Sorry this took so long, but I'll be honest, there have been some pretty good video game releases recently (Dark Souls 3, Stardew Valley, the Overwatch Beta), and I was just distracted by them all.
Here's chapter 30 everyone.
"Why are you out here again, Weiss?" Yang asked when she walked out of team CFVY's dorm.
"Huh? Oh, Yang, I didn't notice you walking out." Weiss pushed herself away from the wall. "I was just giving Velvet and her mother some space."
"Uh, Weiss, you don't have to do that. There's just Coco and Rubes in the room with them right now. There's plenty of room in the dorm." Yang said.
"Even so, I don't need to intrude on them." Weiss explained.
Yang walked over and sat on the ground, patting a spot next to her. "Sit down and talk. I know you need to about something, Weiss."
Weiss took a step back. "W-What? I will not sit on that floor. It's probably not clean, especially since I rarely see a janitor out here."
Yang rolled her eyes. "Weiss. Just sit on the floor and stop whining."
"And if I say no?" Weiss crossed her arms.
"Then you'll just stand out here all day by yourself." Yang responded. "Seriously, stop being such a princess and sit on the dirty floor like a normal person."
The heiress groaned and walked over to Yang. She slowly sat herself on the floor and sighed. "There, now my skirt is probably dirtied because you wanted me to sit."
"It's called laundry day, princess. And yes, I called you that because you're acting like one, not because I see you as a princess all the time." Yang stated.
Weiss grunted. "Whatever. What did you even want me to talk about? I have nothing on my mind at the moment."
"You kinda do, seeing as you were standing out here for like ten minutes." Yang said.
Weiss turned to face her teammate with an annoyed look on her face. "I just explained to you why I was out here, or were you not listening to what I was saying?"
"Oh I listened, but I don't get it. Why have you been out here for ten minutes, when you could be doing anything else? Like, are you upset that Velvet's mom is taking up her attention?" Yan guessed.
The heiress was taken aback by such a claim. "That is not it at all. I was just, well, thinking about a few things, and being out in the hallway with no one around was calming to me."
"Going outside and getting some fresh air is a lot more calming, Weiss." Yang suggested.
"Just let me choose where I want to be, Yang." Weiss brought her legs closer to herself and wrapped an arm around them. "I honestly just need some rest and I'll be fine."
Yang scooted over and placed a hand on Weiss' forehead, making the heiress flinch. "Whoa, relax there. I was just checking your temperature. And it seems fine, so you aren't sick."
"Obviously I'm not sick." Weiss stood up. "I'm not trying to avoid anything here. I was really letting them have their space." Weiss looked away. "I personally would like that sort of thing."
Yang sighed. "Alright. Could you at least explain why you want them to have their space so much?"
"If I chose to visit my mother, I would want to be by her side for most of the visit. And I wouldn't want anyone taking that time away from me." Weiss explained on the spot.
"Oh, well I guess that makes sense, but don't you think they got enough space in that big room?" Yang questioned.
"It's not," Weiss sighed and got up. "I need to go, okay. Let me know if Velvet needs some help with something." The heiress walked away.
"Weiss, wait!" Yang got up and tried to catch up, but when she rounded the corner, she didn't see Weiss. "Ugh, come on." Yang shook her head and walked back to CFVY's dorm. Once she was inside, she looked over to see Vezel actually using the stove Coco bought. "I keep hearing the food you make is really good."
Vezel smiled. "Well I'm glad the others enjoy it. I hope you do as well."
Velvet spoke up. "Yang, where's Weiss? I know she walked out, but she didn't say where she was heading off to."
"Uh, Weiss is just clearing her head. It's probably just her stressing over her schoolwork or something." Yang answered.
"Oh, she didn't tell me she wasn't feeling that way." Velvet thought more on what Weiss was feeling, and she began wondering if it was her mother being there that made the heiress leave.
"Well you should make sure she comes back here when I finish up this carrot stew. I want her to try it out, especially since she's helped my little girl during her recovery." Vezel said.
"No worries, I'll go get her in a bit." Yang walked over to Coco's bed and sat next to her. "Hey, have you ever thought about going on a hunt together? Wait, can students go on hunts without being assigned to one?"
