So after giving it a day or so, we ran into a slight snag. The vote ended up being a tie between FreezerBurn and WhiteRose. So instead of doing one over the other then have to vote for the loser I decided to compromise and do one couple then the other; so there's no need to vote until the chapter after next. I hope you all enjoy!
Weiss had just sat down to eat her lunch when Ruby came rushing into the cafeteria, practically bouncing with a big grin on her face. " You'll never believe what just happened!" She said happily. The others just stared at her quietly for a while before she stopped moving around; "well you could have guessed at least once," she mumbled.
"Sorry, sis. So, what's up? Dad send Zwei again?" Yang said, bursting out in a laughing fit when Blake's ears curled backwards beneath her bow at the thought.
"No, this is even better! We've been chosen to plan the winter dance!" She said, frowning when no one seemed to look happy at the thought. "Guys….do you not want to do that? I thought it'd be a lot of fun," she said, tapping the heel of her boot nervously.
"We were chosen? Or…did you volunteer us?" Blake asked. Ruby laughed nervously and drummed her fingers together. "Ruby…" Blake sighed
"Ruby you know we have finals coming up very soon right? Planning something like that would take up way too much time," Weiss said. Blake bit her bottom lip, looking from Ruby back to Weiss.
"I don't know…I mean we have everything in the books pretty much down. Sparing a few days to do this wouldn't be the end of the world," she said.
Yang's cheery expression from moments before vanished as she stared down at her food."Yeah, your opinion isn't biased at all, given who your dating." She said, making both Ruby and Blake turn red and look away. "Count me out sis," She said in a mumbled tone as she stood and slowly walked out the double doors leading back out. The others looked at each other confused as the door clicked shut behind her.
"What's wrong with her? Anytime someone brings up the dance to her she gets like that," Blake said as Ruby sat down beside her. The girl sighed sadly, leaning against Blake; "Ruby…you know what it is don't you?" She asked softly, taking her hand in her own.
"I do. She…hasn't had great experiences with dances. Last semester there was that mess up with Sun and now this year, supposedly, she tried to ask Coco to it and got shot down. So..can't say Im surprised she wants nothing to do with prep for it."
"Oh my…poor Yang," Blake said with a sigh
Weiss shook her head as she looked up; "well if Coco can't see what she missed out on that's her loss," she said, feeling a lot more upset at this than she thought she would. Ruby hadn't taken note of it but Blake raising an eyebrow was enough to make her blush a bit. "W-What I meant to say was-"
"Oh I think I know exactly what you were thinking, but Im certain that there's a blond teammate in our dorm who you should be saying it to not just me and Ruby ," Blake said.
"If only it were that easy."
"Who say's it can't be? Weiss you cant sit around and wait for 'the perfect moment' or nothing will happen. I mean for gods sake, Ruby asked me out during a Grimm hunt," she said, causing the red-hooded girl to blush.
"Hey! You make it sound like I just stopped fighting to do that. I'll have you know I did it WHILE fighting, thank you very much." she huffed, folding her arms with a pout. The sight made Blake laugh softly before leaning over and giving her a quick kiss
"Of course, beautiful. So silly of me to forget. Will you please forgive me?" She asked. Ruby smiled and leaned back against her
"Ah, you know I can't stay mad at you if I tried," she giggled softly, closing her eyes. Blake kissed her forehead before turning back to Weiss.
"How long?"
"How long what?"
"How long have you been interested in Yang?" She said simply, taking a drink of her water. Weiss sighed heavily and picked at what was left on her plate.
"About a month or so, I suppose. So not very long," she mumbled.
"Awww….Ice Queen has a crush," Ruby teased. Weiss glared at her a bit, but she just kept giggling about it. "I think it's sweet, Weiss, so don't be so mad. Yang is my sister and I want her happy."
"And you think she'll even go for it?" Weiss asked softly.
"Trust me. If you ask her out and she says no I will give up sweets for a month," Ruby said with a nod.
"Whoa. Playing hardball already?" Blake said teasingly making Ruby stick her tongue out
"Oh hush. You know how hard that would be for me." She said, all three of them laughing along at the image of a Ruby without her daily sweets. Weiss brushed herself off and stood up, already feeling on edge about this whole thing.
"Fine…I'll go see what I can do," she said smiling nervously. She slowly made her way to the same double doors Yang had used earlier.
"Good luck!" She heard Ruby call as the door closed.
