The next morning Roy woke up happily, the events which transpired last night still running through his head. He whistled happily and got ready, since it was Sunday and he had finished his assignments, with the help of Raven of course. He was completely free today.
He flipped his phone open and contemplated texting Raven, he didn't want to come off as needy or clingy but he wanted to speak to her, it was weird not speaking to her as he spoke to her everyday even if was for 5 minutes. And in these two months he had gotten used to her, he could only hope that she had gotten used to him.
He took a deep breath and texted her "Hey Rae, what are you doing today? Wanna hangout?"
After a few minutes her reply came- "Hey…I am at a poetry reading at Dark Deep."
"Can I join?" he texted back with a smiley. She just replied "Sure."
That was all he needed, he quickly grabbed his wallet and car keys and headed towards his car. He sat in his car and it faintly smelled of jasmine and tea, he smiled as this scent was Raven's. He remembered their kiss, and remembered her taste. He smiled like a lovesick idiot and drove off to meet the girl of his thoughts.
He arrived at Dark deep and started looking around for Raven; he saw her sitting on a corner table with a huge book which had captured his attention. He walked over to her and sat beside her but still she didn't look up from her book. On the table a half drunken cup of hot tea and a glass of iced tea were kept. Roy looked at the glass of the cold drink and wondered who it was for he knew that Raven only drank tea.
Roy waved his hand in front of her face but she was so immersed in her book that she didn't look up. Roy felt a pang of jealousy as all of Raven's attention was captured by the book, he pouted a little and then smirked when an idea came to his mind; he leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on the corner of Raven's mouth.
Raven looked up, ready to smack whoever who dared to do this; but when she Roy's smiling face all her anger left her and she closed her book. She smiled and said "When did you reach here?"
"I came like 20 minutes ago…but you were so involved with your book that you didn't even notice me." He pouted a little and crossed his arms over his chest. She just laughed and said "Stop being such a drama queen…here I ordered iced tea for you."
He smiled at her sweet gesture and thanked for the iced tea with an innocent kiss on her cheek and started drinking. They sat in comfortable silence with the background of some poetry being read, after a while Raven got up and said "I have to get another book…I will be back in a few minutes."
Roy smiled and watched her walk away, his eyes never leaving her. He saw her head to a book shelf and search for some book. She leaned up trying to reach to the top shelf but she stumbled on her feet a little and was about to fall; Roy immediately got up and started walking quickly to her when he saw somebody else catch her.
Raven turned around and saw icy blue-grey eyes and long eyes lashes; she immediately recognized whose eyes she was looking at. She freed herself from the man's grasp but he held her hand and said "It's been a long time…my sweet Raven."
She immediately put some distance between them and said harshly "What do you want?"
He smiled and stepped towards her and said "Is it so hard to believe that I wanted to meet an old friend."
"We were never friends." She hissed. "Because we were so much more..." he countered and stepped closer to her. After a short pause he asked "Want to meet later? We can rekindle old feelings." Raven said in anger "There are no feelings."
Roy saw the whole exchange and an ugly feeling bubbled up in the pit of his stomach when he saw the white haired boy leaning close to Raven. He saw that she looked sad and uncomfortable; he was at her side in second. He smiled at her and slid his hand around her waist and said "There you are babe, come on we have to go." He kissed her temple and she eased up a little and offered him a thankful smile and said "Yeah, we should go…the book I wanted isn't here anyway."
They walked out of the café without turning back and with Roy's arm around Raven's waist, as soon as they walked out Raven took a deep breath and said in monotone "Thanks for that." He was a little confused; he wasn't used to hearing her talk in such a dull voice since they had become friends. "Rae, are you okay?" they sat on a bench, he turned to study her carefully but she didn't look at him even once.
"It's Raven…and yes I am fine." She said without looking at him. Now he was convinced that something was wrong, she hadn't corrected him in a long time and she wasn't looking at him.
Before he could say anything she added "I don't know if I can do this." And she turned to face him, her face was stoic, emotionless but her eyes betrayed her emotionless demeanor, they held pain and mistrust.
"What can't you do?" he asked, his eyes practically piercing into her. She sighed "This…whatever's between us."
He was hurt for a moment and then it turned to anger and he asked "Why can't you do it? You were perfectly fine when I came here and then that stranger…."Something clicked in his brain and realization dawned upon him and he said "He was the one who broke your trust. He is your ex-boyfriend…right?" All his anger left him, leaving only sadness and sympathy in its wake.
Raven sighed and nodded "Yeah that was Malchior…seeing him again made me remember everything…his lies, the heartbreak."
After a slow pause she looked up at him, he looked sad and sympathetic. Raven added "I can't get hurt again…I can't-"
Roy interrupted her and asked "Do you enjoy spending time with me?" Raven nodded, he caressed her right cheek and said looking into her eyes "Do you trust me?" after a slow pause Raven nodded. Roy smiled sweetly and said "Then trust me when I say this- I will never hurt you Raven."
Raven finally met with his honey brown eyes and smiled a little bit before leaning in and capturing his lips in a loving, trusting kiss. After a couple of moments she started to pull away but Roy snaked his hands around her waist to keep her with him and deepened the kiss, she smiled and gripped his strong, muscular shoulders, returning his kiss.
His lips moved against hers in a possessive and desperate way, Roy realized that he could have lost her and that thought burned him. He knew that he had to tell her about the challenge and that it meant nothing to him anymore; he had to tell her the truth about what initially got his attention to her but he couldn't risk her walking away.
They broke apart slowly and Roy pulled her towards him, crushing her to his chest and said into her hair "Don't even think about leaving me again." She pulled away and looked into his eyes; she cupped his face with her hands and said "I won't."
He smiled and hugged her again; they slowly parted and walked away hand in hand. Roy turned towards her and asked "So what do you want to do for our second date?" he raised his eyebrows mischievously. She just rolled her eyes at him but a tiny smile graced her features.
