Here's chapter 31 everyone.


"Pyrrha, what are we doing here again?" Jaune asked while standing in front of Team CFVY's dorm.

"You know why, Jaune. Nora heard that Velvet's mother was visiting, so she wanted to test her food against what Ren makes." Pyrrha explained to her partner.

Ren sighed. "I told her not to treat it like a competition, but she insisted we all go for fair judgment."

Nora had a grin on her face as she knocked. "I still think it's a good idea. We get to try delicious food, and I can rub it in Coco's face if your food is still undefeatable."

Weiss overheard Team JNPR from around the corner and peeked over to see Nora knocking on the door, so she held Velvet back for a second. "H-Hold on. We should make it look like I was just escorting you to the bathroom."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Velvet said, though she felt more towards the idea of walking hand in hand. She then felt the heiress position herself in a way that made it look like she was just trying to keep Velvet balanced, even though the rabbit Faunus could easily walk on her own with the crutches.

Weiss felt Velvet tense up a bit. "What's wrong?"

Velvet had a small blush on her face. "I-It's nothing. Well, actually it's how you're holding me up this way."

"O-Oh." Weiss blushed as well and smiled a little. "You know there isn't anyone around, so, it's okay to admit that I like this…right?"

"Of course you can, Weiss. I like it, and that's why I can't wait to go with you to that beach house." Velvet leaned over and pecked Weiss' cheek. "It'll be a glimpse of what things can be like for us."

Weiss felt like garbage at how much Velvet talked about being able to what things could be like, so she took a breath and nodded. "Yes, well I believe that week should get here sooner." Weiss returned the kiss after looking around. "I want you to be happy, you know that, right?"

Velvet's heart began to beat a little faster at that. "I do, Weiss. And anything you might be thinking about me not being happy, just…don't think about it." Velvet leaned her hand over and caressed Weiss' cheek, making the heiress blush a little harder. "No matter what, as long as I'm with you, I'm happy."

"Sometimes I wonder if Ruby is the actual dolt of the team, when I clearly show more of that idiotic side of myself a lot." Weiss said, obviously feeling stupid about how she was handling her first relationship.

"Now why would you say that about yourself?" Velvet asked, not happy with how the heiress was putting herself down.

"I think it's better not to argue about that right now." Weiss suggested.

"Well, when will it be a good time to argue about how you're not an idiot and you shouldn't ever say that about yourself." Velvet was clearly not letting up, since she just wanted Weiss to be happy.

Weiss sighed. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that was something you wouldn't like."

"I don't like it because we've talked so much about each other, and when I hear you calling yourself an idiot, it makes me feel like my words never reach you." Velvet explained, her ears drooping a bit.

"Your words do reach me." Weiss stated. "I just, I have difficulties with a few…specific problems that I feel I cause in this. Having to hide our relationship is just the biggest problem, and it's-." Velvet stopped her when she used one of her crutches to softly hit her leg. "H-Huh?"

Velvet took a breath. "No one and I mean it when I say this, Weiss. No one will ever force you to do something you're not ready for. And for me, I'll say it again. As long as I'm with you, I'm happy. That is the truth, and nothing you say would change my mind."

"Y-You're…too much sometimes." Weiss let out a smile. "Okay, I get it. No more negative Weiss. I can try to, I guess make it easier on us to get some more alone time without making it too suspicious. That way we can both get something we're comfortable with."

Velvet giggled. "You mean each other?"

Weiss nodded and kissed Velvet's forehead. "Yes, each other. Now let's get inside. Nora is more than likely harassing your mother, so we should go help." Weiss said as she helped Velvet to the room.

As they walked over to the door, Velvet made a quick move to tickle Weiss' sides, earning a few giggles and a blush from the heiress. "I knew you'd have a tickle spot." Velvet smiled.

"D-Don't you even think about trying anything funny, bunny." Weiss held her hand against her mouth when she said that and said in a muffled tone. "I didn't mean that."

"You called me bunny." Velvet began giggling at that. "Now I need to come up with something for you."

"T-That's not necessary! It was just a minor slip up is all." The heiress was as red as a tomato as she continued to try and cover up her little nickname as an accident.

"It's okay, Weiss. I actually liked the way you said it." Velvet assured with a smile on her face, showing the heiress that she really shouldn't be embarrassed about it.

Weiss groaned, knowing that more than likely Velvet would come up with something for her. "W-Well don't expect it that much." She reached for the doorknob and was stopped by her bunny.

"Hold on." Velvet looked around one last time and leaned in to kiss the heiress on the lips, holding still for a few moments. For the most part, Weiss enjoyed those kinds of moments, but that small percent of negative emotions always crept in her mind. Velvet pulled away from the kiss and sighed happily. "I don't know when we'll be alone again, so I had to take my chance." She whispered, just in case someone was listening from the other side of the door.

