A/N: After looking into it, it seems the T rating is more permissive than I thought. Thus, I decided to change the rating of this story to T. I'm not changing what I had planned, I just saw that it would be okay under a T rating.

The next morning, Weiss woke up to find a message on her scroll. It was from Velvet and contained a list of clothes to take with her as well as telling her to come to her dorm after lunch. That was quick. She must have been really excited.

After reading the message, Weiss looked around the room, trying to see who was already up. Surprisingly, the sisters were still asleep so she wasn't the last to wake up like usual.

Blake was reading on her bed when she saw the heiress wake up. When she saw her looking at her, she showed her scroll and pointed to the bathroom. Weiss nodded and the two girls went to the bathroom to be able to talk without waking their teammates. And to avoid being overheard.

Weiss was the first to talk. "So, I guess you received Velvet's message too." Blake nodded. "What clothes did she ask you to bring?" Weiss showed the list on her scroll to Blake as she asked her.

"She… didn't ask me to bring anything." Blake was a little sad that none of her outfits caught Velvet's eyes, even if it was to be expected. Leaving a terrorist organization didn't do any good to her possessions, and her books had been a priority over her clothes.

Weiss saw that Blake would have liked to use her own clothing. She smiled and tried to cheer her up. "We'll just have to go shopping one of this days. I'm sure we'll find something."

"That might be nice." Blake had a little smile for the heiress. "By the way, why didn't you say anything about leak risks to Velvet? Seeing how you got angry at Yang yesterday…"

Weiss blushed at memories. "I may or may not have been a little distracted by Coco's photos. It's not my fault if she looks really good."

"Y-yeah." Blake's eyes wandered around the room, unable to look at her friend directly. She quickly changed the subject. "Do you have any idea what we are going to say to Ruby and Yang if they ask why we are leaving with half of your wardrobe?"

"I was more or less hoping that they wouldn't be there," said Weiss nervously, "Ruby said that she was going back to the workshop so she won't be there. That leaves Yang."

Suddenly they heard a knock one the door. "Are you finished? I'd like to use the shower." It was Yang, up unusually early for a day without classes.

Blake whispered to Weiss, speaking close enough that the other girl could feel her breath on her ear. "I guess we'll have to think of something later." Blake then turned opened the door, followed by Weiss. "You can go."

Yang saw Blake come out of the bathroom followed by a blushing Weiss but decided against making a comment. She didn't want a repeat of the day before, especially since she was in a hurry.

Afterward, the day went by without incident for team RWBY. Ruby went to the workshop, Yang went… somewhere, Weiss was studying and Blake was reading.

Ruby and Yang did not come back for lunch, so Blake and Weiss went by themselves. Not a lot of words were exchanged between the two girls while they ate. Both off them were fine not talking if they didn't have anything to say.

When the time came, the two girls went to team CFVY's dorm with all the clothes Velvet asked for.

When they knocked, they heard Velvet's voice through the door. "Can you answer Fox? I'm a little busy here."

The door opened, leaving place to a smiling Fox. "Hi. Come in, Velvet is fighting with Coco's clothes, she'll be here soon."

The two girls entered the room and stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do. The fact that neither of them ever spoke to Fox didn't help.

"Take a seat," said Fox, showing a bed, "so you two are Velvet's new models?" Weiss looked at him, a little worried. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. And I don't get to see the pictures, even as her teammate. It's nice that she has other models than us though." Fox was smiling, happy that his friend got to share her hobby with more people.

"You modeled for her?" asked Blake.

"A little. I stopped when we started dating."

"You are dating?" Blake was surprised that Velvet never mentioned that.

"Were. It didn't really work out but we stayed friend. I never modeled for her again, we both agreed that it would've been too awkward."

"She doesn't have people modeling outside of your team?" Weiss found strange that Velvet would have a hard time finding someone who would want to model for her.

