He sighed as he dropped the remote on the couch. Beastboy had had enough TV. There just wasn't anything new on. There was nothing new going on around him, and lately he really realized that. He had fallen into a routine for too long, it was beginning to take its tole. Beastboy was depressed with the things around him. They just weren't the same.
First: Cyborg.
Beastboy stood in front of the car, in the Titan's garage. "Come on, Cy!"
"Sorry man, I got stuff to do, maybe later." Cyborg started the engine of his car. Beastboy sadly backed away. Cyborg didn't want to play video games anymore.
But Cyborg was just growing up, and Beastboy wasn't. Beastboy was sixteen.
He thought about asking Cyborg to play- if he was home- but he knew Cyborg would be busy.
He walked the halls until he came to Raven's room. Beastboy had recently pursued a relationship with Raven. Actually more of a friendship, but Beastboy knew he was aiming for a relationship. He knocked four times. That was his knock.
The door swished open. Beastboy came in without being asked and sat on the bed, slumped over.
"Whats up?" Raven asked with interest. It wasn't everyday Beastboy acted like this.
"You wanna do something?" Beastboy suggested, looking at the floor.
"What do do you wanna do?"
"I don't know, I just wanna get out. I'm getting a little stir crazy, you know?" He looked up at her.
"No." She replied monotonously. She sat down beside him. "But if you want to get out, then lets go to the park." Raven said. She didn't really want to go, but she had nothing better to do and she hated seeing him this way. She really had begun to care for him lately. They were becoming close. Raven thought it was because he was aging, gaining wisdom and maturity. Maybe it was her, though. She slept a little easier each night, she she was just a little less withdrawn from activities with her friends, and she had things to contribute to conversations that weren't negative.
Beastboy was nodding his head. "Yeah- Yeah that sounds good. Lets go to the park."
"Okay." She said, and smiled just a little bit. She watched him out her door then followed and closed it behind her. "Lets go."
At the park, however, Beastboy wasn't happy. He was feeling that kind of depression you get on a weekend when the sky is gray and you get that numb feeling like all you want to do is sleep. He was on the swing when Raven decided she needed to talk to him.
"Beastboy?" She sat on a swing next to him. He didn't look at her. He just let his legs hang and sway slightly with the momentum he was loosing.
"You wanna go get ice cream or something?" he had false enthusiasm in his voice, but to Raven it sounded like sadness.
"You don't sound normal. Is there something wrong?" He was staring at the ground in a daze. Raven tried to read his eyes, see what he was seeing- what he wash thinking. Nothing. Nothing but cold, dry, nothing.
"I want to go home now. I'm tired."
"You sure? We could go to the beach, or-"
"I just want to go to sleep." He said in an almost cranky tone of voice.
"Okay." Raven said barely audibly. She got up and took Beastboy's hand. He automatically stood up and walked beside her back to the tower.
They were on the roof.
"See you in the morning, Raven." Beastboy said sadly. He didn't let go of her hand, but he didn't hold on. When he walked forward, it fell to his side. Raven let go. He looked behind himself. Raven was gone. He thought little of it and went into a deep sleep. He was seventeen.