Birthday Party

Walking out of the shower, Velvet looked at herself in the mirror as she made flexing motions with her arms and legs. She had really built up over the last few months of training. Coco had them training every other day in the training arena with the Grimm holograms or each other; they even training in the gym. She was developing her muscles well and even putting on some weight; Velvet had been eating well and not having to scavenge food like she used to.

Life was good.

"Looking good there Velvet" Coco chuckled as she came up behind Velvet and slapped her rear with a playful slap. Velvet let out a yelp and turned around, holding the towel close to her body.

"Coco! I told you not to sneak up and slap me like that, you nearly hit my tail" she blushed and moaned quietly.

"Oh yea Velvet, I forgot that your tail is sensitive" she teased, walking closer and wrapping her arms around Velvet's body and with a single finger, lifted her towel up just a little bit and caressed the white fluff ball at the base of Velvet's spine, just at the point where her bum met her back. "Like this?" she questioned.

"Co…Co…Coco!" Velvet whimpered and her face turned instantly red, clinging onto Coco's shoulder and actually biting into her shoulder a little. Coco smirked to herself and leaned back.

"Whoa there little rabbit, watch the teeth" she joked softly and winked. "You get yourself dried off and we'll go for something to eat" She smirked, walking back Velvet and slapping her now visible ass cheek softly. Velvet stood panting and blushing; she did not mind Coco's jokes and advances like that, she'd even tugged at Fox's crotch at one point with a joke about leading him around by a leash. It made Velvet feel loved, part of something special, as if she had a special someone who could do things with her, make her feel things.

Velvet went to the sink and began to comb through her hair and wash out her ears. Meanwhile in the bedroom, Coco was getting dressed. The boys were off in their own bathroom and she was alone to dress; drying her hair with a towel, she turned and saw something on the writing desk. A leather backed book sat open, Coco approached the writing desk and looked at the script; it was Velvet's handwriting.

She took a quick look at the text before realising it was Velvet's journal. She turned away quickly; not wanting to get caught intruding in her privacy. Biting her lip she turned to look back at it again, perhaps one look to see how her teammate was holding up… yea, that would be okay.

Leaning over, Coco looked through the page displayed; a single page finished off with Velvet's signature.

'Today's been fun, we've been training once again, I am getting pretty good with Fox's weapon; its got a technique similar to several fighting styles I studied in the F, but it has its own twist to it. Yatsu's is pretty hard; he wont let me train with my own version of his weapon and it is heavy as hell. Coco's weapon is fun, blasting away with the minigun!'

'I can not believe I'm going to be a year older this weekend, a lot has changed since my last birthday; new friends, new family and a new life here in Beacon. I am happy that Ozpin found me and gave me this chance; I've got a brilliant team; Yatsu, fox and especially Coco. She makes me feel like a normal person, not just some poor Faunus runt. I will put more into here later tonight, going for a shower.'

"Hmmm" Coco mumbled to herself, "Its Velvet's birthday this weekend; that means party time" Coco nodded and closed the journal. She felt bad for looking and reading it but she knew that if she had let Velvet's birthday pass by without celebration she'd never forgive herself; she would apologise for it at the party.

Velvet came in and got quickly dressed in one of the many clothes she had acquired while being on team CFVY.

"I've washed that outfit you like to wear so much" Coco explained. "You know you do have other things you can wear?" She asked and Velvet blushed, chuckling softly.

"I just… Its special, I like the outfit" she grinned then under her breath and without Coco looking she added. "Plus it's the first proper gift I've had from you".

Coco smiled as she finished dressing and putting her beret back on her head. "I'm off shopping, I'll be back in a few hours; I shouldn't be that long"

"Alright Coco, don't be too long, Yatsu and Fox are meeting us for this evening's lecture in the forest. I think we're hunting Grimm" Velvet told Coco and finished up putting on her clothes; the girls didn't mind getting dressed around each other, they were both girls after all.

Coco headed out into town, catching the airship shuttle bus into the city's shuttle port before heading out to the main high street.

