The Roof, late Saturday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven had spent a great deal of the day watching the snow fall outside her window before making her way up to the roof for a better view. The pristine blanket of white that covered the island took her breath away -- as did the drop in temperature. But for now, the view and the still heavily-falling snow dazzled her more than the cold bothered her, and she was so enchanted by her first sight of snow that soon she was spinning in circles, arms outstretched, catching snowflakes on her fingers and tongue.

It would get old. Eventually.


[ooc: Open, of course, though this rooftop has been claimed in the name of the DC Universe!]

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[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, hey, it's no big deal." Jaime's hasty assurance was accompanied by his scramble to stand up again. This time he even managed it.

And very pointedly did not look at the mistletoe.

[trigons_child]

Raven rose to her feet as well. "I did not want to cause trouble between you and Ino," she said. Like she had with Jono and Didi. "Kissing someone with a girlfriend would not be right."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah, that's usually a bad idea," Jaime agreed. "But I don't have a girlfriend, so it'd be okay."

Wait. That's not what he meant..

[trigons_child]

"Oh," Raven said. Well, in that case, she knew she should respect tradition, so she leaned forward to give Jaime a quick kiss. On the lips, of course, because no one had told her it was acceptable to do so on the cheek instead.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime was too surprised to do anything but stare. Then blink. Which made for a pretty boring kiss, really.

"Um... hi?" he managed, face burning.

[trigons_child]

Raven stepped back. "I am sorry," she said, blushing as well. "I thought that was what you wanted."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I... er... Why did you think that?"

"I mean, not that I'm upset!" he added quickly, lest she get the wrong idea.

Just... confused.

[trigons_child]

"You said it would be okay," Raven said. "I thought you meant to observe the tradition of the mistletoe."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I... um... I meant that it would be okay if..." Jaime closed his mouth. "Oh," he eventually managed. "Yeah. I guess it did sound like that, huh...?"

[trigons_child]

"You are not upset?" Raven asked, trying to sort out the emotions she was picking up from Jaime. He didn't feel calm and composed to her.

[weldedtomyspine]

"No. Not upset." It was even true. What he was, was really, really off-balance. Because... that sort of thing didn't happen to him.

[trigons_child]

"You are...confused?" Raven said. "Were you not aware of the signifigance of the mistletoe?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, I mean... I know what it means, but... no one I know ever took it seriously before?"

[trigons_child]

"It is not a tradition in Azarath," Raven said. "But I learned about it in one of my classes."

[weldedtomyspine]

"It's more of a tradition that people talk about than do where I'm from... I mean, you know what mistletoe means, but no one really does it..."

[trigons_child]

"Some people must take it more seriously than others then?" Raven said. "Traditions can be so confusing."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah," Jaime agreed. "Even when they're your own traditions."

[trigons_child]

"Are you going home for the holidays?" Raven asked, deftly switching the subject from kissing.

[weldedtomyspine]

Oh, a topic change! Jaime grabbed on with both hands. "Oh, yeah! My parents would totally kill me if I didn't head back for Christmas." Well, not really.

[trigons_child]

"I envy you for that," Raven said. "I will be remaining here."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Aww... that's too bad," Jaime said. "Nowhere to go?"

[trigons_child]

"I cannot return home," Raven said. "This place has changed me too much. But I will not be alone here, at least. I know others will be staying as well."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, maybe next time you can go hang out with someone when they go home. I mean, people here do that kind of thing, right?"

[trigons_child]

"Perhaps," Raven said. "Karla had mentioned a trip home, but many of my friends come from worlds where I would not fit in."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Why not?" Jaime asked. "It's not like you stand out all that much." Which wasn't supposed to be an insult...