Couple VS Couple | GarRae VS DickKory
Uploaded by Gar Logan
28th April 2021
Length: 00:54:56
Grinning, Gar stood on the spot and did a silly little dance, keeping his eyes on the camera the entire time which had been carefully arranged atop the tripod that stood approximately 2 meters from where he was standing. Behind him was the far wall of the main room, with the corner sofa pushed back against it, having been moved from its usual spot seen in previous videos.
"Are you gonna cut the weird dance moves you're doing right now in editing?" Raven asked from where she stood on one side of her boyfriend, her arms folded across her chest as her eyes followed each and every one of his movements.
Gar paused in what appeared to be deliberation before he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, "Probably not."
Abruptly, he stopped and slapped his hands together, "Whaaat's up, guys! It's Gar and welcome back to my channel! Very happy to have you guys here, as always."
He shifted his hands so they rested against his hips and he lifted a brow, "So, we're back again today and it's another different video. We've been thinking of a lot of things to do whilst we're still trying to stay home wherever possible and so we've got another homebound video for you." He paused, "Side note by the way, we're planning on doing another exploration or overnight again soon… we just obviously want to make sure we're going in safely and all that jazz."
Raven shifted her weight from foot to foot as she patiently waited for Gar to continue with the intro of his video.
"So, as you guys can see… I'm not alone for this one." He mentioned, gesturing to his right towards Raven, "I'm here with my lovely Raven… who, at this point, I think has been in almost every video I've posted."
"I'm a series regular, apparently." She murmured, giving him an amused little smile,
Gar snickered before he turned his attention to his left hand side, revealing Dick and Kory who passively stood there whilst Gar did his thing, "And I also have with me… Dick and Kory too!"
Kory beamed and waved her hand at the camera, her exuberance causing her mass of scarlet hair to cascade over her shoulders. Dick smirked at his girlfriend's actions and followed suit, lifting his hand in greeting to Gar's viewers.
"Hello, YouTube people who watch Gar's videos!" Kory sang, placing her hands behind her back as she spoke.
Gar grinned and spread his arms wide, with Raven furrowing her brows and moving out of the way slightly to avoid being smacked, "You guys might be thinking; huh? What's the video?"
"They probably aren't since you would have put the title of the video in." Dick corrected, lifting a dark brow,
In response, Gar paused and his shoulders slumped a little bit, "Oh. Yeah." He shrugged and waved his hands around, "Okay, so from the title, you can see we're doing a 'Couple VS Couple' videooo!"
Raven smirked, "Yay." She deadpanned,
Kory giggled at the enthusiasm or lack thereof in Raven's case and drifted closer to her boyfriend, allowing Dick to slip an arm around her waist.
"So, what's this gonna entail, Gar?" Dick prompted, wanting him to voice the rules so that they could get started already.
Gar pointed at Dick and smirked, "Glad you asked, Dick. So, there's gonna be three small challenges which I'll reveal as we go and there will be a point for whatever couple does the task fastest or best."
Dick nodded and Kory bit down on her lower lip, looking excited for the game to come. Raven smiled and shook her head, "This is going to be… a different kind of Friday afternoon."
Gar chuckled, "Uh, babe… can we just appreciate how much we gotta win?"
"I don't really-"
"You remember how competitive Dick is with stuff, right? And Kory is just right in there too!" Gar squeaked,
Dick grinned whilst Kory playfully narrowed her eyes at their friends, "I will take this moment to say… you two are going down!" She challenged, pointing directly at them and trying to maintain a cut-throat attitude but failing miserably due to the giggle escaping her lips,
Raven smirked whilst Gar's jaw dropped, "Babe! You hearin' this trash talk!?"
"I know. Can you believe these two?" Raven joined in,
Dick gave Kory a squeeze before he tilted his head at them, "You guys ready to lose?"
"Awww it's so on!" Gar hollered, smacking his hands against the tops of his thighs, creating a drumroll effect.
He looked towards the camera and winked, "We'll be back in just a second with the supplies for the first challenge. Get ready, you guys."
With that Gar scurried over and cupped his hand over the lens of the camera.
CHALLENGE #1 - Blindfolded Makeover
Gar glanced across at his friends and a smirk made its way onto his face, "Okay, you guys ready for the first challenge?"
"Sure." Raven nodded, the glimmer of curiosity in her eyes betraying her outward air of disinterest.
The four of them were now sitting on the couch, with Gar at one end and Dick at the other, with Raven and Kory slotted in the middle, each of them perched beside their respective boyfriends.
Leaning forward, Gar heaved a bag full of items up from the ground and reached a hand inside. He brought out an eyeshadow palette, a small selection of lipsticks and a highlighter palette.
He dumped the beauty products all over the coffee table which had been dragged across the floor and was now situated in front of them, helping to make their game a little easier.
Gar scattered a few makeup brushes and beauty blenders on top of the makeup heap as well before he released the bag completely, letting it fall back onto the floor with a diluted thud.
"Oh no…" Dick muttered, pushing his fingers through his dark hair as his mind connected the dots that Gar had laid before them,
"Yep! It's a makeup challenge, Dickie." Gar snorted,
"I already let you do my makeup." Raven pointed out but was immediately halted by Gar who lifted his index finger,
"That's true but you girls aren't the ones being made up. Dick and I are."
"Ooh, lucky us." Dick said, in the lowest of monotones which contrasted greatly with the smile he wore on his face,
Kory's emerald eyes lit up at the prospect and she half turned towards Dick, smiling brightly and lightly clapping her fingertips together. He smirked and minutely shook his head at her,
"D'you and Gar come up with this one together or something?" He asked,
"Nope." Kory replied, "But I now understand why you asked to borrow my makeup items, Gar…"
"Oh, yeah." Gar laughed,
"I admit, I was very confused as to why you wanted eyeshadows and highlighters..." Kory stated, leaning back against Dick's shoulder whilst he pressed a kiss to her temple.
"So, I feel like there's a catch here." Raven surmised, narrowing her eyes.
Gar beamed and gave her a cheeky wink, "Then you're right, mama. There is a catch. You girls have to do our makeup but… you both only have a minute and a half."
Raven shrugged, "Okay, that's not so-"
"But you'll be blindfolded." Gar finished, holding up two blindfolds in his fist.
"Oh, right, so you guys are wanting clown makeup." Raven scoffed, earning a giggle from Kory as well,
Gar touched Raven's shoulder and nodded, "Don't worry, I have the utmost confidence in you to win this point for us."
"Yeah, you really shouldn't." Raven murmured, bringing her legs up onto the couch and tucking them beneath her as she got into a more comfortable position.
He gave her a pleading look and she merely lifted her shoulders, "I'll try but… y'know, the whole blindfold thing will have me at a bit of a disadvantage."
"You got this, babe." He encouraged, sorting the makeup products out so the highlighter palette and eyeshadow palette were both open and uncovered, revealing the sparkly substance as well as the multitude of rainbow pans of eyeshadow.
He moved the lipsticks around on the coffee table so that they were within easy reach for both girls, as well as handing two makeup brushes to each of them; a small eyeshadow brush and a fan shaped brush.
Kory turned her head towards Gar, "Are you doing a timer?"
Nodding, Gar fished his phone out from the pocket of the jeans he wore and tapped across the screen a couple of times before he placed it on the edge of the table.
"Okay, girls." Gar instructed, "blindfolds on and get yourselves ready to make us look b-e-a-utiful!"
Dick snorted and sat forward as Kory beckoned him to do so with her finger. He lifted an eyebrow at her, "You think we'll win this one?"
"Mmm… we shall see." Kory told him, hesitantly as she grinned and tugged the blindfold down over her eyes.
