Chapter Five
The two Titans arrived at a glade in the forest. Raven examined their surrounds while Beast Boy caught up. He resumed human form as he landed.
"What is this, a race for you?" he panted.
"Don't ruin our moment." the mystic replied.
Raven's eyes were quickly adapting to the dim moonlit environment. Using her powers, she also sensed that they were alone.
"This is a good spot." she said to no one as she unfurled a blanket she had concealed earlier. On it, she placed a small, non-rigid cooler. She then sat on the blanket.
"Please, sit and entertain me." she said.
Beast Boy stared at her in awe as he complied. He was unsure what to say, though.
"You okay?" Raven asked him.
"Sure! No problem." he replied, shrugging. He then winced and groaned in pain.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Got this knot in my shoulder!" replied Beast Boy. "Flying takes a toll on me!"
"Let me help." Raven said to him as she got behind him. She began to massage his shoulders and neck, rubbing slowly and firmly. Beast Boy gave a sound of approval.
Raven found the knot and tried to work it out with her massage techniques. She also noted how muscular the changeling seemed. She was surprised she didn't notice such a thing before.
'Damn!' she thought. 'This is actually turning me on!'
She continued with her massage therapy of the changeling for nearly five minutes. When she stopped, she grabbed the cooler and unzipped it.
"Buy you a drink." Raven said, handing Beast Boy a plastic bottle.
He looked at it, trying to read the label in the moonlight, which was occasionally obscured by a passing cloud. "Root beer?" he asked her.
"Yep. I figured you'd like it. And I have green tea for myself." She took out her own drink.
Beast Boy opened his bottle and took a swig of it. "Tasty!" he said. "Nothing beats the combination of root beer and plastic!"
Raven nodded in agreement as she drank her tea. It wasn't the same as her herbal tea, but it was close enough.
"So," said Raven. "What shall we talk about?"
"I dunno. About us, I guess."
"Alright, us. Um...where do we start?"
"You tell me, you're the smart one!"
"Romance isn't my thing."
"Oh really? Then..."
"Not one word about Malchior."
"I wasn't going to say his name! I was going to ask about Aqualad."
"What about him?"
"First time you and Star saw him, you two went ga-ga over him!"
"That's not romance. It was just...a silly infatuation."
"Right."
"Look, it wouldn't have worked."
"Then what about Kid Flash?"
"What about him?"
"Would he be your type for romance? He's got Jinx after all, and she seems enough like you."
"Jinx has different tastes than me. What they are exactly, I don't know. Never talked to her."
"Will you?"
"Will I what?"
"Talk to Jinx?"
"Why should I?"
"Just to know her better."
Raven scoffed. "I don't need to know her better."
"What about Argent?"
Raven felt irritated. "What about her?"
"Do you have similar tastes to her?"
"I don't know! Look, what's the point!"
"Um...that is...gee, guess I don't have a point!"
Raven glared at Beast Boy. "Ugh! You're pointless."
At first, there was silence. Then, Beast Boy laughed.
"What's so funny?" Raven asked.
"Sounded like you made a joke!"
"Well...yeah, I guess I did!"
"Good one!"
"Sure." Raven rolled her eyes. 'God help me, I'm becoming like him!'