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You make sure the drying rack has cooled down and is off before you pack it away. You then bring out the yarn and knitting needles, but realize there is one more thing you need before starting.

"What are Starfire's measurements?" you ask Raven.

"Uh, what?" she says with a confused laugh.

"Well, if we're going to make her sweaters, we need to know what size to make it."

"Oh, right, duh," she says, sitting up.

She then thinks hard, perhaps picturing Starfire.

"Well, she's taller, obviously," she says as she stands up. "And she's still got curves, but just leaner, y'know? More slender."

"Mm-hmm," you nod, picturing Starfire for yourself.

You look Raven up and down, and then walk up to her. You use your hand to go from where the top of Raven's head is to around Starfire's height.

"Do we have any measuring tape?" you say.

"No, but we can just do this," Raven says.

She uses a magical construct to go from your hand to the floor.

"Alright," you say as you move your hand away. "About five foot... nine, I'd say?"

"Just about," she says. "She's pretty tall. Hmm..."

Raven focuses on the straight line and looks at it from different angles.

"I think I can figure this out," she says.

"Figure what out?" you ask.

"I'm going make a mannequin of Starfire," she says. "Her head isn't oversized, it's about the same size as my head."

She creates an oval shaped construct and fuses it with the top of the line. It's pointed towards the bottom to represent the chin.

"That's not bad, actually," you say. "So then, we'll make the sweater go all the way to her waist. Where would that be?"

"Um... Let's see... Head here, neck here, shoulders and chest..."

Raven's hand goes down the line, pointing with a single finger.

"I think it's around here," she says.

A) Go with her estimate
B) Find a way to confirm it

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"I'll trust your assessment," you say.

You make a mark on the line with your own magic construct and pull a length of yarn to match it.

"What about width?" you ask.

"Oh, right," Raven says. "Let's see..."

She shapes her hands around an imaginary figure, and then creates more a cylinder than a Coke bottle.

"Are you sure that's the right shape?" you ask with a smirk.

"The sweater only needs to fit over her, not form fit her," Raven says with a stern look.

"Alright, alright," you say. "Keep the mannequin up, I'll need to keep referencing it for the sizes."

You sit down on the couch and thread your size 8 knitting needles.

"I don't know why I didn't question this earlier," Raven says as she sits with you. "But you know how to knit?"

"Well, it's only a little different from sewing, which I had to learn to do for making repairs to my own clothes."

You assess Starfire at a medium to small, so you'll go with no less than 65 stitches for the front and back segments of the torso. Luckily you bought plenty of yarn. You go knit one, purl one all the way to have 66 stitches. You switch to a garter stitch after that for six more rows, and you have the bottom of the sweater.

The size 10 needles come in now, and you use the stockinette stitch technique. You go with this until you've covered about 15 inches of the piece's length, then you bind off the first four stitches of the next two rows. This is to shape the arm holes where the sleeves will later be attached. To bind off, you knit the first two stitches in the row, and then loop the first stitch over the second stitch. Then knit one, and loop the first one over the second one.

After that, you finish off with more stockinette, and have the complete length. This is a long process to have the two armholes, a front and a back, and of course a hole for head. The sleeves are much the same, with the intent of having the seam on what will be the top side, once the entire sweater is assembled.

An hour or more passes as you do this, and Raven yawns from boredom.

"Sorry," she says. "I just thought this would go faster."

"It's alright," you say. "It isn't easy on me, either. My hands are killing me."

"How much do you have left?"

"I'm only halfway through the first sleeve."

"Okay, hold on," Raven says.

She sits up and she holds her hands out. You put the needles down and hold her hands. You can tell she uses Restorative magic and your hands are all better.

"Thank you," you say.

You get back to knitting and finish the sleeve.

A) Take a dinner break
B) Finish the second sleeve

B.

A.

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B

You also work on the second sleeve now that your hands are feeling fine. This still takes about half an hour for you, but you finish the sleeve. You then take the sleeves and attach them to the body with a sewing needle.

You bring the sweater over to the dummy Raven made and you pull it over the head. The fact you can get it over the head is proof you correctly made the neck hole. The body also seems to fit over the dummy's oval cylinder torso, so it seems you got her size right, too.

