Chapter Dedication: My Upward Bound inspiration (and perverted partner in crime) Kirby as well as Psycotic Jess and Aphroditie Love whip goddess Rose.
Chapter 7
Beast boy smiled as he opened his eyes. ' I can't believe last night, it was so... unexpected yet great.'his happy mood didn't last long as he glanced at his clock that glowed bright red "5:00am." he groaned.
Deciding that sleep would be elusive now that he was awake, he rose and poked his head out the door, looking around and wondering if anyone else was awake. It was dead silent and the stillness was creepy. Seeing no one, he made up his mind not to throw on pants and walked down the hall to the bathroom and locked the door. Removing his only item of clothing, his boxers, he climbed into the shower and let the warm water run over his green skin.
'Raven...' he thought with a small smile on his face, eyes closed slightly. 'What will this day hold in store?' he wondered before sighing and tending to the business of cleaning himself.
Raven woke as her alarm clock went off in a low beeping noise. It didn't take much to wake her up which was good considering she had a room close to Starfire's and the alien girl would be able to hear it if it was any louder.
Rising from her rather comfortable bed, she walked over to her closet and opened the door. Of the few things she did have other than her uniforms, they were all dark and this day she didn't feel like wearing depressing colors.
'I'll ask starfire if I can borrow some of her clothes. In the meantime I'll just wear something else.'she threw on a pair of jeans and a dark blue tank top before skipping out her door and down the hallway towards Beast boy's room.
She knocked gently on the door, hoping that she wasn't going to disturb him since he liked to sleep late. After receiving no answer, she knocked a little harder. Still no response. Hesitating for a moment, she phased through his door and looked around.
'Strange... he's not in his room.' she stood, slightly confused for a moment before turning and walking out the door.
Or she would have been if beast boy hadn't been coming in at the same time. Wearing only a towel. Dripping wet.
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Raven stared at his bare chest for a moment before looking away, blushing slightly. 'It's not like you haven't seen him before.' she thought to herself.
'Yeah but think, just beneath that towel is absolutely nothing. It would be so easy just to casually tug at it and...'
Raven's eyes widened greatly and her blush grew. She didn't seem to hear beast boy talking to her until he placed a hand on her shoulder, slightly concerned.
"Raven, are you alright?"
She jumped and moved away from him. "Y... yes! I'm sorry, I... I was j..just coming in here to...to...to ask you if you wan...wanted to go..go for a walk." she couldn't look at him.
"Yeah, sure. Just let me get changed."
She nodded and flew past him, "I'll wait for you downstairs." she said hurriedly as she left.
Chuckling softly, beast boy closed the door to change.
"It's kinda chilly this morning. Are you sure your not cold?" beast boy asked as Raven rubbed her arms again.
"I'm fine." she said softly, not meeting his eyes.
Not believing her, he slipped an arm around her shoulders. "Now Rae, no lying to me." he said, winking
She blushed and pulled away slightly. He noticed her uneasiness and didn't press the matter. They walked in a comfortable silence for a while before Raven said suddenly. "Beast boy, how... how do you f...feel about me?" her voice was low, almost a whisper.
He blushed and looked around, there wasn't much to see in the predawn light. "Uh... why do you ask?" he said, trying to buy some time to come up with an answer other than 'I love you.'
She blushed and looked away. "I'm just curious."
He scratched the back of his head. "Well, I like you a lot. Your one of my best friends."
"Oh." she seemed slightly crestfallen.
"How do you feel about me?" he asked, hoping for some leeway as to her true feelings.
Her blush grew. "The same." she managed to get out before looking away.
The silence stretched out. Although, this time it was an awkward silence.
" you know..." beast boy started. "We should have a picnic. Or, a simple day out. Ya know? With the others and all."
Beast boy hadn't seen her hopeful face in the beginning and, likewise, didn't see it fall at the mention of the others. "Sure." she pushed her unhappiness away for the time being. "That would be fun. But we should be getting back, I need to meditate."
He nodded and they headed back for the tower.
"Beast boy?" Raven asked softly as he started to head for his room.
"Yeah Rae?"
"Would you like to join me?"
He looked startled for a moment but then smiled. "I would love to."
Her nervousness disappeared from her features, replaced by a small smile as she silently led the way up to the roof. She took her position near the edge of the roof, facing towards the horizon where the sun would be rising in a short time. She got comfortable and raised off the ground, eyes closed, repeating her mantra.
