"Yo BB you ok?" Cyborg asked as the Titans were making their way back to the tower after a long night of fighting.
"Huh? Oh—uh yeah I'm fine" Beast Boy answered. In all honesty, the green teen had been a bit preoccupied lately. Instead of daydreaming about video games and tofu, he had become quite fond of everyone's favorite boy wonder: Robin.
But how could he ever like me? He thought to himself. Through his time in the Doom Patrol and with the Teen Titans, Beast Boy just sorta got used to being that dorky little kid who always needed someone watching out for him.
Now, the team was settling back in and just trying to relax a little. Raven grabbed one of her seemingly endless supply of creepy old books and sat off in the corner. Starfire was playing paging through a magazine she found at the mall and giggling at a bunch of articles and gossip she didn't understand in the slightest. Cyborg decided to it was high time he got to polish his T Car and of course, Robin was in his own little world looking through his laptop. Looking for leads on cases, for people to save and bad guys to fight…Typical Robin.
Beast Boy however seemed to just be lingering around; trying to steal glances of Robin when he could. He strolled into the kitchen and mindlessly got some food to eat. He wasn't even hungry.
Ok, come on Beast Boy. Robin and you are friends…he'll probably be really flattered or something. He thought to himself. Gosh I'm a dweeb, why can't I just talk to him!?
Raven raised her eyebrows and looked over at him and Beast Boy hoped she hadn't caught that. It's not like she didn't know of course. Since the very beginning, Beast Boy always had some sort of crush on Robin. Back then she thought it was what Starfire might call "cute," but now it just worried her a bit. She really did have Beast Boy's best interests in mind, and she just hoped that he would be able to suck it up and just talk with Robin about it.
"Well, I think that I will be going to get rest," Starfire broke the long silence with a yawn. Raven clapped her book shut; just finished, and followed silently behind the alien teen. She paused for just a moment to look at Beast Boy and give him a long look before exiting through the door.
"Nite," Beast Boy and Robin said in odd unison. Both of their minds were somewhere else.
Now it was just the two of them. One was obliviously working on his laptop and the other was awkwardly sitting there, trying to think of something to say. This is your chance! No wonder everybody thinks you're some little kid; you don't even have the guts to tell Robin that you like him!
"Ahh…" Robin yawned. "Hey Beast Boy I think I'm gonna call it a night he said as he shut his laptop and rubbed his eyes. He got up and started walking towards his room.
"Wait!" Beast Boy yelled a little too loudly. Robin froze and turned around. Ready for trouble.
"What's wrong Beast Boy?" Robin asked as he mentally prepared himself for what was coming next.
Gosh it's cute when he's like that, all superhero-y. Beast Boy blushed.
"Oh—er it's nothing. I um…" His voice trailed off and Beast Boy felt like turning into some little turtle and hiding away in his shell from the embarrassment. Robin looked at him for a minute and shrugged.
"Okay, well I guess if everything's alright," Robin said. Once again, he turned around and made for the door.
Beast Boy started to say goodnight, but his voice was too shaky so it just came out as some odd squeak. Robin was gone and Beast Boy let out a big sigh and flopped back on the couch.
"Stupid, stupid, STUPID!" He yelled at himself. The opportunity was there and he missed it. Beast Boy wasn't exactly expecting anything out of telling the boy wonder, he just wanted to get it off his back. What was wrong with him? No one else seemed to have difficulty with relationships.
And Beast Boy didn't think he did either. I mean seriously, it wasn't this hard with Terra…just man up and do it. But with Terra it was a bit different. That was before he realized that he was into guys. Maybe it's different this time. Maybe since I legitimately like Robin, it'll be harder. And of course what Beast Boy needed now was for things to be harder than they already were.