(This is just a dumb but cute idea that's been floating around in my head, and also practice in case I want to write something bigger with these two girls. Plus I really really really wanna add something to the fandom ^^) (I'm very sensitive so please don't post mean comments ;w; )
(this fic is also on three of my tumblr blogs, my main PalkiaNightfire, and on Fanfiction dot net. )
No, it wasn't. It's not True Hearts Day yet. Just another random Wednesday afternoon, and Raven was having a miserable and grumpy one at that.
"Oh relax Raven, it'll be fine! All you have to do is go up to him, and tell him no. You're not available and you'd like him to leave you alone." said Apple calmly, as if it were just that easy.
"It's not that easy, Apple!" exclaimed Raven, as she threw yet another bouquet of flowers out there two-fairytale-story window, making that 6 this month. "I can't say I'm not available, because then he'll ask who to. And I can't drag anyone else into this. Maddie might agree to be my fake girlfriend, but then I'll feel bad cause I don't want to fake anything with anybody else. I just want to be with you." As she finished speaking, she whined and came to hug Apple from behind, as Apple stood at her dresser, looking at her mini-mirror while playing with her hair and makeup again, and gave a little gasp as cold, plum colored lips brushed her neck so gently, while arms wrapped around her torso and brought her in close.
When they were alone, absolutely alone, Raven Queen couldn't keep her hands off her wonderlandiful and spelltastic secret girlfriend, none other than the magnificent Apple White. And Apple White loved it.
Softly cooing while Raven snuggled her and kissed every little spot she could while in that position, and finally after an hour, Apple put her makeup down, carefully turned around in Raven's strong arms, and because they were so much closer to each other than they normally were, Apple gave a secret and mischievous smile as she pulled down the neckline of Raven's shirt, and placed a chaste and loving kiss on Raven's collarbone, pressing her lips down, so her lipstick left a glorious mark on the pale-white skin. Marking her territory, and Raven loved it.
"Well, someone's feeling brave." Raven teased, only tightening her arms as she rested her head on Apple's shoulder.
"Yes, and you should be feeling the same, telling Dexter to stop bringing you flowers and love notes! You have to make him leave you alone!" Apple pouted, but a smile soon returned when Raven kissed her lips ever so softly, but enough that passion was felt.
Then there was a knock at the door.
"Ugh!" Raven groaned, pulling away despite how warm and comfortable she felt there, and Apple just giggled while turning back around to re-apply her lipstick for the third time that morning, and there was none other than Cupid at the door.
"Raven! Good afternoon! Maddie sent me over, saying you needed some magic help with boy troubles?"
"Hah!" yelled Apple, making Raven laugh and Cupid giggle despite her confusion.
Raven rolled her eyes, inviting Cupid in to sit on her bed which was on the right side of the room, if your back was to the door. Cupid came in and sat, smiling a little awkwardly, she was just utterly confused. Don't worry, she knew of their secret relationship. Angel of Love after all.
"So what exactly do you need help with, Raven? I hope you're not going to ask me to spell a boy for you so you can make an excuse to slink away with Miss White over here."
Raven rolled her eyes, then linked them with Apple's through her little mirror, they made kissy faces at each other lovingly, before Raven sat next to Cupid.
"I need some… confidence magic. I heard you can do that?"
"Mainly around the heart, Raven. If it isn't love, it isn't me."
"It is about the heart. I need Dexter to… unlove me."
Cupid froze, her eyes surprised and a little hurt, mainly because of her own relationship regarding the less dashing Charming Prince. Raven just had to explain a little more.
"Cupid, don't be upset with me for saying this, he's great and all, but I will never love Dexter the way he loves me. I love Apple, no one else. He's a good friend. Nothing more. And I just… I need the confidence to put him away permanently."
