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Over the past few weeks the green changeling had been acting strangely. Beast Boy was normally loud and rambunctious, never missing an opportunity to make a joke. As of late though he's been quiet and avoids eye contact with the other members of the team. This problem was worse when one specific person was around, the team's leader Robin.
After some time and many false starts, Beast Boy finally built up enough courage to enter the Boy Wonder's room. Robin's room was dark, no color graced this space. That's not entirely true but it might as will be. On the walls, there are newspaper clipping of villains they had fought in the past. There was a noticeable amount of one in particular, the very one the dark haired boy in the middle of the room was focused on now.
Robin sat there, turning the mask over and searching for any clue that it could hide. He didn't care that he had examined it a million times over, he still believed that he could discover something from it. The eye slit on the orange metallic half mocked him. It was always taunting him about how close he's gotten but never could catch the man the masked belonged to, Slade. His grip tightens on the object of his obsession.
The creek of the door make Robin jump. He looks over his should to see Beast Boy walk in. His thoughts immediately turns to worry. The only time the other titans interrupted him was when there was an emergency. "Has something happened?"
"Um… Yeah." Beast Boy's dark green eyes don't meet the ones behind the mask as he walked over. He slides on top of the counter Robin was working at. His hands fasten tight on the edge. He noticed the little grooves and dents next to where he sat. Beast Boy assumed that they were made over time when Robin got frustrated and hit the table. He started to think that this might not be a good time to talk to him, after all Robin was concentrating on Slade.
The green skinned boy's action confused Robin. He was expecting him to make a racket about something gone wrong in the city. The metallic mask clanked softly as he sat it down. "What is it?"
Beast Boy rubs his arm and says in a somewhat shaky voice, "Nothing important." He should just go, him bugging Robin would probably just make things worse. Something else told him to at least try. "How's the research going?"
Annoyance flairs up in the black haired youth, didn't he know better to bother him with idle chit chat while he had more important things to do? This cools quickly when he takes into consideration how odd the changeling had been behaving lately. Concern for his friend washed over him. "Nothing so far. Hey are you alright? You seem off lately."
Alarm flashes across Beast Boy's face. "You've noticed? I… I mean, I'm fine." He quickly hid his surprise with his signature smile. It was a little goofy looking with his lower left fang over the upper teeth, but it was cute. He continued on, "We've just been having a lot of cases. Yeah, guess I'm a little bit tired."
"I guess we have. If you're tired you should rest more instead of staying up playing your video games. That still doesn't explain why you've been acting so… well, weird. I can't even remember the last time you looked me in the eyes. In fact this is the first time in a while that we actually had a conversation." Robin head tilts a bit as he says this and places a hand up onto the younger boy's shoulder.
The contact causes Beast Boy to jolt away. Embarrassed, he looks at the ground. After a moment he slides off the counter. He paces a little and mumbles something to soft for Robin to hear. He stops and his face is washed in a slight blush. His pointed ears tilt downward a bit as he starts to speak. "Can you…" slowly, he brings himself to look back up, "keep a secret?"
Robin didn't expect him to ask a question like that. After a quick pause he nods. "Sure, what is it Beast Boy?" Curiosity pricks at him as he folds his arms waiting. Beast Boy starts to feel sick, he knows he probably looks it too. His voice didn't want to work as words got caught in his throat. He ran his hand through his forest green hair. "I'm…not," How can he say it? Should he say it? He didn't want to freak his leader out, but he knew he had to. Taking a deep breath he blurts out, "IthinkI'mgay." It's one long word but at least it was out. He waits, afraid, for Robin's reaction. He waits for a while.
"What?" Robin was stunned. He isn't too sure that what he just heard is what he thought he heard. Panic fully hits as Beast Boy slowly steps back. "I need to go." He turns and sprints for the door, angry at himself for saying anything.
"Wait, Beast Boy!" Quickly, with the agility only he could have, he darts after him. He grabs his wrist, stopping him before they reached the door. He could feel the other boy shaking. He gulps as Beast Boy turns slightly back to him; his face is covered in a deep blush. Robin loosens his grip on him.
A thought comes to they Boy Wonder and he can feel the blood go to his face. He decides to act on it, after all this was the perfect chance. "I, uh… I have secret too. I'm not exactly straight." He could feel a slight smile play on his face while talking. The form shifter steps away. He looks at Robin with suspicion. He feels offended as he growls, "Don't joke Robin. That wasn't an easy thing for me to say, don't make fun of me." The smile vanishes. "I'm not joking, I'm being serious."
Hearing the hurt tone, Beast Boy believed him. A hint of his own smile shows in the corner of his mouth. He checks to make sure that no ones coming and closes the door. He then walks back to Robin. "You mean it?" The reply is a nod and a sentence that shatters Beast Boy's heart. "And there's someone I like."
His hopes gone, he tries to except what he heard. "Right…typical. Cy is second in command and pretty good looking too. Makes sense why you would like him." He knows that he sounds downcast. "I'm not talking about Cyborg. He's my best friend, that would be weird. Besides he's got a thing for Bumblebee."
"Then who?" He furrows his eyebrows. He doesn't let his hopes get up. After all, there are a ton of people the handsome boy could have chosen. A grin forms on Robin's mouth as he steps closer. "Well, he's short, and loud, and a game addict, and funny, and completely green, and has awesomely pointed ears."
Beast Boy wants to smile but he plays along. "Never heard of him." He can't believe that Robin was talking about him. "Personally I'm looking for someone more… how do you say, mysterious?" It's hard for him to keep his excitement down as he triies to keep cool.
"What do you define as mysterious?"
His green eyes narrow and he starts to walk around Robin slowly. Beast Boy looks him over, no longer able to repress his smirk. "Well, first he needs a handsome face, but never really revealed. Oh, and a dark side." He emphasizes dark in a wolf like growl. Unable to take his pacing around, Robin catches him and pulls him close. Their bodies pressed to each other; Beast Boy standing on his toes because Robin pulls his arm up further then what his normal reach is.
"How dark do you want dark to be?" Robin voice was low, causing a shiver to run down Beast Boy's spine. One of his pointed ears twitch as nerves start to return. He takes a step back just as Robin's door opens with a bemused Cyborg standing in the doorway. "Hey guys." Cy says to them as he walks past. He goes over to Robin's computer that has been broken for a few days now. The blue glow from his mechanic parts seem out of place in the dim room.
"We'll catch up later," Beast Boy says softly as he leaves the room.
Robin flops back down in his chair, a happy look on his face. "Hey Cyborg." The half robotic man just gives him a look and rolls his eyes. A knowing grin on his face as he shakes his head and works on the computer.
A/N!: This was fun writing. Made by two people. Crimson knows BB very well, where as I (Wisp) got Robin's part.
Well this new found connection last? Who knows cuz maybe we'll leave it as is. HAHAHAHA
~Wisp