"Not first years, but second and above can." Coco answered and noticed Yang's disappointment. "Don't worry, as long as I go with you, it won't be much of an issue. Only thing is that we can't go too far, since the deeper into the forest, the more threatening the Grimm will be."
Yang smirked. "That won't even be a problem. Our initiation was good enough practice, and we'd be able to kill a good amount out there."
Coco playfully rolled her eyes. "Don't get cocky, blondie. You told me about your fight with a Nevermore, but that was just one. I could handle those bad boys myself, but too many get together, and we'll be screwed. So if we do go out there, you're staying close to me, got it?"
"H-Hold on, who says I have to-?" Yang was caught off when Coco patted her head.
"Less talking, more agreeing to stay by me." Coco plainly said.
Yang blinked a few times at the way Coco said that. "U-Uh, okay. I'll stay by you when we hunt."
"Good girl." Coco got up and looked over at Ruby, who was snickering. "And what's so funny, Ruby?"
Ruby continued to chuckle for a few moments, and then once she was settled, she said. "Sorry, just seeing Yang getting told what to do like that is kinda funny. I'm the leader of our team and I can't even make her do that."
Yang glared at her younger sister. "It's called respecting my girlfriend's request, Rubes."
"Really? It seems more like she controlled you for a bit." Ruby joked and noticed Yang was getting angrier. "I-It was just a joke, sis. Lighten up." Ruby's eyes widened when she said that. "W-Wait, don't actually light up, you'd burn the whole room."
"This isn't helping you, Ruby." Coco stated, and then patted Yang's shoulder when she noticed Yang wasn't calming down. "Relax, she was just joking around. I'm pretty sure even she can have a little fun once in a while."
"Ugh, fine." Yang crossed her arms and took a breath to relax.
Velvet wasn't paying too much attention to them, since she was looking through her scroll for Weiss' name. Once she got to it, she thought about calling her. "Um, Coco, could you help me up? I wanna go to the bathroom."
"Yeah, no problem." Coco helped Velvet out of her bed and handed her the crutches. "Are you gonna need help getting there, or you got it?"
Velvet used the crutches still, since she didn't want too much pressure on her leg. "I'll be fine, Coco. My leg isn't all that bad anymore." Velvet walked over to her mom and kissed her cheek. "I'll be right back, mom."
Vezel nodded. "Be safe, sweetie. And are you sure you don't want Coco going with you?"
"Yes, I'll be fine, mom. It's just a small trip to the bathroom." Velvet assured and walked out the room.
Weiss looked into the mirror and wanted to punch it, but she held it back. The heiress moved her hand over at the mirror. She wanted to reach out to herself, but couldn't. "I'm wasting so much time."
"On what?' Velvet suddenly asked as she walked through the door, a little surprised that Weiss was in the bathroom to begin with.
The heiress gasped. "Velvet? I-I didn't think you'd be here."
"I heard you've felt a little stressed out. How come you haven't told me anything, Weiss?" Velvet asked.
"Yang told you I walked off, didn't she?" Weiss felt a little ashamed at not telling her about what was really going on with her. As soon as Velvet nodded her head at her question, Weiss sighed. "I'll be honest, Velvet, I wanted you to spend time with your mother. Worrying about me and our relationship would be so wasteful compared to that."
Velvet slowly moved towards her girlfriend with the best of her abilities with her crutches. "Are you being serious, Weiss? My mother coming over is amazing for both of us. I still want to tell her and she gets to meet you this way. Please come back with me. I'll even ask the others to leave so we can tell her together."
"Y-You really want to? Right now?" Weiss asked and got a nod in return. "But what if-?"
"As someone who's never really been in a relationship before, I don't want to keep it from my own mother for long. And you need to stop worrying so much, Weiss." Velvet then froze up a bit. "W-Wait that came out wrong. I didn't mean-."
"No…No, you're right." Weiss moved to Velvet's side to help her walk easier. "I'm not ready to tell certain people just yet, but I can't keep stressing this. Your mother is caring, I can tell, even with the little time I've seen her. The only thing about this is that even after we talk to her about this, I'd honestly want you to spend time with her more than me."