"Alright, that's good enough for now," you say. "I'll come up with something to put on it later. A nice little heart and some words."

"Yeah, that'll look cute," Raven says.

"Alright, let's have some dinner," you say.

A) Go out and get something again
B) Try homecooking this time

A

B.

B

"I think I can whip us up something."

You go to the kitchen and look at the things you have available.

"Here we go," you say. "We can have some pasta."

You bring out spaghetti noodles, about 300 grams, then a couple bell peppers, an onion, some slices of ham from the sandwich meat package, a can of sliced mushrooms, as well as ketchup, olive oil, soy sauce, powdered Parmesan, as well as butter, salt and pepper.

You skin the onion, with some protection so your eyes don't cry, and then thinly slice it. You cut bell peppers into strips, then do the same to the ham.

"Can I help?" Raven asks while you drain the mushrooms.

"Um, sure," you say. "Fill this pot with water so we can boil the noodles. We have to go a minute longer than what the box says for this recipe."

"Okay," she says as she takes the pot and brings it to the sink.

While Raven fills the pot, you get a frying pan. You heat a tablespoon's worth of butter and olive oil on the pan, then saut the onion slices to tenderize them. You add the bell peppers, the meat and the mushrooms to this to further saut on high heat.

"What is the ketchup for if this is spaghetti?" she asks.

"In a pinch, ketchup does just as well as tomato sauce," you say. "And in some ways, better because it doesn't have chunks of tomato, mushrooms, oregano seasoning or ground meat. Now..."

You squirt ketchup from the bottle into a small bowl and scoop eight tablespoons worth.

"Help me add this to the toppings here," you say.

You add the ketchup with Raven's help, and she adds a tablespoon of soy sauce.

"The noodles look good," Raven says. "One more minute than it should be?"

"Yes," you say.

"Okay, then... Now!"

She turns the dial to turn off the heat.

"Alright, now strain it," you say as you hand her the plastic strainer.

She pours the pot out into the strainer over the sink and that leaves the noodles.

"Here," you say to Raven as you hand her the olive oil. "Pour two tablespoons over the noodles, than toss them around to coat them all."

She nods as she carefully fills the spoon, then pours it out in a swirl on the noodles. She does the second spoonful a little faster and pours it out again. She then uses the spoon to move the noodles around, which is very efficient.

"Now," you say as you finish mixing and cooking the toppings with the sauces, "we add these all together..."

The noodles are dumped from strainer to pan to mix it all together. You then add the Parmesan cheese, about four tablespoons worth, and then season with salt and pepper.

"E fatto," you say. "Which is Italian for, 'And done.' A special take on Spaghetti Napolitan."

You serve two plates, and Raven takes them to the dining room table while you pour two glasses of lemon-lime soda.

The two of you sit down for a meal and you dig in. Raven enjoys the spaghetti, and you do enjoy how it turned out.

"You should put this on the menu at some point," she says. "Or have you already?"

"No, we can definitely try this on the menu," you say.

You both finish your meals rather quickly, and Raven licks her lips while eyeing you.

A) Have yourselves a treat
B) Have dessert first

A.

B

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"Well," you say as you get up. "You still have an appetite, hmm?"

"I do," she says with a naughty smile.

"Then let's move these aside," you say as you pick up the plates.

You bring the plates to the kitchen and Raven brings the glasses. You set the plates in the sink and run water over them, and Raven sets the glasses in beside them. You fill each of those with water and then dry your hands on the dish towel. Raven then surprises you with both hands bringing you into a kiss.

You wrap your arms around her and end up pushing her against the sink. Your lips smack off each other, tongues wrestle on and off, and Raven moves over to hop up and sit on the kitchen counter. That puts her above you now, but that's perfect for getting your hands under her shirt.

"No bra?" you say in surprise.

"Yeah, still not really used to them," she says. "Plus, I kinda like how the cotton feels against the girls."

"The girls, huh?" you chuckle. "Since when did you refer to them like that?"

"Well, 'jubblies' sounds silly every time you say it," she laughs.

"Oh does it?" you say.

