eyes returned. "Like that."
"O-Okay…" Weiss didn't admit it, but she was a bit terrified of the blonde at that point.
"Buuuuut, I don't need to have that talk with ya, because I trust you." Yang smiled, but after a few seconds, she realized she may have intimidated the white wolf. "Uh, ice wolf? Didn't scare ya now, did I?"
Weiss snapped out of it and blushed. "W-What? Of course not. Like you could scare me... "
Yang smirked and crossed her arms. "Uh huh."
Blake intervened by slapping the back of Yang's head like she had done before, earning another yelp from the blonde. "Stop being a pest." Yang started rubbing the back of her head while glaring at Blake.
"I'm just messing with her, sheesh. Can't a girl have a little fun here and there?" Yang whined.
Ruby cut in and poked her sister's head. "Nope."
"Ugh, lame." Yang pouted, while Weiss smiled and got on her paws, getting her team's attention. "You going somewhere, ice wolf?"
"No," Weiss faced Blake and Yang. "But I wanted to ask you both something." Both waited on the white wolf to ask her question. "How do you both honestly feel about Ruby and I being together?" She needed to hear it from them.
Yang crossed her legs and gave her a grin. "I think you know how I feel, but to be serious for ya, I'm really happy. I've known you for years, and I meant what I said. I trust you to not break Ruby's heart."
The white wolf's tail wagged a few times, but she wanted to hear what Blake had to say too. "You're both happy, right?" Blake asked the two, both nodding. "Then that's all you need."
"But I want to hear your opinion either way." Weiss said in a serious tone.
Blake was taken aback. "W-Why do you want to hear my opinion though? It's not important when-."
"Please, Blake. If there's something wrong-." Before Weiss could continue, Blake stopped her right then and there.
"No, that's not it. I've had crushes on girls too, so no, I have no problem with that. I just… After what we talked about, I just didn't think you'd care for my opinion." Blake admitted.
Weiss sighed and sat in front of the cat Faunus. "I can't lie and say we had any good interactions with each other, Blake, but we don't need to dwell on that. All I'm asking for, is to hear you out, so will you let me?"
Blake was still wondering how a Schnee could simply forgive her at that point, how she could want a Schnee's forgiveness in the first place. It was so backwards from what her life was like before, and in the little time she's been around Weiss.
"If… If you really want to know, well, I'm happy for you two. I can't say I expected this, but you two seem like you want this, so you have my support." Blake smiled, remembering an old friend of hers that had a crush on her, thinking about how she was, even after leaving the White Fang.
Weiss leaned in and nuzzled Blake, a few tears fell, surprising both her and Yang. The tears fell because they were the first to accept something that made her happy. It only brought on her want for Whitley to accept her choices in life that makes her happy.
"Thank you…" Weiss softly spoke, and Yang couldn't help but scoot over and hug her while she nuzzled Blake.
Ruby smiled as she watched them before joining in and rubbing Weiss' back. They've had their issues, whether it was in recent times, or years ago, but they were a family.
"Hey, come on, ice wolf. Don't cry on us." Yang soothingly spoke, hoping the tears were out of sadness. "You know we're happy for you and Ruby."
"You oaf, I'm crying because I'm happy…" Weiss didn't drop her smile as she continued to nuzzle Blake, while the cat Faunus wondered why she was that emotional at the moment, though her question would be answered since Weiss spoke up. "You didn't try to go against what makes us happy... "
Ruby started worrying a bit. "Weiss?"
The white wolf could hear it in her voice, so she whimpered a bit. "I-It's about Whitley…" She looked up at Blake. "My brother… He doesn't approve of me going to Beacon, so… To hear you and Yang accept us like this… I just-."
Blake cut her off when she leaned over and gently hugged her. "I'm sorry."
Weiss was shaking a little, as a few more tears fell. "You don't have to be. We've already been through this."
"Not about that." Blake learned even more about the Schnee family that day. That even amongst family, there were problems. She had always assumed they were lumped together as Faunus hating monsters. "I'm sorry, Weiss."
The white wolf lowered her head, thinking about her talk with Whitley the day before. She hoped someway, somehow, her little brother would show her this much support again.
"I thought I was okay… I guess I was lying to myself…"
Weiss thought to herself, feeling Ruby and Yang hugging her as well, all three members doing their best to comfort the white wolf as she continued to cry.
While Weiss did confront Whitley in a way, she still can't lie and say she's okay. She cares about her brother, and to not have his approval, it hurts her a lot. Luckily she has her team and other members of her family to show her how much they care and approve of her choices in life.
To JJ- Honestly that's probably like her clothes. They simply fall off, but the biggest issue with armor is her having to put it on each time she uses her wolf form. And yeah, I like having Team STRQ working on some things in this story, and with Willow, well it's getting close to her having to confront her husband.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 51. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 52.