How Things Change
Chapter 7: Costume Mayhem
The morning started out nicely; Buttercup made breakfast for the six them and they relaxed in the pool until around 10. Blossom carted Brick and Butch to the gym while Buttercup decided to look around the event from a flight's perspective, Boomer and Bubbles remained back in the room splashing around in the pool. A few hours later everybody regrouped with the boys heading off to their room to change while the girls did the same.
Blossom ruffled her freshly curled hair to give it a wilder look before tossing the whole of it behind her, "Bubbles do you have any clues as to what they've plotted for today?"
"Why me?" the blonde had just finished the makeup on her face and turn to raise a brow at her sister.
Blossom shrugged and applied a bit of gloss to her lips, "Well I doubt BC got anything out of Butch while they were conquering the roulette table," Blossom caught the smirk from Buttercup and winked back at her.
Bubbles shook her head, swinging her long ponytails fluidly before responding in a Bronx accent, "Nah, Boomie wouldn't give up the goods," she shrugged with a grin at their laughter.
"Alright so I guess we'll just have to hope they didn't decide to go dressed as strippers or something," she moved to help Buttercup with her makeup.
The brunette snorted at that, "What villains are there that even dress like that?"
Bubbles giggled, "True, but it would be funny to see what Butch tries to pull, you girls know he has no shame," they all hummed in agreement.
Buttercup smirked and double-checked Blossom's work, "I swear to you guys were gonna crush it, like we look awesome,"
They finished each other's makeup, did a final hair check and Bubbles fussed over everyone's costumes for an additional 30 minutes before they decided to head out. They didn't spot the boys in the hall or on the way to the elevator and shrugged coming to the decision that they would either see them there or they were running late. Bubbles was texting on the phone as they walked out on to the floor while Buttercup and Blossom looked around; the event was set up in a mixture of city and space themes. The girls walked around reading about some of the heroes and villain postings by the entrance and after a while they grew bored waiting for the boys and made their way into the throng of people, they were instantly bombarded by fans and look-a-likes who wanted to take pictures. A lot of the native Cityvillians dressed up as the girls and the villains from Townsville while people who'd flown in from out of state dressed as some of the bigger named heroes. The girls eventually followed a group of people to the dancefloor.
Blossom was in the middle of dancing with a guy dressed as Batman, his advances were ironic, and Blossom laughed at their banter. She moved in before the guy spun her and she was startled as she was pulled in another direction, she snatched her hand away and frowned about to tell who ever it was off.
After fixing her tousled hair she turned and set her hands on her hips firmly, "I don't remember being asked to switch, and I'm not a toy to drag around asshole," she gave the guy a once over, his original Daredevil costume was pretty impressive, but she definitely didn't appreciate being pulled around.
When he only smirked down at her she narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms over chest. A song started up with a nice baseline and Daredevil started to circle her slowly, she scoffed and followed him with her eyes. After a full go around he stopped in front of her and held his hand out to her. She glanced down at his hand and back to his mask covered face, with a sigh she let go of her tension and decided to dance with him. They didn't speak the whole time, but she had fun anyway.
A few songs later and Blossom was back in high spirits, they settled into a pattern where they could sway and catch their breath, "So mystery man, you wanna tell me who's under that mask?" he shrugged with a grin, "Oh come on, not even a hint?" he sighed with a smile and beckoned to her with a finger, she settled her hands on his shoulders and leaned up to whisper, "What's the secret,"
She heard a soft, low chuckle before he turned to her ear, "It's more of a don't tell Robin so she can continue to guess,"
Blossom gasped and pulled back, in a yell-whisper she smacked his arm, "Michael Believe I cannot believe you!" they shared a laugh and she pulled him to the edge of the dancefloor, "Was this planned or are you just torturing my friend?"
He grinned, "Robin said she could find me anywhere no matter what, so it was her bet,"
Blossom nodded and looked around the room, "I wish she would've told us you guys were coming, we would've set up for you guys to room with us or something,"
"It was like a last-minute thing, and she only really wanted to see how many PPG impersonators she could find," he rubbed the back of his neck and leaned on his bo staff.
"Have you spotted her yet?"
