As Jinx sat back down to watch the movie, a silence that was both comforting and awkward settled over them; Raven, still shocked that she'd said out loud she was dating Jinx without something exploding, and Jinx for the simple fact that she was now crashing. Raven decided to break the silence.
"So, why does Jak have a secret door?"
"He's a retard. Goes to sleep at six in the morning and wakes up at one making pancakes, but nooooo. God forbid he is woken up by a normal person. You know that when you called that one time he was having a hamburgers at like 10?" Jinx ranted, still mad at Jak's stupidly.
"Is that why you called it dinner?" Raven asked, no longer bothered by the odd statement from before.
"Yeah, his stupid rubs off on me" Jinx said, getting cozy with the Titan.
Raven took a deep breath to keep her calm, now worrying about getting control over both her and Jinx's emotions. Jinx, both unaware of Raven plight or the amount of infatuation in the air, begin to lay down on Ravens lap, no longer caring about falling asleep and Raven could not help but think, "Is this what it's all about? Is this what we fight to save? The days sparring, training, the weeks spent hurt and the nights coming back to the tower, bleeding and alone?"
And it all made sense, how Robin could be so obsessed with fighting villainy, how Beast boy could be optimistic. It was to save the ones they love. This revelation caused a light bulb to shatter somewhere in the house. The no longer hidden door came open to show the sleepy man.
"You okay? What the hell was that?" Jak asked, more out of hospitality than anything.
"Yeah, it's fine…happens every now and again. Need me to get you a new light bulb?" Raven said, hoping that he would flip out.
"No its all cool, Jinx does it about once a month. She gets mad and then BAM! Things break. Almost took my eye out with a blender once." Jak said, looking like he wanted to sleep, but something was keeping him there.
"Soooo…what's your trigger? So it could be avoided, and so I would know when to wear safety glasses." Jak continued.
"Emotion, anything extreme or sudden, and things…happen" Raven spoke as if she was talking to a small child.
"So, dating that little pink ball of crazy over there must be, what's the word I'm looking for…troublesome?" Jak said, not awake enough for thought.
"Hey Jak? Shut up, taking a nap." Jinx said as she turned slightly to get more comfortable.
"Having a conversation with your BETTER half, so you can calm down." Jak said, watching Raven to make sure he didn't cross some unseen line.
"As I was saying before we were interrupted; so like what can you do? Heard some gossip that you have a demon shadow, four red eyes and that you disappear…care to explain?" Jak said, somehow no longer tired.
"No, I do not, so is there anything else you care to ask while I can't move?" Raven asked with more than a hint of bitterness.
"K, just a bit…do you bend spoons or fuck minds? I need to know this. I'm not asking if you were bitten by a magic hobo but yeah." Jak's grin was childish, as if this was a game. Raven knew why his antics irritated Jinx to end now.
"Taking a nap, go THE EFF AWAY BEFORE I PUNCH THAT STUPID SMERK OFF YOUR FACE!" Jinx growled.
"Walking away…" Jak said as he stood there, waiting for Raven's answer.
"I meant now you retard, so leave." Jinx said.
Walking away, Jak had to get the last word in. "But why do I have to go and she can stay?" he asked.
"I don't know? Maybe because she is THE FAVORITE. so go!" Jinx replied.
"And I just thought you should know I will be gone for like three to…let's say five hours. If I'm not here by tomorrow morning go through the proper channels but not the police. You can call the…umm, what are guys called?" Jak asked, pointing at Raven.
"Teen Titans?" She replied, eyebrow raised.
"YES, feel free to call them if I'm not back. Just none of the red and blue, got it?" Jak repeated, increasing Raven's suspicions of the man.
"What does he do again?" Raven asked the no longer sleeping Jinx.
"Well, a lot of things to be honest; one being he is like a…gossip columnist for the streets, the other is a middle man for white collar crimes and gray area things, I only know the vague outline." Jinx said, stretching as much as she could still laying on the couch.
"Gossip?" Raven repeated.
"Yeah you know, who's doing what, did what and how they did it…stuff like that." Jinx nodded, moving to sit up.
"An information broker?" Raven asked, hoping she was wrong.
