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Icy walked down the hall to her bedroom, carrying her roller blades in one hand and her helmet in the other. She had just been to the park with Ace and Seth and was completely wiped out. A nice nap would perk her up. The weird part was she hadn’t seen Rev all day...funny. He usually greeted her the minute she walked into the door. GPS could be a nifty little thing mixed in with super speed.

Her bedroom door swooshed open and she flung her blades and helmet onto the floor. The door closed behind her and it was completely dark in there now. Icy went to her bed, turning up the AC above the head board a little, then plopped herself down on the mattress.
 But the mattress was boney and it screamed when she fell on it. Screaming herself, fur frizzed on end like a powder puff, she leapt up and to the other end of the room.The mattress moaned. "Oooowww...."
Icy recovered herself and flipped the lights on. Rev was lying stiffly in her bed, frost lying on his feathers and clothes in a thin layer.
Icy's anger rose as her fur went back down. "REV! What are you doing in here?! You trying to scare the living daylights out of me?"
Rev's voice came out in chatters as he shivered. "I-I-I- was g-g-g-going to surprise you b-b-b-but I ended up slipping into you bed from the d-d-d-door to get warm. I d-d-didn’t realize your electric blanket makes it even colder...."
Icy had her hands on her hips, pouting at the roadrunner. "Serves you right." She sighed as she realized he couldn't even move. "Here. I'll help you to your bedroom...."

Icy picked up the light weight bird like a surfboard and carried him out of the room, up a couple op of floors, and then into his own bedroom. She plopped him down on the bed and took a blanket to him to help him get warmed up.
The fox got up a moment and turned the heater on a little bit, then sat back down next to her popsicle of a friend. Icy shook her head as she sat him up straight and rubbed the blanket against his arms.
"What did you think was going to happen? Roadrunners aren’t exactly made for cold weather."
Rev laughed a little. "I dunno. The idea at first was to scare you."
Icy rolled her eyes. "You're such a child at times."
Rev laughed again, feeling his lips become more flexible. "I can't help it! I am a child at heart!"
Icy stayed silent for a moment as she continued to rub him down with the blanket. She flashed back to when he was a kid. A tiny roadrunner with curious, wide green eyes that always looked at the world in the brightest of colors. Real child eyes.
Icy looked up at them now. And realized they hadn't changed. Where as her eyes had become colder. Icier. Glazed over with the frost that kept her alive. That she lived and breathed off of.
Rev noticed she wasn't rubbing as hard and he looked over at her to see she was staring off into his eyes distractedly. He blinked and then tapped her shoulder. "You okay?"
Icy nodded. "Yeah, just....its warm in here."
Rev nodded, understanding completely and took the blanket from her, wrapping it around his shoulders and over his head. "Okay! Go ahead! I'm good! I'll stay here and thaw out."
Icy took a hand to her head and felt he sweat that was starting to bead on it. She was so sick of it. She hated her ice powers. She hated relying on the cold to keep herself alive. She was through! It wasn't going to affect her any longer!
"Rev?"
Rev looked at her funny. "Um...yes?"
Icy leaned up to him and kissed him suddenly. The roadrunner was totally un prepared for it and was knocked onto his back on the bed. Recovering from his shock he closed his eyes and did the same.
Icy's tail flicked back and forth in the air as she pulled him closer to her, her arms wrapped almost all the way behind his back. Rev did the same, pressing her further against him.
But Icy felt her temperature rise.

Swiftly.
Dramatically.
She felt her body turn on an automatic fan cycle that circle through her body, trying to cool her down but just made her feel sick. She was sweating like mad now, her head throbbing and aching as if her brain was trying to explode itself.
Her stomach flipped upside down and Icy released the kiss, thinking she was going to puke any moment. It was like being trapped in an oven, air running out quicker then she could take a breath. Panting out of breath she lay there a moment, averting her eyes from Rev. The roadrunner looked at her with concern. "Ice?"
Icy kept her frosted eyes away from the warm green ones. "I....I have to get back to my room now...." The fox stood quickly and stumbled out of the room. Rev sat up on the foot of his bed as he watched her leave. His features slouched as he heaved a huge sigh. He loved her. He really did...but things were going to have to be so much more complicated now.
And if he really wanted her to stay with him, he would have to fight for it. Because if he didn't then the impossible couldn't be done. He was a roadrunner, a creature of warmth. She was a fox, a creature of sheer cold. If Rev wasn't careful, he could harm her without even realizing it.
Rev took a huge breath, stood up, grabbed his blanket and pillow, and went to spend a night in the walk in fridge in the basement. Practice would make perfect.
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