slash is currently wondering why he's awake at five in the morning and he's rethinking all his choices in life that have led up to this moment. everybody was supposed to be getting on the jet so they could get to tokyo but now, he doesnt even wanna go. why did he have to be up so early? he shouldn't have been out so late last night and he def-
"is there food on the plane?" steve whines from behind slash. he groans but continues trudging through the frigid morning air. it probably would've been smart to actually put some clothes on because no that he's thinking about it, being shirtless in december in colorado doesn't seem like such a good idea but his thinking was impaired.
"yes steven, theres food on the plane," axl sighs. "maybe you'll shut up and ill actually get some sleep," he grumbled quieter, rolling his eyes.
slash can see the look raven shoot him from his peripheral vision. he's already screaming internally at the look, knowing she's about to start something. it didn't matter who it was, nobody said anything bad about steven. "maybe you should go to sleep and never wake up," she smiled sarcastically.
"what, are you on your period or something? shut the fuck up," axl tells her firmly.
"yknow, you are about to piss me off. its five in the fucking morning can you just shut your fucking mouth please?" she snaps, trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes as they cloud back over.
ozzy groans loudly from the front of the group, whipping around to face his sister and friend behind him. "please, can you two just knock it off until we get to the plane? im exhausted and i dont feel like hearing you two argue." he turns back around and stomps off.
raven goes to open her mouth and argue with her brother but slash stops her. "dont." he's already somewhat annoyed with her considering she's the one who barged into his room at 4:30 to get him up and wouldn't even kiss him before she left. she shoved her middle finger in his face.
without even look at her, he grabs her. "raven." he seethes, dropping her hand by her side. "i swear."
she scoffs and rolls her eyes, crossing her arms which are coated with goosebumps. "ill leave you alone," she sighs, surrendering.
when she's silent for the next few minutes, its surprising to slash. why is she actually doing what he said? why is she leaving him alone? when they get to a cross walk, he noticed her tapping her fingers against her thumb, probably playing some song in her head.
he nudges her arm with his elbow, and she reaches over to hit his arm. even though he's pretending to be irritated and annoyed with her pestering, he's not. he's enjoying it and not because he likes being poked, made fun of or anything like. but it's because the attention he's getting is from her.
when the group boards the jet, everyone falls into their normal roles. nikki, vince and tommy are towards the front probably snorting everything in sight or fucking the groupie's each were permitted to bring. mick was so drunk nobody even knew if he was still awake or if he'd passed out. ozzy had passed out in his bunk in the back along with izzy. axl was... somewhere... either asleep as well or with the motleys. slash, duff, steven, flora and raven were sitting on the couches in the main area. raven was between duff and slash while flora was with steven on the opposite side. the group was eating some mac and cheese raven had made.
steven sighs and stands up, dropping his bowl on the counter to the left before stretching. "im going to bed, ive been awake since 3," he groans and shuffles off to the back. within 5 minutes, duff and flora both followed.
raven hadn't even noticed the room grow quiet as she'd picked up her notebook and had started jotting down lyrics. she was so lost in thought she didn't even notice when his hand brushed her thigh as he got up to grab something to drink.
when he sat back down, a little closer now, she was still engrossed in the paper. he tried to lean over and read the lyrics but all he caught was 'a part of me that will never be mine, it's obvious'. she side-eyed him and angled herself away so he couldn't see anymore.
he side exaggeratedly and rolled his eyes but moved his attention to the tv that had been left on by steven. raven continued, unbothered, to fly through songs for the next album while slash's attention panned between the screen and her.
something about her, in this almost domestic scene, was so entrancing to him that he was unable to get the thought of her that way out of his mind. the way her bangs and baby hairs brushed her skin so delicately, falling out of her bun, the way she seemed so perfectly untouchable even in a tshirt and pajama pants. it was driving him crazy.
once he looked back to the tv, it seemed to remain there for longer than usual. this particular episode of 'i love lucy' was one he'd never seen before.
that was up until he felt a weight on his shoulder. he looked down to see ravens head against his shoulder, eyes closed and lips parted slightly. he froze for a second before he wrapped an arm around her.
slash watched her face, taking mental images to burn this image into his mind until he finally looked away. when he did though, her arms seemed to wind around his waist as she pulled herself closer to him in her sleep. her head slipped down to his chest as one arm came back up and grabbed his t shirt, pulling it closer to her.
he leaned down to kiss her forehead but continued watching the show, seemingly unbothered. internally though, he knew one thing was for sure; he was absolutely fucked.
