The walk to find the boys was one of such awkwardness that it was without description. Jinx found the urge to grab ahold of Raven's hand and begun talking as Star, who thought it was a game of ring around the rosie grabbed Jinx's and Raven's free hands and begin circling, dragging the other two with her extraordinary strength around the mall as Bumble Bee just shook her head in shame and possibly disbelief.
"Sta-STAR, STOP. SLOW DOWN." Jinx screamed in a panic, unaware that all of this is being funneled into Raven.
"Can't we just walk, walking would be wonderful at this point." Raven half yelled, her soul-self bringing a abrupt stop to her and Jinx who were still connected at the hand.
Bumble Bee's communicator cut everyone off with CY's rushed words "Terra got mad and stormed off, can we just go home…been a long day"
"You have no idea; I have a bit to tell you." Bumble bee replied, her sigh letting her annoyance be herd.
As the girls walked, they saw the boys. Beast Boy sitting down, doing his best to hide the fact that he was just crying and Robin doing his best to show that he carried, without being emotional along with Cyborg just waiting for his girlfriend to get there.
"Oh my god, you would think it's a soap opera around here, with all that's going on…" Cyborg said to the now semi-complete Titans.
"You have no idea, I hit a guy…hard" Bumble Bee said with a hint of shame
"What happened baby, are you OK?" Cyborg asked, no longer caring about his best friend's drama.
"Oh I'm fine, he learned not to do that twice, I kind'a feel bad about it now" Bumble bee spoke in an almost debated tone, unsure if it was alright to have done what she did.
"Don't. He had it coming, when dumb people do dumb things they get hurt, its life" Jinx butted in, hand still intertwined with Ravens.
"Who did she hit?" the man machine asked, face a mix of confusion and resentment.
"Jak, he wouldn't shut up so she shut him up." The pink haired hooligan continued.
"Hum…" was Cyborgs only response.
"What is it baby?" The queen bee asked, knowing she not in trouble by his lack of response.
"Nothing, just didn't think he would have a glass jaw that's all" Cyborg explained.
"Can we just go home?" Robin, the only man to have not lost his cool today, pleated.
"hey Raven…honey? Can I ask a favor?" Jinx quietly whispered in to the dark titan's ear.
This struck Raven as odd, the pet name was new, but not unexpected, it was the pleading in her words that made her worry. "what do you need?" Raven tried to hide the worry from her voice, for the first time she hoped to not sound distant or emotional…an eternal balancing act it seemed.
"you promise to not be mad, you know your my favret person ever right?" Jinx pleaded, her fear of rejection was pliable, and it worried Raven more.
"I know and I promise not to overreact, ok…just tell me what you want." Raven spoke as if this was a negotiation, one of the up most importance.
"can we, um, see what's left of my house, pretty please?" Jinx asked, trying to sound as cute as possible to sway Ravens words.
"it's not that unreasonable, when do you want to go?" Raven asked, pretending that this was not the most adorable thing ever.
"Whenever…I just want to go, see how bad it is, thanks" shortly after the words were spoken Jinx begun violently hugging Raven.
"Alright, so when everyone leaves to go to the tower we can go then, is that good?" Raven asks, visibly awkward with this excessive display of affection.
"All right, head count, where's Terra and BB? Cyborg asked, disturbed at the formers couples disappearance.
"I talked to them before they left, Terra spoke of how 'this was bovine manure' and went somewhere, Beat Boy said something of walking to air out ones skull" Starfire spoke with such nonsholintness that it was brain wracking.
"He's fine, long day…can we just get going?" cyborg asks the rest of the titans.
"Can we just go now? This is taking forever." Jinx wines in to Ravens ear.
The cold darkness consumes the two, and with the descent of shadow the couple find themselves in front of a soot covered door.
"A heads up would have been nice…" Jinx continued to complain, shivering slightly from both the cold of the room and the disturbing vibe of the situation.
"I'm sorry, the big group of people made it really hard to focus on a specific place. Next I will." Raven explained, nether girl looking away from the door, the one thing that seperate3d them from the truth.
"It's fine…should I open it or…?" Jinx thought out loud.
"Want me to do it?" Raven asked after Jinx spent a few seconds just staring.
"No I can do it, give me a second here." Jinx said, her hands taking slight shake just before she snatches it back, leaving the door untouched.
"Nothing but time." Raven commented after what seemed like an eternity.
Minutes passed with just Jinx looking at the door and Raven looking at Jinx, the sheer emotional weight was beginning to bother the empath, but not for her own sake but for Jinx's.
"Hold my hand." Jinx quietly asked, her hand outstretched, Raven takes it without question, and with her empty hand Jinx opens the door and the smell of kerosene.
