Round Two
Love
"You can't be serious."
"What? The Princess Diaries is sweet!"
"Pfft…you're such a girl, Terra."
"C'mon, Beast Boy, how can you NOT like it?"
"…Cuz guys like explosions, car crashes, and full frontal nudity?"
"You've never seen it! How do you know there's not?"
"……is there?"
"Well, no, but--"
"Laaaaaame. You have no taste in movies."
"Yes, Beast Boy, I'M the one with no taste."
They both laughed, and he threw an arm around her, hugging her close to him. "Yeah, but that's why I love ya."
Her heart leaped into her throat. She froze.
"……What did you say?"
Hate
It was funny. A lot of people assumed she hated Terra.
It almost made her laugh. Almost.
But Raven didn't do hate. Hate led to all the wrong places, all the wrong paths, and they all ended with her father.
Still…she couldn't say she was a big fan of Terra anymore, either. Not that they were exactly best friends to begin with – their wrestle in the mud made that perfectly clear – but she'd been willing to accept Terra as much as she accepted any of the others.
So no, she didn't hate her…she didn't like her…
If anything…Raven pitied her…
Ring
Cyborg stops mashing buttons on the controller to stare at Terra. "You're kidding."
Terra shakes her head. "I lived off the land for most of my life, remember? I never got to play video games."
"But…but…how can you not even have heard of--"
"No, Cyborg, I've never heard of a giant blue hedgehog that runs around collecting weird golden ring thingies."
"'Golden ring thingies?!'" Cyborg repeats incredulously. "Girl, that's like calling Mario's Super Mushrooms 'fungus!'"
"Who's Mario?"
Cyborg's eyes go massively wide.
Terra raises one eyebrow. "…What?"
Cyborg stares.
"……What?"
Cyborg faints.
Terra frowns. "…Was it something I said…?"
Angel
"H-hey…Terra…"
Beast Boy kneels on the hard stone. He lays a fresh bouquet of flowers at her feet, on the base of the pedestal.
"Sorry I haven't visited in a while…been kinda busy with this Brother Blood guy…but he's toast now, so…"
He fumbles with words as he gazes up into her frozen face, eyes to the ceiling, arms outstretched.
"Y'know, it's funny…I always thought…they way you're standing…you kinda look like an angel…" he laughs. "Fits, doesn't it…?"
She doesn't respond.
"Heh…well…I can't stay…"
He stands, and hugs her, even though she can't hug back.
Til next time…my concrete angel…
(Choice #2) Wicked
The chasm gaped open before her. Five feet down into it, Beast Boy stared up at her, his eyes scared and pleading.
"Hope you're not expecting a goodbye kiss," she sneered.
"Terra, you can't…"
She smirked and gazed down at him through one eye, the other obscured by her hair. "Watch me."
The chasm slammed closed.
He was gone.
She'd done it.
She'd actually done it…
She stared at her hands, mystified. After all the training, all the secrecy and lies…it was all over…
"What is it, apprentice?"
"…It's just…" a slow, dark smile appeared. "For the first time…I feel……wicked."