"What the hell are you doing in my house princess?"
Blake's angel had long, silky silver straight hair tied in a lopsided ponytail. She held herself with the grace and dignity of a royal. Yet even her perfect poise couldn't mask the ugly contempt that radiated from her voice. The angel rolled her eyes at the question and flipped back her ponytail with her freehand, never relaxing her stance. "You do know if you beat them up, they will not be able to cook or clean for you right? Not to mention you will have to waste money getting them back to health." The angel lectured, ignoring Master Cardin's question altogether.
"Weiss dearest, as much as I appreciate your concern, how I handle my pets is for me to decide." Cardin shot back defiantly, though, much like his pet, he took care not to make any sudden movements.
"Yes, you have handled your pets so fantastically that one of them successfully escaped, the other is a bloody ball of fur on the ground and you are now short a window and an imported vase." Weiss tossed out sarcastically, rolling her eyes yet again.
"Like you could do better!" Cardin spat back, lunging slightly at the angel, though he quickly sunk back at Weiss' raised eyebrow. "I swear. This one just seems quiet. She's actually vicious. Every time I tried to bed her, she's managed to claw her way out of it. I'm just trying to break her in!"
Weiss shifted her stance and yawned in an apparent display of boredom. "Neptune," she called out, and immediately a blue-haired boy stepped out from behind a corner of a wall. "Do you mind? My arm is getting sore."
"Got it." Neptune responded, and took out a trident. He thrust it at Master Cardin's neck with a cheeky grin, replacing the angel's rapier.
"Too scared to handle me alone?" Cardin shot out again, to which Neptune responded with a quick bob to his head with the blunt side of his trident.
The only indication Weiss gave that she had heard Cardin's provocation was another icy glare that shut the heedless boy up. Weiss promptly ignored Cardin and simply sheathed her weapon. "Where are Pyrrha and Nora?" She asked Neptune. "Are they done yet?"
"Yup. They are probably already waiting for us."
"Right." Weiss replied, then paused, seemingly in deep contemplation. Finally, she turned to Cardin. "I will give you a hundred lien for her," Weiss stated, nodding her head at Blake and folding her arms in front of her chest.
"What? A hundred?! I paid three times as much for her!" Cardin exclaimed.
"Really? I guess that makes sense. You never did have even the slightest modicum of sense for business." Weiss retorted with a snort.
"She was a virgin!"
"She is also untrained and feisty. Someone like you could never handle her. She probably ended up giving you much more trouble than what virgin blood is worth. Oh wait, you never even got to bed her, did you?" Weiss snickered.
"I told you I'm breaking her in."
"On second thought. You can have her. I mean if she is as much trouble as you are saying, even a hundred lien is too steep." Weiss continued.
"No no no no no, wait a minute," Cardin stammered quickly. "You can't just go back on your offer."
"Of course I can. Read a business book for dummies, you idiot." Weiss rolled her eyes for the third time then gestured to Neptune. "Leave him, she is not worth it."
"Eighty lien. I'll sell her for eighty lien."
Weiss raised an eyebrow curiously. "Fifty."
Cardin gaped, "Fifty? No way. Seventy-five." At Weiss' hesitation, he continued. "Come on, it's not like you can't afford it."
"Yes, but it is still too steep for a bed warmer that is rebellious and needs training." Weiss tossed out.
"B-b-bed-warmer?" Cardin stuttered. "You mean you? You want— You?"
"Yes. I can see how you got ripped off. I mean, she is quite pretty."
"Fifty?" Cardin repeated carefully.
Weiss smirked inwardly as she could see his face turning red at the vision she put in his mind. She had him right where she wanted him. "Yes. Fifty should be fine."
"Okay, deal." Cardin accepted.
"Lovely."
"God, you guys should have seen his face when Weiss brought up lesbian sex. Christ that was priceless." Neptune laughed, using a hand to wipe away tears of laughter. He was leaning against the door frame of Weiss' room.
"That is tried and true method to distract a boy — bringing up sex," Pyrrha stated with a smile, clearly amused by the whole ordeal. She sat on a stool by Weiss' bed, sorting through items in a first aid kit.
"I still think you guys should have broken his legs." Nora grumbled, laying sprawled on an armchair in the middle of the room, by the fireplace. Her hammer took up the entirety of the seat beside her and she looked upon it wistfully. "If only I had been there. I always miss all the fun."
"I can't believe you got a pet for only fifty lien. That's like a tenth of what they normally cost. Especially one this pretty." Pyrrha commented.
"She is not a pet." Weiss snapped, involuntarily sending her signature glare at her friend. Embarrassed, she looked away and continued bandaging the wounds on the Faunus girl she had acquired. The cat Faunus was still unconscious, but she was breathing to Weiss' relief. Weiss had laid the girl gently on her own bed and was now tending to her scars.
"But you collared her." Nora remarked.
Weiss flinched at the statement, recalling her words. She did order Neptune to re-collar the Faunus girl and with a tag with her emblem on it after Cardin had removed his, but that was just for show. It didn't mean anything. Weiss couldn't have not collared the Faunus girl — Cardin would have accused her of starting class warfare or called her weak or something. It was just for show.
"Weiss, I didn't mean it like that," Pyrrha interrupted Weiss' thoughts. "Sorry. I know she's not a pet. I know you don't participate in slavery." Pyrrha apologized immediately, reaching out to hold Weiss' hand. Weiss halted her actions to squeeze her friend's hand and send her an apologetic smile before returning to her task.
"She really is pretty though." Neptune commented.
Weiss agreed. The Faunus had the softest skin she had ever felt. Not to mention a sharp nose and thin pink lips. Her cheeks had a natural blush to them. Her hair was a deep raven black and naturally wavy with perfect curls in that way girls with straight hair are always trying to fake. So beautiful.
"Are you keeping her?" Nora asked.
Weiss stopped her administrations to turn to Nora. "Of course I am, what do you mean?"
"I just mean what will your mum say?"
"I don't have a mother, Nora." Weiss responded sharply.
"You know who I mean. The person who married your dad, what will she say? And the council members?" Nora corrected herself.
"She can say whatever she wants. It's not like she'll be alive for much longer anyways."
"Weiss!" Pyrrha exclaimed. "That's a terrible thing to say."
"I do not know how you guys are deluding yourself about that witch, but she really was not a nice person."
"She's your mother, Weiss. And she's plenty kind. Saying that kind of stuff is cold, even for you." Pyrrha stated sternly.
Weiss rolled her eyes. "I think that is enough for today," she said dismissively. "Neptune, if you would escort these ladies home."
"Of course, Princess. As captain of your guard, I'd be honoured to just leave you alone and unattended to kick out two of your most beloved friends." Neptune smirked and bowed before gesturing for Pyrrha and Nora to follow.
"Shut up," Weiss commanded, although Pyrrha and Nora just laughed at Neptune's antics. The two of them were already quite used to Weiss and her stormy moods. They never took what Weiss said to heart, especially when the two of them were poking in places Weiss had made quite clear never to poke around. Nora grabbed her hammer and twirled her way out the door after giving Weiss her daily dose of unwanted hug. Pyrrha followed gracefully behind Nora, but paused at the door.
"Weiss," Pyrrha couldn't resist saying before she left, "You know we're here for you if you want to talk about it, right?"
"What is there to talk about?"
"Your estrangement from your mother to start with?" Pyrrha suggested with a smile. "We won't understand you if you just continue to talk cryptically about it. So whenever you're ready." Without waiting for a reply, Pyrrha left the room.
Leaving Weiss alone.
Well, alone with the Faunus girl.