Chapter 14
It was already the following morning, as the sun was in my eyes. Though it felt nice, it was rather annoying. Especially since I had to share a bed with someone so clingy. Yeah, that's right, I got less sleep, because Snow was practically holding me throughout the whole night. He currently still is. Luckily he's only holding onto my arm, and not any closer than he could be. I managed to free my arm from his grip, and then I kicked him off the bed. With a loud thud he managed to wake up.
"Aghh! What the hell?!" He said covering his face. I guess he must've smashed his nose on the ground.
"You were so close to the edge and fell right over. Does that happen often?" I said confidently, not giving away that I caused this.
"I don't know. Maybe. Sometimes I wake up on the floor." He said scratching the back of his head.
"Then it's probably what just happened, only you woke up right after."
"Besides that, do you have any idea what we're doing today? It's pretty hard to know what's going on when you're being beaten the aura out of you." He said feeling his body for pain.
"Well who's fault is that huh? You brought that on yourself Snow."
"Skip the lecture and just tell me what's going on." He said annoyed.
"Fine. We're going to the beach today." I said.
"You serious bro?" He asked with a slight glint hope that I was serious.
"Yeah why?"
"You know what this means right?" He asked me.
"What?"
"Dude. Babes in bikinis!" He practically yelled that out.
"You'd best calm down, unless you don't want to even leave the house from being beaten."
"Shit. You're right. The hell am I gonna do then?" He asked worried about his carnal urges.
"Well that sounds like a You Problem. Have fun with that." I said leaving the room for him to figure out the problem on his own. Sometimes I really don't want to be around him at all. That's usually most of the time when we're out of battle. I went straight to the kitchen to see what was going on. I walked in to see that Blake was there, drinking some milk by the looks of it.
"Morning Blake." I said to her with a small wave. She turned to face me. She was still in her pajamas, which was a simple black yukata. It seems rather short, which would make people like
Snow drool instantly. Though he doesn't take interest in the quiet types it seems.
"Morning Jet." She said, then took another sip of her drink.
"Are we the first ones awake?" I asked her.
"It would seem so." She replied. It was always hard for me to get any conversation out of her. She's always been reserved no matter what. Plus it doesn't seem like I'll get much out of her now either.
"I'll be outside if anybody needs me." I said leaving the kitchen.
"Mind if I join you?" Blake asked, right as I was at the door. I might as well take this opportunity.
"Not at all." I said holding the door for her. There was a slight breeze that passed by as Blake exited the house. I paid close attention to her and saw that her bow slightly twitched. I've had some ideas as to why that happened, but I'll let it slide. I don't want to lose this chance of talking with her. We walked out onto the porch, and I leaned on a pillar.
"It's a great day to go to the beach." I said to clear the air.
"I'm not really a fan of the beach." Blake commented. I wonder what she actually likes. I know she thoroughly enjoys tuna.
"Why not? Is it that the sand gets everywhere?" I stated. Sand is mainly the reason most people hate the beach. Literally the sand gets everywhere.
"I just don't like to swim really." She replied.
"Do you not know how to?"
"No it's not that. I prefer to stay dry as much as possible."
"I guess that's a reason." The conversation is really starting to die down. There's gotta be something else to say.
"Hey Jet?" She said.
"What is it Blake?"
"A few weeks ago, you defended Velvet from Cardin." She started.
"Oh yeah. It was a pretty good fight."
"What was your motive to step in anyways?" She seems too concerned for something that was nothing but a small issue. Well I can't say it was small since it did end in a fight.
"Well, Velvet was a fellow classmate like the rest of us, being mistreated just for who she was. The Faunus have it rough even if they're being accepted slowly. Though there's always people like Cardin to make them feel worse about themselves. Velvet is in a bad position, since she's being bullied, and can't fight back or else people will start to think that she was with the White Fang, or that she assaulted him."
"It's a sad neverending loop of discrimination. I wish that progress could be made faster for humans to accept the Faunus." She said.
