Coco POV

As I entered my favourite coffee shop, I was annoyed to see a queue. However, it gave me time to notice the new barista. She was attractive, maybe a year or so younger than me. Her voluminous blonde hair reached down to her waist, and appeared unkempt. However, the light caught it in such a way that I noticed just how glossy it was, indicating that the girl took great care of it, just didn't style it. She had friendly lavender eyes and a rather ample chest. I got so distracted from looking at her that it took me a few seconds to realise the line had moved up a bit. I stepped forward, trying not to feel embarrassed. People get distracted all the time, I told myself. It's nothing to worry about.

But damn, this girl was hot. Be cool, Coco, I told myself when I realised there was only one more person in front of me. Don't make an idiot of yourself.

"Can I help you?" the barista asked. I met her eyes and my brain decided to stop working.

Yang POV

"Can I help you?" I asked the girl at the front of the line. She looked a little older than me, but I couldn't tell because of the sunglasses over her face. She wore a dark brown beret over short hair a lighter shade of brown, but still quite dark. A wavy lock fell down one side of her face, fading to red at the end. She had a dark brown corset over a long-sleeved shirt the colour of cocoa. She wore a pair of dark brown trousers with ribbons on one side, held up by a black belt with gold spikes.

"Uh...yeah," the girl answered, after a second of silence. "Sorry, zoned out a little. I'll have a sal-salted caramel hot chocolate w-with soy milk, no f-f-foam, and whipped cream." She looked annoyed at something as she finished speaking.

"You okay?" I asked, getting a cup for her drink.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks."

"Ok, well, your drink will be ready in a couple of minutes. What's your name?" I asked.

She looked confused for a second, then an expression of understanding appeared on her face. "Coco," she told me. Hmm...

"So, Coco's having some cocoa, is she?" I asked as I wrote her name on the cup, feeling proud of my quick wit. Coco gave the small smile people usually give when they're unimpressed at my puns but want to be polite anyway. "Sorry. Had to," I told her.

"It's fine. It actually wasn't that bad," she replied.

"Okay. Well, here's your cocoa, Coco," I said, handing her drink over. I thought she may have rolled her eyes under the shades, but it was hard to tell. As she left the store, I couldn't help but think I wanted to see her again.

Three days later, I was working the midday shift and it was quieter than usual. I was just getting bored as Coco walked in. As she approached the counter, I saw that she wore dark brown leather boots with buckles. It was a cloudy day, so she didn't have her sunglasses, but there was a shawl round her neck with a black rose for decoration and a matching bracelet on her wrist.

"Hi. Coco, was it?" I asked. I actually remembered her name perfectly; I just thought it would be weird to say hi, Coco.

"Yeah," she replied, sounding a bit surprised that I'd remembered her name. "I didn't get your name."

"I'm Yang. What can I get you?"

"Same as last time, if you remember what it was," she told me. I remembered it being slightly complicated, but I didn't think too hard about what specifically she wanted because I'd found I liked her voice and I wanted to make her talk more.

"Something about caramel hot chocolate? Sorry, I forget the rest," I said, only slightly sorry.

"It's fine," Coco replied, before restating her order from three days ago.

"So. What do you do, when you're not buying hot chocolate?" I asked as I prepared her drink.

"I'm studying fashion design at Beacon," she answered. "I wanna have my own label at some point."

"Nice. How's it going?"

"Fine, but one of my professors has some strange ideas about what looks good on me," Coco said. "He seems to think I should ditch all the brown."

"Nah, you look great in brown," I told her. She blushed a bit, and I realised what I'd said. "I mean…it's…you know…your colour…not that you look great. You do, but that's not…you know what I mean."

"Yeah. Anyway, what do you do, when you're not serving me hot chocolate?" she asked, still blushing somewhat.

"I'm a hairstyling student, also at Beacon. But in my free time I do kung fu."

"Huh. Didn't really see you as a martial artist," she said, frowning.

"It's mainly to protect my hair," I explained, prompting a laugh.

"Seriously?" Coco asked incredulously.

"Okay, that's only part of the reason. I don't want people giving me trouble, which, not to sound cocky or anything, is bound to happen sooner or later." She raised an eyebrow.

"Well, I can certainly see why they'd give you trouble," she said, looking up and down my body. I'd long since gotten used to people doing that, but it still tended to bother me. Strangely, though, I didn't have a problem with Coco doing it. "Ever needed to defend yourself?"

"No, but it never hurts to be prepared."

"Fair point. How long have you been training?" she asked.

"Since I was twelve. I have a black belt now, but I keep training anyway." She looked impressed.

"Well, remind me not to mess with you."

"Just don't touch my hair and you'll be fine," I told her. She laughed again.

"I have to get to class now, but it was nice talking. See you around?" Coco asked.

"Yeah, sure. See you."

Coco POV

As I turned to leave, I thought about my conversation with Yang. Black belt, huh? That's so hot. The next thing I knew, there was a pain in my forehead and someone was snickering behind me.

"You okay there?" Yang asked, and I realised I'd walked into the door.

Fully aware of the blush on my face, I didn't turn around as I answered, "yeah, I'm good, thanks. See you." This could get interesting, I thought as I exited the store.

A/N: So that's a thing. Haven't seen any YangxCoco fics, so I wrote one. I also wrote it because they're two of my favourite characters and they seemed like a good match. Until we have an official name, I'm dubbing this ship "Hot Chocolate". If there is an official name and I've been a prat, someone tell me in a review or PM, please. Anyway, this is AU, as I'm sure you deduced already. I don't know how long this fic will be, but it should be at least a few chapters. I'm writing to fill the void caused by the hiatus, so there should be a lot of stories from me over the coming months. Anyway, leave a review and follow/favourite if you want. Thanks for reading.