Beast boy sat down and watched her closely. The small breeze blew strands of hair over her face, caressing her cheeks before settling back down only to start up again. He smiled as he watched her worries settle and resolve themselves, erasing them from her mind and giving her a placid look. The sun had started to rise and it's colors of pink and purple played features across her face, making her hair shimmer with colors that felt alive.
He was startled when one of her eyes opened and she glared slightly. "It's kind of hard to concentrate with you staring at me like that." as she spoke, her glare turned into a soft blush yet she managed to keep a somewhat stern decorum.
He blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, your just so beautiful in the morning light." he muttered, turning away from her to look at the sunrise.
Her blush grew and she set down on her feet gently. She teetered on the ball of her feet before walking over and sitting down next to him. "Sorry." she said quietly.
He smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to his body. "No apologies needed."
The blush seemed permanently stuck on her cheeks but she said nothing as she scooted closer and rested her head against his chest. It was beast boy's turn to blush.
They said nothing as they watched the sun continue to rise. Normally, Raven would be up on the roof with Starfire, chanting with her before the meditation would be disturbed by Starfire's giggle as a recurring dream came to her mind in which Raven would have to stop herself from laughing with futile attempts. They would dissolve in laughter, Raven only mildly humored. They would have to sit down and retell the dream of beast boy, robin, and cyborg all acting rather stupid and beating each other up with fish. Sometimes they would humor themselves with adding to the story in which the laughter would grow until something exploded and they would get back in track of meditating until starfire's stomach started to growl.
Raven sighed and nuzzled her nose against the base of beast boy's neck. "It's nice up here." she murmured.
"Yeah." beast boy managed to choke out as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
'Doesn't he smell so nice?'
'yeah, he does...'
'Maybe you should kiss him'
'maybe...'
'Then after that, who know's where it can go.'
Raven's eyes snapped open and she pulled away from Beast boy quickly, her heart pounding hard. 'Damn you!'she thought furiously.
"Raven? Are you alright?" beast boy's worried voice asked.
She nodded and pulled her knees close to her chest. "I hate her..."
"Who?"
Raven didn't look at him. "One of the other emotions who's mad because she can't come out unless I let her."
Beast boy scooted closer to her once more. "Anyone I know?" he joked.
She looked at him. "Maybe in your own mind."
He smiled and turned to look out over the water where birds were diving for fish. "Alright then, keep your secrets."
Raven hesitated for a moment before resting her head on his shoulder. He glanced down at her and smiled, kissing the top of her head before looking back out over the water.
She worried at the bottom of her lip, toying with the idea of kissing him or not. The words of the earlier emotion still ringing in her ears yet she really wanted to, besides, hadn't Raven already kissed him? She wouldn't be mad at her if she did. Resolving on the action she glanced at him but before she could carry out the plan, the door to the roof opened and starfire walked out onto the roof.
"Friend Raven! I was looking for you, do you still wish to embark upon our morning meditation ritual? Good morning friend Beast boy!"
"Morning Star." beast boy grinned and stood up before helping Raven up. "Why don't you guys meditate and I'll go make breakfast?"
"That would be most glorious! Perhaps you should wake Robin and Cyborg for them to help?" Star suggested.
"Sure." beast boy said mischievously. He started to run to the door before stopping and returning to raven. His smile grew as he kissed her softly on the lips before running off out of sight.
As soon as he was out of sight, Starfire hugged raven tightly. "Friend, I am most happy for you! Please recount how this has happened between yourself and friend beast boy!"
Raven groaned inwardly as starfire set her down. They wouldn't be going to breakfast until Star had all the details, it was going to be a long morning.
"Robin! Time to get up!" beast boy yelled through the door while pounding on it. He heard the boy wonder groan as he got up and beast boy ran down the hallway to wake up cyborg which would be easy considering his sleep cycle would be almost over.
The sound of Robin's door swishing open made him run down the hall fast. "Beast boy, I'm going to kill you!" He yelled.
"Take it up with Starfire man, she wanted you and cy up to help me make breakfast!" he was about to knock on Cyborg's door when it opened.
"Yeah, probably because she doesn't want those stinkin' tofu eggs!"
Beast boy stuck his tongue out at Cyborg and started heading back down the hall towards the kitchen. "Whatever dude. You can make your own junk, I'm not touching slaughtered pig."
Cyborg followed after him, passing robin who was going back in his room to change and out to where beast boy had already set up everything. "Wow BB, going all out this morning?"
