Chapter Twenty Four

Raven snarled rolling his eyes to the way Carson was becoming so confident after throwing out the threat that he would call if he wasn't given a name. Even though he didn't like the thought, Raven just couldn't get past how irritating it was with Carson not treating him the same as the other women.

Raven knew he should be a bit thankful that Carson was not recognizing him as a girl but it was still something he just couldn't shake. Knowing if Carson was looking at him like a girl he would already be released from the room with only a light warning to not to return.

Raven sighed as he threw up his hands irritated, "Why do you care so much, what good would it do you?" he questioned giving attitude along with it getting fed up with the needless argument knowing in the long run it wouldn't matter if he got a name or not.

While he was stalling with the question he tries to think of a girl's name he can use anyways and even though he's had so much exposure to women due to being around Carson he couldn't remember not even one he liked. He avoided them to the point of not even being able to recall names unless they scared him with their crazy. The only names that were coming to him was his mother's, Salem, that Carson knew and Jewels which wouldn't work in this case either.

"Why are you so persistent on hiding it? Giving your name should be simple task" He sneered stepping closer only pushing Raven further.

Raven grit his teeth truly thinking about punching him and yelling that it was because he didn't know a name but he knew this would be a bad idea.

Trying to brainstorm while under pressure he just couldn't clear his mind to think so he thought of what Menay suggested hoping it would help him now. Similar to his name didn't give him much to go on but since he had already went to say a name with a R at the beginning he knew it would be better to keep with his mistake so even if he stumbled later he could recover easier.

Running through a list of names that began with a R in his mind he kept the thought that it had to be similar to Raven. Trying to think of what could be similar to Raven he subconsciously thought of a bird. Before he even gave himself a chance to debate the idea the moment a name came to him he got excited to have found one that he thought would work.

"Robin!" He exclaimed snapping his fingers saying it aloud by mistake when he got the name and immediately regretted doing this.

"Robin?" Both Menay and Carson question at the same time with the same mocking tone as they both came to the same thought.

Raven could just feel Menay was laughing at him for the name he chose making him turn red with anger blaming him for suggesting something similar. He tried to ignore Menay for now watching Carson who was slowly putting his phone away accepting the name for now.

"I can't believe you chose another bird name" Menay snorted as he was enjoying teasing Raven a little too much while he rolled over on the bed.

It was becoming hard for Raven to just ignore Menay while he was going out of his way to embarrass him more by his taunting. Unable to tell him to shut up or go away this was making Raven's face become warm with a mix of emotions. He hoped that the name would just run right over Carson's head so that he could just get out of the situation he was in now without anymore taunts.

"Happy?" Raven snarls as he looks down to the ground trying to hide his embarrassment while attempting to step past him. Though Carson moved his hand up and stepped closer keeping Raven's path blocked showing he wasn't done with him yet.

"Robin huh... you sure that's what you want to go with?" Carson asked and paused for a moment as he thought about the name a bit longer.

Raven gave him a scowling look knowing he was mocking him the same way as Menay was. He knew Carson was suspicious of it being a bird's name too but the way he mocked like he knew he was lying bothered him to defend it with his life out of spite.

Carson scoffed giving into the glare he received as a response, "Okay, but your family really has a thing for birds" He teased lightly just like Menay was doing.

Though with Carson's taunting it felt like Raven wasn't being believed by him even in the slightest bit only putting it off for later which made Raven more nervous about sticking around any longer.

"So..." Raven faltered a bit as he tried to get rid of the insecure feeling to show confidence again, "Now that you know my name, you either have something to say to me or you let me go. Pick one but I really don't have time for this" Raven claims becoming firmer with his tone.

"Yes I do," Carson confirmed and looked her over for a second, "So tell me again, why can't I call Raven?" He inquired about Raven having yet to hear why he was not in the room but his cousin was.

Raven's eyes looked down to the floor as he tried thinking about what would make him not return to the room. Thinking about it he knew it'd have to be a good enough reason not to come back till the weekend was over or maybe whenever it was he returned to being a guy. Not being sure how long that would take since he was not mentally prepared yet for what he'd have to do again to get back to his old body he needed something good.

"Because he could already be at the hospital," Raven states beginning to lie hoping he could convince Carson that there was a logical reason, even if he would never believe it.

Carson narrowed his brow having heard from Jewels that Raven was sick in the bathroom earlier he became concerned believing her slightly more than before, "Is it that bad?" He questioned in a worried tone.