Gar light heartedly glared in the opposing couples' direction before he switched his gaze to Raven, who was tying the blindfold around her head,
"Kay', we gotta start strong and win this one, Rae. I don't wanna lose to them." He murmured,
"We can hear you, y'know." Dick smirked, "And coach Raven all you want but we all know what couple's gonna come out on top."
Kory giggled and fiddled with the makeup brushes in her grip, sweeping the soft bristles against the palm of her hand.
Raven rolled her eyes and smiled at Gar, "Are we done with the pep talk? Can I cover my eyes now?"
Gar nodded, "Remember, Rae. Winning thoughts."
"Uh huh." She muttered, before tugging the blindfold down over her eyes.
Leaning around his girlfriend, Gar pointed at Dick and then motioned across his throat, mouthing, 'You're going down, Grayson'.
Dick simply made a 'psh' sound and cleared his throat, sitting closer to Kory so that she'd be able to reach for him quicker.
"Okay… on three, I'll start the countdown. Girls, grab your brushes and get ready." He paused and stretched an arm across the coffee table, "One… two… three!"
He pressed the button on the screen of his phone and hurriedly got back into his position, sitting before Raven.
Kory made an 'eep' sound and even physically jolted at how loud Gar's voice got. She flurried around, patting the coffee table until her fingers grazed the palette and since they belonged to her, Kory was quick to realize that the one beneath her hands was the eyeshadow palette.
"C'mon, honey. I know you can make me look like a princess." Dick encouraged, smirking.
His redheaded lady burst out laughing and shook her head, feeling for the small eyeshadow brush and quickly swirling it into one of the pans to coat it with the product.
Dick raised a brow and grimaced slightly, "Yep… okay… that's like… electric blue."
Raven immediately dove for the eyeshadow palette as well, her hands only feeling around the coffee table for a fraction less amount of time as Kory had. She tugged at it, causing Kory to make an odd sound of surprise.
The dark haired woman snorted and dipped her own eyeshadow brush into a random color, stirring it around so she could pick up as much as the powdery stuff as possible.
"Yes! C'mon, Rae! You've so got this!" Gar cheered,
Raven sat up straight, her eyeshadow brush poised and ready. She fluttered her hand around until she slapped her fingers against Gar's cheek,
"Ow!"
"Uh, if you haven't noticed, Gar. I've got a blindfold on." Raven replied, gripping his jaw to hold him in place.
"You have such a rough hand, oh my God." Gar complained as she yanked his face forward.
Raven held the brush between two fingers and used her others to poke Gar's face until she located his eyelids,
"I've never been more thankful to have my eyes closed." Gar muttered,
Raven smirked as she instantly started dabbing bright orange eyeshadow on his right eyelid, "Good, that means you're learning. If you want me to win this for us, Gar, then you have to get used to being pulled around."
"Yes, ma'am." He agreed as she returned to holding his face still.
Gar sat frozen as Raven dabbed at his eyelid, under his eye and his eyebrow as well.
He flinched and blinked quickly, "Okay… uh… babe, right now, it's like you're just painting everything around my eye. Remember it needs to look-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know." She smiled, pulling away and rubbing the brush against his dark jeans, to which Gar made an 'o' shape with his mouth and looked directly at the lens of the camera.
Kory sat back in her spot, directly facing her boyfriend. Unlike Raven, she held her hands in the air and hummed, "Dick-"
He moved immediately, grabbing her hand and placing her palm against his cheek as a starting point. Kory smiled and gently patted around until she pushed his nose and followed the line of it to his eyes.
"Close them please." She asked him, sweetly,
"Already done." Dick answered, nervously waiting to see how hard she was going to stab his eyes with the brush.
Kory pressed her fingertips beneath Dick's chin to angle his face closer to her. She poked her tongue out in concentration and swept the bright blue eyeshadow across his whole lid in one go. She tried to add more but ended up brushing some across the bridge of Dick's nose.
He jerked his head from her touch and chuckled, "That second time was my nose, Kor."
"Did I get the eye though?" She asked, already twisting at her waist in order to go in for the second eye.
"Uh, it feels like you smothered it in eyeshadow so yeah, I think you got it."
Kory nodded to herself and went straight back to where she believed she had taken eyeshadow from the first time around. She patted the circular pans of eyeshadow and rubbed the bristles of the brush into a fuchsia shade.
Dick watched her do so and pulled an uncertain expression at the camera, his eyes wide at the mix of colors.
"Dick! I need your face again!" Kory yelped, laughter filtering through as she waved her free hand around in the air,
Gar laughed at Dick frantically tilting his chin forward in order to help his girlfriend move onto the second eyelid. His attention, however, was quickly redirected at Raven who was coating the brush in a lime green shade and even went as far to blow on it.
He frowned at her, "Oh yeah, you don't want any fallout to ruin your masterpiece, Rae."
"Shush and give me your chin." Raven countered, holding her hand out expectantly.
Glancing from Raven's face to her cupped hand and back again, he planted his chin in the center of her outstretched palm. She grabbed him and pulled him closer, trying to pat her way back to his other eye.
The brush dragged against his cheek a little bit as she moved her hand upwards, leaving a thin green trail of powder.
"Ahhh!" Gar whined as Raven smeared the eyeshadow against his other eyelid, snickering as she did so.
Gar's phone suddenly gave off a quiet beep, signaling the halfway point of the countdown.
"Ah! Hurry, Rae! Highlighter or lipstick next." He urged her.
Raven dropped the brush and felt around her lap for the fan brush, flipping it around so she was holding it the right way or at least, what felt like the right way. She turned her body and blindly shot out a hand and fumbled for the highlighter palette.
When her fingers brushed against it, she simply started swiping the fan brush against the pans, picking up a mix of three highlighter shades.
Gar paused and eyed the amount of sparkles on the brush before Raven waved a hand back and forth impatiently, "Gar! Cheeks!"
"You've almost got it, Kory… just a little more… yep! Wai- Okay! That feels like enough, m'lovely!" Dick stammered, leaning away slightly just as Kory finished scrubbing the eyeshadow brush back and forth, spreading the bright pink eyeshadow across his lid and also part of his cheekbone.
Flustered and rushing as much as she could, Kory squealed and inadvertently sent the eyeshadow brush flying off camera, the sound of it clattering against the wooden floorboards echoing.
"Oh, what-" Kory started, freezing at the sound,
Dick shrugged, "Ignore it. Grab the other one to start on highlighter. There's not long left."
Kory nodded and reached for the fan brush which she had strategically placed atop her thigh. She balanced it between her fingers and unknowingly followed Raven's actions. She slammed her hand down on the coffee table and snatched the highlighter palette the moment after she felt it, dabbing her brush in enough to smear some shiny powder onto the bristles.
She bounced back into her seat and pressed her hand to Dick's neck, following the curve of his jaw until she could feel the softness of his cheeks. She shuffled closer and Dick had to resist the urge to laugh at how close she was, without her even realizing it.
Blending the fan brush against the entirety of his cheek, Kory scrubbed, trying to make sure any and all highlighter she had picked up on the brush was transferring to his skin.
Gar watched as Kory sped up her technique, gaining on them. His eyes widened and he gently patted Raven's knee over and over, "Raaae! Hurry, those two are catching up!"
With that, Raven simply stuck her arm out and started brushing the fan brush against any part of his cheek, leaving a trail of highlighter across his cheek bone but also along his jawline and a tiny bit on his neck as well.
"That actually wasn't badly placed." Gar murmured, "Quick, put some more on there."
Raven twisted and reached her hand out, blindly feeling around for the highlighter palette, "Where is it?"
"Over to your right a little more… little more…" Gar guided, watching as her fingertips touched the edge of the plastic casing.
"Ah!" Raven exclaimed, doing what she had done before and swiped the brush along several pans.
She zipped right back to her spot and shoved the brush right at Gar's chin.
