Titans Forever
Chapter 2:
Admirers, Dates, and Old Loves
Chapter Summary:
Okay, so this chapter is basically just . . . Raven has an admirer, Robin and Star are hungry, Cy wants to find Jinx, and BB flirts till he falls to the floor.The next day at the tower, everyone was pretty darn bored.
Beast Boy was lying across the couch, blowing wisps of his long hair out of his face, eyes closed, hoping he could sleep the day out. But Raven had other ideas.
As she walked in, she sweat-dropped upon seeing the grown titan take up most of the space on one corner of the couch, which she used for reading. Everyone knew it as 'Raven's Corner'.
"Uh . . . Beast Boy?" she asked, standing before him.
"Yeah, babe?" he said drowsily. Heat rapidly shot to Raven's face. Lately, he had been doing this a lot; flirting obviously. It embarrassed her in front of the others, and made her think that he thought she was 'easy'.
"1. Don't call me that. 2. You're in my spot," Rae snapped.
"YOUR spot?" Opening one eye and pulling himself up into a sitting position, he raised an eyebrow. "Who ever said this was YOUR spot? It's a free couch, sheesh. I don't see a sign saying 'Property of Raven: You sit here; you'll feel my wrath'."
"Well, it's where I always sit," she pointed out.
"Big whoop. Sit somewhere else, maybe?" He yawned.
"Whatever." She sat at the opposite end of the couch, pulling out a thick leather-bound book, opening up to where a blood-red ribbon marked her last read page.
But Beast Boy wouldn't give up that easily. He slid down the length of the couch to sit next to her, craning his head closer to hers, glimpsing over her shoulder. "Ouuu . . . Rae, what do we have here?" he asked playfully, grabbing her book.
"Huh?" Raven's head snapped up, as her arms attacked BB to give her back her book.
Wetting his finger and turning the page, Beast Boy's eyebrows raised. "Wow . . . you actually read lemons?"
"ITSNOTALEMON!" she screeched, lunging on top of him, battling to get her book back.
"Yes it is!" he cried, falling back against the cushions and holding the book out of her reach. "Our little Raven reads PORN!"
Luckily, no one was in the room to hear him, but Raven acted as if the whole entire world had heard. "Shut up!" she pinned him to the couch, using her legs to straddle his waist and lifting an arm to snatch the book. Beast Boy laughed, holding it as far away from her as possible.
"Ravie wants to get a wittle aroused?" he asked playfully, but Raven growled in reply, "Give me back my book, or you'll NEVER be able to lay on this couch AGAIN."
"Ouuu is that a threat?"
Her face hovered about 2 inches above his. "Maybe."
A little shocked, Beast Boy looked at her lips. "Do you wear lip gloss? Because your lips are unusually shiny today," he asked, studying her face.
"LIP-GLOSS IS FOR PREPS!"
But, that luck of not having anyone in there ran out, as Starfire and Robin were heading towards the entrance, deep in another random discussion about their pasts and old homes.
"You see," Starfire was telling Robin, as they stepped out of the elevator. "On my planet, when one reaches this age, if we are not married, we are shunned for the rest of our lives."
"Ouch," Robin winced.
"Ouch? You are in pain, Robin!" Star asked worriedly, gingerly taking his wrist in her hand and slowly peeling down his glove, peeking underneath it in search of any ouchies.
"Uhh . . . No, I mean uh . . . never-mind," Robin blushed, gently taking his arm out of her palm, rubbing the back of his neck. Starfire shrugged, "Whatever you say, Robin."
"So, does anyone on your planet know you're not married?" Robin inquired.
Immediately, Starfire's face became stained with a blood-red blush, and her leader raised a masked eyebrow. "Do they . . .?" he asked again.
"WelluhhhhyouseeIuhhhhhhhhh" Starfire babbled, scratching her head and avoiding eye-contact.
" . . . What did you tell them?" Robin asked, lifting her chin with his thumb and index finger. Starfire refused to look at his face, gulping.
"I-I told them that I was . . . married to . . . one of my best friends," she murmured. "In order for them to not send me back to Tamaran . . ."
" . . . Which one of us?" He lowered her chin.
