Here's chapter 4 everyone.
A few days passed since Velvet watched the heiress fight against her hard-light opponents. She still thought a lot about the anger she had and how upset she looked in the hallway after she finished her fight.
"Hey. Velvet!" Yang called out from down the hall.
Velvet stopped and turned to see the blonde. "Yang, hi. I thought you had a class right now."
"I did, but Ms. Goodwitch told me I should get some rest. Yatsuhashi and I were called up to fight and he kinda won…but I'll get him next time." Yang pumped her fist.
"Wait, you don't look hurt. Why were you told to get some rest?" Velvet asked.
"My aura is pretty low, so she said it be better to just get out of classes for the day. So what's been going on with you?" Yang inquired.
Velvet shrugged. "Would you be surprised if I told you that nothing has really changed?"
"Not really, but I more meant how things have been." Yang said.
"Oh, well it's been okay. I'm just really trying to get some things worked out, but honestly…I don't think I can do it." Velvet explained.
"Well what is it? Maybe I can help." Yang offered.
Velvet shook her head. "Trust me, Yang. I'd rather not involve anyone else in this. I just need to do one thing and I'll be done with it."
"Oh come on. We're friends, Velvet. You know I'm not about to leave it alone." Yang stated.
The rabbit Faunus sighed. "It's Weiss. I've been thinking about what to say to her about a few things. I only want to make things right for both of us."
"Ah, I get it now. Okay, I think I can help with that. Just let me get princess in a room and lock you both in it." Yang said.
Velvet's eyes widened. "N-No! Yang that would be the opposite of what I'd want to do!"
Yang chuckled. "Really? I think it be great. Just think about it. Weiss wouldn't be able to run from you and I bet being with her for longer than five minutes will help."
"Please don't, Yang." Velvet pleaded.
"Do you really want to do this then? I mean about talking to her in general. Most of us try to, but it never really helps." Yang noted.
"I know…But if I can at least assure her of one thing, then I won't have to bother her again." Velvet explained.
"Can I at least be there to make it so she can't run?" Yang requested.
"Only if you promise that if it gets out of hand, you leave her be. I'm not kidding here, Yang. I already have problems with this." Velvet reminded.
Yang nodded. "No worries. I won't pin her to the ground. I'll just get in the way if she tries to run or something."
Velvet hung her head in defeat and walked away. "Fine."
After classes ended that day, Weiss was sat down on her bed and flipped through a few pages of her textbook. "There is so much history on the Faunus. Of course the White Fang will be mentioned at one point." She flipped through a few more pages and sees nothing on them. "What the heck?"
How is there nothing on them yet? Oh, this must not want to show off the threat of Faun…I mean…The White Fang.
That was another time Weiss caught herself almost saying Faunus and she didn't know why she didn't want to say it. "Ugh, whatever. I wonder where the others are anyway. This is usually the time that one of those dolts likes to walk in and bug me."
She knew exactly how her teammates were, since Yang walked in with Velvet. "Sup, Princess!"
Weiss' eyes widened. "Y-Yang? What's going on here?"
"You are going to let Velvet here talk to you for at least a few minutes. I know you don't want to, but you're gonna let her speak her mind, then you're good." Yang said.
Weiss closed her book and sat in her princess like manner. "Fine, obviously this is going to be forced upon me. Go ahead." She then muttered to herself. "It's not like I get a choice in a lot of things anyway."
Velvet slowly walked up to the heiress. "Weiss…Does talking to me make you angry?" The heiress stayed silent. "I…I see. Well, would it make you feel better if I told the others to not bother you about it…My team is a little worried about that and…I just don't want you to feel pressured by everyone."
Yang slowly backed away and ran out the door. She slammed it shut and held her body against the door.
Weiss was shocked by that and ran to the door and attempted to open it, but she couldn't. "What the heck?! Yang! You let me out right now!"
"Sorry, princess! Work out your issues first!" Yang yelled from the other side of the door.
