A/N: Hey! And the streak continues! A little bit of a shorter chapter this week, but we're getting into more of the Flinx moments, so enjoy!
After a few hours, she and Robin call it for the day. He thanks her for her work and with that, she's dismissed for the night. One thing she can't get used to is the peace throughout the tower at nighttime. She's sure the HIVE Five are as raucous as ever, screaming and squabbling with zero regard for their fellow teammates.
Jinx's been given a small guest room, which is surprisingly nice, but she can't get comfortable. Huffing, she slips out of bed with a frown, grabbing her sketch book and a pencil and heading back to the living room.
She doesn't bother turning on the light, settling by one of the huge windows for some natural light. Jinx mindlessly sketches, letting the flow of the pencil lull her loud mind to quiet.
"Hey," The voice startles Jinx into dropping her pencil. Scowling she picks it up and straightens to find Kid Flash sprawled over the seats next to her. "What are you doing up? How'd it go with Robin?"
"Oh, fine I guess," Jinx says. She's embarrassed for some reason, and she wants to desperately smooth down her hair, but she won't dare do it in front of him. "I'm updating their villain database."
"Oh, that's great! You know, Robin built that database from scratch, with no help from the league," he brags like a proud parent.
"The Justice League?" Jinx clarifies. "Why wouldn't they help? Didn't Robin use to work with Batman?"
"Well, yeah," Kid Flash says, frowning lightly. "It's complicated, he doesn't get into it much. Either way, he doesn't exactly ask Batman for many favors."
"I get it, I guess," Jinx says. "I mean, can you imagine living in the shadow of actual Batman?" Kid Flash lets out a low whistle, shaking his head.
"Do you get along with the Flash?" Jinx asks tentatively.
"Oh sure! He's my uncle," he explains with a smile. "He's married to my dad's twin sister."
"How'd you get your powers, then? You don't to answer if you don't want to," she amends quickly, noticing the beginnings of a frown.
"No, it's okay," he says. "It was a replication of the same accident my uncle was in. I think it was supposed to be a trap for him, to try and get rid of his powers, but I ended up in it."
Jinx nods, unsure of what to say. She sets aside her sketchbook, tucking the pencil in the spiral.
"Still drawing unicorns?" She scoffs, unable to help the heat that rises to her cheeks.
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out," she says. Kid Flash gives her a puppy dog pout.
"Oh, come on, never?" he asks. "I'll model for you if you show me."
"I don't do models," Jinx says curtly. Kid Flash waggles his eyebrows lewdly.
"Now, I never said anything about that," he says with a smirk. Jinx let's pink electricity crackle around her fingers in a warning, shooting him a smirk of her own when he leans back. "Never mind!"
"Seriously, though," Kid Flash says after they've both calmed down. "I'd love to see what you draw." Jinx hesitates, brushing her fingers over a clean corner of her page. She sighs, relenting.
"It's nothing special," she warns, passing him the sketch book. "It's not very good either."
He takes the sketch book with a smile, opening to the page she'd been working on. He frowns thoughtfully, but Jinx can't decipher if he like it or not.
"Is this… Central City?" he asks after a moment.
"It's supposed to be," she says. "I've only been there once."
"This is phenomenal!" he says. "I can't believe you've only been once! Come with me and I can show you all the cool stuff! My fave restaurants, the arts and science museum—"
"You're being kind of loud for midnight," Jinx interrupts gently, tilting her head in the directions of the dorms. "People are trying to sleep."
"It's getting kind of late, huh?" he says sheepishly. "I should probably go to bed."
"Me too," Jinx agrees. They walk together for a moment, headed for the dorms. Kid Flash is being put up in the guest room near Robin's room. Jinx figures it's because they're old friends. Jinx turns to him, to say good night or something, but she doesn't get the chance. In a blur of red and yellow, he ducks in, plants a soft kiss against her cheek, then darts into his room, all before Jinx can even blink.
Thank god he's not here to see her flush.
Jinx slips back into bed, huddling under the covers, trying to will the stupid smile from her face. She falls asleep a little while later, and while it's not the most peaceful sleep she's had, she wakes up rested.
The lounge and kitchen area are already buzzing with activity when she steps in. Cyborg and Starfire are in the kitchen, whipping up something that looks like waffles, but smells entirely different. Beast Boy's on the sofa, booting up his game system.
