Here's chapter 25 everyone.
"No…Stop asking me already. It's getting kind of annoying, Yang." Weiss stated while walking to the dorm. "I've got enough to worry about with Velvet being upset."
Yang was walking with her teammate. "Huh? Why is Velvet is upset?"
"Her mom was supposed to come over yesterday, but she couldn't get out of work till this weekend." Weiss sighed. "I hated seeing her face when she spoke with her mom."
"Well, damn. Now I kinda feel bad about bugging you." Yang said.
Weiss shrugged. "It's fine. I just wish I could help her feel better." Weiss frowned.
"Hey, don't be all sad about it. Why don't you just go and see her? I'm sure she'll be all happy and stuff when she sees you." Yang suggested.
"H-How would you know that she would be happy seeing me? Just because we're…friends, doesn't mean I'd be able to-." Weiss was cut off.
"Princess, you're clueless." Yang walked ahead of her. "Seriously, I'm not gonna explain this to you."
"Explain what?" Weiss asked angrily. "Don't act coy with me, Xiao Long."
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Stop trying to make me spell it out. Think back to what you said before I called you useless. You might actually catch on to why I'm not saying anything to you about it."
Weiss stopped in the middle of the hallway, looking down the hall at her teammate. The heiress stood there for a few moments, thinking about how she was actually trying to keep her relationship with Velvet a secret.
Blonde dunce…Still though, it's not like she's wrong.
Weiss shook her head at the thought, since she didn't want to slip up. "Wait up!" She ran up to her teammate. "I get it, alright. I just didn't think I could help in certain ways. It's her mother after all."
"Yeah, and you're just gonna have to be all distracting with her. It's not hard. Just try to steer conversations away from her mom." Yang suggested.
Weiss sighed. "It isn't the easiest thing in the world to ignore your parents…"
Yang looked over at the heiress, who was looking down at her feet while walking. "Weiss…Are you okay?"
Weiss raised her head up. "I'm fine, Yang. So, um…do you think Ruby is in the dorm? I wanted to ask her something."
"I guess I can give her a call." Yang got her scroll out and began to call her sister. "Weiss, I was wondering, have you ever thought about dating?"
Weiss was caught off guard by the question. "W-What?"
"Oh, wait, hold on. Hey, Ruby. Where are you right now?" Yang asked.
"Yang? Why'd you call?" Ruby asked, but then had to reiterate. "Aren't you and Weiss coming back to the dorm anyways?"
"So you are in the dorms. Okay, that's all I wanted to know. Princess wanted to talk to you about something." Yang explained, making Weiss groan at the use of her nickname.
"Oh? What does Weiss wanna talk to me about?" Ruby inquired.
"I'm not sure." Yang turned her attention to Weiss. "Hey, what did you want to talk about with Ruby?"
Weiss crossed her arms. "I don't mean to sound rude, but she's the only person I wish to speak to about the matter." Weiss frowned suddenly. "I'm…sorry."
Yang patted Weiss' shoulder. "It's fine…I guess. Ruby, she'll talk to you about it when we get there."
"Okay, Yang. I'll be waiting." Ruby said and ended the call.
The heiress was already feeling bad enough about not wanting to tell anyone of her secret relationship, so to have to say something like that to Yang made her feel even worse.
I…don't know.
"Weiss…Listen, if this is seriously something you'd rather talk to Rubes about, then don't stress over it. I won't pry, but just know that you can still talk to me." Yang smiled.
"I…I just want to be sure that I can speak to one person on a matter before speaking to another. It isn't like I enjoy keeping it away, but-." Weiss was interrupted.
"Like I said, don't stress it." Yang chuckled. "I would actually talk to Ruby about some secret she had when she was little. It was always cute when she tried playing it off like everything was fine, and nothing was going on, but I knew…" She stopped suddenly, confusing Weiss. "I know there's something else with you, but remember, I won't pry too much. Just think of me as a big sister that you can talk to eventually."
Weiss looked over her shoulder. "Actually…I'm older than you." Yang started to laugh, making the heiress even more confused. "W-What's so funny?"
