Okay, so this isn't the chapter that I originally imagined it to be. In fact, it doesn't bear any resemblance to the one I planned for it to be. However, although it's short, I still like this one. I always wondered how much of the animal characteristics carried into BB's human form. But still, here is the Raven/Beast Boy chapter I promised. I would have gotten it out yesterday, but the server wasn't working or something like that. Anyway, enjoy!
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She's sitting there, so quietly.
I can hear her of course, I inherited animal senses when I became Beast Boy. I can hear her breathing, softly, hear her turn the pages of her small book, hear her heart beat slowly, contently.
I can smell her, that nice, sweet smell overpowering my senses. And as usual, even though Cyborg's right next to me, I can't smell his musky, oily scent. I can't hear the pounding of his heart, I can't hear him mash the buttons of the controller. All I can hear, all I can smell, is her. Raven.
It never matters how close the others are. I always hear/smell/see her first. All I can think about is her. Her voice. Her hair. Her personality. Her soul.
And it may seem weird to others that I like her scent better than the others. Cyborg, with, like I said, his musky, oily smell, mixed with the slight odor of sweat, shows that he's a good type of guy, on who loves to rough it and work out. Starfire's is more like perfume, flowery, bubbly (although I'm not sure how you can smell bubbly), clean and innocent smell. Robin has the aroma like some of the better citizens of the city; decent, honest, confident. But it's overpowered by the smell of leadership. And I can also smell a little bit of...darkness. Like he has something that he wants to forget. And I know that, like the others, it's his past.
In a way, I can know more about an individual than they know themselves.
But Raven's scent is...different. In a good way. She has the smell of darkness, like Robin, only more so. Like half of her is darkness and half is light. Only the light side is so tainted with doubt and fear that it thinks it's all darkness.
I can smell all of her emotions too. There's Happy sometimes, and a lot of Timid. Like right now, she's content, which is a form of Happy. Knowledge is also with her right now; well, she is reading a book. When we go to fight, her scent is charged with Brave. I can smell Rage and Fear (a form of Timid) whenever we are fighting and someone is close or might get hurt. Annoyance, when I bother her when she's reading or meditating. Gratitude, and Happy, when I try to make her smile.
I have also detected a hint of a new emotion. I don't know what it is. It hasn't been there long, well, I haven't been able to smell it until recently. It's something akin to Happy and Timid and Confused. I get very confused when I smell it, because it seems to be a mixture of all of her emotions, with something more in it. It seems to shift to Timid when I'm near, for some reason. It also seems that she doesn't know what it is either, because I can smell confusion when I smell the new emotion. Which makes me want to know all the more.
I snap out of my trance when I feel eyes on me (another heightened sense), and realize that I have been staring at Raven for sometime now. She's staring back at me, and her scent changes to Confused and for some reason, Happy. I decide to see what she's reading and scoot over to her side of the couch. She smells like Timid, all of a sudden, with a hint of Happy underneath. Is she happy around me? Or just happy that she's reading her book? We say nothing for a minute until she asks me what I want, and what I'm doing here. I smile, and say that I'm here because I like sitting next to her and watching her read.
All of a sudden, her scent changes to pure Happy. The sudden change makes my nose twitch for a second, but I can't help but wonder what made her so happy. But I forget about that when I see her face. A small, rare, genuine smile is situated there.
And right now, I'm sure that my scent is the same as Raven's; blissful, joyous, and happy.
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Well? You like? It's pretty short, but still, I like it. Let me know!
Reviews:
Sammy: I love that song. It's Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) by Nine Days. I love songfics, but I can't really write them right. If I'm going to use a song, I'll put a recommended song at the top. Thanks for the suggestion.
Fora Knots: I don't really like suicide that much, and this fic will have a happy ending (hopefully). He's more like lonely, and one of the things is that he may be making this all up in his head. Now, I'm not going to say anymore because I might give away everything, but I don't think I'm going to use that. I'm just not that type of person. But thanks for the idea.
audi katia: It was great, thank you! I love the beach, although we all got super sunburned...but thanks for asking.
KeLLy BeaNz: Wow! Thanks! But there are lots more better ones than mine...if you go to R&B 'Shippers United (h t t p : w w w . e x p a g e . c o m / p a g e / r b s h i p p e r s u n i t e d minus the spaces), go to the forum. In the Fan Stuff, under the Recommended Fics category, there are a lot of great fics there. Check it out! It's maintained by Sage Of Story (which is a great author by the way), and some of the authors on (red52, ScarletAngel68, me, etc...) hang out there. It's a good website. Anything by The Enduring Man-Child on the website is really good. :hugs back:
The Black Moon: Sorry! I meant anyone who supports the Raven/Beast Boy relationship. And thanks for the compliment, it really makes me feel good (that phrase isn't original, but it's true...).
Thanks to: Elucidation, Miss Moon, theskywillfall, JakkEd-UP, red52, SpiderSquirrel, Piezo, Mika'lah, Underworld Ruler 0507, Matchin' Laces, Custos, K9 (The First), ThessalyD, WingedUnicorn123, Slayergirl1362, La Rienne de Potiron, and ScarletAngel68. You guys make my day. Thanks so much to everyone who read and/or reviewed!
Oh, before I go, one thing. The 'names' of the chapters are actually lyrics from Sugercult's 'Crashing Down'. Mediocre song, great band. See you next time!