You tug at the shirt and Raven helps you pull it up. You don't have her take it off, you just expose the jubblies. You bury your face in them, kiss them all over, then bring Raven off the counter. She wraps arms and legs around you and you manage to get back to the chairs at the dining room table. You sit down in a chair, with Raven straddling you.

You keep Raven close to keep your face buried in the bosoms. Raven presses herself against you by wrapping her arms tighter around you. You kiss and nibble at the voluptuous, supple skin, then uncover your face to get at the lovely nubs at the front. You tenderly kiss one, then switch over to the other, and Raven bites her lower lip while gripping the back of your head.

Raven pushes you back in between then grinds against you. Her breathing gets heavy, her heart is racing, and you're getting scraped to death by your zipper.

A) Switch positions on the chair
B) Move to the couch
C) Move to the bedroom

C.

B.

C

C

"Alright, hold on," you say.

You start standing up and Raven stands, too. You then pick her up to haver her draped over a shoulder, which gets a yelp of surprise out of her.

"Wait, where're we going?" she laughs while you carry her.

"To the bedroom, naturally," you say.

You go past the living room, to the hall, and in through the open doorway. You set her back on her feet by the bed, then kiss and push against her so that you two fall onto the bed. She wants to wrap around you again but you pin her arms down. You sit up and move her shirt up, making her hold onto it in her mouth.

You kiss all over her chest again, her letting out muffled giggles and moans. You knead the dough and she lets out a very cute though muffled moan. You then squeeze the bosoms and move up to pinch the nubs. Raven lets out an even cuter moan, almost a squeak, and her legs curl. You push the bosoms together and kiss both nubs at the same time and Raven moans into a gasp.

"You're so good," she says.

"Thank you," you say as you stand up.

You finally unzip your pants and take those off, but Raven stops you there.

"I like doing this part," she says with a naughty smile.

She bites her lower lip and pulls the boxer briefs down to unleash the todger. She smiles more, caresses it with a hand, then both hands. It grows stronger, and you push Raven back down on the bed. You put the todger between the jubblies and push them together to softly squeeze it on all sides, and you feel like you're in paradise.

"You like that?" Raven asks as she takes over.

"Yes..." you say softly.

She slowly moves her jubblies up and down together, then has them alternate directions.

"You're so good," you tell her now.

She giggles, and then she pushes her jubblies together closer, then lets off, and repeats. She makes them move like that, and you enjoy the ebb and flow of the soft skin. As much as you enjoy that, you take hold, your hands over her hands, and push the bosoms together as tight as possible. You then start moving your hips as best you can, and you love how it feels to go between those soft, gray pillows.

You feel something wet and warm and realize it's Raven's tongue. You push forward and her tongue makes extended contact, and then you pull back to be enveloped in bosoms. Then you go again, and again, and again, and you feel your legs weakening from how amazing it all feels.

A) Finish like this
B) Change positions
C) Cool it off a moment

A

A

A

You go for the finish, using what energy your legs have to thrust and grind into those bosoms.

"Yeah," Raven says with her naughty smile. "You like that, huh? You like how they feel?"

"Yeah," you say back, bracing yourself with your hands while she uses her hands to push the bosoms together.

You pant a bit as you go harder, but you do hold back, you don't want to push Raven down into the bed too hard. She wraps her arms around herself to squeeze you as tight as she can, and she cranes her neck to get her mouth more involved.

"Hold on," she says.

She leads you further up the bed so she can rest her head on the pillows.

"That's better," she says.

You push forward and that lewd little tongue of hers licks and laps and wraps, and then those amorous lips get involved. You push so hard, her bosoms move up almost into her face. She moves her hands to your hips and pulls you in more and you end up leaning against the backboard. Her moans are muffled for another reason now as you start shaking the bed!

"Go! Go! Go!" you say in a gruff whisper, somewhat coaching yourself.

Adrenaline and testosterone put power in your legs again and you stand up on the bed. You get the bosoms out of the way and then place a hand on the back of Raven's head to push her further in. She's cross-eyed, tongue sticking out as she lets you have complete control, and then you give one last big thrust! You lean against backboard and even the wall behind it as your passion pours into her mouth and throat.

