Playing Charades
Chapter Two: Confessions by Force
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"Um… Hello, earth to Raven! You're on top of me!" Raven blinked slowly, fighting her way out of her oblivious bliss. "What…?" she questioned before remembering her overly embarrassing position with Beastboy. Without speaking (she was afraid that if she did, she'd simply die), she got up and in a fighting position. "Atta girl Rae!" cried Cyborg as she yanked her hood over her purple hair.
'Focus your most powerful emotions, Raven.' Embarrassment and bliss were all shecould even think about. With a deep breath, Raven strongly cried out "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." A large black orb engulfed Beastboy and carried him over to the bay as he helplessly tried to change and escape. The blackness flickered out from beneath the changeling, and he tumbled into the icy waters below.
Raven had noticed something new about her powers, since embarrassment had been her main emotion, her attack had extremely humiliated her teammate. She knew this when he pulled a strip of seaweed from his head and was a bright crimson as he climbed out of the grimy waters. Raven didn't know whether to laugh or apologize. She did both instead. "Oh Beastboy…ha ha ha… I'm snicker..so, so giggle hee hee…sorry." Beastboy glared at her, no smile pasted upon his face. Raven calmed down. "I really am, BB, I had no idea what I was doing."
Robin interrupted her. "Well, Rae, it doesn't matter because you won. Why don't you two go inside and clean up? Beastboy could use it." Cyborg burst out with a hearty laugh at the comment. 'Yes mommy!' Raven thought sarcastically. She was awfully sick of his mature-ness. Beastboy ran ahead of Raven and she chased after him, her conscience suddenly aching in sorrow for the boy. "Beastboy, wait up!" Raven hollered flying after him.
Beastboy finally finished drying his shiny green hair. Raven sat on the main room's couch and finally reclined back when her teammate entered the room. She was always so surprisingly relaxed around him. Beastboy plopped down on the other end of the sofa with an angry huff. Raven knew he was still upset with her, but she'd done her best to apologize at least ten times and was getting sick of it.
At least, Beastboy took it to himself to speak with Raven. "Admit it Rae, you did that on purpose, and you're not sorry." Raven was about to defend herself but changed her mind and chose her words carefully. "Why would you say that about me?" She wasn't flirting or even being sarcastic, she really just wanted to know. "Well, first off, you hate me. Second, you have no emotions. And lastly, you don't respect me, so why would you be sorry for hurting me?" The girl looked over at her teammate, checking his expression for any hint of a joke or lie.
Nothing. Not a single thing.
Her stomach suddenly filled with aching pain and she thought she might throw up all over the smooth black leather of the sofa. Raven sucked in a deep breath as though she'd been punched in the chest. And emotionally, she had.
"Is that really what you think of me? Totally? Completely? Honestly? Is it really? Because I would never hurt you Beastboy, I may be sarcastic, and I might make fun of you, but it's all in good heart. And your jokes are annoying. But so what? I'd never want to make you upset, BB. And I thought that by now you'd know that about me."
Beastboy looked up at Raven in complete and utter shock. While she was speaking, her voice and been shaking but now, he could see that tears were pooled up in her eyes. "Do you really mean that Rae?" He looked at her, awaiting his answer with eager and shining eyes.
Raven's tears slowly crawled down her pale face. "Of course I do. I…I…I…lo…" Robin burst into the room. "Is everything okay? A few rocks outside were melting and…" Robin took the short second to notice that Raven's eyes were an angry red and tears had dried on her face. He also observed that Beastboy had been staring intently at Raven and hadn't stopped, even when Robin entered the main room. "I'll just leave now." Robin squeaked before scurrying out of the automatic doors.
"I have to go."
And Beastboy let Raven go. He wanted to hear her say what she'd almost said since he entered her mind, since Terra left him, since Malchior had come. But Raven still hadn't said it, he soon realized. That was the one moment of confession and Robin had to ruin the whole gosh-damned thing for them both.
Beastboy understood that if he ever wanted to hear those words come from Raven, he'd have to force her confession. 'Make her speak all those feelings she has… for me.' It was just then that the teen understood how much this meant. These deep feelings, a read commodity for Raven were all about him. She felt so strongly for him.
This was a heavy situation for Beastboy. He's fallen in love with Terra, would've been first kissers with her if Slade hadn't destroyed the carnival and the whole town for a little while. But looking back on the relationship, she was a replacement for Raven.
Terra laughed at his jokes, could feel, got along with everyone, and she had sweet ocean colored eyes and pale blonde hair. She had been beautiful. Beautiful and everything he'd ever wanted.
But she wasn't Raven.
And that's why he eventually stopped caring about her crumbling statue down below them. He'd only been experimenting with his own feelings. Come to think of it, he probably hurt Raven in the process.
And now, Beastboy was going to apologize to her. But not without some forced confessions. He licked his green lips, he couldn't wait.
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