Here's chapter 32 everyone.


Things were looking good for Velvet, especially with her leg being at one hundred percent again. The only problem was that her mother had left for home by that time and she was still feeling a little sad about not being able to spend time with Weiss as much as she wanted.

"Ruby, please stop bugging me already. We're done with classes for the day and I would rather just enjoy the rest of the day." Weiss requested as the two walked in the room.

Ruby ran ahead of her and crossed her arms. "Weiss, you shouldn't ignore the help I'm offering."

The heiress groaned at the persistence her partner possessed. "You do realize that this help you offer isn't needed, right? It's my business, so you don't have to stick your nose in it." Weiss said as she walked past her partner.

"But wouldn't it be so much better if you and Velvet could- Mmph!" Ruby couldn't speak, since Weiss had run over and covered her mouth with her hand.

"What did I say about that, you dunce?!" Weiss then whispered. "Don't mention Velvet like that, or someone might hear you." The heiress growled, just to show Ruby how serious she was about that.

All Weiss could hear from her partner was attempts at speaking, so she removed her hand and rolled her eyes. "I wasn't gonna say anything like that, Weiss!"

"Well you were getting there, so just drop it already." The heiress turned around and got her normal attire out from the drawer, ready to change into it. "Besides, I'm sure I told you about how we plan on speaking with everyone when we are both ready, so don't try to speed the process up."

Ruby sighed and decided not to say anything else about the matter, so she got her own normal attire on and got ready to change. The two got changed and Weiss was deciding on whether she wanted to have her hair in her signature side ponytail, or to have it down. Her choice was delayed when she heard the door open.

"Yeah, it was pretty cool that she left me hold her minigun the other day." Yang was speaking with her partner when they walked into the dorm. "That thing really isn't as heavy as I thought it would be. Kinda makes sense how Coco can carry it around when it's a handbag." Yang took noticed of the rest of the team at that point. "Oh, hey, Rubes, Ice…I mean, Weiss. What's going on with you two?"

Weiss decided to remove her hairpiece to let her hair down and said. "Well I was going to try and enjoy the rest of the day, but your sister seems to think she can meddle in my own personal affairs."

"I wasn't trying to meddle! I was just, ugh, whatever, never mind." Ruby pouted at how difficult her partner was being.

Yang took her gloves off and threw them on top of her bed, walking over to it and jumping up to get comfortable. "Uh, okay, well explaining a bit more on that would help me out here."

Weiss groaned, not wanting to deal with anything that involved what she and Ruby were arguing about. "Just leave it be. It isn't something to be discussed." Weiss walked over to the door. "If you need me, I'll be outside in the courtyard." The heiress made her way out and headed for the courtyard.

Blake took a glance back at the door and wondered why Weiss was keeping her hair down. "Ruby, is there anything you can tell us here to explain what just happened?"

"W-Well, no, I really can't. It's not really my place to say anything, but I just wish she would let me help her out." Ruby frowned, feeling useless that she couldn't help her partner.

"If you can't tell us, then that's fine, but at least give us something on why she seems upset with you." Yang requested.

Ruby scratched the back of her head, trying to think of a way to explain what was happening in a way that didn't expose Weiss' secret relationship. "It's something she's been dealing with, and all I wanted to do was suggest something to make it easier on her."

"Give her some space, and maybe after some time, she'll hear you out." Blake suggested.

"That's the thing. Weiss is gonna take too much time on something, and I just wanna…never mind. I can't say anything else." Ruby jumped off from her bed. "I'll be back later, guys."

"Rubes, if you're gonna go talk to Weiss, it might be better to let her relax instead." Yang warned.

"I'm not gonna go to Weiss right now." Ruby said as she headed out.

Yang sighed. "Should we go after her just in case?"

Blake shook her head and sat down on her bed with one of her books in one hand. "Weiss has the right idea to just relax for the rest of the day. And I doubt Ruby would go and bother Weiss after what we just saw."

"I hope you're right." Yang closed her eyes to take a nap.


"Hey, Vel, what's going on?" Coco asked as she threw her handbag on the bed. "You look like you're getting ready to go out." Velvet was startled by that and dropped her scroll, and Coco wasn't sure why she even got startled by something like that. She picked up Velvet's scroll and it was quickly snatched out of her hands. "Uh, okay then…Are you doing okay, Vel?"

Velvet made sure her messages weren't on the screen, and she nodded. "I'm fine. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't cracked is all." She lied, obviously hiding something from her teammate. Coco crossed her arms and tapped her foot against the ground, making Velvet sigh. "Am I really being that obvious about it?"

"Seeing as not a lot of people would be startled that much, yeah." Coco replied.

Velvet scratched the back of her head and placed her scroll down. "When someone wants you to keep a secret and you promise to not say anything about it to anyone, what do you do about it if you start worrying about the secret hurting the person?"

Coco wasn't expecting that kind of question and looked dumbfounded. "Uh, well, I mean, what kind of secret is it? And how is it hurting the person?"

