The princess and the fighter ( Weiss Schnee x Male Reader)

Part 48

-John Pov-

I sit on the counter of the Xiao Long household, and throw a balled up and down. Tai went upstairs awhile ago to check on Yang, and so I wait downstairs. I want to go see her so badly, but right now the doctors are saying immediate family only so as not to overwhelm her. And so, here I am. For the past few days, I've been staying here, waiting for when I'm able to see Yang again, and make sure I can help her get past this. As I think that, Tai makes his way downstairs, and manages to offer me a small smile, before pouring the both of us a glass of water.

" I'm so sorry,"I tell him, and not for the first time. " If I had arrived to the fight sooner, than I could have stopped her from just charging in the way she did. I could have done something to protect her, like I always promised I would. I let her down." He reaches out, and places a supportive hand on my shoulder.

" It isn't your fault. Adam Taurus is an extremely dangerous terrorist. For now, what counts the most is that she's alive, and you are too. Everything else comes later. But, as of now? I'm going to thank Oum that both of my daughters are alive," she says, and then gives a squeeze before pulling away.

" How is she? I mean, dumb question. But, I don't know how to phrase it. How's she doing?" I regret asking this, as he pinches the bridge of his nose right away, and then begins to blink back tears. However, I need to know how she's doing.

" She's lost, and confused," he says. " She built so much of her persona around being the strongest one in the room. Yang isn't built to lose, isn't good at handling a loss of any kind. And she's so scared. I hate seeing her like this. So lifeless. If I ever get the chance, then I'm going to kill Adam for this."

" Get in line," I tell him, and he looks at me surprised. " Because, I'm going to be the one to kill him for what he did to Yang. I'm going to get stronger Tai, so much stronger than I am now. And then, I'll be strong enough to protect her, and everyone else. I'm never going to let her be hurt like this ever again, not when I have a chance to stop it."

His blue eyes hold a hint of a smile on them. " You're alright kid,"he says, clinking his glass with mine. " Yang could do a lot worse. When you're ready, I'd love to train you. Just, when the time comes, give him one for me." I nod that of course I will, and then the two of us sit in a bit of a silence, watching the sun start to set.

-Leliana Pov-

I sit with my companions, as they argue about what to name the team, currently in a debate about if it should be 'Ranger' or 'Junior.' They apologized to me earlier, and said that it's hard to add an 'L' to the team name, which I agree with. It is going to be difficult, and so I just go with it. After all, being in the name of the team or not is far less important to me then what the team is going to give me a chance to do. Put an arrow between Cinder's eyes.

As Nora, Ren and Ruby have their debate, I notice that Jaune goes silent. I hate seeing how hurt he's been ever since the death of Pyhrra, and seeing how much he blames himself. I've seen him at night replaying a voice message from her, where she revealed her feelings. I see how lifeless his eyes are, and I decide to pull him aside.

" Pyhrra wanted me to tell you," I begin, and then he looks up. " She wanted me to tell you that she loved you. I was there with her when she died, fighting Cinder. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to protect her, but that was her last request to me."

" I'm so stupid," he says. " If I had known how she felt, then I could have given her an answer so she wouldn't have to be hurt like that. And, I never should have let her go to fight Cinder by herself. I should have been there for her. Maybe the three of us would have been able to do something. It's all my fault."

" She wouldn't want you to blame yourself," I tell him. " If anything, it's my fault she died. The hit she took that killed her....it had been meant for me. If she hadn't decided to protect me, she might have been able to beat Cinder."

The two of us sit in an awkward silence, until he breaks into tears. Reaching over, I pull him into a hug, and his strong arms wrap around me as well, pulling me closer. " Don't leave me," he begs, voice broken and barely above a whisper.

" Of course not," I tell him, remembering the promise I had made to Pyhrra to always take care of him for her. " I'm going to be right here. It's going to be okay. We're going to be okay."

-Gideon Pov-

I sit with Velvet, and gently stroke her ears. She switches through the channels, trying to find news coverage not about the incident at Beacon. " Vel," I tell her, and she looks up at me. I take the remote, and then just turn off the TV, knowing that nothing is going to be on other than this. She thanks me for it, and then the two of us go cuddling.

" I need to get back into the fight," I tell her, and she nods like she knew it was coming. " It was incredibly generous of your parents to let me stay here. But, I won't be comfortable just staying here, while my team is out there, fighting for the people."

She kisses me on the cheek, and then stands up. " I know," she says. " And, I'm coming with you"

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