"Well, uhhh . . ." she sighed heavily, and whispered, "You."
"O.O! ME?"
"Well . . . yes." Starfire glanced up at him worriedly. "Please do not harm me, friend Robin, for getting you involved. . ."
"N-No, I mean uhh . . . it's fine, you see . . . uhh . . ." Robin walked right into the door to the living room, wincing and rubbing the rapidly growing bump on his forehead. Starfire raised one of her soft hands, stroking the boo-boo and kissing it lightly.
Blushing as red as a lobster, Robin mumbled his thanks, and the two not-really-teens-anymore teens entered the large living room.
Raven was still battling for the book, still holding Beast Boy in an awkward position. "Give it BACK!" she snarled.
"Make me, babe," Beast Boy smirked, holding it over the arm-rest, threatening to throw it to the floor, which wasn't so bad unless you were really too lazy to get up and get it, which Raven kinda was, but she'd never admit it.
Robin and Starfire froze in the doorway, watching in shock. "Robin!" Starfire cried, "Our friends are married?"
"SCHWAA?" Beast Boy and Raven both shot up from their comfy positions on the couch, landing on the roughly carpeted floor.
The boy wonder gulped. "I uhh . . . I think we should just leave them alone, Star . . ." he said shakily, backing away slowly.
"W-We weren't doing anything!" Raven stood up, and Beast Boy grabbed her cloak as a safe way to stand up, being lazy also.
But his weight, which had recently escalated past Raven's, given that he was now the 2nd tallest member of the team and definitely the hottest, caused Raven to come tumbling to the floor, with BB landing on top for some reason beyond my control.
Robin and Starfire blinked confusedly.
"But you are in the positions that friend Cyborg mentions!" Starfire said.
"Some advice: In order to avoid getting walked in on during your 'activities', GET A GOD-DAMNED ROOM!" Robin exclaimed, folding his arms.
Raven groaned. "WE WERENT! ITS BEAST BOY'S FAULT!"
"Sure it was," Robin rolled his eyes, gently taking Starfire's hand and leading her out. Raven shot a death glare at Beast Boy.
"Fork it over," she ordered.
Beast Boy innocently blinked. "Fork WHAT over?"
Her eyes glowed a piercing white, as she used her power to snatch the book out of his hands, (and punching him in the nads, of course). "NEVER embarrass me like that again, you hear me?"
"Embarrass you HOW?"
Scoffing, she turned on her heels, storming out with her cloak billowing at her ankles.
"I think that means she likes me!" Beast Boy said to himself dreamily, smirking.
Cyborg was lying across his bed, sighing heavily. He had just woken up from the best dream of all time. He, and Jinx, were at a romantic fancy restaurant, eating food with a bunch of different kinds of utensils that he had never even heard of.
Sure, they in reality they hadn't seen each other for roughly 4 or 5 years, but his crush on her never receded. In fact, the more he thought about her, the more it grew.
Until he realized that it was true love.
Rolling over on his side depressedly, the android sighed. How could he find her? What if she was dead?
He groaned, and then an idea popped into his head. He could always search for her online . . . but oh shit. What was her real name?
Sitting up, he turned on his large, super awesome computer. As soon as the pages loaded, he turned on the internet, going to (I DON'T OWN THIS) and typing in 'Hive Students Jinx'.
What popped up definitely wasn't Jinx. Seems that our wittle hybrid forgot to put the search filter on. XDD
Some random blond posing naked popped up in the image section, and Cyborg's jaw dropped. "Unless Jinx dyed her hair and got out into the sun a lot more, that is NOT her!"
Ignoring the hot, but to him; not as hot as jinx; blond, he scrolled down to the web-links. "HMMMMMMM . . ."
Until one other image popped up. A pretty, tiny pixie-like young woman cradling a baby covered in black and red blankets stood in front of a hollow oak tree, smiling at the camera in her mysterious way. You couldn't see the baby's face, but one of its hands was reaching out to grab a necklace she wore off of her neck.
" . . . SHE GOT PREGNANT!" Cyborg roared. The half-robot stood up, pacing across the room in his sudden denial. "I gotta find her!"
