Cactus Flowers By: Cluelessbutdark
Chapter two- A case of Insomnia
A week had passed since that night. Raven lay in the medical bay in the tower. Beast boy had not returned yet, no new sightings of him either. Raven sighed.
"Azarath, metrion, zinthos." The last of the dark girl's wounds faded to thin scars, they soon would disappear. Slowly, for the first time in a week, Raven headed to the lounge.
"Hi", she said weakly. Everyone turned and gasped at the sight of their wounded teammate. At seeing her, Starfire leapt up. "Friend Raven!" They alien squeezed her into a hug.
"Easy Star", Robin said, "She just recovered." Instantly, Starfire softened the hug. "Thank goodness you are well, friend. I have been the worried over you." Raven gave a light smile. "I'm fine Star."
There was extremely loud silence. Raven was afraid to ask the very question that gnawed at her insides. 'Suck it up Raven, just ask already!' Sucking a breath, Raven broke the silence.
"Is there anything new on the Beast boy case?" When you fall out for a week, these questions tend to rise fast. At first, nobody answered all afraid of what might happen if they told her the truth.
Cyborg drew in a breath; they'd have to tell her eventually. "Well", all heads turned in his direction. "He's returned to normal but", he paused he had a feeling that he shouldn't tell her but what could he do? "But, he's in critical condition at Jump City hospital."
Raven merely stood up, turned on her heel and left the room. Starfire rose as if to run after the broken girl, but Robin placed his hand on her shoulder and pushed her back down. "Let her be. She'll come around." 'I hope', he added mentally.
Raven soon developed a bad case of insomnia. She could never sleep without waking up another titan and asking about her teammate's condition. She often spent her nights staring out the window waiting for Beast boy as if he was returning any second.
One night, she woke up Robin to ask him her usual question. Robin stood up, surprising the girl. "Why do you care so much? He was the one who attacked you! So tell me Raven, why the hell you care so much!"
Raven bit her lip and looked away. He grabbed her by the collar of her black tank top. "Why do you give a damn, huh? All you've ever cared about is", he paused to think. "Actually you've never cared about anything, at least with not so much passion."
He got ready to punch her when she cried out a fearful "Azarath, metrion, zinthos!" This forced Robin's fist backward, causing him to punch himself. He cried out in pain as Raven ran out of his room and into hers, locking the down behind her.
The half demon was in a little ball on top of her thick, deep blue sheets, rocking slowly back and forth. She kept her eyes wired shut as if doing this would make what just happen disappear.
It wasn't working.
How could this happen? Every time Beast boy went to plain Beast, the boy wonder had saved her. Why would he do this? Why now? When Raven was so fragile…
Suddenly, she heard the front door creak open. Only titans could open it, with their communicators so who could it be? Reality flowed back into Raven's mind. 'Beast boy!' The girl rushed downstairs.
Peeking from behind a doorpost a bit worried to step in and just say "Hey Beast boy. How was the hospital?" due to all the commotion and rampant emotion, Raven saw that Beast boy was standing there letting memories flow back to him. Letting the past just fly through the air as if it was a windy day and he caught them all and returned them to their place.
The azarathian smiled slightly at the sight of his return. "I shall see you in the morning", the bird-named girl said before returning to the dark cavern known as her room.
The next morning, Raven felt something unusual, happiness. Gleefully, she skipped down the stairs wanting to see Beast boy right away, for she had something to tell him.
To her despair though, the kitchen was overloaded with loud silence. This caused raven to give off her trademark scowl.
The quiet continued throughout breakfast there wasn't even the classic tofu vs. meat fight because they all feasted on a cereal assortment. After breakfast was done, each titan rose from their chairs and left the kitchen, washing the dishes could wait.
Raven caught up with Beast boy. "Beast boy, there's something I have to tell you and it may seem unlike me but I'm positive that…" She was stopped. "What is it?"
"Well… Beast boy, I love you, I really do." He was expressionless. "Sorry Raven, I just don't feel that way." He simply walked away as if nothing had happened.
Raven stood there, unsure of anything. "Friend Raven, are you the okay", Starfire asked, a bit worried.
Raven plucked the alien's hand of her shoulder.
"I'm not okay." The dark girl paused. "I promise."
From me:
God, I love that song! Anyway I'm really tired so I just want to thank you all for the nice reviews, they mean a lot to me. I think this is my beast story yet and I hope you all agree. I'll update ASAP.