He nodded as he fired up the stove, whistling a happy tune as he went along and set up a pan for his tofu eggs and Raven's teapot.
"So, how's the apocalypse going?" Cyborg asked him with a chuckle. He noticed beast boy's grin widen. "That good?" he asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah man, every things great."
"Care to share? Seems like something happened more than her just bein nice." cyborg peered at his friend's red face.
"Sorry Cy. I don't kiss and tell." he smirked as he watched cyborg's eyes grow wide.
"WHAT! When!"
Beast boy couldn't contain his grin. "Not tellin."
"Come on man, tell me!"
"Tell you what?" Robin asked as he walked in.
Beast boy covered Cyborg's mouth. "Nothing of importance." he lowered his voice and glared at Cyborg. "And if you ever want to know anything you won't say a word about it to anyone.' Cyborg nodded and beast boy went back to cooking leaving Robin slightly baffled.
"So guys, what are we going to do today?" Robin asked after a short period of silence.
"Well, I was thinking of a nice picnic or something like that. I know Raven's up for the idea." Beast boy said, putting a plate of tofu eggs on the table.
"How is her mood this morning?" Robin asked, getting out the soy milk and orange juice.
"Loveable." beast boy muttered under his breath with a slight blush on his cheeks. "Alright. Happy, content, endearing. Along those lines."
Cyborg grinned. "Endearing, what an interesting word. Wouldn't a synonym for endearing be loving?"
Beast boy said nothing but Robin looked thoughtful. "I guess we can go..."
"Go where?" Starfire asked as she and Raven walked into the room. "Mm, everything smells so good." her mouth started watering.
"To the park and have a BBQ or something." beast boy said as he fixed Raven's tea and set it on the table. "Dig in guys!"
"Yes, the park would be fun. We can play the frisbee and stank ball games!" Starfire chirped joyfully.
"Well I guess it settled then" Robin said, smiling at star. "We'll go this afternoon." he grabbed some eggs and bacon and started chowing down.
Beast boy glanced at Raven to make sure the tea was alright and found her looking at him. Seeing as she had been caught, she hastily looked away. Beast boy smiled and reached for her hand under the table, she was startled but didn't pull away but intertwined her fingers with his, a small blush on her cheeks.
He squeezed her hand gently and turned back to his breakfast, wondering what else the day had in store for them.
"That was good Cy." Robin said as he leaned back from the picnic table, rubbing his stomach that had slightly bulged on account of Cyborg's special ribs.
Beast boy was finishing off his salad and looked for Raven who had finished eating and was leaning against a tree, reading. He grinned and turned into a dog before rummaging through a bag of stuff. He found a frisbee and ran over to Raven, dropping it at her feet.
She rolled her eyes but picked up the circular disk and flung it. Beast boy yipped and started running after it. Raven couldn't help but smile as he caught it and shook it a few times before bringing it back for her to throw again.
'Too bad we can't be alone with him.' came the sultry voice of lust.
Raven groaned. 'Can't you just be happy with how it is right now?' she asked her.
'No, and neither can you, I know that for a fact. Just get him alone then let me take over for a while.'
Raven shook her head as beast boy came back and she threw the frisbee again. 'I'm not stupid you know, or naive. I know what you'll do to him...'she blushed as she thought of some of those 'things'.
'your no fun. All I want to do is kiss and touch him all over, his neck, his ears, chest, doesn't that sound like fun?'
Raven's face had grown beet red and lust chuckled satisfactorily. 'Just think about it a while and let me know what you want to do.' the voice disappeared.
"Rae, you ok?" beast boy asked after he noticed her bright color and the sweat rolling down her cheeks. He placed a hand on her forehead before taking her hand and leading her away from the others. "I know of a place where it's cool and you can lie down for a while."
She didn't object as he led her into a small wooded area, there were trees surrounding them and then she noticed a little pool of water at one end of the small clearing. She also noticed that they were hidden from sight by the surrounding trees and her heart rate doubled.
He led her to a somewhat flat rock and transformed back into a dog to get a quick drink at the pool. Raven smiled and slipped off her boots before putting them in the water.
Beast boy transformed back and made a face. "Other dogs like to drink here ya know, they don't want stinky Raven feet in their water."
