Title: Opposite & Equal Attraction
Pairing: Jinx/Raven
Rating: …overall, M
Summary: What happens when dark energy and hexes combine?
A/N: This one is a hell of a lot longer than the last chapter. A little lemony I think. But I promise, it will be citrus heaven as the story goes on. Gimme reviews and I'll give you chapters. Constructive criticisms are welcome. Although flames will ignored… or just laughed at. Depends if I'm medicated or not… O.o Yes, I had misspelled the title in the teaser…I'm only human…
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans nor do I own the NIN lyrics
Chapter Two: Troubled
Raven had walked most of the way but then opted to catch a bus. She was never big on human ways of traveling, but had given in, due to her new outlook on life. In a matter of minutes she found herself exiting the automobile exactly on the corner 4226 Avenue H and Titan Boulevard. She fisted the paper in her pocket as she looked around. She knew this area of Jump City well. This was considered a major crime and prostitution area. It was also where the Titans were called to most.
'What am I getting myself into?' she asked herself inwardly as she knocked on the shabby wooden door. Quickly, she was face to face with a fat, unattractive guy that she assumed was the bouncer.
"Sorry, Sugar tits. We ain't accepting no new talent," he said, wearing a smug grin. "However, if you need some fast cash, I know some guys that can help. I know they'd pay a pretty penny for a girl like you." It was all the demoness could do not to send bolt after bolt of dark energy at the sleaze, but she held her composure. She was there for one reason and she needed to be focused.
"No. Actually, I'm answering an ad." His grin faded as she handed him the crumpled paper. He looked it over and nodded towards the stage.
"Jay's coming up right now but you're free to wait for her at the bar." Raven nodded and shuffled her way past the man, thankfully missing the stroke that was meant for her ass. She looked around the smoke filled place. She spotted a seat at the bar close to the stage. If she was gonna live with a roommate such as Jay with her "talents" she might as well see what the fuss was all about. As she settled the house lights fell and a familiar song played over the speakers…
You let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
(Help me) I broke apart my insides, (Help me) I've got no soul to sell
(Help me) the only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself…
Raven's jaw dropped. So this was who all of these men were here to see! The demoness couldn't blame them. She was a goddess! Raven looked down from her supple breasts, to her trim waist that gave way to her rounded hips… 'And perfect ass,' thought Raven. She blushed inwardly at the improper thought. The dancer was clad in a purple and black leather corset with matching boy shorts. Her long legs were adorned with studded black leather platform boots. Even though she was not a fan of such apparel, Raven found herself envying the young woman's closet. Or more so, the nearness of the clothing. Jay had a body that Raven could only dream of having. Perfectly woman in every way.
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god…
'Maybe that's what Beast Boy wanted. A perfect woman,' she thought bitterly. She shook her head, He wouldn't do this to her; not now at least. She had matters to tend to. She brought her eyes back to the female as she moved fluently against the metal structure. Her dancing was hypnotizing, her motions so well executed. Raven stared as the vixen wrapped her leg around the pole and twirled around it, arching her back enough for those in the front row to get a good look at her cleavage.
You can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
(Help me) tear down my reason, (Help me) its' your sex I can smell
(Help me) you make me perfect
Help me become somebody else…
Raven averted her eyes, a feeling of desire wash over her. 'Ha! Besides her body, what else could she possibly have that I'd want? I mean, you can't even see her fa-…' Raven stared cautiously at the dancer. She hadn't noticed before, but the young woman's face was obstructed by a mask.
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god…
The demoness' brows furrowed in confusion. Why wear such a thing in a place like this? Surely these men had seen her face before. Or had they?
Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason I stay alive…
She bit her lip as she observed the vixen. She had freed herself of her corset and was now collecting the last of her earnings, carelessly talking to each man as if she wasn't half naked at all. As if her tan breasts weren't exposed, trembling as she pretended to laugh at something one of the men said to her.