"Ah, Rae!" Gar moaned, rubbing where she had accidentally struck him,
She frowned and her shoulders hunched a little, "Sorry! It's really hard to know where your face is with this thing covering my eyes."
"I can tell." Gar mumbled, smiling a little and leaning his head closer until the bristles of the brush rubbed against his other cheek. Raven pressed down and swept it along his cheekbone, left and right.
"Okay, that's good, that's good… grab a lipstick. Quick! We're almost at the end of the countdown." Gar urged,
Raven threw the makeup brush down amongst the cushions on the sofa and used both her hands to feel around the coffee table, but this time for a cylindrical shape; that of a lipstick tube.
Dick sensed that Kory was growing impatient, the few seconds remaining needing to be for the lipstick portion of this little makeover. He reared his head away from where she had been administering the last bit of highlighter on his other cheek,
"I think we're good. Pick a lipstick, Kory." He instructed,
Kory paused and rapidly nodded her head, letting the fan brush slip through her fingers before she joined Raven in hunting for a lipstick to use.
The two girls had their hands all over the items of the coffee table, their fingers splayed so that they could get a better feel for more objects.
Kory was the first to find one however as she gripped one tightly in her fist and shuffled back, grinning broadly, "I found one!"
"That's my girl. Now, quick, put it on me." Dick directed, pursing his lips together.
The redheaded beauty felt for the cap of the lipstick and was quick in popping it off. She twisted the bottom to bring more up and she lifted one hand to feel for her boyfriend's lips.
"Dick… lips… I need-"
Smirking, Dick leaned forward and gave her a sweet, brief kiss on the lips. Kory froze but soon relaxed and a blush dripped over her cheeks, beneath the line of the blindfold.
She giggled and followed him as he backed off, her fingers lightly brushing against his mouth. She turned the mocha shade of lipstick around and pressed against his bottom lip.
Raven hummed to herself as she hurried to find a lipstick, "Gar, how many did you put on here?"
"I don't know like… four maybe? There's one like right by your hand, Rae!" Gar informed her,
"Again, you know I can't see what you're talking about, right?" She returned, cocking her head in the direction of his voice.
As her hand slipped across the coffee table, Raven gasped and scooped up the lipstick that had rolled into her space.
She rapidly unscrewed the lid and dropped it, God knows where.
"Gar. Lips. Now." She ordered and Gar's response was instantaneous.
He leaned forward and blew a puff of air against her nose, signaling where his mouth was. She followed his clues and patted her fingers until she located his lips.
She grabbed at his chin with the same fingers and held him in place, just long enough for the tip of the lipstick to swipe against his bottom lip.
Raven started treating it like his lips were a coloring book, shading them with a bright pink shade which was only visible to the viewers and Gar himself - and Dick too if he looked beyond Kory.
The two girls were furiously scribbling over their boyfriends' lips, trying to give their individual techniques some sort of finesse as they tried to keep it relatively close to the line of the boys' lips.
Suddenly, a jarring beep erupted from Gar's phone as it vibrated violently and moved ever so slightly on top of the coffee table.
Kory squeaked at the sudden sound and Dick made a muffled noise in surprise, as his girlfriend went a little far off course. Her hand jerked in response to her shock and there was a faint line of lipstick down Dick's chin.
Gar hollered loudly and steered away from Raven who paused in confusion for a second, as she found herself no longer applying the lipstick to anything except the air. Her shoulders fell and she lowered the lipstick, digging between the couch cushions until she happened upon the cap.
"Times up!" Gar announced, bounding off of the sofa to grab his phone, tapping the screen to turn the timer off.
He grinned and glanced around before he burst out laughing as his eyes skimmed across Dick's face, "Aw man…" He snorted, whilst Dick laughed at his appearance as well.
"May we remove the blindfolds now?" Kory asked, biting her lip in anticipation of seeing what she had done to Dick.
"Yeah, go ahead, Kory. You girls can take em' off now and see… what a… top notch job, you both did…" Gar chortled,
Raven tugged her blindfold off in one swift movement and shook her head to clear the brief disorientation. Her dark eyes immediately swept across Gar's face and she visibly jerked back, a shocked smirk appearing on her lips,
"Oh… wow… you look…" She stumbled, unable to find the right words.
Gar turned towards the lens of the camera and reached out, fiddling with the flip screen until it was spun around, allowing him to see himself.
"Oh my God, Rae!" Gar yelped, his grin stretching from ear to ear.
He shifted slightly so that the camera could capture Kory's response to her handiwork, just in time as she peeled the blindfold off and pushed it up on top of her head.
Kory's eyelashes fluttered before she got a good first look at Dick.
Her jaw dropped and she immediately covered her mouth with her hands, in a futile attempt to stifle her hysterics. Her giggles lifted and echoed around the room and she squeezed her eyes shut, trying to regain her composure.
Dick smirked back at her the entire time, simply shaking his head at her response, "I haven't even seen myself yet so… that's a good reaction to start with."
"Ohh, my love…" Kory breathed, wiping under one of her eyes as she began to calm down, "You look… um…"
Chuckling, Dick hopped off the couch and wandered over to where Gar was sitting by the camera and the tripod it was secured onto. He spared a glance at Raven who's eyes widened and she bit down on her lower lip.
He mockingly scowled and pointed a finger in her direction, "Alright, not a word, Roth."
Raven peered over at Kory who was silently laughing to herself again, her knees drawn to her chest as she leaned back against the sofa, admiring her work.
Gar looked back at the girls which broke Kory's quiet resolve and she started cackling aloud again, with Raven joining in this time around.
"Clown is the keyword right now, don't you think?" Raven sighed, leaning enough so her shoulder pressed against Kory's. The redhead grinned wider and nodded her head.
Dick dropped down into a crouch beside Gar and chanced a look at his reflection. Similarly to Kory, his mouth fell open into an 'o' shape and he inclined his head to get a closer look,
"Oh wow… this is… something that's gonna haunt me forever…" Dick murmured, partially closing his eyes to inspect the eyeshadow, "It honestly felt like it was going fine when she was putting it on…"
"Dude, ditto." Gar shrugged, also leaning closer towards the small, flipped screen.
Gar pouted his lips and tilted his chin a little so that the light could catch the smears of highlighter that was spread across his cheekbones and beyond. He mirrored that of a disco ball, if ever there was a necessary comparison.
The sunset orange shade of eyeshadow on one of his eyes was fairly neat; with partial fallout against his temple where Raven had inadvertently rubbed it away. It was uneven but it was not far off being passable, despite some of it being painted over his eyebrow. The toxic green color had not been packed onto the other eyelid quite as much as the orange but in turn, looked fairly lacking in terms of technique. It had smudged a little onto his nose but not too badly.
His dusty rose colored lipstick was well controlled too. There were a few dots of the lipstick below his nose and a few dashes of the stuff on his chin. His lips had not been filled in completely but again, it appeared satisfactory.
Dick, on the other hand, looked quite amused by his own appearance. The shock of blue eyeshadow that Kory had started on him with was splashed not only across his eyelid but also underneath, just along the top of his cheek. There was a line of blue powder across the bridge of his nose where she had just missed the mark. His other eye was covered in a fuchsia dusting which seemed to have exploded as the eyeshadow dotted above his eyebrow as well as being smeared against his temple slightly.
When he turned his head this way and that, his brows creased at the lack of highlighter there was on his skin, considering how much Kory had put onto the fan brush. There was a big section of his forehead, for some reason, that was absolutely coated in highlighter and Dick narrowed his eyes, not even remembering her going near that part of his face with the shiny product.
There were faint streaks of the muted brown lipstick that Kory had unwittingly chosen, across his lips.
The swell of his lips had been mostly filled with color but the lines of his mouth were wobbly. Kory had overshot it a little, causing him to have dots of the nude shade on his chin and even a little on his nose, which had Dick wondering when she had even reached that part of his face.
