Sorry about not posting this earlier. I had to take my dog to the Vet the other day and I didn't get as much time to write. Anyways, I have some special stuff planned for a secret project that I think you guys may like. I'll have more details on that when things are properly set up.
Here's chapter 18 everyone.
A nurse walked into the room and saw the white haired heiress sitting close to the rabbit Faunus. She smiled at how Weiss was laying her head down next to Velvet's. She felt a little bad for having to walk up to her and tapping her shoulder. "Um, I'm sorry to bother you, but are you awake?"
Weiss opened her eyes and turned to the nurse. "Hmm?"
The nurse chuckled. "I see you decided to catch up on some sleep yourself. I just need to check up on her."
"Oh, sorry, um..." Weiss' eyes widened. "I forgot. Velvet did wake up…I should've told you that…Sorry."
"She did? Well, it isn't that bad that you didn't tell me." The nurse walked to a table and checked the records on Velvet. "Okay, so how long ago did she wake up?"
Weiss checked looked over at the clock on the wall and saw that it had been an hour since she fell asleep. "It's been a little over an hour."
"How did she react when she woke up?" The nurse questioned.
"She actually reacted better than I thought. Um, she mentioned something about a nightmare and had some head pains. I'm guessing it's because of the concussion." Weiss explained.
"Yes, it would be. Now, I'm sorry to ask, but may you wait outside for a few minutes? I'll make sure to get you when I'm done here." The nurse assured.
Weiss nodded and stood up. "Um, was there anyone else awake over in the waiting area?"
"I don't think I noticed to be honest." The nurse said.
Weiss was confused by that, since she thought Coco went to go tell the others. "Alright then." Weiss walked out of the room and went to the others. She saw that the others were in fact still asleep, except for Coco.
Coco looked over and smirked as Weiss sat next to her, so she whispered. "So, how was your little nap?"
Weiss blushed. "I-I thought you were going to tell the others about Velvet." She whispered.
Coco shrugged. "I knew you wouldn't want to leave her side, so I decided to let you have that time to yourself." Coco looked over at Yang. "I gotta ask you something. It's about Yang, do you think she'd be cool with…you know, me?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? Yang doesn't have any problems with you." Weiss said.
"No, I meant that I wanted to know about…um, well if she'd be cool with it…maybe she and I could go out or something." Coco explained.
Weiss blinked. "Oh…Oh!" She felt Coco put her hand on her mouth.
"Quiet, damn it!" Coco said in a hushed tone. Weiss tried to talk, but realized Coco's hand was still on her mouth. "Will you keep your voice down?" Weiss nodded and Coco removed her hand. "Good, now speak."
Weiss wiped her mouth. "Ugh, never do that again." She then whispered. "Okay, so about Yang, well, I don't see why you shouldn't ask her out. So yes, go on if that's what you want, though honestly, I may not be the best person to give out advice on this kind of thing."
Coco snickered at that, but didn't explain why to the heiress, for her own reasons. "I guess not, but still…Thanks. I just need to figure out how to ask her."
"Coco, for what Velvet and I have talked about, I feel like your confidence won't be an issue here." Weiss stated.
"It's not about being confident. It's how to approach it. Try not to mention this to anyone, well, except maybe Vel, since you two seem to talk about a lot of stuff together. I'll figure out what I'll do with blondie." Coco said.
"Good luck to you. I honestly hope it works out." Weiss smiled.
Coco smiled back. "Thanks, so, I did walk in before, which is how I knew you were sleeping. I thought you two would be awake."
Weiss blushed. "O-Oh, well, you know, Velvet needed her rest. And yes, I get that she was out all day, but even after waking up from that, you'd probably want some actual rest."
Coco chuckled at seeing the blush on Weiss' face. "Relax, I was just wondering about it. So, did that nurse ask you to leave the room? I feel like that's the only thing that would get you to leave."
"Yes, she'll come get me when she's done checking on Velvet's injuries." Weiss answered.
"That's good. Well, I guess now may be a good time to let these three know." Coco said as she stood up from her chair. She snapped her fingers in front of Fox. "Come on, guys, wake up already."
Fox slowly opened his eyes and yawned. "What time is it?"
"Time for you to get up. Velvet got up a little while ago." Coco said.
"She did? How long ago?" Fox asked.
"It's been a little over an hour now. Sorry about not waking you up, but Weiss here needed her alone time with Vel." Coco said and Weiss blushed again.
