I DON'T OWN CHARACTERS! Heyyyyyyy

So I'm not dead.

IM FINE

JUST SCHOOL STARTED AND IM IN AP PHYSICS AND EVERYBODY IS LITERALLY DYING SO I HAVENT HAD TIME TO WRITE!

Day nineeeeeeeee! Robin still isn't awake. Kid Flash had been ignoring me all morning and it's really starting to get on my nerves. Seriously, what's his deal? Is he mad because we threatened him with scissors yesterday? I don't get it. Why are boys so complicated?

Kole was draped in a long, dazzling gown. Aqua. With a hint of deep blues and purples intruding into the vast aqua abyss from the bottom of the apparel. Dangling from her ears were sparkling golden earrings. Coiling around nearly all of her fingers were different golden rings. Some plain, some covered in intricate designs, others dotted with gorgeous jewels. There was one ring that particularly stood out to Kole.

It was a simple golden band, but on top of it was a butterfly. Its blue wings appeared to be composed out of some sort of calm pale blue stone. The body, created out of clear pearls.

Over the tight long sleeves of the gown were multiple different golden bracelets. They too, were each unique. Some were thin little bands, some had gems or intricate designs, or both. Her fingernails were polished by a shiny, but subtle, pale pink that gave her hands a natural look. Her skin was smooth and clear and healthy. Her hands looked dainty and fragile. Hanging around her neck was not only the necklace she had received from Jericho, but also a long pearl necklace. Her purple heels clicked softly as she danced.

His hand placed securely on her waist, his other holding onto her own hand. Her other hand was resting comfortably upon his shoulder. They were in some sort of dazzling golden ballroom. Beautiful waltz music rang in her ears, yet they were the only two within the entire room. They swept across the metallic floor, Kole's dress spiraling out behind her in a beautiful array of oceanic color.

Kole looked up at him and smiled brightly. Jericho's green eyes sparkled brilliantly for a moment before he softly smiled back down at her. He span her around and she giggled. He pulled her back into his chest, ridding the formal waltz form from the both of them. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers, just swaying to the music. Kole wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her face under his neck, taking in a deep breath. She then let out a content sigh as his scent flooded her nostrils.

Soap, mostly. Clear and clean. However, under that was his natural smell. It was such a light smell, it was nearly impossible to actually know it existed without being this close to him. But, it was a rather fascinating scent.

To put it simply, he smelled like the crisp salt air that sweeps across one's face when near the ocean. Accompanied by the heavy scent carried in the air when it's just about to rain. And finally, sprinkled in was the vague smell of wet rocks, often present when one is drinking water in a glass and their nose catches that strange smell in said glass.

Kole's eyes fluttered open. She blankly stared into empty space, blinking a couple times every few seconds as she awaited the clearing of her sleepy vision. Gathered up in her balled up fists was a soft of fabric. Kole had never felt so comfortable. She was being cradled from all sides. She was awake, but her body refused to move, for if she did then her comfort would cease to exist. Her instincts called for her to just close her eyes and sleep here forever, not that she needed them to tell her that.

But she stayed awake, curiosity nibbling at her toes. It was rather curious, how exactly she had gained this comfortable position. She knew it was daytime. The blue sky flickering behind the green leaves in her peripheral vision was enough to let her know that. If she recalled correctly, they had all come up for a picnic. For lunch. Kole squinted, trying to figure out what was going on. She sighed. She would probably have to move.

And then it struck her. There was a heartbeat, thumping away to the left of her upper body. Her eyes moved to the side. A shoulder. Kole came to the sudden realization that she was cuddled flat up against another person, spare her two fisted hands that were gripping onto said person's shirt. Their legs were intertwined as well. His right arm was wrapped securely around her waist, fingers dipping under her body, pulling her closer to him. His other arm was bent under her head, giving her a pillow. Her head was cradled up under his chin. Kole then realized that the smell from her dream had yet to go away.

And that it was Jericho. She reeled her head back and made direct eye contact with his cloudy green retinas. He blinked a few times before smiling lazily at her. The vibrant blush traveled up Kole's body so quickly, it was there before she even had a chance to register her glowing flesh. Her mouth opened and closed a few times, eyes wide, her red skin radiating an immense heat of some sort.

"Gah...I...I...Uh...uhhhhh...you...uhhh" Her eyes darted away from his. She looked in the opposite direction of the sky. She was looking at the ground through the holes of the tan hammock they appeared to be laying in. She rubbed Jericho's shirt between her fingers as she attempted to glue her eyes to the ground. Kole nibbled her lip. Her heart was going to beat out of her chest. It was really an overwhelming sensation. Rippling electricity everywhere that his body was touching hers.

Just like that she became putty in his hands.

Suddenly his other hand pushed under her body and she was lifted up. The hammock began to sway violently. "H-hey! W-wait!" Kole stuttered, a blushing mess as Jericho shifted her on top of him. He sat up, his legs curling together into a pretzel style. Kole found herself resting on his pretzel-style legs, her own legs stretching out behind his back. Her grip had changed to holding onto his shirt at his shoulders. Jericho's arms remained hooked around her waist.

"Y-You're..." Kole's face couldn't have deepened more in its profound blush. She squished her eyes closed as Jericho watched her, positively enchanted by his partner. In the end, her head dove forward to his in his shoulder. Her ears were red as she felt his shoulders shake with his silent chuckles. Kole pouted into his shoulder, making sure her face was completely hidden. She shaking eventually stopped and soon after, Jericho gently placed his head on her shoulder. Things slowly began to calm down.