"Yeah, that's what it was called." Jinx nodded, making sure her hair was in its signature horns.
Raven was at a cross road. She could either turn in the fact that Jak may be the man they are looking for, the man who lives with Jinx…or, she could look the other way and betray her team; the ones who gave her a home when she had nothing.
"Hey Jinx, if I did something that would get you mad, you would know that it was for the best, right?" Raven asked nervously.
"Yes, but I would still be mad. If not for the action, then for the lack of notice or understanding of the situation." Jinx answered
"I have to tell my team some things…" Raven said.
"Mind if I come with?" Jinx asked, her face baring a warm smile that Raven couldn't say no to.
"Sure, it might help speed things up really." Raven said, trying to hide how nervous she was feeling.
"Let me get presentable, while you call your team." Jinx replied as she shot to her room.
Raven pulled out her communicator and dialled Robin's number, only for Starfire to pick up.
"Hello Raven, how is all night poem reading?" Starfire asked with a little too much optimism for the half demon to be comfortable with.
"Alright, Star. Where's Robin?" Raven asked, trying to speed up the conversation before Jinx was done with whatever she was doing.
"Robin ,it is Raven, and she would like to talk to you. It seems very important to call during the all night poem." Star spoke with such sweetness that one could almost expect to get diabetes.
"Ugh, what is it Raven? I was sleeping" Robin said with an unusual grumpiness.
"I have a lead. My informant and I shall be there shortly…why, if you're sleeping, would Starfire be beside you?" Raven teased.
"Because I am tired Raven."
"Are you to bring your boyfriend with you?" Starfire said in the background which earned Raven a look from Robin.
"I don't have a boyfriend to bring. So why are you to so tired?" Raven asked with a knowing look.
"We have to get ready with whatever you send our way, Robin out." The Boy Wonder said quickly, cutting off any answer Starfire could have replied with.
With that Raven turned to Jinx's room, as she walked Raven thought about the situation. "How would jinx know what he does? She wouldn't be involved the criminal activities…would she?" Raven thought to herself before her thoughts were interrupted by a loud bang then a silence. That was never good.
"What was that?" asked Jinx, popping her head out of her door.
"I'll go check." Raven replied, walking in to the kitchen to find Jak curled up on the floor sleeping.
"Why is he sleeping on the floor?" Raven asked, looking back at Jinx, who was still peering out from around her doorframe.
"I don't know, does he have his blanket?" Jinx questioned.
"No, he is just in a ball" Raven shook her head, looking back at the man.
"Give me a second here, how's my hair?" Jinx asked, stepping out into the hallway for Raven to get a good look.
"Perfect. So do we leave him here or what?" Raven said, now doubting that the man at her feet could be anything close to villainous.
"Give me a second." Jinx said, stepping in to Jak 's room only to return with a large brown blanket."Do you want me to get that?" Raven asked, before she lifted it up with her powers.
"Thanks, so Jak you want your blanket?" Jinx asked the sleeping man.
"you *mumble grumble grumble* blankey." Jak replied with a hint whine.
"Jak, if you want it you will speak like a normal person." Jinx demanded,sounding more like a stern mother than anything else.
"I want my blankey, I wants it now…please?" Jak asked almost as if he regressed in to a small three year old.
Jinx nodded at Raven who let the blanket drop on the idiot on the floor. Jinx then did something that warmed Raven's heart and made her giggle simultaneously. Jinx bent down and put the blanket on the sleeping hipster almost as if she was tucking him in.
"Fuzzy side in?" Jak asked.
"Fuzzy side in." Jinx reassured.
"Aww, you care." Raven teased.
"Shut up." Jinx retorted. "All I need to do is turn the oven on and we can leave."
"Why turn the oven on?" Raven asked.
"'Cuz its warm, makes me tired" Jak mumbled from beneath the blanket.
"yeah, helps him sleep, glasses." Jinx said holding her hand out.
"Here you go." Jak said as his hand held them out for Jinx to grab.
"They're there on the counter. We can go now Raven." Jinx said with a smile.
"Can it wait a second? I need to talk to you about some stuff." Raven replied, hiding how nervous she was feeling behind a smile.
A/N betaed as part of who will be my beta...hint hint I have a idea on who it might be
