It was a hot, sunny, perfect day out and Coco let out a drawn out sigh of bliss. She laid back on her towel and looked at the bright, blue sky. While she didn't abuse her family's wealth as much as people might assume, having lien definitely had its perks. And when it came to reserving a private beach for her and her beloved for the day, this was definitely money well spent. Coco closed her eyes and zoned out as she felt the sun working its magic on her skin. It's not that she minded playing around in the water like Velvet did but right now she just needed some beauty time.
"Hey," a voice called out. Coco looked up to see Ruby Rose standing in front of her. She must have just come from the ocean as her hair and skin was still dripping with water.
"Hey yourself," Coco replied with a toothy grin. "Have enough of goofing around in the water?"
"Nah, not really. But Velvet found some baby turtles and just had to take a ton of pictures of them. So I figured I'd see how you were doing."
"I'm great but I'm even better now that you're here. Wanna join me?"
"I'd love to." Ruby laid her towel out next to Coco's and carefully sat down to try and keep as much sand off it as possible. Coco handed Ruby her bottle of suntan lotion and Ruby began applying a coat to her arms and legs.
"Want me to get your back?" Coco asked.
"Sure." Ruby laid down on her stomach and got comfortable. Coco unlaced the stringy black strap of Ruby's bikini and squeezed a large drop of lotion between Ruby's shoulder blades. She then began massaging it into Ruby's back and shoulders.
"I bet this will be the first tan that your pasty butt has had in years," teased Coco.
"Hey, you like my butt no matter what color it is." Ruby shook it from side to side to emphasize her point and Coco laughed.
"You've got me there." Coco finished her work and rubbed the excess lotion off on her towel. "All set."
"Mmm, please don't stop," whined Ruby.
"But you're already all lotioned up, silly."
"Don't care. You feel too good and I refuse to let you stop touching me."
"Twist my arm," chuckled Coco as she added more lotion to Ruby's back before getting up off her towel and climbing astride Ruby. She then resumed her back massage, trying to rub all of the tension out of Ruby.
"Dust, that feels so good," Ruby moaned in appreciation. "Your hands are so amazing."
"Well your skin feels pretty incredible too," Coco purred as she laid herself down completely on top of Ruby. She kissed Ruby on the cheek and Ruby whimpered.
"I love you," whispered Ruby as she craned her head around to quickly peck Coco on the lips.
"Love you too," Coco whispered in her ear. She then dipped her head down to Ruby's eye level and greeted her with a longer kiss. Ruby strained against Coco, trying to get her body in a more comfortable position to keep kissing her in. Coco pushed herself up slightly and allowed Ruby to roll herself over onto her back. Ruby became aware that her bare breasts were now completely exposed and quickly covered herself up with her hands which made Coco pout.
"We shouldn't go too far without Velvet," said Ruby in a tone that clearly indicated she didn't want to heed her own warning. "She'll be upset if we start without her."
"She knows where to find us and once she's done playing with the turtles, she is more than welcome to join us." Coco then grabbed Ruby's wrists and pulled her hands away from her chest. As Coco stared hungrily at the half-naked Ruby lying beneath her, Ruby decided to run her hands along Coco's taut stomach, drawing a shiver from the older woman.
"You're so beautiful," said a mesmerized Ruby. "I can't believe a goddess like you can love someone as plain as me."
"Hey, don't sell yourself short. You're absolutely stunning as well, okay?"
"Will you make me feel as beautiful as you think I am?"
"With pleasure." Coco reached behind Ruby's neck and pulled her head up until the two met in a smoldering kiss. The two shared a mutual moan as Coco's tongue slid into Ruby's mouth. Ruby's hands dragged down Coco's sides until they both found their way to her ass and she gave it a firm squeeze. Coco ground her hips down in response and slowly began reaching for the soft swell of Ruby's breast.
BOOM!
Coco's eyes flew open and found herself back in her bed at Beacon. The rain outside had built into an impressive thunderstorm that was now rattling the windows with all the rain and wind. Coco whined to herself partly from annoyance of being woken up but also that now her dream was over. It had been awhile since Coco had a dream that was that explicit that she could still remember every detail about.
Another loud crack of thunder echoed throughout the room and Coco groaned as she came to terms with the fact that she wouldn't be returning to sleep anytime soon. It was already a difficult prospect considering how loud Yatsuhashi could snore. But with this storm tacked on, there was no way in hell that she'd be sleeping again for a while. Instead, Coco stared at the ceiling and replayed her dream in her imagination.
Like most students attending Beacon this year, Coco found Ruby to be, at the very least, completely adorable. Sure, her sense of fashion was borderline criminal but she rocked her little gothic lolita aesthetic without any sort of care for if anyone liked it or not. So Coco definitely had to give her points for confidence in that regard. But she'd never imagined her in the sort of scenario that had just happened in her head. And it was starting to worry Coco a little about what having a dream like that meant.
