Chapter 16
Rouvin's first thought is how comfortable he is. He never feels this comfortable at home in his own last time he felt this comfortable was when he joined that vacation trip and slept beside Weiss. Opening his eyes, he was greeted by a white ceiling. A gentle hand was brushing his hair,and his head was laid down on something soft.
"You're awake." Said a gentle voice beside him. Turning his head to his left he sees Weiss sitting on a chair beside the bed. She looks at him with both concern as well as relief in her eyes.
Rouvin just looks at her for a moment, not saying anything. He needs to process what happened. The fight with Neptune, the fight with his parents, how he ran through the rain with no goal in mind. Somehow he must have made his way to Weiss, but he couldn't remember anything after running away.
"Weiss?" he asks as he sits up, now noticing that he has on a change of dry clothes. "What happened?"
Weiss frowned. "I should be the one asking you that." she said. "You suddenly appeared in front of my door, drenched, panting and then collapsing from exhaustion." Rouvin frowns, making Weiss even more concerned. "Rouvin…" Weiss stands and sits on the side of the bed. "…what happened?" Weiss is no fool. She knows something terrible happened between him and his parents.
"Just a fight…with…dad…" he answers honestly. There really is no point in hiding it from Weiss. He really does love her and truly trusts her.
"I'm sorry. If I wouldn't have gotten in that situation with Neptune, you wouldn't have gotten in trouble." Looking in her eyes again, Rouvin can see that Weiss is genuinely sorry about what happened.
"It's not your fault. If someone is at fault here, it is that blue haired bastard." Just thinking about him makes Rouvin angry.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he looks back to his girlfriend, "Are you okay?"
Her hand cupped one of his cheeks as she smiles at him "I am fine, thanks to you. If you hadn't shown up, or Yang and Blake, who knows what he would have tried to do."
Rouvin gives her a small smile. "I'll always be here to protect you."
Weiss smile back at him grows wider. "Good. Now mind telling me what made you think it was a great idea to just run in the rain?" Rouvin winces. He hadn't expect Weiss to ask that.
"Well…" Rouvin then proceeds to tell her what happened when he got home at the Rose Manor. "…they want to send me to a military school, so I ran. My car's with Cinder right now." Weiss looks at him for a second then hugs him tightly.
Rouvin is caught by surprise, but hugs back. There is still that comfortable silence between them. Weiss has her ear on his chest, listening to his heart beating. Neither of them notice when Rouvin had laid back down, with his arms wrapped around her and Weiss laying on top of him.
Rouvin is the one to break the silence. "So…ah…how did you have some spare clothes of mine?" he asks curiously.
Weiss smiles as she looks up to him. "You sort of left your bag when we went on that vacation."
"So you kept my clothes?" Rouvin grins as Weiss starts to blush.
"Well, if I hadn't kept them, you would have to borrow either Whitley's clothes or some from my dad, and I don't think any of those would have been your style." The girl reasons as she adds "And so, you'd have something to change if you wanted to stay overnight."
The last part makes even Rouvin blush but also laugh "You couldn't have known we'd end up together and the way that vacation ended was surely no indication to it. So I guess, you just wanted to keep them."
Embarrassed that he is right about it, Weiss buries her face in his chest, causing Rouvin to laugh even more.
Suddenly he stops and pulls her face back gently as he smiles at her "But I'm grateful that you kept them." Emphasizing it with a soft kiss on her forehead.
Weiss smiles. "You're welcome." The comfortable silence descends once more between them. "Are you hungry?"
"No…you?"
Weiss shakes her head. "No, I just want to cuddle for now."
And so they spent the next half hour just cuddling on the bed, with the occasional kiss here and there.
It was once again Weiss who breaks the silence. "So what will you do?"
They both knows what she means, so there was no going around it.
Sighing Rouvin sits up, causing Weiss to also sit. "I don't really know. But one thing is for sure, I won't go back there just so they can force me to become some soldier with a stick in my ass." Sighing again as runs one hand through his hair he adds. "Maybe I'll crash with my uncle for a while or Cinder. Her parents always let me stay when I don't want to go home."