"I mean… I think we look pretty hot." Gar stated, trying to offer the camera what he was passing off as a 'sexy' pose as he placed a hand behind his head and winked towards the lens.
"Yeah, I'd definitely date us." Dick concurred, hiding an amused grin by puckering his lips in an over dramatized way, looking very much the part of a 'duck face'.
Raven and Kory couldn't help but giggle from where they looked on, all tucked up and makeup free on the couch.
"How are you going to decide who won this challenge?" Raven pondered,
Gar pressed his Barbie pink lips together in a line and tapped at his chin, "Good point. Can't be any of us. We're too biased to choose."
"Right. Biased. That's it." Raven said, under her breath.
"Oh! I know!" Gar clicked his fingers before cupping both hands around his mouth, projecting his voice throughout the house, "VIC! DUDE! C'MERE A SEC!"
"I'm working on my baby, Gar!" Came the fairly distant response,
"IT'LL JUST TAKE A SECOND. C'MONNN!"
A quiet sigh could barely be heard, followed by grumbling and heavy footsteps as Vic neared the main room of the house.
The four of them eagerly glanced up as Vic entered the room, still out of frame.
"Gar, what-" A pause filled the void, "What in the hell is that stuff on your guys' faces?"
"We got makeoversss!" Gar teased in the highest pitched voice he could muster, resting his chin atop his fingers and fluttering his eyelashes at a bewildered sounding Vic.
"Do… do I even want an explanation?" Vic queried,
"I don't know. Do you?" Dick shrugged, lifting an eyebrow,
"I think I'm good." Vic whistled,
Gar chuckled, "We're doing couples challenges."
There was a moment of silence before Vic hummed, "Right… and…?"
"This is one of the challenges. Duh." Gar grinned,
"I… am still super confused but…"
Kory leaned forward and clasped her hands together, "Vic, we need your help in deciding whose makeup looks better. Raven and I completed them whilst blindfolded."
"Ohhh… that makes more sense why it looks so…" He trailed off,
"Glamorous?" Gar finished, the corners of his mouth twisting into a smirk,
"Sure." Vic deadpanned, "Uh… so what am I judging here?"
"Which one do you think looks neater and… just all around better?" Raven elaborated,
"Umm… if I had to go with one of y'all… I'd probably say…" He paused and seemed to mull over the decision, "Mm… sorry, Kory but I'd have to go with Gar's makeup."
"Boom!" Gar boasted, turning around and scrambling back over to where Raven sat on the couch, smiling to herself. He clambered onto the sofa beside her and flung his arms around her, giving her a big bear hug, "Babe! We're awesome!"
Raven lifted a brow but indulged him with a wider smile anyway, simply sitting there and allowing him to enjoy his momentary victory.
"Pff, Vic just doesn't know raw beauty." Dick murmured, playfully rolling his eyes as he pushed himself up onto his feet.
He shuffled back over to the far end of the sofa, where Kory was overly pouting her lips, trying to show her disappointment.
"Sorry we did not win." She murmured, a twinkle in her eye as Dick thumped down into the space beside her, his arm immediately going up along the back of the couch and behind her.
Dick smirked, "We'll get the next one."
She laughed, "You do not even know what the next challenge is."
"That's how confident I am in us." Dick surmised, blowing her a kiss through the air between them.
Vic's voice sounded from off camera still, "Is that all I was needed for? Can I go back to my car?"
Gar turned his head towards his best friend, "Huh? Oh. Yeah. That was it. Thaaanks Vic."
There was a light chortle followed by retreating footsteps that reverberated through the rooms as Vic headed back down the hallway, towards the garage.
Releasing his girlfriend, Gar slouched against the sofa and grinned triumphantly, narrowing his eyes across the way at Dick, "Get used to this feeling of defeat, you two. It's gonna keep going."
Raven rolled her eyes, "Oh 'kay." She deadpanned, "Ease up on your trash talking or you'll end up jinxing us."
"Nuh uh. I can feel it in my bones. We're gonna…" He paused and opened his mouth, pulling his upper lip back,
"What?" Raven queried, casting a confused look in his direction,
He bared his front teeth and used his index finger to rub at them, "Ew. Rae, you got lipstick on my teeth."
Swirling his tongue across the planes of his pearly whites, he grimaced and pulled a face of disgust, "That tastes grim."
"First, you're not exactly meant to eat lipstick, idiot." She returned, shaking her head at him,
"Then why do they make it smell like vanilla cupcakes!?"
She sighed and lifted her shoulders helplessly before she continued, "And second, I don't think you're in a position to complain. I had a blindfold on so you should be grateful I didn't accidentally shove it down your throat."
Gar paused and snorted, "I mean, I think we both know if that'd happened, it wouldn't have been an accident, now would it, Rae?" She smirked and he shrugged, "Okay, fair. I will stop complaining about you painting my teeth with lipstick."
Kory couldn't help but continue to stare at her boyfriend's made up face and she hesitated, her expression one caught between mirth and aversion, "Please say you are going to wash your face before we go onto the next challenge."
Dick blinked in surprise and arched a brow at her, a smirk filtering onto his lips, "You mean this isn't doing it for you?" He asked in mock astonishment,
The redhead giggled and blew a kiss at him, "Not even a little bit." She cooed, equal teasing laced in her voice, earning a deep throated chuckle from Dick.
Raven leaned forward and shifted her gaze between the two of boys, "Not to mention, you're probably scarring Gar's viewers for life. Anyone with a clown fear who's watching this will probably be cowering beneath a blanket."
Gar snorted, "Alright, alright… God, you girls are so mean about our makeup…" He paused and focused on the camera, still standing stationary on top of the tripod, "Okay, at the pleading of the girls, we're gonna go wash this stuff off our faces and then we'll be back with the second challenge, which… y'know, me and Rae are gonna totally crush them at."
Dick snickered, "Yeah, okay. We'll see about that."
Grinning, Gar sprung from the couch and scurried over to the camera, cupping the lens and sending the image into darkness.
CHALLENGE #2 - Couples Yoga Poses
Gar gave the camera a big, toothy grin and splayed his hands out in front of him, as if welcoming the viewers back, "Alright guys, we're back and as you can see, we're ugly again cos' the girls made us take the makeup off."
Dick rubbed at his eye from where he stood at the end of their line, "I think the eyeshadow irritated my skin."
"Cry about it later, dude! We've got another challenge to do!" Gar instructed, whilst Dick looked bewildered,
The four of them stood together in a line, just in front of the grey couch with Dick on one end, Kory beside him and Gar on her other side, leaving Raven on the opposite end of the line.
On the floor, there were two fluffy blankets stretched out, where there hadn't been before. They were strategically placed, with the pale yellow one being under Dick and Kory's feet and the dark navy one under Gar and Raven's feet.
Raven peered down at the blankets and narrowed her eyes at Gar, "I'm… suspicious of this challenge just from the setup."
Gar chuckled and clapped his hands together, "The second challenge is going to be… couples yoga poses!"
Dick grinned, the air of confidence around him suddenly blooming even more.
Raven's eyes widened, "What? You might as well give them the point now." She muttered, "Dick's a gymnast, or did you forget that one, Gar?"
Gar lifted his hands up in her direction in an attempt to placate her, "I know, I know, babe. But, I really think we have a shot."
The dark haired woman scoffed and smiled as she shook her head at him, "Right… you know you're basically the most inflexible person in this house… don't you?"
His eyebrows creased, "Uh! Hey, I have gotten better, thank you very much." Gar waved his hand dismissively, "Rae, trust me. We're gonna wipe the floor with em'."
Kory giggled quietly to herself and regally placed her hands behind her back whilst she inclined her head to peer at the couple, "Mm… somehow, I do not think we will have to become used to the feeling of defeat after all."
