One-Shots // Book Compilation

• Gangsey •

TITLE: Trouble at Nino's
WORDS: 2,544
COMPLETED: 6/1/2022
UNIVERSE: The Raven Cycle // Maggie Stiefvater
TW: Mentions of Rape

  Blue Sargent closed her eyes, every swear word that Ronan Lynch had taught her running through her mind. She wanted to scream as the new girl, Veeka, approached her with a clean stack of laminated menus. Veeka wasn't the individual that Blue was upset with; rather, it was the pair of boys who had just entered the colorful and loud atmosphere of Nino's diner. Veeka offered to take them, but Blue knew that she had to; after all, she wouldn't wish the presence of these boys onto anyone.

Was anyone ever thrilled to see Joseph Kavinsky and Prokopenko?

"Ah, look who it is! If I remember correctly, aren't you Dick's group's new pet? Quite the charity case, if I remember correctly," Kavinsky chided, leaning back in his chair as Blue inhaled a sharp breath, passing menus to the two boys. In reality, she wanted to punch Kavinsky directly in his shiny white teeth. If she was anywhere other than work, then she would've. Ronan did just teach her how to properly throw a punch.

"What can I get you to drink?" She asked, grabbing out a small notebook and pen, preparing herself to jot down their order.

"I'll take a Mountain Dew," Prokopenko requested, sending Blue a wink. She wanted to break something.

"Dr. Pepper," Kavinksy added, Blue scribbling down the order before walking away as quickly as she could. In her opinion, she couldn't get away from them fast enough.

  A chime at the door forced Blue's attention to shift that direction. Relief flooded over her when she looked between the individuals that were standing there. Veeka rushed to assist them, leading Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish, Noah Czerny, and Richard Campbell Gansey III over to a booth in Blue's area. Blue couldn't ignore the way that Veeka batted her lashes at Gansey, but it didn't matter; that was solely because Gansey only had eyes for Blue. Veeka seemed to notice this, too, so she turned her focus to Adam, then seemed to notice the glare she'd been receiving from Ronan and left. Blue was quick to approach their table.

"How do you guys deal with those two everyday? They've been here for three minutes and I'm already debating killing either them or myself," Blue muttered, giving a short nod over towards Prokopenko and Kavinsky. Ronan laughed.

"They're not that bad," Ronan insisted as Adam rolled his eyes.

"He's completely lying. They're the worst," Adam explained to her as Noah grinned up at Blue, sitting up and leaning against the table in order to touch the colorful barrettes and bobby pins that were located in her hair.

"They kind of seem that way," Blue muttered, placing her notepad down and beginning to mark down what the boys usually order when they come to Nino's.

"Lynch!" Kavinsky spoke, strolling over to their booth with Prokopenko in tow. Kavinksy leaned over the table, looking between the four Raven boys that Blue had grown rather fond of over the past few months. Next, Prokopenko wrapped his arm around Blue, which resulted in her going rigid. Gansey's hands balled into fists beneath the table.

"Ooo... Is Prokopenko touching a nerve there, Dick? You seem a little upset about something," Kavinsky remarked as Ronan and Adam looked over at Blue, locating exactly what had caused Gansey to tense up.

"Tell your friend to piss off, Kavinsky," Ronan demanded, eyes narrowing down at the thought of anyone making his friends uncomfortable. Kavinsky only shrugged in response.

"I'm not in charge of him," Kavinsky replied with a knowing smirk; Ronan narrowed his eyes down further on the boy.

"Really? Because you and I both know otherwise," Ronan stated as if it was a fact, resulting in the others seeming a bit confused. Adam sent Ronan an uneasy glance, meanwhile Gansey kept his gaze focused on Blue. She kept shoving Prokopenko off of her, but he continued to grab at her.