There were few things in life that truly scared Coco. When Ozpin announced that she was the leader of team CFVY scared her, the first time team CFVY was send on their first solo mission worried her and the time that an Ursa nearly attacked Velvet terrified her.
Meeting her girlfriend's parents for the first time though, that absolutely terrified Coco to the core.
"Velvs are you sure this is a good idea?" Coco asked, slowly packing her suitcase.
"For the hundredth time Coco, yes i think this a good idea." Velvet replied, packing her own suitcase.
"But it's for a week over Christmas. What if they don't like me?" Coco whined, turning to face Velvet.
"Coco it was their idea, they really want to meet you. They're going to love you Coco." Velvet said, placing her hands on Coco's shoulders so she could stare into Coco's dark chocolate eyes.
"I just don't want to mess up and end up with angry in laws who don't like me." Coco sighed, looking away from Velvet.
"I think it's a little early to be worrying about Inlaws honey." Velvet said, smiling at Coco.
"That's what you think." Coco joked, causing Velvet to blush and playfully slap her arm.
"Just don't say that in front of them, we'll never hear the end of it if you do." Velvet smiled, returning to her suitcase.
"Wouldn't want that." Coco replied, returning to her packing as Fox walked into the room, kicking a bag near the door.
"Considering you two are on a team with a blind man, you'd think you wouldn't leave cases in a walkway." Fox spoke, feeling his way to his bed.
"Sorry Fox." Velvet said, quickly moving to the door and moving the case.
"Don't sweat it Velvs, I know you didn't do it on purpose." Fox replied, 'looking' at the ceiling.
"I don't know Foxy, maybe I put it there to keep your semblance sharp." Coco joked, closing her suitcase and setting it next to the case Velvet had just moved.
"I'd actually have to use my semblance in the dorm for that to work boss." Fox replied, sounding very uninterested.
Fox's semblance allowed him to see the area around him, like a bat's sonar if it was set off every fraction of a second. Between his semblance and his heightened hearing, Fox got through life with little problem.
"Keep up with that attitude and I'll let you walk into the girl's locker room again." Coco teased, still reminding Fox of the incident.
"Wouldn't matter if I did, couldn't see anything anyway." Fox shrugged, not at all concerned or worried about what had happened.
"That didn't stop the girls screaming when they saw you." Coco replied, smirking at the memory.
"Pretty sure a couple of them hit me too…" Fox spoke, shifting his shoulder around.
"Still not as bad as what Yang did to you after you showed Ruby some of the lewd stuff Velvs drew." Coco said, laughing as she spoke.
"We will never talk about that ever again. I'm still feeling it." Fox groaned, rolling over and burying his face into his pillow.
"Well we're going to head down to the dining hall, you're welcome to join us Foxy." Coco said as she led Velvet to the door.
"No thanks boss, don't wanna third wheel with you two." Fox replied, his voice slightly muffled by his pillow while the door to the dorm closed.
Sleep was not easy for Coco that night, and how could it be, when she was flying out tomorrow and meeting Velvets family for the first time. It had been something she had been dreading since Velvet asked her.
Carefully, Coco slipped out of Velvet's grasp and made her way into the dorm hallways, and out into one of Beacon's courtyards.
The cold air would have been a wake up call for Coco, if she was actually sleepy. She knew that the worry was an irrational one but how could she not, in her family the first impression meant everything and if her father had broken her apart from a few previous boyfriends because of it. How could she expect Velvet's parents to be any different?
Groaning, Coco stared up at the sky, watching the clouds as they slowly covered the stars.
"No point freezing out here anymore." Coco grumbled, rubbing her arms before heading back inside to her warm snuggle bunny.
When Velvet was finally able to wake Coco up, the fashionista regretted last night's unhelpful walk. She didn't know what time she fell asleep after cuddling up to Velvet, but it definitely wasn't enough.
Groggily, Coco made her way into her teams bathroom and slowly made her way through her morning rituals, only being slightly more alert after her shower.
After having walked out of the bathroom, forgetting to wrap herself in a towel, and flashing two thirds of the team, Coco was dressed and about as ready as she could be for the day.
'Thank Oum Fox is blind, and Yatsu left yesterday.' Coco thought as a white, porcelain mug was thrusted in front of her.
"Hopefully it will help wake you up." Velvet smiled, always looking out for her girlfriend.
"I love you." Coco replied, half a slur and half a mumble.
"Is that to me of the coffee?" Velvet teased, watching as Coco gulped down her first of many coffees that day.
"Can both be an answer?" Coco asked, now feeling alert enough to be able to properly reply to Velvet.
Velvet just giggled at Coco's answer, shaking her head as she went. "It can, but if you start asking the coffee for help with your homework, i'll have to cut you off."
"Don't worry Bunbun, the coffee will never replace you. If doesn't have your wonderful curves." Coco smirked, winking at Velvet and watching her cheeks light up. "So what time does our airship leave?"
"A-About an hour." Velvet stuttered. Even after dating Coco for months, her girlfriend could still break Velvet's mind. "Should be enough time to make it to Vale.