She smirked and kicked a little bit of water his way. He jumped back and a playful grin grew on his face. He scooped up some water and threw it at her. She grinned as they started a water fight that went on until both of them were soaking wet. Raven was laughing hard and went to help beast boy up who had fallen in the pool and was all muddy. She offered him her hand and he grabbed it but before she could pull him up, he pulled her down with him and she landed in the mud next to him.
"Beast boy!" She took a handful of mud and plastered it all over his face.
He sputtered and tried to wipe the mud away as Raven got up, making a face at her now ruined clothes. "Look what you did." she pouted, sitting on the rock and removing her cloak that was soddened and dirty.
Beast boy grinned and sat next to her as she tried to ring it out. Before she had a chance to get up and rinse it in the stream, he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. "It's just a little dirt rae." he whispered softly.
The heat returned to her face but as beast boy's hand cupped her cheek, she obeyed and turned her head to look at him. He smiled and brushed back some of her hair that had fallen in her face.
"Beast boy..." she said softly before pressing her lips against his.
Although slightly surprised, beast boy wraps his arms tighter around her and without breaking the kiss, pulls her on to his lap.
'That's it... show him how you feel.'
Raven's eyes opened to narrow slits and shifted to a darker purple. As they did, she moved so that she was straddling beast boy's lap. She deepened the kiss and rolled her tongue across the bottom of his lip, begging for entrance. He willingly parted his lips and their tongues met in a duel for dominance.
Raven's hands found their way down his chest, massaging his muscles and teasing him. Her hands moved further down his side to his legs and she started massaging his thighs.
Beast boy grabbed her hands and pulled away, breathing heavily. "Raven..."
"Shh." she took her hands from his and placed a finger on his lips before kissing him lightly. She started trailing kisses and nibbling on his neck. Beast boy closed his eyes and moaned softly. "Rae..."
She smirked and licked his earlobe. "I can make you very happy Garfield." she said seductively.
'I'm sure you can.' he thought but before he could come up with a different response, they hear Robin's voice at a distance.
"Raven, Beast boy? Where are you guys?"
"Shit." Raven cursed as she climbed off beast boy who was still slightly dazed at her actions. "Stupid spiky haired busy body." she muttered as her eyes started to lighten. Beast boy noticed this and saw Raven rock slightly, holding her head.
"Rae are you ok?"
She looked at him. "Beast boy, I'm sorry, I never meant for her to get loose...I...I couldn't help it." her eyes started to fill up.
Beast boy wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. "It's fine rae. No harm done."
"Are you sure?" she whispered softly.
"Positive. Now lets go before Robin has a hernia." he took her hand and they walked out to where the others were waiting.
"Where were you guys?" Cyborg asked, a grin on his face. "And why are you so dirty?"
Beast boy and raven both looked at their outfits and burst out laughing. "Water fight and mud wrestling. Too bad you guys missed it." he gave raven a wink. "We should get back and get changed or were gunna get sick."
Raven nodded and they started back for the tower with Cyborg teasing beast boy and edging him on to figure out what really happened.
"I swear, that's all that happened!" beast boy said, pushing past Cyborg to head for the bathroom with Raven following close behind. He had already tried to get what happened out of her but she refused to say a word. They managed to make past the metallic bot and down the hall in one piece.
Beast boy stopped at his bedroom door. "You can go and take a shower first if you want." he offered.
'Tell him you want to take one with him!'
'No!' She blushed and nodded, running to her room to grab clothes and take a quick shower. Once she had rid the mud from her body she dressed and knocked on Beast boy's door. "Your turn!"
He opened the door and smiled, mud caked on his forehead and she giggled. "Are you laughing at me?" he said, feigning hurt pride.
"I can't help it, you look so ridiculous."
He smirked and wrapped an arm around her waist. "I think one of your 'sister' emotions already said that. So why don't you tell me something else."
She blushed but recovered and gave him a quick kiss. "Maybe some other time. Now hurry up so Starfire doesn't end up choosing all chick flicks for tonight."
"Yes ma'am." he saluted her and walked down the hall to the bathroom. Raven rolled her eyes and headed out to the lounge where the others were waiting so they could go to the video store.
"Beast boy will be out in a little while." she said.
"Man, that little grass stain takes forever in the shower. Can we just go and grab something he'll like?" Cyborg whined.
Robin sighed, starfire was bouncing beside him and it was starting to drive him a little insane. "I think Cy's right. We'll just grab some extra things BB will like. Rae, do you want to go tell him were leaving?"
She nodded and floated down the hallway and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Yeah?" beast boy's voice called through the door.
