Rockgod is back with the next chapter of this story! This took a lot longer than I wanted it to, but I've been so busy with work. Anyway, enough announcements. On with the story.
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Beast Boy had to admit it: He was now obsessed with his new hobby: watching Breaking Bad. He had only seen the first season – which only spanned seven episodes – but he could already tell that this series was going to be something spectacular.
He actually had a few mixed feelings about the first season, but thought it got so much better by the end. At the end of the season, Walter and Jesse struck a deal with Albuquerque's drug kingpin, Tuco. It seemed like the start of a long and friendly relationship between them, but things got very unnerving when Tuco murdered one of his own thugs in front of him. Beast Boy couldn't believe this. This would have been like if Slade murdered Terra right in front of the Titans for some petty reason.
Whatever the case, BB had to know what happened next. He thought he was only going to watch a few episodes and stop there, but he knew that he couldn't stop after seeing an ending like that. He needed to know what happened next.
He kept trying to get Cyborg off the GameStation so he could continue watching, but his half robot friend refused to budge.
Finally, when it was night, Beast Boy gave up. He figured he'd just go back downstairs and continue watching after everyone else went to sleep, but by about 10:30 PM, he was too tired to watch and decided to go to bed, deciding he would continue in the morning.
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"Beast Boy, you're getting very carried away with this."
Robin's words rang loudly in Beast Boy's pointy green ears. He was annoyed that the other Titans thought his new interest was weird and he just wished they would leave him alone.
"Dude, I like this show! Why do you not want me to watch it?"
"Because it's so violent and gritty! That's not like us at all! When have you or I or any of us liked movies that were so violent or gritty like this?"
"Raven does."
"Raven's not into violence. Just horror and gothic stuff. She wouldn't care for this."
"Whatever, dude. I don't care what Raven thinks. She's never approved of anything I like. She hates me."
"Oooooh, I think you need to take that back, man," Robin said as he started walking away.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Take a hint and figure it out, BB," Robin said, leaving the room.
Beast Boy scoffed at that. He then turned around and returned to watching his new favorite show.
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Raven was in her bedroom, meditating. This wasn't unusual for her to do, but WHY she was meditating was.
Beast Boy had been on her mind the last day or two and she could not figure out why.
Actually, she could figure out why. She just didn't know why it was bothering her.
Since the previous morning, he had not spoken a single word to her, being too focused on watching his new TV show to even acknowledge her presence. Now, one would think that this would be something Raven liked, since Beast Boy had annoyed her quite a bit. He tried telling her jokes every morning, he tried to make her smile, he tried to make her laugh, and this always resulted in Raven being annoyed by him, followed by shouting and insulting the poor helpless beast, and if she was really pissed off, she'd chuck him right out the window.
So, to any person who was used to seeing this, Raven should be thrilled that he was now leaving her alone and giving her all the space and silence she could ever want.
But Raven was still not happy.
In fact, she felt more annoyed by Beast Boy ignoring her than she ever felt when he was trying to make her laugh, and that includes the time he tried forcing her mouth into a smile.
It didn't make sense to her, either. She did not know why she was feeling such anger right now, just that she was. She needed answers.
She called up her mirror to speak to her emotions in Nevermore. Upon her arrival, she received a cheerful greeting from her pink-cloaked emotion, Happy.
"Hey, Rae-Rae! Haven't seen you here in a long time!"
"Oh, just shut up already!" Raven snapped back. Happy seemed a little sad from that, but quickly went back to her normal self.
Raven of course, went immediately for her yellow-cloaked version, which was the source of all of her knowledge. If anyone could say what she was feeling and what she could do about it, it was her.
She arrived to Knowledge, but several other of her emotions were there as well. Rage was up, too, though still kept in her cage to make sure that she never got out of control. There were even two emotions that Raven did not recognize. One had a long purple dress on and looked somehow even happier than Happy. The other one disgusted Raven. She had on a white suit that was very tight and revealing.
"OK," she snapped at Knowledge. "I demand to know several things. First off, who are THEY?!"
The purple-cloaked Raven stepped forward. "My name is Love," she said.
"Love?" Raven scoffed. "Who would I be in love with and why?!"
"You should already know that," Knowledge said in a very "duh" sort of voice. "You are in love with Beast Boy."
"WHAT?! Why would be in love with Beast Boy?! He is so obnoxious and loud and he makes jokes that are not funny and he is so-"
"Thoughtful and loving," said Timid, the gray-cloaked emotion who always looked sad. "He has always been there for us when we needed him. Remember Adonis?"
Raven paused. "That…That…That was just a fluke," she said. "He…didn't know what he was doing and turned into an animal and then he…he…"
"Fought to protect us from harm."
"OK, so that was ONE thing that he did for me. Uh, us," she quickly corrected herself. "But aside from that, why would I have any reason to-"
"He spends time just trying to make us happy," Love said in a very dreamy voice. "He knows how rough life has been to you and wants to be a factor so redeeming that you'd finally have some reason to laugh and smile."
Raven paused there. Love was right. Despite how annoying it could get, Raven never wanted him to stop trying to pester her with lame jokes and puns, and this was why. The lengths that Beast Boy would go to just to see her smile flattered Raven. They made her feel like there was someone who really loved her. Someone who truly cared about her. And he was the only one who ever went out of his way to try to make Raven feel like this. Sure, Robin felt like her long-lost twin brother, and Cyborg and Starfire were great friends who were close to her and understood her deeply, but Beast Boy? He was something truly special. At this point, Raven wouldn't be surprised if they were meant to be together.
