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Chapter 3: Convinced.
"Then I'll ask you out." The changeling said sternly.
"W-wait. Wait. Huh?" She tried asking.
That couldn't be real, could it? No, this was Garfield Mark Logan, the self-proclaimed master prankster. Yeah, this was a joke.
"Raven, will you do me the honor to go out with me?"
He repeated and then she concluded something entirely different.
"Nice try, Beast Boy, but you already called it off and I don't really feel like pretending going on a date with you."
"You won't have to." He got closer to her, still serious. "It has absolutely nothing to do with that!"
She frowned dangerously as it started to sink in. "Then there's no way in hell… or Azarath I'm going with you." She frowned getting angry. "You think my empathic powers are for nothing! You don't see me that way, I know that, you know that, so why pretending, huh?"
"Because…"
"It was a rhetorical question! What made you think I would accept something like that! You're openly pitying me!"
He gulped at this, he never thought he would make things worse.
"Am I that miserable to your eyes as to go this far?"
"What?! No! Raven, that's the exact opposite. I really want to go out with you because I love your company. You know that, use those empathic powers now!"
She didn't have to, she knew he meant it.
"I just wanted a change, and I really wanted- no, I really want to show you how it is to have a date and all the fun that comes with it because it's with you, not because it has to pretentiously be fun."
"Fun? Seriously?!"
Then he continued a little angrier. "I had come to accept that uninterested personality of yours, but the thing is that you never try anything at all."
"Well excuse me if I'm not that outgoing and willing to try new experiences that are potentially a waste of time."
"Waste of time? Having a good time is a waste of time?" He said calmer, and she calmed too.
"It is, Beast Boy. And if I have to repeat myself… No one is really interested in asking me out. I wouldn't know how to act in such situation. I don't think people really enjoy it. Plus it's awkward, false and pretentious." She said counting raising a finger with every argument.
He smiled triumphantly, took the hand she was using to count and smiled.
"Then go out with me!" He repeated warmly.
Then he proceeded to count down, using her own fingers as well. "I'm already interested in asking you out. You'll just have to follow my lead and be yourself. I'll do everything on my power to make you enjoy it. And I- I know it won't be anything romantic and stuff, now that would be awkward." He defended sheepishly. "But I wanna take you, just to hang out. You and me. So it won't be false or pretentious at all."
His hand lingered on her briefly but as he let go she felt a bit colder somehow. She shook that though off and proceeded to say, "What's not false about it? First lie, it's not a date." She sighed. "And anyway… you don't have to do that for me." She continued shyly. "If… If I can't get a date myself then that's my problem… or decision."
"Well, I'm not doing this just for you. I'm sure we both will have a great time! I know I will. And yes yes, before you say anything along the lines of my-type-of-fun-is-not-your-type-of-fun, save it! Cuz I already know that, but that's the fun part, finding out how to steal a few smiles from you!"
She blushed against her own will.
"Amm…"
"Raven, wasn't it you who said that I would just go on and on asking and that it was healthier to just agree?"
She smirked, he had a point. "I still think it's a bad idea, though."
He smiled. "You'll have a great time, promise."
She just shrugged but smiled the tiniest smile. He smiled wider and threw an arm around her mischievously. "See, Rae, I have this charm… so hard to resist."
Rolling her eyes and brushing his arm off, she added. "Don't push it."
…
It was 7:00 pm when Robin dismissed the team after a long and tiring training session. The boy was worried about something he might have heard and he needed to confirm, so he waited for them to leave to finally call Beast Boy back in.
The younger teen looked confused but stayed behind anyway. "Sup, man?"
The leader frowned as a warning, but Beast Boy didn't budge, instead he asked nicer, "Ok, what is it this time?"
"That's what I'm trying to find out." He said sighing. "Beast Boy, as a leader I can't help worrying about every detail, as insignificant it would seem. But… if what I overheard in the hallway earlier today is true, then it's not an insignificant issue, it's a huge thing if you really asked Raven out." He said trying not to speak too loud.
"Oh… that. You- you were there?" He laughed embarrassed. "Well, I don't know if you listened to everything we said but it's not serious."
"It's not?!" He asked getting angry. "Then why…?!"
"Hey chill, not serious as in not romantic. But relax. It's not as if I'll play with her. She knows it's not like that, we can't possibly be 9a good match." He chuckled. "But we kind of made a deal that's all, so I'll show her how to behave in a real date so she could find her confidence."
After a few minutes letting the information sink in, the boy wonder commented, "Kind of a silly plan if you ask me."
"Well, I won't know until I try." He shrugged.
"I'm just… worried about her, her emotions are easily… broken."
"So I'll fix them." He said sternly. "She's my friend too. Important and dear. That's why I'm doing it."
"Humm… So no feelings attached?" He dreaded a consequences of two members of his team romantically involved. That almost never worked.
"No feelings attached. Just friendship and respect."
Just friendship and respect, huh?
We'll see about that…
Well guys, thank you for reading yet another chapter of this my beloved story. Let me know if you liked it, and see you in my next chapter!
