Trying to capture CFVY's essence as a team was a bit difficult for me. I had to shift gears for Velv and Yats. Coco and Fox were a bit easier to me; I just made them the 'you tease me i tease you' partners.

This was originally going to be added onto the end of a chapter, but this little two-shot didn't end up so badly, and I made the decision to make it a chapter on it's own.

Hope you guys like the ending of Pebble Coffee!

Being a faunus wasn't easy. Even after they were allowed to live on the mainland, and not the isolated island of Menagerie, they still faced prejudice, and racism was around every corner. Conflicts were always brewing between Humans and Faunus, only serving to heat up tensions. So when she first met and spoke with Ozpin, when she first met her team and watched them beat up a senior when they caught him pulling on her ears on their first week as a team, and when she first met such nice people like Ruby, she had hopes for a much better life for her years at Beacon.

And those hopes were true. She became more and more comfortable around her team, and were the first people she truly opened up to other than her parents. Most importantly, however, she maintained in her mind that Ozpin was a wise, kind, and observant headmaster who truly cared for the wellbeing of his students. He was the first to approach her when she was looking lost at the main gate after debarking from the air bus, and he came by repeatedly to her dorm room to chat with her.

Not much more needed to be said; Velvet loved the community here, and she loved the people.

Coco, Fox, Yatsuhashi, she could trust them with her life.

And she trusted in Ozpin's decisions, as he's never failed them once.

I'm starting to rethink that, she thought as she picked up some chipping tools from a dusty bucket filled with such items. Her team was undergoing some bonding experience, and since each team member gets to decide what they want to do on their given week, Velvet had opted for a simple walk around the campus. It was enjoyable while it lasted; the students were as lively as the birds, and the whole courtyard just had a friendly, relaxed feeling to it.

So when Ozpin called out for her team leader, she didn't really think much of it.

She sighed, and started to listen to her headmaster.

"This is a very important assignment, Team. I trust that you won't let me down."

"Of course not, Headmaster. We'll get right to it," replied Coco. She was awfully free spirited- like that freshman girl Yang- but as with every student, she listened to and obeyed the headmaster. Picking up the bucket, their team leader got right to work, starting to chip away a small part of Beacon's outer wall.

"Thank you, students." Gesturing with his mug, he walked off.

After standing there for a few seconds, Fox gestured with his hands. "Did he forget about the part where I'm…" He finished by waving his hands.

"Oh, get over it Fox." Reaching down to grab a small pick, she shoved the tool into his chest. "You can do it. Just feel around." She smirked.

"Why do I get the feeling that you're smiling at me."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Coco kept chipping the wall with that same grin plastered onto her face.

Velvet looked up to Yatsuhashi, who was looking right back at her already.

"I really don't feel like doing this," Velvet said.

He just nodded in agreement.

She sighed. "Think we could just...?"

He shrugged, face still indifferent as he looked down.

"I know he's the headmaster n' all, but still. Have we got to?"

He shrugged again, picked up a chipping tool, and it fit in the palm of his hand. Looking down at the measly tool, he raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I don't think they make Yatsu-size picks. Sorry."

He just shrugged his massive shoulders again, and tried to use the tool, accidentally taking off a rather sizable piece of the wall. Velvet jumped back.

"Ooookay." She gently kicked the rock. "So maybe you shouldn't do this." He just set the tool down gently, and sat down cross legged.

"Hey, don't worry Yats." Fox said. "You're not the only one's who having a bit of trouble over here." He was about to raise a hammer to the chisel before Coco stopped him.

"Woah, woah, woah. Don't wanna hit your fingers, do you?"

"If it gets me out of this, then yeah, actually."

Coco rolled her eyes and repositioned Fox's hands, meeting a bit of resistance but successfully positioned them above the chisel. She then slowly brought down the hammer on the chisel. "Just like that."

"Thank you, mom."

She just scoffed. "I raised such a brat."

As her teammates were bickering, Velvet started picking at the rock, shaking her head all the while. "Why does he want these pebbles anyway? He didn't even tell us!"

As always, Yatsuhashi remained silent on the matter.

"What do you mean, Team CFVY is working for you!?" Glynda was positively fuming, eye twitching as she looked at Ozpin sitting back in his chair, coffee mug noticeably missing from his hands.

"I asked them to help me collect some rocks. I do not understand what you're making such a fuss about, Glynda." He took an imaginary sip of his coffee, leading to another eye twitch from Glynda. "It was perfectly voluntary."

"No, it wasn't! You're the headmaster, Ozpin! It's not like a student can say no to you!"

"But they can."

"They don't know that! Only our seniors do, and Oum-knows where they are all the time!"

"Hm." He took another fake sip of his fake coffee.

"And why do you keep doing that!?"

"Keep doing what?" He took another sip.

"That!" She gestured with an open hand, focused on Ozpin's hand cupped around an imaginary handle.

"Oh, this? I do believe this is involuntary reflexes coming into play." This time, he didn't take a sip, but he noticeably strained against it.

"Ozpin. I seriously think that you have a problem."

"We all have issues to resolve, problems to address, Glynda. That is just how the world works." As he took another imaginary sip, Glynda slapped his hand with her riding crop.

"Ozpin, I'm serious!"

"And I am not joking with you either, dear Glynda. Now, could you please retrieve my cup for me?" He pointed to an absolutely empty spot on the table, face neutral. "Thank you."

She slapped him in the face with the riding crop.

*spongebob announcer* One Hour Later

"Okay. I think we grabbed enough from the walls."

"You mean, we finished vandalizing our own academy."

"Shut it, Fox. The headmaster told us to do it, so we do it. Capiche?"

"Yes, mom."