"S-Sorry." Yang leaned down and placed her hands on her knees while continuing to laugh. "I was just trying to be a bit serious, and that kinda caught me off guard. I mean…You're actually older than me, but you're so much smaller th-."
Weiss glared at the blonde. "If you continue that sentence, I won't care for damaging school property on you."
"Alright already, I was just enjoying the moment." Yang noticed Weiss still wasn't trying to change her attitude. "Ugh, come on. Do ya really need to glare still?"
Weiss sighed and dropped her arms. "Fine, I'm done glaring." Weiss looked away for a moment, and then back at Yang with a more positive look on her face. "You said I could talk to you eventually…Just wait till that day comes, and I promise we'll-."
Yang walked over and lightly grabbed Weiss' shoulder to stop her from talking. "Don't promise to talk to me, Weiss. I don't want you to feel obligated to tell me everything. Heck, it does…kinda suck that you don't feel comfortable, but knowing it is enough for me."
"W-What do you mean about that?" Weiss asked.
"You told me that something is bothering you, right?" Yang asked and received a nod from Weiss. "Alright, then there you go. When I saw you trying to lecture Ruby, I honestly didn't think highly of you." That made Weiss feel bad, and Yang continued. "Now though, I kinda know how much I messed up."
"No. You didn't mess up, Yang. It's like you said, I was trying to lecture Ruby, even though I'm the one who needs the lectures." Weiss lowered her head in shame.
Yang shook her head. "One of these days, we're gonna talk, and I want you to hear me out before reacting." Yang said, causing the heiress to lift her head back up. "I was getting to the part where you managed to show me that you have more to you than I thought."
"Oh." Weiss simply said, not knowing what else to say.
Yang chuckled and patted Weiss' shoulder. "Come on, let's get to the dorm. You wanted to talk to Rubes, but don't forget that you need to get to Vel soon."
Weiss nodded and followed Yang to the dorm.
"I still don't know, Ruby." Blake said, while sitting on her bed and looking up at Ruby. "Weiss doesn't seem like the type to think about a relationship."
Ruby jumped down from her bed. "Why not? Weiss is-."
"You told me yesterday that you wanted to take Coco's advice, and not worry about Weiss too much. Remember that, Ruby?" Blake reminded.
Ruby sighed. "Just because I won't try to do that anymore, doesn't mean I'll ignore her completely. I still think she's got someone on her mind." Ruby said, though she didn't want to say who the heiress was thinking a lot about.
"And? That isn't our business to intrude on." Blake stated.
Ruby groaned and sat down on Weiss' bed, knowing that Blake was right. "I guess…So, what's up?"
"Uh…I'm sitting across from you…and we're talking." Blake answered.
"No. I meant, well…you know. How've you been, Blake? I don't feel like we talk a lot either." Ruby explained. "Ooh, do you think I could see your weapon? I don't think I ever asked you before."
Blake playfully rolled her eyes. "Your obsession with weapons is quite amusing after all." Blake paused for a second and chuckled at the shocked face on Ruby. "Yang told me, and honestly, I don't think it would be hard to figure out."
Ruby hung her head in defeat. "Yang tells me that I shouldn't obsess too much."
"You enjoy something, Ruby. That doesn't make it a bad thing. Just something you need to work on." Blake got off her bed and reached underneath it. "Here we go." She grabbed her Gambol Shroud and walked over to Ruby, who still had her head down. "Ruby."
Ruby raised her head up and saw Gambol Shroud in Blake's hand. "Whoa. I didn't think you'd actually have it with you."
"I like to keep it on me sometimes, in case someone tries to be an idiot. Even in Beacon, I don't like to let my guard down." Blake explained and handed her weapon to Ruby. "Please be careful with it. I only say that because you have a sniper scythe."
Ruby giggled and looked down at Gambol Shroud. "Did you make her yourself?"
"Her?" Blake didn't get what Ruby said.
"Hmm? Oh." Ruby blushed. "S-Sorry, I sometimes refer to weapons…never mind, so did you design your weapon?" Ruby asked.
