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Intrigue

(violence, mild adult themes, strong language)

exquis

Summary - There were never many things that interested her in life. But when something did catch her attention, you'd better believe that she'd find out every little detail about it, even if it killed her. In this situation, it probably would. Or maybe just cause her a lot of trouble.

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There were sometimes situations where her control would slip away and she'd do something she'd ultimately regret.

As she stare at the green boy she knew that this would turn into one of those situations. She was crouched behind the couch, her breathing silent and her eyes narrowed as she study her team mate. He sat in the corner of the room, curled into a ball. She watch as his whole body shook, frowning at the small whimpers that sounded from the changeling. She didn't move to help him, staying behind and watching curiously as the changeling experienced...something. She wonder if he were struggling, fighting an internal battle with his inner demon. She'd been in that situation more than once, and had sometimes not come out the victor. Or maybe it was a battle of dominance, and he was fighting to gain control of his beast before the animal got out of control once more.

Or maybe she was overthinking things, and the boy had only had a bad dream and was still a bit shaken up about it. It wouldn't be the first time that had happened.

Still though, she sat and watch.

The past week had been...strange, was the best way to describe it. It'd been shocking, to say the least, when the runt in their group had shown them just how much of an absolute beast he could be. Ever since then, she couldn't help but wonder about the green eyed boy that she'd avoided at all costs in the past. She couldn't help but be curious about what he'd been thinking since then, and how he was coping with learning about the monster that lived inside of him.

There were so many questions she wanted him to answer. How did he fight the urge to give into the beast? To give in to his instincts? He hadn't turned since that one time, which the other members of their team were quite thankful for. It was a challenge to get him to see reason then, and the others weren't ready to face that again any time soon.

Then there was the question of how he felt now that he knew he was a monster, or at least had one inside of him. The question was somewhat harsh, but necessary if she had any hope of getting an understanding of the changeling's situation.

She wanted answers more than anything, yet she could never bring herself to ask the questions. It didn't seem right, asking him things as personal as that when they were barely friends. She consider him a friend of course. She consider all of her team mates friends. However, with the others she was always certain that the feelings were mutual. Beast Boy was a whole other story, and she wouldn't be surprised if he genuinely hated her.

She'd teased him a lot in the past, never considering if she really hurt his feelings or not. He was always too short, although now he tower over her small frame. His jokes were never funny, although recently he'd stopped telling them. He was loud, obnoxious, and annoying, but now a days he was quiet and kept to himself.

Come to think of it, there wasn't much she could pick at him about now. She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

He probably didn't like her at all, and that was perfectly fine with her. If he hate her, she'd brought it upon herself. She wouldn't blame him if he never wanted to talk to her at all.

She'd still consider him a friend even if that was the case.

Raven sigh softly, just about to come out from her hiding position and see what was wrong with Beast Boy. She froze though, blinking as the boy suddenly sat completely still and as quiet as a feather hitting the carpet. Her heart beat violently in her chest as she held her breath.

Then he look up, directly at the spot she'd hidden herself behind. There was no possible way he could see her. It was almost pitch black in the room, and the only person who should be able to see anything was Raven herself. Still though, Beast Boy stare at the spot with curiosity swirling around him. He tilt his head to the side, his brows knit together. He look confused, as if he were trying to figure out the most complicated of puzzles.

Raven raise a brow at him, her eyes widening when she notice his eyes. Instead of the usual dark green color she'd gotten used to, they were now black, a dark coal black that sent a shiver up her spine. It wasn't of fear, more of...shock? She didn't know. She definately wasn't afraid though. At least, not for her own well being.

It didn't last for long. He stay like that for five minutes at the most before he slowly lean his head back against the wall and close his eyes. Then he just lay there, breathing softly.

She frown, her hands clinching into fists as she slowly crawl her way over to him. He didn't move, and she was shocked when she heard the soft snores emanating from him. Had he really fallen asleep?

She was puzzled, which was unusual for her. She couldn't fully wrap her head around what had just happened, and it irked her to no end. She wasn't used to being in the dark about a situation. She used to be ten steps ahead of everyone else, and now she felt as if she were twenty steps behind.

Staring down at her green haired friend, she narrow her eyes at him. She didn't know what was going on with Beast Boy, but she inteded to find out.

Even if it killed her.

...edn

author's note:

so I PMed the writer Dorkles (Formally known as Khyuu) and asked her if she ever plan on completing her Teen Titans fanfiction, Those curious ones. It was one of my favorite Teen Titans fanfics, and it saddened me greatly that it only had two chapters released. She said she had no plans on continuing, as she didn't have enough time now a days because of school and work.

So, I asked her if she'd allow me to take the plot off her hands and create my own story for it. She wasn't willing at first, but after I show her a rough draft of what I'd planned on doing with it, she was more than agreeable!

This isn't the first chapter. The first chapter should be up by the 20th. I guess you could call this a prolouge.

It probably won't be as well written as Dorkles wrote it, but I am trying my best. The tenses may be a little over the place, and there will be grammer errors here and there, but I hope you'll bare with me!

so with that, I hope you all enjoyed this and will enjoy this story.

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