Chapter 5: Recovery
"Well? I'm waiting." Raven stated, a slight annoyance to her voice. Rage was beginning to build up the more that he made her wait for an answer.
"I don't know. Typically I change based on my mood or for which animal is being dominant." He said, blushing. "You could say I'm an emotional…" He trailed off and where human Beast Boy had once sat was a large lizard. "Get it?" He smiled, returning to his human form. Raven sat there, no hint of a smile grazing her lips. "I'm an emotional chameleon? Come on, Rae! That one was funny." Garfield pouted.
"What mood would you be in to be a penguin?" She asked, a hint of interest escaping through her usual monotone.
"It was nothing. I was thinking about some stuff, and my body decided to embody it in a penguin." He blushed, scratching the back of his neck.
"What does your body need to think of to become a penguin?" Raven wondered out loud.
"I must have just suddenly been cold." Garfield replied quickly. "That must have been all it was. There's no deeper meaning." Garfield sipped his drink before letting out a nervous chuckle.
"The fact that you say there is no deeper meaning tells me there's a deeper meaning, Garfield." Garfield stared at her, shock spreading across his face. She had never called him that before. At least she had never said it out loud. In her head, he would always be Gar or Garfield. It was more personal for him. It was something that she could use to distinguish him from the others. She would often call the others by their first name, but they all called Garfield "Beast Boy". He would always be Garfield to her.
"You…got me there." He said, pointing at her. He smiled and cocked his head, hoping he could change the subject. He sat there silent, waiting for the pizza to appear.
"Garfield," There it was again. "Why are you avoiding the question?"
"I'm not." He stated, taking yet another sip of his drink.
"But you are." She insisted. Garfield flagged down the waitress.
"Could we get that pizza to go actually?" He smiled at her, which caused Raven's stomach to twist into knots. She looked angry and didn't bother trying to hide it. She hadn't quite reached the point where there are 4 eyes appearing on her forehead, but she was close.
"Fine." She hissed, a portal appearing beneath her. "You don't want to tell me, you can get home by yourself." She stepped through and left the green boy in the pizza parlor. He quickly grabbed some cash out of his wallet, and the pizza and tried to get through the portal as well, but it was gone the second he tried to step through as if she could sense he was coming.
He pouted, his ears slouching. He quickly found a way to keep the pizza on his back before transforming into a cheetah and racing home.
He entered the tower, prepared for a storm. He was sure that Raven had told Kori all about the incident in the pizza place. He walked in and things were even calmer than usual. There was no one in the common room. The pizza in his hands was getting cold, so he heated up a few pieces in the microwave and called it good before scarfing them down. He walked up the stairs and went to knock on Raven's door. He heard something coming from Dick's room and he quickly clamped his hands over his ears before rushing by hoping to not hear anymore. Raven heard a quick knock at her door and climbed off of her bed, wearing sleep shorts and a tank top. She had been meditating and determined that her leotard was too uncomfortable for her to find her center in. She opened the door to see familiar green eyes. He was holding a pizza and held it out to her silently. She took it and he began to walk away. "Garfield! Wait." She sighed, fingers on the bridge of her nose. "I'm sorry about how I reacted." She turned to enter her room, only to find herself stopped when there was a green hand on her arm. She turned to suddenly be drawn into a hug. She looked up at Garfield's face. He was blushing and holding her as tight as he could. She pulled away a little bit, leaning in to his face which was craned down to look her in the eye - or more likely at her lips. He leaned in as well, waiting for her lips to meet his. They were mere centimeters apart when they heard a resounding "BOOYAH!" from just down the hall.