Raven remembered laughs like that. It was the way Terra used to laugh at Beast Boy whenever she was around. A tittering breath, as if everything he said or did was devastatingly funny. A dull throb pulsed inside of her head. As if on cue, the memories flooded her senses, sending her back to that day…
Some years before…
She turned the door knob only to see the truth…
Her Beast Boy… in the arms of Terra, post coitus. Raven felt a dry lump at the back of her throat. 'He promised," she thought. She watched on as green and tanned limbs tangled with the bed sheets. The ones she had bought.
"Oh Beast Boy," whimpered Terra, "I love you so much." He looked down at her and smiled. A look of admiration flickered in the changeling's eyes.
"I love you too," he countered. The blonde reached up and place her hand on hic cheek.
"Not enough to tell Raven it's over though."
"Look, I can't do that to her. She's… counting on me." The blonde's eyebrows furrowed in anger.
"And what about me? I'm counting on you too! I'm the one that loves you! She… clings to you."
"Oh come on that's not true! She is capable of loving you know." Terra sighed and pushed Beast Boy off of her. She sat up so that they were almost eye to eye.
"She clings to you, Garfield. She doesn't love you. She just doesn't want to be alone." Beast Boy folded his arms and stared at the girl next to him. He had never seen her like this. So cold-hearted and callous.
"She's one of my closes friends, Terra. It might not be the kind she's looking for right now, but I do love her. And I don't want to hurt her." The demoness eyes filled with tears. So, all of his promises had been lies? Everything that they were planning, their future, was nothing more than pity?
"Look, I get that you care about her. But you've got your own damn life to live. I've got my own life to live, and I will not drag some psychotic devil child around just to make you happy. It's either her or me." The changeling's eye's flashed with what appeared to be disgust. How dare she? How could she make him choose between her and his best friend, someone who was practically family? He moved to open his mouth before being interrupted by a sheepish, flat voice.
"You don't have to choose. You win, Terra. He's all yours." The two looked at the doorway in shock.
"How long have you been standing there?" ask the blonde. Raven hid her eyes under the hood of her cloak. She would not let them see her cry. No, she wouldn't let her see her cry. Terra wouldn't get the satisfaction.
"Long enough to know everything. And honestly, you two deserve each other," Raven said as she released the door knob. Something inside of her screamed for her to run. As she turned away, all she could hear was her almost ex boyfriend's whispers.
"I'm sorry, Raven. I'm so sorry." And as she ran down the corridor, tear grazing her cheeks, she almost accepted his apology. Almost.
Present…
"Earth to Raven! Can you hear me?" The demoness rubbed her head. It had happened again. She had let him, them, into her mind. She looked around only to find that some of the front row had left and were now at the bar, buying the watered down drinks. She felt even more embarrassed as she saw that a drink had been set before her. But was it her drink? She didn't remember ordering anything. And none of the men had so much as budged to buy her one. Finally a tanned hand wrapped slender digits around the glass and pushed it towards her. She scanned upward until she met the owner of intruding appendages.
She almost gasped. It was Jay, save the provocative costume and mask. She wore a worried look as she held out the drink.
"Here. You really should drink something," the young woman said. Raven stared at the glass cautiously. The female rolled her eyes.
"It's only Pepsi, retard! The drinks aren't worth buying here, and I doubt that you're even of the legal drink age anyway." Raven nodded and grabbed the glass and drank, almost swallowing the entire contents. She hadn't realized how thirsty she was until then. Jay smiled and looked her up and down slowly.
"Wow! I never pegged you as the mullet kind, Raven," said Jay. Raven looked her up and down as well. Her face screamed adolescent but her body said otherwise. From her more than ample breasts to her curvy hips, she knew Jay had to be the main attraction in a dump like this.
"Um", the demoness stuttered, "How do you know my name?" The young woman giggled.
"It's me, Jinx." Raven could feel her eyes bulge. The last time she had seen the villainess she had been a couple of inches shorter and complete flat, everywhere.