"Right, well Yatsu might not be so happy about that." Fox stated.
Coco shrugged. "If he's serious about not causing any more trouble with this, then I doubt he will." Coco shook Yatsuhashi awake. "Get up already."
Yatsuhashi groaned and shrugged her off as he opened his eyes. "Don't you think it's too early for this right now?"
"I don't know. Is it too early to tell you that Velvet woke up over an hour ago?" Coco questioned.
Yatsuhashi's eyes widened. "S-She did? Wait, is she allowed to go back to Beacon now?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I don't think she'll be here that longer." Coco turned back to the blonde and flicked her forehead.
Yang snored and yelped at the same time, causing Coco to snicker at the blonde. "W-What the heck was that?"
"Sorry, Yang, but I thought that should be the way I wake you up." Coco said.
Yang sighed and looked at her crush. "Well it worked." She looked over to see the two other members of Team CFVY were awake, but what caught her attention was when she turned the other way and saw Weiss. "Hey, wait, I thought you'd be in the room with Velvet. Is something wrong?"
Weiss shook her head. "The nurse is just checking on her injuries to see if anything's changed. Oh and she did wake up an hour ago."
Yang blinked twice. "And you didn't tell us?!"
Coco flicked Yang's forehead again. "Relax there. I told her that I'd tell you guys, but I decided to let Weiss have that time for the two of them, though they did spend it-."
Weiss cut her off. "That's not important!"
Coco chuckled. "Hmm, yeah, maybe you're right. Anyways, you guys can go see her when the nurse is finished. I'm gonna ask her when Vel can come back to Beacon when she gets over here."
"Well how was she when she woke up?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"A little confused at first, but she's gonna be okay." Coco answered.
"She also has some head pain from the concussion." Weiss added.
Yatsuhashi clenched his fist. "About that license plate, we'll need to report it."
Weiss and Yatsuhashi obviously weren't on the best terms, but she did agree on that. "Yeah, I can have the police know about it as soon as I can…for now though, I just want to get Velvet back to Beacon."
"Ah crap, I forgot, did anyone talk to Velvet's mom after last night?" Coco questioned.
Weiss' eyes widened. "Does she know about this?"
"Yeah, but only from what I told her yesterday. Oh and before you ask, all of us here have our parent's numbers, just in case something happens and we can't get into the other's scrolls." Coco said.
"Wait, you asked if someone talked to her, yet you just said you talked to her yesterday." Weiss pointed out.
Coco sighed. "I meant after I told her. You know, just to keep her updated on how Vel is doing."
"Well, none of us besides Fox and Yatsuhashi have it." Yang said.
Fox shook his head. "I didn't call."
"I did." Yatsuhashi said. "It was before I slept." He sighed. "She sounded sad for obvious reasons, but…she was angry that she couldn't get here in time."
"Vezel can come to the school. We just need to have Vel talk to her when she gets up again." Coco said.
"I suppose so." Yatsuhashi got up and walked to a vending machine.
Fox spoke up. "What about you, Weiss? How are you holding up today?"
"I'm just happy to see her awake…She mentioned that she had a nightmare about me being the one who got hit by the car." Weiss frowned. "I guess we both experienced that sort of pain."
Yang patted Weiss' back. "You just make sure that she doesn't have to think about that nightmare too much, alright."
"You see a lot of good things in the bad, don't you?" Weiss let out a small smile.
"You gotta find some balance, princess." Yang got up and stretched. "I'm gonna call Rubes to let her know about Velvet."
Yang walked away from the others and Coco watched her the whole way. "Hmm, yeah, I'll wait a bit."
"Wait a bit on what?' Fox asked.
Coco was startled by that. "W-Wait…I said that out loud, didn't I?"
Weiss shook her head in disappointment. "You know, I honestly thought you wouldn't be the kind of person to make that kind of mistake, Coco."
"Oh be quiet…Anyways, it's nothing, Fox. I've just had some personal stuff to deal with." Coco tried steering away from the conversation.
"Is it something that needs my attention?" Fox asked.
"Eh, not really. I'm just dealing with some…relationship stuff." Coco stood up and looked over at Velvet's room to see the nurse walking out. "Oh and look at that, the nurse just walked out." Coco was glad the nurse did so, since she really didn't feel like talking about Yang with the whole group.
Fox got up as well. "Yatsu, come on." He called out to his giant teammate.
