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A Crippling Confession

Coco Adel was considered by most to be an icon of confidence and glamour. Coming from a family entrenched deep in a Clothing Conglomerate and with a signature smirk to match, she spent the majority of her life perfecting the art of being an eye-catching Alpha of social circles. So when she eventually went to Beacon Academy to follow the path of protecting the masses as a Huntress, she was surprised to find herself on a team of what had to be the most socially awkward people on Remnant.

With a partner who could only display quiet cynicism, a monk who had absolutely no idea how to pick up on social cues at all, and a Faunus who seemed like the physical embodiment of Anxiety, Coco had to struggle through the first year of being Team Leader. It was a long grueling process of knocking some camaraderie into Fox, teaching Yatsuhashi all about the wonders of casual conversation, and getting Velvet to actually talk to them, but it paid off. Even if they were still iffy here and there, Team CVFY was now regarded highly by most of their peers and professors. But there were sacrifices along the way. Namely, Coco wasn't able to take advantage of the growing fanbase she'd acquired amongst the student body like she had in her previous schools. Usually she'd be able to at least bask in the limelight her efforts provided, but her free time had mostly been limited to ironing out the kinks in her team.

Which is why Coco was pleasantly surprised by the mysterious note she'd found at her desk in Port's class. Now she was no stranger to love letters, in fact she had honestly been expecting more considering the size her fan club had gotten to, but she had been out of the game for a good chunk of time. At the very least, she could see if she still had it. And so the fashionista waited at the designated spot on the roof of one of the student dorms in the middle of the night. She had to give it to the mysterious suitor, they definitely knew how to pick a location for romantic confessions. The position of the broken moon was just asking for a potential couple to make out under it.

A door behind her opened, but Coco wasn't one to break suspense like this. She had the upper hand here, any sane boy would instantly salivate at the way she was framed by the moon. She casually folded her arms, leaning to the side just enough to subtly strike a pose. Man, if Velvet were here she'd probably go crazy at a chance to get a shot like this. But Coco couldn't get distracted, lover boy hadn't commented yet and she would be damned if she let his inexperience turn this romantic scene awkward.

"Okay," she sighed before placing a hand on her hip and turning around "let's get-"

It was Velvet.

Coco dropped the pose immediately before rubbing at the back of her head "Oh Vel! Sorry, I was kinda expecting someone else."

The Faunus girl just stared at her, slowly patting her fingertips together several times.

"Were you itchy or something?"

Suddenly Velvet's rabbit ears stood tall at the unforeseen question, she gave a nervous look down before trying to lock eyes with her Leader "W-what?"

"I was just thinking about how you would love to get a picture of this!" Coco nodded towards the moon before once again striking a pose "I mean, its just asking for it, right?"

Velvet gave a little high pitched noise as she watched before quickly nodding.

"And isn't that a saying?" Coco once more dropped the pose before approaching her teammate "Where you get itchy if someone else is thinking about you?"

"I think..." Velvet paused uncomfortably for a moment "it's supposed to be sneezing."

"No kidding?" Coco said before coming to a stop before her and giving her teammate a casual nudge "So how's your day been? Some guy invited me up here and is taking forever to show, so I'm actually glad you're here to-"

Velvet produced another odd high-pitched noise at that, her eyes repeatedly trying and failing to make contact with Coco's "...M-Me..."

Coco tilted her head in confusion "What?"

"I-it...I... It was m-me." Velvet finally managed to force out through a growing wave of nervous stuttering.

Coco was about to ask for more elaboration when it suddenly hit her, and soon she felt herself quite literally bursting at the seams with an unshakable feeling of pride. She asked someone out... Velvet Scarlatina had actually progressed to a point where she could actually seek out a romantic relationship with someone else. This was a moment that Coco was convinced she'd never live long enough to see, a moment spoken of in hushed whispers by those entrenched deeply in occult lore. Coco had to steady her stance, as the unbridled pride threatened to sweep her off her feet and carry her off into the night.

When fixing up her team, Velvet had proven the most difficult from the start. Fox's pessimism could be broken through with enough confidence, and Yatsu was always willing to expand his knowledge, but from the first time Velvet shied away from even talking to her, Coco knew she would be a challenge. And she was, the Faunus had a very specific fear of interacting with others others, one so crippling that it took all of Coco's skill to work around. Like a covert agent, she'd crept through the maze that was Velvet's anxiety until she was finally able to instill a sense of trust. It was quite possibly one of Coco's proudest accomplishments... until now.

