"It starts with Sorry" (A Jax X Ragatha story)

Chapter 8: Slip of the Tongue

Jax then walked over to Ragatha as she continued to clap and smile at him. "Bravo, Bravo!" She replied clapping for him.

Jax groaned as he heard Ragatha's praise, The sensation felt like he was getting praised by his mom for something as mundane as taking out the trash or washing the dishes yet, he also strangely liked it. "Ugh..spare me the embarrassment" He replied in a slightly annoyed tone with a hidden hint of enjoyment from the praise.

"Oh come on, you did a good job with the instructions I gave out and I think that deserves a fair amount of praise coming from you" Ragatha replied.

Jax shrugged it off as he crossed his arms behind his head. "Sure, I'm a complete Saint just for gifting people balloons and fixing masks~" He replied sarcastically.

Ragatha laughed heartily hearing Jax's response before responding "Oh you're definitely not a saint but, you're at least getting better"

After Ragatha's laughter died down, she looked up at Jax with a curious look. "By the way, have you seen Zooble this morning?" She asked.

"Eh, probably talking to Joe" Jax replied with a nonchalant tone that was secretly hiding a wide grin.

"Who's Joe?" Ragatha asked as she noticed Jax trying to hold himself back from laughing before she then realized what he was doing as she blushed angrily.

"Jax!....Jax!! This is serious!" Ragatha yelled angrily as Jax burst into uncontrollable laughter while Ragatha crossed her arms and blushed.

"Joe mama~" Jax replied, continuing to laugh uncontrollably before calming himself down and smirking at Ragatha, He couldn't help but notice the angry blush on her face which only made his grin extend. "Sorry Rags, but you're honestly kind of stupid if you're falling for a Joe mama joke~" He replied, grinning widely.

Ragatha continued to pout and blush as she looked up at him with an angered expression, not finding those kinds of jokes funny as she remained silent.

"Aww don't be salty Dollface, it's just a little bit of trolling~" Jax replied smugly.

Ragatha huffed slightly as her blush went down. "If I wasn't so patient, I would given up on you right now" She replied as she regained her composure.

"Heh, I guess I shouldn't be pushing your buttons as much should I~?" Jax asked but he obviously couldn't help but smile smugly at Ragatha's face blushing heavily. "So, why were you asking about Zooble anyway~?"

Ragatha took a deep breath before regaining her composure. "Well...before you had tricked me with that joke, I was going to tell you that we should think of something to give to Zooble since they're the only person left that you haven't done something nice for"

Jax's face instantly went from a smirk to a look of annoyance as he remembered only Zooble was left. "Ugh...really?...what am I supposed to do for Zooble?"

"Hmm, that is a good question. Zooble is kind of distant and isn't really one for sharing personal interests." Ragatha replied as she began to ponder what Jax could do for Zooble.

Jax crossed his arms in annoyance as he too desperately started to think of what to do for Zooble but came up with nothing. "If only there was a F@$ing way out of this Sh!t like...an Exit Strategy...or something" He grumbled.

Ragatha gasped as she then got an idea. "Jax...I think you just gave me an idea" She told him.

"I did?" Jax asked confused.

Ragatha nodded before responding with "We could help Zooble get out of today's adventure" She told him seeming optimistic about the plan.

"Right...but how are we gonna do that without Caine knowing about it?" Jax asked.

"Don't you have keys to everyone's rooms? That must mean you have access to a room that Zooble could hide in that Caine isn't aware of" Ragatha commented.

"Eh, I guess that could work but I'm not sure he'd appreciate it...or she...it whatever Zooble is" Jax replied.

"Oh come on Jax" Ragatha replied as they began walking back. "I'm sure it can't be that hard to talk to Zooble can it?"

Jax looked over at her as they began walking over to Zooble's room. "Oh no, that's not the problem. The problem is that Zooble hates me and I hate them" Jax replied.

"Well...more reasons for why you should try to be nice to them then" Ragatha responded. "Besides, this is meant to be you showing me that you can change slightly from your usual behavior and if you manage to have a normal conversation with Zooble, that would make a pretty big change from your usual behavior which is what we're aiming for after all"

Jax sighed but couldn't ignore the obvious truth of Ragatha's words. He and Zooble were known to butt heads and they were very hostile towards each other and the main reason he was doing all of this was because he wanted to show Ragatha that he could be less of a jerk than normal, that he was capable of SOME compassion even if just a little but also, that he had gotten tired of constantly being a loner who was only known for being an asshole and nuisance so, he reluctantly agreed to go along with Ragatha's suggestion.

"Alright fine, I'll try...you're lucky you're so cute or else, I wouldn't have listened to what you said~" He replied snickering.

Ragatha stopped in her tracks as soon as she heard the word "Cute" leaving Jax's mouth as a blush crept up on her face which was then interrupted by Jax stating "Well, I guess I'll go get the key for Zooble to use~" as he walked to his room as Nonchalantly as possible.

Once he got to his room, Jax sighed as he began searching for the key he was gonna give Zooble. He grumbled mildly as he remembered having accidentally called Ragatha cute. "I shouldn't have said that, I Should NOT have said that..." He replied as he angrily face palming feeling like such a Buffon but little did he know, Ragatha was going through something similar.

Ragatha remained standing in the hallway as she hid her blushing face behind her hands. She had begun to freak out internally over having been called cute by Jax "Oh my god! He called me cute, He called me cute! Why did this stupid bunny have to call me cute like that all of the sudden? Why am I freaking out about this!?" She thought to herself. She couldn't understand how or why she had suddenly gained such intense feelings for Jax but that was just how she felt in the moment.

Ragatha tried desperately to not think about the fact that she had been called cute but her mind kept replaying Jax calling her that every time she tried to forget it as she eventually found herself against the wall sighing in flustered defeat.

"Oh, I love and hate him so much right now..."