There was no way that she could have feelings for the younger girl as well, right? This had to just be because of that talk she had with Velvet about her. Yet as Coco's mind drifted once again to the thought of sitting on top of Ruby and kissing her deeply, Coco had to admit that the idea wasn't unpleasant at all to her. It was actually starting to excite her a little as she noticed she had began rubbing her thighs against each other. This was not good.
Coco threw off her blanket in frustration and climbed out of bed, needing a change of scenery to think. She headed for the door of the dorm but stopped when she saw Velvet's camera still sitting on the desk. After taking a moment to make sure everyone else was still asleep, Coco picked the camera up and exited the room. She made her way to the nearest common room and found a few other students who had also had their sleep disturbed by the weather. Coco made herself a mug of hot chocolate and then sat down by herself to make it clear she wasn't wanting to socialize. She turned on Velvet's camera and began leafing through the photos she'd taken with Ruby again. As she studied each photo, her attention would always get drawn to Ruby. It was fascinating to Coco how even in still photos, her silver eyes always seemed to be twinkling. Coco was so focused on the camera that she didn't notice the subject of the photos slowly shuffling over to her.
"Hey Coco," Ruby said. Coco jumped in surprise and looked up from the camera to see Ruby Rose standing before her, wearing just as big of a smile as she had with Velvet. She had her own mug of cocoa in her hand that was perilously overflowing with marshmallows. Coco felt all of her body go warm at the sight of Ruby but she managed to regain her composure and flash a dazzling smile of her own at her.
"Oh, hey there Ruby, what's up?" Coco asked politely as she set the camera down beside her and motioned for Ruby to sit down. Ruby obliged and blew some steam away from her mug to try and cool it faster.
"Storm woke you up too, huh?"
"Yeah, sure did," grumbled Coco. "Class is gonna suck even more than usual tomorrow thanks to this lost sleep."
"I hate storms," said Ruby quietly as she stared into her mug. "They always make me think of…that night." Coco glanced over at Ruby and noticed how dark her face had gotten. Gone was the joy and light of a few moments ago. Now Ruby looked years older and far more tired. Her eyes were the most troubling as they'd simply gone blank and lifeless. An uncomfortable silence hung between them as Coco wasn't really sure how to properly respond to that statement without making things worse. A small part of her wanted to hug Ruby until she couldn't breathe but she quickly shut down that desire. Ruby took a sip from her mug and suddenly returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
"So, what were you doing with Velvet's camera?" Ruby asked brightly.
"Oh, well, um," stammered Coco as she was a bit blindsided by the sudden change in mood. "She was showing me the pictures you two took earlier. And I just wanted another look at them. It sounds like you two had a really fun time. Velvet loves the times you two spend together."
"Yeah, Velvet's great. I just wish I knew what happened to her at the end there."
"What do you mean?"
"When it started raining, she just kinda spaced out. I don't know what was wrong because she wouldn't say anything. I hope she's alright."
"Don't you worry, she's fine," said Coco with a knowing smile. She had a pretty educated guess as to why Velvet was acting weird. The poor bun was probably all stressed about how she was feeling about Ruby.
"Okay, that's good. I was kinda worried that I had done something wrong."
"Nah, you're great. And I'm damn glad of it too. It's nice to know that even if I can't be there, Velvet has somebody there to watch her back and make her happy."
"Wow, thanks Coco." Ruby tried to hide her face as a small blush appeared on her cheeks but Coco spotted it and felt her heart melt. "You know, I think this may be the first time I've ever seen you without your glasses and beret. You look really great. I mean, not that you don't look great wearing them, too. You always look awesome. But seeing you like this is kinda cool too."
"That's very sweet of you, Ruby. Thank you." Coco reached out and playfully rumpled Ruby's hair. Ruby giggled and it was so cute that Coco couldn't help giggling as well. The two then took sips from their mugs and Coco caught a whiff of Ruby's strawberry scented shampoo on her hand. The scent was intoxicating and for a split second, Coco considered burying her face in Ruby's hair so she could be engulfed by the wonderful aroma.
"There you are! I've been worried sick!" Coco looked up to see Velvet standing in the entryway of the common room and looking frazzled. As soon as she saw that Coco was with Ruby, Velvet immediately went beet red since she wasn't in the most appropriate state of dress right now. She had only thrown on a thin, satin robe that was haphazardly tied together so glimpses of her underwear could be plainly seen. Ruby waved Velvet over and requested she join them. Against her better instincts, Velvet obliged and sat down on the arm of the couch near Coco.
"Sorry, Velvs," said Coco sheepishly as she lightly stroked Velvet's bare thigh. "The storm woke me up and I needed something to calm my nerves."
"Want me to make you a mug too, Velvet?" Ruby asked enthusiastically.
"That's very kind of you Ruby, but I'm okay," replied Velvet in a voice higher than usual. Coco sniggered to herself as Velvet awkwardly cleared her throat to try and remedy that problem.
"Okay then. I should get back to my room anyway. It was good seeing you Coco!"
"You too, Ruby. Sleep well," Coco responded. Ruby gulped down the rest of her drink before standing up and placing her mug in the dishwasher. She then went to leave but then stopped and walked back over to Velvet. She paused for a second as the thought of what she wanted to say and Velvet held her breath in apprehension.