You truly feel drained as you step back from Raven and sit on the bed. Raven takes deep breathes, cleans herself up a bit, and then sees you resting there. She pulls off her pants now, tossing them aside, and crawls on hands and knees to be over you.

"Still have an appetite?" she asks.

She then turns around to straddle your face, and she even goes back for seconds with your todger. You wrap your arms around her to better dig in. The two of you end up in a cycle of passion, spurring each other on to give more and more. You two continue through the rest of the night, gladly exhausting yourselves for the other's ecstasy.

The two of you fall asleep side by side, hand in hand. But you shoot awake at 2 AM. You forgot to mention Rumiko is rumored to plan a visit.

A) Tell her in the morning
B) Continue to "forget"

A

A)

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A

You'll just have to wait until morning to tell Raven. There's no point in waking her up just to ruin her mood.

You close your eyes and let yourself drive back to sleep. It then proves difficult to wake back up when your alarm goes off, and it seems Raven's deep sleep was just as disturbed.

"Sorry about that," you groggily say as you sit up. "Forgot to warn you about it last night."

"No, it's okay," she says, also groggy. "It's okay."

She stretches and looks around for her clothes.

"And, um, speaking of things I forgot to mention," you start as you pick up your pants. "I found out yesterday that we might have to worry about more than just Renee visiting."

Raven flops her hands on the bed in frustration as she looks at you.

"Seriously?" she says in an upset tone. "How many more?"

"Just the one more," you say. "Rumiko."

"Oh," Raven says.

She thinks on that news.

"Rumiko was nice," she says. "So it's a little surprising she's visiting like this."

"For all we know, it could be an innocent visit," you say. "She might just want to deliver Christmas presents in person."

"Maybe," she says. "I'm still not letting my guard down."

"I'll make sure we meet her in public somewhere," you say. "And the same for Renee. That way, they won't know where we live."

Raven laughs a bit, and the two of you start getting dressed.

"Actually, I should probably shower before heading to work," you say.

"Hmm," Raven says as she looks at herself. "Maybe I should, too? We could even shower together."

A) Yes
B) No

A

A

A

"Well, since you offered," you say.

You both drop the clothes you were going to put on, and you grab a nice handful of Raven's rump. She giggles as you use her cheeks to steer her out of the room and across the hall to the bathroom.

You go to the tub and she leans over to turn the knobs. As she tests the water coming out of the faucet, you wrap your arms around her waist and press up against those buns.

"Okay, don't get ahead of me now," she says as she looks over her shoulder with a smirk.

You push against her a little harder before letting off. She bites her lower lip and her hand gives your todger a little squeeze before she steps into the tub. You carefully follow her in and she switches it from tub faucet to the shower head.

You grab the body wash and start lathering Raven up with your bare hands. She giggles again as you pay quite a lot of attention to her chest. She takes the bottle from you to squirt some body wash onto her hands and goes right after your todger. You two then wrap your arms around each other to scrub each other's rears, giggling like fools the entire time.

You press against Raven, her chest scrubbing your chest with the suds. You give Raven a little bit of a brush-by down below and she takes in a happy gasp. You wrap an arm around her to caress a jubbly while giving her a few more passes.

You two giggle and shift around to caress her buttocks before taking the shower head and rinsing both of you off. You then think about using the shower head's massage function.

"Rorek, hold on," she says as her hands stop yours. "I have to be able to walk today."

The two of you laugh again and you just stick to the standard. Once all the suds are gone, Raven shuts off the water and you put the shower head back up. You two dry off with towels while also brushing your teeth. You two spit, rinse and kiss before getting dressed and going your separate ways for the day.

As the weeks go by, you finish up the other gifts for the Titans, getting the metal needed for Robin's versatile weight and Beast Boy's shapeshifting toy. You fiddle with Enchantments and a bit of Alchemy to get the metal weight to be moldable without weakening as it stretches.

But as it turns out, two weeks before Christmas, one of the rumors becomes reality, and Rumiko visits the Magical Melting Pot just as the lunch rush is starting. She takes a seat at the same table her father did over a month ago, and Sibbie takes her order.