Yatsuhashi got the soda he wanted from the vending machine and walked over. "I'm guessing we can go see her now?"
Fox nodded and the nurse walked over. "You're all here for Miss Scarlatina, right?" They all nodded. "Okay, well just to remind you, she will be on crutches. Does anyone here have any kind of way to get transport for her?"
Weiss swallowed her pride and nodded. "I can pay for any car service to the airship that can take us to Beacon."
I'll use your damn lien…but this means nothing, father.
"Alright, well we just need to fill out a few papers, get her the crutches and the prescription for the pain medication she'll need to take for her headaches." The nurse said as she walked over to the desk.
Weiss frowned at the mention of the headaches and walked up to the nurse. "So, could we still go and see her?"
"Of course, just do your best to keep her from moving too much. Her body is still sore from…well you know. Anyways, I'll be contacting her mother to let her know that she's about to be released. Oh and I wanted to know, Beacon has its own infirmary, correct?" The nurse inquired.
"Yes it does. I'm guessing it would be better to have her checked up there if need be?" Weiss assumed.
"That's right. If there's any complications she's having, then make sure to bring her to that infirmary. If whatever may come up is more unmanageable over there, then be sure to bring her back here as soon as possible." The nurse explained.
Weiss nodded. "Thank you for everything."
"Don't thank me, Miss. It's my job after all." The nurse smiled.
Weiss smiled back and headed to Velvet's room.
As soon as Weiss was in the room, she noticed Velvet was looking out of the window from her bed. "Hey."
Velvet turned to Weiss and smiled. "Weiss. Hey, I was kind of worried you wouldn't be able to come back that quickly."
Weiss sat down next to Velvet and reached her hand out on top of the rabbit Faunus'. "The nurse let me come back as soon as she was done. So, how are you feeling?"
"Well, besides the soreness and the headaches, I'm doing a lot better from an hour ago. You know, um, mentally better." Velvet took a breath. "That…nightmare was still fresh in my mind when I woke up after all."
Weiss frowned. "I'm sorry, Velvet."
"You don't need to say that, Weiss. You didn't cause the nightmare…And besides, I started thinking about what happened after my nightmare." Velvet said.
"What was it?" Weiss asked.
"Dream you, oh…wait that sounds weird. Um, so, you were still in the dream I was having after the nightmare and…this is continuing to sound weird, isn't it?" Velvet sighed.
"I don't think it sounds weird at all." Weiss answered honestly. "Please, continue."
"Oh, well, alright then. Um, so where was I? Oh, right, so after the nightmare ended, the dream you brought me back to the spot you and I like to sit at around Beacon's courtyard." Velvet explained with a smile.
Weiss blushed. "That…yeah, I suppose that would be a nice spot to be at after a nightmare…I…I actually look forward to it every day."
Velvet blushed at that as well. "W-Weiss…Um…There was something the dream you told me…It was…about how I should let you know how much you mean to me."
Weiss' blush reddened. "O-Oh? W-Well…I mean, y-you mean a lot to me too, Velvet." Her hand moved a bit up Velvet's hand and a little on her arm.
"R-Really?" Velvet sat up and kept her hand still.
"Of course I do…I…I hated when we'd have to go back to Beacon when we're having those talks outside. And you know…besides all the things you've done for me…I'm…I just really like spending time with you." Weiss admitted. "And…When you got hit by that car…I just imagined how I could've lost you…I know it may seem selfish to say, but…I couldn't imagine you being gone from my life…I wouldn't know what to do."
Velvet leaned closer to the heiress the best she could. "I feel the same way about spending time with you, Weiss…I feel…happier around you. And that nightmare…I thought about how I almost didn't reach you. One more second…and I could've lost you."
Weiss felt her heart beat a little faster when she heard that. The heiress started to lean in as well, though she herself wasn't fully aware of it. Velvet felt Weiss' hand move up her arm a bit, so she blushed and leaned even closer to Weiss. The two were very close to each other and they brought their heads up to eye level with each other.
"Velvet…" Weiss whispered and leaned in.
"Weiss…" Velvet was using the same soft tone and leaned in as well.
Their lips brushed against each other, and their hearts were beating much faster than before. They both thought about moving away from each other, but didn't. Weiss brushed her lips against Velvet's again, but that time she felt Velvet push closer.
Their lips met completely that time and they stayed like that for a few seconds. After that, they both pulled away only slightly, but then leaned in again and kissed for the second time.
