It wasn't like Beast Boy to sulk. Beast Boy never sulked. He wallowed in pity, he cried openly, but he didn't sulk. Raven could feel the sadness pouring off of him like sweat after a ten mile run. She tried to think of the previous day, about if something could have set him off. Unfortunately, yesterday wasn't anything out of the ordinary, at least as far as the dark sorceress could tell.
So why was the changeling sulking? Raven resolved to find out, lest his emotions affect her abilities. She walked to the green teen, who was sitting on the edge of their couch with a stoic expression that looked almost laughable on the changeling so known for jokes and humor. Raven tapped his shoulder, causing him to jerk away without even looking at her. Narrowing her eyes, she roughly grabbed his forearm and attempted to drag him out of the common room. She managed to get the struggling changeling half way to the door before he transformed into a small fly to escape her grip.
Feeling an anger rise in her, Raven encased the fly in a void of black. As she resisted the urge to crush her teammate then and there, she left the common room with a green fly in tow. She navigated the hallways until she reached the roof, which is when she released the changeling, who promptly returned to his human form. He gave Raven an angry look before stepping mere inches from her and yelling in a way that reminded her of when he had become the Beast. "What's your issue?"
Raven kept a stoic face. "I don't have an issue," she started with her monotonous voice. "do you?"
Beast Boy's ears dropped, his face adopting one of a sad child. Raven immediately regretted saying that. She could've gone about it in a more thoughtful way, but the deed was done, and she couldn't let him go. "What's wrong?" She didn't ask it like it was a question, because she had to get the changeling to understand that he couldn't escape her.
Understand, he did. "Today's the anniversary of my parent's death." he murmured, head dropped.
Raven, though she didn't show it, was shocked. She hadn't thought much of Beast Boy's backstory. Understanding the significance of the day, Raven embraced the changeling.
Though shocked, Beast Boy reciprocated, feeling his emotions boil over into tears that streaked Raven's cloak. He could tell that she didn't need any more explanation. So he cried. He didn't know how long he cried, but Raven didn't let go once.
When he was done, Raven pulled back slightly. "Want some tofu burgers?"
Beast Boy nodded, and they walked inside the Tower together. Beast Boy didn't want to explain what happened that fateful day years ago when he had lost his parents, and Raven never asked.