"No..." Raven corrected quickly having his heart race as he forgot there was the chances of Carson wanting to go check on him, "No it's just to be safe he was throwing up a lot... Really, it- it even got everywhere on my clothes" he stumbles out to claim hoping Carson wouldn't notice all the pauses while he's slowly coming up with a reason for him to be in the room as well.

"Oh..." Carson looked down at her taking in a deep breath attempting to grasp what she said. He wasn't sure if he should take her word for it thinking it was best to probably call him anyway.

Though now that she mentioned it he had noticed the smell of throw up coming from her when he had gotten really close before, "Guess that explains the smell and why you're wearing his shirt half naked in my room... a little" he muttered still carrying a suspicious tone starting to add his own evidence to her claims.

Pausing as if he were trying to believe what she said he brought his hand up to his face and rubbed his forehead, "Did it soak all the way to your underwear or do you just normally wear boy's briefs?" He finally asked going deeper into the outfit change rather any other part of the excuse still not understanding why she would go to such extent of a change for throw up.

Raven huffed finding that Carson clearly was already getting over the fact that Raven was supposedly in the hospital. Looking back he noticed Carson stepped closer once again causing Raven to shift back a little hating how intimidated he was by Carson.

"I don't think that's any of your damn business and this is raven's room too" he growled in response.

He knew Carson was pushing him further into the room and this worried Raven not knowing why he insisted on trapping him in there. Forcing air through his teeth he hissed giving a disgruntled noise and step away from him towards his bed a little more getting closer to Menay. Subconsciously he was hoping Menay could save him if he needed him to however he wouldn't admit it aloud.

Menay sat back up as he looked up to Raven with concern, "I won't let him hurt you" he claimed as he tried to calm Raven down from being scared of Carson.

Raven glanced over to Menay and though he was happy to know that he had someone to stop Carson in the room if something went wrong it wasn't being attacked that he was truly afraid of. At this point if he were exposed now everything would change. Carson was his first and truly only friend, if he let Carson corner him now he would lose everything due to his curse.

Watching her move away from him Carson stayed where he was knowing he didn't want to scare her too much, "Why aren't you with him then?" he inquired wondering how Raven was getting to the hospital then if she were there.

"Because I had to change my clothes" Raven mumbles softly in response.

"So how is he at the hospital, did you send him in a cab?" he asked crossing his arms finding if Raven really was sick he wanted to know if he needed to go see him.

This was beginning to bother Raven wondering why it was that Carson wasn't just accepting what he was being told acting like he cared to this point bothered him. Raven glanced him over showing the clear disgust in his eyes while he looked at Carson in that moment. He glared then picked Menay up from the bed to take him with him as he went towards Carson heading for the door.

"No, my..." He snarled rolling his eyes looking down at Menay, "Brother, is taking him" he explains thinking of Menay's human form as his excuse.

"Then what's your brother's name?" Carson questions even further and Raven can't help but notice they are yet again back to the names.

"What is it with you and these 21 questions about names?" Raven snapped standing his ground looking at Carson knowing he wasn't going to be able to come up with another name quick enough.

"What is it with you and avoiding giving me names?" He argued back in response still not moving away from blocking Raven's path to the door.

Raven clenched his fist tightly thinking about how angered he was that he lacked the capability of picking names out of the blue wishing he could say something and storm out of the room. He was stuck yet again trying to come up with yet another name that wasn't Menay.

"Medwin" Menay claims speaking up providing Raven with a name this time.

Raven wondered why he couldn't be this helpful with the girl's name but he didn't have time to ask Menay about it as Carson required a name and Raven needed to leave.

"Medwin... you happy, are you done here, can I leave?" he sarcastically asked while declaring he were going to be leaving however he was too nervous to try and pass him again not wanting to get that close.

"Hmm" Carson gave out a sigh as he lets the feeling of suspicion go, shaking his head, "No one more question, why are you avoiding eye contact with me?" he asked lightly.

"I am not" Raven denied even though he knew it was a clear lie. He was not only intimidated by his best friend but worried that at any moment he would be noticed so he hadn't been able to truly look him in the eyes for very long. Raven felt like Carson was only playing around not letting him leave to get some sort of reaction from him but Raven couldn't just let him have it.

"Yes, you obviously are" he taunted scoffing gently being slightly amused by her trying to avoid giving an actual response to her nervous actions.

Raven rolled his eyes to the comment and even resorted to giving a little attitude, "Ugh, you're obviously intentionally causing it so if that's all you are going to say to me then let me leave"

"No wait I have something else, do you know you're not wearing a bra? This is the second time now I've seen you and both times you weren't wearing one in an all guy dorm room" He claims pointing to Raven's chest just above where Menay was.