"I can't say exactly, but I think it's about the long term of keeping the secret locked away. Would I be a terrible person if I broke a promise like that?" Velvet asked, clearly battling with the idea of telling Coco about her relationship with Weiss.

"You should try and talk with the person about it more first to be honest, Vel. Heck, I'd be cool with trying to help out with whoever you're talking about, but if they don't want anyone else but you to know, then I can't say it's my place to get involved." Coco answered truthfully, though she felt a little bad about not being able to help in the way Velvet wanted.

Velvet's ears drooped. "Oh, well I was expecting an answer like that." She sighed and looked at her scroll again. "I would love to be able to help the person step out of their shell, but I can't force it either."

"Slow and steady, right?" Coco gave her friend an assuring smile to help her feel a little better.

The rabbit Faunus let out a smile in return. "Yeah, maybe I was just trying to speed things up a bit." Velvet grabbed her scroll and looked over her messages, nodding to herself as she got excited for where she was headed off to next. "Thanks." She ran over to the door and opened it to leave, but not before she said. "I'll be back later, Coco."

Coco chuckled and began to call Yang on her scroll. "Hey, did ya miss me, blondie?"

"Is it that obvious when I answered in one ring?" Yang questioned with a smile on her face.

"You're the second person today to be super obvious about something. And before you ask, it was Vel. She's dealing with a small problem right now." Coco said.

"What kind of problem?" Yang asked.

"Shit, now I don't know if I could say it." Coco sighed. "Screw it, just don't tell anyone about this. She asked me about keeping secrets."

"Keeping secrets? Uh, I don't see much of a problem there, unless she's starting to feel the pressure of keeping one." Yang noted.

"I can't say for sure, but I do know that she's kinda feeling better about it, since I told her that the person who asked her to keep a secret is probably gonna go at their own pace to talk about whatever it is they're hiding." Coco threw herself back on her bed. "Do you think I should be worried?"

"Depends on how Velvet will feel later, but I doubt she's gonna run into any trouble. You see how she is." Yang reminded. "Less about the stress, and more about enjoying the day, which I kinda wanna do soon, so you know…maybe I could head over there for a bit?"

Coco smirked and chuckled. "Better hurry, blondie. I'm getting tired with each second that passes, so if I fall asleep before you get here, then-." The call ended and Coco playfully rolled her eyes. "I'll give her three minutes."


Weiss was sitting down on the grass and looking over at the other students around Beacon's courtyard. Just being in a relationship was a huge enough change in Weiss' life, but noticing how many people were around her, and at her age was fascinating to her. It felt normal to most people, but being an heiress and having to live the way she did, didn't help her see that.

She took a breath of the fresh air and thought about what she'd do after her time at Beacon was over. It was obvious that she'd stay as a huntress, but what else was there for the heiress? She thought about how she'd rub it in her father's face that she succeeded in becoming something he said she'd never accomplish. She could run to her sister and celebrate, but there was one more thought that brought a smile to the heiress' face. It was the thought of her continuing her life with Velvet.

Weiss placed her hand over her chest and took a deep breath and let the air out seconds after. "Yes, that sounds like a wonderful way to keep moving forward."

"I like how you said that." Velvet suddenly revealed herself.

Weiss gasped and turned around to look up at her girlfriend, who was standing over her. "Oh, Velvet, I didn't think you'd be here that fast. I had just sent that message for you to meet me outside a couple of minutes ago."

Velvet sat next to the heiress and messed around with the grass a little. "What can I say? I really wanted to get here so I could see you." She gave the heiress a smile, and giggled when Weiss blushed.

"Y-You have a clever way of making me blush, and it's a little annoying that I can't make that happen so easily? Am I not doing something right with that?" Weiss asked in a worried tone, clearly not knowing too much about dating.

Velvet had to calm the heiress down, so she looked around to make sure no one was looking and kissed Weiss' cheek, making the heiress blush even harder. "Try to relax, Weiss. I even looked around and no one was looking at us. They're all busy-."

"Enjoying life together…I know." Weiss sighed happily. "I've really wanted this…even when I thought I didn't." She looked at a couple who were holding hands as they walked back to the school. "It almost feels like I'll wake up and this whole experience being at Beacon would have just been a dream."

Velvet thought about the way Weiss said that and felt a little bad for her, since being back home was something much worse for Weiss. "Well I can promise that none of this is a dream, especially me, because I'm not going anywhere, especially when it means I'd be far away from you."

Weiss didn't blush that time, but instead let out a small tear and started taking a few fast breaths. Velvet was shocked by that and took Weiss' hand in her own. "I'm fine…I'm fine, I swear." Weiss closed her eyes for a moment and wiped her face. She opened her eyes and looked to Velvet. "I was just scared…that I'd really wake up."

Hearing that made Velvet's heart drop, since it was clear that Weiss finding something as normal as being outside with someone was a dream come true for her. "I'm sorry, but I need to make this clear. No force will keep me away from you. This isn't something you'll wake up from, Weiss. I swear."

