Chapter 2: Fun (Beast Boy x Terra)
It was late at night when certain heroes arrived at the tower after having taken care of Mumbo, even though a little mishap on a titan's part almost caused him to escape.
And it would have been no surprise that it would have been Beast Boy…but recently there was someone else causing the others to get in trouble.
But there was no argument since everyone felt too tired and silently went into their respective rooms.
Silence spread over the heroes' home as they joined their city in well-deserved sleep. That was until a door slid open and a certain shape-shifter made his way towards the common room, in search of something that could make him fall back asleep.
Somehow the scuffle with Mumbo left him…edgy and no matter how many times he turned or how many sheep he counted…he couldn't get any sleep.
He opened the fridge, the light spreading over his face and he squeezed his eyes shut, regretting even thinking of this.
Suddenly he made out the sounds of buttons being pressed in rapid succession and he turned his head toward the noise.
"Cy? Still trying to beat my high score?" Beast Boy teased, even though his voice still sounded tired.
The button mashing stopped and Beast Boy reluctantly opened his eyes and made out a figure in front of a bright computer screen before the figure closed the laptop, leaving the common room in darkness again.
"Beast Boy? What are you doing here this late?" a girl's voice asked in confusion.
"Terra?" he said surprised, not having expected to see her up this late. "I could ask you the same thing."
"I…couldn't sleep," she replied in low voice and the shape-shifter remembered that the mishap with Mumbo was indirectly Terra's fault.
"Same with me. And chatting lets you pass the time?"
The blonde-haired girl looked in confusion. "Oh…I guess you can say that," she murmured and removed the headphones that were connected to her cassette player.
"And since we're in the same boat…"
She heard him approach and when she turned to face him something flew into her hands – a gamepad controller. "What do I have to do with this?"
The TV turned on; spreading a bright light over the sofa they were sitting on before he turned to her and grinned mischievously. "Let's have some fun!"
Terra saw that he had run a fighting game and waited impatiently for her to choose a character. "But I don't even know how to play this game?" Terra said but saw that the changeling gave her a smug smirk. "That's why your 'master' is here to train with you," he joked and the blonde haired-girl smiled for a moment before her eyes dropped slightly and her expression turned solemn. "Don't tell me you're scared I'll beat you. A 'master' is here to guide his 'apprentice' and fear is a strict taboo for warriors," he said, trying to imitate an Asian accent but horribly failed.
"But that doesn't mean I won't kick your butt!" Terra retorted heatedly, causing the shape-shifter to flinch from her sudden outburst.
She also chose her character and they started the game. The winner of the first round was of course, Beast Boy. The winner of the 2nd round was…still Beast Boy, causing Terra to wildly pounce on her controller during the 3 rd game…and with a little more health, Terra managed to beat him and performed a victory dance on the couch.
"Beginner's luck," the changeling retorted and they went on for a 4th round in which Beast Boy won, causing him to prance around the common room this time.
"I want a rematch!" Terra demanded and they went for another match that revealed the rock user as the winner.
Beast Boy managed a small smile as he heard her laughing at the newfound joy that came from humiliating him at the only thing he was probably an expert on.
At least he managed to take her mind off her 'mistake' back during the fight with Mumbo.
"So…what was that high score you were talking about?" the blonde-haired girl asked while smirking at him.
He laughed at her and she looked at him in confusion and slight annoyance. "If you think that you can beat my high score, then you can go just straight to bed since the only time you can beat my skills is in your dreams."
"Oh, you mean the skills that caused you to lose twice against me?"
"Just as I said…beginner's luck."
"We'll see about that," she retorted and chose 'Survival Mode'.
And she found herself smiling as she heard Beast Boy give instructions on how to beat tougher opponents or simply cheering on for her in between his belittling comments on how 'she'll never be a worthy apprentice if she kept going like that' which only caused her to try more frantically.
She didn't know why but she hated whenever he called her his 'apprentice' and tried desperately to make him stop calling her that…by beating his high score.
This resulted in Terra trying for what seemed like more than an hour to fight her way through the infinite mass of opponents.
Being so caught up in their game…they didn't notice the 3 pairs of eyes that watched them from afar.
"Do you think they noticed us?" the leader asked.
"I don't think they notice anything," Raven replied and she floated over to the two teens and her teammates looked in surprise, seeing that Terra leaned towards the green dog that was curled up on the sofa.
Robin smiled unwillingly, seeing that the gamepad controller was still in her limp hand. Cyborg turned off the console and the TV. "They could at least be a little quieter when they decide to play a midnight match," the robot replied slightly annoyed…but his annoyance vanished as he heard their quiet snoring.