By this time, Apple had finished her lipstick, and came to sit next to the other two, snuggling up to Raven's side and holding her hand lovingly, stroking her dark girlfriend's hand with her thumb, and nuzzling her shoulder with her lightly powdered cheek. "I've told her she can do it, but she refuses to say anything without help. I'm not really ready for the entire school to know about us, but it pains us both that he just won't quit. And since you're one of few others with magic, she wouldn't talk to anyone else. She was just about to see you actually." Apple explained, and smiled a little more when Raven lifted their entwined hands to kiss Apple's knuckles, Cupid literally grabbed at her chest at how perfectly cute these two princesses were. Taking a moment, Cupid stood up with a determined look on her face.
"Alright. I'll try. This isn't my expert field, so forgive me if nothing happens." Cupid stood up, and as if by magic, Cupid pulled her bow from her back and between her seraph wings, and then an arrow from her hidden quiver, and she aimed it right at Raven's heart, and she made herself and the arrow and her eyes glow a heavenly yellow, adding more magical quality to the arrowhead then there already was. Apple made a very uncomfortable face, staring at the arrow, and then Raven, and then the arrow again. Being hit with an arrow… did it hurt? She wouldn't know because she'd never been hit by one before. Hehehe. Lucky her.
As Cupid pulled back the string, Raven widened her eyes and raised her arms, she had to know the truth. The truth about those arrows. "How do those arrows work, Cupid? When you shoot them at people."
Cupid lowered her arrow, grinning ear to ear. She was really happy that someone actually cared/wanted to know how she and her work worked/wanted to have a conversation alongside asking her for a favor. It was nice for people to want to talk a little.
"Well, the magic has a limit on the arrow. The entire arrowhead doesn't go into a person, mainly the first half, and with the magic I have, my arrow phases into where and who I hit, it doesn't hurt, and depending on how strong the magic, the arrow can be used again as I pluck it from whom I've shot at, or the magic consumes the arrow, and it disappears on contact." Aiming her arrow once again, she grinned and started to glow once more. "Make sense?"
Raven nodded, squeezing Apple's hand from her nervousness still. Here we go, untested confidence and love magic on a dark magically unstable goth princess.
"3… 2… 1… pew!"
The arrow flew, and Raven gave a little gasp as the arrow found it's mark, and Apple squeezed Raven's hand back, gasping after Raven did merely in surprise. "Raven? Are you okay? Does it hurt?"
Raven stared at the carpet as the arrow stuck out of her chest, and she blinked before taking a deep breath as the magic entered her. "I'm okay. It's just… weird."
Cupid stepped forward, taking the arrow from Raven and putting it back into her quiver, and both Apple and Cupid stared at Raven, not sure what to do or say.
Suddenly, Raven took a deep breath, turned to Apple and stared her dead in the eye. "I have a lot of depression and anxiety that everybody doesn't know about, when I don't sleep with you at night it's because I'm shutting myself off from the world and you, keeping myself to my horrible thoughts, I say I want to be alone but I want nothing more than to be with you and be in your arms and be by your side, and I'm telling you this now because I know you'll still love me if not more."
Apple literally had her mouth drop, Cupid was also wide-eyed and surprised but she had her mouth closed, and even jokingly tried to close Apple's mouth.
"So much confidence…" Apple whispered in awe and shock. It was beautiful, and confident. But then of course, something hit her in the back of her mind. There was always something wrong when magic was used without complete knowledge. So what was the side effect to Raven?
"…Apple? I know you love me, but you can let go of my hand now."
"I-I can't.."
"What do you mean you can't?"
Apple and Raven were suddenly tugging on their arms, trying to separate themselves from each other. They loved each other, but they needed space sometimes right?
"…Cupid… you know how your magic sometimes gets people to act like magnets, and hug the hex out of each other?"
"….Yes?"
Raven held up their hands up, giving a pout. "I think your magic attracted our hands together. We can't pull them apart!" Raven visibly struggled, even lifting a finger before it silently slapped its way back onto the latched mess. Huh.
"W-well, now you can be confident about your relationship in public?" Cupid suggested, already making an awkward smiling face while scrunching her head into her shoulders. You know the look.
