Soooo I kinda don't own the Teen Titans, but I'm saving up to buy the rights!
Raven stared at her reflection in disgust as she observed the dark circles under her eyes. Kori had kept her up half the night, rambling on and on about Richard and their date on Saturday, and the lack of sleep it caused the pale girl was obvious.
Not that she wasn't happy for them- she was. She held up her end of the deal, and she was actually pretty pleased with the outcome. When they were younger, Richard could often times be as cynical as her, and Kori would be a good balance for him. And balance was good.
What wasn't good was that Kori loved girl-talk, while Raven loved her eight hours of sleep. And those two didn't seem to balance out as well.
Garfield was in a similar state of distress as he glared at his own reflection. His cold shower had neglected to make him feel awake, and his tired expression would almost certainly last all day.
He may have over-estimated his reading abilities, or under-estimated the length of Raven's book. It was Tuesday, and he had til Friday evening to finish the damn thing, and it was like a freaking encyclopedia- a terrifying encyclopedia.
That's right; Garfield Logan was scared of a book. His charmer of a teammate had neither confirmed, nor denied that her book would be scary, but he was in no way expecting this. It creeped him out so badly, even after he decided to turn in for the night, he couldn't fall asleep.
And now here he was, standing in his bathroom and giving the mirror a look of contempt. He hated how he looked when he was half-asleep; but more importantly, he hated how he acted while half-asleep. Sure, everything was funny and he would go through random spells of hyperness, but he also lost the ability to filter anything that came out of his mouth (not that he was very good at that awake, anyway).
But speaking before thinking often resulted with him putting his foot in his mouth, and speaking before thinking in front of Raven would surely cause other objects to get stuck in other places. Even though his pretty little teammate was a pacifist, she sure did have quite the temper on her.
He sighed in exasperation as he pulled on a clean, bright-white shirt. He was hoping it would make him look more awake, but even in his sleep-deprived mind he realized that was a weird thing to expect.
Raven had a similar struggle as she attempted to brighten up her own look. White eyeliner on the waterline was apparently a sure way to look more awake, but so far it just made her look kind of strange. She grumbled to herself as she wiped it off with a wet tissue, resulting in the skin around her eyes turning red from irritation. With a sigh, she accepted the fact that today would not be a pretty day for her.
Jinx and Kori had already left for the lobby/breakfast/conference room, since Kori's excitement kept her cheery and Jinx could apparently sleep through anything- even the redhead's squeals of said excitement. So that left the dark-haired girl alone in their room as she pulled on a pair of black leggings and a dark-grey hoodie in the hopes to fade into the background today.
With another sigh, she stepped into her slippers and out of her room, only to be greeted by the sight of her blonde teammate doing the same.
Of course, she thought bitterly as he stumbled out of his own room while tugging on his shoe. When he saw her, he gave her his trademark toothy grin.
"Morning Rae!"
"No," she seethed, not at all prepared to handle his happy-go-lucky attitude today. "It is Raven."
He blinked slowly in response, as if his brain was processing what she had said at the pace of a snail.
A good ten seconds later, his smile returned. "Morning Raven!"
She huffed in irritation as she made her way towards the elevator.
Garfield followed behind her, begging himself not to say anything stupid today. From what he could tell, it looked like his pale teammate hadn't gotten much sleep either, though instead of looking like the living dead like him, she looked absolutely adorable. Grumpy really suited her.
He cursed himself for thinking that, since thinking that meant he was actively thinking about her, and not thinking about what not to say, which meant he could say his thoughts out loud without thinking about it.
And Raven didn't look like the type of girl to appreciate the word "adorable."
"You look tired."
He closed his eyes in frustration as she gave him a look of hatred while slamming her hand onto the elevator's down button.
"I am tired," she growled, though he could tell she wasn't trying to be mean to him.
He nodded tentatively. "You don't look bad though," he blurted.
Raven was too exhausted to feel flustered by his comment, so she only managed to grumble a quiet "Thanks."
Garfield smiled at the fact that he hadn't been maimed after his accidental compliment. "Yeah, haha. No problem- you actually look pretty- uh pr-pretty, uhm, pretty-" he began in a panic as his mind went blank.
The dark-haired girl realized she wasn't too tired to blush as she turned away from the blonde and stepped onto the elevator as it dinged open.
He hesitated getting on, but knew he needed to scramble to finish his sentence, so he reluctantly followed her. "Pr-pretty tired!" he exclaimed.
A prolonged moment of silence hung in the air as the elevator began descending.
"We've established that."
The blonde let out a sigh of relief at the monotone reply of his teammate. With a quick peek at her blushing face, he vowed not to talk to her again until he got some coffee in his system.
"But you don't look bad."
He literally face-palmed himself for lasting a whole five-seconds before blurting out something stupid.
Raven felt a small smile playing at her lips. "Thanks," she repeated. It suddenly became very clear that her teammate was also functioning on a limited amount of sleep, though she couldn't decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
They made eye contact and quickly exchanged small smiles, before the elevator came to a stop. They glanced up at the same time, a shared look of confusion on their faces as the doors opened on the 16th floor.
Garfield immediately recognized the Hive student as he slumped onto the elevator, his hands in his pockets and his eyes avoiding them. He was the quiet member of the group, and Garfield couldn't remember his name. All he did remember was he was the Secretary of Defense, like Raven, and he also shared her same pale skin tone and shy demeanor.
"Hello."
Raven gave her teammate a surprised look as he attempted to converse with the Hive student.
The kid only nodded quickly in reply, keeping his eyes glued to the tiles on the floor.
Another awkward silence passed as the three descended slowly down to the lobby.
Garfield continued giving the teen a strange look, before he realized with a start that this kid was friends with Adonis, and he could report to him that Raven and Garfield weren't acting all couple-y. Even though he knew it was a bad idea, he discreetly intertwined his fingers with the pale girl's.
He watched her stiffen from the corner of his eye, and he prayed that she wouldn't kill him.
She reluctantly laced her fingers with his, and he let out a quiet sigh of relief.
The elevator finally came to a stop, and the doors hissed open. The Hive student spared the two a quick glance, no doubt seeing their joined hands, before nodding again in farewell and heading the opposite direction of the lobby.
The pair stepped off the elevator together, their fingers still intertwined until they reached the cafeteria doors, where they quickly dropped their hold and walked in, avoiding eye contact.
Is it weird how much I love Kyd Wykkyd? He's just so freaking adorable, I swear. Idk why, but I just love him!
Anywhoo, I felt that our lovebirds both being sleep deprived would give me a good opportunity to let Garfield call her pretty, even if it was on accident. And Raven is too tired to over-analyze it, which is probably a good thing. Maybe it was a cop-out, but whateves. Flustered characters are like my favorite things ever. And Kyd Wykkyd. I freaking love Kyd Wykkyd.
Anywayyysss review? That'd be nice. Oh! And a big thank you for reviewing to all of you who have reviewed! :P