Realizing too late what he has just said, he looks at Weiss, who has the most adorable pout on her face. Rouvin has once again mentioned Cinder. Sure she knows they're just friends, but something about knowing that he'd go to Cinder when he's troubled bothers Weiss deeply.
"Sorry." he apologizes. Weiss simply shakes her head.
"Don't be." Weiss replies calmly. "Cinder's the only one friend you've introduced me to, so I know close you two are."
"I just don't want to bother you Weiss."
"Rouvin…" Weiss cups his face with both hands. "…it's never a bother for me. You are never a bother." Rouvin sighs as he places his hand on top of hers. "…I just wish, you'd share your problems with me as well."
Sighing once more, he looks her in the eyes "It's not that I don't want to share them with you. It's just…"
"It's what? Rouvin, you can trust me. You know that right?" Feeling a bit hurt that he won't trust her with his problems, Weiss tries not to pressure him too much either.
Seeing the hurt in those blue eyes, Rouvin just wants to kick himself. "I know that I can trust you Weiss, and I do. I really do. It's just so new for me to talk with someone else other than Cinder about my problems."
"Thank you for trusting me."
They give each other soft smiles, before it becomes silent once more.
"You know, I'm sure my family wouldn't mind if you stay here for a while." Weiss unexpected states.
Rouvin looks at Weiss in surprise. "Weiss…" He smiles at her before leaning towards her, kissing her on her lips. "I'll be happy to take your offer."
"Good, cause you are staying here for as long as you like." Weiss states firmly as she wraps her arms around his neck, leaning forward to lay her head on his chest.
"I feel like you planned for this." Rouvin said as he wraps his arms around her waist. Weiss smiles at him.
"No, just pure coincidence." She answers before kissing him, Rouvin kissing her back. Oh how Weiss adores the taste of his lips. She has never been fond of sweets, but the chocolate taste on Rouvin's lips are so addicting to her.
The young couple were so occupied with each other that they don't notice Whitley walking into the room. He makes a coughing sound, gaining the attention of his sister and Rouvin. Weiss turns to Whitley blushing red.
"As much as I like to watch you two make out," Whitley starts. " Father wanted to ask if you two are up for dinner." Rouvin and Weiss nod. Whitley shrugs and walks back out, leaving the two embarrassed teens.
"We really need to lock the door next time." Rouvin suggests with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I don't want them to keep walking in on us." Weiss agrees. With a laugh,they both make their way down to dinner.
Smelling the roasted beef, Rouvin stomach starts to rumble, making him blush as he realizes he hasn't eaten anything since breakfast yesterday.
"Well someone is at least hungry." Weiss chuckles. "Do I have to fear for my food?"
Blushing a bit, but not wanting to embarrass himself, he gives her an amused smirk "Maybe, but just for your information, I don't take hostages."
Playing along, Weiss looks at him as well with amusement in her eyes "Well then I'll have to make sure to protect it with everything I have." Staring at each other in silence, it doesn't take long until they both start laughing.
Dinner itself is calm and uneventful. The Schnee family has a calm welcoming atmosphere around them. While they eat they like having a topic to talk about, from how Whitley's studies are going and does he have someone he likes, to asking about Weiss and Rouvin's relationship.
"So Weiss," Willow starts. "…how long have you and Rouvin started going out?"
Swallowing her food and slapping away the wandering hand trying to steal her roast beef, she smiles as she looks at her mother. "We are dating for about a month now."
Humming Willow looks at both of them "It's nice to see you found someone you like. I must admit I was starting to worry a bit, you never showed any interest in anyone. I'm glad to see you found someone, and that he isn't just good looking but can also fight."
Both teens blush a bit, Weiss more so than Rouvin "Thank you mother. I'm glad to hear that you like Rouvin."
Willow smiles and looks at Rouvin. "So Rouvin tell me, what do you like most about my Weiss?"