"Well then, wouldn't want to be late." Coco replied, sashaying over to the bags from yesterday and picked up Velvets bag and her two bags. "Shall we?"
Being softly poked by her girlfriend was not what Coco expected. The last thing she remembers was sitting down in her seat as the airship left Vale's dock on route to Menagerie.
"Come on we're here." Velvet whispered before returning to poking Coco.
"mhhgh." Coco grumbled, opening her eyes once Velvet poked her ribs.
"Good to see you caught up on some sleep." Velvet teased, running her thumb along the corner of Coco's mouth.
"I needed it." Coco mumbled, standing up and stretching. "So I guess we're here?"
"Almost, my families house is a bit of a walk from the docks." Velvet replied, grabbing her bag and making her way to the exit with Coco in tow.
The sights along their walk stunned Coco. From the small market stalls to the rolling hills and palm trees. Compared to the other main cities Coco had seen, Menagerie blew them away on beauty. "This place is beautiful Velvs."
"The livable part of the island is, but with two thirds of the island being dangerous desert, it can get a bit crowded." Velvet replied, weaving through the crowd.
Velvet led Coco past a variety of different houses, from small two people homes to a giant mansion in the middle of the village, until they reached a moderately sized house, probably big enough to fit four or five people.
Out front was a small garden and a large tree with a tire swing hanging from one of the study branches. Sitting on the tire swing was a young rabbit Faunus, who jumped off the swing and charged at the couple.
"VELVET!" the child shouted as she tackled Velvet in a hug.
"Hello Satin." Velvet replied, picking the girl up and turning to face Coco. "Satin, this is my girlfriend Coco. Coco, this is my sister Satin."
Satin looked to be the spitting image of her sister with the only difference being her short blonde hair.
"H-Hello." Satin stuttered, clutching tighter to Velvet.
"It's wonderful to meet you." Coco smiled, watching as the young girl shrunk inward more.
"She's a bit shy." Velvet whispered, holding her sister to her chest. "Don't worry, she'll warm up to you."
"I hope so." Coco sighed, already feeling like she had somehow messed up.
"Satin, why don't you run inside and tell Mum and Dad that we're here." Velvet suggested, as the lowered Satin to the ground. Her sister nodded and ran inside.
"Is she your only sibling?" Coco asked, following Velvet up to the front door of her house.
"She is." Velvet answered before her lips turned into a teasing smirk. "Just because I'm a rabbit Faunus, doesn't mean I'd have ten siblings."
"I didn't… I mean that's not." Coco stuttered while Velvet laughed, enjoying one of the rare moments to ruin Coco's composure.
As Coco regained her composure, footsteps could be heard coming down the hallway.
"Hello honey." A woman said, standing in the doorway.
"Hi Mum." Velvet smiled, hugging her mother.
Having now seen Velvet's mother, Coco could see where Velvet got her looks from. With long brown hair, the only real difference Coco could find were the crows feet around her eyes.
"This must be Coco." Velvet's mother said, walking over to Coco and hugging her. "It's nice to finally meet you.
"It's nice to meet you too Ma'am." Coco replied as Ms Scarlatina started laughing.
"Please, call me Umber." Velvet's mother replied before leading the couple into the house.
The interior reminded Coco of her own home just on a smaller scale, with one hallway leading down the the bedrooms, one leading into a lounge room and another that lead into the dining room and kitchen.
Coco followed Velvet and her mother into the lounge room where a male rabbit Faunus sat, reading the newspaper.
"Dear, Velvet and Coco are here." Umber said, pulling her husband's attention from his newspaper.
Velvet's father jumped to his feet and hugged his daughter while telling her how much he had missed her. When he finally released Velvet, the man turned his full attention to Coco.
"Hello my dear, My name is Pewter. It's wonderful to finally meet you." Velvet's father said, hugging Coco.
Pewter stood just short of Coco without his blonde, fur covered ears, one of which flopped downward. His brown eyes had crows feet around them and his shaggy hair seemed to stick out everywhere.
"Its nice to meet you too, Velvet has told me a lot about you both." Coco replied, smiling at Velvets father.
"She's told us a lot about you as well. All good things of course." Pewter smiled, whispering the last part.
"Ok, now that everyone has met, I'm going to take Coco to my room so we can unpack." Velvet said, leading Coco down the hall to her room.
"So far so good?" Coco asked, nervous of how her introduction had gone. After all, her father had always told her first impressions matter the most.
"Yes Coco, now relax." Velvet giggled as they entered Velvets bedroom.
Dinner that night had been slightly awkward for Coco so far, mostly because she wasn't really sure what to say.
Coco would jump in where she could when the topic was something she could join in on, but so far most of the conversation had been Velvet catching up with her parents.
"So Coco, how has Beacon been for you? Velvet tells me that you're the team leader." Pewter asked, trying to make Coco feel apart of the conversation.
"It's definitely been interesting, especially during in our first year." Coco replied, feeling less awkward.
"Velvet told us that your teammate Fox is blind, quite an accomplishment to be able to join a Huntsmen Academy like that." Velvet's father stated, helping Satin with her dinner.