Dick's face immediately fell into a scandalized expression, his mouth open in the shape of an 'o' with his lips pursed slightly, "Ooh, burn. But, y'know, she's right. You're gonna get destroyed."
Raven pressed her lips into a thin line whilst Gar fumbled for a comeback and when he couldn't produce one, she nudged his shoulder with her own, "Let's just start already."
Gar huffed but plastered a smile on his face as he addressed his audience, "Alright, so aim of this challenge is… I've got 3 couples yoga pose pictures on the couch. The goal is to get into that position with your partner as quickly as possible. If you get into position before the other couple, you win. Whichever couple comes out of the 3 poses with the most points, wins the overall challenge."
Raven bobbed her head along with every syllable that Gar uttered, her hands planted on her hips as she idly swayed back and forth, waiting until he was completely finished.
Dick chewed on his lower lip whilst Kory tilted her head, listening intently to the instructions. Seeing from their expressions that they had all understood, he spun away and lunged for one of the photos lying face down on the sofa cushions.
"Okay, are you guys ready to see the picture? I'll show it to you for a couple seconds and then, when I say 'GO', you gotta get into position." Gar explained,
Kory rolled the sleeves of her t-shirt up, revealing a white scrunchie around her wrist. She flipped her hair down the length of her back, making sure no strands were left untouched. Gathering the masses of auburn hair up, she made quick work of tying her hair up in a tight bun, ensuring no tendrils were left out.
She nodded at Gar's question, alongside Raven and Dick who looked just as ready to get started.
Suddenly, he flipped the first picture around, revealing a couple presenting a pose that looked fairly similar to a scene straight out of Dirty Dancing. The man was laying on the floor, on his back with his legs together and straight up in the air. The soles of his feet were pressing into her hips, holding her up in the air with their arms straight and their hands joined together.
"Oh, you've gotta be… Gar, I can tell you right now, we won't be able to-" Raven was cut off by Gar,
"GO!" He bellowed, tugging Raven's hand so that they stood in the center of the protective blanket on the floor.
Gar scrambled to get onto the floor, lying on his back and looking up expectantly at Raven who stood above him, an eyebrow raised and her arms folded.
"Rae, c'mon!" He urged, immediately lifting his arms up and splaying his fingers, ready for her to take hold. He lifted his feet, his legs aligning and sticking straight up like an arrow, into the air.
Raven sighed and rolled her eyes but tentatively stepped around Gar. She peered down at his sock clad feet and chewed on her lower lip, "Please don't drop me."
Gar laughed, "I won't! Have faith in me, babe."
She gave him a lingering glance of doubt at that.
Dick had already dropped down onto his back, mirroring that of Gar's position. His arms were outstretched, waiting to clasp hands with his girlfriend. His legs were pressed together and were held up at a vertical angle, his soles facing up, ready to bear Kory's weight.
Kory had a small amused smile etched onto her lips as she flurried around her boyfriend, throwing sneaky looks over her shoulder here and there to see how Raven and Gar were faring in comparison to themselves.
Leaning his head back slightly, Dick jerked at how far along Gar and Raven were and so, he shook his hands in Kory's direction, "Let's go, beautiful. They're beating us."
Nodding her head, Kory braced her legs apart as she stood where Dick's legs were so that his feet were practically level with her ribcage.
She tapped her fingers against one of his feet, "Bend your knees, please."
He did as she requested and carefully, shifted his ankles so that the soles of his feet were pressing against her hips, without pressing any part that would inadvertently cause her discomfort.
"Gimme' your hands next." Dick instructed,
Kory leaned forward, grunting slightly at the barrier of Dick's feet, pushing against her waist area. She laced her fingers with his, smiling as he gripped her slender hands tightly, so that she wouldn't be at risk of falling forwards or anything of the sort.
Gar chewed on his bottom lip as he kept half an eye on Raven's movements and half an eye on the opposing couple who looked to be catching them up in terms of progress.
"Raeee. Hurry!" Gar prompted, the soles of his feet already resting against her hips.
"You know ultimately those two are gonna beat us, right?" Raven voiced, her hands clasping at Gar's,
"Uh, no negative thinking please. We're gonna win this thing, I know it." Gar told her firmly, then nodded his head with a brow raised, "You ready to fly?"
Raven groaned, "Please do not phrase it like that. I already have visions in my head of you pressing too hard and me flipping across the room."
Gar squeezed his eyes shut as he caved into a belly laugh. He shook his head and fondly looked up at his girlfriend.
"I promise, I won't let you fall. Ready?" He repeated,
Sighing, Raven gave him a single, curt nod.
Seeing his green light, Gar furrowed his brows in concentration and pushed upwards, where his feet connected with her hips. Raven straightened her legs and forced herself to maintain a rigid posture, her back perfectly aligned in height with her legs, which were pressed together and her toes pointed.
"Ha! Done! We're done!" Gar shouted, his arms quivering ever so slightly as he held Raven up, just like the couple in the photo Gar had initially shown them. His feet were firmly acting as support for Raven to be lifted as she was.
Her head was bowed and her dark hair, with purple ends shrouded her face from the camera's view, "Can I be put down now?"
Dick and Kory both laughed at Raven's distrust of the position whilst Gar slowly lowered his legs and set her safely back down on the ground, the blanket bunching a bit where they'd been moving around.
Kory huffed and released Dick's hands, placing hers on her hips instead. She pursed her lips and looked disappointed, "We lost again, Dick."
"It's okay. We've got two more poses to do and we're pretty flexible. Not to mention, we've done yoga poses before so… I don't know. I have faith." Dick said, softly smiling and tilting his head at her from where he was still lying on the blanketed wood flooring, his hands resting on his stomach and his legs now lowered so that his feet were against the floor as well.
She nodded and offered him a hand to get up off of the floor. He accepted it and allowed her to haul him to his feet, standing beside her on the blanketed ground once more.
Gar smirked and inclined his head in Dick's direction, fluttering his eyelashes, "Aww, how's that feel, Dick? We all know how much you hate losing-"
Rolling his cerulean eyes at him, Dick made a 'psh' noise and waved him off dismissively, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do the next one. You've still gotta get the next two to win this challenge overall so… let's just see."
Opening his mouth to give a smart ass reply, Gar paused and blinked. Raven noticed and lifted a dark brow, nudging his shoulder with her own, "Do… we have a chance of winning the next two yoga poses?"
"Um…" He flushed and rubbed his neck, "Well, I kinda didn't think we'd win that first pose so…"
Raven sighed and tilted her head, "You chose harder ones, didn't you?"
"Yeah."
The dark haired beauty couldn't help the small smile of disbelief which appeared on her face. She rubbed her temple with her fingers and shook her head, "You're such an idiot sometimes, you know that, right?"
Gar gave her an uncertain grin, "I mean… you never know, Rae… we might get em'."
Her eyes narrowed and she gave him a look of scrutiny, "Show the next picture."
He gulped and turned away to do just that. Gar slipped his fingers beneath the next photo and timidly turned it around towards the lens of the camera.
It showed a man laying on his shoulders, with his arms pressed flat against the yoga mat with his back and rear end lifted up off the ground. His legs were bent at the knees and his soles of his feet. The woman in the photo was in a similar position, with her arms down and most of the position stemming from the shoulders. But, from the neck down, her body was much more vertical, but not quite fully. Like her partner, her knees were bent but the soles of her feet were against her partners knees, keeping her position mostly upright. Lastly, their hands were stretched out to one another and joined together, seemingly to help stretch muscles between them.
Raven's brows creased and she placed a hand on her hip, "That one actually looks easier than the first one."
Gar's eyebrows shot up and he craned his neck to look at the picture again, "I don't know, Rae. It looks more… gravity-defying."
Dick smirked and bumped his shoulder with Kory, "Yeah, we can win this one, for sure."