"Hey, Rave, my eyes are up here." Raven's cheeks burned as she realized she was staring and exactly what she had been staring at.
"Sorry," she muttered. Jinx giggled as she placed her hand on the demoness' shoulder. Oddly enough, she felt a tingling sensation on the spot where the sorceress had set her hand.
"Have I really grown that much?"
"You could say you've grown… in a lot of different places." Jinx smirked.
"Well, thank you, but we have only modern-day surgery to thank for… some places." Raven nodded, understanding what the ex villainess was trying to say.
"So, I take it you're here about my ad on the bulletin board right." Raven nodded again.
"Yeah, it's a miracle that no one else got to it first."
"But I thought you and the other Titans had a place to stay." Jinx's comment struck the demoness' heart.
"We did. But everyone wanted to do something different with their lives." The sorceress nodded, coming to the same understanding as the other had.
"Look, my boss hates me talking to anyone that's not paying for my time. So… want a lap dance?" Raven's eyes widened, her face showing her obvious discomfort. Was Jinx proposing what she thought she was?
"I mean, do you want to go to a private room so we can talk things over?" Slack jawed, the demoness nodded. She let herself be pulled up by the pink haired woman.
"Good. By the time we finish it'll be time to go home. Then, I can show the house and everything." Raven nodded aimlessly, knowing that the sorceress was too excited to have seen it. They walked towards a door way that was covered in a beaded curtain. A man equally as ugly as the first bouncer stood in front of it. We they walked up he gave them a sneer.
"You know only customers come back her, Jay. You and your friend are gonna have to have your tea party somewhere else." Jinx rolled her eyes.
"Look, Dickhead is it? My friend here is a customer. And I believe those rooms back there are meant for our kinda business." The man chuckled, turning his sun glassed stare towards Raven.
"So you're a lesbo now? That's a damn shame. It's always the sexy ones." The man said as he tried to grab her ass. Before his hand could connect, she elbowed his arm out of the way. She gritted her teeth as she stared him down.
"Doesn't matter if I was or not. Just know that you will never have the fuckin' pleasure of touching me. At least not with a working limb." He laughed nervously as he moved aside the curtain. Both girls gave him the evil eye as they strode past him.
Raven could sense the other girl's stiffness. Feeling a little guilty for not speaking up, Raven cleared her throat. Jinx looked back and gave her a half smile.
"Sorry, Eugene gets like that sometimes. I've been working here for a couple of years now, so stuff like what you just saw is nothing. Just teasing is all."
"You didn't look like you were teasing." The other girl's face tensed a little.
"Yeah. But he wouldn't do anything serious to me. He's like an uncle…in a bizarre, perverted kinda way." Raven rolled her eyes. 'Sounds very uncle-like to me,' she thought to herself.
Finally they reached a door. Jinx carefully opened it to reveal a hall lined with more doors, each covered with a star and a number.
"Hmm. Looks like number four is free." Quickly, the sorceress pushed Raven into the room. She followed and shut the door behind herself. Raven took her time to look around. The room was a lot better looking than the club. It was decorated with a red velvet sofa, a couple of end tables, and, of course, a stripper pole. The walls were lined with mirror panels that surrounded the sofa and pole. The place even had a few potted plants and by the lushness, Raven assumed that someone had been taking excellent care of them.
Raven eyes looked over the tables. A couple of dirty magazines, some business cards…and condoms. Jinx's gaze followed to where the demoness' eyes were.
"Oh! Those…um…what can I say? Shit happens. So…I trust you read the flyer and agree to everything." Raven nodded, noting how crimson the other girl's cheeks were turning.
"Great. I had put it up a long time ago, but no one answered. So, naturally, I forgot about it."
"Someone posted over it. That's the only reason I got it in perfect shape."
"Oh. Well, seeing what we're both capable of, you're the perfect person for the room. It'll be nice having someone else there that practices magic."