"I…had some help, but it was mostly me. Gambol Shroud just seemed like the kind of weapon I'd be good with, and it seems that I was right, for the most part." Blake said.
Ruby took the blade out from its sheath. "Wow, you really did a great job on Gambol Shroud."
"Thanks, but again, I had some help with it." Blake said, and heard the door open, causing her to look over and see Yang walk in first.
"Hurry it up, Weiss. I wanna get some rest, and I know you're gonna kick me out while you're talking with Rubes." Yang said.
"Oh hush, we've gone over this enough." Weiss walked in and looked over at Blake. "Oh…Blake, I didn't know you were here as well."
Blake shrugged. "I had nothing else to do today."
"Okay then." Weiss turned to see her partner holding Gambol Shroud. "R-Ruby! Why are you holding Blake's weapon?"
"I asked her if I could see it for a second." Ruby sheathed the blade. "Relax, Weiss. I was just interested to see its design."
"R-Right, well I'm sure you both heard Yang when she walked in. Blake, do you mind if Ruby and I spoke for a bit in private?" Weiss requested.
Blake got up from her bed. "Sure, but Ruby, make sure you put my weapon back under the bed."
"Will do." Ruby watched Blake and Yang leave the room. Ruby turned to Weiss and asked. "Is everything okay, Weiss?"
Weiss shook her head and sat down on Blake's bed. "Velvet is a little upset right now. It's her mother. She's not able to visit as soon as she wanted to."
"Aw, how come?" Ruby asked.
"She can't get out of work, but she'll try to be here this weekend." Weiss explained.
Ruby looked at the time. "Hey, you have free time right now, right? Why don't you go and see her? She might feel better with-."
"I will, Ruby, but it's a little more than Velvet being upset. I wanted to talk to you about…well, some things. Um, the first would have to be…how do you keep yourself happy when someone isn't accepting of a choice you made?" Weiss inquired.
Ruby was taken aback by the question. "Oh, well, I don't really know. I've never really had someone not be happy with a choice I made."
Weiss sighed. "Okay, well how about when…" Weiss couldn't continue for a moment, and after a few seconds, she said. "How do you keep yourself happy when someone like me…or at least how I treated you at first, puts you down?"
Ruby frowned. "Weiss, I thought you were done with-."
"I am, but I needed an example. I promise that's all it is." Weiss assured.
Ruby sighed. "Alright. So, when I did meet you, I tried thinking about some things. It was being here in Beacon, and starting my dream of becoming a huntress. It kept me happy."
"So…the fact that you finally got something you've wanted for so long…made you not think about how I was with you?" Weiss wanted to make sure that was what Ruby was going for.
"I guess so, but…it wasn't like I completely forgot about…you know." Ruby didn't want to say it.
"Yes. I understand. So if I was happy with something and someone I knew wasn't happy with it, what would I do?" Weiss asked.
Ruby took a breath, knowing Weiss wouldn't say exactly what was going on, but she still wanted to help. "I would say try to get this person to understand that your happiness should come first. If they can't see that, then don't let them make you lose that happiness."
"But…what if telling them about it…makes them hate me?" Weiss looked down at her feet.
Ruby got up and sat next to her partner. "I don't think it would be hate. Whoever that person is, they worst that'll happen is them being angry at first. I'm sure whoever that is will understand your happiness is more important."
Weiss thought back to how much her father despised the Faunus, but it really showed when her mother was hurt.
Would mother be able to speak to him? Maybe…No…I have to do this myself, but…when?
"Ruby, there's…the thing that makes me happy is tough. On one hand, I really do want this, but on the other hand, I feel like the person that won't be happy would cause problems." Weiss stated.
"Will you be able to tell me about who this person is?" Ruby asked.
"I…Yes, I can tell you that." Weiss closed her eyes. "My father."
"Your dad? Wait, what would…no, forget what I said there. Um, so what exactly do you think your father would do?" Ruby inquired.
"Take me home…ruin someone's family…completely ruin my connection with someone." Weiss' heart started to beat much faster.
Ruby clenched her fist. "We wouldn't let him do that."