Kory giggled as Gar snapped his head back up and narrowed his eyes at the dark haired man, looking smug as ever,
"You wanna bet, Grayson?"
"Isn't that what we're kind of already doing?" Dick asked, lifting a brow in query.
"Well… yeah… but…" Gar paused and waved his hand around in the air, "It doesn't matter. Let's just start. Ready…"
As he trailed off, both couples got into position, standing still on the individual blankets beneath their feet.
"GO!" Gar shouted, immediately thumping down onto the blanket and dragging Raven down with him. She frowned and quietly yelped as he did so, before issuing him with a scowl as he set about getting into the right position.
"Okay, I'm gonna get set up first…" Gar murmured to her, releasing her arm for the moment.
He scrambled to lay down, with his arms flat on either side of his torso. He braced his feet against the floor and bent his knees, lifting his chest and butt off of the floor and using his core muscles to keep him suspended like it.
"How am I looking, Rae?" He called, trying to tilt his head in order to see her response.
"Uh… yeah? It… looks right…" Raven replied, peering over at the photo they were attempting to recreate.
Dick dropped down to his knees before twisting himself around and lying down on the blanket on his back. He was quick to bend his knees, much like Gar and push his pelvis and stomach area upwards, his feet planted firmly on the ground.
His body was rigid, being used to doing poses such as these and having to use the strength in different limbs to sustain it.
"Kory, you ready?" He asked, once he had gotten into the position as comfortably as he could,
"I think so." She murmured, glancing at the photo once more before she too, lay on the blanket. She hummed in confusion to herself, trying to decide what the best way was to do the pose.
Moving lower down, she sat just where Dick's toes were, deciding that she would need to be closer. She quickly arranged herself into a viparita karani type of pose with her elbows supporting her body which she had mostly vertically in the air, her toes pointed towards the ceiling.
Kory slowly bent her knees and slid her elbows down, to lower her feet until they were touching Dick's knees. He lifted one arm from the floor to help stabilize her position.
"Is that right?" Kory asked him,
"Uh huh… I think you just need to drag yourself closer so that only your head's still on the floor." Dick responded, trying his best to see how she was currently contorted.
Doing as he suggested, Kory shuffled slightly and wriggled her upper body until she was pinning just her neck and head against the blanket covered floor.
She forced out a puff of air and grunted, "Oh, this is not comfortable."
Dick chuckled, "Don't worry, we've almost won this." He mentioned, patting around the floor for her fingers, "We just need to hold hands."
Raven groaned as she tried several times to plant one of her feet up onto Gar's knee but seemed to struggle to maintain the awkward position.
Trying another route, she slumped down and lay on her back, following similarly to Kory's technique.
"Raaae-" Gar whined, his eyes flashing towards Dick and Kory who were almost finished with the pose.
"Yeah, Gar. I'm trying. Just… hang on…" Raven muttered as she set her feet firmly on his knees, pushing her hips and back upward in an attempt to match the photo.
Her posture was wobbly and the way her brows knitted together were a sure sign that she was trying to concentrate on her body strength to keep her in position.
"Done!" Kory yelled in triumph,
Gar's jaw fell open briefly before he snapped it shut and peered around Raven, who had simply slumped back down onto the blanket with a quiet murmur of, "Oh thank God."
Finally, Dick had reached further and gripped Kory's fingers within his own, their positions matching the example almost exactly.
"Dang it." Gar groaned, slowly lowering himself onto the floor, ensuring he didn't lean or turn in any kind of way that would cause discomfort later in the day.
Dick rested his back flat against the blanket before he sat up and gently shifted Kory's feet until they pressed against the floor on either side of his crossed legs.
He offered her a helping hand and tugged her up, smiling at the look of delight on her face at winning the second pose.
"We won that one!" She cheered, clapping her hands together whilst Dick got to his feet and pulled her up with him,
He gave her a wink and grinned, "Yeah, just gotta get this last pose before those two…" He paused and smirked over at Gar, "Which, y'know, obviously we will."
"Bite me, Grayson. That was just pure luck." Gar guffawed,
"Uh huh, sure it was." Dick replied in an even tone, playfully rolling his eyes,
Gar chuckled and pointed his index finger towards the lens of the camera, "Alright, guys. We're down to the last pose. Each couple has won a pose so far so it all comes down to this last pose."
Raven gave him a shrewd look, "I swear, it better not be a super difficult one."
Gar's eyes went skyward, avoiding her gaze as she brushed herself down from being on the floor, "Um…"
She sighed and dropped her head back against her shoulders, "Show us."
Nodding his head, Gar reached back and snagged the last photo from the couch cushions and held it flush against his chest, his eyes shifting between his girlfriend and the opposing couple.
"Okay… this one is… a challenge. I'm not gonna lie." Gar admitted, giving Raven a rather sheepish expression,
"Great! We can't wait to complete it first." Dick stated, brightly, earning a small giggle from Kory at his apparent enthusiasm.
Gar poked his tongue out for a second before he cleared his throat and flipped the photo around, revealing the third and final pose that they would be trying to recreate.
And he certainly wasn't exaggerating the skill needed for this particular pose.
Raven's eyes widened and she crossed her arms over her chest, "Sorry… are you honestly expecting me to bend like that?"
The photo revealed the male counterpart lying on the floor on his back, similarly to the previous pose they had just done. His arms lay still and flat by his sides, with the palms of his hands pressed against the mat whilst his legs were perpendicular to the floor, his toes pointed towards the sky.
However, the female model was in a somewhat 'D' shape. Her shoulder blades were pressed against the soles of the man's feet, supporting her. Her whole body was curved around the epicenter of his feet which were holding the woman up.
Her head was dropped back, hair spilling down the length of his legs. Her knees were bent back at a 90 degree angle and it was enough to stretch her legs back until her fingers were wrapped around her ankles.
The woman was suspended off of the floor, with only the man's leg strength to keep her there without wobbling. Together, the yoga couple were in a position that bore a striking resemblance to the number 9.
"You might surprise yourself, Rae!" Gar responded, glancing down at the image with his own eyes,
"Easy for you to say. You and Dick are getting the easiest part of this challenge. So far, you guys have just been lying on the floor." She pointed out,
Kory smiled and nodded, "I have to agree with Raven. Considering you two boys are the ones showing a competitive nature, you are not having to do very much."
"Hey, we're just following the pictures. Guys are on the floor and the girls seem to be the flexible ones." Dick reflected, contorting his face into a picture of innocence.
Gar waved his hands around, "Are we ready to do this last one?" He asked, waiting until the other three nodded their heads, "Ready... GO!"
With that, Gar tossed the photo behind him, not caring for where it landed as he shuffled across the blanket to hurry into the position.
Dick matched Gar's pace, tugging Kory so that she was standing before him, patiently waiting for instruction on what she needed to do.
He crouched down before he got into position, lying flat on his back with his hands resting on his stomach for the time being so that he could aid Kory into her position when the time came to do so.
His legs were pressed together immediately and he lifted them straight off the ground, his toes pointed towards the ceiling.
"Okay, so, I think you have to stand like… here." He murmured, his eyes locking on Kory's green ones as she stared down at him questioningly whilst he gestured his stomach area with his hands.
Kory nodded and bit her bottom lip, scurrying closer and placing a foot on either side of his hips, her back towards his legs. She glanced down, a few strands of loose rouge hair slipping out and framing her face, "Like this?"
"Uh huh." Dick paused and smirked, "I kinda like this angle so far."
She giggled and simply rolled her eyes at his silliness.
Gar stuck his tongue out in concentration as he flopped down onto his back upon the blanket. He wriggled to get comfy before his legs shot upwards, lacking the grace that Dick had shown in his posture.
