Turn A Blind Eye (Barry Allen/Oliver Queen)

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Barry didn't feel right; like something was prodding him in the gut to alert him of some underlying problem. He didn't notice, not when he was having fun with Felicity and Oliver. Well, Felicity for the most part, Oliver didn't seem to be paying much attention to Barry since two nights prior on the roof of his mansion.

Despite Barry rejecting her not too long before, Felicity still treated Barry like she had before; with kind words, hugs and the occasional kiss on the check or forehead whenever she had to leave. Oliver wasn't given the same treatment.

'Its probably just because they see each other all of the time,' Barry thought, but the sour look on Oliver face opposed the guess.

Felicity had left them to get back to work, even when Oliver protested that he was her boss, and specifically had given her the day off. Barry was then left with the rich man, sitting beside him, in an almost empty coffee shop, not knowing what to say. The occurrence on the roof floated into Barry's brain once more, precise images of the moment now permanently stuck in his brain. Oliver hadn't seemed to object to the hand holding, but freaked out somewhat at the gesture.

"Yeah, that did it," Barry mumbled, not realising he had spoken aloud.

"What did you say?" Oliver asked, hearing his friend mumble but not picking up the words. Barry blinked several times while his mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water.

"I-I said, that uh, that's enough coffee for me," he stammered and slowly clollected his belongings. His phone and one plastic bag that contained a new book to read and his wallet. Barry sprung up out of his seat, Oliver was quick to follow him.

"Barry," Oliver called out as they both made it closer to the front entrance of the shopping centre, Barry was about ten paces in front of Oliver. "Wait!"

"What do you want, Oliver?" Barry asked, annoyed by the rich man's persistence. Barry wanted to storm out of a room once in his life and not be followed; Oliver wouldn't be giving him that satisfaction.

"We do need to talk," Oliver started as he finally caught up to speed with his friend, pulling Barry into an alleyway near by.

Barry super speeded to the opposite end of the alleyway, the silhouette of Oliver standing in front of him at the other end. Barry didn't look like he wanted to fight, but was clearly frustrated over something; what it was was something that Oliver was trying to figure out as he approached.

"Barry, I-" Oliver felt his back being pushed to the wall closest to him after those words he began to speak. Barry had pushed him up against the wall and now stood nose to nose with Oliver.

"Who would have thought a bolt of lightning would have us end up this way," Barry remarked. Oliver noted that Barry's breath smelt like extremely strong coffee mixed with chocolate, from the cupachino Barry had finished several minutes earlier.

"If his was about that thing on the roof, it was-" Oliver was interrupted again. Only a second, when one set of cool, somehow smooth set of lips pressed to his, then all the pressure was released from his face and body.

"Nothing." Oliver continued with the last word he wanted to say. His eyes, closed without permission during the very short kiss, reopened. Barry was nowhere to be seen. "And now I'm talking to air."

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A quiet, content sigh escaped Caitlin's lips, just as her eyes opened. For the first time in she didn't know how long, Caitlin had slept through most of the night. Her body rolled over to the opposite side, snuggling into Ronnie's body.

"You feel warmer," Caitlin remarked idly to herself about her fiancé. The arm he had around her waist tightened just enough so Caitlin would be alerted that he was awake.

"I just assumed you were colder," Ronnie moved the blanket up and over Caitlin's bare shoulders. Neither one wanted to move, both just held on to one another like their lives depended on it.

For some unknown reason, Caitlin hadn't felt energised like she was since before the particle accelerator explosion.

A.N. Short chapter again, I know! Once again, working on how to get about what I'm getting to. Sorry that Cisco isn't in a lot of this, but he hopefully will be back in the next chapter. Also, I just fixed up the mistakes where I put Robbie instead on Ronie. Oops my bad! Let me know what you all think of is, and where the cute Barry/Oliver section towards the end came from, it's in an earlier work of mine for their couple. Hopefully if you know what I'm trying to establish with the characters, you will enjoy this, but if you don't, then you may learn something about our beloved Flash characters. The next chapter should be coming out soon, but it is taking me time to write these lately just because I want to really get this right. Again, suggestions are very much need from all of you.