They left without another word, finally being able to get some of their much needed sleep…unknown to them that the laptop Terra had been using was still on…
The memory suddenly vanished when a voice broke in. "Here you go," a woman said and a plate with a pie covered in white cream was placed on the counter.
Beast Boy managed a small smile at that memory before he lifted his fork and dug it into the side of his pie, taking also some of the white cream.
Another memory played in front of him and he murmured the words that still stayed with him after all these months.
"You're my definition of fun…"
With that sentence, he shoved the piece of cake into his mouth and his eyes turned to sparkling stars. "It's just as good as I remembered it. I guess not all things change," he chuckled before his eyes dropped to the rest of his cake and his laughter suddenly died. And before sadness managed to eliminate the joy of past days, he heard a voice next to him murmur in the same tone.
"And I didn't lie."
He turned around and his eyes widened in surprise.
A blonde-haired girl sat next to him, her eyes eying her cake that was identical to his, absent-mindedly.
The girl in school uniform smiled weakly before she stole a glance at him and Beast Boy found himself staring at Terra's eyes that sparked with…mischief. He forced himself to look away and saw with shock that she had almost finished her cake.
How long had she been sitting next to him?
"And you still are." Beast Boy looked up at those words but Terra's gaze was at her cake again, causing him to drop his gaze as well, seeing that he had barely touched his dessert. "Mind to go for another challenge?" he asked in a low voice as her concentrated face from that night flashed before his eyes.
He looked up at her to repeat his question but was struck with shock as she was passing him, her plate already empty.
She stopped in front of the entrance. "I won," she said, unknown to him that a smile appeared on her face before she left the coffee shop.
He arrived at the Tower late at night and soon found himself too bored to find any sleep. The shape-shifter wandered through the silent hallway as his friends slept soundly in each of their rooms. Beast Boy stopped when he reached the living room. The black screen of the large TV stared back at him and he walked over to the couch before he dropped himself on it.
"I guess it's just me then," he murmured, sad that Cyborg was apparently not awake to play with him.
Beast Boy turned on the Gamestation with his fighting game from that night and chose 'Survival Mode', suddenly wanting to know if Terra had actually beaten him before they fell asleep.
A list of high scores flashed on the screen and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that Terra's name was the first on the list. And she had beaten him by 20 points!
Beast Boy smirked to himself before he pressed 'Start'. "This should be fun."
It was late at night when certain heroes arrived at the tower after having taken care of Mumbo, even though a little mishap on a titan's part almost caused him to escape.
And it would have been no surprise that it would have been Beast Boy…but recently there was someone else causing the others to get in trouble.
But there was no argument since everyone felt too tired and silently went into their respective rooms.
Silence spread over the heroes' home as they joined their city in well-deserved sleep. That was until a door slid open and a certain shape-shifter made his way towards the common room, in search of something that could make him fall back asleep.
Somehow the scuffle with Mumbo left him…edgy and no matter how many times he turned or how many sheep he counted…he couldn't get any sleep.
He opened the fridge, the light spreading over his face and he squeezed his eyes shut, regretting even thinking of this.
Suddenly he made out the sounds of buttons being pressed in rapid succession and he turned his head toward the noise.
"Cy? Still trying to beat my high score?" Beast Boy teased, even though his voice still sounded tired.
The button mashing stopped and Beast Boy reluctantly opened his eyes and made out a figure in front of a bright computer screen before the figure closed the laptop, leaving the common room in darkness again.
"Beast Boy? What are you doing here this late?" a girl's voice asked in confusion.
"Terra?" he said surprised, not having expected to see her up this late. "I could ask you the same thing."
"I…couldn't sleep," she replied in low voice and the shape-shifter remembered that the mishap with Mumbo was indirectly Terra's fault.
"Same with me. And chatting lets you pass the time?"
The blonde-haired girl looked in confusion. "Oh…I guess you can say that," she murmured and removed the headphones that were connected to her cassette player.
"And since we're in the same boat…"
She heard him approach and when she turned to face him something flew into her hands – a gamepad controller. "What do I have to do with this?"
The TV turned on; spreading a bright light over the sofa they were sitting on before he turned to her and grinned mischievously. "Let's have some fun!"
Terra saw that he had run a fighting game and waited impatiently for her to choose a character. "But I don't even know how to play this game?" Terra said but saw that the changeling gave her a smug smirk. "That's why your 'master' is here to train with you," he joked and the blonde haired-girl smiled for a moment before her eyes dropped slightly and her expression turned solemn. "Don't tell me you're scared I'll beat you. A 'master' is here to guide his 'apprentice' and fear is a strict taboo for warriors," he said, trying to imitate an Asian accent but horribly failed.