"She is pretty picky when choosing who or what to take a picture off. And she doesn't want to end up with someone racist." When saying that, Fox's eyes went to Weiss. Who didn't like the implications. At all.

"Do you have a problem with me?" Weiss' voice was cold, but her anger was clear. Fox held her stare for a few seconds, then closed his eyes and sighed.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. It's just that your family doesn't have the best reputation and it would hurt her pretty badly coming from someone she trust enough to tell about her hobby."

"Fine, I can see your point. But for all your talk, you weren't there when she was bullied a few months ago."

"Bullied?" Fox had a puzzled expression, then laughed and turned toward Blake. "She never told you?"

"Told her what?" Velvet just came out from the closet, her arms charged with clothes.

"What we did at the start of the year with the first years."

Velvet giggled softly "That? We were trying to find out if some first years were going to cause some troubles with the Faunus and then give a… friendly warning to the worst of them." Blake frowned. She did not really like the idea of intimidating others to change the way they behave, it reminded her too much of why she left the White Fang, but she did not want to have an argument right now. Maybe when she and Velvet were alone would be a better time to bring it up. Velvet shrugged and continued talking. "It hurt to have some of them pull on my ears, but it was worth it since we managed to stop some of them to go after Faunus students."

"Coco's reward helped too, right?" said Fox, grinning at Velvet.

Velvet punched him playfully. She tried to sound offended but she did not manage to completely hide her laughter. "Fox, we have guests." She turned toward the two younger girls. "Let's go, it's not far."

The two girls stood up and Blake went to take some of the clothes from Velvet's arms. Velvet nodded a silent thanks to Blake and led the group out of the room. Weiss stayed silent while the two Faunus girls talked with each other, something about books. They stopped a few rooms later, in front of a door that nothing differentiated from any other door. Velvet took her scroll out and used it to unlock the door. Once everyone was inside, she closed the door and the sound of the door locking automatically could be heard.

Velvet put Coco's clothes on a table near the entrance, followed by Weiss who was happy to finally put down the clothes she was carrying next to a computer with a printer and a scanner plugged-in. She looked around the room while the two other girls continued their conversation.

It was a normal dorm room for Beacon, with the same white walls that she saw every day in her own room. The major differences were a white background and a few spotlights, reminding her of the professional photo studios she had seen, and the fact that the windows had been boarded so that no light could enter. She was going to compliment Velvet on her studio but heard the other two girls speak with passion a decided to listen to what they were saying.

"And the scene Tenzou and Mary? It was so good." Weiss was pretty sure she never heard Blake be that enthusiastic.

"I know. It was so hot I thought I was going into heat."

At Velvet's word, Weiss spoke aloud what she intended to keep silent. "Wait, Faunus go into heat?"

Hearing her words, Blake and Velvet stopped talking and looked at her, then Blake started approaching the heiress slowly, a sensual expression on her face. Once close enough, she put her arms around Weiss' neck, her hips pressing against the body of the smaller girl. She looked into her eyes and talked with a voice charged with lust. "Why do you think we're here for?"

Weiss froze, her eyes opened wide and her brain having shut down. She did not know how to react to what Blake was doing. A small part of her wanted to start making out right now, but being the smart and eloquent heiress of one of the biggest company in Remnant that she was, she settled with saying a few words. Being a seventeen-year-old girl with very little experience with displays of affection, the sounds she made were closer to someone choking than any identifiable languages.

Fortunately for her, Velvet hit Blake on the head and scolded her. "Blake, stop that. Don't you think it would be better to explain it to her instead of making fun of her?"

Blake let go of Weiss and took a few step back. "Because explaining always work." Her tone was bitterer than she intended. While she disapproved of the more radical ways the White Fang had fallen into, Blake did not have good memories of trying to make humans understand Faunus.

Velvet frowned at the words of her friend. "It's better than trying to make them uncomfortable. And even if it's not, Weiss is your friend, she's not going to ignore you or antagonize you."

