A/n: Wow, thanks for all the response and hits (60 after one day! sqwee) on the first chapter. You guys make me so happy!
Oh and thanks to Cheeky for pointing out that Kinx is the proper term for this and adding it to alert and Thanks Tefnut Talvi for adding it to your alert as well.
Special thanks to all who have reviewed thus far. You've made my day.
Yep this one was put out pretty fast, and I hope to get the third chapter out just as quickly. I'm already half way done so it shouldn't be too long.
Disclaimer: I don't own le Teen Titans. If I did, there would be more, umm, more ah…. More cheese cake! That's right cheese cake.
Chapter 2
Jinx wandered around the city a bit, just looking for an appropriate place to stay for the night. It didn't have to be much, anything with a cover would work. If she was lucky maybe she could find a box or something.
Her mind wandered back to the rose, which, by this time a few of the petals had already fallen off. It would soon wilt and wither away like all flowers did once cut. One could always prolong the rose's life by placing it in water, but Jinx didn't have anything to put the water or rose in.
He said he would come back didn't he? He had to come back right?
Wait, hold the phone, Jinx was not wanting to see him again was she? She was the one that told him to get lost, she was the one who rejected his offer to go live with him. It almost sounded like she, Jinx former member of the Hive Five, was going soft and gushy all over some boy she didn't even like. He annoyed the hell out of her, and he knew it. However he never stopped, this is what confused her even more. Most of the time once she told a guy off he wouldn't even speak to her again. Kid Flash never seemed to give up on her. He always was reaching out, giving her flowers and saying that she could do better.
She tried to push him out of her head. Think about other things, like who or what she would rob first now that she was going solo. The final image of his eyes though wouldn't let her. Over and over again she replayed what had just happened. She could only think of his eyes gazing into hers and the warmth on her cheek.
He had charisma; she knew that was true for a fact. In her heart she felt nothing for him or anyone else for that matter, so it had to be his overly perky nature that made a lasting impression. It was the first time she had been on her own in a long time, Jinx told herself, that was all. She had never loved anyone or ever would. It had always been discouraged at The Hive Academy, and if she ever flirted with anyone it was normally to use them and later crush the poor boy.
Well, that wasn't the complete truth, she did feel something in her heart, something strange. Couldn't be right though, she barely knew him, and he was a hero, her enemy. He had just flattered her, right?
The city street lamps shined their golden glow, they looked almost like fireflies in the night. Their soft light made her feel like she was covered in a protective blanket. Jinx was amazed a bit at how something so simple and normally over looked, could be so beautiful. All the street lamps were in a strait line, almost as if guiding her home, where ever that may be.
Very few people were out that night, and the ones that were seemed to be in their own little world. Never even giving Jinx a second glance for they were all too busy heading home or going somewhere else that night.
In the middle of her trek through the city she spotted an old office building with a stoop. Cobwebs hung in display in the windows. The bricks chipped ever so slightly, the blinds bent and broken. She went up the three worn concrete steps and into the brick enclosed shelter. All the corners were riddled with dust, but beggars couldn't be choosers, so she cleaned one out and laid down in it.
It was still filthy, but she couldn't find the will to actually care about it. The rose was still in her hand, she continued to look at it and ponder everything until sleep came upon her.
Meanwhile
Disappointed and feeling the cold hand of defeat, Kid Flash returned home, or what he called home.
Turning the knob he entered his small undecorated apartment. Anyone could see that he didn't spend much time there. All the walls were solid white, and everything seemed to have that un-lived in feel.
The insanely fast boy dashed off into his room, changed his clothes to normal civilian clothing, then ran back into the kitchen all under ten seconds. Even though the spandex was comfortable it did feel nice to get out of it and into some normal clothes.
His stomach growled, running around all day could work up a large appetite. As he opened the door to the fridge he was greeted by the cold and the bareness of his shelves. Obviously Kid would need to go shopping, or at least get some fast food somewhere. He stopped by his coat rack, picked up his baggy brown jacket, and put it on over his red top.
All during this time he couldn't get her out of his head, she seemed different to him somehow. He couldn't help but have feelings for her. It wasn't unusual for Kid Flash to flirt with girls, but he couldn't recall trying this hard to get a girl to pay attention to him. He wanted to help her, but she had rejected him.
Remembering this, his heart sank as he left out the door. He walked slowly like a normal person; Kid Flash didn't want to risk anyone finding out his secret identity. That would ruin his small moments of rest and the times when he could be a normal kid.