He clicked on the picture, to find the source, and a gothic-styled web-page greeted him, entitled 'You Luck Just Ran Out, Human'.
"Jinxy!" he murmured, determined to find her address as he scrolled through the random pictures. Lately, it seemed, her hair had been mostly swept up into high pony-tails, or just allowed to be worn down, traveling down her shoulders. To Cyborg, she looked prettier than ever.
Robin walked down the hall beside Starfire, clearing his throat.
"Friend Robin . . ." Starfire began, avoiding levitating into a wall. "Why were our friends behaving in such an inappropriate manner?"
He snickered. "Star, I know that they didn't mean to, but you know how fun it is to watch them both freak out . . ."
Starfire smiled faintly. "Yes," she said. "It is, indeed."
"So what do you wanna do?" He asked, pressing the down button next to the elevator entrance. It dinged, and the doors opened.
The Tamaranian shrugged. "I am most hungry, but in case you are wrong about our friends . . ." 'Which you are never wrong, Robin,' she added mentally. "I was hoping we may 'go out' for food?" Her stomach growled, amplifying her inquirement.
Robin smiled. "Sure. But . . ." he looked down at his spandex suit. "We may want to change into regular clothes . . ."
Star nodded. "Agreed. So, when shall we depart?"
"As soon as you're ready," he replied, smiling.
The two not-really-teens-anymore teens entered their rooms, searching through clothing.
Starfire opened her closet door, and sweat-dropped when she saw that pretty much the only outfits in there were the same spandex uniform that she usually wore daily, seeing as the other clothing was in the wash. Sighing, she pushed the clothes aside, stepping inside the cramped closet and excavating for something that could be considered 'normal'.
At last, her mission seemed worthwhile as she threw a pair of flared hip hugger jeans, and a salmon-pink tank-top out of the closet. She struggled to get out, and eventually fell out of the closet. "Owwww . . ." she whimpered, rubbing the back of her head.
The Tameranian girl threw off her uniform, struggling to put on the outfit she had chosen, which was a tad too small. As soon as she was finished, she looked at herself in the mirror, turning around in circles in order to examine every view.
"Hm . . ." she opened the make-up case that lay on her bureau, grabbing a 'candy-pink' blush, and opening the container. Gently blotting it onto her face, and putting it away and grabbing lavender eye-shadow, the alien girl realized that she didn't look half bad.
When she was entirely through, she smiled at her reflection. "Hello, prettier version of Starfire!" she exclaimed softly, waving at herself.
Then she bent over, strapping on red sandals, and walked out of the room gracefully.
Robin slid a finger over his chin, trying to decide what to wear. There was the Green Day shirt Beast Boy had given him for Christmas . . . and then the Led Zeppelin sweat-shirt . . . but he wanted something perfect.
Pearl Jam was a tad . . . too . . . strange for Starfire's appeal, and that Nirvana shirt Raven had bought him would scare Starfire, seeing Kurt Cobain dressed in a green dress with make-up on. (A/N: I want that shirt. XDD) He smiled to himself, thinking of what she'd say.
'This 'boy' is actually a female? Is that possible? Is he one of the . . . 'hermaphrodites' that friend Raven often calls Beast Boy?'
In fact, the boy wonder realized that none of his clothing would work for him. He turned towards the door. Maybe he could borrow some from Beast Boy?
But Beast Boy's dress-style was like his own, punk-rocker, yet slightly more goth, (Seeing as BB wanted to impress Raven by buying that stuff, and ended up liking it himself) but it was better than a 'Dookie' shirt.
He opened the door, walking across the hall to Beast Boy's room, knocking on the Changeling's door.
It opened, and BB yawned, eyes closed. "Raven, look babe, if ya really want me, you can't deny your feelings. I have female senses, and I know you love me. And oh, you will be mine. Oh yes, you WILL be mine . . ."
"Beast Boy, that's all very touching, but I have an emergency," Robin smirked, widening the door.
The green titan's eyes opened, and stretched out wide. "SHIT! What you heard, you never really heard, okay? SO YOU NEVER HEARD IT! CONSIDER YOURSELF –DEAF!-"
Robin raised a masked eyebrow. "Whatever you say, Beast Boy. Anyway, I really do need your help. I'm going out with Starfire for food and"
"Is it a date?" BB inquired, hands on his hips, making him look strange with his surfer-dude doo all tussled up, making him look . . . weird.