Raven groaned, using her other hand to rub her face. Maybe this was a good thing? They'd be much closer as friends, they already hold hands in stuff in public, and-
"Crap! Apple, our classes!" Raven |squawked, looking rather frantic now. "You have Damsel-in-distressing and I have Home Evil-nomics at the same time. And you have never missed a class unless it was absolutely necessary."
Apple looked rather perturbed, thinking about that too.
"Maybe if we tell people about the magic?" She suggested, shrugging. It wouldn't hurt, and it might ease them out of some of the trouble if not all. But then the confidence magic kicked in.
"No!" Raven yelled, standing up and jerking Apple up with her. "We should tell everyone about us, it's time to come clean. I don't want to hide my love for you any longer. If they love us, they'll support us!" Raven boasted, puffing out her chest a little at her prideful confidence. Apple just looked at Cupid with a look that read "you did this." In which Cupid awkwardly giggled, and started backing out of the room.
Wait hey!" Apple whined, reaching her free hand out. "Don't leave us here like this!"
"Sorry," Cupid shrugged, opening the door from behind. "My magic doesn't go away for hours, there's nothing I can do until then."
"How long!" Apple yelled, but Cupid was already gone.
Hours, huh?
"Raven, please stop kissing me! This is serious!"
After that crazy fiasco, Apple had awkwardly called Maddie with one hand, because if anyone knew how to deal with Raven, other than herself, it was the Mad Hatter-ess. Thankfully Maddie came right away, and Apple explained the situation, while Raven was being a very confident bird-brain.
"So after you sent Cupid, very funny by the way, she shot the arrow with confidence magic, our hands are glued together, and Raven has a little too much confidence. I love her but this is nuts!"
Raven stood on her bed suddenly, and again, Apple was pulled with her.
"Have some confidence! The whole world should know the truth! I believe that everyone will support us, I-"
With a quick movement, Maddie had sat both the girls down, and had duct taped Raven's mouth shut, and given her an empty tea cup to hold onto. Check and mate. In which Raven pouted and shut up, making Apple giggle and kiss her girlfriend's grumpy eyebrows.
"This is only temporary Raven. I'm not really ready to come out just yet, okay? I'm sure our friends will all support us too, but then there are the headmasters, mostly Milton, and then our parents, and the teachers, and…" She took a deep breath, before staring Raven in her beautiful purple eyes.
"Please. Have confidence in me."
Raven nodded, and wiggled her mouth, wanting the duct tape to be taken off, and Apple carefully removed it with her right hand, and then kissed the pain away from Raven's lips and cheeks.
"So… Maddie… Do you have any idea on how to keep this under wraps? Raven might not be able to help herself if a situation comes up, and… and if Dexter comes around to see Raven, she might blurt out about us, and… this is all so complicated!"
Madde sat at Raven's desk, already drinking tea, then took a minute to think. "I suggest that you two first deal with your Dexter problem. Tell him the truth, and have confidence he won't spread the news. Then go to the teachers and explain the misunderstanding. Magic sure is mad in this school, they should understand. Then… have a cup of tea!" She squealed, then looked at her wrist.
"Well, would you look at the time. I'm afraid I have to go. Good luck you two, text me later on what happened!"
Just like that, they were alone again to deal with their thoughts.
"Hey Apple?"
"Yes Raven?"
"Are you mad at me?"
Apple turned and looked at a sniffly Raven who looked ready to puppy-face her way to tears. She quickly cupped Raven's cheek, bringing their foreheads together.
"I could never be mad at you. It was a simple mistake. We just have to work through this. It'll be fine. Trust me. We can do this. It's okay."
Raven nodded, moving closer so they could awkwardly hug, before the settled down on Raven's bed, lying next to each other, hands in between and underneath them, and Raven's head and hair being stroked by Apple's fingers while she rested herself upon Apple's chest.
They had a lot to do the next day. It'd be a challenge. But they always got through challenges together. It'd be okay! Because nothing can destroy Rapple.
"…Apple?"
"Yes Raven?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
(the end.)