"She says to surprise her," Sibbie says. "She trusts that you know what she likes."

"I think I do," you say.

A) Cheese-Feathered Hanetsuki Gyoza
B) Grilled Duck with Spices
C) Royal Eggs Benedict Donburi

B

B

B

"We'll go with Grilled Duck with Spices."

Harper helps with the Aigamo duck, focusing on the leg meat. Danita preheats an oven to 430 degrees Fahrenheit. Emile and Verdinelli make the various sauces, such as Salsa Verde using sake, mirin, soy sauce, salt, perilla, chives, capers, chili peppers, yuzu peels, scallions and sesame oil.

You and Harper remove the tendons from the meat, then partially perforate the skin side with some forks. Emile hands over a mixture of salt, pepper, mirin, honey mustard, and sake in a sandwich bag, and you put the duck meat inside to shake around. This helps coat the meat, and the holes made in the meat allows the sauce to get inside for fuller flavor.

A frying pan heats up some sesame oil, and you put the duck meat on it skin side to fry it up. Harper lets that brown up and then flips it over to the meat side. After getting that side nice and brown, then place it on parchment paper and a baking sheet. The meat is put in the oven to cook for another 20 minutes.

In that time, Emile and Verdinelli finish the Salsa Verde, tweaking its flavor with a few more drops of soy sauce. The duck meat is then cut into strips, stuffed with scallions, and plated, six strips in all. The Salsa Verde is drizzled on the strips, then garnished with shredded white onion. Whatever of the salsa isn't on the meat is put in a dipping cup, should Rumiko want more sauce.

Sibbie takes the plate to Rumiko for you this time, with a glass of lemonade. Rumiko eats up and seems to enjoy the meal.

A) Let Raven know Rumiko's here
B) Wait to talk to Rumiko yourself

A.

A

A

A

You get your phone and text Raven.

Rumiko is here at the restaurant, come by to talk to her if you want

You send that and get back to work, filling out other orders. You whip up frittatas and some soups, such as a nice Italian sausage soup.

"Chef, special order," Sibbie says. "Mushroom 'n' Onion Grilled Cheese."

"So Francklyn's back from Anchorage, huh?" Harper chuckles.

You scoop three tablespoons of butter, Harper chops up a couple ounces of baby protobello mushrooms, and you cut an onion in half to then thinly slice. Harper cooks up some bacon slices before chopping them up.

One tablespoon of butter is used on the skillet in combination with cooking oil. The onions and mushrooms are stir-fried on the pan for just under five minutes to tenderize them, then you remove them from the pan to not overcook them. You takes care of putting the cheese on the slices of bread, then Harper adds the mushrooms, onions and bacon before topping with another slice of cheese and the other slice of bread.

The sandwich is then lightly toasted on the skillet from a moment ago, just a minute on each side. The cheese melts and holds everything together, and then you serve it with a pickle wedge and potato wedge fries on the side.

Danita helps serve up some literally sweet fruit salads, such as a honey-yogurt berry bowl of raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. Verdinelli tags in to make a special order of a bell pepper grilled cheese sandwich while you handle making a minced meat katsudon.

You take 300 grams of ground beef and mix it by hand with one whole egg, the yolk and the white, as well as a teaspoon each of salt and pepper. You mince an entire onion, add it to the mixture, as well as panko bread crumbs. Then you take that mixture and separate it into eight equally proportioned patties.

You dust the patties with flour, then beat another egg to brush it on the patties. Then more panko bread crumbs are added, and you heat some frying oil to 320 degrees Fahrenheit. The patties are put on the pan to fry up for six minutes each side.

In the time the patties cook on the pan, you make the honey sauce. Butter and of course honey are heated together on another pan, and you stir frequently until it's all caramelized. You add balsamic vinegar and blend it all together thoroughly before adding soy sauce and grated garlic. You simmer this mixture until it is nice and thick.

Each serving is one patty, so you plate one, pour on the honey sauce on until you create a pool for the patty to sit in, and then out it goes.

Rumiko is almost done with her duck before Raven arrives.

A) Sit all together at the table
B) Go outside to talk

B

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