"Do you know how impossible it is to find work looking like this?"
The changeling gestured his lean figure, shooting his old friend a skeptical look. A quick eyeroll was her typical response and Garfield chuckled.
Nothing had changed.
Raven shrugged, moving to sit on the armrest of her soft suede couch where he currently lounged. "Seriously? Garfield, I'm practically grey." Settling her chin into her hands, a kind amethyst gaze fell on emerald, whose crinkled in return.
"It's totally different for you though!" He cried incredulously, sitting up and crawling towards her end of the couch. "You're a pretty girl." A raspberry blush spread across her pale cheeks. Tapping the tip of her nose, Garfield winked. "Like, really pretty."
For someone she'd found unemployed and homeless just a few hours before, he seemed in the lightest of spirits, just like old times. Except, somehow better.
His twinkling green gaze and messy forest locks were giving her butterflies. Those friendly taps on her shoulder lingered, sending soft sparks through her bloodstream, rushing to her heart and giving her mild tachycardia. His playful tone and teasing banter was teetering on flirty, and Raven couldn't help but think their years apart had somehow made her heart grow fonder.
She wanted him to stay.
"Please," Rolling her eyes in weak rebuttal, Raven pushed his fingers away. Tilting her chin like a curious puppy, wisteria eyes darkened to a serious violet. "You really can't find a job?" A ruddy tint flushed his cheeks. The sorceress heaved a sigh, knowing all too well that she was about to make the mistake of the lifetime. "Alright," she twiddled her thumbs with his, savoring the gentle circles his fingertips made against her palm. "You can stay with me." His eyes lit up like Christmas trees, and Raven held up a hand, instantly barraging herself for giving into her emotions. "But… only until you find employment. Got it?"
In an instant, she was wrapped in his warmth, the old familiar scent of pine and her mint soap enveloping her senses. Eyelids falling closed, Raven accepted his embrace for a moment, before patting his back and gently shouldering him away. Eyes wide and blinking, the sorceress peered at the changeling, silently enjoying the exuberant look on his face.
"Raven, thank you," he bubbled, pressing a fond kiss above her chakra. "Let me pay you back. I'll cook dinner tonight, okay?" Another kiss fell on her cheek and Garfield drew back, throwing her a quick wink. "I still remember your favorite."
Raven lifted her brow, her gaze tracing his lips once more.
"I.. I think I have a new favorite." She managed, cheeks burning as Garfield's happy purr rumbled against her chest.
Definitely a mistake.