The busy sounds of the city embraced him when he stepped on to the streets. Even at night everyone seemed to have things to do. Kid wondered what all the rush was, there was plenty of time to get things done. Why hurry?
Waltzing down the street carelessly his mind wandered back to the pink haired girl. Every time he thought of her his heart raced in his chest. When he first saw her picture in the criminal files at the Titan Tower he couldn't stop pondering about her. He had never thought this way about a female villain, and hadn't obsessed over anyone like this in a long time. The last girl he thought of constantly would have to have been Pauline back in eighth grade, but that only lasted about half a year. However that was a different story.
He knew she was good, you could see it in her eyes. She was just lost, and there was something inside him that wanted to help her find her way.
Ahead Kid Flash saw his destination. It was a small 24-hour mini mart that was only a few blocks away from his apartment complex. Even though he was about half way there he could easily see the barren store from its wide windows emanating light.
The door made a tone deaf chime when he walked in. The place was completely deserted accept for the one sales clerk behind the cash register. The balding man was so stocky it looked like he could fill up two chairs instead of one. Kid Flash stopped, cocked his head and looked at the man who's name tag read 'Ralph'. Ralph's eyes were shut, but he sat strait up like a statue. Was the man squinting or sleeping?
" 'ey, what ya looking at?!" A thick Brooklyn accent came out of the pudgy ball named Ralph.
That answered Kid Flash's question.
"Nothing sir." The sudden reaction of the man made him jump a bit.
With that he set to picking up what he wanted from the small store. It didn't have much variety, but it was in a convenient area, and was open late. Hence the name 'convenience store'.
Kid Flash plucked several random potato chip bags off of the shelves, along with some trail mix. For a while he pondered over if he should get a bag of pork rinds, but then he remembered what they were made out of, and the thought of eating pig flesh didn't spark his fancy for that evening. Thus he dismissed them and went on to the back cooler.
His selection of drinks was just about as random and unhealthy as his selection of food. It went from chocolate milk to various carbonated beverages to a seemingly misplaced can of green tea. Kid went to the counter with his large armful of items and placed them on the counter. Ralph took a meaty hand and started scanning the items. The eyes were always shut (or squinting, Kid Flash still wasn't sure) and head was turned straight ahead.
Hesitating for a moment in the awkward silence only filled with the beeps of the scanner. He looked down, then glanced up, then back down.
"Ah, nice name tag." He smiled nervously and scratched the back of his head a bit.
Ralph made an annoyed snort, and continued doing his job.
"Ok…" The super hero muttered, his attempt to start a conversation crushed.
"Sixty-twenty nine." Ralph spat out, not even giving the cash register one look for the total.
Kid Flash glanced at the horizontal bar that showed him his total, and Ralph was right. That man must be a witch or have some amazing adding skills to be able to get the total with out even looking at it.
"Sixty-twenty nine."
He snapped back to reality and handed over the money to the man. With out giving him another look Kid picked up his many bags of food and left the store. That guy was freaky.
Opening up a bag of potato chips he started his way back to his apartment. The salty goodness soon started to satisfy his roaring stomach. As the speedy teen munched on his food he started to wonder if he should go check up on Jinx or not. He didn't have to think about this for too long because out the corner of his eye he saw something move from the corner of the stoop he was by.
Kid Flash hadn't been paying much attention to where he was going, but stopped dead in his tracks when he thought he saw movement from the stoop of a building.
The office building was obviously old, and the porch's inside was pitch black. He could have sworn he saw something though, so he walked up the steps as silently as he could to investigate. Most people's common sense would tell them that it was just a rat, cat, or something. Kid Flash didn't think like most people and he was correct, for once, about what he thought it was.
Before him was the small grey skinned sorceress, curled up in a cat-like way for warmth in the dark and dusty enclosure. One of her small and delicate hands loosely held the rose. The site of this made the young man smile. The normally hot tempered girl looked so peaceful as she slept. Kid placed his bags down, and took off his jacket. Carefully, so he would not disturb her, he draped the jacket over her small frame. Jinx flinched, muttered something in her sleep, but didn't awake. He turned to his bags and began to rummage through them. Kid pulled out the can of green tea and a bag of trail mix, leaving it in her shelter for her. With that he left, his heart feeling a lot lighter than it did.
As Kid Flash went on his way back to his apartment his face beamed up at the night sky. He knew it in his heart that she would come to him, he would just have to be patient.
Like always, time was on his side.
