Class had never seemed more boring than it did at that particular moment in time. Weiss, who was normally always invested into her classwork, couldn't help but grow bored with how the class went. They were reviewing material from a previous lesson, which Weiss already knew, and so Weiss was left to her own thoughts and not paying attention during class. She found that she was actually doing that more often as the days went by, she spent more and more time thinking about things other than class. It didn't affect how she did in each class, not one bit, but ever since she had started dating Pyrrha about two weeks prior, she had noticed that she found her thoughts traveling over to her more and more.
It didn't take long for the bell to draw the class to an end. Weiss didn't even realize that time had flown by as quick as it had done. Packing up her bag, she walked out of the classroom when she had everything together, and went in the direction of her next class. It was, in her opinion, the best class of her day, because she got to spend it with the lovely Pyrrha Nikos.
Speaking of whom, Weiss noticed that the girl she had fallen in love with was just getting out of her class now and was heading towards her so that they would be able to walk together. Outside of their circle of friends, no one knew that they were together, something that left Weiss' mind at ease. So in those moments where they would be out in public, they could do nothing with each other, not even hold hands. It hurt not being able to do that, but they both knew that it was necessary to hide the truth, for their own sakes.
Weiss' parents knew about her being bisexual, but Pyrrha's didn't and until Pyrrha mentioned it, then they definitely weren't going to take any chances of them finding out from some rumor. The two of them walked through the halls towards their next class, history with Dr. Oobleck, a class that Weiss always seemed to find interest in. As they walked, Weiss was thinking about quite a few things at once, the game they had later today, class, and of course, her lovely girlfriend Pyrrha.
"So Weiss, you excited about tonight's game?" Pyrrha asked.
Weiss nodded. "Yeah, it seems like it'd be a great game," Weiss said. "We play Flare again, don't we?" Pyrrha nodded in response, giving Weiss all the extra motivation to play well that game. "Well, it'd be nice to wipe the floor with the yet again, wouldn't it?"
"Indeed, and since it's homecoming today, that just gives us even more pressure to win," Pyrrha mentioned. "I've already heard from a few of the girls who played on the team before, and they are eager to see how the game goes, and they'll be here to watch it today."
"Ah, well I guess it would good to meet the players from before," Weiss responded as they walked into the classroom.
"Yeah, though as far as I know, only two of them are available to come today, most of the rest having classes or other schoolwork to do since they're in college," Pyrrha mentioned. The two of them took their seats and continued to talk while they waited for the lecture to begin.
"Well, it's better than none of them being able to make it," Weiss said.
Pyrrha nodded in agreement. "Even better is that the two who are coming are roommates at the college they go to and so they'll both definitely be there, that much I guarantee."
"In that case, I can't wait to meet the two of them," Weiss said. She saw Dr. Oobleck walk in and grew quiet, waiting for class to begin.
As class went on, Weiss noticed that Pyrrha was writing something on a separate sheet of paper. She didn't know what for, but unless it involved her, she wasn't going to pry. Not even a moment later, Weiss felt the touch of a piece of paper being passed over to her from Pyrrha. As much as she hated the idea of passing notes in class, it was Pyrrha who was sending it to her, so she must have some important reason for doing so.
[You and I should go out on a date soon, since we're together after all.] Pyrrha's note read. Weiss was a bit surprised at the idea and took a quick glance at Pyrrha, who was subtly looking at her and giving the white haired girl a smile. After thinking about it for a second, Weiss decided that it was actually a good idea after all. Writing down what she wanted to say back to Pyrrha, she waited for the right opportunity then handed it off to her.
[Sure, we can figure out when we do that before the game tonight. Does that sound good?]
After a few moments, Weiss noticed the note going back in her direction. [It does.] After that, the two of them went back to paying attention, not wanting to get in trouble for missing the lecture.
School soon ended and Weiss found herself alongside her teammates warming up for the game that evening. She could already see the crowds filling the stadium of parents, members of Flare supporting their team, and school alumni who were coming back to watch Beacon play again. Weiss was stretching with Blake, Pyrrha, Yang and Neo when she suddenly saw Yang look off towards the entrance and smirk.
After howling like a wild dog, Yang shot up and ran off towards a pair of people that were walking towards them. Blake, Pyrrha and Neo ran after her. Weiss only stared in wonder at what had grabbed their attention, before remembering what Pyrrha said earlier about some of the alumni showing up that evening for the game.
"Velvet, Coco, you know you wanna give me some love!" Yang shouted upon meeting with the two who had showed up for the game.
Velvet was easy for Yang to get a hug out of, Coco on the other hand was gonna take some convincing and Yang knew it. "Any reason why I should?" Coco said. It wasn't that she was trying to be mean, it was how she usually acted, suave, sassy, hard to catch, it was her usual M.O., and she stuck with it.
