Hey everyone! Here's the ninth one-shot! This is one of my favorites that I wrote for this series, so I hope you enjoy!
Wikked Grin: Thank you! :)
RPGPersona: I agree; it was a reckless move on her part, but I suppose in the heat of the moment, it was just forgotten. I thought his apology would be super interesting and sentimental considering it had a lot of thought and effort put into it :)
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"When Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies"
Bright shades of red and green lit up the Main Ops room as the lights on the Christmas tree danced and dazzled. Christmas music played lightly in the background, just loud enough to make out the lyrics and cheery melodies. It was even snowing outside, which was a rare sight for them. Despite the frigid white weather outside, it was nice and toasty inside as a certain pair of heroes were baking cookies.
Beast Boy and Raven were in the kitchen preparing many batches of chocolate chip cookies, which reigned supreme among the many types of cookies for the team of teenagers. Normally, Starfire and Beast Boy were the ones to prepare the cookies, but this year Starfire was busy helping Robin with a certain special Christmas gift of her own. So, Raven took Starfire's baking spot this year, something the empath wasn't overly thrilled about. She had pleaded with Cyborg to take her spot, but he refused, opting to do a much needed clean up and organization of the garage instead.
She peered over at the cheery changeling, who was enthusiastically mixing some of the dough together while humming off-key to the Christmas music. She couldn't help but to let a small smile grace her lips at the sight. One of the things that she admired the most about him was his ability to be happy in any situation. It balanced her out well, and forced her out of her shell to a certain extent. Ever since she and Beast Boy had started seeing each other just months prior, she had been forced to be more open and social as required by a relationship. At first, it had made her extremely uncomfortable, but she was gradually growing more comfortable with it, slowly but surely. A few outings here, a few double dates with Starfire and Robin there, and it was becoming more and more normal.
Beast Boy turned his head and his bright green eyes locked with Raven's deep violet ones. His smile broadened, his fang poking out of his toothy grin. He was wearing an old white apron and chef's hat as he always insisted to do whenever he cooked. He outstretched his arms and grabbed Raven's hands and started dancing to the beat of the music. Raven, not one for dancing, awkwardly stood there while her hands were moved up and down.
"Oh, c'mon Rae! Dance with me!" the changeling laughed as he started singing very off key to the music. Raven gave an attempt at dancing and began to sway lightly to the beat, with most of her movements still being directed from Beast Boy.
Soon, he moved his hands up to her shoulders, embracing her almost in a hug like fashion as they continued to sway. Raven's cheeks blushed red hot, as did Beast Boy's. Her body fell into his, immediately finding comfort and peace.
"See! There you go!" Beast Boy exclaimed laughing, appreciating how Raven was making an attempt at dancing, even if it was this simple. His loud, playful laugh caused Raven to elicit a light laugh, which just tempted Beast Boy more.
He reached one of his hands down and grabbed her hand in his and brought it up. His other hand quickly found its way around her waist and he began to spin and sway. Raven put her remaining hand around his shoulders. Her blush intensified, causing Beast Boy to just laugh harder. They rested their foreheads together, the tips of their noses just lightly brushing each other's.
"Ya know what?" Beast Boy said quietly, their swaying coming to an end.
"Hmm?" Raven mumbled back.
"I think I love you," Beast Boy said, his voice even quieter than before. Despite the music playing in the background, a deafening silence rang out, and for a second, he thought he made a mistake in speaking. He tried to pull back from the embrace, but Raven's grip around his neck tightened.
"You know what," Raven started, "I think I love you too." Her lips soon found his as she pushed his body back against the kitchen counter, knocking one of the bowls of freshly mixed dough and one of the bags of flour onto them and the ground, causing the two of them to slip and for Raven to fall on top of Beast Boy. And just as that happened, Cyborg walked in carrying a box filled to the top with random mechanical items and tools.
"Whoa there guys," he started to laugh at the sight before him. The two of them were covered in flour with disheveled expressions on their faces. Beast Boy's hat had been knocked off and replaced with the now empty bag of flour, while Raven's knee was sinking into the chocolatey dough. "If you're gonna be doing that, at least get a room like Rob and Star!" At the comment, Beast Boy and Raven's blushes deepened. Cyborg just simply chuckled and exited the room.
Raven returned her gaze to Beast Boy, and the two burst out into laughter. Beast Boy, taking some of the chocolatey dough onto his finger, booped Raven's nose, leaving a glob of chocolate on it.
"See, baking chocolate chip cookies isn't that bad, now is it?" Beast Boy smirked as the two of them started to get back up. They looked down at the tremendous mess they had made just mere moments ago.
"I suppose not, although not a lot of baking has gotten done, now has it?" she smirked back, giving him a light peck on the cheek and leaving a white flour lip mark in its place.
"Well! We're just gonna have to fix that!" Beast Boy said, picking up his discarded chef hat and placing it back onto his head. The two got back to their holiday baking, the warmth of the holiday season even warmer now.
