-Jason POV-

The question went around the room. Innocently enough at first. A game of truth or dare with some of the teams at Beacon. Across the room from me was my wonderful girlfriend, Weiss Schnee. She gives me a soft smile. She hates parties and these games as much of me. Still, a question from Ruby jolts me out of the daze I was in. "I was asking everyone what their biggest fear was. I watched IT last night and the scene where Pennywise turned into what they were the most scared of made me think about it is all."

All of us take a moment to think out it. We're going to be huntsman. It takes a lot to scare us. But that doesn't mean we don't have things we're scared of. We all have our nightmares. Looking at my team, I see as answers come to each of them one by one as well as RWBY and JNPR. "I guess since I asked I'll start,"says Ruby with a shrug. "I'm really scared that Summer isn't proud of me." Sympathetic words and smiles go around the room, and then Karen, Ruby's girlfriend hugs her. She whispers something we can't hear, and then Ruby nods and seems calm again.

" I'm afraid that Raven left because she wasn't proud of me,"admits Yang after a moment. For a second, I want to reach out and hug my twin. The two of us have had this conversation many times before when discussing our birth mother. Each of us have the same worry. I'm a second too late, and then Blake holds Yang close to her, and strokes her back to assure her it's okay. Moments pass and then Yang is back to normal, smiling and laughing brightly as she always does.

" I'm scared that Coco was right about me,"admits Hercules after a long silence. "I'm scared she was right for thinking I, just some showboat with an ego." None of us know what to say. We're not used to Hercules being honest and open with his feelings. Luckily, none of us need to worry about what to say. Nora tackles him into a hug, peppering him with kisses as he slowly seems to calm down and return to normal. We all smile to varying degrees at the cute scene on front of us. It's nice to see everyone opening up about their fears, and being comforted by someone they love.

" I'm scared of going to hell. I've done a lot wrong, so I probably do deserve it, but I'm scared that Im not going to be able to see my little brother again in the next life," admits Zion, rubbing her arm sadly. Before any of us even have a chance to comfort her, Kay is holding her close and peppering her with kisses, stroking her hair to assure her it's okay. When Zion begins to cry softly, Kay picks her up and carries her out of the room so the two of them can be alone.

" Thunder. It may not be much, but I'm a bird faunas, so it's hard for me to fly when the wind is too strong, so I have to admit a storm is a bit much for me," says Emma, spreading her wings. Alesha nods and gives her hand a soft squeeze to let her know it's alright, and the two of them will always be there for each other during those storms, which makes me smile softly. The two of them are one of the cutest couples at Beacon, almost everyone thinks that.

" I worry that I've done more harm than good to the world since my family was the one who formed the White Fang,"Blake says as she holds onto Yang still. " And I'm worried I'm somehow a disappointment to my parents and I've let them down in some way." She has more to say, but the words get caught in her throat. Yang kisses her cat ears softly and strokes her back. Her way of calming Blake down. A weird silence fills the room. Not an uncomfortable one, but a noticeable one. Glances are given between me and Weiss to see which of us will be next to admit what we're scared of.

" I'm not scared of anything," says Weiss. Everyone rolls their eyes. It's such an obvious lie and we all know it. Hell, I know it most of all. Weiss and I have spent nights cuddled up to each other as she tells me all the things she's scared of. As she gets odd glances from the people in the room she shrugs. " But for the sake of this, if I had to say something it would be Being alone." They nod, a more acceptable answer to them. I want to assure Weiss it will never happen, but we're still keeping our relationship secret.

All the eyes on the room fall to me. My sisters, wondering if they know the answer to it since they grew up with me. My team, wondering if they know me well enough. Weiss, wondering what it is I'm afraid of, with me never having opened up enough to her to tell her that. " Nothing,"I tell them. Again, their eyes roll for different reasons this time. They all expected me to say this for their own reasons, which is fine. Let them think what they want.

The room fills with their statements, trying to get me to open up. Things like " none of us will judge you for it"or " you don't need to act tough all the time." But, I don't change my mind about it. I'm not going to tell them anything about it. I don't need to or want to. In the end, they drop the subject, irritated to some degree or another with my refusal to answer the question. I stare off into space as the game continues, largely without me in it to give them answers to anything.

Eventually, the party ends and then all the couples go off to cuddle. I go to my dorm and lie awake, waiting for Weiss to come to join me. A little later, the door opens and she walks in and lies down next to me, snuggling up to me right away. " Sorry I was gone for so long. Ruby was taking forever to get to sleep so I had to wait for her,"she explains and I nod, kissing her forehead which makes her smile up at me a little bit. The two of us sit in a bit of silence, but it doesn't feel awkward.

"I lied to them," Weiss says eventually, and then I look over at her as she buries her head to my chest. " When I said I was scared of dying alone, I didn't mean it. I have you, so I don't need to be scared of that anymore. But what I'm really the most afraid of is that....my father was right about me. That I'm all the things he said I was and that I deserve what happened to me because of him." She sniffles as she says this, and I tighten my hold around her into a comforting hug.