"Because it's me, and you love me, you know it," Yang responded back in style. After a few minutes of staring, Coco relented and gave Yang a hug.
"You're right, I do love ya, Yang. So, you doing good so far this year?" Coco asked. At that point, everyone, including Weiss was over there talking with the pair.
Laughing hardily, Yang threw her arm around Coco's shoulder. "Look at who you're talking to girl, I've been blocking everything left and right," Yang said.
"I heard you guys were undefeated so far, and that you have a good chance of going to the state championships," Velvet cut in. "Sounds like a great year for you."
Rubbing the back of her head, Pyrrha laughed. "We have a lot of talent to go around," She said. Looking at Weiss, she realized that she didn't know who the pair of alumni were. "Oh, so guys, I need to introduce you to one of our newest star players. This," Pyrrha pointed to Weiss. "is Weiss Schnee, our new center mid."
Coco walked over and sized up Weiss. "So, you're taking over for me then?" Coco asked.
"As best as I can I guess," Weiss responded.
Looking at her for a few more seconds, Coco nodded and then walked back over to her place next to Velvet. "Pyrrha, I approve," She said as she walked over.
"Good, because she's been one of our key players all year," Pyrrha said, something that she always enjoyed bringing up to people. "Now, Weiss, this is Velvet, and Coco, last years captains."
"A pleasure to meet you guys," Weiss said.
"Same here," Velvet responded. "So, Neo, I heard that you guys played Flare once already, how did that go?"
Feeling a nudge from Neo, Weiss turned to face her and catch what she wanted to say. -Could you tell them that we ended up wiping the floor with them from me?- Neo signed out.
Nodding Weiss went to go translate just that. "Neo says that we ended up wiping the floor with them," Weiss relayed.
Coco, who was wearing shades over her eyes, tipped them down so she could stare over top of them. "Did you guys finally figure out why she never says anything?" Coco asked.
"Yeah, turns out she's mute," Yang mentioned. "Luckily Weiss knows sign language, else we'd never understand what she's saying. I'm trying to learn it myself, though it isn't always going well for me."
"You, learn sign language, I never thought I would see the day," Coco said.
"Yeah, same here. And to answer your question, we beat Flare 3-2 on their turf last time," Blake said. "Weiss scored all three of our goals in the game."
"Alright, it's official, I'm actually impressed. Congrats kid," Coco said. "You've done the impossible."
"Ah, Coco, Velvet, a pleasure it is to see you both here again."
They all turned towards the sound of a new voice who had joined in on the conversation. "Ah Coach Goodwitch, nice to see you again," Velvet said.
"That it certainly is. Anyway, it's almost time to start, ladies, please get ready for the game," Goodwitch said, turning back towards the bench.
"Glad to see she hasn't changed," Coco said. "Anyway, I don't need to say this, but good luck against flare today. You go kick their asses."
At that point, Velvet and Coco turned towards the stands. Pyrrha led the team towards the bench where the game was getting ready to take place.
The game had gone well so far, Flare had been completely stopped offensively, and Beacon was tearing through the defense. Pyrrha had gotten the first goal off of an assist from Weiss, while Weiss had her own goal to speak of. Things were looking well for the team, but that didn't mean they were going to let up.
Weiss was still having some trouble from Emerald, the green haired girl up to the same tricks she was before. She had already sent Weiss to the floor on more than one occasion, and Weiss was sure that there was some blood on her knee from one of the falls. It didn't bother her though, because she could tell that they were losing steam and falling apart before Beacon. The odds of them making a comeback to win were very unlikely at that point.
As Weiss ran down the field with the ball, she was playing impressively. She was dead set focused on the game and how they were playing, that everything else seemed out of the question at that point. Noticing one of the defenders coming towards her to block her path, she passed the ball off, before being hit with a strange feeling.
One second, she was on the ground normally, and the next, she was suspended in air. The defender had knocked into her and kicked her feet out from underneath her. She felt herself spin through the air as she began to fall back down to earth. The suddenness of it caused Weiss' eyes to grow wide as she looked up into the sky while she came down. Her landing was a hard one as well, she came down onto her back when she first hit the ground. But what was worse was that her body's downward momentum caused her head to snap down and crack against the ground. As soon as it did, Weiss shut her eyes for a second, opening them to see that her vision was slightly blurry and spinning. She stood back up onto to feel someone holding her up.
"Weiss? Weiss! are you ok?!"
She shook her head to clear out the fogginess and saw Pyrrha looking at her more concerned than ever. Weiss took a deep breath and nodded to Pyrrha. "Hey, I'm fine. I'm good."