"Friend Jinx!" Starfire notices her first, beckoning her into the kitchen with a smile. "Would you like to try a klorpa? They are a delicacy on my home world."
Jinx takes the offered plate gingerly, taking a seat at the counter. Cyborg winks and her nods, letting her know it's safe to eat. She takes a tentative bite, surprised to find it's fine. It's definitely not a waffle, savory and bright, like mint and curry and ginger.
"It's great," she assures the alien, who's watching her eat with wide hopeful eyes. Starfire giggle, pleased.
"I'm glad. Admittedly, it's not a morning meal, but we can make some exceptions." She winks like there's some sort of joke and Jinx gives an uncertain laugh.
"It's funnier in tameranean," Cyborg says, reciting like he's heard the line before.
Robin and Raven come down, taking seats at the counter too. Starfire doles out her not-waffles and juice, making up another plate only to set that one on the ground.
"Morning," Robin says, smoothing back his dark hair. Personally, Jinx thinks the gel will hold it's own.
"Good morning!" Starfire sings. "But wait, where is the Kid Flash? He was not training with you two?"
"KF doesn't get up before noon unless you pay him," Robin says with a smirk. "Or unless he can smell food."
As if on cue, the speedster himself comes barreling in, dropping into the open seat next to Jinx.
"Is someone making thai food?" he asks excitedly. He shoots Jinx a wide smile.
"Nope," she says. "Starfire made… uh—"
"Klorpa!" Starfire chimes in helpfully.
"Yeah, that," Jinx mutters, taking another bite. "It's good."
"Looks like waffles to me," he says. Robin shrugs.
"It's one of the only edible things she can make," he says. "No offense, Star."
Kid Flash eats with gusto, scarfing it down like he's never had a meal before in his life. It's pretty disgusting to watch. Jinx turns to Robin, who's slathering butter all over his food.
"So, what's the plan today?" she asks.
"Well," he says, swallowing down his bite. "You'll be working on the databases again with Raven and me. We need a clear picture of which villains are still on the loose and who they have alliances with. Star, KF, and BB are on call today. Cy, you're responding to the Titans East thing."
"Roger that," Cyborg says dutifully, before nearly unhinging his jaw and shoving an unearthly amount of not-waffles in. Jinx looks away.
"Boys," Raven grumbles with an eyeroll. Jinx can only nod, agreeing to the sentiment. Once everyone's eaten, they head down to their respective stations. Kid Flash gets to linger upstairs with the rest of the titans on call, playing video games with Beast Boy while they wait for something to happen. Jinx gives him a little wave as she follows Raven and Robin down to their command center.
"So, you and KF, huh?" Robin asks when they settle at their computers. Raven ducks behind her computer, obviously listening. Jinx flushes, unsure how to respond to that.
"I mean, we're friends," she mumbles. It feels wrong to call it that, when it's clearly so much more. Well. She only knows how she feels. For all she knows, Kid Flash really could think of her as just a friend. He's pretty flirty, but she's sure he's like that with all the girls.
"Oh," Robin flushes a little, spots of pink appearing under his mask. "I just thought—never mind. Let's just focus on the task at hand." Jinx nods, staring straight at the screen. They work quietly for a few hours, Jinx emptying out all her knowledge into the Titan's database.
Robin calls it around six in the evening, heading out with a nod. Raven catches Jinx's shoulder before they can leave.
"He means well," she says, her voice gravelly with disuse. "They've been friends for a long time. Way before Robin started the Titans."
"I didn't know," Jinx says. "But I guess that makes sense. They both have guardians in the Justice League, don't they?"
"Yeah," she says simply. Raven quirks an eyebrow, her lips curling a little. "So, is there something going on between you and KF?"
"I don't know," she admits. "I'm not really good at the 'boy' thing. Every time I try, it turns out… disastrous."
"None of us are good at the whole 'boy-thing'," Raven says easily. "Not even Starfire."
"She could have any boy she wanted," Jinx says, incredulous. Raven scoffs, her mouth turning into a wry smile.
"It's the life," she says. "It's not exactly easy to maintain romantic relationships while you're in."
A/N: You have to take moments to be human teenagers, even if you're superhero's, or hell, not even human. There was a little easter egg pointing to the plot, so just wait and see. Let me know what you think, comments, concerns, whatever!