"Rae!" He called, using his free hand to beckon his dark haired girlfriend, who was otherwise standing beside the blanket, her arms folded over her chest and peering down at him with an eyebrow raised,
"I'm right here, Gar." She muttered,
"You need to do what Kory's doing." Gar told her, pointedly tilting his head to look at the opposing couple,
Raven turned her head and eyed her best friend carefully, building an idea of how Kory planned to get into position.
She stepped over Gar's stomach region, with a foot on either side of his body.
He grinned up at her, "Sup mama."
Resisting the urge to smirk, Raven tilted her head at him, "Now what am I doing?"
Gar hesitated but bent his knees a little bit so his feet were level with Raven's shoulders, "I think you have to like… throw yourself onto my feet."
She paused and groaned, "Damn it, Gar. I don't know how to do that. Surely, I'll just fall right onto the floor."
"It's okay. Just… do it slowly. If you try and jump too fast then you'll definitely roll off and smack onto the floor."
"Awesome." She deadpanned,
Raven kept her head turned so she could look behind her. She felt Gar maneuver his feet until the soles of both were firmly pressing into her back, just below her shoulder blades.
She leaned backwards and allowed her weight to fall onto Gar's feet as she dropped her head back, in an attempt to fall into the correct position.
"Yes, Rae!" Gar chirped, seeing that she was getting the concept of it.
Soon, however, Raven began to slowly slide and she grunted as her own feet hit the ground beneath them once again, "Damn."
"Try again. We had it, babe. I think my feet need to go lower down on your back to get more of a footing."
Raven chewed her lip but shrugged and nodded, leaning back for another attempt.
"Okay, try that, Kory." Dick guided, having lowered his legs somewhat in order for her to lean back against his feet.
With the soles of his feet braced just below her shoulders, Kory practically draped herself backwards, her spine curving and her head flopping back.
The couple paused for a minute and Kory couldn't help but murmur, "Is this right so far?"
"I think so... hang on…" Dick replied, carefully extending his legs upwards again until the lines of his legs were completely straight as they had been before,
They waited for another few seconds, just to make sure the position was sticking.
"Do you feel like you're gonna fall?" Dick checked,
"Um… I do not think so…" Kory answered, her voice warbled slightly from how she was positioned,
"Okay… try and bend your knees and grab your feet." Dick told her, finishing his portion of the pose by placing his arms flat by his sides and pressing the palms of his hands down onto the blanket.
"I think this feels more secure now…" Raven grunted from where she was flopped back against Gar's feet. He had placed them lower down her back which seemed to have helped her to stay in place better.
"Okay, so just lean back and then you've gotta bend your knees and-"
"Done!" Dick boasted, chuckling to himself at having completed the position first.
"What!" Gar stated in disbelief,
Raven dropped down from where she had been precariously balancing on his feet and spun around, her mouth dropping open at the other couple.
Gar sat up, with an equally stunned expression, "Oh my God!"
"How are you two doing that?" Raven queried,
And, sure enough, Dick and Kory had completed it. Kory was curved back, almost into a circular shape as her knees were bent and her fingers gripped her feet.
Dick smirked and easily caught his girlfriend's hands as she relaxed and rocked forwards until her feet were firmly back on the floor and she was hunched slightly at the waist,
"Ugh!" Kory groaned but it was followed with an amused giggle, "I am certainly not the flexible one in this relationship."
"I'd say you did pretty well, especially with that pose." Dick shrugged, smiling up at her from where he was still lying on his back, waggling his fingers in her direction so that she would help him up.
Gar's head dropped back against his shoulders and he groaned, "Mannn, I can't believe we lost that challenge. We started off so well."
Raven lifted a brow, "It's your fault for picking out the hardest poses ever."
He opened his mouth to rebuke that but thought better of it and clamped his mouth shut again.
As Dick stood up straight and brushed himself down, he did little to stop the smirk bursting onto his lips, "So… I lost track… who won the most there?"
Gar rolled his forest green eyes, "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, Grayson." He grumbled, "You and Kory get the point for the second challenge."
Kory beamed and clasped her hands together in front of her chest, inclining her head to share a triumphant look with her boyfriend.
Returning all of his attention to the lens of the camera, Gar stared straight down it and pressed his fingertips together, "So… Raven and I won the first one and Dick and Kory have won the second which means it all hangs in the third and final challenge which I will reveal in a second, once we've cleared the blankets up and everything."
With that, he took a couple steps closer to the camera and cupped the lens.
CHALLENGE #3 - Pop The Balloon
Gar grinned and glided across the wooden flooring of the room as he retreated from the camera, clearly having turned it back on for the next part of filming.
"Aaand we are back guys for the third and final challenge!" He sang, vibrating his lips so it sounded similar to that of a drumroll, "And so far, it's a tie since we won the first challenge and Dick and Kory won the second one."
Kory grinned sheepishly and bounced on her toes, twisting some of her hair - which was now loose and spilling over her shoulders - around her finger, "I am nervous!"
Gar smirked and leaned forward to catch the redhead's eye, "You should be. Rae and I are gonna destroy you two!"
"I mean… I'd retaliate with the usual trash talk but you haven't told us what the last challenge is yet." Dick murmured, his arm around Kory's waist,
"What is the final challenge? And please don't say we have to bend and twist again…" Raven pleaded, rubbing her lower back just from the memory of their previous challenge.
The blankets that had been strewn across the floor were now gone and packed away, leaving just the bare wooden floor on display, glistening under the rays of sunlight pouring in from the windows.
"So… the final challenge for us today, my dear fellows…" Gar began, slowly, trying to build his own sense of excitement, "is a game of 'burst the balloon'."
Dick blinked in surprise, "Uh… wanna elaborate on that one, Gar?"
Gar nodded but jogged off screen for a brief moment, the sound of him shuffling in the background despite not being physically in frame.
He soon returned, hurrying back into the picture with two large, inflated balloons; one blue and one red.
"So, the idea is simple. Each couple will have a balloon and whichever couple is the first to pop it, wins."
"That seems simple enough-" Raven began,
"Ah! But, there are some rules. So, the goal is to pop the balloon but you can't use your hands or the floor to pop it."
Kory blinked in confusion and clasped her hands together before she leaned forward, casting a look across at him,
"Then… how are we to pop the balloon?"
Gar flicked his index finger up into the air, with a broad grin on his face, "That's what you've gotta figure out within your couple!"
Raven arched an eyebrow at him, "This should be… interesting, then."
Dick idly laced his fingers with Kory's and pulled her a little closer to where he stood, "So… does the balloon start off on the floor?"
"Uh huh. You gotta work together to get it off the floor and use ya bodies to pop it." Gar explained, jiggling his limbs as he spoke.
He crouched down and strategically placed the large, red balloon on the floor, between Dick and Kory's feet. He swiveled and did the same again, placing the huge blue balloon on the floor, right between where he and Raven were standing.
Both couples were rooted to their previous spots from the last challenge, with the only difference being that the blankets were missing.
Jumping to his feet, Gar grinned at the three of them as they waited for him to say the word.
"May the best couple win…" Gar murmured, his eyes narrowing at Dick in particular,
The ebony haired man smirked and gave him a wink, "Don't worry, Kory and I intend to."
Gar gasped, "Bitch."
Raven rolled her eyes and lightly smacked Gar's arm, "Can we just get on with this already?"
With one last, lingering scowl directed at Dick, Gar cleared his throat and shifted his gaze towards his girlfriend, "Okay… ready… GO!"
Dick immediately set to work, trying to slip his toes beneath the balloon just enough so that he could chip it upwards. After several attempts, he finally managed to succeed, watching as it drifted up into the air.
Kory's eyes widened and she made a small 'eep' sound as it began to float back towards the ground again.
"Quick, move closer!" Dick yelped, reaching out and taking both of his girlfriend's hands in his. The two of them shuffled towards each other until their stomachs were pressing together.
