Chapter 2: Velvet's First Kiss

"Do you want to try it?" Coco had just asked in her usual casual nature.

The question was jarring enough to snap Velvet out of her self-induced stupor. For a moment, she looked as if she hadn't heard Coco's question. After a couple seconds, all the blood in her body rushed to her face as it finally registered what Coco had just suggested they do. What made her blush more wasn't the idea of kissing her friend and team leader, but rather that part of her kinda liked the thought. It was enough to make her want to grab her faunus ears and use them to hide her massively embarrassed face. She knew Coco must have known what she was thinking because Velvet could hear her chuckle at her redfaced teammate.

"Velvet, I was only joking" Coco laughed out holding her stomach, as her laughter died down, "Although, if we're being serious, I am open to the idea."

"Are you... Are you sure?" Velvet thought about taking her offer, "I-I don't know, Coco. We're on the same team and if things got weird between us afterwards, it could be bad."

"Well, then how about the girl you like? Who knows, maybe she'll be into it," Coco suggested about the mystery girl, "Who is she anyway? Wait wait, let me guess, it's that busty blonde bombshell from Team RWBY."

"Y-Yang?! N-no! I mean, yeah, she's very attractive but," Velvet nervously replied, "she's not who I like."

"Is it Ruby herself?" Coco asked now out of curiosity, "Sure, she doesn't have her sister's looks, but she's nice and definitely has the cute factor. But that would be weird with her being fifteen and you eighteen."

"No! Ruby's just a friend," Velvet clarified, "And it's not anyone on Team RWBY."

"... It's not the chick with the hammer, is it?" Coco asked with an unsure look to her, "Because she's cool and all, but damn does she need to be put on decaf like three years ago."

"It's you okay!" Velvet shouted out before snapping her eyes open and hands covering her mouth at the realization what she just said out loud.

A long awkward silence filled the dorm. Neither girl said a thing. Coco too shocked and Velvet too scared. Nearly jumping out of her chair, Velvet darted for the door and was about to grab the knob, when she felt her arm being grabbed from behind with a strong enough grip to not only prevent her from moving any further, but also hurt just a tiny bit. She turned around to see Coco with an displeased look upon her.

"Ohoho no you are not just gonna drop that bombshell and run off to leave me here mindfucked!" she said gritting her teeth, pulling Velvet as she moved toward the dorm bathroom, "Just who the hell do you think I am, little miss faunus!?"

As much as she resisted, Velvet was unsuccessful in stopping Coco from practically dragging her on her feet across the room. She released one hand momentarily to turn the bathroom doorknob, her hand returning back to Velvet's arm after struggling to hold her with just one grip. With the door only slightly ajar, Coco pushed the door wide open with her foot before shoving Velvet inside, quickly shutting the door behind her.

"Coco!" Velvet yelled as she unsuccessfully tried to open the door, "Let me out!"

"No can do, sweetheart," Coco denied from behind the door, her grip on the knob and holding the door shut, "We need to talk, and until you're ready to do so, this door does not open."

"You can't hold the door shut forever," Velvet stated in a 'as a matter of fact' tone, "It's only a matter of time before you get tired."

Knowing she was right, Coco removed her scarf from around her neck and tied one end to the bathroom doorknob and the other end to a nearby bed's leg post. The weight of the bed preventing the door from opening as it required the door to open inward in the bathroom.

"You're gonna need to eat and sleep sometime, Velv," Coco stated in the same tone Velvet had a moment ago, "So I suggest you start talking and get this over with."

"Fine, just open the door and we can talk," Velvet told her.

"Yeeaahh, I can't really trust you to not run off after I open the door sooo," Coco admitted, turning around to stand leaning against the door, "Just start talking. I'll be listening through the door."

Knowing there was no other way out of this mess, Velvet sighed in defeat. She too leaned her back against the door, but instead she slid down it to sit on the bathroom floor, pulling her knees up to her chest. Nervously, she took a deep breath before she started.

"Where do I begin?" she thought out loud, "I think about you, a lot actually, in ways you really shouldn't think of a friend."

"I... I see," Coco tried to think of what to say back, "Like how?"

"When I look at you, I can't help but think of despite how strong and great at fighting and leading you are, you can be really fun to be with at times, how... how beautiful you are, and how you're always willing to hear out your teammates, your friends' problems," Velvet let her heart guide her words, "I guess, whenever I see you, I see what I want to be, instead of, well, me."

A small moment of silence filled air of the two rooms, before Velvet heard the sound of the bathroom door turning. Velvet stood and backed away from the door as it opened inward toward her, revealing Coco with a truly concerned look upon her face.