"I don't know . . ." The boy wonder removed a pair of boxers and a pizza slice from the wooden stool in Beast Boy's room, sitting down on it. "But I really wanna impress her so that maybe, just MAYBE, she might decide 'Hey! Robin's a really hot guy that I want to date!'"
"Dude, she ALREADY THINKS THAT!" the changeling whacked Robin on top of the head. "Open up your eyes, man! Oh, and ditch the mask. It makes the girl think she's staring into an endless portal of white."
"Endless portal of white, huh?" Robin lifted his hands, peeling his mask off. He blinked rapidly in the suddenly sun-light that poured in through Beast Boy's window, until he got used to it. His eyes were a deep cerulean blue, but the mask lines still traced around his eyes.
"Awwwww, Robbie-Poo's eyes are so pretty!" Beast Boy squealed in a mock-preppy voice, smirking. "So anyway, what kind of things do you want to wear? I mean, most of your clothes would just about do it."
"Yeah, but . . ." Robin stood, opening Beast Boy's closet door, shocked to find it empty. "Beast Boy, where are all your clothes . . .?"
"Look on the floor, man," the green teen replied, sitting on the bottom bunk of his bed, opening a half-eaten soy-chocolate bar, taking a bite, grimacing at the bitter taste. But he shrugged, and took another bite, getting used to the unusual taste.
The leader sweat-dropped, kneeling on the floor and throwing random shirts around. Alas, he found a strange 'BB and Rae 4ever' shirt, and glanced up at the owner strangely. "Where'd you get this, eh?" he asked sneakily.
Beast Boy nearly choked on his chocolate bar, rubbing his adams apple. "Uhh . . . it was a gift."
"Sure it was. You know, Beast Boy, Raven's not going to fall in love with you if you keep pressuring her," Robin pointed out, throwing the shirt at Beast Boy's face.
"Yeah, well, I know, but . . . it's the ONLY way!" He caught the shirt mid-air, cuddling it against his chest as he took another bite of his chocolate bar.
"Do you sleep with that thing?" Robin pointed at the shirt.
" . . . Maybe . . . "
Robin rolled eyes, rubbing them as they continued to get used to the un-sheathed light. "So anyway, do you have any 'cool' outfits?"
"All the outfits you HAVE are cool," BB pointed out, setting the BbxRae shirt down beside him. "But you're too ignorant to admit." He smirked. "And I betcha Star's gonna be ready to go before you, Mr. Obsessed-With-My-External-Looks."
"Whatever." His comrade dug out an Evanescence shirt, raising an eyebrow. "Ouuu . . . what's this?" he asked playfully. "Ladies Size 16, hmm?"
BB blushed. "Okay, so I stole it from Raven and I wear it at night, but—"
"A BRA? AND A THONG?" Robin threw the two newly-discovered under-wear items at BB. "Either you're obsessed with her, or you're becoming a cross dresser."
Beast Boy stuck his tongue out. "Just choose your clothes and GO."
Robin eventually pulled out a Red Hot Chilli Peppers shirt, and waved as he exited the room. He went back into his own room, pulling on a pair of baggy blue-jeans, and Chuck Taylor's. When he was done dressing, he looked up at his mirror, eyes wide.
He actually looked like a normal teen. His hand flew to his hair, while the other grabbed some gel. He quickly tussled it, and smiled proudly. He pondered putting on sun-glasses, but decided against it, and he laced his sneakers. "I'm . . . ready," he said to himself, turning around and exiting.
As the Boy Wonder made his way down the hall towards Starfire's room, something crashed into him and toppled him over. He gave a yelp, but opened his eyes, seeing it was Starfire herself.
"O-Oh . . . H-Hey, Starfire . . ." he said, gently standing up, and helping her up, too.
Starfire could only gape at him. "Robin, where is your mask? You ARE Robin, yes?" She lit a star-bolt just in case. "Or are you an 'imposter'!"
