Retirement - Chapter 6: Moment
He had only been gone for one day, and she already missed him.
Raven sat on her bed looking back and forth between her book and her communicator.
She sighed, putting the book down and stared at her communicator, Beast Boy took his with him when he left the team knew that now.
Raven's emotions told her to call the green teen as soon as possible, so here she sat, thinking of what she could possibly say to him.
Her emotions weren't exactly helping at this point, they all had something different to say.
Raven allowed a small smile at the thought despite how it almost irritated her.
Beast Boy affected her so much for some reason.
She couldn't hold back any longer, she picked up her communicator and called Beast Boy.
(...)
Beast Boy brought the axe down on the chopping block, more firewood was the result.
As he put the axe down to collect up the wood he got an incoming call on his communicator.
He raised an eyebrow before picking it up and answering, a strangely shy looking Raven appeared on the screen.
"Hey Raven, what's up?"
She was silent for a moment but soon answered in a soft and quiet tone, "Hey Beast Boy."
Beast Boy shot her a concerned look, "You ok?"
She smiled shyly, "Yeah."
Beast Boy sat down, "You miss me already?"
Raven nodded slowly but didn't speak.
Beast Boy sighed, "Look Raven…"
"Call me Rae."
Beast Boy did a double take, "Huh? But I thought you hated that name."
Raven avoided eye contact, "It's grown on me."
Beast Boy continued hesitantly, "Uh look, Rae…"
Raven managed to look him in the eye this time, "Beast Boy, can I ask you a question?"
Beast Boy slowly nodded, "Uh sure, I guess."
Raven took a breath, "What's your name?"
Beast Boy let the question sink in for a moment, "My name?"
Raven nodded.
Beast Boy sighed, "My name is Garfield, full name Garfield Mark Logan…"
Raven took a moment to think about the new information, "It's a nice name…"
(...)
It had been an hour and a half, that's how long she had been talking to him.
She hadn't noticed, nor would she really care, she was actually learning a lot about him, now that he was … Retired.
At some point she figured he deserved to know about her too, so she told him about herself too, it didn't take long at all for her to realise that they actually had a lot in common.
She wondered why they hadn't gotten along earlier before the 'Beast Incident'.
But it seemed that as he wandered further away, they became closer friends.
Part of her hoped, that maybe, just maybe, it could be more than friendship.