Anniversary
Raven pushed peas around her plate.
No, not just peas. Fancy, organic, mountain grown, all natural, free-trade peas. These peas had a pedigree longer than the book of Nol. She looked at Beast Boy sitting across from her, shifting in his seat as he stared at a lone carrot presented to him in a radish puree, that (while delicious) was certainly not enough to satisfy his hunger.
This wasn't them. Not at all. If there was any way that Raven had expected them to honor their first anniversary as a couple, going out to a hoity-toity restaurant and pretending they knew what kind of wine went well with radish puree was not one of them. Not by a long shot.
Raven reached into her purse and pulled out cash to set on the table. "Let's go."
Beast Boy looked up at her, obviously surprised by her sudden desire to leave the restaurant. After all, this was what "real dates" and "real anniversaries" did - they went out to exorbitantly over-priced restaurants and drank enough wine to drown their sorrow at being cheated out of a real meal. Beast Boy wanted this to be a real date, he had pulled out all the stops, including flowers, chocolates, and even wore a suit - which was a pleasant surprise to Raven. But the fact of the matter was that this wasn't them.
"W-what?" Beast Boy's eyes boring into her, waiting for her to explain herself. "But, we're… we're on a date."
"Pizza. Now." Raven yanked off her high heels and stood barefoot in the middle of the restaurant, ignoring the shocked whispers from the other patrons as they all turned to stare at her. She looked down at her boyfriend as his eyes flitted around the room, waiting for her to continue. "We're going to eat pizza right now, and then we're going to the amusement park by the bay, and then maybe we'll go make out in the park. But I am absolutely donetrying to pretend I care about organic, free-trade peas. I don't. You don't. For the love of Azar, let's just go get pizza."
He blinked before letting out a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god. I thought you would never say something." He stood up and peeled off his jacket, walking around the table to pull her into his arms. "Please, let's just go get pizza."
Raven smiled and took his hand, walking out of the restaurant with her boyfriend in tow. They didn't have to pretend to be this magical couple, all they had to be was themselves.