Kat choked on her Lhao skewer she had just been eating as Raven asked her, "So, where have you been sleeping?" totally caught off guard by the question. After finally reuniting in Jirga Para Lhao and breaking free of the brainwashing mask that the military had used on her, Raven was curious to know what her girlfriend had been up to since they parted...
And where exactly they would be sleeping now since Lisa had kicked them out of her lodgings, as Raven had recovered from her kidnapping ordeal.
Kat gulped nervously and downed the rest of her masticated skewer morsel. She felt extremely embarrassed telling Raven about her current sleeping arrangements in the bird coop, amongst the animals and laying on the really uncomfortable wooden crates, while Syd slept on the dirty floor beneath her. Her new lodgings felt more awkward to explain than when she had to tell Raven, for the first time, that she lived in a tiny sewer drain in Hekseville with Dusty.
"Well…funny story," Kat waved her skewer around sheepishly, trying to fan her embarrassment at the same time, "since there's really no room on the Banga settlement, and Syd and I kinda broke two Grav Suits, we've been sleeping in the-"
Seeing Raven's penetrating blue death glare ignite at her story, Kat halted mid-sentence and stopped everything she was doing, in complete fear. Kat's ruby eyes were wide, while her hand and skewer alike were frozen in unexpected shock. If Kat didn't know how much damage that glare could cause to a horde of Nevi, she'd undoubtedly think that Raven looked incredibly cute when she was angry.
Jealousy bubbling underneath her cool persona, Raven's eyebrow twitched as she said, "You and Syd have been sharing a room together while we've been separated?"
Kat blinked in confusion, slowly registering what Raven was saying. Even though there was no possibility of her and Syd doing anything together, as they acted more like brother and sister, I guess the thought of it was still unnerving to the dark haired shifter.
Nonetheless, Kat's face turned into a flaming torch at the sexual innuendo Raven was implying. The blonde saw small, blue gravity sparks emit from the other girl, as Kat realized she should explain this situation better...and right now!
"No! It's not like that Raven!" Kat's mind and mouth stumbled over each other in panic like she was being attacked by a thousand Nevi all at once.
But Raven continued to glare and dangerously spark more.
Before Kat could form the correct coherent words, Syd had popped up from out of nowhere from behind a crate, waving weakly. Kat jumped in surprise at his incredulous timing, while her shock caused her grip to loosen on her tasty skewer. It flew through the air and landed unceremoniously a few feet away.
Its crispy ends and sauce began to spread along the concrete like Nevi guts.
Kat had no time to mourn its untimely loss.
But oblivious to Kat's mourning over her now inedible skewer, Syd rubbed his lower back as if in extreme pain.
"So Kat, for tonight I think I need to be on top (referring to top of the crate). It's just too hard on my back when I'm on the bottom (the floor). And I'm getting all these bite marks in the morning (from the ducks), so if you could help a guy out, especially after I fixed your ripped clothes (from the gravity storm when they first arrived), that'd be great! Thanks in advance, you're the best! Oh and hi Raven, you look nice."
And in a single, merrily heartbeat he continued on his way, holding his fake injured back. He left a speechless, red-faced Kat with a lightning storm of a girlfriend. The dark haired shifter's body and eyes glowed intensely and her sparks had increased a hundredfold into ungodly blue waves of energy. It seemed Raven was very much set on punishing her girlfriend with a torrent of gravity pain, right at this moment.
Kat had never felt more terrified in her life.
Much explaining, Lhao skewer offerings and making up had to be done, between them, after that.