"As do I, but with the current actions the White Fang are doing, it's just made it worse for everyone. It's sad to see a great idea, being torn to pieces with some new idea for equality." I said as I looked off into the nearby forest.
"How do you feel about the Faunus Jet?" She asked.
"I actually find them pretty cool. The way I see them, is that they are a better version of humans. I mean think about it, they get better reflexes, abilities and have night vision. Though they do have certain visual differences as well, it shouldn't have to change who they really are. Deep down, Faunus or Human, we're all people. Just a few characteristics, and the whole world can be against you. I wish there were more Faunus, that way I could have more Faunus friends. I've only really had Velvet as the only Faunus friend. Not to sound like Snow, but female Faunus are actually pretty attractive to me. If I didn't have Phoenix, I might've chosen Velvet, or another Faunus. Besides they always look better when they don't hide themselves as a Faunus." I said looking back at Blake.
"You think Faunus are more attractive than humans?" She asked, with the smallest hint of a blush.
"Yes Blake. I find your kind very attractive." I said looking straight into her gold eyes. Her eyes widened, and her bow twitched once again. My hunch about her was correct. Though she does seem rather upset that I know.
"Who told you? Was it Yang?" She asked. She seemed ready to fight me actually.
"Nobody told me. I figured it out on my own." I told her.
"You weren't the first."
"Would you mind removing your bow? You don't have to if you aren't comfortable."
"No it's fine." She said as she began to untie the bow. She held it in one hand, as her ears popped out of the bow. They were cat ears.
"Heh. Cute." I said with a smirk. She put her bow back on again and looked at me.
"What gave it away?" She asked me.
"Well I noticed that your bow twitched at times. Plus your love for tuna. I'm sorry but if you tried to pass on like a human, then you gotta know that no human eats that much. Of course not many really focus on that. And I believe your eyes as well. I've only seen gold on Faunus or actual cats." I told her.
"Well, I'll do better then."
"I respect that you want to be seen for you as a person, but it's best if you accept who you are first."
"Thank you for the suggestion Jet, but I think I'll stick with my way." She said walking back to the house.
"We should probably get ready." I said opening the door for her.
"Yeah, we don't want them to wait on us." When we went inside we went our separate ways. Of course on my way Snow was peeping in on someone's room. Oh this'll be really good. The door is slightly open, and I can hear someone changing inside the room. It'd be such a shame if Snow just fell right inside. I snuck up to him, and prepared myself. Man this was gonna be great. I raised my leg and pushed Snow forward slightly. He lost balance and fell forward, where I ran back and out of sight. I heard the door swing open, and Snow slamming right onto the ground.
"What are you doing?!" I heard Weiss scream at Snow.
"Ah, fuuuuuuuck."
"Oh you're going to learn to respect a woman after this trip!" I could hear that Snow was attempting to run away, but it quickly stopped. I assume Weiss used her glyph on him. Down the hall I could hear more people running to the room.
"What's going on?" I heard Ruby asking. I decided to finally come out and get closer to the situation.
"What's wrong?! This- this animal was peeping on me while I was changing. Ugh. The nerve of this guy." Weiss was furious at Snow. Plus Snow caught her mid changing, since she's currently wrapped in bed sheets.
"Can he ever stop?" Jaune asked with a palm on his face.
"Maybe if we leave him behind today, he'll definitely learn." Wolfe suggested.
I could see that Snow was utterly quiet. Well, mainly because he was entirely frozen, but he did grunt occasionally.
"He'll probably find a way to break free. Unless you want to just beat him again." Wolfe said.
"It's getting really annoying that we have to do this so often. Maybe if we give him one more chance, he'll behave. Won't you buddy?" I said literally making stuff up to save his ass from another brutal beating. He grunted in agreement rapidly and soon after he was released from Weiss's glyphs.
"I promise to behave. I swear!" He said defensively.