Raven's face starts to feel warm barely able to stand being there any longer he had forgotten himself about the need for a bra, though he barely had any change to his chest, so he didn't think it would even be noticeable.

"How'd you..." Raven takes a deep breath becoming conscious of his chest raising Menay up higher to cover himself knowing Carson was looking at him a little too hard.

"Raven..." Menay went to say something about being held against Raven's chest then stopped as Raven looked down to him. He knew Raven was feeling more exposed with the situation by the minute and though he wasn't sure how Raven would react to think about it later he didn't want to take away any security Raven had with him there now so he remained silent.

Raven's face was becoming red and frustrated while he felt like Carson was just toying with him. "Shut up" Raven muttered softly to Menay so that he wouldn't make it even worse by talking in his head. He knew it was uncomfortable now that he was conscious of his chest especially after seeing Menay in a human form but he had no other option.

"Well I'm sorry if I upset you but it's pretty noticeable, since it's still been cold and all" he stated lightly like it was nothing trying not to offend her by suggesting he was trying to look at them.

"I..." Raven couldn't believe that he was even in the option for him to be looked at enough to tell that sort of detail not only once but twice. "This is the second underwear comment you have made to me. That's it, let me leave!" he shouts in anger putting his foot down trying to pretend to be more offended than scared while declaring he were to pass.

While Carson didn't move as she glared up at him for a brief moment then quickly looked away once again unable to hold strong face for long. Showing she was still wary of looking at him in the eyes even while she was upset with him, "Told you, you're avoiding me" He claimed once more in a snickering manner.

"Because you're some freaking perverted predator" Raven snapped back aggravated at him.

"Pfft" He let out a small chuckle having never been called a predator before that caught him off guard though he felt like it was something Raven would call him too. Stopping for a moment and glanced her over giving a scoff as he thought about what she meant, "Does that make you my pray?" he sneered mocking her further.

Raven grit his teeth to the comment knowing that Carson was enjoying himself, "Not the slightest bit" he snarled.

"Then you're fine right?" Carson declared as he shook his head letting out a humored sigh knowing he didn't plan to do anything to her, "Why don't you just relax a little and let me get changed then we'll leave." he adds while gesturing for her to sit on Raven's bed.

Raven hissed looking up to him as he played like everything was just a joke while Raven was serious, "No I'm not fine... wait, what?" Raven paused as he registered what Carson had suggested.

"I'll leave with you, I'm worried about Raven" He explained what he meant though he was sure it was obvious. He was about to go get some clothes from his drawers to change into but he waited till he knew she wasn't going to run.

Raven looked at the door as Carson was going to get some clothes, he knew he could take the chance to run out the door but even if he did Carson could probably catch him and it would only make things worse.

"You don't need to be, really" he suggested waving his hands up trying to get Carson to stop what he was doing.

Carson paused and cracked a confident smile but this smile didn't last long as it quickly turned into a yawn while he spoke, "Ah... so you were lying" he rubbed his head in a sluggish manner.

"No that's..." Raven fell short of words as he looked Carson over for a moment. He had forgotten Carson wasn't up to par since their kiss realizing there was the possibility that he could actually get away from him if he were to try and run.

"Don't..." Menay said seeing the same thing Raven did he knew what Raven was about to do, "Talk your way out of this, if you run you will need to feed sooner" he warned knowing Raven wasn't ready for that.

Raven glanced down to Menay for a moment as he acknowledged the warning knowing that though it would be easier for him to run he wasn't ready to feed again. He glanced off then back to Carson as he thought of what he would say, "I am going back to his home with Menay, that's why, and I don't want to be around you for another minute" He declared deciding the truth was the easiest thing for him to say as long as he didn't talk about Raven.

Carson folded his arms over one another hearing her declaring she didn't want to be around him, "Why, because I kissed you on a whim last night? Jeez you are the only girl who has ever cried about it I swear you and Raven are like the same person" he nagged being bothered by that similarity between them the most.

"Tsk" Raven hissed hearing him claim that he was the only one to ever reject him like he was some prize to kiss. The confidence of this man made Raven want to punch the arrogance out of him especially after he didn't seem sorry for kissing him, "I'm not crying, if it was a mistake then just apologize and let me leave" he snarled holding back from punching him though he shoved against him as he went to push by using Carson's exhaustion to his favor.