"So…why are you in that house alone? I mean, where's Gizmo and Mammoth?" Jinx sigh and sat down on the velvet couch. Raven soon followed suit and sat. The look in Jinx's eyes was heartbreaking.
"They left. Got accepted into another group of "master mind" criminals. You know the killing part? They knew I didn't have anyone else, and they left anyway. They left me in this damn city with no money and no where to go." The sorceress laughed, her voice riddled with sadness.
"Not that I had a problem with being homeless. That's how I've lived before the Hive. But now, I was homeless and without family. They were my only family. That sounds kinda stupid huh?" Raven stared down at the velvet couch, feeling the need to tell all to the woman before her.
"Not really. You know how I told you that everyone was off doing their own thing?" The pink haired woman nodded.
"Actually, everyone except me is doing what they want." Jinx cocked her head to the side, seeming not to comprehend.
"Everyone was planning on doing something different. Robin and Starfire were gonna settle down. Cyborg was gonna build the latest gadgets for the Justice League. And me…I was gonna live with Beast Boy."
"And why aren't you? Last time I saw, he was head over heels in love with you." Raven scoffed at the remark.
"No, he wasn't "head over heels" in love with me. No, he wanted his precious Terra. He wanted her so much that he slept with her all the while we were supposedly dating." The sorceress' eyes widened, shocked at hearing the news.
"How do you know that they were..."
"Fucking? I caught them. Well, technically, I caught them afterwards. I even caught the conversation they were having. He told her that he didn't love me like he loved her. I was only his friend. I was just another part of his family."
"Wow. And what did she say?"
"She acted like I was a nuisance. Like she thought I wasn't even worth telling, and, apparently, neither did he. The whole time I was planning our lives, he was planning theirs." The room fell silent. Everything was out in the open now. Both women had bared their souls to unlikely witnesses.
Suddenly, Raven felt something warm surrounding her. She soon realized that Jinx was hugging her. She could felt the sorceress' arm wrapped tightly her neck and her fingers stroked the demoness' dark violet locks. She smiled to herself. Who would've thought that the rivals would one day share such an intimate moment?
"I'm sorry that happened to you, Raven. No one deserves that kinda pain." Jinx was so close that Raven could feel the warmth of her breath on her face as she talked. She was right. No one deserved it, but the demoness couldn't help but feel like she did. Like someone was playing a cruel joke on her to settle an old score. Finally, Jinx let one her arms up and gawked at her watch.
"Shit! It's a little past closing time. Look, I hate to do this now, but I don't have a choice." Before Raven knew it, Jinx's lips were on hers. The demoness was shocked at first, but finally gave in to the new sensation. As she loosened up, the sorceress took the initiative to deepen the kiss, slipping her tongue between the demoness' lips. She could swear she heard a small moan from the violet beauty. She smiled inwardly, feeling a little victorious. She grabbed at Raven's shirt, lifting it enough for her to lazily drawn patterns around the demoness' stomach. She could feel how her muscles hardened underneath her touch. Like silk covering steel.
Raven had never been in this situation. She had never been kissed. Not like this anyway. Jinx's lips and tongue were exploring every inch of her mouth. Her fingers were playing idly in her hair. If she had to put it in words, she would simply say that Jinx reminded her of cotton candy. Her hair and lips looked like the confection, but her kiss… Her kiss was even sweeter. And just as soon as it had begun, it was over. Jinx pulled back, eyes heavy with lust. Raven found her tongue involuntarily running over her lips, savoring the sugary taste.
"There. Now you look like you've been thoroughly kissed." Raven's heart sank. It had only been a cover up for what they were really doing. She sighed inwardly.
"I gotta go get my backpack before we go." Jinx nodded.
"Cool, I gotta get my purse and we'll be off." Both girls walked out of the room feeling just a little more pleased than when they had walked in.
(A/N: Sorry for the delay everyone! Unfortunately, I've been kicked from house to house lately and I haven't had access to my computer… But I'm trying…so bear with me ppls. No teaser this time though but I'm writin'...)