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Chatterbox had just taken Ray back home to her new house with Kitty and Octo. They had spent the day doing all kind of yuck stuff, atleast one of the other clows hanging around the couple at all times. He stood at the bottom of the small steps and watched her as she unlocked the door.
"So.. goodnight Cups," Chatty said quietly, when she turned around at the door. He was admiring her in the glowing warm light coming from the inside, when he noticed her hesitating with going inside.
"Would you.. umm.. w-would you maybe wanna come inside?" se asked while staring at her feet. "I mean, you know just to hang out. We could watch a movie? Or not if you dont want to thats okay too." she continued with a quick pace without giving him any time to answer. She was craving some alone time with Chatterbox, they had spent few nights at the Funhouse together before, filled with lingering touches and sly smiles. Now that it was just the two of them in the silence of the desert, she felt shy asking him to stay.
"Yeah, I can stay Cups!" he aswered quickly, not letting her ramble any further.
"Okay!" her usual upbeat tone returned quickly as she turned around and skipped inside with Chatty following right behind her.
Ray left him in the living room and went to change into her pyjamas, while Chatty settled on the couch.
"You have a movie in mind?" he yelled turning the TV on.
"Nooo I dont really care," she really wasn't interested in any movie, all she wanted was an excuse to cuddle up with her clown. She had been thinking about him a lot lately, keeping him in mind also when choosing her jammies. Something cute and cozy, maybe a little bit revealing.. but not too much, she wouldn't want to scare the man.
On her way out of the bedroom she grabbed a couple blankets and pillows to make them a comfy setup.
"You need any food or drinks? Kitty has some in the fridge," she asked to fill the silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, but she was an overthinker and needed something to ramble about.
"No I'm all good!" he turned to look at her. Her pink pyjamas and tired appearance made his heart flutter, he forced himself to quickly look away to not get caught staring. Completely unaware she yawned and flopped to sit beside him "God I'm tired!".
They browsed through the channels together with a hard time finding anything to watch. Well he would have watched anything Ray wanted to, but she didn't seem to find anything interesting enough to keep her in place. Chatterbox never really watched TV, the Funhouse one wasn't there when he was a kid and even now it was usually broken.
Finally she settled on a movie, which had him confiused and asking questions every other minute. Just as his brows furrowed once again his attention was drawn to her constantly shifting her weight around. "Cups? You good?".
She sighed softly "It's fine, I just can't get comfortable. The stab wound still sometimes hurts a bit." It has already been a while since the stabbing, she couldn't really tell how long. Honestly it was starting to feel like years and years being careful of fast moves incase the stiches would rip.
His mind started spiraling into thinking about what bad could be happening to his Cups. "It could be one of those inphe- inphections!" he stumbled on his words.
"Infections Chatty," she corrected him "but it's not, I'm fine!"
"Are you sure? We can go to the hospital right now."
She giggled at him looking ready to jump up from the couch, "Yes I'm sure it's nothing. Now watch the movie!"
With some muttering he settled back down and tried to focuse on the screen again, but it was hard to ignore her wiggling by his side. His hand fisted on his lap trying to grow some courage. "Just come here" he mumbled and grabbed her by the waist pulling her back to his chest. A silent gasp fell from Rays lips, cheeks turning to a deep shade of pink.
She felt at home against his chest, biting back a big smile. While she watched the movie, he mostly watched her. He studied her features and sneaked his fingers into her soft hair.
Ray felt so loved and even tho she was now very comfortable, she felt the urge to turn around and kiss him.
He was unbraiding her hair when she suddenly flipped in his lap. He couldn't spit out a word, the bow tie around his neck feeling suddenly very tight in the moment. They stared into eachother eyes for a few seconds before Ray moved her hand down his mask.
"Can I-" her sentense died in the middle, but it was clear what she was asking.
He nodded once and felt the mask lifting from his face, he couldnt look her in the eyes. She whispered "Still very handsome Chatty." and lifted his chin.
A grunt of disagreement left his mouth, but still trusted her enough to meet her twinkling grey eyes. She leaned closer and they shared one sweet kiss.
With a long yawn she snuggled against his neck. Already half asleep she heard him whisper "Love ya Cups" while hugging her tight.
Chatterbox stared at the ceiling listening to her quiet sniffling and the backround noice coming from the TV. He still had a hard time understanding how could've he gotten so lucky.
Few hours later Kitty and Octo walked in through the door "Awww thats so cute! Look at them!" Kitty was whisper screaming while Octo tried to drag away her to avoid waking them up.