Rouvin chokes a bit then looks at Willow before turning to Weiss. "What do I like about Weiss?" pausing for a bit as he looks at Weiss, then back at Willow. "I don't like anything about her." he states, shocking Weiss. "I love everything about her." He then looks back at Weiss with a smile. "She's an amazing person. She's kind and helpful, always thinking of others, as well as smart and caring. I love her smile, her laugh, hearing her voice call my name. I love every bit of her. She's my entire world right now."
Weiss blushes as she feels Rouvin's hand hold hers. Rouvin isn't really good with words, in fact this is the first time she has heard him talk about her so openly as he proclaims what he loves the most about her and everything.
Willow and Jacques smile, and even Whiley silently approves. Jacques clears his throat. "Well now," Weiss and Rouvin both turn to look at him. "How are your parents Rouvin?" he asks. Rouvin's smile disappears as he frowns and looks down.
"After the incident in school, we had an argument that didn't end very well. They were planning on sending me to a military academy because I seemingly have no discipline." The mere thought of his parents deepens his frown, all his good mood from before now gone.
Shaking his head he looks back to Jacques "I decided to stay away from the mansion and crash with my uncle for a while."
Looking contemplative, Jacques exchanges looks with Willow "Your uncle is Qrow Branwen, the owner of that bar right?"
"You know him? I usually help out if I stay with him."
Humming he continues to eat, as Willow who speaks next. "I'm not sure if this is a suitable surrounding for a young man. I think I speak for all of us when I say you are more than welcome to stay as long as you like. Weiss told us that you aren't happy at your own home and it would be much safer here than at a bar."
Rouvin looks at Willow and Jacques then at Weiss, who smiles brightly at him, "I told you..." Rouvin smiles and nods.
"Thank you."
After dinner and a short talk, Weiss and Rouvin have decided to rest for the night. "Good night Mama, Papa." Weiss said as she stands with Rouvin.
"Good night, Sir, Ma'am." Rouvin adds. "And again thank you."
"It is nothing." Jacques replied. "See it as thanks for saving Weiss." Rouvin nods and follows Weiss as they make their way out of the dining area.
"Weiss, dear..." Willow calls out, making Weiss and Rouvin both turn back to her.
"Yes, mama?" Weiss asks.
"Don't forget to use protection" Hearing that, Rouvin blushes and turns away. It takes a moment for Weiss to figure out what her mother means until she too blushes and simply nods, making Jacques and Willow laugh.
Once the two teens leave and only Jacques and Willow was left in the room, Jacques sighs.
"Something wrong dear?" Willow asked.
"No, nothing is wrong." Jacques replied. "Though, hearing the situation of Rouvin and his parents, just made my suspicions correct."
"What do you mean?"
"I have met with Summer Rose, several times due to business. And all those times I met with her, the first thing she would ask would be 'how's your family Jacques?' to which I would answer. The first time this happened, I made a mistake of asking her back. Summer Rose was the type of woman who would always place her family first. She can talk for hours about her children and husband. For some reason, that stopped. And seeing Rouvin back there, obviously something happened."
Seeing how troubled her husband is, Willow pulls him in a hug "Whatever happened, from what I have seen so far is Rouvin a good person and doesn't deserve to be treated like that."
Humming in agreement, Jacques sighs "I hope things change one day. As you said he is an honest young man, getting judged far too quickly and with no way to show what he's really like. But I myself am grateful that Weiss fell in love with someone like him, who is loyal to the people he is close to and can protect her."
That is something they both are grateful for.
Upstairs, Rouvin and Weiss were sitting in Weiss's room. Weiss is still embarrassed about what her mother said, and can't look her boyfriend in the face without blushing.
Rouvin is also a bit pink in the face, but he is also laughing a bit over it "Don't worry Weiss, I don't think we're ready for something like that. So, when the time comes I'll be sure to be prepared." What he doesn't say is the fact that he indeed has some condoms in his wallet. Just to be safe of course.