"Just...get ready...there's nothing more we can say to you…" Wolfe said in disappointment.
"Alright, let's hurry Jet for this g-rated beach day!" He said pulling me into our room and slamming the door.
"I owe you big time time for that man." He said slumping on the bed.
"No prob, I'd just hate to see my chill bro get destroyed by Ice Queen." I said.
"So bad man…" He said.
"I know." I said pulling out a small bag and packing it with beach essentials like a towel, umbrellas, sunscreen, dry clothes to change into, a bag to put the wet clothes in, a hat, sunglasses, flip flops and snacks that I smuggled from the cafeteria at Beacon. After packing, I then walked into the bathroom to change into my swim trunks and slid a shirt on.
"You ready Snow?" I asked as I walked out of the bathroom to see him already changed and hovering over his bag.
"Of course." He said smuggling polaroid films and waterproof cameras with removable zoom attachments. "I'm just packing the basics right here."
"Seriously? After what I just did to save your ass?" I groaned, rolling my eyes.
"Why are you so quick to judge? I might want to take group photos or something."
"Then what's with the removable attachments?" I asked.
"You catch on quick. Too quick. I'll be fine as long as I don't get caught." He said putting towels and sunscreen over the cameras.
"You'd better hope so. I'm not sure how many more lives you got up your sleeve."
"It doesn't matter. I'll always be around to slide into nooks and crannies and snap some pics." He smirked. I shook my head and patted his shoulder.
"Let's just go. We don't want to keep them waiting."
"Of course. There's just too many precious memories waiting to be captured." Snow said as I closed the door behind me.
"Is everyone ready?" Yang asked as she stood by the door in a very racy yellow bikini with no cover up. After some serious gawking I shook my head and searched for my girlfriend to keep my full attention on. After no disagreements we all piled out of the door and I finally found Phoenix toward the middle of the 16 person group.
"Hey Phoenix." I said pecking her cheek and wrapping my arm around her shoulder. She was wearing a cover up dress, so I wouldn't be able to see her swimsuit until we got to the water.
"Hello Jet. Ready to hit the water I see." Phoenix said.
"Of course. Especially with you here." I replied.
"Hey how long until we arrive at the beach?" I heard Jaune call from behind us.
"10-15 minutes give or take. If we run it'll be 10. But I'm pretty sure mom wouldn't like that." Yang said.
"No she would not!" Sapphire said hauling three bags behind her. One with extra towels and clothes, one entirely of snacks and drinks, and the other entirely of medicine.
"Need some help mom?" I asked offering to take one of her bags.
"Please." She said handing me the medicine bag.
"Why do you have so much?" I asked.
"What if someone gets stung by a bee and they're allergic? We need benadryl and epipens! What if someone gets an asthma attack, we need inhalers and-"
"I got it." I said rubbing my forehead.
"I think it's sweet that you care." Robyn said smiling. They haven't come out to the group yet, mostly out of fear. Sapphire can't bear to tell her sister and they're both technically in the closet. I'm pretty sure that they would have kept their relationship from Phoenix and I if we hadn't been snooping outside the door like Snow does on a regular basis.
"Thanks Rob. At least someone appreciates what I do Jet." She rubbed in my face.
"I got it Sapph. Thanks for caring about our health." I said.
"No problem." She said as she trudged along with her things.
"We're about halfway at this point! Just hang tight everybody!" Ruby shouted from the front of the group. Thank god that Sapphire's explanations and my complaining lasted about 6 minutes.
"You excited Phoenix?" I asked my beautiful redhead girlfriend.
"Of course. It's been so many years since I've been to a beach." She said with an excited glimmer in her eyes. "I can't wait to swim in the ocean and lay on the sand and all of those fun things that come along with going to one." Despite her sounding excited about today, it feels like she's kinda hiding something as well. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but the sign that there is something is there.
"My feet hurt!" Jaune complained to Pyrrha from the back of the group.