"Nono! It's me! Robin. I just took the mask off for once . . ." Robin massaged the visible lines where his mask had been, and smiled assuringly at her. Starfire's eyebrows raised.
"Robin, you have VERY lovely eyes," she mused, taking his now un-gloved hand into her own, blushing.
He leaned over and pecked her on the cheek, making both of them get all blushy-blushy-goo-goo.
"Shall we go?" Robin asked, offering her his arm.
"Yes, let us!" Starfire agreed eagerly, hooking arms with him as they made their way toward the elevator.
Shortly after the two left, Raven went to the front door, opening the mail slot. She grabbed a large stack of envelopes, flipping through them. "Bills, bills, bills, PlayBoy subscription, PlayGIRL subscription . . . Jeez, are we ALL perverts here? Uhh, anyway . . ." She reached a light pink envelope.
"Probably some secret admirer for Starfire or Robin or Beast Boy," she muttered, as she looked at the return address. There was none. And the name on it was not Robin's, or Star's or BB's, or Billy Joel's! It was her own.
She choked on a gasp, closing the door and walking hurriedly to the elevator.
When the doors opened, revealing the Main Room, the introvert rushed towards the coffee table, laying out the mail. She lifted the pink envelope with a shaking hand. If this was another one of Beast Boy's tricks, she swore she'd slay him . . . and also secretly keep the note forever, sniffing it repeatedly and sleeping with it.
"Hey, Rae," Beast Boy entered the room just then, and Rae yelped, jumping up in fright.
"Wow . . . sorry," he walked over to her, looking through the mail that was set out.
Raven shook her head to signify it was okay, and opened her envelope, peeking inside. Beast Boy's gaze rose towards her envelope.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing.
"Nothing," she replied, turning away as she pulled out a single, pressed red rose. She blushed, but smiled. 'Beast Boy has good taste . . .' she thought.
She pulled out a piece of light-blue parchment, unfolding it and reading the message to herself.
'Dear Raven,
I have admired you from afar for a very long time, and I must come out and tell you, I am insanely in love with you. Since we met by accident, and were torn apart as you left, I realized that I desperately needed you. You may not remember me, but I'll always remember you, and the night I laid eyes on you. I have secretly been watching you in daily activities, and I must say, Raven, you are the most gorgeous girl I have ever met and/or seen. I watch you constantly, always. I fall asleep to the image of your face. I never do not think of you. I am blushing as I write this, but I have been pushing myself in the direction of corresponding with you. Please, do not think I am a freak. I may be obsessed with you, but I love you more than life itself.
Meet me the 11th, at half-past 8 P.M., so we may see eachother's faces for real.
With love,
Your Secret Admirer'Raven's jaw dropped, as photos fluttered out of the envelope. Photos of her washing in the shower, fighting crime, reading, sleeping, dressing, and eating. "What the fuck?" she muttered, bending over to pick the photos up.
But Beast Boy's hand was quicker. He snatched the one of her naked in the shower, looked at it, and let out a low whistle, as his lower area threatened to erect. "Raven, you look HOT when you're naked," he told her truthfully, looking up to meet her gaze.
She was blushing furiously, and handed him the letter, snatching the photo back. "Read this," she pointed to the letter. "I have a stalker."
The changeling shrugged, reading it, and his eyebrows raised. "Raven . . . wow." A large pang of jealously tore through his heart, and his eyes narrowed at the paper. "You're not going to meet him, though, are you. Rae?"
"I don't know . . ." She folded her arms. If this WAS Beast Boy, it would be the perfect chance for her to confess her feelings. "I have a feeling I know him."
"No duh," he rolled his eyes. "Supposedly, you two met," he said hostilely.
Rae gently took the paper out of his hands, but Beast Boy grabbed it back, causing a little tear to form.
"So you're just going to go on a blind date?" he snapped. "When you might not even KNOW this guy? What if he's a rapist, Raven? Or a pedophile . . . even though you ARE a grown woman, but you're still really hot, and that attracts guys, so one might kidnap you! This guy's a PSYCHO!"
"What do you care? You're a pervert, you think I'm hot, and I think YOU'RE the psycho!" Raven retorted.
He raised his hands. "Hey! I'm just stating the truth."
"And so am I."