"Why can't I spend time with both of you, Weiss? You don't have to leave the room." Velvet said.
"It's…I just have a lot of regrets about my own time I wasted." Weiss frowned.
"Well, you should tell me then, but not here. Come on. Let's head somewhere else so we can talk about this. And don't try to tell me no. You know I won't ignore this, Weiss." Velvet stated, making Weiss blush and smile at her caring nature.
"I swear, some people would say that I'd be the one spoiling you in this relationship, but I think it's the other way around." Weiss wrapped her arm around Velvet to help her walk.
Velvet blushed at the feeling. "W-Weiss, I kinda still need to go. You know…in the stall."
"O-Oh." Weiss let her go and blushed. "Sorry."
Velvet walked over to the stall with her crutches and giggled to herself at how Weiss reacted. She placed them out the door and closed the stall door. Weiss took the time to look in the mirror in the bathroom again.
Weiss just thought more about her mother some more. "Velvet."
The rabbit Faunus heard her girlfriend call her name. "Is there something wrong?"
"No, I just…I wanted to know if you'd be okay with taking a week off with me. You know, when we have off of classes." Weiss said.
Velvet was actually surprised by that. "R-Really? Weiss, I never thought you'd ask this."
"Well, we'd have to spend more time indoors together, but I would love to be able to just have some alone time with you. And, maybe one other person who I want you to meet." Weiss replied.
"Who's the other person?" Velvet asked.
"I'd like that to be a surprise, but before I even think about talking to that person about this, I need to know if you're okay with even staying with me for a week. I really don't-." Weiss took a breath, tensing up a bit. "Messing things up with you, I don't want that. If I'm rushing this, then please be honest with me."
Velvet stayed silent for a bit, thinking about Weiss' request. "So, if we go somewhere together, does that mean we won't ever have to be on guard?"
"On guard?" Weiss was a little confused by that question, but then it hit her. "Oh, you mean-?"
"I'm still okay with not telling too many people until you're ready, but I'll be honest with you, I want us to be able to hold hands in a hallway, or kiss in the courtyard without thinking of someone seeing us. And this little week off makes me feel like I'll be able to get something like that." Velvet explained.
Weiss looked at the mirror again and felt like carving the world failure in her reflection. Her own girlfriend wasn't completely happy with how things were, but her worry for some reason outweighed Velvet's wants. It made Weiss sick of how she was, and while the week off together would be nice, it wasn't a permanent fix to their problems.
"Weiss? Is everything okay?" Velvet asked, snapping Weiss out of her thoughts.
"We can talk more about that later, Velvet. Let's get you back to the dorm. I think I'm starting to really want that carrot stew your mother made." Weiss came up with an excuse to get her out of that conversation.
Velvet got out of the stall and got her crutches out to walk over to the sink. Once she started washing her hands, she said. "I won't forget, Weiss."
"I wasn't counting on it." Weiss stated, helping Velvet out of the bathroom. "How come you came here by yourself? You know someone could've helped."
"Do you really want a girlfriend who can't handle herself?" Velvet smirked.
"U-Uh, I don't, wait. Don't try to turn this on me. I was just worried that you'd fall in the hall and there wouldn't be anyone to help you." Velvet giggled and Weiss pouted. "I'm allowed to be worried you know."
Velvet kissed Weiss' cheek, knowing full well no one was around to see. "And I'm grateful you look after me so much, but don't think I'd go soft. I didn't come to Beacon just to see the sights."
"Well of course I know that, I was, you know, trying to show you that while we're learning how to fight monsters, we can still be like other people." Weiss said, thinking about something specific that was bothering her.
"It's a good thing we're gonna try and spend that week together then." Velvet responded happily.
Weiss went to open the door, but stopped. "Y-You mean you're okay with us going out for the week off?"
"I'd love to, but I'd like to know where you planned on having us stay." Velvet inquired.
Weiss got her scroll out. "Here, this is where I wanted to go to. It's a bit…much, but I think this is the best place for us to not be bothered by anyone." She showed Velvet a picture of a small house near the beach.
