The Raven

Obstacles

"Don't fucking disrespect me Randy." She hurled a red and blue cushion at his dyed white head, narrowly missing her target. It was eight in the morning and the man had finally returned from Ray's chain ceremony. The two had been arguing for over an hour and Randy didn't know how to alleviate the tension. His throat slightly ached from talking for several hours without the relief of silence. It wasn't like he could take back the words, not when she was this unhappy to hear the bright idea he came up with.

He easily caught the other cushion that was launched in his direction and placed it back on the couch. The house was in disarray from the argument. The living room floors were decorated with thrown pillows scattered around the enforcers direction. The chatter of the tv in the background cluttered the air with its sound coupled with the angry voices of two people arguing. He could still smell the cold eggs the lay on the kitchen counter alongside the forgotten cranberry juice that she had prepared for him hours ago.

He needed to calm her down before she threw his clay harambe statue. Her rose tattooed arm was reaching for the fragile figurine when he grabbed both her hands and held them to his naked chest.

"I don't see what's the problem. It's not like she's moving in permanently. She still has her apartment." He said to Violet who was still glaring at him. He'd been trying to convince her for an hour.

She was livid at his suggestion of giving the new CG member keys to his apartment. Her cherry blossom lips were pursed in irritation from his nonchalant response. Her soft jasmine scented skin was flushed against his tanned body as she breathed heavily in frustration.

"You've been spending the past few nights at her place and now you want to give her a key to ours? Don't fucking try to pull a Ramee and embarrass me like he did with Carmella. That plan isn't working here." Randy bit the inside of his cheek and avoided her gaze. He should have expected that she would know about the lie he told her. Violet seemed to have her eyes everywhere. She knew about his escapades with Lexi and now she was admitting to knowing about how he blew her off earlier in the week in favor of hanging out with Ray. He wanted to calm her down from her burning fury but she had already pushed him away from her.

The scorching Angel walked away from the Enforcer and scratched the top of her bright red hair that was styled into two neat braids. She looked around the messy apartment, probably for something else to throw, and decided to storm back in his direction. It likely wasn't the time but he couldn't help but stare at her swaying hips and the way her pink lips were extra pouty. Noticing his lustful eyes Violet furrowed her eyebrows deeper and pushed him slightly.

"Remember that YOU." She poked his chest with her lilac manicured finger. "begged ME to stay with you. You said that K didn't want the relationship shit but we'd make it work. You're calling me your friend girl instead of your girlfriend because you wanted to bend the rules. If I'm not wanted in this anymore then let me fucking know and stop wasting my time. But know this Randy Bullet; If I go, the next time I see you it's on sight. So what's good Randy?"

They quietly stared at each other while the ultimatum hung in the air. She'd never threatened to leave before. They'd always had a pretty open relationship but this was the first time she was vehemently against him sleeping with Ray; not that he did that but Randy knew that the young raven would probably agree if he'd proposed it.

The answer seemed like an obvious one but it was hard for him to come to terms with her conditions.

He either chose Ray Mond or he chose Violet.

"I think I'd like this argument a lot better if we were both naked."

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The short drive to the cubby in her new G-wagon reminded her to look at apartments in Little Seoul. Ray Mond made a decent amount of money from selling weed and working at Dodo Logistics but the increasing price of gas discouraged from her using her car for short distances. The only reason she even parked the new white car at the CG compound was because Randy had insisted. Before leaving her apartment in the morning he just told her to pack an extra outfit for an early dinner they were meant to attend.