"Just wait, we'll be there any minute now!" Ruby yelled from the other side. After some serious trudging, I soon was able to hear the crashing waves and not too long afterwards, sand was under our feet.
"WATER!" Nora shouted as she dragged Ren to find a spot close enough to the water.
"Let's hurry up guys, we should find a spot too. Hey I just realized that there's nobody here…" I said scanning the empty area.
"Well of course not, everyone is at school right now or at home. This place doesn't get too much attention." Yang said. "Most people rather stay in than visit the beach here...kinda sad really."
"You got that right. It's so beautiful here too." Phoenix said.
"That may be true, but I'd prefer to stare at you instead." I said, looking right at Phoenix with a smile. I noticed from the corner of my eye that Pyrrha was looking at me. She seemed rather envious for a moment, but quickly returned to her usual manner, after quickly look at Jaune to see if he even caught on. Obviously he never did, but that never stopped Pyrrha. It can be rather sad to see Pyrrha give off small hints of her affection only for Jaune's lack of intelligence making matters worse for her. I felt that someone placed their arm around my neck. I turned to see that it was Yang, gesturing me to follow her. I tried my best not to stare at her too much, but it was just utterly irresistible not to. I mean I knew my fellow female friends had nice bodies, but man. If this were an anime, I'd probably be having some kind of massive nosebleed from the bodies that they've got. Either Yang wasn't noticing me staring, or she just doesn't mind, but man I really need to control myself. We walked to some nearby trees under some shade. She spun around with a grin on her face.
"Say Jet. Have you made Phoenix blossom?" She asked devilishly.
"Excuse me?" I replied confused as to what she's referring to.
"Come on. You know. Did you storm the castle? Pierced Phoenix? Plucked her fruit? Popped her cherry? Dock at the harbor? Get a taste of victory? Ensure that Phoenix is just Right?" Yang just couldn't contain herself, and started to laugh at me, for finally understanding what she meant, as my face is so red that I can feel it slightly burning.
"I-I haven't done anything. We only share the same bed, that's all." I replied trying to avoid anymore unnecessary comments from her.
"Seriously Jet? You're just that much closer to nailing her." She seemed rather upset that I've done nothing.
"I understand the position I'm in, but I don't want to pressure her into it. I'd only be willing to do it so long as she's entirely sure with it. Even though I've actually loved her for many years now, I'd be fine waiting a few more years just for her." I told her. Yang seemed pleased with my answer.
"Damn Jet. You're quite the romantic. I'm sure if you were more popular at Beacon, you probably would've had a bunch of girls all over you. Though it probably wouldn't be what you'd want, but hey you've got quite the girl of your own." Yang said patting back in a congratulatory manner.
"I've truly been blessed to have someone as amazing as her in my life." When I spoke of Phoenix, I couldn't help smiling and feeling an extreme warm feeling throughout me. It did feel weird, but it felt nice. I don't know how to describe it exactly, but I guess that's the best I can explain it.
"I should probably tend to her now." I said looking at Phoenix.
"Then I won't keep you waiting." Yang said winking at me before sauntering to where her Team had set up their camp. I jogged to where Phoenix was sitting and sat down next to her.
"You need some help setting up?" I asked her.
"If you could set up the umbrellas, that would be very much appreciated." She said putting on sunscreen.
"No problem." I said opening the umbrellas she packed and putting some rocks around them so they wouldn't fall.
"Put some on." Phoenix said poking me with the sunscreen bottle.
"Alright." I said putting on the weird greasy substance. I really can't stand how my skin feels when I put on sunscreen. It really is quite disturbing.
"Nora, you need to put on sunscreen!" I heard Ren shout at Nora who was already diving and splashing around in the water.
"I don't need it!" She called from the water.
"It's your fault if you turn into a lobster!" He retorted. Needless to say, Nora continued to ignore his warnings. I really wouldn't want to be in her position when she has to deal with the aloe vera treatments.