They shimmied for a moment, with Dick's eyes concentrating on the descending balloon, until it landed between their chests, stopped from falling to the floor by their joint middles.
Kory instantly burst into a fit of giggles, "This is hard." She murmured, moving her hands up to grasp his upper arms to better wedge the balloon between them.
Dick joined in on her laughter, "It's the weirdest thing we've ever done together, that's for sure." He paused and twisted his lips as he considered, "Now, we just have to figure out how to pop it."
Gar rushed over to the balloon and stood with it between his feet, pressing his legs closer together so it was gripped firmly between his ankles. Raven watched him with a tiny amused smile and shook her head, "How are you expecting to get it in the air now?"
"Babe, you gotta have faith in me!" Gar yelled, his tone light as he hopped several paces, with the balloon still sitting between his calves.
"I have as much faith in you with this kind of… activity as I possibly can, Gar…" Raven droned, crossing her arms as he continued to scuttle across the floor with no clear plan for getting the balloon up between them.
"Just… hold my hand a sec." Gar instructed, his head down so he could see the balloon.
Raven paused but complied, holding her palm out towards him. Gar grabbed her hand and used his girlfriend as support whilst he leapt up, jumping off the ground and bending his knees as much as he could.
Gar released the balloon before his feet stomped back down against the ground and he watched as his efforts only got the balloon just above waist height.
As it began to drift back down, Raven offered her assistance. She lifted her knee and bumped it against the balloon, just before it floated too low. The blue balloon sailed higher through the air, giving them a better chance to catch it between themselves.
"Awesome, Rae!" Gar cheered, leaning back and crouching slightly, using his chest to bump the balloon again as it fell towards him. He knocked it upwards with his chest twice before he wriggled his hand at Raven.
"Babe… c'mere. I've got an idea how to pop it!" Gar announced, whilst Raven glided over to him, placing her hands onto his shoulders so that her arms were completely extended, trapping the balloon against Gar's chest.
Dick chewed on his lower lip as he and Kory slowly pressed their bodies closer together, effectively pushing the balloon up until it sat directly between their chests.
"Okay… so… try and turn. We could probably pop it with our shoulders…" He suggested whilst Kory nodded her head and carefully shifted her body so she was side on, her shoulder pressing the bright red balloon against Dick's.
Gar blinked and inclined his head to stare at the couple, "Uh! I said no hands!"
"We're not using hands. We're using shoulders. That doesn't count." Dick defended, without so much as removing his eyes from the balloon and Kory for a single second.
The youtuber's response was cut off by Raven gently nudging him, reminding him to focus on what they were doing instead of keeping his eye on Dick and Kory.
"My love, I do not believe this method is working." Kory sighed, getting tired of squishing her shoulder against his to pop the balloon, only serving to slightly alter its rubbery shape.
Dick grunted, "Mm, yeah, I think you're right."
The couple moved around so that the balloon was back between them, now sitting lower, pressed between their abdomens instead.
Kory suddenly beamed at him and held up her index finger, "I believe I have another idea to try."
Gar poked his tongue out in concentration and his brows knitted together as he stretched his arms out, "Rae, bump your chest against mine."
She hesitantly nodded, a faint look of doubt in her expression but she went with his train of thought and put her arms out as they began bouncing on their toes slightly, moving across the floor.
Raven couldn't help the small bout of laughter that escaped her lips as they continued to bump their chest against the balloon from either side, "Oh my God…" She muttered,
Gar chuckled and shook his head, "Keep going, Rae!"
Kory's brows were raised high as she minutely moved herself away from the balloon, before slamming herself back, catching it between her hip and Dick's, her body half turned away so the camera only really caught her back.
She turned her head and looked down at it. Dick seemed to catch on pretty quickly to what she had in mind and his mouth fell open in realization,
"You're a genius, beautiful." He praised, gripping her hands with his as they simultaneously started to bump their hips, looking as if they were recreating the dance move itself.
Kory giggled at the situation and threw her head back with mirth as they continued to hurriedly attempt to burst the balloon.
Dick grinned at her laughter and shifted his hip towards hers a few more times, just a little harder.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang as one of the balloons exploded from force.
Kory stumbled, with a hand on her hip and laughing through a small wince. Dick caught her and grinned triumphantly over at Gar and Raven who immediately stopped in their tracks to look over at the victorious couple.
"Ow!" Kory giggled, strands of red hair framing her face as she hobbled for a moment,
Dick smiled sympathetically, "You okay there?"
She nodded, still laughing to herself over the whole challenge, rubbing her hip before she stood up straight and draped an arm on Dick's shoulder for support.
"Nooo!" Gar bleated, dropping his head back against his shoulders and closing his eyes in defeat.
Raven smirked and took a step back, watching as their balloon sadly floated downwards until it bounced against the wooden floor.
Dick's expression became even more smug as he gestured towards the scraps of red latex adorning the ground, "See that, Gar? That's victory, right there." He gloated,
Kory shared a look with Raven and rolled her eyes, smiling at the boys' competitive streaks.
"Damn it. We almost had that one, too." Gar complained, planting his fists on his hips, not even trying to conceal his disappointment.
"And yet… you couldn't quite win it." Dick teased, pulling a face that was full of bravado.
Raven smiled quietly to herself whilst Gar sulked, only nudging his arm after a long moment, "You still need to announce the overall winner, Gar."
Gar gave her a long suffering sigh and angled his chin in Dick and Kory's direction, "Fine." He paused and shot the camera a look, "Guys, I know all of you were rooting for me and Raven but… alas… the winners of the first couple VS couple is Dick and Kory…"
Dick folded his arms over his chest and looked satisfied whilst Kory beamed and clapped her hands together before leaning over and bestowing a kiss to Dick's cheek.
Raven touched Gar's shoulder and mirrored Kory's actions, giving him a chaste kiss on the cheek. He jerked in surprise and turned to her, with a brow raised, "Why'd I get a kiss? We didn't win."
She gave him a small smile and wiped the spot where her lips had just touched, "Yeah but I think your ego needed it."
Gar blinked before he gave her a small, loving smile, "Aw, thanks Rae."
"In seriousness, this was actually really fun, Gar." Dick interjected, peering around Kory to look at his friend.
"Yeah?" Gar asked, perking up at that,
Kory placed her hands behind her back and nodded in earnest, "It was most fun; I laughed so much that my stomach hurt."
Raven gave him a dip of her chin as well, "When you first mentioned the idea, I was on the fence but actually… it was fun."
Gar puffed up, fueled by the comments of his friends and flashed one of his toothy grins at the camera, "Y'see that, guys? I have the best ideas!"
Seeing that his self confidence had returned, Raven shook her head and rolled her eyes.
He clapped his hands together and strode closer to the camera, until the frame was mostly Gar, "On that note, you guys… that about does it for today's video… I hope you liked this new couples thing; we all found it pretty fun. Dick and Kory won this time but… I'll wrangle another couple that we know to face off with me and Rae and we will not be losing next time."
Raven raised her brows and glanced at Dick and Kory, almost as if to question that statement.
"If you did like this video, don't forget to give it a like and if you haven't already, don't forget to smash that subscribe button so you can stay up to date with my videos as soon as I upload them." Gar paused and inhaled deeply, giving the lens a wide grin, "Otherwise, I will catch you guys in the next video."
He skittered backwards and threw his hand up, giving his viewers his signature two fingered salute, whilst Dick, Kory and Raven all waved a hand behind him.
"Peace!"
Author's Note: Sorry guys but, I had to give my OTP a win since DC Comics have been quite shitty to them this past week lmao.
Anyways, this one was a long one but I hope you liked it and like the 'Couple VS Couple' idea. I will be doing more with couples from the friendship group.
Let me know your thoughts! Thaaanks!