hey! this is the...fifth chapter and it's FAR to be over! i think this is my first long-term story, i hope y'all like it...well, this one has no songfic, though. but you'll see how i worked things out...sorry if this is a bit short...well, i hope you like it. and again, if you guys have songs, perferably love songs, you can put it in the reviews and i'll see if i can fit it into the fic...please and thank you!
well, there wasn't any questions at all, sooo...i'll skip that part...if you have questions, i'll post 'em and answer 'em...but...yea...enjoy this! please review guys! thank u so very much for all ur reviews! and dun worry, i'm not having raven fall for BB to quickly
Raven woke up feeling Beast Boy's breath on her and his arms around her. She slid under his arm, slightly angry and confused and flustered. Whatever happened last night seemed like a dream, but whatever it was, she refused to believe it.
Can it really be that she's finally…in love? She shook her head furiously; what the HELL was she thinking? Raven, in love with Beast Boy. 'Not going to happen unless all hell break loose,' she thought.
She slowly got up on her feet and decided to clear her mind with a nice bath with some scented candles to clear her mind, and probably a handful of calming herbs to calm her nerves. She went into her room and took a bag full of herbs and selected a few candles. Taking some bath salts and new clothes to change into, she walked into the bathroom.
Securing the bathroom door, she twisted the faucet open and dropped a few doses of bath salts into the tub of water. It was scented like a jasmine-lavender fragrance and some watery scent with it. Crunching the herbs in her hand, she placed it near the tub rim and the scent whirled around the room. Last, she lit the candles she had; lavender, jasmine, fresh rain, and some more scents blended perfectly together. Finally, she took of her clothes and dipped into the warm water and turned off the faucet.
She let out a breath of ease. It was so comforting here; the scent eased her cramped muscles and calmed her thoughts. She closed her eyes focusing on the comforting feel of it.
Beast Boy woke up seeing that Raven was gone. He sighed softly feeling her warmth gone. Turning onto his back, he tried to fall asleep again. He closed his eyes and screwed it shut tightly trying to fall back asleep. He opened his eyes frustrated that he can't sleep. Beast Boy pushed himself up and grumbled.
"I wonder where Raven is," he said. He didn't want to get up though, his stomach gave a strange urge to let out whatever he ate yesterday night. He looked at the coffee table, "No tea today," he noted.
He leaned back. 'So, how am I suppose to tell her?' he thought. He remembered Cyborg and Robin telling them that they would help. "Well some help they are having the time of their lives in Hawaii." Beast Boy grumbled. "I wonder how they are doing in Hawaii…"
He turned to his side again thinking about all the food he could've been eating and everything he could've been doing if he just weren't sick. 'Look on the bright side,' he thought, 'Raven is here with me being my nurse. I guess that's good.'
Slowly and out of complete boredom, he started to rehearse what to say to him when he confesses to Raven and what she would say. Every time he got to the point where Raven would say that she loved him too, his mind suddenly realized that it was unlike Raven. He sighed, would she ever love him back?
Almost causing him to tears, the real-life Raven brought him back to reality. "Beast Boy? Are you still here?" she waved his hand in front of his face. Beast Boy's eyes snapped open. "For a second I thought somebody sent your brain to another dimension…if you even had one," she added under her breath. She noticed his stare and volunteered to get tea for him to help his condition.
Raven placed the tealeaves in and let the water boil. When the kettle let out a soft, high-pitched whistle, Raven quickly turned it off. Holding the handle, she poured the water in slowly so that it wouldn't splash onto her hand. The tealeaves danced around in circles as she poured the water in.
"Drink," she said, more like ordered, when she handed it to Beast Boy. With his blanket draped around his shoulder like a cloak, he took the tea. "I think you should be getting better soon," she said. "Let me see your temperature." She slowly placed her hand on his forehead.
Beast Boy looked down, slightly blushing while drinking the tea. It still tasted bitter and weird; at least he learned not to gag when he drank it. Her skin was ice cold when it touched his skin. Beast Boy grabbed her wrist and kept his hand over hers. "Your hands are cold," he said. Raven pulled her hand back.
"It's always like this." Raven said as she pulled her hands back. "You're still a bit sick," she got up. "Medicine will do. And you better eat it this time, I'm not your nurse, I won't feed you." Although she said it with a serious face, a humorous tone was sounded behind it. "I'll get the medicine, you, lay down."
Beast Boy did as he was told, and Raven walked off. He sighed. Maybe Raven will never love him back. The phrase "So close yet so far away" rang loudly in his head. 'You have no idea,' he thought. 'Whoever made it up must've been in my position.' Raven came back with the green-looking medicine that tasted like shit. He immediately made a face – he hated the medicine.
"Don't give me that," she sighed as she poured the thick liquid out. "Open your mouth," she said holding the spoon towards him. Beast Boy bit his lips. "Don't make me force it open," she warned. "You know I can."
Reluctantly, Beast Boy opened his mouth as the bitter-sweet-sour liquid slid slowly down his throat and left its trail. He made a gagging sound and shivered with a twitching eye. He grunted and lurches forward and held his stomach. "You sure that that thing isn't making me worse?" he grumbled.