"Velvet," she said softly with true worry, "Do you really think that lowly of yourself?"

Not wanting to answer, but also not able to deny it, Velvet simply didn't responded, and instead turned her gaze away from Coco, her rabbit ears drooping down behind her head. Coco sighed before walking into the bathroom and shutting the door behind, leaning against it.

"Okay first of all, Velvet, you are beautiful, in more ways than one," Coco started off, getting a small blush and smile from the faunus, "Second, you are fun to be with too. You think I could have fun with the boys on this team? Fox is too quiet and Yatsuhashi is too serious. And do you honestly think you're a bad fighter?"

"Well, why else would you not let me use my weapon?" Velvet asked her leader.

"Well, you don't tend to use your trump card right off the bat," Coco brought up, "You wait for just the right moment, that way it can turn the tide."

"I'm... I'm your trump card?" Velvet asked with a deeper blush at the compliment and was answered with a smile from Coco, "You really think I'm beautiful?"

"Velvet, come on, have you looked in a mirror?" Coco sarcastically asked, "You're a solid seven, eight with those cute ears of yours."

Coco knew her words were working as Velvet fiercely blushed and bared a full smile. She couldn't help but smile herself seeing her friend cheered up at the boost of her self-esteem.

"Thank you, Coco," Velvet showed her gratitude.

"You know, my offer still stands," Coco mentioned, getting a confused look from Velvet, "Do you wanna kiss me?"

Velvet didn't respond. She was still too worried to make the choice. Too worried to take a chance. Seeing her unable to make the move she knew she wanted to do, Coco stood straight and walked toward the nervous faunus girl, and merely stretched out her arm and offering her hand to take the lead. While hesitant, Velvet took it, and followed Coco out of the bathroom. As Coco started to walk toward her bed, Velvet let go of her hand to let her continue walking and sit on the edge of the bed.

Coco patted her hand on the spot to her right, inviting Velvet to join her. Slowly but surely, Velvet took smalls steps in Coco's direction. She would take a step, let a second pass by, and then another step, and continued to repeat this process until finally reaching the bed, where she proceeded to sit next her team leader. Her heart pounding, she was sure she was going to pass out from the shortness of breath. Her heart completely stopped for a moment when she felt Coco's hand land on top of her own, and then the remaining hand come up to her chin and move her head to face the other girl.

While Velvet bared a look of complete insecurity and nervousness, Coco bared that expected of one who clearly had experience with this sort of thing. Velvet closed her eyes, her body tensing up from the thoughts flooding her head and heart racing several miles a second. She felt the warm touch of Coco's hand come in contact with her left cheek, causing only more tensing. Breaths started to leave her as it started to get hard to breath. Then, her eyes snapped open when she felt something soft press against her lips.

Her heart stopped only for an instant, as she saw Coco's closed eyelids. Her own eyes slowly closed back and her heart to go back to a more slowed down pace as the initial shock quickly turned into sweet pleasure, as she felt Coco's lips start to move along with her own. This feeling. It was like nothing she had ever felt before. Completely indescribable. All she could think about it was how it felt really good, warm, and soft yet firm. Her first kiss. With another girl. Before, the idea sounded preposterous, but now she couldn't want anything else than this. It was too great.

Coco moved the hand she had on Velvet's cheek to the back of her head, pulling her into the kiss more so. Surprisingly, Velvet seemed more than accepting, and Coco was mildly shocked when she felt the pressing of Velvet's tongue against her lips. She granted it access to her mouth as her own tongue made contact with Velvet's. She didn't want to admit it, but Coco was actually getting kinda flustered by the kiss. It felt like her heart sank into her stomach, although she didn't know why. This wasn't her first kiss, or even the first time with another girl. She thought for a second that it might be because it was her first with a faunus, but passed it off as that seemed ridiculous. So, why was it different with Velvet? She had never seen Velvet in a romantic light like she saw her, but now thinking about it, she didn't much mind the idea either.

Her thoughts were disturbed when she felt Velvet position the hand that was on top of her own to behind Velvet's waist while Velvet's hands seemed to travel to Coco's back via under her arms, with Velvet's left hand on her lower back and right on her upper back. Coco had actually been taken back by how forward Velvet had become since they started. It was like their kiss had awoken her inner desires. The two separated their lips with a heavy breath as the desperate need for air had caught up to them.

"So," Coco said before taking a few breaths, "You think you... got yourself figured out now?"

"Yeah... I-I think so..," Velvet replied between pants, "Can... Can we keep going?"

Velvet's question earned a small smirk from Coco, who returned a small peck to Velvet's cheek before removing her beret from her head.

"For as long as you want, sweetheart."