"Thank you for being the one to take point in that regard then." Weiss sighed. "The school year has barely started, and we'll have to deal with the nonsense that follows it you know."

"What brought that on?" Velvet inquired.

Weiss smiled. "I was just thinking about our time here…together. I'll miss when we have to go on missions and be apart, and the thought of when you graduate…I feel worried about it." Weiss whispered.

"I better not be hearing that you'd think I wouldn't stay with you after graduating, because if it is, then I'm gonna hit you with my crutches." Velvet raised one up to show she wasn't joking.

Before Weiss could react, she had a sudden realization of how she viewed her relationship's future. Whether she would tell her father or not, she still saw her and Velvet being together, so why would Velvet graduating be an issue? Weiss shook her head at the question in her head and looked at the rabbit Faunus. "I apologize. You're absolutely right to respond in that way, since it's just…foolish of me to think that would stop anything."

Velvet lowered the crutch and smiled. "Just so ya know, I wasn't really gonna hit you with it. I wouldn't forgive myself if I did that to you."

Weiss blushed at that. "S-Stop being so…you…it's too cute."

"You think I act cute?" Velvet giggled, earning her a small prize of seeing the heiress' blush redden. "I got my answer fast."

"NO!" The two suddenly hear Nora shouting from the inside of the room, so they opened the door and walked in to see a defeated looking Nora sitting on the floor with a bowl of Vezel's carrot stew. "It's perfect!"

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Okay, what did we just walk into here?"

"I'm not exactly sure to be quite honest." Velvet answered.

Pyrrha spoke up. "Oh, Weiss, Velvet, hello. Yang told us you two were out of the dorm for a bit." She then looked down at Nora, who was still eating her carrot stew. "Sorry about this, but Nora was very set on seeing how good the food was."

"It's so unfair!" Nora exclaimed and ate another spoonful. "Ren! You have to find a way to beat her in stew making!"

Ren groaned at the competitive side of Nora that was showing. "Maybe instead of that, you can enjoy the food Mrs. Scarlatina made and say thank you for it."

Vezel slightly tensed up when she heard him say Mrs. Scarlatina, but she kept her cool. "It's not need. I'm happy to make this for you all."

Nora ate another spoonful and shook her head. "Nope! Ren is right. Thank you for the food! It was…really good." She got a bit grumpier about it being so good.

Weiss leaned over to whisper to Velvet. "You know, we might not be able to get everyone out of here anytime soon if it's going to be like this."

Velvet spoke up. "Guys, do you think it'll be okay if we maybe get the room to be a little less crowded? I'd like to talk to my mother about something important, and it's kinda personal."

Jaune scratched the back of his head. "Oh, well sure, but I was kinda hoping to get a bowl before-." He was stopped when Pyrrha grabbed his arm. "P-Pyrrha? What are you-?"

"Of course, Velvet. We'll take our leave." Pyrrha said as she dragged Jaune out.

Nora lifted the bowl of carrot stew and burped. "I'm still upset that she has amazing cooking skills…but I did get to enjoy a meal." She walked over and gave the bowl back to Vezel. "Thank you again for the stew!" Ren sighed as he followed his skipping partner.

Vezel chuckled at that and looked over at Velvet. "Is everything okay, dear?"

"Um, hold on for just a second, mom." Velvet looked over at Coco and Yang, who were busy kissing on Coco's bed. "C-Coco, uh, is it okay if you and Yang stepped out for a few minutes?"

Coco pulled away from Yang. "Huh? Oh, you're back, Vel. Sorry I didn't notice ya. Um, what did you ask just now?"

Velvet playfully rolled her eyes. "I asked if you and Yang could head out for a bit. I wanted to talk to my mom about something."

"Oh, sure. I'm cool with that." Coco got up from her bed and took Yang's hand. "Come on, blondie. I think the courtyard could be a little more enjoyable." She winked, and got a blush from Yang.

"S-Sure, sounds fun." Yang chuckled nervously and was dragged out of the room by Coco.

Weiss watched as they left and closed the door. "Well, that wasn't exactly how I pictured those two leaving the room, but I shouldn't complain."

Vezel raised an eyebrow. "I don't mean this in a bad way, but Weiss, Velvet did ask to have a few minutes to talk to me alone."

"Uh, well you see-." Weiss was cut off.

"Mom, I have something to tell you and Weiss is involved with it. So, please try to sit for this. It's…something, well, it's something that makes Weiss and I very happy." Velvet began explaining.

"Okay? I would like to at least know what this is about to begin wit before sitting down, it that's okay, sweetie." Vezel put her utensils down.

