Mau5in' Around

Chapter 12

“Miss Raven, please, can you hold still a little longer?” The man was getting impatient.

“Sorry…” Raven said, trying to keep herself from fidgeting. She hated standing still for too long.

Marie had come over again the very next day with a guy who would help custom make her raver outfit. She wasn’t surprised to see that it was a man with a very flamboyant look and a stereotypical lisp. 

“Alright, darling, I got all your measurements. Now, you want the mask to be just white and black? You sure it wouldn’t be better if you made the heart blue to match more?”

“I thought about that, but I want the face to stand out more. Let’s keep it black.” Raven said.

“Alright, fine by me, precious.”

Raven tried not to laugh out loud. Sometimes, gay men were hilarious.

Marie looked up from her clipboard that she usually carried around. “Got everything you need to get started, Jerry?”

“Oh yes, don’t you worry. I’ll have this done before tomorrow.”

Raven shrugged a bit. “Is it absolutely necessary to have it done by then?”

“NOT NECESSARY. BUT MAU5 REALLY WANTS TO START TOURING.”

Raven turned to see Guy standing in the doorway. She was a bit surprised, as the golden robot didn’t say nearly as much as his partner, Thomas.

“…Is he stable enough to tour yet?” Raven asked.

“ALMOST,” Guy commented as he strolled over next to Marie. He stood, with his hands in his pockets and looked over her shoulder at her clipboard.

Raven suddenly felt the awkwardness swoon over her again. 

“Good morning, Guy Manual,” Marie said, smiling up at the robot.

A smiley face appeared on Guy’s helmet. “GOOD MORNING.”

“Hey, Marie..” Raven said, eager to leave. “If I’m done here, can I go grab some breakfast?”

“Oh yes, you are done for now. Jerry, might call you back later if he has any questions.”

“Sounds great.” With that, Raven rushed out, shaking of the disturbed feeling. “Bloody hell…” She mumbled to herself as she walked down the blue lit-up hallway. “That memory is going to be scarred in my head forever…”

Raven shoved her hands into the pockets on a pair of blue skinny jeans that she got when shopping with Marie. Skinny jeans were not her style. But she had to admit; she liked the color of them.

She walked into the kitchen, and found both Thomas and Mau5 already sitting at the table. Thomas was tweaking with a sync board (or so it looked like) and Mau5 was watching, with the other half of that watermelon in his hands. His furry red face was covered in sticky juice and seeds.

“Morning,” Raven said lightly.

The two of them looked up. Thomas’s visor scrolled the word ‘morning’ in response, along with a smiley icon. Mau5 grinned. “Oh hello, Raven~”

“Um… you got a lil… something,” Raven gestured to her own face, particularly around her mouth, “on your face…”

Mau5 cocked his head, his large ears twitching. “Hmm?”

Raven just sighed and shook her head. “Never mind.”

She went around the table and opened the fridge. She reached in and grabbed a grapefruit. She then realized it was the only one left.