"But that doesn't mean I won't kick your butt!" Terra retorted heatedly, causing the shape-shifter to flinch from her sudden outburst.
She also chose her character and they started the game. The winner of the first round was of course, Beast Boy. The winner of the 2nd round was…still Beast Boy, causing Terra to wildly pounce on her controller during the 3 rd game…and with a little more health, Terra managed to beat him and performed a victory dance on the couch.
"Beginner's luck," the changeling retorted and they went on for a 4th round in which Beast Boy won, causing him to prance around the common room this time.
"I want a rematch!" Terra demanded and they went for another match that revealed the rock user as the winner.
Beast Boy managed a small smile as he heard her laughing at the newfound joy that came from humiliating him at the only thing he was probably an expert on.
At least he managed to take her mind off her 'mistake' back during the fight with Mumbo.
"So…what was that high score you were talking about?" the blonde-haired girl asked while smirking at him.
He laughed at her and she looked at him in confusion and slight annoyance. "If you think that you can beat my high score, then you can go just straight to bed since the only time you can beat my skills is in your dreams."
"Oh, you mean the skills that caused you to lose twice against me?"
"Just as I said…beginner's luck."
"We'll see about that," she retorted and chose 'Survival Mode'.
And she found herself smiling as she heard Beast Boy give instructions on how to beat tougher opponents or simply cheering on for her in between his belittling comments on how 'she'll never be a worthy apprentice if she kept going like that' which only caused her to try more frantically.
She didn't know why but she hated whenever he called her his 'apprentice' and tried desperately to make him stop calling her that…by beating his high score.
This resulted in Terra trying for what seemed like more than an hour to fight her way through the infinite mass of opponents.
Being so caught up in their game…they didn't notice the 3 pairs of eyes that watched them from afar.
"Do you think they noticed us?" the leader asked.
"I don't think they notice anything," Raven replied and she floated over to the two teens and her teammates looked in surprise, seeing that Terra leaned towards the green dog that was curled up on the sofa.
Robin smiled unwillingly, seeing that the gamepad controller was still in her limp hand. Cyborg turned off the console and the TV. "They could at least be a little quieter when they decide to play a midnight match," the robot replied slightly annoyed…but his annoyance vanished as he heard their quiet snoring.
They left without another word, finally being able to get some of their much needed sleep…unknown to them that the laptop Terra had been using was still on…
The memory suddenly vanished when a voice broke in. "Here you go," a woman said and a plate with a pie covered in white cream was placed on the counter.
Beast Boy managed a small smile at that memory before he lifted his fork and dug it into the side of his pie, taking also some of the white cream.
Another memory played in front of him and he murmured the words that still stayed with him after all these months.
"You're my definition of fun…"
With that sentence, he shoved the piece of cake into his mouth and his eyes turned to sparkling stars. "It's just as good as I remembered it. I guess not all things change," he chuckled before his eyes dropped to the rest of his cake and his laughter suddenly died. And before sadness managed to eliminate the joy of past days, he heard a voice next to him murmur in the same tone.
"And I didn't lie."
He turned around and his eyes widened in surprise.
A blonde-haired girl sat next to him, her eyes eying her cake that was identical to his, absent-mindedly.
The girl in school uniform smiled weakly before she stole a glance at him and Beast Boy found himself staring at Terra's eyes that sparked with…mischief. He forced himself to look away and saw with shock that she had almost finished her cake.
How long had she been sitting next to him?
"And you still are." Beast Boy looked up at those words but Terra's gaze was at her cake again, causing him to drop his gaze as well, seeing that he had barely touched his dessert. "Mind to go for another challenge?" he asked in a low voice as her concentrated face from that night flashed before his eyes.
He looked up at her to repeat his question but was struck with shock as she was passing him, her plate already empty.
She stopped in front of the entrance. "I won," she said, unknown to him that a smile appeared on her face before she left the coffee shop.
He arrived at the Tower late at night and soon found himself too bored to find any sleep. The shape-shifter wandered through the silent hallway as his friends slept soundly in each of their rooms. Beast Boy stopped when he reached the living room. The black screen of the large TV stared back at him and he walked over to the couch before he dropped himself on it.
"I guess it's just me then," he murmured, sad that Cyborg was apparently not awake to play with him.
Beast Boy turned on the Gamestation with his fighting game from that night and chose 'Survival Mode', suddenly wanting to know if Terra had actually beaten him before they fell asleep.
A list of high scores flashed on the screen and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that Terra's name was the first on the list. And she had beaten him by 20 points!
Beast Boy smirked to himself before he pressed 'Start'. "This should be fun."