"Do you want to be grounded, kid? I've had a bad day already getting all this rock dust in my scarf. It's gonna take days to wash out all of it."

"Oh, the humanity." He made a show of fainting before Coco kicked him in the gut, eliciting a groan.

The two of them bickering a few paces ahead of them, Yatsuhashi and Velvet were each carrying two buckets, the former palming a bucket each while Velvet was barely dragging them along. Looking down and noticing that she was having trouble, he bent over and picked up both the buckets, nearly lifting up Velvet as well as she squealed.

Composing herself, she shook her head. "Phew. Oh, uh, thanks, Yats." She smiled up at him, and he gave the smallest hint of a curve on his lips as he kept walking.

"You know, you, I'm going to see what your full smile looks like one day. Teeth and everythin'."

He kept walking, not showing any signs of registering her words, but she knew he heard her.

"I bet you're just shy. Like me." She kicked a rock as she walked, going surprisingly far. "And you've kept this up for two years, about now." She sighed. "You've got to want to smile! It's fun!" Proving her point, she beamed another smile up at him.

He looked down, narrowed his eyes the slightest bit, and kept looking forward. Still no smile.

"Come on! Can't you just smile once? For me?" Keeping that same smile, she nudged him on the thigh with an elbow, height difference shining through.

He slowed down his walking, set down his buckets, and leaned over. "Perhaps next time," he said.

She rolled her eyes. "Oh come on. Next time? When is that going to be?"

Standing back up, he just shrugged. "Soon," he rumbled gently before picking up the buckets again.

Velvet just frowned slightly, and nudged him again. "When's soon?"

He kept walking, shrugging again. "Soon."

"Urgh."

"And that is why I have now become addicted to this so called… pebble coffee."

"You had a rock fall into your coffee from an academy that has stood for nearly a century, and decided to drink from it?"

"It tasted perfectly normal initially."

"And then you kept drinking."

"Yes."

"..."

"Before you ask the 'why' again, allow me to reinform you that this coffee tasted like the best drink I've ever had in my years on Remnant."

"You've said that five times already, Ozpin."

"Well, it does deserve the praise."

"Ugh. Why am I the person to deal with your antics all of the time?"

"I'm hurt."

She put her index finger and thumb on the bridge of her nose, then gestured with open hands at Ozpin. "GOOD!"

Before Ozpin could reply, a knock came on the door.

"Who is it?" He asked.

"Team CFVY," said a feminine voice from the other side.

"Come in, Team." The door slowly opened, and it revealed CFVY carrying buckets of small pebbles, their team leader and her partner slightly discolored with grey rock dust.

"Good day, Ms. Adel. I'm hoping you completed your task, by the looks of it."

"Yes, Headmaster." Taking the buckets, she lifted hers up. "Eight buckets, as requested."

Glynda was about to explode, but she made the wise decision to keep it inside lest she reveal her hidden fury in front of the students. "Ozpin."

"Yes?" He stood up, and started to walk over to the team, taking a bucket.

"I'm going to need to talk with you in private about these matters."

As he took the bucket back to his desk, Team CFVY noticed as a whole that Glynda was nearly shaking in her boots, face reddening and fists clenched.

Fox nudged his leader, whispering as Glynda's eyes were tracking Ozpin's movement to the coffee machine. "You seeing what I'm seeing?"

"Was that a pun, Fox?"

"No, I'm not joking. I can fucking literally see her aura quaking. It's terrifying."

"Yeah..." She mumbled in agreement. Behind them, Velvet was already wide eyed as she looked at the Headmistress in the state of blowing a fuse.

"Yats? Should we…"

His response came immediately, a low, reassuring grumble that was directed to the Headmaster and Headmistress. "We're going to leave now. Good day." With that, he grabbed his team, and pulled them out as fast as they could, surprised by the sudden jerk of movement by their large swordsman, door shutting behind them with a surprisingly loud slam.

As they regained their balance, Fox was the first to speak, patting his friend's arm. "Thank you man. I thought we were going to start a ten point oh' magnitude earthquake there for a second."

Coco spoke. "Yeah, what was with her anyway?"

"I don't want to know, and I don't ever wanna know," said Velvet.

"Like, I could've cut into that tension with a Oum-damn butter knife! Come on!"

Back inside...

Glynda had used her semblance to shut the door, but it didn't startle Ozpin as he sat down with his fresh-made mug of pebble-coffee. "See. They know how to leave on their own."

"Don't go about changing the subject on me, Ozpin!"

He took a sip, 'mmm'-ing in delight. "I have not the slightest idea on what you mean."

More eye twitches. "I swear to Oum, Ozpin, you're going to be the death of me."

"Don't say such things, Glynda. They're bad for your well-being." Another sip. "Would you like some?"

"NO! I WOULD NOT LIKE SOME!" She yelled, stomping her foot down and causing everything in the room to temporarily levitate.

Ozpin still looked unfazed, remaining seated and serene as she slowly calmed down, everything returning to its place. Clearing his throat, he spoke.

"Glynda, is it… your time?"

"I'm sorry?"

"You know. Women sometimes have… times of the month where they-"

She walked up to Ozpin and slapped him as hard as she could before storming out of the room.

"I'm still hurt," he called out.

The response came in her slamming the door behind her.

Oh, she'll be better soon.

He took a sip.

Just give it a week or so.

Oh, Ozpin. I don't know why I like writing him as a guy like this, but it just makes for such a writer's block clear.

Speaking of writer's block, I don't have it anymore! In fact, you'll be getting Blakey tomorrow in all of its glory, and it's clocking in at about 7k words right now. please leave a comment if you'd prefer to have these little humorous shots later on in different arcs! if yes, then I should be able to sneak everyone's favorite monkey-faunus in somewhere...