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Chapter 6: Ruined Date?
She had to admit that the food was well prepared and tasty, you could hardly say that there wasn't any meat in there. The changeling beamed at this revelation from Raven, having won a bet against Cyborg who swore she wouldn't 'like that crap', but mostly pleased with making Raven happy if just with the food.
On the other hand she was feeling on the spot. Not that she wasn't already used to civilian looking at them and murmuring, but this time she knew it was different. The otherwise suited heroes were wearing regular conformable clothes, by themselves, and having lunch in a beautiful place.
The boy just chuckled and assured. "If you don't feel comfortable about it, we can make an announcement on how this is just as friends. If that's what you want."
She knew he was smiling trying to show sympathy but inside he would feel crushed if she were to deny going out with him so she half lied, "Oh, no, please. It's just the attention. That's all."
"Well then, maybe it's time to go." He gave her a smile of relief and stood up.
They said thank you to Mr. Barton and headed out, but as they were going to the scooter…
"Wait!" He took her hand before she continued walking. "Let's take a walk. Look." He proceeded to point to the forest which had a perfectly shaped pathway most likely formed by the many hikers and passersby of the area. She considered it for a few seconds…
"Huh, looks totally creepy and dangerous."
"Aw come on. Sure you'll find it beautiful and awe-inspiring once we go past the surface."
'Just like you' he thought affectionately but quickly shook the thought off. 'No time to think that way about your teammate.'
"Well, if anything were to happen I'll just feed you to the wildlife and flee."
He chuckled but led her way still holding her hand. "If that were to happen I'd be your knight in shining armor who would save the princess."
"Please, don't call me a princess."
He laughed and their senseless conversation went on and on making beast Boy laugh and Raven roll her eyes in her attempts to hide her smile. She admittedly found out that his company made her feel at peace.
Woah, there was something she never expected to feel with him, he was for years the embodiment of annoyance and here he was walking by her side in this pacific and delightful scenario. She took a second to enjoy the aromas perceived in the forest and glanced up ahead all the leaves. Dusk was sending beautiful colors to the firmament and through the leaves and branches she could see the movement of the birds readying to rest for the day. Definitely not something she would see any time soon again. She stopped abruptly as an idea, more like a desire, popped into her head.
"Let's go up there."
She said and with no warning she started to fly releasing for the first time his hand.
He grinned nodding, secretly happy that she had taken the initiative for once, but right then he felt the warmth leaving his palm. He stared at it for a while as this whole idea sunk in. Raven was with him… on a date. If only his old self knew this, he would totally freak! The boy never denied himself the crush he had initially developed towards the half demon, but that was years ago, and the sentiment wore off eventually. Not that he ever stood a chance. The green teen dismissed the idea of pursuing the affection from the girl. It never stopped him from trying to make her laugh, though. Then again… why?
He kept looking at his gloved hand and noticed with slight fear how much he missed her grip, also, he couldn't help but notice how comfortable they both must have felt since they were holding hands for so long. He looked up at where she was floating and wondered if she had perceived this too.
"Aren't you coming?" She asked from above and the boy had to leave his thoughts aside to follow her, he detransformed and stood on a firm branch next to Raven who continued floating.
"I just had to admire all this before it got too dark. It's so…"
"…breathtaking, isn't it?" He offered.
She smiled and nodded.
"Told ya…" Then he whispered. "Everything so scary and dark from the outside hides something amazing in the inside."
She slowly turned to him suddenly noting there was more to his words. The blush on his face, though barely visible with the current illumination, gave him away.
"You- You think-?" She had barely begun her question when a harsh movement shook all the area. Lots of birds rushed flying in their direction making them lose their stand and seconds later they found themselves on the ground.
"What's going on?" He asked before an earthquake shook them once more.
They looked at each other and being the responsible heroes they were, they nodded solemnly and rushed to the town where crowds of people were running not really knowing where to hide. Though they were no big buildings, they couldn't be too safe.
Raven wrapped with her powers the posts and beast boy made a loud noise in his elephant shape. Then he changed back to give some instructions.
"Listen, we are Beast Boy and Raven from the Teen Titans. Do not panic! We're here to- [cracking sounds] to help you. There's a safe place not far from here, but you'll have to follow our instructions to get there."
Though they had listened, most of them kept on murmuring and moving with no direction at all. His eras fell down a little but said again, "Trust me!" then transformed into his eagle form. People kept on panicking since the shaking didn't stop, Raven noticed and groaned, then concentrated all her empathic powers and with a lot of effort embraced every single person in her magic to ease their fear, which worked for afterwards, they all started to walk calmly to where Beast Boy was directing them.
Only after the whole mess was over and people were guarded safely could the teens rest for a few seconds. The mayor reached them and offered whatever he came up with in an attempt to thank their heroes. They politely refused and then said their goodbyes.
"If you change your mind, I'll always be available for you. Thank you!"
"And thank you, Sir."
When they were finally left alone, they noticed it was already dark and it was also getting colder. Raven let out a loud sigh to which Beast Boy stopped. She turned to him concerned and noticed he was looking down.
"So much for the best date you'd ever have, huh? I- I'm sorry, Rae."
She knew he was feeling down but counted on his often cheerful way of always looking at the bright side. "Are you sorry about the earthquake? Because I was pretty sure you couldn't cause those."
He half chuckled still looking down. "I'm sorry cuz because of my lack of leadership you had to drain almost all your energy."
"These people are not used to having us heroes here to aid them, of course they didn't know our ways to keep them safe. That earthquake was pretty hard if you ask me, it was only natural for them to panic."
"But, if I had been more convincing I-"
"Beast-"
"I just feel bad that you used your powers like that. And don't lie to me… I know just how hard it is for you to ease someone's pain or any other negative emotion. That's something a true hero would do."
"You are a true hero, and I admire you for all you do as one. I wouldn't even have thought about getting everyone into that baseball field, let alone being the one trying to guide them." She admitted.
He sensed the truth behind her words and felt his heart skip a few beats with Raven admitting her admiring something about him. "Still, I- I guess we can call it a day and head back to the Tower."
"If I remember correctly, we would end this date until I said the magic words. Which words were they, again?"
He chuckled a little more upbeat and rolled his eyes. "Thank you, Beast Boy, this was the best date ever."
She smiled, for the umpteenth time that day and assured him, "So we'll end it as soon as I say those words."
Someone's having fun… And I hope it's not just Beast Boy and Raven, I want you, my beloved readers, to have fun as well.
Until my next update. Bye!
Thanks for reading.
