DC: 2011-08-09 - Prank Wars: The Short Bus to Yaoiville

Floating and rigging up one of the two waterproof minispeakers to the showerhead, Kon-El looks down at his best friend. "C'mon, stop worrying. What can go wrong?" he asks as he offers a hand to Robin, motioning for him to give over the other mini-speaker. "Besides, I can't leave things with me and Cassie all awkwards. We got to take it heads on. Like you n' Kara." Robin hands up the speaker, "Kara and I?" he asks a little incredulous, "Don't you mean Stephie and I?" "Well yeah," Kon allows. "You gotta let Kara down easy, though. She thinks you're still dating even with Steph around." In other words, Rob, let Kara down easy. Family and all. "Cassie and me... well... you know..." He shrugs. Yeah, Robin knows. Don't need to explain all that awkwardness. "Just need to liven things up a bit, get her used to that I'm back. So we give her something to remember." Thanks for that, by the way, bro, is the unspoken message in all that. Robin blinks, "Riiight." he says, "So the plan is we're going to haunt the gym?" "Yeah. It's going to be awesome. I got the tape ready," says Kon-El as he affixes the second mini-speaker to the showerhead. He holds up the tape. "I found one of those old abandoned houses, left the tape overnight. It's going to be full of owls and creaking wood and wind. See, I even tested it. It sounds awesome. All spooky. Hold on, I got to rewind it and... hey, do you hear Cassie coming?"

Quickly turning on the shower, Kon-El shoves Robin out, and goes for the hiding place, where he shoves the tape into the audio player. "Hit play when Cassie arrives," Kon says as he waits for his... well, girl.

After leaving the common room, Cassie wandered a bit before finding her way here, a pear in one hand and a bottle of chocolate milk in the other, neighter one yet touched. She looks from one area of the gym to the other, her eyes slightly narrowed as she thinks. The past few days have her feeling rather pensive and it's starting to get to her.

There's the sound of running water coming from one of the shower stalls in the gym. Kon had mentioned he and Robin were going to train in the gym, but clearly the gym was empty. Only the sound of running water, and only in one stall, at that. Odd, that.

Soon there are..sounds that can be heard. The sound of heavy footfalls on wood, howling and whistling wind, muffled and echoing voices come as if from the direction of the shower but with the acoustics, it's impossible to figure out. Definitely from the corner near the shower, though.

That has Cassie immediately curious and she goes to investigate, the fruit and milk set down somewhere, freeing both of her handws for now. She's quiet, Cassie not wanting to get in over her head in case something bad is going on. Padding quietly over, she stops just before where the bank of showers can be found and peeks around the corner. Best case scenerio - she'll be able to spy on the guys if they are in there. Worst case - someone who isn't supposed to be here is in there instead.

The Shower is steamy, and voices that sound very much like Con and Tim can be heard but also can be heard are...whispers...wait, not whispers..is there moaning coming from the showers?

And then there's the sound of wood squeaking, and... yes, that was definitely the sound of moaning. And ... was that a thumping sound?

This is... odd. And curious-making. Definitely curious making. Forgetting to remain hidden, she goes to investigate more fully, the noises getting Cassie to blush a bit as well as have to stifle a moan of her own. Great Hera, what the hell is going on!? And..more moaning..and definitely more thumping...holy cow, was that a GRUNT?

And then comes a crashing sound, and a scream of "OH GOD, NOOOO!". Oh that was definitely Kon-El's scream... although oddly, that screaming came from behind Cassie.

And bursting out of the closet from behind Cassie, is Kon-El, with Robin behind him. "NO! That's not what it sounds like!"

Robin is thwapping Kon behind the head like an Italian Grandmother, "What the hell did you record you twisted little monkey?!"

"What that..." Cassie wheels around and then screams, the boys scaring her to death. It takes her a moment to recover, that time reducing her to tears. They honestly scared her. "Don't DO that!"

Trying to fend off the hitting, Kon-El grabs Cassie, maneuvering to use her as a shield against Tim's hitting. "It wasn't us!" he exclaims. If Cassie could look behind Tim towards the closet, she might see what looked like a wireless mini-electronic system playing -something-.

Robin holds off, "Kon? Kon..KON!" he ends up having to shout, to get Superboy's attention - "It's no fun if you make your girlfriend cry, okay?" he points out gently, "You okay, Cass?" he asks, concerned.

There's laughter. Yes, Cassie's laughing! Those tears? So faaaaaake. She lets herself be grabbed by Kon while smiling at Tim, her eyes no longer misty. "Jerks. Turn that thing off before Nightwing hears it!" And Kon? He'll get an elbow to the gut even though Cassie knows it won't hurt him if he doesn't stop her or block it. "You both are evil!"

Okay, so Kon didn't really -think- about how Cassie was crying until Tim mentioned it, so the poor guy could only wrap arms around her to comfort her, at least until she starts laughing, upon which he immediately lets go, taking a step back just enough to instinctively block the elbow to the gut. "Awwww man," Kon groans. "You knew? What gave us away?"

