Here's chapter 43, everyone.

"Sometimes it isn't too tough to think on what to do, don't ya think?" Velvet asked, smiling as she walked with Weiss down the sidewalk, both taking in the breeze as they already had a place they wanted to go to in Vale.

"Oh stop, you know I'm not the best at this. Give me a little credit for deciding on where to go." Weiss said, not taking actual offense as she giggled a bit.

Velvet grinned, nodding a bit. "I could give you the credit… But I think I'm gonna hold onto it till the end of the day. When you've earned it." She gave the heiress a teasing wink, and Weiss grumbled a bit.

"Ugh, you can get worse than Yang at times, you know that?" Her pout was as Velvet called it, adorable.

"I blame you for being the connection for us." Velvet continued to tease, as she stuck her tongue out at the heiress, who blushed and crossed her arms when she looked away. "You're being cute again."

"V-Velvet." Weiss growled lightly, not wanting to blush any harder.

"Yes?" Velvet was having too much fun teasing the heiress, since she wanted her to feel more like she could be open about their relationship, though starting with baby steps.

"Ugh, I swear, I am making sure that Coco keeps you and Yang away from each other from now on." Weiss said, letting her arms fall as she glanced at the rabbit Faunus, blushing when she saw her leaning close and smiling. "U-Um…"

"Would you like me to stop teasing? Be honest." While she was having fun, Velvet didn't want to make the heiress feel uncomfortable. "I'll stop if-."

Weiss cut her off by pulling her to the side, both now near a clothes store wall. "It's fine, just… I'm still a little nervous about some things." She looked around, hoping no one would be staring at them, and luckily they weren't. "I wasn't serious about Yang, I just-."

"Shh, it's okay." Velvet assured her with a smile, backing off and standing next to her as she held Weiss' hand behind their backs so no one would see. "Just being out here with you is enough for me. So if you don't," She stopped herself when she felt Weiss squeezing her hand, so she looked over, seeing the heiress had a disappointed look on her face. Velvet closed her eyes for the moment. "I don't want you to say anything about it. Spending time with you is all… All I hope we can do today."

The heiress bit her lip as she glanced around, noticing people were simply minding their own business. It wasn't like in Atlas, where people would notice her almost immediately, and wanting to speak with her. "You're right…" Velvet's ears perked up and she opened her eyes, surprised when she saw Weiss smiling at her. "And to do that, I need to start with this." She cupped Velvet's cheek and leaned in, kissing her to show the rabbit Faunus she was ready to let go of her worries.

Velvet was stunned by the sudden kiss, but only for a moment as she wrapped an arm around Weiss' head, pulling her body closer as the two continued to kiss for until they needed to catch their breath.

After that, Velvet was taking a few breaths, while Weiss did the same. Even though some people saw them, it wasn't like they stared at a couple choosing to kiss in public, and paid them no mind.

"So…" Weiss started, having recovered from the heated kiss. "Would you like to continue our day?" She smirked, choosing to be the teasing one. "Or do you need a bit more time to catch your breath?"

Velvet was taken aback, since she didn't expect the heiress to tease her like that. "And you say I can be worse than Yang sometimes." Her ears perked up when the two began to laugh together. When their laughter started to die down, Velvet sighed in relief. "I'm ready to continue."

"Good, because I promise not to waste any time with worrying too much." Weiss took Velvet's hand in her own, smiling as she walked down to the movie theater with her girlfriend, something she was proud to admit.

"Would you believe me if I told you that I was distracted a bunch of times during the movie?" Velvet asked, their arms linked together as Weiss was laying her head on Velvet's shoulder, both of them still sitting in the theater as the credits were rolling.

Weiss blushed, since she was running into that problem as well, if she could even call it a problem. "I would, if you'd believe I was also a little… Distracted."

Velvet responded by resting her head against Weiss', and the two didn't need to say anything to know why the other was distracted at times. It was finally a day out of Beacon where they could just be together and not worry about anyone around them.

