Raven shoved Beast Boy back into his room before jumping inside herself, fearing that someone else would walk down the hall at any minute. The door slammed shut behind her as her magic pulled at it. She whipped the cloak from out of his hands, panic written all over both of their faces.
"What happened?" she demanded, trying her best to not sound as desperate as she really was. He winced at her tone and began to rub the back of his neck.
"Well...last night you got upset and left the party, so I went to find you. You were on the roof." He stopped talking as if that was all there was to the story. Raven's eyes narrowed.
"And?" she snapped causing him to wince again.
"And you told me that you were upset with how flirty Wonder Girl was being to me, and we talked for a bit and you told me some things and then you..." he stopped again,
"And then I what?"
"You started kissing me."
Raven's whole world dropped around her.
She was going to be sick.
Stumbling backwards until her back hit the door she cupped her face in her hands, pressing them tightly to her skin, her cloak falling to the ground. Beast Boy looked at her, his face a mixture of concern and disappointed. Raven stayed like that for a few seconds, muttering her mantra under her breath over and over again. Her mind was going crazy and she was afraid that if she didn't pull herself together her powers may blow up the whole room. Beast Boy did the right thing for once in his life and stayed silent, waiting for Raven to talk. She took a few deep breaths before looking up at him.
"If we were on the roof," she growled through barred teeth, her violet eyes flickering red. "How did I forget my cloak in here?"
Beast Boy blushed. "Um...you said you wanted to go somewhere more comfortable, so we came here."
Raven felt a pop in her head, and one of the action figures that sat on Beast Boy's bedside table combusted. He quickly turned around to see his dismembered collectible before looking back at Raven, even more fear pooling in his eyes. Raven took another deep breath and closed her eyes tightly. She needed to calm down.
"We didn't...have sex...did we?" she didn't even want to ask the question. She dreaded the answer, but Beast Boy quickly shook his head.
"No! We...almost did, I mean you started taking off your clothes, and we were making out a lot." He chucked midway through his sentence causing Raven to open one eye to look at him. He shrugged, trying to make light of the situation. "I wanted to, and I think you did too."
Wrong thing to say.
Another object somewhere in his room exploded and Beast Boy jumped, the smile vanishing from his face.
"But you uh...threw up on my bed before we got that far and then ran to the bathroom. I cleaned it up, it's all good."
She never thought she would be so thankful for her weak stomach, but in this moment she was very thankful. "I was drunk Beast Boy. I don't care what I said or what I did...I did not want to have sex with you. It was the alcohol. And you're lucky I don't murder you for taking advantage of me!"
Beast Boy threw his hands up defensively, his eyebrows furrowing. "Whoa, I did not take advantage of you. I was drunk too you know, and you were the one who came onto me! I'm a guy, it's a struggle for my brain to win that battle half the time when I'm sober, and you're hot, what did you expect me to do?"
Her cheeks burned with a blush but she ignored the compliment. "Whatever..."
Raven was done with this conversation, she really needed to meditate now or else she feared she would fall into cardiac arrest. Waving her hand once, her cloak sprung off the floor and back into her grasp. She looked at Beast Boy who was now looking at the floor, his eyes hazed with some sort of sadness that actually made her own heart hurt. She sighed.
"If you ever bring this up again, I will send you into the darkest dimension I can possibly conjure, clear?"
He nodded slowly but did not look at her. "Crystal."
Without another word she turned around and pulled open his door, fleeing as quickly as she could down the hallway to the safety of her own room. She slipped inside and her door shut loudly behind her, engulfing her in darkness and silence. She stood there, her back pressed against the door. One of her arms hung by her side, her hand clenching her cloak tightly, the other hand clutched at her chest. Her heart was beating so rapidly against her rib-cage that she could hear it.
She had kissed Beast Boy...
Worse...she had told Beast Boy that flirting with other girls made her jealous. Now, she knew that he wasn't always the sharpest tool in the shed, but he wasn't a complete idiot. He had probably put the pieces together and assumed that she had feelings for him, which wasn't far off from the truth. Not long after their adventure in Tokyo, Raven had been conflicted by a growing attraction for her green teammate and nothing scared her more. She had always cared about him immensely as a friend, but his sudden growth spurt had really been a deal breaker for her. Not that he was incredibly tall, but he now towered a few feet over her, and his muscles had filled out a bit more. He was still lanky mind you, but they were there and she noticed. And despite trying her very best to lock those feelings away and separate herself from the part of her that wanted him, the feelings always lingered in the back of her mind, and apparently her heart.
Throwing herself at her bed and burying her face in her sheets, Raven stifled back a groan. How could she have let her guard down that much to allow herself to do that? She was just thankful for the fact that nothing serious happened, and she really hoped that Beast Boy would heed her warning and ignore the whole thing. But even if he did, Raven was unsure if she could let it go.
Maybe moving away was her only option.
"I'm an idiot..." she said under her breath as she turned over onto her back, staring up at her black ceiling. Her pulse was still racing; her mind was still reeling, wondering what she had actually said to him. She knew for a fact that she would need to stay away from the others for a few days at least, if nothing else but for the safety of everyone while she regained her composure. She was sure no one would miss her if she kept to herself for a while, it wasn't out of character.
Taking a deep breath Raven pushed herself up into a sitting position. Crossing her legs, she took a very deep breath, feeling her bed shake slightly underneath her. Closing her eyes she tried to focus on the darkness.
"Azarath metrion zinthos…" she murmured. "Azarath metrion zinthos." After a few more times of reciting her mantra, her mind drifted away.
Short chapter ! But I hope you enjoyed :3 Reviews are always appreciated, so if you think the story is dope so far, drop one!
