Weiss was told that the game today was one of her school's rivalry games. Apparently it was a big deal to them and that the pressure to win was even greater than before. Everyone she had asked on the team had so far been just as passionate about the concept as Pyrrha had when she first mentioned it, even Blake was fired up about it. But yet as Weiss sat on the bus as they traveled to the rival school, her mind was focused entirely on a different subject matter. She couldn't bring herself to mentally prepare for the game because her mind was in a whirlwind.
The night before, after she spent time with Ruby, she ended up telling her parents about her being bisexual. It had gone different than what she had first expected it to be. The events of what had transpired had played through her head over and over again all day.
Flashback
She walked through the door to her home, her mother was just about to put dinner on the table for her family. Her sister was waiting for dinner to arrive, and she was sitting in the living room working on some school work while she waited. Her father was probably in his study reading while he waited. Her mother noticed that she had come in and turned to address her.
"Weiss dear, would you let your father know that you're home and that dinner is about to be served?" She said.
Nodding she walked over to the study. It wasn't a long walk, her home wasn't too much bigger than other homes, but it was definitely much larger than most of them. When she arrived at the study, she saw the door open and took a look inside. Her father was sitting at his desk reading a book. The lights of the room were dim, but it was enough to see the details of what stood in there. As she walked in, she took note of the military photos and memorabilia that scattered the walls. Some of the medals that he had earned during his tours of duty rested above a fireplace that was built into the wall, as well as a picture of him in his uniform with his family. Even with how old the photo was, the scar that Weiss bore on her face was still there on her face.
"Father," She called out to him.
Turning to face her, Weiss' father noticed who it was that was speaking to him. "Ah, Weiss, when did you arrive?" He asked out of pure curiosity.
"Just now, mother wanted me to mention that she was about to serve dinner," Weiss said, waiting for her father to respond.
"Very well then," He said as he marked his place in the book and set it back on the desk. "Let's go eat."
She walked with her father out of the study and over to the dining room table. Taking her place at her usual place, she silently started to place the food on her plate and eat. Discussions went on without her, but her mind paid no attention to them while she was in her own world. Her worries broke into her mind and she didn't know whether she should talk about it or not.
"Weiss."
After hearing her name being called, she finally snapped out of her mind and back into reality. Turning to who had called her, she faced her father, with everyone seemingly wondering why she was acting much differently than normal.
"Yes, father?" Weiss asked.
"You're very quiet, is there something going on with you?" He asked her.
Here it was, the moment of truth, would she tell them, or would she keep this to herself. It all came down to one moment.
"Mom, dad, th-there's something I need to tell you," Weiss said. She said it, she knew that in the end, they would find out eventually, and that it would be best to just say it to them herself.
Her parents waited patiently for her to speak, waiting for her to tell them what she needed to say. Even her sister stayed silent through the ordeal, showing how interested everyone was in what she had to say.
"I-I'm bisexual."
Dead silence, that's what stood in the air. She waited for the screaming to happen, for her father to say that she was a freak of nature. Instead what she got disturbed her more than that.
"Weiss, I, I don't know what to say right now," Her father said. It was like a stake through her heart, her father didn't know what to say. "I need to think about this," He walked away from the table, his meal unfinished. She didn't know what to think when she watched him walk away. Tears started to form in her eyes at the sight of him leaving.
Her mother walked over to the other side of the table and gave her a hug, even her sister joining her. Upon the embrace, Weiss felt herself push into her mothers shoulder and cry into it. Her sobs were loud as the tears poured out of her.
"Weiss, honey, you know that your father loves you very much, he just needs to think about this. I don't have any issues with this personally, but because he hasn't had a chance to experience something like this himself, then he doesn't know what to think of it," Her mother said.
"But, he's my father, he should know that I'm still his daughter, that I'm not any different than I was yesterday," Weiss said.
"Give him time, I promise you that he'll come around," Her mother said at the end.
Present Time
Weiss hadn't seen her father at all since that moment, not even when she was dropped off at her school. Her mother said that he was called into work much earlier than normal that day and that he promised to be at her game later that day, but Weiss felt as if that wouldn't happen.
