Chapter 1:A Lovely Night
It was one of those nights that made you think that there was such thing as romance and a way to make it in this fucked up world. The sun was setting just beyond the horizon and Raven and Garfield had sat watching it together.
"This almost feels like a waste." Raven chimed up, in the monotone that she was known for. Having recently gone through a bad incident with a dragon, she was not one for the romance factor right now.
"What is?" Garfield asked, cocking his head to one side and bearing his fang.
"Just you and me sitting here taking in this sunset. It seems like something that should be reserved for something more."
He sat there, slightly disheartened, but he had no idea why he was so. He didn't have feelings for Raven. There was no way that he was going to admit it if he did. The girl who actively avoids him or makes his life hell via several forms of torture when he began to annoy her. For someone who didn't have feelings, he did think about her a lot.
Raven couldn't allow herself to face her truth. Her powers were much too sensitive for the likes of love to come to her, besides who would love a half demon, anyway? She could not even remember how they got into this situation. She sat next to the green changeling, doing everything she could to ignore his strong features and the fact that she just wanted them to herself. She could feel something stirring in her. She suddenly tugged at the shorts she was wearing and felt self conscious about the crop top exposing her midriff. Her hair in a mid toned to dark purple ombre which had a hint of blue to it. She was suddenly very aware of the half of her exposed neck as chills went racing through her, causing the hairs to stand on end.
Garfield wasn't allowing himself to think about how she smelled. Or how she could hear her heartbeat, causing his to want to sync to the same rhythm, trying to avoid the instincts telling him to make her his own. There were so many animals inside of him yelling at him to do various mating rituals. He found the sudden desire to find a perfect pebble and present it to her as a gift.
Raven could sense that there was something different about Gar's aura. She felt a sudden longing for something, but what it was she just couldn't quite put her finger on. He was staring off at the beautiful sunset before them when she assumed it was simply just him longing for someone to hold. She was very grateful that he couldn't sense that she was the one who wanted to be held by him. The empath always had this longing feeling for him to be near her… to share experiences. To share warmth and sync our heartbeats so we are almost one person, but now she sits with a blank expression on her face. A face that always needed to remain that way. One that couldn't risk showing love.
Heart racing, that's what he sensed from the empath. He knew something was up, but he was dangerously close to the edge of a roof and knew better than to try his luck. He may have gotten taller and stronger, but he knew that magic always trumped brute strength alone. She could do whatever she wanted if she got pissed off enough. Dick may have been able to hold it off when he was around, but he was nowhere to be seen. emI'm sure off somewhere with Kori doing who knows what. Quite frankly, I don't think any of us really wanted to know, /emGarfield thought to himself.
Raven abruptly stood up and began walking towards the door to reenter the building. Her knee length boots crunching all the way to the door along the roof. She admired the rocks that she stepped as she crossed the roof. emWhy did Dick insist on the gravel? She thought to herself and she spotted something in among the gravel. She leaned over and picked up something shiny that caught her eye. It was a penny. Heads up.
"All day long you'll have good luck," Raven said to herself, mumbling hoping that even Garfield wouldn't be able to hear despite having the animal hearing on his side.
Garfield stood up and wiped off his khaki pants deciding that since it was now dark out, it would be a good excuse to turn in for the night, since the sunset was his excuse for coming out in the first place. He was tempted to shift into the gentoo penguin and simply present one of the many rocks he deemed acceptable to Raven right then and there, but as always there was that nagging fear of him not being able to handle the rejection he was sure he would receive.
However, when he made his way towards the tower, he suddenly found that Raven was much taller than him despite the fact that he had hit his growth spurt months ago and was typically towering above her now. He looked down confused to see green flippers and a pale green belly. The often recognizable markings of - you guessed it- the gentoo penguin. His face would have turned bright red if he wasn't already completely green. He looked up at the look of shock and hilarity that danced at Raven's features. He loved the look dancing at her features and simply walked past into the stairwell while Raven attempted to hide the smile tugging at her lips.