Weiss, who would have preferred to stay silent, saw regret on Blake's face and decided to speak. "It's not that bad, Yang has done worse." She thought for a second. "Actually, she has not. But that's beside the point. What I mean is that it's just a little teasing, it's fine." Weiss couldn't believe she was saying that, but she did not like seeing Blake like that. Yup, definitely attracted to her, she thought before continuing to talk. "It's true that I don't know a lot about Faunus and I would like if you could teach me." Like that I will get to spend more time with her and learn more about her and the Faunus. I'm so smart.

Blake, ignoring all of the self-congratulation going on in the heiress' mind, was happy that she did not hold a grudge and was willing to learn more about the Faunus. She smiled at the small girl. "I'd be happy to teach you."

Velvet, seeing that things were going well decided to leave the two girls alone and go prepare the set for the photo shoot. She saw how Weiss looked at Blake and started to guess that the heiress saw the catgirl as more than a friend. She wanted to give them space in the case she was right and thought that she would have to ask Weiss later. After all, who wouldn't what to help their friend find love? Well, that and the opportunities to take some great pictures.

While Velvet was fantasizing about romance between girls under the pale light of the shattered moon, Blake was explaining to Weiss why Velvet talked about heat. "Faunus don't actually go into heat, we work like humans on that point. It's a more or less a joke between us. From what I've heard, it was originally used by racist assholes as a way to treat us like animals." Weiss saw Blake getting angry and stroke her shoulder. Blake put her hand on Weiss', the cold hand helping her calm down. Once her anger dissipated, Blake continued her explanation. "Anyway, at some point in time, Faunus started to use the term themselves as some sort of boast, something about being a beast in bed."

"Is Yang a Faunus or are there really multiple people who are able to think of something like that?"

Blake chuckled. "I'm pretty sure she would not be able to hide it if she was one. And believe me, there are a lot of animal puns that get thrown around between Faunus. Back on topic, the meaning of the expression continued changing with time and now it's used as a way to describe something sexy and does not really sound racist. That said, it's more something we use between Faunus and it would be better if you avoided using it, especially since you're… well…" Blake's voice grew quieter as she did not want to insult her friend.

Weiss completed her sentence for her. "Since I'm a Schnee, right?" Blake nodded. "Don't worry. As much as I don't like it, I realize that not everyone is able to ignore my family name and that I will never be a friend to the Faunus." Despite her attempt to hide it, Blake could see that Weiss was saddened by the situation.

"You're mine at least." She was right in saying that most Faunus would hate her just because of her name, Blake even made the mistake herself, but she wanted to try and cheer her up. "And Velvet told you about her hobby, so I don't think she hate you."

Weiss smiled a little at her friend's words. "Thank you." Having the girl she was starting to fall for say it was comforting. "What were you talking about with Velvet by the way?"

Blake blushed at Weiss' question. "We were talking about the latest 'Ninjas of Love' book. We actually started to talk because she saw that I was reading it and came to talk with me about it." Blake chuckled lightly at the memory.

Weiss blushed, remembering what Blake told her about the book, and gathered her courage to ask her a question. "Do you think you could lend me the first book? You got me a little interested." Weiss paused a second, remembering what she knew about the book. "Interested in the story and the characters of course, not…" She as really hoping that Blake would not make fun of her for asking to read a book she knew had sex scenes in it.

Blake was actually really happy that Weiss showed interest in one of her favorite book series. "Really? Of course, no problem. I'll give it to you when we come back. Just… make sure Ruby don't get her hands on it, Yang would kill us." Blake guessed that the heiress knew as well as her that not letting Yang know about the book in general was a good idea. She was a little apprehensive at the idea of lending it, but she liked the idea of having another friend that read it. That book was the first one she paid for, it had supported her multiple times when she was feeling down and helped her make friend with Velvet. There were other books she liked, some that might have been objectively better than this one, but her copy of the first volume of 'Ninjas of love' held a special place in her heart. She just hoped the heiress would like it and be willing to talk about it.

