A/N: Hi! AirGirl Phantom here! This is my very first TT fic. So it might suck. But as soon as I saw the lyrics of the song "Wish For You" by Faith Hill, I thought of BB and Raven. So this is just a short little songfic about them! BTW, the song lyrics are in between page breaks to make it easier to read. Enjoy!
"Ahh…" sighed a certain green teen. "Another day, another chance to pull pranks, whoop metal butt, and make an attempt at cheering up Rae!" He said cheerfully as he walked through the halls of the Tower. But at the last mention, Beast Boy frowned slightly. He couldn't ever manage to succeed at that.
Passing through the doors to the main room, Beast Boy noticed that everyone had already eaten breakfast, it seemed, because he couldn't see anyone. He took a look at the clock. It was past noon already.
Oh well, I might as well have some lunch, he thought nonchalantly. When he walked into the kitchen, he noticed that Raven was there, boiling a pot of water while reading a book.
"Hey Raven," Beast Boy greeted her. She looked up at him for a mere second.
"Hi," Raven said with a slight undertone of disappointment in her voice. She was clearly not too happy to see Beast Boy at the moment.
The aforementioned shape-shifter sighed as he retrieved tofu and some bread from their respective places to make a sandwich. He was slightly troubled. It was there again: that slightly helpless, lonely look in Raven's eyes. He'd seen it before. Was that what the empath really felt like? Alone, and depressed maybe? Beast Boy didn't like that idea.
A setting sun that paints a tie-dyed sky
A feather bed, an ancient lullaby
A kiss goodnight from one whose love is true
That's the kind of day I wish for you…
Raven deserved so much more than what she had; she was such a good-hearted person. But all it seems she gets is a truckload of misery, Beast Boy thought, putting some tofu onto a slice of bread as the kettle began to whistle.
Raven used her powers to pour the scalding water into a mug and to put a tea bag into it so that she could continue reading. Beast Boy placed his sandwich onto a paper plate and brought it to the table to eat. Surprisingly, Raven decided to sit at the table too, though she sat as far away from the other Titan as possible.
A field of flowers dancing in the spring
A little creek, a tree, an old rope swing
Cotton candy clouds against the blue
That's the kind of day I wish for you…
Beast Boy took a bite of his tofu sandwich and, in the corner of his eye, saw Raven's eye twitch.
So she is aware of her surroundings when she reads… Beast Boy had previously believed that the Tower could explode around her and she still wouldn't notice while immersed in a book. But it seemed that Raven could even pick up the (apparently) acrid smell of tofu from across the table…
Beast Boy then began to wonder what exactly was so captivating about the books Raven read. He was sure that they weren't comic books, or fairy tales with castles and dragons.
Except for one… Beast Boy thought bitterly, remembering Malchior.
First love with all its storm
Raging like fire within
Tossing your heart to chance
You swear the dance will never end…
When he first met her, Beast Boy had thought of Raven as very resilient. She was absolutely imperturbable and impenetrable. He hadassumed she had a strong composure on the inside, as well.
He had soon suspected he was wrong, and his uncertainties were proved correct after the incident with Malchior. The dragon had infiltrated her inner self when she thought no one else could understand her. He breached the iron wall around her and got to know the real Raven. But of course it was all a façade.
After Malchior betrayed her, Raven was broken. She had been torn apart from the inside out. This left her vulnerable, and helpless…
But then it does and someone says goodbye
And after all those empty nights you cried
The morning that you wake up good as new
That's the kind of day I wish for you…
But Beast Boy had been there for her. He helped her through it; he offered his support. And she took it… Until she was composed enough to rebuild her thick walls.
As Raven took a sip of tea, Beast Boy came to a conclusion: all she really needed was someone to be there for her. She needed to know that she wasn't alone. She needed a friend who she wouldn't turn her back on. And Beast Boy wanted to be that person…
The faith of knowing deep inside your heart
That heaven holds more than just some stars
Someone's up there watching over you
That's the kind of day I wish for you…
A/N: Hope ya liked it! Please review, and tell me what I did well, what I could do better, and what just plain sucked! Thanks!