After a couple of uninterrupted moments, the couple noticed that the credits were over, so they would have to leave the theatre. Both sighed, happily though, as they stood up and walked out hand in hand. "We still have a lot of day left."

Weiss nodded in agreement, wondering where they could go next. "I chose the movie, so is there anywhere you'd like to pick this time?" The fresh breeze that blew passed them felt perfect, as she felt Velvet tightening her grip, but only slightly.

Before she could answer, Velvet noticed a newspaper headline on the paper that someone was reading. "Weiss." She pointed over at it, and the heiress gasped when she saw what the headline was.

'Schnee Dust Company Quarries Closed For Multiple Counts Of Stolen Dust'

"I-I thought Winter would have had that figured out." Weiss looked worried, so she pulled her scroll out, but stopped for a moment. "N-No, I'll call her later." She then looked to the rabbit Faunus. "So, did you know where-."

"Weiss, it's okay to call your sister about this." Velvet assured.

"But…" Weiss sighed, not wanting to argue, so she tapped her scroll to call Winter. She waited a few moments and her older sister finally answered.

"Hello, sister." Winter greeted. "I'm a little busy right now, so we'll have to make this quick if that's alright."

The heiress kept that in mind, so formalities would have to wait as she spoke. "I've just seen a news report on the quarries. Winter, what happened? I thought you were asked to look into it."

Winter sighed in response. "I'm sorry, but that's classified." She felt bad about that, but even her sister wasn't allowed that information. "You don't need to worry thought. It's being dealt with as we speak."

"O-Of course, but… Is Father sure about simply closing the quarries like this?" Weiss asked, while not agreeing with her father's ways on handling the company, she as the heiress still wanted to be informed clearer on how things are going.

"I am not the one to make that choice, he was, and all I can say is that he is adamant on keeping the quarries closed off, though heavily guarded for the time being." Winter explained, sighing a bit as she was looking through some documents.

Weiss didn't like not knowing the whole story, so she continued. "What CAN you tell me, Winter? I'm going to take over the company one day, so I should be allowed to know-."

"Enough, Weiss." Winter warned, causing her sister to tense up a bit. "It's true, absolutely true that you will one day take over, but some things are classified for a reason. All I can tell you is that a lot of dust was stolen, and it can't have been by one person. It could be the White Fang, it could be from the inside. That's the information I can give you."

Velvet frowned when Weiss clenched her fist, and the heiress shook her head. "I can go to Atlas if… If this is a matter that needs my attention." Both Winter and Velvet were surprised to hear Weiss say that. "Clearly decisions are being made, and while I may not be directly involved, it's still a company I'll be in charge of one day."

Winter didn't want to simply shoot down any attempts to get involved. "Weiss... " She took a breath. "You're putting me in a rough spot, but I'll see if I can speak with General Ironwood about some information I can pass along."

"Thank you, Winter." Weiss was finally content with that answer.

"Don't thank me until I get permission to pass along the information, BUT! You must know this already." Winter took a second, and when she spoke, Weiss felt herself tense up again, since her older sister's tone was much more serious than before. "You cannot relay this information to anyone. Not even Velvet. Do I make myself clear?"

Weiss didn't have the call on speaker, but even so, she heard what Winter was saying because of her ears, so she looked to Weiss and nodded. The heiress knew what that meant and continued. "I understand, Winter."

"Good. I'll speak with you later today about the information IF Ironwood gives me permission. I'm sorry I have to-." Winter was interrupted before she could finish.

"I know. I'm not upset with you about it. You have rules, but thank you for at least trying." Weiss smiled, happy enough that her sister would at least attempt to get her more information. "Speak with you soon, Winter."

"Yes. Till later, sister." The older Schnee sibling said nothing more and ended the call.

Weiss groaned and put her scroll away. "Things just got a lot more complicated."