"Velvet," Ruby began shakily as she struggled to look Velvet in the eye, "if I did or said something earlier that made you upset, I'm really sorry. I was just goofing off and wasn't trying to hurt you at all. You're a really great friend and I don't want things to be screwed up between us. I hope you can forgive me if I did."
"Oh, Ruby, don't fret. Everything is wonderful between us, okay? If anything, I should be apologizing for how rude It must have seemed like I was being. I just was preoccupied worrying about my uniform and how much trouble it was going to be to clean. We're absolutely still friends, okay?"
"Okay," said Ruby with a relieved smile. Without warning, Ruby then darted forward and wrapped Velvet up in a tight hug. Velvet briefly went rigid in surprise but soon relaxed and returned the embrace. Ruby released Velvet and gave a final wave goodbye before speeding away to her dorm. Velvet groaned and flopped overdramatically off of the sofa arm and onto Coco's lap. Coco simply smirked at the antics of her girlfriend and began lightly rubbing Velvet's scalp.
"She sure is something, isn't she Velvet?" Velvet simply nodded in confirmation before sitting back up.
"It's late. We should really get back to bed."
"Sounds good to me." Coco stood up and brought her empty mug to the dishwasher where she placed it right next to Ruby's. When she turned back towards the sofa, she saw Velvet holding her camera and looking confused.
"Is there any particular reason that you brought my camera with you here?" Velvet asked indignantly.
"I'll tell you on the way. Let's head back." Velvet eyed Coco suspiciously but acquiesced and rose back to her feet. The two then set off towards their room with Velvet impatiently waiting for an explanation from Coco as to why she had taken her most prized possession without permission to do so.
"Well?" Velvet demanded.
"Before the storm so rudely woke me up, I was having a dream where Ruby was involved. And let's just say that I won't be rushing to tell my mother about what was happening in it anytime soon if you catch my drift." Velvet thought for a second about what that could mean but she soon understood the meaning and went red again. "Anyway," continued Coco, "she was weighing on my mind and I just wanted to get another look at her was all. But then the real thing showed up and you know the rest."
"Oh. I see." Velvet certainly wasn't expecting that for an answer and was just left with more questions. But it was late and she was tired so she didn't press for any further details. The two walked in silence the rest of the way through the halls until they reached their dorm. But just as Velvet was about to open the door, Coco reached out and stopped her.
"Wait, before we head in, can I ask you something?" Velvet cocked her eyebrow inquisitively but nodded for Coco to continue. "Be honest with me here, okay? You've spent more time with Ruby than I have. What is about her that you like so much? I can see she's cute as hell but what else is it that makes you go weak?"
"Well," began Velvet slowly as she pondered how to best put her answer, "I guess what I really love about her is how genuinely good she is as a person. I don't believe she had a hateful or prejudiced cell in her body. All she cares about is doing the right thing and making the world a better place. No matter what that entails, she will do it. It doesn't matter to her how impossible it may seem or who else is helping her. She will do whatever it takes to help someone or correct an injustice. And she doesn't want anything like fame or glory or anything like that. She just wants the world to know that when they're in trouble, she will fight as hard as she can to help them."
"Wow, she sounds a lot like you," said Coco with a warm smile. Velvet couldn't help smiling as well from the compliment. " So, have you thought at all about if you're going to pursue her or not?
"A little. It sounds so simple and yet complicated at the same time."
"Well, I'd like to propose an alteration to my original suggestion. How about both of us take her on a date together?"
"Wait, both of us? Now you like Ruby too?" Velvet asked incredulously. Now what was her crazy girlfriend scheming in that head of hers?
"I may not know her as well as you do yet. But I can't deny that she had several qualities about her that I find attractive. And I'd like to try and learn more about her. I mean, if you like her so much, I can't imagine why I wouldn't too since you're one of the best judges of character I know. So what do you think? Should we ask Ruby out?"
Velvet thought for a few moments, weighing her options in her head. What Coco was saying did make sense, as much as she hated to admit it. And she did think that if they spent some time together that Ruby would definitely be able to hit it off with Coco. Finally, she sighed heavily and said, "I still think this is more than a little ludicrous. But I suppose it would be easier for me to do this if I knew you were coming along too. Okay, I'll do it."
Coco beamed and hugged Velvet gently. "Trust me," she told Velvet, "I really think this could work. And if it does, I think all three of us are going to be very pleased with the results."
"If you say so," yawned Velvet. "But seriously, let's get to bed." Before Velvet knew what was happening, Coco had scooped her up in a bridal carry and opened the door. Velvet was too tired to protest and allowed Coco to carry her to bed and tuck her in. Velvet kissed her goodnight and then drifted back off to sleep. Coco then brought Velvet's camera back to the desk but before she set it down, she stole one last glance at a picture where both Ruby and Velvet had huge smiles. Coco smiled to herself looking at it and vowed to do what she could to try and make both of them smile like that as much as possible.
To be continued…