Barry's Old Warehouse, Warehouse District, Sunday Afternoon

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Okay, her apartment was still kind of sagging and Eliot's house was still destroyed, and as nice as the crew had made up the warehouse they were staying in, Kathy still needed to get out sometimes. Have her own space that she could control. And while she had Dite's, sometimes she just didn't want that space to be filled with silicon dicks and dirty-themed candy.

So, today she was cleaning out the one other place she could sort of lay a claim to: Barry's old warehouse. It would serve as another bolt hole hideout place to stay if she needed it. And a place for Dante to dye her hair tomorrow. And just a good space to have in general.

But it needed a good cleaning; years of neglect followed by her own tantrum after Fandon's singing day had left it in shambles. So, earbuds in and music playing from her phone--no, seriously, where had her ipod gone?!--she was putting in a couple of hours trying to get this place into some kind of shape. A couple of duffel bags were tossed in a corner; a quick run out to the mainland had given her plenty supplies to stash around when she was done.

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"Yeah, absolutely," Kathy said, giving Raven's hand another squeeze before dropping it. "The kitchen's the cleanest spot so far, we can start there? I had to clean out the sink so Dante can dye my hair tomorrow."

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"Ooo, yeah? What color?"

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"Purple streaks," Kathy said, pulling her hair back into a ponytail. "I've never dyed my hair before, so I'm being cautious in case I look like an idiot."

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"I mean, I could show you, if you wanted. Unless you want it to be a surprise?"

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"Oh my gosh, no your idea is like a million times better," Kathy blurted. "I don't know how close it'll be, because Dante's the one doing it, but even an idea so I can change my mind before it's too late would be awesome."

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"Well then," Raven said, smiling and shifting to match Kathy's current look. "Where were you thinking of putting them in?"

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"I can never tell if this is weird or awesome," Kathy said, looking at herself and shaking her head. "Just streaks, I think. And maybe the tips?"

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"Yeah, but what part of your hair? Upfront around your face? In the back?"

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"..."

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Raven knew that look. "Do you at least know what color purple you want to use?"

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"...The purplish purple?" Kathy said, doing her best impression of the shrug emoji. "Dante's gonna be doing most of it."

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Raven reminded herself that she loved Kathy. Enough to have walked from LA to Baltimore. Now was not the time to murder Kathy.

"Okay, so something like this maybe?" She shifted a section of her hair. In streaks.

To a . . . 'purplish purple'.

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"Oh!" Kathy said, pleasantly surprised. "I like that! I like that a lot! You look so--"

Pretty. She was going to call Raven pretty. But that would be weird, right?

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"Are you feeling weird about basically complimenting yourself?" Raven asked, raising an amused eyebrow.

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"...It's really weird, okay?!"

Raven knew her so well.

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"You know you're allowed to say nice things about yourself, right?"

Of course she didn't. She was Kathy.

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"I say nice things about me!" Kathy protested. "I complimented that quiche I made on Wednesday, remember?"

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"That was a good quiche," Raven said. "But you know that's not the same thing."

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"It was a compliment," Kathy muttered. "But it's just...it sounds so conceited to look at you wearing my face and talk about how pretty you look."

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"Or it just means that you know objectively that you're pretty," Raven pointed out. "People like to say that it's bad to like yourself, but as we've established, people are stupid and terrible."

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"I mean, we have established that," Kathy said slowly. "Because people are the literal fucking worst. Fine." She heaved a sigh like she was all very put upon and said, "Okay. So objectively, I can concede I'm pretty. And that I like the streaks."

Those exact streaks in that exact color. Would Raven mind holding still while she measured her whole head to know precisely how it should all go?

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Not for the first thirty seconds? But she might end up trolling Kathy and slowly widening the streaks or changing their color. Just, you know, so Kathy knew.

"There you go, then. No need to worry about whether or not you'll regret it tomorrow."

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Well, fortunately by now, Kathy had realized that her beloved roommate was a goddamn troll.

"Well, so long as Dante uses the same color and general configuration," Kathy murmured, inching a bit closer, fingers twitching with the desire to start making meticulous notes about where the dye was.

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"Do you want to take a picture? We could do a selfie and you could convince the internet you have an identical twin."

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"Absolutely," Kathy said, pulling out her phone and bouncing over to Raven's side. "You should shift so you're wearing very different clothes than me."