Peach Scone - Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers
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⠀⠀⠀"Hi, what's your name, how are you, how's your life?"

⠀⠀⠀Simple questions. Simple answers. Asked by the girl known as Raven, or rather Rachel Roth, directed towards Damian Wayne; a new person who had caught her attention while she visited the cafe.

⠀⠀⠀Not just simple attraction, but rather attraction she could feel herself developing after sensing who he was. She was drawn to his persona and the energy he gave off. She had to talk to him.

⠀⠀⠀"Oh, you've got a girl?" Speaking that statement disappointed her slightly. She didn't know why. It wasn't as if she had spoken to him before. But Raven brushed it off, "Are you in love? What type?"

⠀⠀⠀Was it just platonic? Strictly just as friends? Or was it the type that tied them two together until tomorrow's end? If it was, she'd hope he'd disregard every time she'd call him handsome. Though, it was meant sincerely, it was just her imagination drifting.

⠀⠀⠀She wasn't normally the type to be so curious, but there was something about Damian.

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⠀⠀⠀Skip until a month later. They we're friends now. Good friends. The type of friends who knew everything about the other. But he continued to brush her efforts off like the dirt on his shoulder. She'd pick herself up and get ready to take over his heart.

⠀⠀⠀But only succeeded in doing so with his spare time.

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⠀⠀⠀She loved the thought of being with him, but she often contemplated if she just liked the thought of not feeling so alone. She really loved being in love but she also really loved not crying on the-

⠀⠀⠀"We should go get a cup of coffee." Damian suggested.

⠀⠀⠀And she'd act friendly. And she wouldn't pull any stunts but she was a damn stung puller from birth.

⠀⠀⠀She wouldn't know what to tell him if she'd try to confess his love for-

⠀⠀⠀"What was that?" Damian asked. She was thinking out loud.

⠀⠀⠀"Scones!" Raven replied, saying the first thing that came to mind, "I just wanna tell you real quick, I love- these scones. Just the diversity between them," Raven continued to ramble. The raspberry, the blueberry, the strawberry, pumpkin even.. which is basically a fucking squash, how do you even make a scone out of a squash. It blows my mind, oh man." She said, covering up her fumble.

⠀⠀⠀"But what were you talking about? So sorry to interrupt. Your girlfriend made you mad the other day? What was she saying, what was she talking about?" The anger in the voice Damian responded with gave her a tiny wisp of hope. "Oh my god, that's crazy." Raven replied, trying not to sound too happy.

⠀⠀⠀"What do you think I should do?" Damian asked her.

⠀⠀⠀"Oh, what do I think? Lemme think about it.." She thought it over. The option to satisfy herself and suggest he'd break up with her was there, but she didn't know completely. He was so happy with his girlfriend. His happiness meant the world to her. She'd hate to see him in a breakup, even if it meant her silent suffering.

⠀⠀⠀And so, she finally replied with. "She was being mean at that time," Raven paused, then smiled as she answered, "but I'm sure she'll turn around at some point."

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⠀⠀⠀But she still loved the thought of being with him.

⠀⠀⠀But she also loved the thought of not crying silently over the phone whenever he'd go off about how perfect his girlfriend is.

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⠀⠀Until Damian introduced her to his girlfriend herself.

⠀⠀⠀"Hi, what's up?" Raven asked, resisting the urge not to just break down then. "He's told me a lot about you. It's so great that you're doing all of those things, I think you should keep doing them.

⠀⠀⠀"She's my best friend." Damian introduced with a smile.

⠀⠀⠀"Oh, yeah, I'm Raven. Doesn't matter, but he is, like, the nicest person I've ever met in my entire life- but I'm sure you know because you guys sleep together every night. Probably kiss and cuddle or whatever but.." Her voice saddened at that just a hint, but she picked it up. "He just, you know, is so sweet and cared about me when nobody else did and I think that's very nice."

⠀⠀⠀Damian's girlfriend smiled and nodded in agreement as Damian held her close to him.

⠀⠀⠀"I think he's just a peach." She paused for a moment before referencing the scone tangent that eventually became an inside joke, "scone."

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⠀⠀⠀She still loved the thought of being with him. But she just wanted for him not to get hurt.

⠀⠀⠀They say it takes two years to come down to earth from that lovely place Damian was in.

⠀⠀⠀"I heard it's so nice, good for you. I'm glad." Raven smiled. No matter how much torture she was put through, the fact that her not being with him meany his happiness elsewhere always lessened the pain. She just wanted his happiness. That was all.

⠀⠀⠀"If you find someone who really loves you for who you are," Damian said, a smile on his face, "keep being with them. Because that's what matters in this life."

⠀⠀⠀But the only words Raven could form without completely breaking down or spilling everything was the simple phrase, "Thank you."