Pyrrha looked over to Goodwitch who was keen to know how she was faring. Pyrrha, against her better judgement, decided that if Weiss felt fine, then she could still play. So she gave a thumbs up to Goodwitch to let her know that everything was ok. "If you say so," Pyrrha said, turning her attention back to her. "Just know that if anything happens to you, I'll feel bad because of it."
"You don't have to worry about that Pyrrha, I promise," Weiss responded. The game got back started after Weiss was given a free kick for the tripping. As the game went on, Pyrrha still felt some concern for Weiss, and made sure to keep an eye on her to see if she was doing alright. One sign of any problems, and Pyrrha would make sure she gets the rest she needed.
Emerald, noticing the slightly lowered senses of Weiss, decided that now would be a good time to get some revenge on her. When Weiss had the ball, Emerald faked getting thrown off and let her get some distance in between them. As Weiss went to pass the ball away, Emerald came in for a slide tackle aimed at Weiss instead of the ball.
Weiss didn't see it coming, after kicking the ball away, she felt her leg getting pushed out from under her. This time instead of being pushed into the air, Weiss felt her ankle getting dragged across the ground and a searing pain shoot through her leg. She hit the ground hard yet again, this time aware of her surroundings. When she went to stand up, as soon as she put pressure on her left foot, it gave out from under her and she felt a pain unlike she had ever felt before in her life shoot up from her ankle. She let out a pained scream as she fell back down to the ground and grabbed a hold of her leg, hoping that the pain would go away.
She heard the whistles blow to stop the game, Pyrrha and the rest of her teammates running over to make sure she was ok, Coach Goodwitch running over with the trainers. Her own screams were drowned out from her mind as she noticed the fleet of concern for her safety coming from all around. The pain was growing in Weiss ankle, it was clear that she at the least sprained it, at worst broken, meaning she would be out for a bit of time while it healed up.
She felt herself being lifted off up by her shoulders and sat down on Pyrrha and Yang's arms while the two of them carried her off the field to have her ankle looked at by the trainer.
All the while, Weiss couldn't feel anything but the pain that was shooting through her.
After the game, Pyrrha helped Weiss off of the field and too her parents. Weiss wasn't pleased one bit, and was walking out of the stadium with her girlfriend a fuming wreck. "Gah this is such bullshit!" Weiss said on their way out.
"At least she got hit with a red card because of it," Pyrrha said, trying to alleviate the girls frustrations. "She got just the start of what was coming to her."
"Yeah, it's all well and good, but now my ankle is sprained and I'm going to be out for what looks like the rest of the season," Weiss said. It was clear that she wasn't happy about any of that. As they approached her parents car, Pyrrha noticed Weiss' parents approach her.
"Thanks for the help," Her father said. Turning his attention to Weiss, he showed compassion for her current state. "You did great out there today honey, even though this happened to you, ok?"
"This shouldn't have happened to begin with," Weiss said.
"Look on the bright side Weiss," Pyrrha said quietly to Weiss. "At least you'll be well rested for our date in a few days."
When she heard that, Weiss' eyes went wide as she looked to her parents to see if they noticed, which they did. "A date? You have a date lined up with this young woman here?" Her father asked.
Pyrrha realized her error and covered her face in Weiss' shoulder, whispering apologies to the white haired girl. "Y-yeah, I do," Weiss said, looking downwards away from her father as she said it.
"Well then, I'll be sure to lend you some money so that you two have enough to enjoy your night," He said.
That grabbed Pyrrha and Weiss attention, and they both snapped to look over at him. "You're not mad about this? About us dating?"
"Weiss dear, you already told me about your sexuality, and I love you anyway you are. If you're dating this young woman here, then that is your choice and I won't try to convince you otherwise. She seems to be a fine young woman who would make you happy, so that's all that matters to me," Her father said. "Now come on, we need to take you to a doctor to look at your leg." Turning to Pyrrha he continued. "You're more than welcome to come if you wish."
"I think I will, just give me a second to let my parents know about it, ok?" Pyrrha said as she went to make the phone call. After a few minutes, she returned. "Ok, I'm good to go. My parents are both at the hospital now since they work there so I'll end up meeting with them at one point or another."
"Alright, we'll see you when you get there," Her father said as he helped Weiss climb into the car to drive over to the hospital.
AN: Figured I would say this now, the part with Velvet and Coco wasn't originally going to be in the story. Of course when I was writing this, I was listening to the song Caffine off of the RWBY Vol. 2 Soundtrack so I couldn't help but put it in. I'm actually glad about that because this was fun to include. Anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter of BotB, thanks for reading and Happy New Year to everyone!