"Do you want to go in?" Phoenix asked looking at me.
"Sure." I said offering a hand towards her to help her up. She took it and bounced off from the ground and onto her feet.
"Give me a second, I need to leave this here." She said pulling off her cover-up, revealing a strappy red bikini. I froze and averted my eyes because damn, she really did look sexy with that on. As a way to distract myself, I also took off the shirt I was wearing.
"Ready Jet?" She asked taking my hand. It was brief, but I swear I saw her eying my body up and down.
"U-uh yeah." I said trying not to stare too much at her body. She smiled and pulled me along behind her as she guided us to the edge of the water. I somehow felt the feeling of being watched and once I turned around, sure enough Snow was watching Phoenix with wide eyes and trying to find a way to stop his urge to take pictures of Phoenix's perfectly sculpted body. I gave him a quick glare and he looked away innocently at Diamond, who was trying to get his attention again.
"Agh, the water's cold!" Phoenix said shivering after stepping into the water.
"As painful as it is, it's easier to just dunk yourself in the water quickly so your body doesn't go into shock or makes you get sick." I said gritting my teeth as I stepped into the water.
"On the count of 3, we'll dive in." Phoenix said.
"Deal." I said.
"3…"
"2…"
"1, go!" I shouted as we dove into the water. My whole body was submerged in the ice cold water and it felt like needles were piercing my thin skin. Once I reached the surface of the water I gasped for air and immediately began cursing. "Fuck. Holy shit, that's cold." My teeth chattered as I hugged my arms.
"You're right." Phoenix said waddling towards me. She latched onto me and I could feel her body pressed up against mine as I squeezed her tightly to try to obtain some warmth.
"I-I r-really, really, hate the c-cold." I said shakily.
"M-me too." She responded as she squeezed me even harder.
"This isn't helping." I said. "How can penguins survive like this?"
"They were made to thrive in cold weather. We weren't." Phoenix said.
"How come everyone else is completely unphased except for us?" I asked her as the other groups swam around and seemed to enjoy themselves.
"Who knows, but I don't want to leave." She said placing her head in the crook of my neck.
In that one gesture, I could feel myself getting warmer already. Just with that I felt ready to actually enjoy swimming, but Phoenix wants to remain like this so I'll indulge her for a while longer. Even though her semblance is mainly dealing with fire, it's really only when she's reached her limit in combat. I doubt it actually deals with her health, but who knows.
Even now people are figuring out new things about their semblances, such as different conditions to be met, or certain methods for them to be used. Many things can affect a semblance for or against the user. Even small things such as weather and possibly emotions. Emotions actually are a much bigger factor than I'm actually letting on. I would know because of when Mars died I lost my mind for a short while as well. I was at home when I found out about his death, and just started to destroy so much of our home. I've never been much of powerhouse, but when I just lost it, I was able to destroy walls, couches, tables and other furniture, that was made to withstand Grimm attacks, yet there I am surrounded by destruction. Even my semblance had strengthened tremendously. When I ran from my destruction, I went to the roof and madly slammed my fists on the ground. Normally it would've broken someone's hands, yet I was fine except that my hands felt like they were on fire. Though not from the actually slamming, but it was something else I couldn't control. I couldn't stand it and I just threw my hands forward with my palms open, and somehow I managed to channel my aura to my hands as usual and let out an even bigger blast than I normally would. I was lucky to not have destroyed anything as I aimed for the skies. It even moved so much faster than my normal attack and was much bigger and looked less stable. By that I mean that I felt like it wasn't a part of me despite it being my own aura. It felt dark and horrified myself. Enough that I only take a certain amount from allies or enemies. If I take too much I could end up hurting someone or worse. I don't even want to imagine what I can cause with my own power.
"Jet?" Phoenix called out to me, looking directly into my eyes. I came back to my senses and realized where I am. I shouldn't be thinking like that right now especially. I should just focus on enjoying my own time here. I'll worry about my own powers at a later time.