Behind Kon, the shower was still running, the moaning and grunting only increase in tempo.

Robin doesn't say anything, but goes to turn it off muttering, "I dunno..maybe the gay porn you recorded instead of the haunted house you said you got?"

Cassie's trying not to laugh. She really is. But between Tim's sulking and Kon having to dodge an elbow it is just too humorous and she giggles some more. "What the hell were you trying to do? Get me to think you two were..." She leaves it at that.

"No!" explodes Kon. "It was supposed to be a haunted house recording so that you would think the gym was haunted! I even left the recorder on overnight in one of those old buildings downtown."

Robin turns beet red, "No. No. Nonononononono. Not that there's anything with that, well except the downtown part. Where all the bums hang out." "Uhm..." She would explain but just refrains. Tim can if he wishes but Cassie? She'll stay out of this now. "So outside of being horribly mean to me, what have you been up to?" While waiting for their answers she goes to get her snack and drink.

Kon remains speechless for a moment, before he slaps his head. "D'oh! I knew I should've recorded it in Smallville," he says, as he tilts his head, listens, and then turns around and goes into the shower stall to turn off the water. While in there, he shouts, "Oh, I was in Metropolis, screwing with the Big Bad Bat's Keep Metas away from the public plan."

Robin blinks, "Kon..why do I have the feeling that said Bat is going to be asking ME about your shenanigans?"

"Oh no. Do not even mess with anything Batman is doing," Cassie wails before reutnring, her expression aghast! "Seriously! We already have a lot to answer for, in our mentors' opinion. Do you want to bring Tim more trouble?" Sighing, she looks at Superboy and then Robin. "We really need to train him better, don't we," she says softly, sounding like she's talking about getting Superboy to behave better the same way she's thinking about training Krypto.

Robin shrugs, "Doesn't matter, I imagine I'll get lectured by Batman no matter what I do or don't do." he smiles.

"Pffft. If I don't tell you anything, then you have plausible deniability, right?" says Kon. "Besides, I think this whole idea of keeping metas cooped up is just bigotry. What's he going to do, keep everyone hidden from the world?"

The Boy of Steel steps up next to Cassie, reaching for her drink. "Hey, stop treating me like Krypto, Cassie. I'm telling you, that dog's better behaved than you think. Oh yeah, I figured out why he was acting so weird around that guy, too."

Robin finds a place to sit near the two and does so, seemingly more comfortable now that the bus to Yaoiville has been pulled over "What's that, Kon?" he asks.

Cassie smiles while letting Kon take the chocolate milk, she instead taking a nibble out of the pear that got brought with her. "You're right. Krypto is better behaved than you are," she jokes, the jest having a feel of old times to it. She bumps shoulders with Tim after that. "You, me and Kon need to go out." Robin smirks at Cassie, "And what are we going to do, besides ignore the fact I'd be the third wheel all night?"

"Woof," grumps Kon-El as he takes a swig, before handing the milk back to Cassie, seemingly more relaxed with the gang back together. And then he proceeds to bump her face with his nose, sniffing, before settling back down and looking over at Tim. "How about a foursome? Bring Steph."

Robin nods, "Well now that she's out of the coma and training again, then I probably will." he says, thinking about it.

The nuzzling and sniffing has Cassie grinning and... wait. She's blushing a bit, too. "Stop that," she giggles, the chiding ruined thanks to the slight laugh in her voice. "And no pressuring Tim about Stephanie." Looking at Tim, she gives him an 'I got your back still' wink. "I think it would be fun."

"... so you -do- agree about bringing Stephanie," replies Kon with a grin. "I'll try n' keep Kara out of your hair. Just don't go with her anywhere without someone to make sure there's any misunderstandings, you know?"

Robin hmms, "Well, Stephanie and I just agreed to give it a shot. It's a big decision, given we've barely talked in the past year." a pause, "Yeah, I have to talk to her." he says, with all the relish one might save for a trip to the dentist.

Cassie grins. "Tim won't let me talk to her," that being kind of a no duh as Cassie showed an utter lack of tact where that all went. Just ask Tim. He was a witness. "So... we should do something kind of simple. Nothing that screams 'DATE!', you know. Casual. Maybe some sightseeing and a movie. Pizza." She looks at Kon. "And no wearing your costume." Robin blinks, "Wait." he says, deadpan, "He's got other clothes besides his costume? Where??"

"Already talked to her," says Kon as he reaches for Cassie's pear. Share, share! "Mostly because she told me. In superspeed."

The fruit is shared now, held out for Kon so he can take a bite. "Yes, he does Time," Cassie says with a smirk. "You should see him in jeans." Because Kon's totally hot in denim!

Robin smirks, "What did she say, man?" he asks, curious. "If we were to be believed earlier, I've seen him in more than just jeans." he points out. Well, you get the point.

Well hell, if Cassie's just going to hold the pear up for him, Kon will just take a bite out of without having to hold the pear.