The Leader or The Criminal?
Summary: Beast Boy has always had more than just idol worship for the Boy Wonder, but said Boy Wonder never noticed him. It was always the beautiful Tameranian princess that has his attention. Beast Boy then feels like he'll never find anyone just for him. That is, until Red X started to pay attention to him.
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A/n: So here's to another chapter. Thanks for the reviews guys, especially to Princesa3000, Florcrest and BeastGreen :D Thanks a bunch you guys, you're all so sweet and make me keep writing this story.
A week.
That's the estimate amount of time the Titans used for the returned and very normal Beastboy. Sorry, correction, Garfield Logan.
After Cyborg and Raven were placing the boy in the infirmary, Garfield suddenly went wild and frantic, screaming for 'Jason' and wanting to go home and get out of there. Starfire had to watch with sadness and worry for her dear friend that was now human, as Cyborg strapped him down the hospital bed and Raven was chanting and placing him fast asleep. Robin came just in time to witness it, his heartbreaking on the inside, but kept a brave face on the outside. And the days just keep coming.
First Day
Garfield was still in the hospital bed, now unstrapped and sitting up on his bed as Starfire smiled at him, sitting on the chair next to him with his bowl of food. Acting like the Kanorfka that she'd always has been for silky, she then raised the spoon to feed the young boy
"Open wide my little bumgorf~" Starfire cooed motherly.
"No! I don't wanna eat your stupid food!" Garfield screamed childishly as he turned his head away from the spoon Starfire was holding with some bits of tofu.
"But Friend Beastboy, you must eat, and the Tofu is your favorite food," Starfire pouted with worry.
"No! My favorite food is pancakes! Where's Jason?! When he finds me, he'll kick your sorry butts for kidnapping me! And my name is not Beastboy! It's Garfield!"
Starfire sighed a little but then yelped as suddenly Garfield jumped up, pushing Starfire hard and making a run for it to the door. But he then yelped as the doors swished open to reveal Robin and Raven folding their arms sternly. This caused the blond boy to walk back with Robin following behind him and Raven checked the human Beastboy out with her magic.
"If you try and run away Beastboy, we will always bring you back home," Robin said with a frown as Beastboy turned his head and started to silently cry.
"This isn't home, it's a prison..." The blond cried softly as everyone in the room looked at him sadly, "I want Jason...I want to go home,"
"But friend," Starfire cooed with tears for her friend, "You are home,"
Robin couldn't take it anymore and walked out the room.
Second Day
"So, Garfield," Cyborg guffawed at the name a little then grinned, "Wanna play Mega Monkeys Extreme Never before Played Silver addition? I've finally got you the game since you went missing,"
Garfield tilted his head a little, ears perking up at the sound of 'playing', forgetting the fact he was being held captive against his will.
"Um, is that a board game?"
Cyborg blinked then rolled his eyes, "Man, it's a video game, you love playing this game!"
"Jason doesn't let me play video games, or let me watch TV. Jason says that the television rots your brains thanks to the harmful alpha waves of radiation coming from it,"
Cyborg now really hates this Jason guy.
"Man, is this even Beastboy at all?" Cyborg looked behind at Robin and Raven leaning against the wall observing, "I mean all the dude every talks about is Jason, Jason, Jason and going back home, and even doesn't say DUDE anymore!"
Raven floated to the confused and sad boy on the bed and checked him over as usual, "Despite not only being changed physically, mentally his mind and personality is also altered along with the memories, he is still Beastboy, but just normal,"
Robin agreed, ignoring the seeping feeling of jealousy whenever Jason was mentioned.
Third Day
"And so the White Magician struck one last magic onto the people of the Citadel hoping that the sleeping spell will prevent the city to never again corrupt the world and it's curse of the Black Witch's wrath. And the White Magician was never heard from again,"
Raven then closed the book then looked down at Garfield now sleeping. Usually, he would be snoring loudly and drooling a mess on his pillow, limbs struck out everywhere and kicking the sheets off him. But no. In fact, he was curled into the bed, blanket wrapped around him protectively and has that peaceful look on his face.
Since the first night he's been here, Garfield demanded at least before he sleeps, to be read a bedtime story. He explained that Jason always read him a story, it calmed him and made him happy. Robin was about to deny the request but Raven agreed before he could. So now every night Raven would read him a book from her collection and was surprised that Garfield enjoyed it, not once saying it was weird and creepy. And he always slept nice and peacefully after she finishes.
Smiling a little for the first time, Raven then touched Beastboy's head in a sisterly manner and checked on him for the last time and floated out of the room to get some sleep.
Fourth Day
Robin huffed in frustration as Garfield folded his arms and looked at the leader with fierce eyes.
"What?" The Boy Wonder gritted with folded arms, "No..."
"If you're going to keep me prison here, you might as well let me out for fresh air or something! This is unsanitary! I'm not gonna run away...I mean I've tried and I know I can't,"
Robin looked at the non-changeling for a moment then sighed as he watched those eyes get big and pleading, then slapped his face a little from the blush forming and nodded.
"Fine, but only at the rooftops of the Tower and I'm going with you just to keep an eye out for you,"
Garfield smiled happily in joy and pumped his fists in the air, and grabbed the blushing Boy Wonder's hand and raced out of the stuffy Infirmary. As soon as the boys reached up to the rooftops, the non-Beastboy smiled brightly as he raced over the railings and looked around him in wonder, from the ocean and beyond the city far from them.
"Wow! This is amazing! Jason was so wrong about the outside world, it's beautiful!" Garfield laughed freely, feeling the wind in his face as Robin watched him with a small smile, "This is the best day ever!"
Until five minutes later.
"Oh god," Garfield crouched down onto the floor with fear in his eyes, "Jason would kill me for being outside like this!"