"You can at least eat now," she replied coolly. "That's evidence enough." Beast Boy opened his mouth to protest but realized that she was correct. 'Maybe nasty medicine has its charms,' he reasoned.
"You should rest now, if you want to." Raven said. "I'll be going out to get more food. Apparently, Cyborg left us with enough food for only three days," she sighed.
"So you're leaving me…alone?" he asked. Raven shrugged
"And have you be capable of destroying the tower? I don't think so," she started. "But since you're sick…you can't do much. If I find this tower is in pieces, you'll be in pieces."
There, he's alone now. So maybe he can practice on how he'll confess, again. He decided he'd start the conversation if it ever happened.
'Hey, Raven?' he thought practicing. Raven would reply: Yes? Then he would say, 'Well, there's something I want to tell you.' Then he'd go out and say it. In reality, Raven would be staring at him. In his fantasy, Raven would confess her love and they would embrace…and kiss.
"WHAT THE HELL!" he screamed. "It's never going to happen." He sighed and looked down sadly. "Why did I ever think that that would even happen?" he sighed again. "And what if I won't have the guts to ask her?"
The phone suddenly rang. He grunted and picked up. "Hello?" he grumbled.
"Beast Boy, it is you, yes?" it was Starfire.
"So, how's Hawaii?" he went out and asked.
"It is gre – " you could hear the phone being ripped from Starfire's grasp and in the background you can here Cyborg saying, "It's my turn Star," and Starfire saying, "But I have only begun talking to our sick friend!"
"Hey, BB." Cyborg said cheerfully, perhaps a little bit too cheerfully. "How's thing going."
"I'm still sick, I can't eat much, other than that, I'm fine. Oh, and by the way, thanks for leaving the fridge half empty." Beast Boy said angrily.
"Half empty? It was half full!" he retorted. Before Beast Boy could answer, the phone was once again torn from one person to another. This time, it was from Cyborg to Robin.
"So, when are you going to tell her?" Robin asked. In the background, you can hear clearly that Cyborg was yelling for the phone back. Robin ignored it and waited for Beast Boy's answer.
"I don't think I can," he sighed. "She won't – she doesn't love me. I know it. Think about it, Raven, in love with me? Wishful thinking, don't you think so?" Beast Boy asked sorrowfully.
"You have a point." Robin muttered.
"What?" he snapped up.
"Nothing, nothing. I was just thinking to myself," he covered lamely.
"You don't 'think' to yourself out loud." Beast Boy said.
"Well, keep trying to tell Raven that you…" Robin said, but Beast Boy didn't reply because Raven came back.
"You're on the phone? They called didn't they?" Raven said.
"Actually, I'm talking to them right now." Beast Boy said rather uncomfortably.
"Sure," she said as she unloaded her pack into the refrigerator. Beast Boy glanced behind him rather nervously and looked whispered:
"Not a good time, talk next time!" and he hung up.
"So, what did they say?" she asked.
"Nothing much, just wondered how we're doing." Beast Boy said. 'Not completely lying.' He thought.
"I'll go make dinner…" before Raven finished, the lights flickered off and Beast Boy yelped. "Looks like the power's out. I'll get some candles from my room."
Moments later, she came out with a handful of candles. Beast Boy saw her lit them one by one without any fire. It always flickered, threatening to flicker out, then sparks back up again. The scent rose to Beast Boy's nose. "Hey, I can smell!" he said.
"You have to stomach flu, not the flu." Raven reasoned.
"Oh yea," he said and fell silent as he watched Raven lighting the rest of the candles. The different scent blended into one and created a quite…calm and romantic, if they were a couple, scene for them.
"I guess making dinner with the stove is out of the question." Raven said. "You won't happen to know how to turn into a flame-throwing type of animal would you?" Beast Boy shook his head and laughed.
"Nice one," he laughed.
"That wasn't a joke." Raven said. "Last time, in Starfire's planet, you could turn into that…alien thing. So I thought you might know. Well, I think we'll have to skip dinner tonight."
They fell silent now – an uncomfortable silence. The soft light gave Raven's face a strange glow that made Beast Boy's heart thud. The way the light hit Raven's face made him grip his hand hard. He swallowed awkwardly. "R-Raven?"
She turned towards him, her eyes looking into his. Beast Boy edged his way towards Raven. She didn't budge; then again, she didn't know what he was doing. Her whole body seemed frozen. One part wanted to move another wanted to let it be… His face was close to hers.
Immediately, Raven pushed back away and a candle fell onto the floor. Quickly, she extinguished the fire before it caught on her cloak. She looked at Beast Boy with a flustered, red face. "I have to go!" she excused herself and quickly ran into her room. "What is this?" she growled angrily under her breath. "I'm not going to go through this again. I don't do love!" she declared loudly and clearly.
here ya go! xD i hope you guys like this...although i think i kinda screwed up in the end...well, r&r...thank u!