Here's chapter 107, everyone.
Winter wasn't happy with how she chose to handle the situation at hand, since the soldiers she worked with were confused with how she wasn't up and ready to move out and bring the woman they had searched for to Atlas. "Ma'am, are you sure we shouldn't just return to Atlas?"
"The abnormality of what we have encountered needs to be further dealt with, and with how unusual it truly is, I will need to learn more details on this woman. Taking her to Atlas will not help with that." Winter reasoned.
"But wouldn't the General have more of a use for-." Before the soldier finished their question, Winter cut him off.
"We do not use people, even if they have animal like forms." With how she said it, the soldiers believed it was more of a semblance, though the two that were with Winter at the time of when they found Olivia had other suspicions. "So until I say we are ready to go, you all will remain outside the airship and defend it. Do I make myself clear?"
The soldiers stood up straight, their weapons at the ready as they focused on any possible hostiles in the area, and Winter simply nodded, hoping no one else would question her on the matter.
"I need to find a good time to speak with Weiss… And to search for this woman's husband. He himself could help me understand more."
While it was a little selfish for Winter to want to find Olivia's husband for information, she couldn't deny how much more she needed to know, all so that her sister could be absolutely safe.
The Atlas specialist was back on the airship, walking into the area that Olivia was staying in, and luckily the woman kept her word and wasn't trying to escape or use her animal form. "I'm getting ready to send out scouts for your husband. I need a description so they know who they're looking for." Winter wasted no time as she said all that immediately after walking in.
Olivia wasn't prepared by the sudden entrance, as she kept the sheets over her and looked over at the Atlas Specialist. "Oh, I didn't know you'd be back so fast… Um, my husband isn't one to stay out of his animal form, but still. I know you should still have an idea on how he looks as a human."
"What is wrong with them… They shouldn't be reacting the way they are." Yang grumbled to herself as she was a good distance away from the others, while facing away from the direction of where the airship was. "Especially Ruby…" She bit her lip, almost regretting what she said, but she continued as it was something she couldn't stop herself from saying. "That's your damn girlfriend. Why the hell are you smiling so much when shit like this just happened to her?"
"She's trying to keep things right, and being angry isn't going to help Weiss." Blake said, startling the blonde brawler as she gasped and turned to see her partner standing a few feet from her. "Yang, what's this all about?"
"B-Blake… Ugh, why couldn't you just let me cool off?" Yang groaned while turning away from her partner, as a light blush formed on her cheeks. "I don't need to talk to you right now… Okay."
Blake sighed. "It's not that you don't need to, it's that you don't want to, but why? What made you so angry with the others that you had to blow up like that? I'm not leaving till you tell me."
"You know I can just get on the airship and stay quiet. No one is forcing me to-." Before she could finish, Blake grabbed her arm and spun her around, though not that fast or forceful.
"Stop acting like I did when we first met." Blake said in a serious tone, surprising Yang, since she didn't expect Blake to call her out on her own way of behaving. "Clearly this is about Weiss, but you're not making it any clear why you're this angry with the others. They weren't the ones who told us what we learned down there."
Yang grit her teeth, not wanting to tell Blake exactly why she was so angry. "Look, I'm just tired of people not being angrier with this. Those people down there just turned her world upside down, and Ruby can just smile like nothing happened? What the hell is that about? And with Jaune, calling her an animal…" Yang growled a little. "She is not an animal… She's… She's my best friend for fuck's sake…"
Blake was a little caught off guard when she swore, but she had a feeling there was more to it than what Yang was saying. "He didn't call her an animal directly, and Ruby is trying to keep Weiss happy, something you should be grateful for, since I know she'd be worse without having people support her… I should know, you did the same for me."
The blonde brawler's eyes went wide. Her partner was right, she was keeping a positive attitude so much more around Blake to help her, and show her that life doesn't have to beat you down and keep you on the ground.
"T-That's different. You didn't learn any life changing parts of your life." Yang tried to counter, and Blake shook her head.
"I still told you a lot about my life that changed me for the worse, and even then, you were there, smiling… Showing me that I can still live a happy life and not worry about what I've done in the past. Your sister is making sure Weiss doesn't have to be scared of knowing who she is, and you should be doing the same instead of worrying more than her." Blake suggested, learning a lot from her partner from the talks they'd have.
"One, I know that nothing's gonna change, since I'll make sure myself, and two, I'm not worried about what we learned. I'm pissed that some random person would just drop something like this on her. Cause now she's not even smiling anymore…" Yang said with a saddened tone.
Blake was seeing more and more how much Yang seemed to care about Weiss' happiness, but before she could ask her something else, Yang continued.
"Ruby is being positive, fine, but… But she should be way more pissed than she is. Her girlfriend is in the worst place she could be in, and… And I just thought she'd be a bit more vocal about it," Yang looked to the ground. "If I was with Weiss, I'd…" She stopped herself for a moment, realizing what she said.
Yang and Ruby were friends with Weiss for years, going to her home at times for visits, and chatting with her over video call. It was apparent that Ruby did like her over the years, and that showed more so when they got together, but Yang herself had also grown fond of their white haired friend.
Three years earlier.
"Ruby, you might wanna stop hopping in your seat. You might bring the airship down." Yang joked as she, her sister, Summer and Tai were all about to land in Atlas. "Weissy isn't going anywhere."