And five minutes later again.
"I AM SO HAPPY!" Garfield did cartwheels around the rooftop with a care-free laugh as Robin watched with a confused face.
And five minutes later after that.
"Ohhhh god I'm a horrible houselover," He groaned with his head on the railings and bend over with a cry, "Jason would be so disappointed in me!"
And five minutes after that moment.
"I REGRET NOTHING! WOOOOOHOOOOO!" Garfield twirled around in a dance, ignoring the blank stare of Robin.
And it kept going like that for hours, until it was nighttime and Garfield was curled up into the floor silently, and Robin carefully bent down and carried the sleeping boy in his arms, knowing that he tired himself out from the overwhelming moodswings of being outside. As Robin was carrying him inside, he had to wonder why Jason would never let him outdoors like this.
Fifth Day
Garfield met the Titan's East. Robin told them of the situation with Beastboy and the immediately wanted to see the boy for themselves.
And it wasn't a good meeting actually.
His best friend, Aqualad, tried to give him their annual hug, but it caused Garfield to lash out violently, making Speedy step in to protect his waterbending boyfriend and Robin holding the hostile and panic-stricken blond on the bed.
Mas y Menos tried to cheer the human boy with showering of gifts from Guatemala, and Garfield immediately warmed to them, and Bumblebee as well since she seemed to be a better motherly figure than Starfire, who Garfield was still getting used too.
Aqualad was hurt that his friend didn't recognize him, but soon changed that when getting to know the new Beastboy and taking him out of the Tower (but not off the island) and go for swimming lessons.
And the moment happened again.
"WEEEEEEEE THIS IS FUN!" Garfield splashed in the ocean water with a laugh, amusing the older Atlantean and the other Titans who decided on a beach party.
And five minutes later.
"Oh god! Jason says the waters are dangerous! He'd be so mad!" Garfield cried onto Aqualad, who looked at Robin in confusion and the Boy Wonder sighed.
"That's normal for him now,"
Sixth Day
Robin felt a figure slip into his bed and under the sheets in the middle of the night as a tiny squeak was heard mixing into the lightning and thunder being heard from outside the Tower.
"Gar, how did you get in here?" Robin muttered sleepily as he sat up in bed with the shaking boy on his lap looking up at him.
"I-I'm scared...and Cyborg told me how to open your room just in case-"
The boy then cried out again as another sound of the thunderstorm was heard and hugged Robin tightly, making the Boy Wonder blush brightly be wide awake.
"Gar..." Robin looked down at the boy with soft eyes and hugged the boy gently to him, "Shhh, it's okay, it's just a small thunderstorm, it won't hurt you..."
He rubbed the boy's back a bit as he heard the sniffles from the blond.
"I-I...Jason always comforts me too when storms come," Garfield muttered, Robin tightening his grip a little as he spoke (Stupid fake memories, Robin thought bitterly), "And...I don't know who else to turn to..."
Garfield looked at Robin a bit then eyes turned sad.
"You should remove your mask more often,"
Robin remembered he slept without his mask, but didn't care at the moment when suddenly another sound of thunder was heard and once again Garfield nuzzled into him in fear. The Boy Wonder hummed a little and laid back down with the boy crying in his arms, whispering comforting words and stroking the blond hair a little and watched as the scared boy fell fast asleep. The leader watched a little bit more, and plucked up the courage to place a soft kiss onto the boy's sleeping lips then leaned his forehead against Garfield's as he closed his eyes.
It was a progress. But at least Garfield was slowly trusting them again and forgetting about Red X and such. But Robin knew it would be a long time before he became their Beastboy again. His Beastboy.
Baby steps.
Seventh Day (and onwards)
Garfield was slowly crawling back into the Titan's lives, and almost seemed to be coming back to his senses, one step at a time. Cyborg taught the boy video games and influencing him in saying 'Dude' all the time. Raven still read to him, but also teaching him how to meditate and drinking herbal tea with him along with some tofu. Starfire told many jokes and tried to do some practical jokes, just to make the little non-changeling laugh and try it out for himself.
Robin, he was a different case.
Ever since that night, Garfield followed Robin like a lost puppy, always trying to hold the leader's hand, and wait for him whenever Robin had to use the bathroom or go into the research room for something. Since there wasn't much crimes or missions to fulfill, Robin spent time training, and Garfield watched in fascination and Robin smiled and taught him some moves that soon they were able to spar one-on-one together.
All in all, Robin felt pretty good and happy that their Beastboy was coming back little by little.
But Robin's uplifting mood was crushed when the alarms sounded and Cyborg looked at Robin with a serious look.
"It's Red X...and he teamed up with Ravenger,"
Immediately, Robin blinked as he felt the whoosh near him and saw that Kid Flash was beside him.
"Alright, another chance to beat those guys up!" The speedster grinned widely and Robin looked at him.
"How did you," Robin then heard a bell chime and glanced back to see the ever silent Kyd Wykkyd, "Nevermind, I figured..."
"Told you the bell was useful," Kid Flash grinned at the dark ex-villain who just rolled his eyes.
"So let's go get them!" Robin punched a fist into his hand in determination, "Titans GO!"
And immediately everyone raced out of the room, as Garfield watched them in confusion. Robin paused in his steps as he glanced over at the boy, biting his lip a bit in thought then placed some codings into the lock of the Tower then looked at the boy once more.
"Stay here!" Robin ordered then raced out with Garfield looking at him in sadness as he stayed behind.
What he didn't realize, however, that someone was already at the back door to get him as soon as the Titans left.
Dun, dun, duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun! Oh dear, what's going to happen next? Find out on the next chapter ;) Please read and review to tell me your thoughts on this chapter? Thanks for reading!