Weiss pulled her hand from Velvet, just in case anyone was looking and nodded. "Yes, well, enough about that right now. I didn't mean to worry you like that."

"You know you don't have to apologize for that." Velvet said.

"Even so, I did want to spend a little time out here together, and not in a stressful way, though I did run into that kind of thing earlier." Weiss sighed.

"You know I'll want to know what it was about." Velvet then took note of something she should have from the beginning. "You have your hair down."

Weiss' blush returned. "Y-Yes. I wanted to try something different today. Um, is it okay?"

Velvet wanted to lean over to hold the heiress' long white hair in her hands, but she already knew at that point it wasn't gonna happen unless they were in a private place. "It's beautiful, Weiss. Keeping it down, or in your ponytail, I love them both."

It wasn't hard to tell that Weiss couldn't blush any harder than she was already. "T-Thank you. And about what I was saying before, Ruby was trying to get me to speak with the others about our relationship, but I told her that I want us to both be ready to say anything first."

"Oh." Velvet said, and felt a little down about how the heiress was still against saying anything, especially after her talk with Coco. "Maybe she just wanted to help, Weiss. It is Ruby after all, and she never has any ill intent on anything she does."

Weiss sighed. "Couldn't she just see that I'd rather choose when I want to tell people? Not everyone goes at the same pace as every other person in the world." Suddenly Weiss' scroll went off and she smiled when she saw it was Winter calling, so she answered it and said. "Winter, I'm happy to hear from you. Is everything okay?"

"I should be asking you that, little sister. Has everything been okay with you and your-." Winter was cut off, since Weiss knew where she was going.

"Yes, we're fine, Winter. Velvet has fully recovered and we're just sitting outside right now." Weiss explained.

"And what of your time at Beacon in general? I was always curious on how you would react leaving home to pursue a huntress career." Winter remarked.

"It's…been an experience. I never really thought the feeling of being here would be so…positive. Just basing things on my first day alone, I thought I wasn't going to focus on anything but my studies and training." Weiss answered honestly.

"Oh? Well would you like to explain a bit on that? I'm interested to see how your time there is compared to when I was there." Winter requested.

Hearing her sister take an interest in her time at Beacon was a great feeling. "Well the people are…interesting and the fact that I can be outside and not have to look at our home is a plus."

The fact that Weiss even mentioned not wanting to see her home was another thing Velvet hated thinking about. "Weiss, do you think you could put the call on speaker? I'd like to say hi to Winter."

Weiss nodded and said. "Winter, I'm putting you on speaker."

Once she did, Winter spoke up. "Hello, Velvet. Weiss told me you're there."

Velvet ears perked up and smiled. "Yes, I'm here, Winter. I wanted to say thank you for the other day. And Weiss did want to ask you something."

Weiss' eyes widened when Velvet said that, since she knew exactly what her girlfriend was referring to. "And what would that be, little sister?"

The heiress sighed and started feeling a little nervous. "W-Well, I was just thinking about the house on the beach that our family owns…and I wanted to know if you'd like to come over when Velvet and I go there for out week off."

Winter was shocked to hear that from Weiss, since that beach house was always meant to be used for them before their mother was hurt. "Weiss…you know what, yes, I'll be there. One week is a fair amount of time for me to take a break myself."

Velvet hugged the heiress. "See. Everything is gonna work on now, especially with Winter being able to come too."

Weiss blushed, and enjoyed the embrace. "I want mother to go with us too, Winter."

"Yes, that would be wonderful. We need to get mother out of the house, so I'll handle getting her there, while you two get your things together that week." Winter said.

"Hold on, Winter. I need to be the one to ask mother first, since I made a promise to Velvet's mother. I promise to let you know about how it goes." Weiss replied.

"To think we'll be using that beach house." Winter then sighed when she heard someone call for her. "I have to go, but I can't wait to see you there, little sister." Winter said, obviously happy with their plans.

"Same to you, Winter." Weiss smiled and the sisters ended the call.

Velvet paid close attention to how Weiss reacted throughout that and said. "Now all we need to do is talk to your mother about all this."

"Yes…and I suppose I should tell Ruby about this too, since she's the only other person who knows about us." Weiss remarked.

"I'm sure you can tell Blake and Yang you'll be going to a beach house for the week. Just don't say anything about me going and it should be fine." Velvet suggested.

It still hurt Weiss when she heard that. "No, that's…I'll think of something. For now, let's just enjoy the fresh air."

"No arguments there." Velvet lied back and smiled up at her girlfriend, clearly giddy to get to that week off.


Not much to say here, so…hopefully I don't take too long on the next chapter…sorry.

To JJ- Yeah, those two ideas may come eventually and yes, Nora is all about the competition in that situation. Poor Ren having to deal with that, but I'm sure he secretly enjoys her nonsense. As for Velvet, she's definitely gonna make sure Weiss doesn't start hating herself at times.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 32. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 33.