The rose girl blushed a little, and she stopped hopping in her seat. "Ugh, can't I be excited, sis?"
"Sure, I'm just messin with you." Yang chuckled a bit, as she felt the airship land. "Hey, we're here."
As the family of four stepped off the airship, Summer was the first to walk out, seeing that Willow was already waiting for them with Weiss. "Willow! Hey!" Summer set her bags down and ran over to hug her friend, who braced herself for the usual greeting that Summer brought.
Weiss was smiling at that, but mostly because she got to see Ruby and Yang again. "Hello, Mrs. Rose." She gave her a light wave, and after Summer pulled away from Willow, she smiled and moved over to hug the smaller Schnee.
"One day I'll get you to call me Summer, Snowflake." Summer chuckled lightly.
Willow playfully rolled her eyes and looked over to see Ruby was ahead of both Tai and Yang, obviously wanting to get to Weiss. So when Summer pulled away from Weiss, Ruby was there in an instant to take her place, making Weiss yelp as she wasn't expecting the immediate hug from Ruby.
"R-Ruby, you didn't even say hi yet!" Weiss cried out while feeling her friend hugging her tighter, making her blush a little.
"Hehe, sorry, but I missed you!" Ruby cheerfully said after pulling away, and as Tai walked over to greet Willow, Yang was behind him, watching Ruby and Weiss bickering about 'proper greetings'.
She was standing a good bit away, not wanting to get in between the two, but as she looked at Weiss, she saw her hair flowing a bit in the Atlas wind, and she felt her heart skip a beat. All she could do was focus on her, but after a few moments, Weiss noticed her.
"Hmm? Yang, are you okay?" Weiss asked as she walked up to the blonde, who lightly gasped and shook her head a few times to snap out of it.
"Huh? Oh, uh, sorry, Weissy. I get a little air sick sometimes. Just getting my bearings… Um, so how've you been?" Yang asked as she tried not looking directly into Weiss' eyes.
Weiss smiled and hugged the blonde, having missed her as much as Ruby. "I've been doing well, you oaf." She called her that since she knew Yang was lying about being air sick. "Now tell me what's really bothering you."
"W-Wha… I mean, I don't know. Sometimes I seriously gotta adjust is all. Atlas is freezing, woman." Yang joked her way out of it, and Weiss left it at that, since she chuckled a little and pulled away from the embrace.
"Well I told you that you should always bring something warm with you. Honestly, you could bring a scarf for once." Weiss chastised while looking up and down the blonde's attire. "In fact," Weiss walked back over and whispered something to her Mother, who nodded to her and gave her the two bags.
Ruby looked excited, while Yang was a little surprised, since it seemed that Weiss got them gifts. "Heh, didn't think you'd get us gifts, Weissy." Yang teased, and Weiss rolled her eyes.
"Hush and just look in your bags. I suspected you wouldn't come properly prepared for Atlas, oaf." Weiss said to Yang, and Ruby gasped when she looked in her bag.
"These are the weapon manufacturing books that even Mom couldn't get! How did you find these?!" Ruby squealed happily as she hugged the books against her chest.
Weiss smirked. "I don't really like using my name to get things, but for this exception, I simply asked my Mother to help me find these, with a little bit of name tossing."
Yang grinned. "Oh I am so making sure to remind you of this day, Weissy." As she said that, she looked in her own bag, and felt her heart skip a beat again. It was an orange scarf, one that she gently grabbed and brought up to her. "You… Got me a scarf?"
"Well, I did say I knew you'd come unprepared, and besides, I think it fits well with that outfit you showed me. The one you got last week, remember?" Weiss let out a small smile.
"I-I mean, well, yeah… I still gotta grow into it a bit, and… Wow this is really soft." Yang blushed as she kept looking at the scarf.
"Of course it is. Who would want an uncomfortable scarf to wear?" Weiss questioned with a light chuckle, and Yang smiled.
"Yeah, right… Thank you, Weiss." Yang smiled and went back to hug the smaller girl, blushing a bit as she felt even more of an affection to her.
Present Day.
Yang looked down at her scarf, realizing that through the years, she was hiding how she felt about Weiss, for her own sister's sake, since she knew just how much Ruby loved the white haired girl. It was selfless, but, in turn it brought her pain that she hid away.
A moment later, she lifted her head back up and looked at her partner. The times they'd talk, and the times they'd hug, it reminded her of how she felt about Weiss, and to Yang, it was growing even more than that.
Regret filled her mind, so Yang took a few steps forward and did something on impulse. She grabbed her partner's cheeks and pressed her lips onto Blake's.
To put this with context, this story is as I have said before, a go with the flow story. I have points of interest to get to, but the in between is fair game. When I first started this story, it was either gonna be White Rose or Freezerburn, so I made sure that Yang was always a possibility in the beginning, but of course that ended up with Ruby being with Weiss. This chapter shows that even though it ended up being White Rose, I felt that having Yang liking Weiss, was always a factor, so now you know why she felt the way she did.
To JJ- Pyrrha and Jaune are pretty easy to work well with, so yeah they have good synergy. The team will never change their views on Weiss, especially Ruby, that much I can promise. And with fluff, well they need to get back to Beacon first, and of course Weiss will need to talk with her Mother about all this.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 107. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 108.