Velvet looked down at the picture. "Wow, is this in Atlas?"
Weiss shook her head. "No, it's actually in Vale. My mother loved the house and where it was, so my father bought it for-." Weiss stopped herself when the realization kicked in. "It was supposed to be used for when mom wanted to take us there for vacations." Weiss frowned.
Velvet couldn't miss Weiss' reaction. "That can still happen."
"W-What?" Weiss sniffled.
"I know you wouldn't think about doing this, but maybe you can have your sister and mother go to this house too." Velvet replied.
Weiss had actually already planned on asking her mother to go, but to have Winter there too. It made Weiss feel something. Happiness. "Y-You really think they'd be okay with going?"
"Of course they would, Weiss. They love you, so if you asked them right now, I know the answer would be yes." Velvet assured.
"This is really something that could happen?" Weiss asked herself and looked down at the scroll. "Wait, no, I'll ask them in a few days. It's best not to jump the gun on this."
"I understand, but I want you to still call them in a few days. Your sister deserves a break, and I know they'd both love to see you." Velvet said.
Weiss nodded. "It does sound like fun." Weiss held the door to the bathroom closed with one hand and leaned over to kiss Velvet on the lips. The rabbit Faunus happily accepted it and they pulled away after a few seconds. "Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me. Just promise that when you talk to them, it won't sound like a business call. This is your family, and I know how much that means." Velvet smiled.
Weiss smiled back and opened the door. "Speaking of family, let's get back to your mother."
Back at the dorm, Ruby left to do some training, while Vezel finished up making her carrot stew.
"Yang?" Coco looked over at her from the bed.
The blonde was too busy eating the carrot stew Vezel made, causing the mama rabbit to chuckle. "You know that's the reaction most people have when they first try my stew, Coco."
Coco playfully rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well I think you just got the thing that'll distract her from even me. Blondie! Pay attention to your girlfriend!" She shouted at Yang.
Yang ignored it and continued eating the stew. "How is it possible that it's this good?!"
"Why thank you, Yang. I make sure to put all my effort into that stew." Vezel stated.
"Ugh, I swear if you're ever like this at a restaurant, you'll be paying for the bill." Coco said to Yang, who was still clearly ignoring her.
Yang finished off the stew and smiled. "You know, this reminds me a lot of mom's cooking."
"Oh, you mean-?" Coco was cut off by Yang nodding.
"Yup, mom was an amazing cook. Sometimes, Ruby would try to jump up at the counter when mom finished cooking, but she'd have to tell Ruby it was too hot." Yang chuckled at the memories. "Super mom, that's what she was…Summer." Yang sighed and got up to bring the plate over to Vezel. "Seriously, this was so amazing. I would ask for the recipe, but I'd probably mess it up and burn the dorm down."
Vezel smiled and took the plate. "Well I'm glad you enjoyed it, Yang. If you want more, just ask." She placed the plate down.
Coco looked at Yang as she walked over to sit down next to her. "Hey."
"What's wrong? You look all concerned, and that isn't how Coco Adel is like." Yang said with a cheeky grin on her face.
"I was just wondering if you were okay, you know, since you talked about-." Coco couldn't finish.
Yang suddenly wrapped her arm around the fashionista. "I know you think I'd be crying, which I felt like I would, but I promise, I'm okay." Yang took a breath. "I miss her more than anything, but I can't let that control my life. Mom wouldn't want that. She'd want me to keep moving forward, and that means with you." Yang smiled.
Coco felt her heart beating a little faster and grabbed Yang to pull her into a kiss, making Yang yelp, but she quickly got into it and kissed back.
Vezel chuckled. "Young love."
It always feels fitting to have that said, and it holds true. Anyways, I was thinking about some time skips that may happen in the story, but I need to make sure specific people know about Velvet and Weiss first, so expect some progression with that soon.
To JJ- I'd have to make it very obvious that they're together to get Vezel to see it, but yeah, it would be pretty funny. As for the Coco and Yang date, I need to figure out when to have that to be done.
To Dan- It took long, but here it is.
To Hxe- I needed a break from writing and gaming took over for a bit, so updates will most likely be random.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 30. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 31.