"His semblance certainly helps but even without it, I think he would have made it in. Fox is a very capable fighter, though I think Yatsu has all of us beat on brute strength." Coco smiled, being able to brag about her teammates always made Coco smile.
"Velvet mentioned Yatsuhashi, said he's a giant of a man." Velvet's mother added.
"Yeah he's a big guy, somewhere around seven feet." Coco replied
"He sounds like he would be terrifying to meet." Pewter stated, seeming slightly uneasy about meeting the giant of CFVY
"Honestly Yatsu is a big softie, I don't think he'd hurt anyone." Velvet smiled, her partner had always been kind to her.
"Unless you mess with his teammate, then he's scarier than a pack of Beowolves." Coco added, seeing Velvets father relax a little.
"It is good to hear Velvet has people around who care about her, we were worried people may pick on our daughter because of her heritage." Umber said while Velvet pouted.
"I can look after myself you know." Velvet replied, exasperated.
"We know dear but we're your parents, it's our job to worry." Velvet's father said.
"Finished!" Satin called, smiling at her parents with her plate in hand and stopping Coco from telling Velvets parents they had nothing to worry about.
"That's great dear." Umber smiled, standing up and taking her daughters plate. "Why don't you get into bed and i'll come tuck you in."
Satin smiled at her mother before racing towards her bedroom with her mother not far behind, causing Velvet to giggle at her sister's antics.
"Such a cute kid." Coco smiled, her eyes following the young rabbit Faunus down the hall.
"She has her moments, but she can be a brat at times too." Velvet replied.
The group was quiet while Velvet's mother was out of the room. Pewter seemed like he had something he wanted to ask but was waiting for his wife to return.
"Coco please don't take this the wrong way but while I do trust you, you must understand, Velvet is my daughter and I only want what's best for her." Pewter said, shifting in his seat. "I truly mean no offence but how do I know you can protect my daughter?"
"Dad!" Velvet cried, shocked at her father's question. Coco had treated Velvet with nothing but respect since they met, how could her father doubt her.
Coco wasn't surprised by the question, after all, her father would have been no different. Standing up, Coco turned to face away from Velvet's parents and lifted her shirt to just below her bra strap, showing off most of the scars from the ursa attack.
"I received these when I dived in front of an Ursa Major's claws to protect Velvet from the hit. I was told that I had a slim chance to walk again because of it." Coco informed, unable to see the shocked expressions on Velvet's parents faces.
Coco lowered her shirt and spun around to see that Velvet's parents were still as shocked as what she assumed they were during her story. "Hopefully that shows how far I will go to protect Velvet."
"I-I.. I must admit, t-that is very good proof." Umber stuttered, still trying to calm down from what she had just seen.
"You have my word, I would do this a thousand times over if it meant Velvet was safe." Coco said staring directly at Velvet's parents. Her stare showing just how serious she was about that statement.
"Hopefully it will never come to that, after all, I would like to be able to walk my daughter down the aisle at your wedding." Pewter said, breaking some of the tension and causing Velvet to groan.
"Nope, we are not talking about that. Mum, Dad, it's been a long day and I'm tired, so we're heading to my room." Velvet said, grabbing Coco and dragging her away from the table while the fashionista called out a good night to her possibly future in laws.
Even though dinner had gone well, Coco still felt extremely nervous and looking over the photos of a young Velvet that her girlfriend kept in her room didn't help.
"You just had to show them the scars didn't you." Velvet sighed, walking back into her bedroom after getting changed.
"They wanted proof Velvs, figured that was the best proof I had." Coco replied, looking over the photos again.
"I know and I'm sorry about my father, he has always been overprotective." Velvet said, walking up behind Coco and wrapping her arms around her girlfriend's waist.
"Don't worry, my father would ask the same." Coco replied, placing her hands on top of Velvets. "That's also why you will never meet him.
"You don't think I could handle him?" Velvet asked, her tone not entirely happy.
"Velvs, with the two of us we could handle anything." Coco replied before sighing. "But dealing with my father is something I wouldn't even make Cardin suffer through."
The pair stood in silence while Coco continued looking at photos of her girlfriend as a child and Velvet rested her head on Cocos shoulder.
"Do you think dinner went well?" Coco asked, her worry getting the better of her.
"Yes I do." Velvet replied, kissing her girlfriend's cheek. "C'mon you need sleep."
"Yes ma'am." Coco smiled, letting her girlfriend pull her into bed, and make Coco the little spoon. "I love you Velvs."
"I love you too."
And with that, the couple drifted off to sleep, dreaming of what tomorrow may bring.
Yay fluffiness.
Special thanks to my friend who drew the wonderful art for this fic and also suggested the original idea for this. (Shes also one of the writers from Violet.)
Also I apologise to everyone who reads my other fics, Australia has had its worst flu season on record and sadly I caught it so I've been bed ridden for a few weeks.
As always, if you enjoyed, hated, have constructive criticism or have a question please let me know so I can make this story and any future stories I write better.
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