Tales of Emerald Steel

In love with your roommate

Breath in, breath out he kept telling himself. It would soon be over, he had to keep going. He had taken a risk by taking this way instead of his usual route, but he was sure that his friend would be able to make it in time.

Breath in, breath out. His objective was just behind the corner of the building. Breath in, breath out. Almost there. Breath in, breath out.

He rounded up the corner and his eyes tunelled to the door. Finally!

Finally indeed. He finally came to as stop in front of his house. As he tried to calm his breathing, he looked at his watch and smiled. 1 hour wasn't bad for a run around the entire campus of Star City college.

Still, he had to make sure to keep at it if he wanted to have a good chance in the city's annual marathon.

Once he had started to breath normally again, he took out his keys and opened the door, smiling at the smell of eggs and bacon.

Kara groaned when her cellphone rang. She opened her eyes but shut them closed again almost immediately when the sunlight blinded her.

She rolled on the other side and tried again. This time the light, reflected by her wall, was bearable. She yawn and stretched.

As she did so however, her eyes unfortunately felled on the blue-ish mark around her wrist, making her shiver.

Mike, her now very ex-boyfriend had come over for the first time the previous night. She was happy to bring him to stay over and meet her friends.

Unfortunately, Barry had been out with Iris, his girlfriend, that night. But Oliver, who was studying for his exams, had greeted Mike with a smile and taken lunch with the couple.

However, what she had thought to be a perfect night had soon turned to nightmare when Mike had decided that he wanted more than just sleep with her. And when she had refused him, he had refused to listen.

And faster than any of them had comprehended, Mike had been thrown on the other side of the room by a very, very angry Oliver Queen.

After making sure she was okay, Oliver had pinned Mike to the ground and called the police. And from the expression on Captain Lance's face, the man wasn't going to be shown much more simpaty.

Oliver had thanked the father of his unfortunately deceased girlfriend Laurel and came back to check on her. And it was only thanks to him hugging her as she cried that she had been able to find sleep that night. Just like yesterday.

She sighed and got to her bathroom to take. Being the only girl leaving with two boys, Oliver and Barry had left her the master bedroom, which had a private bathroom.

And she glad for it, since it was also the only one with enough space for all her clothes. Which she was going through 10 minutes later, trying to find something with long sleeves.

Once she had found something, she went back to her bathroom and instinctively closed the door behind her.

And it was the sound of that door that woke up Barry Allen. He lifted his head but stopped went a weight pulled at it. His eyes snapped open, allowing him to realise that he had once again fallen asleep at his desk while studying. Not that he really could had gotten any sleep while hearing Kara cry in Oliver arms for most of the night.

He had been angry at himself for not being there for her that night, but just like Iris and Oliver before her, Kara had assured him that there was nothing more that he could have done. And Oliver and already gotten a solid hit on the scum's face when he had thrown him against the wall.

And while he wouldn't be anywhere near as angry, Oliver would be disappointed if Barry didn't move his ass and hurry to ready himself and prepare breakfast, since it was his turn this morning.

And boy was he glad for that incident many years ago now. His parents had taken him to the opening of the particules accelerator in Central City that fateful night, but something had went wrong. A great beam of energy had basted toward the sky and a lighting bolt had to fell down right on him. And at the age of twelve, he had become what he liked to call a speedster. Just like the Flash, the man in red and yellow suit that ran around Central City, saving people and stopping bad guys.

And even if Barry was probably nowhere near as fast, he was fast enough to be in the kitchen five minutes later, singing happily as he put the last of Oliver's and Kara breakfast on the countertop just as they got out of the bathroom and bedroom respectively.

"Hey Barry" Oliver, taking his seat in front of a huge glass of smoothly and a plate of eggs, fruits, bacon and toasts.

"Good morning man. Hey Kara"

"Good morning guys" she gave them a small smile as she sat by Oliver's right, not so covertly moving to be as close than him than possible without risking him becoming arkward.

"We're out of chocolate chips, so it'll only be blueberries and raspberries pancakes today.

"Ha!" Oliver smiled victoriously "I told you that three packs were not enough for you two"

"It's not like it's our fault the store ran out of it" protested the speedster as he got the maple syrup out of the fridge.

"Like almost every other things you two take in three times the conventional amount. Each"

"Hey, when you agreed to pay for the food in exchange of us paying the rent, you already knew what you were getting into." Barry reminded him with a smirk

"I am not complaining, I'm stating a fact" reassured the captain of the college both free-running and archery teams

"I sure hope so, we're angels after all!" the captain of the soccer team replied cheekily

And without even thinking about his words, Oliver replied "She might be" as he gently side hugged Kara "But if you are one, I would bet that it's devil's horn that hold your halo"

Barry's eyebrows shot almost all the way up to his hairline as Kara blushed madly, all the while trying her best not to look too comfortable in Oliver's embrace.

The man seemed to finally realise what he had just said because he looked at his watch and quickly stood up. "Huh, I... I got a meeting with my team this morning. Got to go. Thanks for the food!"

He quickly made his way to his room, well aware that the two others knew that there wasn't any team meetings before school.