All Weiss could think of when she was kissing Velvet was how everything just happened so fast.
T-This is really happening…
Weiss pulled away and yet again, leaned forward to kiss Velvet again.
Velvet moved her other hand to cup Weiss' cheek and blushed as she felt the heiress' tongue poke against her lips. Velvet pulled away and took a breath. "W-Weiss…"
Weiss took a few breaths as well and blushed. "I-I…I'm so sorry…I didn't mean to-."
"Shh…It's okay…It really is." Velvet assured. "I just…wasn't expecting this…D-Do you…Do you feel okay about that?"
Weiss stood up and walked to the window to look out of it. "Velvet…I don't know…I just don't know about this…I can't deny that we just kissed, but…"
"Don't say it…I know. Look, maybe we could, I don't know, not think about it." Velvet felt like crying when she suggested that.
I don't want to hurt you with this…
Weiss quickly turned around in shock. "I can't ignore what just happened…You know that."
Velvet's ears drooped. "But…I know how, well, things have been for you, Weiss. I don't see you as someone who hates Faunus, but…" She looked away. "To kiss one…I just couldn't imagine it was something you really wanted to do."
Weiss felt a tear fall from that. "Y-You really think that I'd be like that?"
Velvet quickly shook her head. "No! Never like that, but I just don't want you to feel…confused by it."
Weiss frowned and walked over to sit down again. "You're not wrong about being confused…I never really found myself to feel this way…for a Faunus, but you made me see how foolish I was being. That's why…I didn't mind doing that, especially because it was you."
Velvet's blush reddened again. "S-So…What do you want to do about this?"
Weiss looked to the ground. "I don't know. I've never felt this way about someone like this…Boys would always look to me for my money…And I never even thought about being with a girl…It's all so-."
"Confusing…I know." Velvet reached her hand out to Weiss'. "Look, we don't have to forget about what happened, but…maybe we can try to continue doing what we've done."
Weiss looked over at Velvet's hand on her own. "I…I suppose we can try."
Suddenly a knock was heard and the two pull away from each other in fear that someone would walk in. "You two done making out in there?" Coco asked from the other side of the door. "That was just a joke by the way." She said a few seconds after.
Weiss was shocked when she heard that and ran over to answer the door. The heiress took a breath and slowly opened the door. "Coco…Um, you could've just walked in…why did you knock?"
Coco chuckled and walked in. "I was just letting you two have your time alone."
Weiss blushed. "W-What are you talking about?"
"Hmm, oh it's nothing." Coco walked over to Velvet. "Hey, Vel. Are you feeling any better?"
Velvet was happy to see Coco and lightly nodded. "I could be better, but still. I'm just happy that I'm awake."
"We all are, Vel." Coco smiled and looked around the room. "So do you have any idea where they put your stuff at, Vel?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe they have it in another room." Velvet said.
Coco sat down next to her teammate. "Well, I was hoping that you could've used your scroll to call your mom. I already spoke to her yesterday, but you know, she'll probably want to speak with you."
Velvet frowned. "I forgot about that. Um, should I call now, or wait till we get back to Beacon?"
"Honestly, now might be a good time. If I had a kid, I wouldn't want to be waiting so long to know she's awake after a car hit her." Coco reasoned.
Velvet nodded and was handed the scroll from Coco. She looked over at the door to see Weiss standing near it. "W-Weiss…Are you coming back?"
Weiss looked to the ground with the blush still on her face as she walked over. Coco raised an eyebrow at that. "Hey, are you alright there, Weiss?"
Weiss raised her head and nodded. "Yeah, sorry, I was…um, you know…thinking about some stuff."
"Come on now, we've talked about this. Vel is right here and she's awake. No more sulking." Coco reminded, even though Weiss wasn't worried about that specific thing.
"Y-Yeah…you're right. I won't sulk anymore." Weiss went along with it and looked to Velvet.
The rabbit Faunus looked just as nervous as she did, but she made sure to keep quiet about what had happened between the two.
And it happened. At this point, they aren't together, obviously, but it's a start.
To the guest on chapter 17- Thank you. I've loved every minute of writing this pairing, so I'm glad you're enjoying it as well.
To JJ- Yeah, I'll be making sure not to have her recovery time be too long now, but still long enough to have Weiss take care of her. Thanks for the input on that. Oh and yes, Yatsuhashi isn't completely done with getting scolded.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 18. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 19.