He laughed and pointed to a girl dressed as Elektra talking to a Blue Beetle, "She's been looking for me all wrong,"
Blossom giggled and watched her friend snatch a green lantern, "Yeah, I'm actually looking for someone myself," he raised a brow in a "do tell" manner, "Me and the girls have a bet for the contest with the boys,"
She couldn't see the top half of his face, but she felt his brows raise, "The RowdyRuff Boys?!"
"Yeah, Mike you know we've been chill with them for a while now right?"
He snorted, "You and chill have serious conflicts though," she laughed and nudged him.
He was about to let her know he was gonna go ahead and give Robin a break when another guy stepped out dressed in a move up to date Daredevil suit. Mike stood up fully and put away his bo staff while the other Daredevil eyed them, or so he assumed since he couldn't see the top half of the guys face. The two stared at each other for a long while and Blossom rose a brow hoping an altercation wasn't about to go down. The new Daredevil nodded his head at Mike in a way that said "move on", Mike looked back at Blossom and she shrugged knowing she could handle herself while her eyes pointed him to areas her sisters were so he knew she had backup if needed. Mike turned to the other guy and nodded before moving past, glancing back a few times.
Blossom watched the new Daredevil check back and wait until Mike was gone before moving in on her like a predator.
"Hey look, guy, I've seriously had enough of the whole mysterious act, if you wanna dance just say so," she crossed her arms and leaned back against the wall.
He boxed her in and smirked down at her, "And here I thought I'd get to be all smooth and mysterious for you, guess I took too long," Blossom's eyes widened up at the familiar voice, "Glad I'm here now though," he pulled her from the wall and wrapped around her firmly so she stayed pressed against him, "because you, my beautiful poison flower, are not allowed to leave my side looking the way you do,"
Blossom smirked and let her hands settle around his neck, "Is this you admitting defeat, Brick?"
He chuckled softly and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "I'll just say it was some potion you mixed up to make me do what you want,"
She laughed while they started to sway to the music, "Ah yes, I used agrokinesis to persuade you into admitting that there was no way you'd be able to top this costume and that I am the greatest of all time,"
"Whoa, whoa there, now that's taking it a bit far,"
She pulled back and took a few steps back, "Oh well maybe my powers aren't working on you, guess I'll go find some gullible Batman to hypnotize instead,"
He narrowed his eyes and pulled her in again, "You tryna get one of these dopes hurt, Bloss?"
She smiled softly, "Of course not," she arched a brow at him, "I thought you like jokes?"
He sighed and relaxed, "You are not a joke to me, Blossom. I don't want anybody else messing with you," she hummed and traced the hard lines of his suit, "You're lucky we have x-ray vision or Mikey boy would've been toast," she giggled and pressed her face against his suit, "Why are you hiding down there," he smirked and lifted her chin.
She shook her head causing a few tendrils to fall against her cheeks, "I'm not hiding, I'm just amused by how overprotective you're being," she bit her lip and curled the hair back behind her ear, "It's cute,"
She could feel the eyeroll as a smirked crossed his mouth, "You're cute," he cupped her cheek and was about to lean in but was stopped by a soft hand at his lips.
She arched a brow at him, "Mask off," He wasted no time swiping the mask over his head and clipping it to his side, his hair falling in a mess around his shoulders; Brick didn't waste anytime swallowing her laughter as he planted his lips over hers.
Bubbles giggled as she passed by the red pair as she was currently being chased down by her beau dressed as Blue Beetle. Bubbles had made it a personal feat to not use her powers and had blended pretty well with the crowd using her Bronx accent but not long after leaving the dancefloor she stopped in her tracks face to face with Boomer, his mask was down but she knew without a doubt it was him; she could sense the smirk as his stance relaxed and his arms crossed his chest as he waited for her to come to him, she had smirked and arched a brow at him.
Holding her bat out to him in a pointing manner she propped a hand on her hip and taunted him, "Aright Bug Boy, you're cute and all but I'm not sure if I'm ready to make the switch from bats and crazies to creepy crawlies."
He chuckled and shrugged before responding through the mask's microphone, "Aw come on Miss Quinn, give a guy a chance,"
She shook her head and tossed a smiley "bomb" at him, "Catch!" she laughed as he scrambled to grab hold of it before turning to take off, "Also! Catch me if you can!"
And so began the race. She'd managed to find a group of other Harley's and explained her game to them, they rounded up a handful more and moved together in a mass so to confuse other people and allow Bubbles to hide within them. Just when she thought her plan was succeeding a tap on the shoulder snapped her around.
