Chapter 2-Test Drive the Mistletoe
"You will not train today!" she cried. "Such behavior is NOT festive!" she scolded, grabbing his hand and pulling him to the couch. She sat him down and beamed, taking a place by him. Robin's face got hot as she comfortably laid a head on his shoulder. Raven rolled her eyes.
"Dude! It's finished!" BB jumped down from the ladder as a tabby cat. Hanging from the doorway was a small sprig of mistletoe.
"It took you this long to hang a little piece of mistletoe? Which, might I add, is pointless…" Raven inquired curiously.
"Yeah, so?" Beast Boy retorted. Raven lifted a brow.
"To which part are you replying to? The part about it taking you a ridiculously long time to hang a small weed or the part about it being pointless?" She asked. He stopped and furrowed his eyebrows in a fruitless attempt to answer Raven's rather simple question. She shook her head and continued sipping her tea. Starfire and Robin observed this from the couch with great interest while Cyborg continued to busily bake more cookies. It appeared the entire counter top was covered with the sugary treats.
Beast Boy's mind sprung upon and idea which was, I suppose, inevitable to happen at some point in time due to genetic default. A rather sly smile crept across his face.
"Time to take the mistletoe for a test drive," he said haughtily. He gave Raven a wicked grin and grabbed her arm. Pulling the gothic heroine beneath the mistletoe he smiled proudly. The empath's eyes narrowed into tiny violet slits. "Now you gotta kiss me, Rae," he announced with a laugh that sounded almost devilish. Raven looked perturbed but striking upon her own bit of genius (which was a much more common occurrence in the tower) a slow, creeping smile slid across her face.
"On the contrary, I believe the rule only applies between two people of the same… species and off hand I do believe your manners prove you to be outside the human rac---"she was cut off by the green teen's lips against her own. She found herself leaning into him, her eyes closed in pleasure. The couch began to vibrate with black energy.
Beast Boy wrapped his arms around the girl's neck, his fingers tangled in her silky hair. Raven came back to her senses just as the couch lifted and dumped Robin and Starfire onto the ground in a rather awkward position. She broke away from him and a jet of black energy slammed Beast Boy into the wall. "Never. Do. That. Again." she spoke in a dangerous tone. "I don't make out with green balls of fur. In fact," she added icily, "I don't make out at all!" she hissed. Regaining her composure she returned to the table where she took another swallow of tea.
All was silent except the sound of cookie hitting the floor as it dropped from Cyborg's gapping mouth. Robin and Starfire were facing their own problems though. "Friend… you are on me in a rather…uncomfortable way," the red-head spoke carefully to the Boy Wonder who was currently crimson, frazzled, and straddling her waist. He gave a small yelp of surprise as he realized exactly what he looked like. Tumbling from her back her leapt up and stood a few feet away. Starfire stood and brushed herself off. Raven looked over.
"Sorry," she said bluntly.
It was quiet again. Robin noticed the discomfort on Starfire's face and came to her rescue. "Um, guys, let's open gifts…ok?" he proposed. Starfire's face visibly brightened. She danced over to the tree and Robin noticed she was jingling. "Ah, Starfire, why are you… making… music?" he asked curiously.
"Oh! It is the small bells affixed to my hat! She reached up and concealed in fluffy white tip of the Santa hat was a small set of jingle bells. Raven snorted. Star either didn't notice or didn't care because she went back to busily picking up packages from beneath the tree. Robin swallowed hard. Would she like his gift?
Author's notes:
Now I know some of you were really hoping the gift Robin is giving Star is an engagement ring but I'm sorry I have to tell you… it's not. It does lead to a very special roof-top talk thought ;). I will tell you that I did write a story called Of Black Spells and Green Magic which is a BBxRae, SxR fic and has a couple proposals in it. I'll make sure to tell you when the first chapter of that is put up on Fanfic. It just so happens that story is also the sequel to Understanding Love (which is also fully written but not fully posted). Under the Mistletoe is NOT in any way connected to those two stories other than that the pairings are the same. Now that you've read my long-winded speech…REVIEW!