Once Velvet finished preparing everything, she called the two girls over. "Everything is ready on my side. Do you want to see what outfits I had in mind?"

They agreed and started moving toward the clothes, when Weiss remembered she had something to ask Velvet. "Velvet, I wanted to ask you, what do you do so that your pictures don't end up were they shouldn't be?"

The rabbit Faunus, realizing that a wrong answer would mean losing her model, took a deep breath before answering. "First, only Coco, I, and I guess Goodwitch and Ozpin, can unlock the door. The pictures go straight from my camera to my computer and don't leave the room unless I print them for an album, which I won't do without your permission. The ports on which the printer and scanner are plugged in are set to only work with those specific devices and the only other port still working is password protected." At this point, Blake was completely lost. She only had occasional access to computers on the past and only started using them regularly when she arrived at Beacon. She looked over to Weiss, hoping that she would not be the only one to be lost, but the girl in white was following what Velvet was saying and checking against what she knew about avoiding leaks. "The computer is never connected to any network and does not in fact have the hardware necessary to do so, be it wireless or not. Of course, the computer itself is password protected, as well as the UEFI, and the data on the disk is encrypted. The disks I use for backup are also encrypted, each with a different key. Is that satisfactory?" Velvet, feeling a lot more confident about her security after putting it into words, allowed herself to send a friendly smirk toward the heiress.

"That's… pretty good." Weiss was impressed, she did not expect that there would be someone who knew that much about computers in a school for huntsmen.

Blake was finally coming back to reality after her brain decided to go to a simpler place for a time. "You understood all that?" Not only was she impressed by Velvet's speech, but the fact that Weiss was able to follow made her wonder if it was common knowledge.

"I only know what to look for, I wouldn't be able to do it. Perks of growing up in my family." Blake couldn't help but feel a twinge of sorrow, colored with guilt, at the forced smile on her friend's face. Weiss then turned to Velvet, her curiosity getting the better of her. "Did you do it by yourself? It's very impressive for an amateur photographer."

Velvet shook her head. "I'm not that good with computers, Yatsuhashi did it for me." She laughed at Weiss' expression of surprise and answered her unasked question. "Yes, the Yatsuhashi on my team."

"I didn't—I mean, I thought…" Weiss stumbled on her words, trying to justify her reaction without being insulting.

Velvet couldn't help but laugh at Weiss. "Don't worry, he gets that a lot." Velvet stopped laughing, her expression becoming that of a cat that found a very interesting mouse. "You know, there's a lot more to people than meet the eye. That's why I like photography, because I can see both. I can have someone in fashionable clothes, taking the perfect pose to showcase how pretty the clothes are and how good they look on them, or I can immortalize the fleeting instant when someone stops pretending." Velvet's face was now only a few centimeters away from Weiss'. "That's why I think you and Blake will be good subjects, you both hide so much and I want to see who you really are."

Blake saw the heiress tense up at Velvet's sudden outburst. She had seen Velvet act like this a few times and knew how unsettling it could be to see the usually meek rabbit Faunus start talking like that, and as fun as seeing the heiress react to that would be, she didn't want her to change her mind about modeling for Velvet. She put her hands on the shoulders of the two girls, gently pushed them apart and placed herself between them. "I think that's enough Velvet." Her tone was calm but firm, trying to bring the Faunus back to her senses.

Velvet looked at Blake, slowly realizing what she had done. She started apologizing to Weiss, hoping that she was not put off by her reaction. "I'm so sorry, I didn't want to start ranting and I hope it was not too creepy and—".