"Yeah?" I asked her.
"You seemed out of it for a moment there. Is it really that cold?" She asked. It's rather cute that's she's conceding for me like this.
"Honestly, I was just taking in the moment. I guess I must've done it a bit longer. Sorry bout that but I'm back now. How about we get back to this swimming thing?" I said scratching my head and offering her my hand. She smiled and took the offer.
"Gladly, Jet." She said following me as we began to simply float in the water. I could hear the splashing of water a little bit away, as our friends enjoyed their time, while Phoenix and I were just relaxing mainly. Time passed by as several waves washed over us, making it seem like we had been floating for eternity, but I didn't mind when I was holding the hand of the most beautiful and wonderful person in the world. Most of the waves were small, but a rather large one washed over us.
"ROBYN!" We suddenly heard Sapphire shout of the blue, disrupting our relaxation.
I stood up from my floating position to look towards the direction of the screams. Sapphire looked completely petrified and awestruck as she searched desperately through the water. Robyn was nowhere to be seen.
"What happened?" I asked wading towards her.
"She went under and hasn't come up!" She screeched, her voice filled with panic. She dove in the water and came up afterwards. I followed suit and attempted to find her underneath the water. Since I was so tall, I could stand up in the deep waters without worry, but since she was one of the shortest girls in the group and one of the weakest swimmers, I was genuinely worried that she couldn't get herself out of the current. As I dove further in the water, I could see something struggling and thrashing. Realizing that that something was Robyn, I swam further and saw that she was caught in...some type of a fishing net? She stared me straight in the eyes with panic and fear. I swam faster and saw that her foot was caught in the net. I desperately tried to pull her out in time and I noticed that she slowly stopped struggling. I pulled her foot out and saw her eyes half closed and her body was floating softly. I was losing air and I had to make this quick. I wrapped an arm around her and placed the other on her stomach to retrieve some of her aura. I lowered my hand and set off a blast to shoot us up. I gasped once I reached the surface and made sure to pull Robyn up as well.
"I have her!" I choked out.
"ROBYN!" Sapphire shouted, rushing towards us.
"JET!" Phoenix shouted as I dragged Robyn to shore with Snow's help.
"Robyn!" Sapphire shouted as she pushed me away and began to perform CPR on Robyn. "Get my bag!" Diamond rushed to get her twin's medicine bag and Phoenix was hugging me tightly.
"Jet, are you ok?" She asked watching with a horrified expression as Sapphire desperately tried to resuscitate her lover.
"I'll be fine. Robyn was there longer than I was." I responded.
"Wake up! Wake up! Please, you can't leave me here! I love you! Wake up dammit!" Sapphire cried as she gave one more hard push on her chest, before giving her mouth to mouth. Robyn immediately spat out the salt water and gasped heavily.
"Robyn!" She cried and immediately hugged her small frame.
"Hey...Sapph. What happened?" She asked through coughs.
"You went under, and you took longer than usual to get up and Jet went down to save you."
"Your foot got caught in some type of a fishing net and you were so stuck you couldn't get yourself out." I said.
"I remember...I remember being really scared and seeing someone next to me...thank you Jet. Thank you for saving me." She said holding her arms out. I walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"Well I can't let my teammate die now, can I?" I said. She spared me a faint chuckle.
"Well, I think we should call it a day after this near drowning/rescue." Yang said.
"But you guys weren't here very long. I don't want to be the reason you guys are leaving…" Robyn said wrapping her towel around herself.
"Don't worry about it. The beach isn't going anywhere. We can always come back another day with more precaution." Ruby said to comfort Robyn.
"She's right Robyn. It's better we do our best not to worry so much right now. We all know Sapph doesn't want any more reason to worry." I said joining in to ease poor Robyn. She was having such a good time too. This is for the best though. To have us just return home instead of having another close call.
"Ok." She said admitting defeat. She only wanted to stay just to not feel guilty for this, but it's the best choice we can make as of right now.