"You know I won't listen in next time. I promise." Velvet assured, and the couple walked over to a bench set up on the sidewalk.

The heiress didn't need her to say that to know she'll respect Winter's words, but even so, she hated keeping things from Velvet. "I was hoping things would be quiet today… It's supposed to be just us."

Velvet leaned her hand over, grasping at Weiss' while shaking her head. "We still have a lot of the day left for just us, and you said it yourself. Your family's company will be yours one day, so this is a huge freebie in my book."

"I can't exactly continue to cash in on those freebies this many times." Weiss sighed, wanting to have a normal relationship with Velvet, and not one filled with family troubles.

"I mean, I think you can." Velvet smiled, and the times she did, Weiss couldn't help but return it with her own. Once Velvet was sure she got her attention, she got up and pulled the heiress up with her

Weiss let out a light gasp at the sudden movement, and Velvet began to walk her down the sidewalk. "Where are we going now?"

"You did say I could choose where we go, right?" Velvet giggled, and Weiss playfully rolled her eyes as they continued walking through town together.

The heiress looked up at where Velvet took her, surprised by where she took her. "You… You want to go here?" It was the same arcade they had gone to the day Velvet was hit by a car, and while it did bring back that bad memory, it also brought up the good memories of how they spent the day together.

"That's right." She squeezed Weiss' hand, grinning with a competitive glow on her. "I gotta get revenge on you in skee ball after how you won last time."

Weiss felt her heart fluttering, and she smiled, choosing to hug the rabbit Faunus, but after a moment, a smirk formed on her face. "Bring it on." She pulled away and pecked her cheek, both girls happily entering the arcade together.

"Don't cry when I beat ya this time." Velvet grinned, and Weiss wasn't going to back down either, finally being able to rid her thoughts of any family business or worry that plagued her mind.

As they walked into the arcade, Weiss looked around, seeing several people around. She knew that it wasn't about to be empty just for them, but even so, she wished it were. "So, would you like to start with your 'revenge', or would you want to work our way up to it?"

Velvet could see the smirk on her girlfriend's face, so she playfully shoved her. "You know that's going to be the finale, so let's start with a one of the shooting games." She brought Weiss over to one of the machines that had the fake guns on the side to aim at the screen. "Remember, I've worked with a lot of weapons, and I won't go easy on you this time." Velvet said with a grin, and Weiss was determined to win, so she grabbed one of the guns and aimed at the screen.

"If I simply have to aim and shoot at whatever shows up on the screen, I'm sure this won't be hard at all." Weiss' overconfidence was apparent, and Velvet giggled in response as she grabbed the other fake gun and put the tokens into the machine. "Ready when you are."

Weiss nodded and they both hit ready, so the game began a moment later with both girls in the back of what they believed was a truck, driving away from several Grimm that were chasing them. The heiress gasped since the truck moving so much in the game was throwing off her aim, but Velvet wasn't too troubled by it, firing at the Grimm on the screen with ease.

"Having a little trouble?" Velvet teased, and the heiress grumbled something before nailing a shot on one of the Beowolves.

"Ha, see, I can still shoot them no problem." Weiss was fooling herself, as they continued taking shots at the Grimm while they were playing.

Velvet giggled when she glanced at her girlfriend, seeing the competitive look on her face, but it was more than being competitive. It was being able to have fun and just living life to the fullest. "Not bad, snowflake."

Hearing that threw Weiss off from her shooting, and she almost dropped the gun. "H-Huh?" She gave her girlfriend a questioning look, and Velvet blushed when she realized what she had called her.

"U-Um, well I just thought… Well, you're from Atlas and it snows there a lot…" Velvet began getting distracted as well, but the two would fire every now and then.

"O-Oh, uh, I guess that makes sense…" Weiss blushed as well, going back to the game as she thought about the little nickname Velvet used for her. It wasn't like she hadn't been called that before, but hearing Velvet call her that, specifically her made the heiress' heart flutter.