Velvet took a breath and asked. "Mom, do you have any ill feelings towards Weiss? I need to know now before talking to you about this."

"What? Why would…oh, I see. You think I'd not like your friend because her last name is Schnee." Vezel shook her head and sat down on one of the beds. "Sweetie, that would never make me view someone differently."

That was a good start for the two, and Velvet looked to Weiss, getting a nod of approval to continue. "Okay, that's good. Um, there is some more about this though, mom."

"Well go on and explain, dear." Vezel said.

Weiss took a step forward. "It's a little hard for us to speak on this, Mrs…I mean, Vezel." Weiss reached to her back and took out that small book she kept. "This is a little odd to start with, but I wanted to talk about this book." Vezel was in fact confused, but she waited to hear what Weiss' explanation was gonna be. "I kept this book for years to remind myself of the people that I should stay away from, but recently, I found that writing names and describing the people I want to be around is a great reminder too. Velvet, she's one of those names in this book."

"You care about my daughter that much then." Vezel smiled.

"I do. She means a lot to me. I…wanted to also apologize one last time about how we first interacted." Weiss closed her eyes for a slight moment, feeling her regret set in. "I didn't like being around her, due to her Faunus heritage, and, I'm very sorry for how I reacted to your daughter."

"Hmm, well, Weiss, I can't be mad at you for something like that. Now if you were to tell me you had hurt my little girl, it would be different, but it sounds to me that you two are very close." Vezel looked over to see her daughter slightly red in the face.

Weiss nodded. "Your daughter saved me from something I feared, and she didn't give up on me, which is why I can never give up on her."

Vezel took Weiss' words and felt how true they were by the sound of Weiss' voice when she said it. "I am forever grateful to you, Weiss Schnee."

Velvet walked over and sat next to her mother, tapping the spot on the bed next to her for Weiss to sit. The heiress hesitated at first, but she couldn't sit back while Velvet explained it all, so she sat next to Velvet as close as she could without getting to the point of what they were trying to explain to Vezel.

"You talk to Weiss the way I hoped you would, mom. That's why this can be easier to say, but I need to make sure of something first." Velvet took a breath. "I really want you to not tell anyone else about it, okay?"

"Velvet, this is sounding a bit odd to me, but I can at least promise that." Vezel assured.

"Thank you, mom." Velvet then took Weiss' hand in her own. "The reason I asked you about how you how you felt about Weiss, is because I wanted to get an idea of how you reacted to this." Velvet pulled Weiss closer to her. "Mom, Weiss and I are together."

Weiss waited for Vezel to look shocked, but the older rabbit Faunus just sat there not looking all that surprised. "Oh, well then. I can't say this was completely expected this…and I know why you would bring up how I felt about Weiss." Vezel got up and kneeled down in front of the two, placing her hands on their shoulders. "Weiss, your father's company is known for having some questionable actions towards Faunus, but it would be unfair and just not right to judge a family member for another's mistakes."

"So many have done that before though." Weiss said, holding her head down.

Vezel shook her head. "Well I can tell you that those people are missing out on learning about you. And I can't wait to get to know the girl my daughter has grown a fondness of." She smiled to assure the heiress that she was sincere.

"How can you be sure you'd enjoy getting to know me?" Weiss asked as she lifted her head back up.

Vezel stood up, holding her hands out to the two. "No one can be sure of how well it could go when meeting new people, but I have a good feeling about you." The two took her hands and she helped them up. "Now then, instead of stressing out over this, let's eat."

Velvet was more than happy, seeing that her mother had absolutely no issue with her dating a girl, let alone a Schnee. She walked over to the stove with her mother, but she stopped when she noticed Weiss wasn't walking over. "Weiss?"

The heiress finally accepted how true Vezel's words were, letting out a small smile and walked over. "Sorry, I was just letting it all sink in." She took a step forward to Vezel. "Um, I wanted to let you know, that no matter what happens I won't hurt her."

Vezel could already tell she was going to enjoy knowing more about Weiss, so she nodded and got her a bowl of carrot stew. "Come now, you don't have to promise that to me. I know you have no reason to hurt my little girl."

Velvet sighed. "Mom, you don't have to keep calling me your little girl."

"Until you get older than me, then I can continue doing so." Vezel said jokingly, refilling a bowl and placing it on the table next to Velvet's bed.

"That isn't possible, mom." Velvet knew her mother said such a thing to keep the idea of her being her little girl.

"And that is why you'll always be my little girl, but I shouldn't ignore everything you've been doing. You're growing up, being here as a huntress in training and now having someone you care for this much." Vezel said and caused Velvet and Weiss to blush at that, making Vezel chuckle. "And apparently it's that easy to make you two blush."