Sighing, she admitted, "OK, I'm in love with Beast Boy. I don't want to admit that, but it is true. But…I…still can't…"
"Can't what?" Love asked.
"How can I tell him, much less show happiness around him without possibly causing Jump City to blow up? You know how my powers are connected to you guys. If I feel too much, I can destroy the world. And on top of that-"
"Will he return our love?" Timid asked quietly. "After all the abuse we gave him, does he still love us? You saw how he's been avoiding us lately? Is this his way of saying he doesn't want to be around us anymore?"
"Exactly!" Raven said. She was about to say that it was like she could read her mind, but then she remembered that this was because she was in her mind.
"Raven," Knowledge said to her, "You've shown happiness around Beast Boy and the other Titans and nothing has happened. If you tell Beast Boy, you won't-"
"But that's not all!" Raven interrupted. "You see, I didn't start thinking this until recently, but…well, you see…um…I…don't…really wanna talk about this, but, I sort of…want to…"
"Fuck him?" A sly voice from behind her interjected.
Raven turned around in shock to the white cloaked emotion she didn't recognize.
"And who are you?"
"The name's Lust," the emotion said.
Raven's mouth fell open in shock. "I do not feel lust for Beast Boy!" She shouted.
"Oh, but you do, honey. Remember this morning how you were starring at his hot butt as he leaned over to pick up his gamestation remote?"
Raven blushed. She hoped no one else noticed her doing that. Well, no one outside her head did, at least. Visibly flustered, she asked, "And I suppose you were the one who wanted me to slap his butt and tear his pants off there?"
"No, that was me," came the voice of Brave, Raven's green-cloaked emotion who was the reason behind Raven's courage to fight battles and occasionally do risqué things.
Raven sighed. "What? You wanted me to strip him nude in front of the other Titans?"
"No," Brave said defensively. "I just thought you should lure him into your room and then from there, you would-"
"-Tear his clothes off and fuck yourself on his nice, hard juicy cock," Lust said seductively.
"ALL RIGHT! ENOUGH!" Raven shouted, clearly disgusted from Lust and Brave's choices of words and actions. "You two were clearly made for each other." She turned back to Knowledge. "OK, so I love Beast Boy." She paused. "To the point that I want to fuck him," she muttered under her breath. "But that still leaves one more question. The reason why I've felt so angry towards him is because-"
"BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WATCHING THAT DAMN TV INSTEAD OF TALKING TO US!" Came the loud, booming voice of Rage, Raven's red-cloaked emotion, still trying to break free of the cage she was trapped in. "WHEN HAVE WE MEANT SO LITTLE TO HIM?! YOU GRAB HIM BY HIS THROAT AND DEMAND THAT HE TURN OFF HIS TV AND SHOW SOME LOVE TOWARDS US!"
"All right, Rage, that's enough," Knowledge said. "You better calm down, or you know what's going to happen to you if you don't." Still very angry, Rage sat down and remained silent. "OK, Raven, does that clear things up for you?"
"Yes," she replied. "I understand now. I am upset because now that I realize I love Beast Boy, he's ignoring me now and I want it to it to stop. Although I want to know, when did I start loving him. I've known him for almost a decade now and I don't remember feeling like I loved him until recently."
"You always have, Raven, it's just grown stronger every year and now your love has become its' own emotion. I remember how jealous you felt when Terra came into the picture." Raven cringed at the mention of that name. "Now your lust is very recent."
"Yeah, I figured that out," Raven said, still in disbelief that she feels that much towards Beast Boy, even though the proof of it was standing in front of her. "So, how do I get him to pay attention to me now?"
"Well, clearly, he's into watching Breaking Bad now. I suggest you let him finish watching it and then make your move on him."
"And by make my move, you mean-"
"Tell him how you feel, and be honest with him, Raven. More than ever, that's most important."
"But I should wait for him to finish watching Breaking Bad? But he's-"
"About halfway through the second season. Ah, yes. Slightly more than half. He's watching 4 Days Out now. After that, there's just three more seasons. At the rate he's watching them now, he should be done with the show by the end of the week."
Raven groaned. She didn't want to wait that long for him to get finished. But she sighed and said, "Alright. I'll wait for him. He would probably do the same for me."
"That's right." And with that, Raven left Nevermore and returned to her room.
Raven felt slightly nervous, but that quickly dissipated and was replaced with her anger at being ignored.
"All right, Garfield Logan," she snarled to herself. "I am going to make you look at me and you ARE going to tell me some jokes, and they WILL be good this time! And then after that, I will MAKE you mine and you will NEVER watch that stupid TV again!" Then she stopped, realizing what she was saying. This was clearly a combination of Lust and Rage talking. "I did not think I would ever talk like that," Raven said, a bit worried. The worry quickly went away and was replaced by her usual monotone expression.
However she felt, she knew that she had a mission. And she'd be damned if it failed.
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That's the end of Chapter 2. Please leave reviews and tell me how I did! But once again, no hate or flames, please! Constructive criticism more than welcome!
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Hopefully the next chapter will be soon, but once again, I will have to fit it into my work schedule! Until then, hope you enjoy the story that exists so far!
