With only a few days left before the beginning of Team RWBY'S second year the atmosphere in the Rose-Xiao long home was tense.
Since the day at the beach Yang had spent most of her days outside beating a punching bag within an inch of its life while Weiss had moved into Blake and Ruby's room as the couple had been sleeping in the same bed since Qrow and Blake's 'chat'.
Blake and Taiyang had been trying to ease the tension over the last few days but with little success. Finally with little opinion left the pair split up to try and convince the girls to talk.
"Hey Yang can we talk?" Taiyang asked, sitting down on a bench next to the punching bag.
"Now isn't the best time." Yang grunted in between punches before stopping the bags swinging.
"I know but this might help." Taiyang replied as Yang sat down next to her father. "Did I ever tell you how I ended up dating your mother?"
Yang just shook her head as she sat quietly listening to Taiyang's story.
"We met at Beacon after The headmaster at the time announced that Summer, Qrow Raven and myself were on a team. I still remember the look on Summer's face when he said she was team leader." Taiyang said, his face showing signs of grief and the memory of Summer.
"Anyway we had been a team for a few months before i finally worked up the courage to ask her. I found her in front of the fountain and finally asked and her response was No before walking off and leaving me standing there like an idiot but i didn't let that stop me. I tried again and again and was rejected every time. It wasn't until our second year that Summer convince her to give me a chance."
"That's… great Dad but what does that have to with me." Yang replied, taking a swig of her water.
"What i'm trying to say is that I know how hard when you build up the courage to tell someone how you feel only to be shut down but you can't let it control what you do now. If you leave it the way it is you'll lose someone you care about for good and you don't want to go through that." Taiyang said recalling the memories of Ravens disappearance and Summers death.
"Ok. I'll … I'll try and talk with her tonight." Yang sighed before standing up and walking back over to the punching bag.
"That's my girl." Taiyang said before walking over and hugging Yang.
"Weiss you in here?" Blake asked, slowly opening the door to the bedroom to find Weiss curled up on the bed. "Weiss are you ok?"
"I don't know what to do Blake." Weiss said barely louder than a whisper.
"What happened?" Blake asked as she sat down next to Weiss on the bed.
" I'm guessing by now you heard about the… incident with myself and Yang?" Weiss inquired to which Blake just silently nodded. " I don't know what I should do now."
"Well there isn't a lot you can do. You don't feel the same way and that's that."
"It's …. not that simple." Weiss said, seeming to want to say more but unsure if she could.
Blake sat quietly, waiting for Weiss to collect her thoughts.
"When Yang told me how she felt I didn't know what to say. I wanted to say yes but i'm the heiress the the largest dust company on Remnant. Im expected to act a certain way, find a potential husband and give birth to the next heir the the Schnee line. If my father found out I was gay he would be furious and i'm afraid he may try and go after Yang." Weiss said having stood up and started pacing halfway through her speech.
The room was silence except for the click of Weiss' heels on the wooden floor until Blake finally spoke.
"Weiss I know that you have a lot of pressure on your shoulders because of your position but I don't think it's worth putting both yourself and Yang through this because of it. I know you and I are not in the same position but you asked me if i was scared of what people would think of me and Ruby and I told you that having you all helped me deal with the fear of prejudice and you know all of us would be by your side if anyone tried to ruin your happiness." Blake replied, walking over to stand in front of Weis and end her pacing. "You just need to decide if you want to be with Yang everything else shouldn't matter."
"Thank you Blake. I think I should have a chat with Yang." Weiss said, smiling before walking out of the bedroom to find Yang.
After searching downstairs, Weiss walked outside to find Yang beating into the punching bag.
"Yang we need to talk." Weiss said, walking over and standing behind Yang.
"Whats up." Yang grunted, not turning from the punching bag.
"I wasn't exactly honest when we were at the beach." Weiss replied, sounding very sheepish.
"Look it's fine I get it. You don't feel the same way I do it's fine just don't now try and lie to me." Yang said having stopped punching the bag and now standing still with her fists clenched.
"Yang would you listen I like you but i'm scared of what would happen if we dated. In the aristocratic part of Atlas if you were different in anyway you were shunned and disowned. If my father found out that I was gay I don't what to know what he would do." Weiss sadly said, her usual attitude completely void from her statement.
The pair stood still for a few moments as Yang processed everything Weiss had revealed.
"Weiss if that is the only thing that stops you then you will never be able to live your own life without looking over your shoulder." Yang replied, walking towards Weiss and placing her hands on Weiss' shoulders. "If you really do feel the same then I'd say we give it a chance… even if we don't go public about it."
There was a few moments of silence before Weiss nodded slightly, causing a huge smile to break out on both girls faces.
*After Weiss left the bedroom*
Blake was still sitting on Weiss' bed when Ruby walked in looking sad. Once she was near the bed, Ruby collapsed into Blake's arms.
"What's wrong Rubes" Blake asked, pulling Ruby into her lap instead of a dead weight in her arms.
"I don't know how to help Yang." Ruby mumbled, resting her head against Blake's shoulder.
"Oh don't worry I think things will sort themselves out." Blake smirked, half expecting Yang to run up the stairs and burst into the room in her excitement.
Ruby just stared at Blake with a confused look before shrugging and resting her head against Blake's shoulder again.
The couple spent the rest of the day lounging around in their room, enjoying the time they could spend together without interruptions from their friends and family.
And this is the end of Arc 1. I'm going to take a short break from this fic to flush out more ideas for the next arc which will follow the happy couples through Beacon.
As I mentioned in the latest chapter of Our Dreams Become Nightmares I am slowly working on the next chapter of When Your World Falls Apart but I will be taking down chapters 1 and 2 to fix up parts i'm not happy with so once I finish the final chapters I will upload all the chapters in one go.
As always if you enjoyed, hated, have constructive criticism or have a question please let me know so I can make this story and any future stories I write better.
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