She had no idea that she'd helped Velvet get this far, had no idea this was even possible to reach in one generation. But here they were, with the once timid Rabbit-Faunus surpassing her own limits by asking out-

And then the other realization caught up with her, and Coco's pride was suppressed instantly by confusion. She had almost been ready to raise a triumphant fist in the sky at this accomplishment, but now merely looked down to focus on her teammate as she continued struggling to speak.

"J-just, I wanted... Uhm... you p-possibly..." Velvet continued trying to form coherent sentences as her face rapidly started turning pink with embarrassment, and the sudden full attention of Coco was clearly not helping. Coco alleviated this by glancing down a bit, instead focusing her attention on the way Velvet was shifting nervously from one foot to the other. This only helped things slightly, as the Faunus immediately became more self-conscious of her own movements, but Coco was far too busy trying to figure out how this happened to notice.

"M-maybe some- Uh- sometime... you... hold up."

Because it boggled her, of all the people Velvet had to confess to, it had to be her? Coco had seen the books Velvet was into, knew that she was extremely into the concept of true love with all kinds of destiny and fate stuff. And Coco was more than aware enough to admit that she was definitely not the Love at First sight type. She knew how to sell romance through appearance, had that done it? In fact, she never even thought that Velvet would be into chicks. Then again, it had taken forever to get the Faunus to interact with anyone without fear, so maybe Coco just never had the chance to take note of any preference.

"Ever since... I mean... you've been with me for... Sorry I-"

That being said, how she supposed to respond to this? She'd gone out plenty of times with plenty of guys but never a girl. She could realize that Vel was adorable, but she couldn't see her with the upmost affection now present in the Faunus's eyes. How long had she been feeling like this, anyway?

"We could... maybe... with the t-two of us..."

But in truth, Coco knew she wouldn't be able to turn down this confession no matter what. After all the work she'd done to get Velvet to this point, turning her down now could lead to a regression of the worst kinds. Coco was far more of a learn to love 'em over time kinda gal, and that could easily apply here too. She just needed to give it a try, ease the Faunus girl into the dating scene. Yeah, the least she could do was help Velvet on this new journey she's trying to embark on.

Slowly Coco could feel her enthusiasm growing, she was ready to be the best first love she could be. Steeling herself, Coco looked back up with a smile, ready to help make this the smoothest confession she could. Only for that confidence to be tested immediately when she realized Velvet was having far more trouble than anticipated. Velvet's attempt at a confession had devolved into incoherent ramblings, and the Faunus was getting increasingly more horrified as her words failed her. Her nervous footwork had advanced to full-body trembling, and her entire face looked nearly red, and that expression...

Coco could feel an eye twitch once her gaze focused on the expression of definitive effort Velvet was sporting as she tried to force out her confession. Coco had to stop herself before a giggle could escape, laughing in the midst of a confession would hurt anyone, doing it with Velvet was on another level entirely. But... that face...

She needed to end this quickly, but how?

Should she offer a supportive hand? Velvet was never one for physical contact. Should she take the initiative and ask her out first? Plausible, but if Velvet truly was trying to go the true romantic route wouldn't it feel kind of defeating if she didn't manage to complete her own confession? Maybe she could-

Coco was once more interrupted when Velvet collapsed against her. Fearing the Faunus might've overexerted herself, Coco immediately took hold of her shoulders. They didn't have to do this now, the message had gotten across. Velvet had strained herself to the point of exhaustion before whilst coming out of her shell, no confession could be worth risking that.

"I-I...I-!" Velvet continued struggling to complete her sentence "I-I-!"

Coco once more had to bite her tongue to keep from reacting to that damned face. It was just too much.

"Vel" Coco said whilst tightening her grip on the Faunus for emphasis, finally halting Velvet's ramblings as she looked up at the Fashionista with a sudden look of terror.

Coco sported what she hoped was the warmest smile she could "I'd love to go out sometime, you and me."

Praying that that was enough, she gave Velvet a pat on the arm before stumbling as the Faunus' full weight fell against her. Unprepared, Coco had to take several steps back in order to keep from collapsing. She had to wrap her arms entirely around Velvet to keep from dropping her, and released a breath once she was sure they were stable.

Looking down, she shifted Velvet a bit "Vel! You okay?" she asked before finding the immense smile plastered on the unconscious Faunus' face. Yep...she overdid it.

The Fashionista sighed before standing tall and readjusting the girl in her arms, catching sight of the goofy smile stretched across her face once again.

Coco released a faint chuckle.

AN: Just a little thing I couldn't help but write about in my spare time.

I'll probably write several more chapters, considering I can think of more amusingly awkward moments that could stem from this.

Meh, either way I hope someone enjoys it.