Kole's arms gently moved under his, lightly hooking them around his torso. Her blush had died down, electricity still fizzing around her body. She finally sighed and leaned back from him. There was really no need for her to be so shy. Jericho was her boyfriend, after all.

"So...where's everybody?" Jericho slid his arms off of her waist in order to sign to her.

'Library'

The library was, simply put, a beautiful place. Enchantments lurked about every corner. Magic itself appeared to float around in the air. It had an old sort of charm to it. It smelled like carnations.

The library was put inside a giant, hollowed-out tree. The inside of the tree was shiny and looked like caramel. Books covered every wall of the ginormous plant. There were multiple fluffy seats scattered about the room. In the very center of the tree was a little table. Being presented on said table was a large green book. There were holes at the very top of the tall inner-tree, these holes let in brilliant beams of sunlight, which ignited the caramel-like wood inside the tree, making the whole room glitter like gold.

"Huh, so this is how squirrels feel." Jinx shrugged, breaking the enchanting silence that had taken over the teenagers.

"Really girl? That's the first thing that you're gonna say?" Bumblebee elbowed Jinx in the arm. Jinx giggled and looked over at Wally, expecting a chuckle out of him before he would murmur out some sort of smooth remark. But he said nothing. In fact, he didn't even look at her. The more Jinx thought about it the more she realized that Wally hadn't said but a couple words the entire day. And while she was enjoying the silence, her world seemed to have spiraled out of balance. Great.

Raven rolled her eyes as she walked towards the table in the middle of the room. She slid her palm over the dusty book cover. It wasn't in English, she should've seen that coming.

"The Life of X'Hal." Starfire was flying behind her, looking over her shoulder. Raven turned to look at her friend. "I give you the suggestion to do the picking of a shorter story, The Life of X'Hal will take all of the time that we have here."

"Star, I can't read any of your books, I don't speak Tamaranian." Raven crossed her arms and rose an eyebrow as Star landed on the wooden floor, a resounding tap echoing out from her aqua combat boots.

"I can do the translating." Starfire smiled.

"Alright." Raven shrugged, turning to pick a thinner book to have Star read to her.

Beast Boy looked after the dark witch for a moment, trying to not make it obvious that he was totally checking her out. He finally snapped his head upward to look away from the purple-haired beauty. As he did so, it became clear to him that this place was modeled to accommodate Tamaranians. The tree was about the height of the tallest mountain on Tamaran. The books were lined up on shelves all the way up to the top of the tree, no ladders or any other upward transportation. It was blatantly obvious that they rarely got tourists. Beast Boy was the tallest person here, but there was no way to reach a majority of the books.

Beast Boy stalked around the shelves of books, until he came to books with pictures on the covers. Above him was a black book with blue spiraling designs on the cover, from what he could see. Beast Boy reached up to the book, and was incredibly embarrassed to discover it was out of his reach. He jumped, then looked around to make sure nobody noticed. Her decided to make one last long reach towards the book before giving up.

He stretched his green fingers towards the novel. It was in vain, he already knew it. He was on his tiptoes, straining in one last big attempt. He was so focused on reaching the book, he stopped paying attention to his surroundings. So he was rather surprised as a gray hand took hold of the book and gently slid it off the shelf. Then the book was dangled in front of his face.

"Here you go." Beast Boy looked up at a flying Raven.

"Thanks Rae!" He blushed slightly.

Starfire pulled one of her black knee socks back up into her knee as it began to slide down ever-so-slightly. The two thick braids she had pulled her hair into weighed down heavily on her shoulders, tied with aqua hair ties. She wore a tight white long-sleeved shirt, that was tucked into a pair of black shorts. Star had been in this library all the time as a child. It was a frequent field trip back in elementary school.

She fiddled with her compass necklace. They were taught how to read and write here. They were also taught about all the different gods, which were particularly abundant in the Tamaranian religion.

"Star" She turned to look at Beast Boy and Raven, who were approaching her with a children's book. It had blue waves spiraling all across the cover.

"Friends! Do you wish to do the hearing of the tales of the ocean?" She motioned to the book. She had read it once as a child, but after her it became Ryand's favorite book, so she nearly had it memorized now.

"Yeah dude!" Beast Boy cheered.

Cyborg glanced at Beast Boy from over his shoulder before turning his head back to look at Wally. "What's up with you?" He asked. Kid Flash, who was running his fingers along the spines of the books before them, looked up at his friend.

"What do you mean?"

"You're being really quiet today." Cy nudged his friend. Wally tucked his thumbs into his back pockets and shrugged.

"I just feel wrong."

Argent looked down at the two from her perch at the very top of the tree. She had carried Hot Spot up with her, they were seated in one of the holes a top the tree. The setting sun was bleeding down on their backs.

"So yeah, I just turn red, I don't even look human." Hot Spot continued, getting Argent to look over at him.

"Do ye look like a cherry?" Argent giggled. Hot Spot rolled his eyes.

"No Arg, I do not look like a cherry." He tried to act annoyed, but it only resulted in the both of them snickering. Suddenly, the double doors to the library were forced open, releasing a bright beam of the afternoon sun into the tree. And then came a Tamaranian boy. Tall and tangerine. He came flying in and began to speak to Starfire in hasty Tamaranian. Then he flew out and Star turned to her friends.

"Friend Robin has awakened!"