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Pink

A color normally associated with love, but in her case that was not true. A related emotion, though, happiness. Joy.

It was weird, because one really would not have expected pink to be Raven's favorite color. It was just so... unRavenlike. Maybe it was because the dark shades of blue were perceived to be her favorite colors, which certainly matched her personality and demeanor, and pink was just so unlike that.

But maybe there really wasn't any meaning to her liking the color pink. It was a color. And she liked it. Pleasing to her eyes. End of story.

But that would be boring, wouldn't it?

There had to be some meaning to her favorite color being that particular bright, lovey dovey shade of the rainbow. Then again, pink also had different shades... though noticeably less than blue.

Mostly, pink could be described in two categories. The soft pinks. More subdued. Blush, salmon, coral. Almost a sense of dullness, not because of the presence of control, but the lack of luster behind the color itself.

Raven herself could never be described as sparkling, that was for sure. But she had some sort of fire about her, at least within her being, that made her seem bright in a very different way. Intelligent, yes, and also, despite her emotionless exterior, impassioned. Certainly not dull. So that was why Happy was never dressed in that drab color of repressed pink.

And then there was hot pink. Fuchsia. Another color of blooming flowers. No, what interested her was the color itself. It was pretty. Happy. With an air of promiscuous vitality about it. Not in the sense of sex. Not like that at all... Social promiscuity. Sense of being alive by being in contact with other people.

Something she didn't actually care about. Happy, though? Maybe she wanted to be happy. Like, who didn't want to be happy?

But then, what had happiness ever brought her?

She had been happy at some points in her life. And when that happiness had faded, all that was left was bitter disappointment. Happiness was something she both yearned for but feared at the same time.

But what if she was always happy as Happy was?

Actually, that was not something she relished either. It almost seemed... like a mindless state. Unable to appreciate the beauty of the darker side of life. That sort of bubbly happiness was only superficial, and she thought that it might make her lose her mind, becoming merely one of those silly buffoons who laughed at anything and everything, prancing around joyously all the time. Well, not all the time, but even half the time was too much for her.

Being happy really didn't do much for her, actually. Content might have been a better word for it. Of course, being "content" didn't exactly mean being happy, especially in Raven's case. Content in the sense of doing what she loved, not being loved, or being happy. But doing something.

So, pink. Happiness? Or being comfortable in her own skin? It was a weird color, she decided, much like Happy herself.

Although, she could appreciate happiness as well. It was a natural state of mind that people worked for. That was the only reason she had decided to keep Happy in the first place, as opposed to eliminating her altogether. Having Happy there, though Raven herself rarely felt the emotion, made her feel "content." Like she was somewhat normal or something.

Okay, she didn't care about being normal either. Maybe she just liked having Happy's presence because it was something that just felt right. Without even a hint of happiness in her, after all, she would have succumbed to all of her other emotions eons ago. Depression, rage, moodiness... yeah, she probably wouldn't have even lasted a day before she killed herself. Or someone else. So really, happiness was her form of control.

Control, but it was, after all, the only thing that made her even a little bit comfortable with herself. Or even being alive. Yep that was what Happy was to her. That pink garbed girl, the only thing keeping her from going completely insane, demonic, or killing herself. So, maybe not the most classic reason why, but perhaps that was why pink was her favorite color.