Afterwards we began to pack our belongings. Sapph still needed help carrying things so all of the guys had to carry her things, so she could comfort Robyn. It was actually my idea, and it seems to be really working well for Robyn. Sapph has her arm around Robyn and was slightly embracing her for the whole way back. It was still day when we returned. I checked my scroll to see that it was around 5:27 P.M. Once we arrived we put Sapph's belongings in the hallway in front of her room, then everyone just went their separate ways. For the most part everyone went to their rooms, but I decided to hang around outside on the patio for a while. When I went outside I saw that Weiss was there too, still in what she wore to the beach. It wasn't as revealing as Yang's and was much more elegant. It was a silvery-white one piece with part of her back revealed. Since she was less bustier than her teammates, it didn't seem to expose much of her chest at all.
"Evening Weiss." I said finally going next to her.
"Evening Jet. Come to enjoy the breeze?" I only just noticed that there was a nice cool breeze in the air. It made the trees sway their branches slowly, and leaves would even fall off. It was quite relaxing.
"It is quite relaxing, but I mainly came out here to kill some time." I said. Honestly I didn't really have a reason to coming out here, so I guess that counts.
"Would you care for some coffee?" Weiss asked.
"I'd love some honestly, but I'd need milk with it. I do about half coffee and half milk. Occasionally more milk than actual coffee." I told her.
"Great, I was just making some and it should be about done." She said as we went to the kitchen to get our coffee. I grabbed my own mug and began to prepare the coffee for myself. I put in one and a half teaspoons of sugar filled half the mug with coffee. I then began to search the fridge for some milk. After finding the milk I poured in the milk filling the rest of the mug. I then proceeded to stir the coffee. Once I was done stirring I realized that the coffee had a distinct yet familiar scent to it. I couldn't help but bringing the mug closer and taking in a good whiff of it. Of course Weiss found it rather weird that I was sniffing the coffee.
"What's the matter Jet? Is the coffee not to your liking?" She asked with a concerned look.
"It's not that, it's just the smell was just so familiar. This is the same coffee I would smell as a kid growing up, but never got the chance to have. I'd always smell it at the markets but I wasn't tall enough to see a brand name." I told her.
"Well it's actually coffee that we sell." Weiss said looking rather proud.
"You're telling me that the Schnee's make this coffee?" I asked surprisedly. I knew they have tons of products but I never thought I'd actually long for one. I looked at it once more and took a sip. I've never had a coffee quite like it. It was so damn amazing.
"Well the business does. It started with the employees and their daily coffee. It was a cheap store brand that was easy to make. Few people actually enjoyed it, to the point that a new coffee was a demand. They made a new department specifically for coffee making, using the most exotic coffee beans. They eventually made tons of different blends and mixed a few together. Eventually the idea to actually distribute it and make profit from it came soon after and now the public has it as well instead of just the company. It was also well known for its distinct smell, that set it apart from other coffees." She said.
"That's a cute little story. Well I'm grateful it was made. This is just amazing." I told her.
"I'm glad you think so." She said with an actual smile. Usually she gives those fake smiles, but this was an actual smile.
"Thank you by the way. I'll be sure to look for the Schnee brand when we return to Beacon." I said taking another sip of my coffee. I looked to my right and saw that everyone was gathering in the living room.
"I assume this has to deal with what happened with Sapphire and Robyn." Weiss said, gesturing that we enter the room. I sat down at the table with Phoenix on my right and Snow on my left. Everyone was silent for the most part and we were hesitant on how to bring up today's earlier event.
"I guess I'll be the one to say it." Snow said. "Sapphire...do you and Robyn have something you wish to tell us?" The tension in the air got thicker and I could see the nervousness in their faces.
"U-um…" Sapphire coughed. "Y-yes. Yes we do. Well, if you couldn't tell earlier, I was extremely concerned for Robyn and was shouting my love for her. Well that's because…" She took Robyn's hand and took a moment to breathe. "We're together and I didn't want anything to happen to her."
