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Shifting in her place on the bed, Raven marveled in the warmth she felt as Beast Boy's arms folded around her, the sound of his soft snoring causing the silent room to feel a little bit less lonely than it normally did. She had promised Star, and herself for that matter, only a day earlier that she wouldn't allow the shapeshifter back into her bed, and yet here they were, snuggled together, Beast Boy lost in deep slumber. Of course they had only been that way for about an hour, but it was enough to let Raven know that perhaps this thing they had going wasn't so bad, if not just for the warm, sleep time cuddling. She did find it strange, however that they had gone from mere kissing like prepubescent, love-struck children to sleeping in each others arms without doing anything in between, but details...
They were spooning, Beast Boy holding her flush against his own, hard body so that she could feel every rise and fall of his chest. The arm that had been resting underneath her side was beginning to fall asleep, her only complaint, and she was trying desperately to shift herself without waking him to let it free. Unfortunately as she pulled it out his snoring ceased and she turned her head to look at him only to find that his green eyes were dopily blinking open. He yawned, his jagged teeth and fangs baring.
"Don't tell me its morning already..." he wined, loosening his grip as Raven twisted around to face him. They both blushed slightly at the sudden close proximity of their faces and both pairs of eyes shifted away.
"Uh...no." Raven confirmed, clearing her throat. "My arm was just falling asleep...sorry I woke you."
He smiled and inched away from her slowly, pulling his arms from around her and turning to lay on his back, his arms thrusting behind his head almost elbowing Raven in the face. She stretched her neck back to avoid the collide.
"Nah, its okay. Sorry I fell asleep, I know you didn't want me sleeping in here again, I was just way to comfy."
She shrugged. "Whatever, it's not like I hate it." She mumbled, searching for his reaction. His green orbs quickly shot down towards her and his smile grew.
Why the hell did he have to look so smug all the time? Something about it really made her insides squirm and she both hated it and loved it.
"Don't hate it, huh?" he repeated. "Gettin' pretty used to having me around?"
"I've always been used to having you around...we live together."
"But we only just started hanging out a lot, like this."
"Like I said...I don't hate it. Leave it at that."
Beast Boy took one hand out from behind his head and awkwardly craned his arm so that he could ruffle her hair.
Why did he insist on doing that lately?
Raven snuggled slightly closer to him, convincing herself that it was for warmth. She had barely noticed before but his body was like a radiator, there was almost no need for a blanket, probably due to his animal DNA but she couldn't be sure. Her eyes watched as his chest rose and fell with every breath he took. His eyes were lulling closed again and his bottom jaw was dropped, his longest fang poking into the air. What about him did she find attractive exactly? It sure as hell wasn't his green, slightly peach fuzzed skin, or his pointed ears, or his stray fang.
So what?
She studied him carefully as he lay there, her mind reeling for an explanation. Usually the type of guy she had been attracted to was a bit dark, mysterious, or just plain hot. Beast Boy was none of these things, though some fan girls would disagree she was sure. But his blatant boyish charm, and his lean yet muscular sculpted body really was something to marvel at, and the way his hair fell over his eyebrows as he lay there, loose strands flouncing upwards with every breath had her mesmerised. She loved the small things about him like the way the bridge of his nose crinkled when he laughed, or the way his emerald eyes glistened when he was excited. She even loved his corny, dumb jokes that he would tell in pursuit of getting the others to laugh, though she would never tell him so. But above all, she loved the way he put everyone above himself and made light of every situation, even though he was hurting, perhaps more than any of the other Titans. It was true, Beast Boy was the goofball of the team, the comic relief, the jokester. But being an empath, Raven could feel that there was a blazing darkness inside of the changeling that he had been suppressing for years, masking it with his poor humour. That was the reason she felt as though they had connected so well as friends, because in a way, they understood one another like no other Titan could. Raven had never been strong enough to mask her feelings, in fact she had had to separate different sanctions of her mind in order to not completely fall to pieces. She truly admired Beast Boy for having the strength to push past his demons, even if it was just all for show.
"Like what you see, Rae...?" he mumbled so quietly she almost didn't catch it, his eyes still closed. She blushed, being brought out of her thoughts as his lips pulled into a smile. She hesitated and said nothing, watching him carefully until finally pushing herself up to hover over him. His eyes opened just in time to see her face falling into his, and for the first time she was the one to press her lips into his.
She had no sweet clue what she was doing, but was relieved when he joined her, their lips moving together.
She must have been doing something right.
She wasn't quite sure what had possessed her in that moment in time, but when his body bounced slightly on the bed, changing his position to be angled towards her slightly and his hands nudged at her thighs to move closer to him, she didn't protest. And as she lowered herself on top on him, her legs resting on either side of his body, her lips parted slightly. Beast Boy did not wait for another invitation and instead plunged his tongue into her mouth, taking her slightly off guard. His tongue ran long hers, urging it to play along, and when it finally began to his hands found their way into her hair where he pulled her head closer. Her head began to spin. She had wanted a kiss, not...whatever this was.
Why were they moving so fast? She had known that adding tongue made things heated.