"Yeah, nice try Miss Quinn, but I'd know you anywhere," she smirked, "There's plenty of dopples," he pressed a button to open his mask so she could see hi face entirely, "but only one Bubbles,"
"Aright smooth talker, let's dance," She grabbed his hand and pulled him out to the floor.
They danced and talked, both complimenting the others costume. Boomer pointed out that Robin was there and her game with Mike with Bubbles agreeing they'd find them after and go something together.
Butch took pride in showing off in his green lantern suit, girls came at him left and right which help to cover his irritation with Brick and Blossom's new development. A slender form in a leather bodysuit passed by his entourage and he couldn't help but follow her with his eyes; she'd moved to the bar to get something to drink he assumed, excusing himself he moved in her direction easing up next to her.
"So pretty lady, what's your getup?"
Buttercup smirk with a slight chuckle as she turned to face her counterpart, "Real slick Butchie Boy,"
"What the hell?!" She laughed at his startled expression, "Okay you and this whole girly streak of yours is starting to get weird, like you look hot or whatever, but this isn't your usual,"
She rose a brow at that and leaned on the bar to face him, "Not my problem if it makes you uncomfortable douche bag,"
Holding his gloved hands up in defense he quickly corrected himself, "All I'm saying is, is that it's kinda nice you can look soft when you're go to is so hardcore,"
"Hardcore, eh?"
He shrugged, "You hang pretty well with the guys," he nodded as the bartender passed over her drink, "They respect you y'know?"
She smirked and took a sip, "What's with you, huh?" she gestured between them, "What's with this? A civilish conversation between the two of us? Brick must really be under that thick skin of yours," she snickered as she watched his face screw up, "Hey, calm down I'm just messin' around,"
That sat in silence for a minute, Butch lost in thought and Buttercup sipping at her drink. The green Ruff looked out at the dancefloor to find Blossom, she of course was right there in the middle of it all wrapped up in his asshole brother. Butch knew why the pink Puff would've been so easily persuaded, none of his brothers nor himself were ugly and they each had their own unique aspects that kept them the main attraction of every female to come across them and sadly even some men. The green Ruff liked the redhead because she was soft, but not soft in Bubbles' way because she could be very intimidating when she needed to be, but the gracefulness that she had throughout her entire being was addicting and that brain of hers just made her even more enticing. He knew exactly why Brick swayed her so easily; Brick and Blossom were unlike their siblings where Boomer and Bubbles were the mediators and Butch and Buttercup were the muscle. The redheaded pair were a mixture of brains and brawn, where Brick could become a hell demon Blossom was an ice queen and those differences alone would keep them chasing each other.
"Why is it that you're so obsessed with her? I mean plenty of guys are but you're something else," the brunette had set her glass aside and was watching the pair Butch was staring at so intently.
Butch shrugged as he watched Blossom laugh, "Pinky's different, there's something crazy in her that I wanted to find and bring out,"
Buttercup snorted and turned to lean her back on the bar, "We're all a little crazy, you boys weren't there for a lot of it, but we've snapped plenty in our younger years,"
Butch smirked and leaned back with her, "We heard some pretty good stories, Bubblevicious was a good one," he smirked down at her, "and there was something about a blankie?"
She scoffed and socked his arm, "Watch yourself,"
He laughed and rubbed at his arm, "There's a different kind of crazy in Blossom, I know it," he ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "If my brother's not careful he'll be lucky enough to drag it out,"
Buttercup rolled her eyes at that, "You want our Leader Girl to snap? Yeah, there's definitely something wrong with you," a call for contestants for the costume contest blared over the intercom and the green Puff smiled a little, "Come on maniac, me and my sisters have some crushing to do,"
He smirked and floated a little, "In your dreams Cupcake,"
{Author's Note: I try not to do too many of these but HIIIIIIII GUYYYYSSS! Thank you so much for being patient and waiting for this trash to update XD I have written and re-written this chapter about thirteen times and I was finally just done with myself and decided to go with the flow or whatever came out. This chapter is not my best work but it did help to break my writer's block so future chapters were gonna try and get some stuff done. PM me suggestions on what you guys wanna see, any ideas you think would help move along the story (I'm looking to stop around 25ish chapters). I appreciate all the support; you guys are amazing and I'll see you in chapter 8 :P}