"Oh I think I'll need all I can get on this one.." She said softly
-Dorms-
Weiss carefully opened the door, peeking in. Yang was sitting on her bunk, her eyes unfocused and sad. "Yang…? You mind if I come in?" Weiss said gently. Yang sighed in irritation before nodding
"It's your dorm room too, Weiss. Didn't have to ask."
"No, I did. If you wanted to be alone, I wouldn't want to intrude," she said as she slipped in and shut the door behind her. She walked over to one of the other bunks and stared up at her; "I heard what happened with Coco..I'm sorry," She said. She expected Yang to glare or clench her jaw while her eyes shifted to their crimson color like she always did when she was mad, but she didn't. Instead, she only shrugged a bit before sniffing, and only did then Weiss see her eyes were red and puffy; "Yang..you've been crying..don't do that. It's just one dance."
"It's EVERY dance, Weiss. Every dance, every movie, every lunch date..no matter what it is or who I ask, it's the same thing. I'm so sick of it.." She said softly, turning to fully face her now. "I want what Blake has with Ruby..not that it'll happen at the rate I'm going."
"Oh…you like Blake?" Weiss said, feeling her hopes sink a bit.
"No, it's not like that. Ruby is really happy with her and I'd die before I tried to mess that up. I just..I'm sick and tired of being alone."she muttered, punching the bed.
"But you aren't alone, Yang."
"Not physically maybe…but I am-and yeah this is cheesy but right now I don't give a damn-in other ways. I love my friends and all, but I'd like to have someone special too. And I know what you might be thinking. 'Oh Yang, your just being silly. I'll bet you have a bunch of ones out there that would want you' and trust me you'd be dead wrong. It's not like I haven't tried, believe me. People see me coming and then when I try to move the conversation towards that, they get SO scared of me. God, do they think I'm going to break them in half for saying no? Must be what it is, because none of them can ever look me in the damn face when they do it," she snapped. Now Weiss could see her hands trembling.
"Yang-"
"It's just not fair! What the hell did I ever do, which holy asshole did I piss off to the point where I'm stuck in this pattern? Maybe I really am just seen as some violent, punch-before- talking person. I know that's probably how I seem to people who don't know me. Hell, maybe that is who I used to be but I'm different now!" She said, her voice raising a bit as new tears threatened to spill out now. "Im different…" She repeated softly, Weiss staring down at the floor. Seeing someone like Yang cry just felt wrong. Like the depressed phase Ruby went through after her last breakup before getting together with Blake. Seeing someone normally so entergetic and happy not wanting to get out of bed was horrible. Yang was the same way, if you asked her. Someone so funny shouldn't ever be hurt to the point of tears.
"I know how all that feels, Yang..your not alone there," she said, frowning when she heard Yang scoff. "What, you think Im lying?"
"You're the daughter of the biggest dust providers in Vale. You expect me to believe you couldn't have anyone you wanted?" She said, her eyes widening when Weiss chuckled bitterly.
"Oh yes, and how many of those do you think would actually want me for me, and how many would only see my fathers money? You think I don't get being judged because of how people see you without really knowing you? It happens to me on a daily basis, Yang. People see me and think 'oh look at the spoiled little princess. She probably thinks shes SO much better than all of us,.'" She said.
"Well…you didn't get the nickname 'ice queen' for nothing. You acted like that when Ruby and I first met you," Yang said
"And I know I did but at the time I thought I was right. But…like you just said yourself, I've changed a lot. Knowing you, your sister and Blake..not to mention team JNPR has really helped me see that how I used to be was unacceptable. I wouldn't have even talked to me if I were Ruby, but she never gave up on me..and I couldn't thank her enough. Really thank ANY of you enough," she said. "But even having changed like I have, people still don't want me because of how they perceive me to be. So…I DO know how your feeling..better than most."
"Fine..i guess you do. It still doesn't change anything, though."
"Well…what if I told you I know someone who IS interested in you even knowing your reputation?"
"I wouldn't believe you."
"Well there is. Someone who thinks your strong, funny..well most of the time anyway, and beautiful," She said, her face flushing red as she looked down. "A-and..you know them well."
"Jaune?"
"No you dolt! Me!" She blurted out, covering her mouth as she did so.
"Hey! That's your nickname for Ruby! Do I not get one of my own-what now?" She said, stopping short, mouth hanging open. When Weiss nodded, she closed it and hopped down to the floor, staring at her in shock. Weiss I…I had no idea."