"Hey, you ok, Weiss?"
Hearing her name being called and feeling a tap on her shoulder, Weiss looked up to see Pyrrha standing over her. "Y-yeah, I'm fine," Weiss said to her.
"Well then do you mind if I sit here with you?" Pyrrha asked.
"Sure, that's fine with me," Weiss said as she slid in to allow Pyrrha the room to sit next to her.
"So, whatcha thinking about?" Before Weiss could ask why Pyrrha wanted to know, Pyrrha spoke up. "You seemed to be thinking quite a bit about whatever it is, I called your name about 3 times before you answered."
Weiss didn't even realize that she hadn't noticed Pyrrha that badly. "Sorry, just got something on my mind I guess."
"You sure everything's ok?"
Weiss thought about things for a moment, she figured that talking about it would help her with getting past it, at least for today, plus Pyrrha deserved to know the truth. "Well, I told something personal to my parents last night, my mom was fine with what was said, but I still don't know what my father thinks of it," She said to Pyrrha.
"I hope things work out for you then," Pyrrha said. "If you want to talk with me about it, I'm always willing to listen, but I won't pry if you don't want me to."
"Thanks," Weiss replied. "I really appreciate that. And if this comes up again and I need to talk to you about it, then I shall ok?"
"Sounds good to me," Pyrrha responded. At that the two of them simply sat silently as they rode the rest of the way over to the game.
Upon arriving at the stadium, Weiss noticed two things that caused her some concern. First, on the rival team was an old personal rival of hers, Emerald Sustrai. The two of them had butted heads on more than one occasion, with Emerald going so far as to get more physical than necessary at times. When she saw that, she knew that she needed to tell her team about it before the game started. The second thing that she noticed, was one that concerned her more than Emerald being there, was her father was in the stands when the game was about to start.
Pyrrha noticed her nerves take over when she looked at Weiss. She looked out and saw that her family was there and gave Weiss a pat on the back. "Don't worry, them being here for you is a good sign. Just focus on the game and make them proud, ok?" She said to Weiss.
Weiss nodded and started to pump herself up into a frenzy. She went to go back to the bench so that the coach could speak to them, taking one look back into the stands. She saw her father nod to her, and give a thumbs up to her. She smiled at the gesture, believing that it was a good sign, and she let that light a fire inside of her that carried her through the game.
Upon the start of the game, Weiss personally played harder than she ever had before. She could tell that everyone else was too, even the other team was playing with a fierce intensity. Weiss and her teammates pushed the ball down the field quickly, putting pressure on the other teams defense. Not too long into the game, Weiss found herself face to face with Emerald. With the ball at her feet, Weiss started to use her graceful footwork to try and get around Emerald. Unfortunately it wasn't starting off well, and Weiss was forced to pass the ball off. Upon doing so, she felt herself being pushed into by Emerald. It wasn't enough to knock her over, and Weiss knew that this would happen, but to see that it was starting this early burned at Weiss, fueling her to step up her game even further.
She ran right past Emerald right as Blake shot a pass to her along her path. Weiss didn't even give the ball a chance to stop in her grasp, as she had taken a hard shot at the goal, sinking it directly into the net at a fiery speed. Part of the crowd cheered, most likely those who came to support Beacon, when the goal was scored. Weiss felt her confidence shoot up after that happened, and she felt her teammates run up to her and congratulate her for giving them the early lead.
As the game went on, Weiss felt even more pressure on her now that they had scored. The opposing team known as Flare High, came back and scored soon afterwards, and then tacked on another score not much later after that. Once that happened, Yang made sure that nothing got by her, blocking every single shot that had come her way after that. Neo, despite being shorter than most of the other team, was key to stopping the offense since everyone felt like she was everywhere at the same time.
Soon enough, Weiss got their second goal off of a penalty kick when Emerald knocked her down near the goal. Sinking the shot quickly, Weiss was not subtle in her enthusiasm at the success of her shot. It was neck and neck for most of the game, and with a small amount of time left, it all came down to who could get off a successful shot the quickest.