Velvet sighed and sat down on Weiss' bed. "I swear I didn't want her to do this. She even mentioned it before and I said no."
Weiss groaned and gave up on trying pulling the door open. "I was complying, you dunce! All you had to do was stand there for one minute!"
"I don't care. Just go make up already." Yang said.
Weiss turned to Velvet and crossed her arms. "If she won't let me out until you speak your mind, then just say it already."
Velvet took a breath. "Okay. I did already say that I just don't want anyone to bother you about…your discomfort with me."
"I…I don't have discomfort…with you. I just don't like to speak to every single new person I meet is all." Weiss avoided Velvet's stare.
Velvet got up and walked over to the heiress. "Then say it."
Weiss looked over at Velvet for a moment, and then walked past the rabbit Faunus and looked out the window. "Fine…What exactly do you want to hear?"
"I just want you to let me know what else I can do to make things…I don't know, better between us. The first time you saw me, you gasped. Then I watch you fought those hard-light enemies and you looked angry at something. And then you even got mad with me when I tried to help you in the hall. Is it really hard to tell me why?" Velvet inquired.
Weiss lowered her head and took a breath. "You're a Faunus…There…You wanted to hear it…You heard it."
Velvet felt a pain in her heart, even though she knew it was most likely the reason, it still hurt. "O-Okay, Weiss, but…do you have a specific reason for that too? Or…Would you rather not answer that?"
"The White Fang…You should easily know who they are. Those…Damn monsters!" Weiss felt a tear fall. "All they ever do is hurt my family…and when they make my father angry, he expects more from me…It's their fault for everything! So if I have problems with Faunus and you think it's not justified, then you can just leave me the heck alone!" Weiss sniffled and felt her legs weakening from how much she was expressing her emotions.
Velvet debated on walking up to the heiress and attempting to comfort her, but her past tries made her stand still. "I'm really sorry, Weiss. That…That can't be easy. Look, if this is really something that makes you uncomfortable, then…can we at least try to compromise on something?"
"Like what?" Weiss asked without looking at the rabbit Faunus.
"Well, I go to lunch with your team…so if there are times you're there, I can promise to not go near you guys." Velvet offered.
Weiss felt something after that and turned to Velvet. "W-Why would you offer something like that?"
"What else can I offer at this point?" Velvet asked.
"I…I was more asking why do you care this much to settle things this way? Wouldn't it just be better for you to ignore me?" Weiss responded.
That was always the easy way…
Velvet looked past Weiss and out the window. "I don't know you too well, Weiss. I only heard a few things about your family, but if what you say is true, then I don't want you to feel even worse here."
"But why do you even care about how I feel? I'm just the girl who pushed you away because you're a Faunus." Weiss reminded.
"I know, but you're still a person. I…I ran into a boy the other day who was bullying this other boy. The only reason he was bullying him was because he's a Faunus. It hurt…It really did." Velvet frowned.
"Stop it already…I don't need to hear this. Just do us both a favor and go. All I'll be doing is causing more problems." Weiss turned away.
Velvet decided it was the best time to help her and she walked up to the heiress. "Is it really hard to believe that I just want to help someone who's going through tough times?"
Weiss clenched her fist. "You don't know what I go through…Just hearing what I said is nothing compared to what I experienced…"
"Then…could I at least try to understand more?" Velvet requested.
Weiss took a breath. "What is your interest in me? I just don't get it!"
Velvet walked over and sat on Weiss' bed. "I barely ran into problems in my life with my Faunus heritage. That boy I told you about the other day. It…It shocked me. I was so angry and sad when I saw why he was bullying the other boy." Velvet closed her eyes. "I…I don't want you to be like him."
Weiss was taken aback by that. "E-Excuse me?"
"I can understand how you feel about the White Fang, but I honestly hope to never see you become like that boy. Even if we aren't okay with each other because of me being a Faunus, I still wouldn't want you to…you know, bully a Faunus." Velvet explained.