I pepper her with kisses gently and run my hands through her hair. " He was wrong Weiss,"I tell her simply. "I love you. You didn't deserve any of what happened to you." I assure her of this over and over again, and slowly but surely, little by little, I feel her starting to believe it as she calms down. I hold her close to me, and wait for her to have calmed down all the way before I even try to talk about anything else. Her being okay always comes first

" Thank you Jason,"she says in a soft voice, as if worried it'll break if she speaks any higher. I nod and then kiss her forehead again, her favorite place to be kissed. " Jason? Will you tell me what it is...you're really afraid of? Please? I want to help you....like you helped me. And for that I need you to trust me...and let me in a little bit more." She looks up at me, her eyes pleading. I hesitate for a single moment before I nod and hold her hand, both for her sake and for my own.

"I'm scared of...."My voice trails off, getting caught in my throat. Weiss looks at me concerned and I try to hold up my finger to ask for a moment to gather myself, but I find tears welling my eyes before I can stop them. I try to take deep breaths. I don't want to cry in front of her. "I'm scared of..."I try to say again, but fail when a lump forms in my throat and tears fall from my eyes. Weiss sits up and wraps her arms around me and kisses my head. I wrap my arms around her, and keep trying to compose myself.

" You don't have to tell me. I didn't think it would be that hard for you to tell me," Weiss says sympathetically as she holds me close. I appreciate her saying this but the floodgate has already been opened. Years of emotions I never let out and years of memories I did the best I could to repress come right back to the surface, leaving me a crying mess in the arms of the one I love. Right now, I'm too overwhelmed to even care about how pathetic I look right now.

Every memory which ever hurt me, which ever made me cry comes back to the surface. Yangs teddy bear with one arm in my hand. The blood leaving me as I try to sow it together in time to not get in trouble for it. Ruby and Yang coming and pointing. Me trying to explain the arm just fell off, and I didn't rip it. It not mattering in the end as Summer sends me to stand in the naughty corner of the room as she plays with Yang and Ruby as I cry and my hands sting from the pain.

Me running to Summer, to see if the Pokémon plushies I wanted decided to come with me as a trainer. Summer shaking her head and my eyes watering with tears. " They didn't want a meanie to be their trainer," Summer explaining to me. Me breaking down with tears as I try to beg them for a second chance to be their trainer. Going to my room in tears and then ripping up a drawing of me going on adventures with my favorite Pokémon. Me lying in bed, wondering if they're going to change their mind and being let down each time.

Me running down the stairs with a poster in my hand for a school project about the most important person to me. Having not been able to choose who I wanted it to be on, not wanting any of their feelings to be hurt I did mine on Ruby, Yang, Auntie Azure. The three most important people to me. I look to see Ruby and Yangs having been done on each other. Me not being important to them. I barely make it through their presentation without crying. Once it's over, I lock myself in the room to be alone.

Me arguing with Ruby. Looking back, I don't remember what it was. Some great injustice I'm sure. Summer coming into the room and then yelling at me, taking Rubys side. Me crying and deciding enough had been enough. Packing my bags and then running away from home. Watching a movie about a prince and princess falling in love with each other. Coming home because I had gotten lonely and it was cold. No one having noticed I was gone and somehow that hurting me more than anything else about growing up with them ever had hurt or could ever hurt.

Weiss's kiss on the cheek snaps me out of my long path of memories. My eyes sting from having cried so much and she holds me close to her. She strokes my back and then runs her hands through my hair to comfort me a little bit. " Breathe sweetie, or you're going to pass out,"she reminds me in a comforting voice. I nod and then calm down in her arms after a long moment. Before I can even open my mouth to say something, she kisses my head as if she knew what I was going to say. "I don't think any less of you for you having cried like that."

I nod and then sniffle a little bit. " Thank you for being with me through that,"I tell her and she nods and holds me close to her. We sit in silence for a little bit and then I nuzzle her. " I actually really needed to let that all out,"I admit to her and then she smiles softly and nuzzles me back and kisses my nose softly, which makes me giggle and smile.

" Winter used to tell me that crying isn't because we're weak, but because we tried to be strong for too long and needed to let everything out," Weiss tells me and then I nod and smile as she laces her fingers with mine and then gives my hand a soft and reassuring squeeze.

" Your sister is smart,"I say, and then Weiss nods and smiles. I then sit up and hold her hand and then I give her hand a soft squeeze. " Now that I'm calm...my biggest fear is that one day you're going to see me the way I see myself. That you'll see me the way Summer saw me. That you'll see my scars from a lifetime of fighting and realize that I'm not who you should spend the rest of your life with. That I'll wake up to kiss you and then no one will be there." Tears well I'm my eyes again at that idea.

Weiss hugs me closely and kisses me over and over again. " It will never happen,"she promises me over and over with a soft and assuring voice. "I will always love you. You make me happier than anyone or anything else in the world ever has. I would never leave you." Once she says this, she slowly kisses all of my scars and cuts and lays back down. "I love you way too much to leave,"she says softly, eyes full of love and sincerity.

I smile and then lie down next to her, wrapping my arms around her and then holding her close. " I love you so much too,"I tell her. Weiss then smiles and falls asleep slowly. Before long, I join her in sleep and then I fall asleep holding the one I love close to me, thankful beyond believe I found her and she helped me over my greatest fear.

( Let me know what you thought. This was largely inspired by rp with DrakeWings . Be sure to check him out.)