Weiss ran hard to get to an open position, but Emerald was making it difficult to do. She tried faking her out on many occasions, but Emerald always seemed to keep up with her somehow. After looking at where the ball was, she saw that Pyrrha had it but was having a difficult time with getting past her defender and that she would need help to get the shot off. Weiss took a few steps away from Pyrrha to draw away Emerald, and after Emerald started to follow her, she burst as fast as she could past her upward towards Pyrrha. When Pyrrha looked over to see Weiss coming forth, she did a light pass to send it towards Weiss. When she got the ball, Weiss ran with it for about 2 steps before she took her shot at the goal.
As her foot connected with the ball, she knew that she was going to get hit from behind, but she didn't care, all her energy was going into getting the shot off with enough force that it sailed into the net cleanly. She sent the ball forward, and not even a second later felt her body become an object for collision with Emerald when she was run into from behind. It did nothing to impact the shot though, as the goalkeeper for Flare tried to block it, but it sailed past her into the net where Weiss saw it score. She looked up at the clock and saw that there was less than 30 seconds of time left in the game and she felt her heart soar as she was surrounded by her teammates who helped her up and basically carried her across the field, Blake and Pyrrha holding her up by her legs.
The game eventually finished, Beacon defeating Flare, and for Weiss and her teammates, the mood was fantastic. She listened to Goodwitch speak to them about how proud she is of their performance, and says that today's MVP was Weiss. Everyone there agreed with her on that, Yang giving an emphatic shout at the announcement. Goodwitch then said for everyone to start making their way over to the bus so that they may return to the school quickly.
When they walked towards the bus, Weiss saw her parents approach her. She remembered what she had said last night and realized that there was some unfinished business with that. She told Pyrrha, Blake, Yang and Neo to go on ahead of her while she spoke to them. When she walked up to them, her mother hugged her and her sister seemed excited.
Weiss turned to face her father, expecting a mixed reaction by the ordeal. Instead, she felt his hand on her shoulder. "Weiss, I know that I've never said this to you before, but, I'm proud of you."
She brushed the hair out of the front of her face and tried not to let her emotions overtake her. "It's nothing father, this was just one game after all and-"
"While I am happy that you played well, I wasn't speaking about that, hon," He said to her. Weiss felt herself tear up again. She knew instantly what he was talking about. "I know I should have said this to you last night, but after taking some time to think about it, I realized that you're my daughter and you deserve the best from me. I'm sorry I haven't been the best father to you, but I just want to let you know that I love you no matter what happens, no matter what you become, no matter what you were to begin with."
She didn't know what to say to him, instead electing to shoot forward and hug him tightly. When she felt his arms wrap around her in return, she felt a huge burden lifted off of her shoulders.
"Thank you, dad," Weiss said into his shirt.
"Of course."
Watching from a distance, Pyrrha couldn't help but feel great for Weiss. She could tell that things were great for her and she in turn felt happy because of it.
"You really should tell her, you know?"
Hearing that, Pyrrha turned her attention to Yang, who had one arm wrapped around Neo, and the other wrapped around Blake. "You need to tell her how you feel," Yang said again.
Pyrrha nodded and turned her attention back to Weiss for a moment. "Yeah, I do, in time," She said. At that, the four friends all walked back over to the bus for the journey home.
AN: I do believe that everyone should find this outcome very satisfying, especially with the way her father ends up responding to Weiss being bi. But clearly the drama ain't over yet, since we just saw Pyrrha admit that she feels something for Weiss now too.
So I forgot to mention this back in chapter 3, but the field of study I gave to Neo Sun and Sage is what I'm studying at college. So I figured why not use it in the story.
From the way you guys have been reviewing, I'm actually very happy with how you like it. I'll admit it myself, this isn't my OTP, but as it has been said in reviews already, this story is quite addicting and the pairing is pretty neat if you ask me. Also, Anonymous, I wasn't planning on pairing Ruby up with anyone for the sake of this story. Same goes for Jaune, Sage, Scarlet, and eventually Neptune when he shows up out of the blue.
Thanks all for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