"But I'm right-er."
"Sure you are. And you're what, 19? And you can't even use grammar properly."
"Whatever, Raven. You can just run off with your new boyfriend, but when I see your dead, mangled, mutilated body lying in a deep ravine, expect me to say 'TOLD YOU SO!' and spit on your corpse," Beast Boy growled, storming out and throwing the letter at her.
Raven gaped, and bent over again, collecting the photos. "What's his DEAL?" she muttered.
"He's only madly in love with you," Cyborg's voice said suddenly, as he entered the room, sighing.
"For all I know, this stalker dude IS him . . . wait, did you hear everything that went on?" She stood.
"Yeah, sadly. And . . . even though he really would want to invite you on a blind date with him . . ." The android pointed at the paper. "He didn't write that."
"He . . . didn't? How do you know?"
"Because he's too SHY! And he doesn't take pictures of you in the shower. Sure, he stares at you in the shower, and humps the toilet to the mental image of you, but he's too shy to come out and ask you out," Cy pointed out.
"But he flirts with me 24/7!"
"Flirting and asking someone out are two very different things."
"Whatever."
"Andddd . . . " Cy smirked. "I bet you WANTED that little letter to be from him."
"Don't be stupid," Raven muttered, setting the components of her letter on the coffee table. "He's an annoying little immature jack-ass."
Cy reached behind his back, and held up a black diary, decorated with a plastic sword going through a plastic heart. "Apparently, you think he's dead sexy, dreamy, smart, sexy, sexy, sexy, hot, dreamy, and your dream guy."
"MY DIARY!" Raven's jaw dropped. "What the hell? WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?"
" . . . It's a seeeeeeecret."
"Yeah, well screw you."
"I already am screwed." Cy tossed the diary back at Raven, collapsing onto the couch. "My dream woman has a kid, is probably married, and perfectly happy without me."
"Jinx?" Raven asked.
"How did you know . . .?"
She shrugged. "Bumblebee."
His eyes narrowed. "Damn that Bee . . ."
"Well, I know for a fact that Jinx had a monster crush on you," Raven said. "Bumblebee told me that, too."
" . . . Maybe I WONT damn that Bee . . ."
She put a hand on his shoulder. "You just have to face the music. If she's really moved on, then so should you. But don't give up without a good fight," she advised, rising.
Cy smiled distantly. "Thanks, Rae. Oh, and about your secret admirer? If you REALLY wanna play with BB's emotions, you'll go and meet that dude, and brag about it. Eventually, he'll crack and admit everything."
"Seriously? Should I?" Raven examined herself.
"Take my word for it: YOU SHOULD."
She smirked. "Alright."
A/N: That was the longest chapter I EVER wrote . . . 4 and a half THOUSAND words. –drools- I'm becoming better at writing longer chappies, arent I?
Audience: -hypnotized, so they nod-
-smirks- I'll give you all cookies.
Oh! And the whole admirer thing is from xDDD FOAMYYYYY!
Anyway, this was saved onto a floppy disk, on my old computer, the one that died when I was in fifth grade, and my friend Kalah and I were fighting over the mouse, and the whole thing just shut down. So . . . our current computer crashed, and is currently in the shop.
AND I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE BAND! –big heart eyes- Evanescence, dude. So there.
They're my favorite band to sing along to . . . seeing as Jack Off Jill is a little too hard on my vocals . . . anyway, I'm rambling on and on, and I hope this fits onto my mom's floppy disc . . . and I'll post this as soon as we get our PC back. Maybe all that porn my brother had stored on the dell is what caused the whole crash thingy . . . I don't have internet access on this.
Soto update this, I had to go to my local library! -peace sign anime-style- YAY FOR LIBRARIES! READ, PEOPLEEE! REEEAADDD!
Hey, does anyone know when the newest ep. of TT is coming out? I was waiting last week and . . . nothing. Just Bunny Raven. Believe me,it's a good ep. and all . . . but uhhhh not when you have it on tape 3 times. xD
So please EMAIL MEEE! It's on my profile-page so like e-mail me, seeing as I can't go on my own pc until wednesday at the earliest.
PEACE OUT.
Lurve,
-Mari-Chan