She pushed against his chest, pulling herself away from his lips and gasping for air. She wanted to tell him that was enough, she wanted to get off of him. But she was doing neither. Instead her hands were desperately tugging at his shirt, trying to rip it over his head. Beast Boy got the hint and sat up, lifting his arms. Raven swiftly pulled the shirt off and threw it on her floor before returning to his lips, her hands cupping his face. She was hot, she was bothered, and she could barely tell what was going on. All she knew was that she felt...hungry.
This was what lust felt like. One of the many emotions she had locked away in her mind, and now it was resurfacing. She was fuelling the fire.
Beast Boy's hands began to caress her thighs, his thumbs kneading the skin and muscle. Raven felt a moan ripple through her throat as they dipped over her inner thigh, the tight spandex shorts leaving no feeling to the imagination. She leaned away from him to give herself a moment to breath, but he was too quick and before she knew it his lips were trailer down her neck where he kissed, nipped and sucked. Her bed began to shake so violently that the legs of it banged against the hardwood floor, but she didn't care. She was too busy running her hands down his chest, over his abdomen where her fingers played with the band of his pants. She dipped one finger underneath the band of his underwear, something inside of her throbbing at the feeling of the thick hair that started there. Beast Boy groaned this time, pulling his lips away from her and allowing his forehead to fall into the crook of her neck, he was panting deeply. She could feel how hard he was underneath of her. She pulled her finger out of his underwear, letting the band snap against his skin and leaned back slightly, careful not to sit too roughly on his groin. She felt him shiver underneath her and his hands quickly moved to the hem of her shirt, but before he could lift it her own hands shot out and grabbed his wrists. He lifted his head and looked at her, his pupils dilated so that the green irises were almost non-existent. They looked at each other for a long moment, both of them breathing heavily. Raven's bed slowly began to stop rocking back and forth. She exhaled.
"I think...that's enough for today." she panted, her body screaming at her to let him continue. Beast Boy looked confused for a moment but nodded his head.
"Yeah..." he agreed nodding his head. "Yeah that's probably for the best, huh?"
She nodded, still trying to convince herself of that. She was new to kissing, she was new to physical contact, and she was new to...whatever this was, but the lust that she was feeling was currently overpowering her. It had felt good, so good to feel him touch her and kiss her and nip at her skin. She wanted more, she wanted to him. But she couldn't...not now. Not when she was still unsure of her feelings. She found him charming yes, she felt connected with him yes, but this physical side scared her more than Deathstroke. She felt out of control and she hated it.
Beast Boy began to lightly run his hands along the length of her thighs again, massaging inward the higher he got. She shuddered under his touch and took hold of his wrists again, much lighter this time, stopping him.
"Sorry," he apologized, pulling his hands away. She could feel the stir in his pants begin to get less solid. She shook her head, swallowing a lump that had appeared in her throat. God, her hormones were going crazy.
"It's fine."
"You've got nice legs." The chuckle in his voice made her furrow her eyebrows. "I've never really noticed before."
"Well, I do wear my cloak most of the time. Or sweats if I'm inside." She shrugged. "But thanks. You've got nice..."
Her eyes scanned over him and she blushed.
What was she saying?
She didn't need to compliment him, it was completely out of character. She trailed off and looked away, lifting herself off of him and sitting on her knees beside him. He sat up, crossing his legs.
"You gonna finish that?" he asked teasingly.
She stuck her nose in the air. "No."
"Didn't think so." He laughed and scratched the back of his head. "That was pretty fun. Did you hate that?"
"Obviously not."
Beast Boy snickered smugly which made her eyes roll. "I was pretty surprised that you wanted to go that far when just the other day you, well...didn't want anything to do with me?"
"I didn't not want anything to do with you. I was just confused."
"And now you're not?" he sounded hopeful and it made her uncomfortable.
"I didn't say that. I'm still confused, just a little bit less...I guess."
"Well, that's a start." He yawned and leaned back, quickly leaning his head to the side, motioning her down. "Wanna cuddle?"
Raven shook her head. "No, and I think you should go back to your own room now. There's someone I need to talk to."
He looked absolutely heart broken as she shooed him off of her bed, his thick eyebrows dipping down. "What? Who could you possibly have to talk to at two o'clock in the morning?" he demanded as a large shadowy hand pushed him towards the door. Raven, still on the bed merely looked at him, and amused smile playing on her lips.
"Goodnight, Beast Boy." She waved her hand slightly as her door magically opened and the hand shoved the green Titan into the hallway, closing the door as soon as he was out. Immediately the hand vanished. Raven sighed and sat on her bed for a moment, her mind reeling. She was not excited for the conversation she was about to have, but she supposed at this point it was necessary.
Taking a deep breath she stood up and walked over to the large full length mirror that stood in the far corner of her room. She looked at herself for a moment; her hair was tousled, her spandex shorts had ridden up on her thighs almost giving the appearance of underwear. She quickly pulled them down to be shorts again and sighed again.
"Here goes nothing." She muttered to herself, and within a second the glass of the mirror disappeared, black smoke swirling and emerging from where it had once been. Raven clenched her fists and took a step forward, entering the mirror. Smoke engulfed her body, and in a single moment she was gone, leaving her room completely empty. The glass of the mirror returned.
Everything stilled.