Weiss and Velvet slowly went from feeling embarrassed to laughing. Being a part of something like that made Weiss see the good in allowing herself to be happy, instead of trying to look down on her past mistakes. Velvet was just glad she could see the heiress enjoying herself, and they both began to eat the carrot stew they were given.


They spent the day talking and learning a little more about each other with the time they had, since Vezel wasn't going to be sticking around Beacon for that long.

"I told my sister about us and she approves, so I'm hoping to tell my mom about us soon." Weiss took her scroll out to show Vezel the place she wants to take Velvet for their week off. "I need to ask now, since your approval would be better to have. Would it be okay if I took Velvet to this beach house?"

Vezel looked at the picture of the beach house and whistled. "Wow, this place is quite lovely. I'm a little hesitant though to be honest."

Velvet spoke up. "Mom, I promise we won't do anything stupid over there. And it'll be after I don't have to use crutches anymore."

"It's not that, sweetie. I just, well, you'd be in a place I know nothing about, and before you get defensive about it, I know. You've gone to other places with Yatsuhashi, Coco and Fox, but this is a little different." Vezel stated.

"What's so different about it?" Velvet asked.

Weiss suddenly spoke up. "Vezel, if I may, I'd like to let you know that I plan on inviting my mother, so if you're worried about having a parent around-."

"It's not that." Vezel sighed. "I promise that this has nothing to do with your last name, but…I did just meet you in person today, so, I'm just a little hesitant about my daughter going to a beach house with her."

"O-Oh." Weiss felt her plan to spend a week with Velvet was falling apart.

"Mom, I'm not a little girl anymore. I know it sounds rude, but you shouldn't have to feel concern for everything I might do. Just look at Beacon. I made that choice to come here and it's been so amazing ever since." Velvet argued.

"I can see that, sweetie, but-." Vezel was cut off.

"There shouldn't be any issue, mom…don't you trust Weiss?" Velvet inquired, feeling a bit bad about bringing that up, but she didn't want to give up on a week with Weiss.

Weiss wanted to say something, but she thought it was best to stay out of it for the time being, and Vezel said. "Velvet…"

"Could you at least think about the good in it? Weiss' mom would be there, so it would be great for her to find out then." Velvet remarked.

Vezel looked to Weiss. "Would that happen? Would you be willing to tell your mother about your relationship with my daughter?"

"Yes." Weiss didn't hesitate. "I can't just keep something like this from her."

"How far is this beach house from Beacon?" Vezel asked.

"It's the private beach over in the east side of Vale. If anything, we could head back to Beacon within an hour." Weiss answered.

Weiss and Velvet started feeling worried about Vezel's choice, since she closed her eyes for a moment. After the moment passed, she opened her eyes and nodded. "Alright, you convinced me, but no funny business when you're both alone together. Understand?"

They both blushed again and Velvet exclaimed. "M-Mom!"

"Oh stop, sweetie. A mother needs to make sure that her child knows the ground rules of this kind of situation. Now promise me that and you can go." Vezel offered.

Velvet groaned. "Alright, we promise there will be no funny business. And besides, Weiss' mom is going over there, so even if we had been dating longer, we wouldn't think about doing that kind of thing."

Hearing the talk about it made Weiss' heart beat even faster than it already was. Sure she told Velvet that she could see them being together for years to come, but to talk about that giant step in their relationship was a little too much for the heiress, especially with them not being together for long.

"So, can we please move on to another topic? I'm a little uncomfortable speaking about this right now." Weiss requested.

Velvet frowned, realizing that she was talking about a serious step for the two of them right in front of her. "I-I'm sorry, Weiss. I wasn't thinking when I-."

"I need to apologize." Vezel cut in. "I was the one who brought it up, but try to understand why I made sure to talk about that from my point of view as a mother."

"I do, and no, we wouldn't even consider something like that right now." Weiss assured.

"Alright, well if that's settled, then I guess you two have some planning to do for your little vacation. Just make sure not to stay in the water all day when you're over there." Vezel suggested.

They were both thrilled at Vezel's approval of them going to the beach house. Weiss started thinking about that day and smiled.

I hope mother will be the same way.


There's more support for them and it makes things much easier, but they still have some hurdles to overcome. I hope it doesn't seem hard to believe that Vezel would be so accepting that fast. She isn't a parent that would throw their child's happiness away just to have control on what they do with their lives.

To JJ- With Overwatch coming out soon…well I just hope to be able to still write. I do like that idea of Vezel being super motherly for Yang, but I think they need more time to know each other for that to happen. Nurse Velvet would be nice to write, but it wouldn't happen for some time, since I don't want to make Weiss bedridden like Velvet was too soon. Still though, those are two ideas that may come up later, so that should be fun.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 31. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 32.