"The others are going down to get movies because star's getting antsy. They said that they would pick something out for you."
The door opened and beast boy walked out wearing pants and trying to pull a t-shirt over his head. Raven giggled and helped him pull it down. "There."
"Thanks Rae." he said grinning. "Looks like we better hurry before they leave us here." He grabbed her hand and they ran down the hall to where the others were about to leave.
"Well look, the little grass stain made it before the sun sank. Can we please go now?"
"Will you quit your whining metal butt." Beast boy teased back as he ran for the elevator. "Hurry up will ya?"
Cyborg grumbled and chased after the annoying changeling. "Get back here!"
"Friends, let us go pick out movies for tonight!" Starfire said cheerfully. "Movies of love and happiness!"
Robin groaned as they headed for the t-car. Starfire wouldn't be happy until they rented every romance movie in the store. "We each get to pick out one movie Star, alright?"
She nodded and they headed off to the movie store.
"Oh Roger, my love! How could you forget me?"
"Sydney, I'm sorry. I got trapped in the school closet by the psychotic janitor. I could never forget about you."
Beast boy made gagging noises as the couple on the screen started making out. Starfire 'shushed him as she sat on the edge of her seat, wide eyed and staring at the screen.
Raven nudged beast boy and gestured towards the roof stairwell entrance. He nodded and they snuck off leaving Cyborg and Robin at the mercy of the chick film.
"I can't believe we got out! I thought Starfire would knock us down for moving." raven said.
Beast boy nodded in agreement. It was dark out and the stars were shining overhead. He grinned and looked at Raven. "So when does this emotion disappear?"
Raven grinned. "Love's been gone for about an hour or so. I've been myself for a while."
Beast boy paled. He was holding Raven's hand throughout most of the movies. "Uh... why didn't you say anything?"
Raven smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head against his chest. "Because I thought it would be funny to see you all flustered at a little thing like holding my hand." she teased.
He held her close. "Well, I didn't think..." he trailed off, not sure of what to say.
She smiled. "Thank azar that this is over." she muttered and moved closer to beast boy.
"Aw, I was hoping for some more fun." he said with a small laugh.
"No, thankfully not." she looked up at him and smiled. "So, did you have fun today?"
He nodded and then smirked, leaning down and kissing her softly. "I think I'd like to see one of your emotions more often, you think you can guess which one?"
She shrugged. "Rude?"
His smile widened. "Nope." he kissed her cheek before whispering in her ear. "Love seem's pretty nice."
She blushed and nodded. "I was hoping to tell you how I felt before she did..." she muttered.
"Ah, but love only said I was a friend, is that all I am?" he asked quietly.
Her blush grew. "No..."
He kissed her cheek. "What do you mean, no? If I'm not your friend, who am I?"
She looked at him with a smile playing across her lips. She slid her arms around his neck and pulled him close to her face. "Someone I truly care about, someone..." she kissed him softly. "I love..."
Beast boy smiled and hugged her tightly before kissing her deeply. He pulled back and caressed her cheek, staring lovingly into her eyes. "I love you so much Rae."
"I love you too Garfield." she murmured.
He smiled. "Now, unless you want to go back down and finish watching Star's movie..."
"No!." she said quickly. "That's quite alright with me. I'm comfortable staying out here, under the stars with the guy I love."
He smiled and kissed her once more before sitting on the edge of the tower with raven in his lap. He kissed the back of her neck and grinned. "Ya know, I think that I'd like to see lust more often too." he teased.
Raven blushed and lightly punched him in the arm. "Maybe if your good."
"But what if I'm really, really bad?" he whispered licking the back of her neck.
His husky voice sent chills up her spine but she smiled as she leaned back against him, resting her head on his shoulder. "Still maybe."
He grinned and kissed her softly. "I love ya Rae."
"I love you too Gar."
AN:
:sniffles: It's... it's... dare I say it... done :Bawls like a baby: nuuuuuuu! I liked this one and I was going to do one more chapter but it ended so nicely. If anyone can think of a next chapter, please let me know! I don't want it to end!
On that happy note, I would like to announce a little fun thing for you reviewers. (if you didn't read it in my little ramble)I'm going to do an out take chapter and maybe add in bloopers so if you guys got any ideas just send them in your review or e-mail them to me and I'll put up the best ones (or maybe all of them) and they will be credited. Get creative! I'll pick my most favorite and let everyone know!
So get writtin and I love ya all!
Hoshi