"Well..now you do. Yang..i want you at the dance. And..if you'll have me..I'd like to go as your date." She said, trying her best to keep her voice steady despite the horrible nervousness she felt at the moment. After a few minutes of silence she looked away. "Very well…I'll just leave you be. Let me know if-" she stopped when Yang grabbed onto her arm.
"Hold up now. You can't drop all that on me then not even let me answer."
"You were silent Yang. I've gotten that as an answer enough times to known it's normally not a good thing."
"I..Weiss what do you want from me? You didn't ask to borrow my brush or something. Your talking about…dating. Me and you."
"Yes, Yang, I am. And you either are interested in that or your not. This isn't complicated!"She said, turning to face her fully again.
"For you maybe. Look I…its not like it hasn't crossed my mind once or twice but..to hear you say it out loud..I froze up for a second okay? Im sorry," she said looking into her eyes before slowly reaching out and hugging her tightly. "Id love to go with you. From there..let's see how date number one goes, alright?"
Weiss relaxed against her, feeling herself become wrapped up by the warmth that always surrounded Yang. "Okay…that's fair," she smiled
-two weeks later-
The night of the dance arrived faster than Weiss had ever thought possible, though that was likely the nerves talking. She fixed her dress for the hundredth time, looking around for Yang. Weiss had chosen a light blue one that matched her eyes 'perfectly' as Ruby had put it. And she thought her mother had been pushy during shopping. She had nothing on Ruby. "Stop worrying so much..Yang is going to love it," Blake said, nudging her ribs. She smiled a bit and nodded, though inside she was still unsure. After what seemed like forever, Weiss saw her walk in and she felt her heart skip a couple beats. Yang was wearing a black dress that stopped just a bit above the knee. Weiss gulped a bit as she walked over to her and Blake.
"Wow…you look…damn." Yang said looking over Weiss from head to toe
"Me? S-Speak for yourself.." Weiss said, her face the reddest it'd been in..well ever really. Blake cleared her throat loudly, snapping them back to reality.
"I'm going to go find Ruby. Enjoy yourselves!" She called over the music as she walked away mouthing a silent 'go get her' to Weiss as she passed. Yang kept staring for another minute before Weiss slowly held her hand out
"Shall we?" She asked, smiling when Yang grinned at her
"Definitely." She said, taking her hand and leading her out for the next song that started. From her spot off the dance floor, Ruby smiled seeing the two of them. Blake walked up behind her and wrapped her arms around her waist tightly
"You're a good sister"
"Eh…I try," she smiled, leaning back against her. The dance continued on till late that night, Weiss and Yang never really leaving each others side. Around 11, they decided to leave. As they were walking back, Yang stopped by one of the fountains in the courtyard
"You…mind if I get a picture of this? This nights been..well perfect. I'd like to remember it."
"No..of course not," Weiss smiled. She leaned her head on Yang's shoulder as she held the scroll out, and smiling as Yang took a couple.
"Perfect…let's head to the dorm now, Im beat," she yawned, wrapping her fingers around Weiss' as they started back.
"You realize Ruby and Blake are probably long asleep by now. So we'll have to change for bed quietly. Yang scoffed.
"Ruby isnt feeling well my ass. More like were not there, so they probably ruined another set of sheets," she said, laughing when Weiss nudged her. "You know it's true." They stopped outside the door and peeked in. Sure enough, Ruby and Blake were curled up in Ruby's bunk sound asleep. Yang closed the door and looked down at Weiss. "Before we go in…thank you Weiss. I..i had an amazing time."
"Your welcome, I did too. I can't think of anything that would make it better.." She said softly. Yang slowly leaned in closer
"I can think of a couple things.." She said softly. Weiss's heart was beating like a jackhammer at this point. Was this seriously happening? If it wasn't she'd kill whoever woke her up from this. She closed her eyes as Yang's lips met hers, slowly moving one of her arms around her neck, that hand running through her hair slowly. It only lasted about a minute, and when Yang pulled away she smirked and stepped back when Weiss went to pull her in again. "Uh uh now. We'll have plenty of time for that on all our other dates. For now..bed time." She winked before walking in.
"You are evil, Yang Xiao Long." Weiss muttered softly as she went to the bathroom to change.
"Ah, you'll get used to it, ice queen," She grinned. Weiss rolled her eyes but smiled as she closed the door. After changing into their night clothes, Yang peeked down from her bunk. "I'll see you in the morning beautiful.." She said before disappearing from her view. Weiss smiled softly and slowly drifted off to sleep.
So…this is finally done! As I said, next chapter will be whiterose, so I hope you'll look forward to that. Till next time, fellow fanatics,
-DB