Velvet's ears twitched a bit when she'd take a glance at Weiss, seeing the blush on her face. Because of that, she was able to not feel as embarrassed about calling her snowflake. "I'm having a lot of fun by the way."

"Me too." Weiss' response was instant, since she couldn't deny, nor would she want to deny that she was having a great time with her. After a couple of minutes, their game was over and the heiress sighed, but she still had a smile on her face. "Looks like you win this time, but don't think I won't challenge you again."

"Oh? So you DO want to come back here with me, huh?" Velvet smiled as she put the fake gun in the game machine.

Weiss playfully rolled her eyes. "I don't think I need to hide that from you to be honest. Don't you think?" She also put the gaming gun she had away.

Velvet giggled, nodding in response. "Just teasing." She looked around and found a claw game. "Wanna try to get something from that?"

The heiress looked over to where she pointed, and as she saw it, she sighed. "Even I know that game cheats. You can barely hold onto anything in there with that mechanical claw." She crossed her arm, and Velvet wondered if Weiss had played the claw game before.

"It doesn't hurt to try." Velvet encouraged and the couple walked over to the machine. "How about we both get three tries each, and if we get nothing, then we move on to something else. Promise."

Weiss thought about it for a moment, and when she looked inside the claw machine, she noticed something she wanted to get Velvet. "Alright, sounds like a fair deal. I'd hate to give this dumb machine all of our money just to come out with nothing after all."

Velvet gave her a light chuckle and grabbed a token out from her pocket. "I'll go first." She put the token in started moving the claw to a watch that she thought was cute, even if it looked tacky. "Did you talk with Yang yet about-."

"Yes…" Weiss didn't like to interrupt her, but she knew the question before she could finish. "I just feel like it would be best to go when I'm ready… Besides," She was able to smile. "I do prefer when it's just us."

The rabbit Faunus had to agree and she pressed the button to try and grab the watch with the claw. It looked like it would be able to get it, but sadly it failed. "Drat, well, that's one try for me." She moved out of the way and handed the heiress a token. "You're up, and I'm sorry for asking again."

"It's fine." Weiss assured and put the token in the machine. "Unlike Yang, you won't continue to badger me about it." She focused on the one item she wanted to get, and as she had it lined up, she pressed the button.

Weiss watched as the claw made its way down to her target, and she gasped when she saw that it was actually able to hold onto the item she wanted to get more than anything else in the machine. Velvet enjoyed seeing how Weiss reacted, since her joyous smile was something she would always keep in her memory.

As the claw dropped the item, Weiss reached in and grabbed it. Velvet clapped for her, since she figured Weiss really wanted that item. "See. It's not always cheating. You got what you wanted in your first-." She stopped herself when the heiress gave her the item. "H-Huh?"

"I wanted to get it for you." Weiss smiled, holding out the stuffed rabbit plushie.

Velvet blushed, and she could feel her ears twitching happily as she accepted it by taking it in her arms. "Weiss… I, it's so cute!" She snuggled it happily and leaned over, giving her girlfriend a kiss on the lips.

Weiss slowly wrapped her arms around Velvet and continued the kiss, the stuffed rabbit plushie between the two as nothing else mattered. Even if people saw them, it was their moment, and Weiss was happier than ever with her girlfriend in her arms.

This chapter is truly for Weiss and Velvet, so that's why not a lot technically happens, except for the fact that Weiss is finally letting herself be out and about with Velvet in the way they should be. So that's a big step for her, while also having a simple day to themselves.

To JJ- Yeah I try to do the same in life by giving advice on things I am not really too experienced in, but even so, I try my best with what I have. And thanks, I still can't say I'm as motivated for RWBY anymore, but I'll keep trying. As for what really catches my interest now is my new favorite show. Boku no Hero Academia. Something I feel like I can say is what I wish RWBY was.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 43. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 44.