"Now now now, what would Velvet want for a birthday present" she mumbled to herself, picking out her scroll from her bag and calling both Fox and Yatsu; giving them the heads up on Velvet's birthday that weekend in a few days and that they should plan a party. She told them she was out for a gift.

It took her a few hours to find the perfect gift but she tucked it in to a bag, all wrapped up and signed with Velvet's name on the tag. Now she had to plan a party without the long eared girl from hearing.

Rolling up on the weekend, Coco smirked to herself; everything was planned and going well, she now had to get Velvet to the main hall.

"Velvet, come to the main hall, you should see this!" was the scroll message sent. Velvet came running inside and panting, she had been worried.

"SURPRISE!" everyone called out, Velvet jumped so high that she almost hit the ceiling. Laughing, the crowd moved forward and hugged her, patted her on the back and gave her best wishes. Velvet was shocked and speechless, red as a fruit and mouth agape.

"H…how?" her first words sputtered out of her mouth.

"That would be my fault" Coco admitted, coming close and hugging Velvet tightly. "When I got out the shower, you'd left your journal open, I didn't realise what it was and was just checking to see where it needed putting away. You mentioned your birthday so… I threw you a party" she blushed slightly, hiding behind her glasses. "I'm sorry for looking at your journal" she quickly apologised.

"I am disappointed you looked at my journal, but I am… I am happy you did too" Velvet closed her eyes tightly, trying to force the tears back. "My… My last birthday party was so long ago, when I was 6, thank you Coco" she jumped at Coco and hugged her tightly.

Looking around the room, she saw nearly everyone from her year and the years above. The party was a full swinging party, Coco had really gone full out with this.

"For the birthday girl" Yatsu came up behind her and placed something on her head, it was a laurel of flowers with a symbol at the ends of the laurel. It was her logo made with small petals. Biting back the tears again, she had been about to hug Yatsu but he lifted her up and placed her on her shoulders. The entire crowd cheered as she looked at them. Almost a hundred people here to celebrate her birthday; looking over at Coco he saw her grinning up at Velvet, smiling back Velvet turned to the others.

The party went full swing all day and all night, everyone had brought little gifts for her, new pens with her name on it, notebooks and little mementos. Yatsu got her an extra power set for her weapon while Fox had a set of lenses for her camera.

"Come with me" Coco took Velvet's hand softly and guided her down the halls into a side room. She picked up a small box from the shelf and handed it to Velvet. "Put that on" she insisted and walked out. Waiting outside the door, Coco saw Velvet when she left the closet, she had heard the gasp from inside and the soft weeping but when she saw Velvet, Coco couldn't help a soft smile run along her lips. "You look beautiful honey"

Velvet stood wearing a brown dress robe, fitted in the old ancient style of the Faunus, it was a long skirt parting along one leg to the ankles, it was a top which fitted around the breast leaving the stomach visible and swooping over one shoulder to leave the other one bear. What finished it off was a brown mantle that sat over the shoulders; a softer brown that gave a twin shade to the outfit. Attached to the wrists and the ankles up to the knee's was a pair of bracers and greaves.

"It's… beautiful Coco… It must have been… so… so expen…" she didn't finish her words as Coco placed a soft finger on her lip and smiled.

"Don't worry about that, I bought it for you. Now… let me give you one more present before we go outside and show you off to the rest of the school" Coco grinned and wrapped her arms around Velvet's neck and shoulders, pulling her in for, for what exactly? Velvet didn't know what was going on until Coco's lips touched her own. With wide eyes Velvet stared at Coco's eyes through her shades before her own closed to match her partner-in-kissing.

It felt like an eternity to Velvet as Coco kissed her, even slipping a cheeky tongue in there which caused Velvet's own to nervously poke and prod; Coco's tongue and its owner taking the lead in this act.

When Coco had parted, Velvet had not realised and stood making tongue motions with her open mouth. Coco chuckled softly and put a hand on Velvet's cheek. "Alright my little bun-bun. Lets get going" she grinned and pulled her by her wrist into the party.

Velvet's face never lost the shade of red for the next day and a half as she kept bringing up the memory of the kiss.