Weiss heard what Ruby said, but couldn't believe that. "Y-You barely know me though…I mean, yes. We have been teammates for some time, but to say that is-."
"How a child would act? Maybe, but I don't care. Your dad should be a dad, Weiss. And if he won't, then I'll make sure to stop him from doing anything stupid." Ruby assured.
Weiss got up from her bed, as she didn't want to continue the conversation. "Ruby Rose…You're too much of a dolt sometimes." She let out a small smile. "Thank you."
Ruby smiled back. "You don't have to thank-."
Weiss grabbed Ruby's arm. "Come on…I need to explain some more things, but I wanna see Velvet." Weiss walked out of the room with Ruby, and they started to head to CFVY's dorm.
"Are you sure you'll be okay without us?" Yatsuhashi asked.
Velvet gave Yatsuhashi a serious look. "We talked about this. Please trust me when I say I'm alright."
Yatsuhashi looked at Velvet for a moment, and then looked down at his feet. "Yeah, I got." He raised his head back up. "Just call any of us if you need anything."
"I promise." Velvet assured and heard a knock on the door. "Is that Coco?"
Yatsuhashi walked over and opened the door, causing him to feel uneasy when he saw Weiss, but he wouldn't show it. "Weiss…I see you brought Ruby too."
Weiss was still not on the best terms with Yatsuhashi, but she didn't want to cause any problems by acting out against him. "Yes. How is Velvet doing?"
"She's fine." Yatsuhashi's scroll went off and he sighed. "I need to go for now…I suppose it's good you showed up."
Weiss walked in. "Velvet."
The rabbit Faunus was overjoyed when she saw the heiress. "Weiss, I didn't think you'd be here today."
"I feel a little insulted. I've come every day to check on you." Weiss smiled and walked over to kneel next to her. "Has your pain medication helped?"
Velvet nodded. "I still have some pain here and there, but I've been feeling so much better." She looked over and saw Ruby. "Oh, hey, Ruby."
Ruby waved and walked over. "Weiss already asked, so I'm glad you're feeling better. Has Ozpin said that you can come back to classes soon?"
"I have to wait a few more days, but as long as I don't move around too much, and I don't participate in any physical activity for classes, I should be good to go." Velvet replied.
"That's wonderful." Weiss put her hand on Velvet's, causing the rabbit Faunus to blush slightly.
"Y-Yeah…so what did you guys do today?" Velvet asked.
"I got to see Blake's weapon. It was so cool, especially since she designed it." Ruby said in a cheerful tone.
Weiss shook her head. "I don't have much to see for myself, since it was a plain old day. That may change here in a moment." Weiss looked to Ruby. "Could you give us a moment, Ruby?" Ruby nodded and left the room. "Velvet…I wanna tell her."
"Really? Oh…well then let's tell her. I was never too worried about them knowing, but I was just keeping it a secret because you wanted it to be." Velvet said.
Weiss took a breath. "I'm sorry for making you keep that secret for these past few days, but the thing is…only Ruby. I…I do trust the others, but…I'm just not ready to come out yet…I still haven't even told my mother or sister."
Velvet leaned over and kissed Weiss. "Shh, it's okay. It'll be easier step by step. I promise you, Weiss."
Weiss put her hand on her lips. "Wow…I'm…getting used to that. The kissing…I'm…used to it."
Velvet giggled at that. "I'm glad, since they'll be more to come."
The heiress blushed at that and walked over to the door. She took a breath and opened it to let Ruby in. "Ruby…We have something we want to tell you. It's…something I would rather not leave this room…for now."
"Weiss, I don't want you to tell me if you feel pressured." Ruby said as she closed the door.
"Let me tell you now. This isn't pressure. I've got to meet the Ruby Rose that I didn't think was here. I looked you over and saw something different on the first day of Beacon, but now…I realized who you really are as a person. That's why I can tell you this without being scared anymore." Weiss explained.
Ruby was a little shocked by that, but she smiled and hugged her partner. "Weiss, I don't know how I did it, but I'm glad you'll tell me."