Carson narrowed his brow to her and put out his hand blocking her leave in a weak manner "Wait... no" He grunts out leaving his arm out in front of her.

"No, What I can't leave?... I'll call the police if you try anything you know" he meekly threatens trying to push Carson's arm away truly hoping he wouldn't test it.

Carson was almost thrown back by her statement with how she was so against him calling anyone before. He raised his arm with a light snicker "No you can leave, I just wanted to clarify that it wasn't a mistake" he corrected leaving her to believe that he had done what he did on purpose wondering if her attitude would change any.

"You're..." Raven's face got red within an instant to the bold claim knowing it was a lie not finding the purpose of him needing to clarify this, "Move!" he growled pushing him aside as he passed to the door.

Letting out a sigh as the door was shut behind him he looked around the hall not seeing anyone around he started making his way down them to go home. Menay shuffled a bit not too interested in being carried but he didn't resist only moved around to face Raven better.

"You could always use him you know, he seemed interested" Menay claimed as he knew that Raven wanted to be a boy again debating on ways that he could prevent Carson from finding out if he needed.

Raven glanced around checking to make sure that no one would hear him as he whispered to his cat, "Did you forget he's my best friend and this time he might not just pass out when I turn back into a guy" he claimed reminding Menay of his issues.

"Yes I understand you are not in control of that but there are things I could maybe do... and you might not always change right away" He stated informing Raven that it wasn't always going to happen right away.

This lead Raven to wonder about what Menay had mentioned before about his energy being different because of his half blood, "Will it ever be stable?" he ask but not really expecting an answer.

"Eventually, your mother is very strong, you come from a powerful line, you'll be able to hold off the change for a few hours maybe even a day if you are strong enough and with luck that will be soon" He explained.

"Luck..." Raven knew Menay was trying to lift his spirits but couldn't help but feel like this news didn't even apply to him, "Great" he sighed knowing he didn't have much luck on his side.

"So what now?" He asked curious of Raven's plan.

"We're going home, from there we'll figure something out." he whispered out with a sigh feeling that this just wasn't his day and he was getting mentally tired though physically he felt fine.

"No one will be there so you'll be safe" He reminded Raven hoping it will put him a little at ease.

Raven huffed as he knew this was true but even so he just wished his mother would be there for him. He looked down knowing he had at least one person there for him that could help and he felt a bit of relief, "You'll be there..." he said lightly petting Menay's head.

Menay assumed Raven meant he would do something to him and almost protested that he wouldn't hurt Raven when he felt the hand pet the top his head making him settle down, "I see..." Menay gave a soft purr realizing his place to be there was for comfort.

Raven looked down feeling the purr and stopped petting his head noticing he was treating him like he normally would, he had forgotten Menay was his pet up till a day ago. He found it interesting how easy it was for him to be both cat and human at the same time. something he planned to ask about but maybe not all at once knowing he would likely not get a straight answer.

"Why is your name Menay anyway, why not Medwin? it sounds better" he asked when he recalled the name he had given his human form to Carson.

"You think so? Medwin is my given name but I like Menay so that's why I kept it" He informed Raven as he never thought twice about changing it since Raven was young.

"Why? that's a pretty stupid cat name though I thought it was one of my dad's influences" Raven muttered lightly not sure where Menay was getting at with telling him that he kept it when he didn't know where it came from.

"Aw..." Menay rubbed his head against Raven's arm like a cat as he began to taunt, "but you were the one who named me that"

"Really?" Raven questioned in a louder tone than before then quickly soften his voice checking around to make sure he was not heard.

"You were so cute as a toddler, you couldn't say Medwin so you called me Menay while you stumbled around chasing me in a diaper" Menay begins to tease as he pulls up the past and even when he only meant pick around he was being serious at the same time.

Raven's face began to feel warm unable to believe what he was hearing not being able to recall this time in his life. Instead he brought up all the other memories with Menay he had shared including embarrassing moments not wanting to think about them he shook his head and snarled, "That's embarrassing don't say things like that" he scolded.

Raven could feel Menay laughing in response finding it rather amusing that Raven wouldn't be embarrassed if he was just a mere cat, "Only because they are animals doesn't mean they don't know what you are doing Raven..." He teased lightly implying that Raven shouldn't do anything around any animal if he was going to be embarrassed by the ones that could talk.

Raven felt warmer than before causing him to huff, "I'll drop you" he threatened as the approached the stairs.

"Lets not" Menay grumbled hooking his claws into Raven's shirt afraid that he may actually be dropped over the stairs as he dropped the topic.

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