The tension and unease was still present as they looked around the room. Sapphire looked at her lap and didn't even bother to look up at her twin sister.
"Why didn't you tell me how long have you been like this? How long have you been dating?" Diamond asked coldly. Ouch. She didn't need to say it like that.
"What do you mean 'like this'? I don't have a disease Diamond. I'm bisexual and it's not something that you need to put me down for! I've been with Robyn for 5 days."
"How do you expect me to be so open to this Sapphire?! What do you think mom and dad are gonna think when they find out about you?! They'll throw you out of the house the second you reveal yourself to them!"
"You think I don't know that?! Why do you think I kept it hidden from you for so long? Why do you think I never told you every single crush that I've had? It's because I know you'll tell mom and dad, and then I won't have a home to go to!" Sapphire cried. "I didn't tell you cause I knew you'd react this way!" She screeched at Diamond as Robyn held her back.
"You don't know that! I would've kept it from them if you asked me! I would never purposely try to get you thrown out!" Diamond retorted as Snow held her arm to keep her from lunging at Sapphire.
"Sapphire...you never told me that your parents were against homosexuals…" Robyn whispered quietly.
"I didn't want you to know. I didn't want you to think that you'd never get to meet them." She said.
"I don't care if I never get to meet them. I just wanted to know." Robyn said, sounding disappointed.
"Please don't do that. Please don't say that. I would love for you to meet them...it's just that you can't…they've been like this ever since I've been born. When I was little, they would tell me 'I better not see you with a girl or else you'll never live in this house again'. Do you know what that feels like? To already know your fate just for loving someone? Knowing that you'll be disowned just for being in love with another human being that just happens to have the same genitals as you?" She said, but mostly aiming that towards her twin.
"I'm sorry that you have to go through that, and I'm sorry that I'll never understand what you guys are going through, but please don't shut me out. I really want to help you, I really do. I'm just hurt that you wouldn't trust me, your twin sister for crying out loud, with something so important to you…" Diamond cried. Snow obviously took this as an opportunity and wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. I tried my best not to roll my eyes because of the still present tension in the room.
"You don't need to be sorry...I'm the one who should've be sorry for not trusting my own sister. I'm sorry Diamond." Sapphire said running around the table to her twin. Snow let go of Diamond and the twins embraced and wept into each other's shoulders. Robyn stood awkwardly across the table, but smiled at the reconciling sisters.
"Robyn don't be so Blue, you're a Stone now." Diamond said extending an arm out to Robyn. Robyn was obviously taken aback and smiled brightly as she rushed around the table. She joined the hug and everyone who sat around watching was visually happy about their coming out and acceptance. In the end, it didn't really matter what anyone else thought, as long as Robyn and Sapphire were happy.
"We just want to let you two know...you don't need to hide anything from us. We're your friends and you shouldn't ever have the need to keep a secret. We'll always support and love you guys." Phoenix said smiling.
"Yeah, don't be shy! What are friends for if we can't tell each other secrets?" Yang said.
"Thanks guys. It really means alot to us." Sapphire said smiling and wiping her tear stained eyes.
"I say this calls for a group hug." Diamond said.
"It sure does." Snow whispered to me so nobody could hear and slipped an arm around Diamond's waist, although she didn't complain. We all gathered together in a group hug and Robyn got lost within a "sea of giants" as she put it.
"While this is nice and all, I'm being suffocated by friendly giants. Please help…" Robyn gasped as she struggled in the group of 16 people. We broke away laughing as Robyn clutched onto Sapphire and refused to let go.
"Why are you always so cute?" Sapphire asked as she pecked Robyn's forehead. Robyn looked rather annoyed and upset after gesture. "What's wrong?"
"You always miss dammit." Robyn said pulling Sapphire down to her level and pecking her on the lips. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at the happy couple.