Weiss pulled away and smiled as well. "I'm really starting to feel…more comfortable around Yang too, but she's a little…out there at times. Maybe…I could tell her too."
Velvet spoke up. "Guys…still here."
Weiss ran over and blushed. "S-Sorry…I was a little lost in thought." Ruby walked over and stood next to her partner. "Anyways, Ruby…as you know, Velvet and I have been really close recently." Weiss blushed and felt embarrassed on how she was wording it. "When she got hit by the car…and we talked in the hospital…I…we…" Weiss sighed.
"If you can't say it, it's okay. I won't make you continue, Weiss." Ruby assured.
"We're together." Weiss finally said it.
Ruby's eyes widened. "Y-You're…wait, like…Nora and Ren? You know, together, but not…together, together?"
Weiss shook her head and took Velvet's hand with her own. "We're together, together. I…I was just so…I don't know, worried? I didn't think coming out…I don't know." Ruby began to chuckle, making the heiress just as confused as she was when Yang was laughing earlier in the day. "You and Yang laugh at the worst times, Ruby!"
"It's just…Yang and I thought about this before, so to actually see it happening is kinda awesome." Ruby explained, startling Weiss and Velvet.
Weiss was taken aback. "Y-You thought about this before?"
"I didn't think about it much before, but Yang mentioned that you and Velvet were really close, so I wondered if it would be true." Ruby said. "Actually, I brushed it off when we got to Beacon. I wasn't sure if Yang was right."
Velvet spoke up. "Well, she's pretty good at telling how people really feel. Are you gonna tell her?"
"Nope. I want you guys to tell her." Ruby smiled.
"Yang told me I could talk to her, but if I tell her, then I need to tell everyone else. Even telling you is making me feel bad about not telling the others. It's not fair to them…or you, since I'd be asking you to keep it a secret." Weiss explained.
"Weiss, no matter what, it's your choice to tell people or not. I'll respect your choice." Ruby assured.
Velvet sat up. "Weiss, would you at least like to try talking with Yang and Coco about it? Maybe we can slowly tell them about it by drawing out the conversation to it."
Weiss took a breath and nodded. "I know why you said Coco. Would…it be okay to talk to them in two days? I just…need to think about it more."
Ruby spoke up. "What about Blake? She's keep your secret too."
"I'll…get to that when I can, Ruby. I don't like thinking about how many people should know right now." Weiss said, while lightly squeezing Velvet's hand.
"I'm sorry for suggesti-." Ruby was cut off.
"Don't say that, Ruby. I'm not an idiot." Weiss closed her eyes. "I can tell when you're trying to help me…and honestly…I appreciate that more than you could imagine. That's…That's why I knew I could tell you about this."
Velvet smiled. "Weiss, could you open your eyes for me?" The heiress did so, seeing Velvet leaning in to kiss her cheek. "How about we talk about something else for now?"
The heiress knew what Velvet was trying to do, so she went along with it. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."
Ruby tapped Weiss' shoulder. "Do you want me to go for now? I don't mind."
Weiss shook her head. "I don't want to kick you out, Ruby. You-."
"Nope." Ruby simply said.
Weiss sighed. "I'd ask, but I'm sure I know what you're going for at this point."
"Yup. You aren't kicking me out, so don't think of it that way." Ruby walked over to the door, but before she left, she looked over her shoulder and said. "I'm really happy for both of you…Just try not to get caught kissing." Ruby giggled and left the room.
Weiss and Velvet blushed. "Um…Ruby isn't wrong. We should be careful not to get- Mmph-." Weiss was cut off when Velvet pressed her lips against hers.
Now Ruby knows, so that's a start. Weiss on the other hand won't throw all this information out to the group, so don't expect them all to know next chapter.
To JJ- Yeah, the small amount of Weiss getting fed up with her dad's nonsense was to show a little growth. I loved the idea of Weiss feeding Velvet, so I'm glad you enjoyed it too. As for Ruby's jealousy, it isn't in the way that she wants to be with Weiss. It's her thoughts about not being able to get through to her partner.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 25. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 26.