"I would never do that!" Weiss shouted which caused the rabbit Faunus to jump a little. "My father may not be…he isn't a good man to the Faunus, but…that doesn't mean I'm like him and I'll ever be that way." Weiss looked down. "I would rather just be…away from Faunus…it's always been an easy solution to problems…staying away."
"What problems do you mean, Weiss?" Velvet inquired.
"I don't want to continue this back and forth with you." Weiss said.
"Then can't we try to start over? You don't need to pay attention to my-." Velvet was cut off.
"Can you please just tell Yang to let us out already?" Weiss pleaded.
"I…okay, but…never mind." Velvet got up and walked over to the door. "Yang, Weiss and I talked…can you please let us out now?"
"Sorry, but that doesn't sound like the voice of someone who settled their differences. Now go back and settle." Yang ordered.
Velvet turned to Weiss. "She won't let us go yet."
Weiss shook her head and sat on her bed. "After all this…I still can't just be left alone."
"You say that…a lot. Being left alone…Is it something you truly want in life?" Velvet asked.
"It's what I'm used to, so yes. Would it really shock you to hear that people tend to like their comfort zone?" Weiss folded her hands together. "I won't leave that comfort zone."
"Then why come here?" Velvet questioned.
"I am not a fragile girl that needs her father's money." Weiss growled. "I can handle my own life…and…and I can prove that as a Schnee…I can be just as strong as my father, without him."
"But you already proved that by being here." Velvet stated.
Weiss lifted her head and stared at the rabbit Faunus. "W-What? I haven't proven anything. You saw how I couldn't…" She stopped herself.
"How you couldn't what? Is this about your fight in the training room? If it is, then whatever you mean by that isn't true. Yes, it was…brutal how you handled it, but you still showed how strong you can be." Velvet remarked.
Weiss lowered her head. "You try to be like that and more…then talk to me."
"Is this about your fath-?" Again, Velvet was stopped.
"Shut up! Just…do what he does and leave me alone already!" Weiss shouted.
Yang felt a little bad at that point for keeping Weiss trapped in the room. She never heard her yell with that much emotion before, but she still wanted her and Velvet to settle things.
Velvet frowned. "But…That isn't something I want to do when you're upset."
Weiss looked at Velvet with tears in her eyes. "Just go away already! I don't need anyone to help me! I've been by myself and I will prove I can keep getting stronger without you or anyone else!"
Velvet took a step back. "W-Weiss…"
Weiss felt the tears fall as she pictured her own father in place of where Velvet was standing. "I don't need you…I don't." She sniffled and looked down at her feet.
Velvet placed a hand on her mouth in shock of the heiress breaking down. She watched Weiss' tears fall to the ground and looked to the door. She took a breath and walked over to it, banging on the door. "Yang! That's enough now! Let us out!"
Yang took a breath and stepped away to open the door. "I'm sorry, Velvet. I just wanted to help."
"I told you this wouldn't help though. Why couldn't you just let us talk on different terms?" Velvet angrily asked, though she was a little surprised at how she got that angry.
Yang looked over Velvet's shoulder and saw Weiss with her hands on her face. The blonde could tell Weiss was crying, so she took Velvet outside and closed the door. "What happened? I tried to not eavesdrop the best I could, but the yelling was still a little clear sometimes, so I only got a few things from that."
"I…I tried too much to get her to talk about difficult issues she might be having. Her father and the White Fang were brought up. Ugh! I'm so stupid. I made her cry. Now she's going to be even more discomforting with me." Velvet said.
Yang placed her hand on Velvet's shoulder. "First, that wasn't your fault. It was mine. Second, I've never seen Weiss…cry. This might be a good thing. She needs to open up more."
"I don't want to force her though! And I did just that! Now she's upset and even though you kept us from leaving, I still kept it up." Velvet looked back at the door and frowned. "I…I need to go, Yang."
