I used a random word generator for each word. Here we go!
Okay, this one was almost too easy. The word generator seems to be on theme...
Animalistic
She should have seen something like this coming. Honestly, she wasn't sure why she didn't expect it in the first place.
When Beast Boy felt overly threatened, he ran. When he felt he could take on whatever threat was posed, he fought. Fight or Flight. Simple enough. He growled whenever he was angry, purred when he was pet, and stretched exactly like a cat. He had hissed, nibbled, cawed, pawed and even shook himself dry at her and she was unfazed. What made this so shocking?
Raven had sat cross-legged at the end of the couch, her nose mere inches from the pages of her latest book. She was nearing the end of the book and the final battle was taking place. Her eyes darted across the page hungrily, eating up sentences and paragraphs quickly and ravenously. This was the best book she had read in a while and she had to know the conclusion.
As he swung his sword in a downward arch at the monster's head—
Suddenly, she felt someone tap her shoulder. She raised her eyes over the book, but didn't turn around. She didn't have to to know the only person who would dare bother her at the end of her book.
"Beast Boy," she said in an irritated monotone. He was peeking at her over the couch arm in a second.
"Hey, Rae?" His eyes were wide and they gleamed at her.
"Raven."
"Oh, right. Hey, Raven?" She sighed and placed her fabric bookmark carefully in the book. This wouldn't be over anytime soon. When her book was safely on the table, she turned to face the green boy again.
"What is it, Beast Boy?" His grin grew.
"Will you do something with me?"
"…like?"
"I dunno… play with me?" She stared at him, a little bit amused, a little bit annoyed and a lot confused.
"Um… what?"
"Well, Robin obviously won't, Cyborg will laugh at me, and Starfire went to the mall." He rested his chin on his arms, which were propped up on the armrest. He paused, staring at her for a moment before adverting his eyes.
"Yeah, I've never asked you so I wasn't sure how you'd react. I guess it's kind of a stupid question, right?" He chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his neck. A few quick blinks brought Raven out of her shock.
"I—…sure?" Beast Boy's eyes shot back to hers and the glittering of his emerald eyes returned.
"Really?!"
"I guess I just wasn't really expecting that. I suppose its something that you would need, and I know how you all work around my issues to help me." She gave him the tiniest smile which only brightened the green boy's face more.
"So, what do I have to—" Raven paused mid sentence and stared at the changeling. He cocked his head to the side questioningly.
"Yeah, Rae?"
"Beast Boy, are you 'wagging'?" He immediately froze and stared her in the eye.
"Uh…"
"You… you don't have a tail but…" Beast Boy's face reddened.
"It just sorta… happens when I get excited…" He looked away, his face now a brownish color because of his skin. Raven shook her head with mild amusement.
"I— never mind. Just go get a rubber ball for me to throw you or something and meet me outside." The empath stood up and made for the door.
"Hey… Raven?" her teammate called after her. She turned slightly.
"Yes?"
"You won't… tell Cyborg or anyone about that, right?" She smiled again.
"No, Beast Boy. I won't." She walked out of the room. Beast Boy sighed with relief. This had been one of the most weird and embarrassing moment he had had in a while.
Thank goodness Raven had never seen him use the bathroom. She would have been really shocked by that.
There's a ton of speculation that Raven would be shocked by Beast Boy purring. But I feel like that would happen a lot, but wagging (his tail...?) seems like it would be something he would try to hide more.
And yes, I went there at the end. I don't really know why and it was probably a stupid idea.
Anyway, Laterade!
