Laurel raised her eyebrows, "You and a trained, genetically designed assassin... who knew?" she mused, "What attracted you to him?" she asked curiously, "The hair?"

"Besides the hair, perfect body, and the way he rocks out on that violin?" Raven paused a moment after chuckling, trying to find the right words. "... He has a really rough life. But still, he has a huge heart for helping others. I may not agree with all of his decisions, but I admire how he can manage controlling the rest of his nutty family, raising Frei, finding the laboratory, and putting up with the rest of us without going completely psychotic. It'll probably be a rough relationship, but I think he's worth it."

Laurel chuckled, amused, "You know... we're pretty similar," she decided when he was done, "We both picked gang-influenced, borderline crazy boyfriends. I think our lives would be so much simpler if we'd actually be boyfriend and girlfriend," she teased, shoving him a little with her shoulder.

Raven rolled his eyes a little. "That would be easier if I was bi, but I'm not."

Laurel chuckled, "Maybe you would turn bi for me," she teased, flipping her head around flirtatiously and looking at him through her eye lashes before bursting out into giggles. Rosen grunted a complaint from her lap.

"If I could, I already would have," Raven teased back before pinching her nose.

Laurel continued to smile before sighing lightly and leaning her head on Raven's shoulder, "You really never fail to make me laugh," she mused, "You're an excellent fake boyfriend."

"Why, thank you," Raven replied.

"... Can I ask you a question, fake boyfriend?" she suddenly asked quietly.

"Uh..." Raven replied, "No, I'm not a cat person."

Laurel shifted a little. There had been a bit of a serious air around her until that answer. She paused and then asked a question in a completely different tone, "What do you think of Nic?" It was obvious she had changed her mind on asking something else.

Raven didn't catch the serious air until it was too late. "... I don't know," he replied after a moment. "Does he make you happy?"

"... Sometimes," she replied.

Raven shifted a little, silent for a long time. Then he asked, "Do you think that will ever change?"

"I... doubt he'll change," she decided after a moment, "But... he's finally starting to let me in a little. And the more glimpses of that vulnerable Nic that I see, the more I understand I'll never stop loving him." She sighed a little, "It's frightening," she admitted, "He's hurt me so many times but now I have an understanding of why... and that doesn't make it right... but I'm justifying his actions now."

Raven didn't say anything more, since he was unsure if it was his place to say anything more.