Yang frowned and nodded. "Okay, but please don't blame yourself."
Velvet didn't say a word and walked down the hall.
It's my fault.
Weiss moved her hands from her face and took a breath. The heiress wiped her tears away and looked over at the door, wondering if Yang would walk in, but she never did. All Weiss could do at the point was stay sitting on her bed and look at her feet.
He's not here…He can never be here. You left because of him…You don't need him…You are your own person and you'll surpass him!
Weiss kept repeating that to herself and she focused a glyph on the ground of the dorm, but the glyph could barely stabilize and it disappeared within seconds. She bit her lip and felt something in her heart. It was the pain of failure, but it wasn't the failure of her summoning. It was the failure of the promise she made herself when she left for Beacon.
How can I ever surpass him and continue our family name in a better light…if I can't even handle something like this?
Velvet walked into her dorm and found no one. "I guess they're off doing other things…better this way. I don't want them seeing me like this."
"And yet here I am." Coco suddenly said.
Velvet yelped and turned to see Coco standing behind her. "W-When did you even get here, Coco?!"
Coco chuckled and walked in. "I was walking behind you about two minutes ago. I would've said to wait up, but I noticed you were looking down. Spit it out now."
Velvet sighed, since she didn't even feel like denying anything, but she also didn't want her to go to Weiss. "I'll just say this, I made a mistake and I regret it."
"You making a mistake isn't common, Velvet. What happened?" Coco wouldn't let up.
"Coco, I don't want you involved." Velvet said.
"Ouch, okay this must be serious." Coco placed her bag on her bed and closed the door. "Tell me already."
"Ugh, fine. I spoke to Weiss and…and I made her cry." Velvet answered.
Coco was honestly shocked by that and sat down on her bed. "Wow, um, so how'd that happen exactly? You're never one to say anything that can hurt anyone, Vel."
Velvet's ears drooped. "We talked a bit about some things she has…difficulties with…I just pushed too far…Coco, I hate myself. I made her cry." Velvet felt like she was about to cry herself.
Coco got up from her bed and walked over. She kneeled down and looked at Velvet. "Vel, that doesn't sound like you were trying to make her cry."
Velvet closed her eyes and frowned. "Coco, you can't defend me on this. I was the one who wanted to speak in the first place about…well something else, but I just kept bothering her about…well I guess her thoughts on Faunus, the White Fang, her father…" Velvet gasped. "W-Wait! Please don't tell me I just blurted that all out!"
Coco chuckled. "Sorry, Vel, but you did."
Velvet sighed. "Please keep this between us, Coco. This is her business and I-."
Coco stood up and lightly patted Velvet's head. "Relax, Velvet. I won't say a word. I know how much this girl…peaks your interest, so I'll make sure not to mess anything up."
"Thank you, I…Wait, what do you mean by that?" Velvet asked.
Coco picked up her bag and smiled. "Oh don't worry about that. I'm just being supportive is all." She walked over and opened the door. "Vel, just be sure that if you do talk to her again, you let her know how you felt about what happened. I'm sure things will get better for you both." She then left, leaving Velvet very confused.
Coco can already see things even Velvet herself can't see.
To that one guy- I always felt like the way I had Weiss written out before in my previous stories are very different from this attempt. So yeah, it is a little difficult getting into that mindset for her character. As for the episode…Yeah, it hurt.
To WorldOfWierdness- Thank you. I find it funny that this ship is one that I just want to put so much time and effort into, so I'm glad you're enjoying it. As for the length of the chapters, I would like them longer too, but I've been releasing them fairly quickly, so I honestly can't get much more than about 3k words for it. I might have more words for special chapters though.
To JJ- Yeah, I'm more accepting of writing Weiss like this because it gives me good practice for writing characters out this way. As for actually being able to feel her frustration, well damn, I'm happy it ended up the way it did.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 4. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 5.