The inside of the once nice apartment was burnt to a crisp, Jinx half dragging Raven along begins to wonder around taking note of how things were and the damage.
"Good thing the building was made of brick I guess…" Raven said trying to get Jinx to verbalize some the whirlwinds or emotions she was sending the Titans way.
"What I'm thankful for was they threw them from the windows…" Jinx said drifting to the windows
"What do you mean? You know who did it or something?" Raven wondered
"no, they threw the cocktails from threw the windows, my guesses are they they missed a few times, but they had someone else douse this place in something flammable, doesn't smell of gasoline, and the kerosene from the cocktails isn't that strong…but someone did something to help it spread." Jinx rambled, letting go of Ravens hand to look closer at various places to see the remains of the apartment.
"Jinx, JINX?" Raven worriedly yelled when the pink haired detective began to wonder back further into the more than likely unstable apartment.
As Raven caught up to Jinx they saw a small hole in the floor, more than likely one Jak fell through.
"Think the floors a bit unsafe…what about you?" Jinx asked with a grin
"No it fine, that hole was supposed to be here, and the thin ceilings, totally flame-resistant ." Raven spoke each word with enough sarcasm to make anyone's eye roll.
"Yea good thing my magic girlfriend will swoop in and save me if I fell right?" Jinx shot back, slowing down to look Raven in the eyes.
"Sometimes I wonder why I let you do this." Raven quietly mumbled.
"You act like you can say no to me, we both know you can't." Jinx joked, as she grabbed the pouting Titan by the hip in a move to be adorable, the dark teens grin was noticed but not spoken of.
"What are we looking for?" Raven asked, ready to keep both her and Jinx from falling through the floor.
"Well, I have a metal box that Jak got me to keep all my important stuff in, we getting it, then going to your place." Jinx explained expiration evident in her voice.
"Not to be mean but it's been a long day, that's all." Raven said, doing her best to not sound mean.
"I get it, between you coming out and me exposing Terra as the biggest whore ever, my house managed to burn down on top of it all. The only thing I'm doing is taking a shower and going to sleep." Jinx explained a slight sigh at the summing up of the most irrating day she has ever experienced.
"So what's in the box that's so important?" Raven asked, trying to get the moment to go by faster .
"You know, things from our past that we try to forget but can't help to remember, knickknacks and legal documents, things like that." Jinx said and Raven couldn't help but feel the bit of sadness creep from her, sadness and shame.
"Ah, sounds important." Raven said as she turned into the remains of Jinx's room.
The flame must have spread to her room as well for the two could not see the color of the wall, Jinx having realized that Raven was her life line less she fall through the floor, took great care not to rush Raven. The said empathy was taking in the room to try and find the strong part of the floor to keep her from having to fly Jinx and her around.
"Hey, found it." Jinx half shouted the words, causing Raven to wince at the unexpected noise.
As Raven set Jinx down, she realized one thing. The box was small and could only hold a few things and more importantly, the day could now be over.
"Got it, so are we going to lever from here or what?" Jinx asked tiredness evident on her face.
"Here's fine, you ready?" Raven asked, giving Jinx the heads up she asked for earlier.
"Yuppers, lets bounce Kato" Jinx jokily said as she wrapped one arm tightly around Raven.
As the two traveled at the speed of dark to the tower and reappear in Ravens room the realization that the day is now over and they could both sleep and put the day behind them was liberation. Jinx who dropped the once important box on the ground and fell on to the bed, taking Raven with her turned her head as to look at her companion
"Call dibs on shower. I'll save you hot water, promise." Jinx said as she quickly stole a kiss before leaving for the bathroom, knowing the way.
Soon the sillier of the two returned, once more just falling on the bed. With that Raven slowly rose to do the same not realizing until the bathroom door was shut that Jinx was just in her underwear in its self not odd, but new then again both were very tired.
As Raven got dressed she decided to do the same as Jinx and as she did her best to creep into her bed Raven heard a "hey, missed you." from a very tired Jinx witch earned her a grin from Raven.
As they both finely laid down a natural cuddling took place, one that has happened before but never was so much skin bear.
Jinx turned her head a bit too fast resulting in her hair whipping Raven in the face.
"You hair is wet." Was all Raven could say between yawns.
"I'm sorry; want me to kiss it better in the morning?" Jinx asked, whether it was sarcastic or not was up to debate.
"Shut up and go to sleep." Was the end of the conversation but the start of Jinx's apology.
Jinx begins to lie upon Raven's chest and embrace her in hug that would warm the hearts of most people. Raven just wrapped her arm around Jinx and pulled her closer and begun to dose off there breathing being the other lullaby.
A\N I need a new beta, this is a bit rushed (im in class) so keep on keepin on and next chapter is 3\4ths done, whooo.