Weiss put her hand in the air, hoping to stop Velvet from talking. "Velvet, stop. It's okay I was just… a little surprised." Weiss had a small smile, trying to lighten the mood. "You just said it yourself, there's more to people than meet the eye." Weiss having accepted Velvet's apology, everyone in the room relaxed and Blake took her hands from the other girls' shoulders. Velvet had heard from Blake about Weiss being angry and had no intention to experience it if she could avoid it. "But if you could… avoid getting that close to me so suddenly, I'd like it." Seeing the look the two Faunus gave her, Weiss quickly continued talking. "It's not against you or because you're a Faunus or anything, it's just that I'm not really comfortable with people being close to me, especially when it's that sudden." Ruby had almost got hit multiple times after hugging Weiss by surprise.

Velvet smiled when she remembered how Weiss acted with Blake earlier. "I'll remember it. Shall we go see those outfits now?"

"Let's go," said Weiss at the same time her scroll started to ring. She took it out and looked at the caller's name. "Or not. It's Ruby."

Weiss answered the call while putting space between her and the other girls to get some privacy. "Ruby, is there a problem?"

"What? No! I just wanted to spend some time with my best friend. So, are you free or…?"

"Sorry but I'm busy right now."

"Oh." Weiss could hear disappointment in Ruby's voice even if she tried to hide it. "You think you'll be finished soon? We might be able to do something before tonight."

"I think I will be tied up all afternoon."

"Okay." Ruby didn't even try to hide her disappointment anymore and Weiss could tell she really looked forward spending some time with her. "Try to not come back too late, Yang and I have something to tell you and Blake. Tell Blake if you see her. Bye."

"Ruby, wait." Not hearing the sound of a scroll hanging up, Weiss continued talking. "We still have time before classes start again, we could go to Vale one of this days."

"That's… a good idea, we'll have to do that." Ruby's voice was a little happier now. "See you later."

Weiss went back to the other girls near the pile of clothes. As she walked, she saw that the two Faunus were wearing a big smile. "What's happening? Why do you both have a stupid smile on your face?" asked Weiss.

"The ice queen is going out with her best friend, that's so cute." Blake was the one who answered her while Velvet was trying —and failing— to contain her laughter.

Weiss stared disapprovingly at Blake. Blake felt her stomach drop realizing what she said. "I'm not an ice queen." The catgirl felt relieved that she didn't notice. "By the way, how did you know what I said?"

Blake looked at Velvet's rabbit ears before talking. "You wanted to know more about Faunus? Well, here's fact number 1. Not only do we see in the dark and have a better sense of smell than humans, those of us that have ears as our attribute," she pointed at herself and Velvet to illustrate her words, "also have a really good sense of hearing. We didn't mean to eavesdrop but we heard you as well as if you were next to us."

"My hearing is better than Blake's and I could even hear what Ruby was saying. My advice is to go to another room and close the door if you don't want to be overheard. Beacon's soundproofing is surprisingly good."

Weiss was listening carefully to what the two Faunus said. She genuinely wanted to learn more about them and was glad to learn from them directly rather than through books. She nodded, determined not to make the same embarrassing mistake. "It's a good thing it was only Ruby." She sighed, relieved that it hadn't been a call from her family. "You must have heard a lot of things from people that don't know about that."

Blake's expression grew somber. "Yeah, and it's not that fun hearing people talk about you behind your back."

Velvet winced at Blake's words. "It's not all bad, there are also times when it's funny or cute or…" She turned toward Weiss, hopping to steer the conversation to a happier subject. "Did you know that you were quite popular among the student's?"

Weiss' expression matched that of the catgirl. "I suppose my name is doing its job. That and all the insults of course."

Velvet sighed. Those two girls were way too prone to pessimism. She had to change the subject completely if she wanted to get anything done before the night. She went next to the pile of clothes and put together one of the outfits she had in mind after looking at Weiss' clothes. She took a deep breath, hoping that there would not be any more drama for the day.

I hoped you enjoyed this new chapter. If you have any comments, suggestions or anything you want to say, reviews are always welcomed. In any case, thank you for reading, have a nice day and until next time.