Round Three
Stars
"I haven't ever really sat and looked at them before."
Terra turned, surprised. "Really? Why not?"
Beast Boy shrugged. "Guess I was too busy with other stuff."
"Yes, because Mega Monkeys is way cooler than stargazing," she drawled.
Beast Boy smiled. "Well…this IS pretty cool."
"Told ya," Terra laughed.
Beast Boy looked right at her.
Terra blushed. "What? What are you looking at?"
He grinned. "Someone must've stolen some from the sky, cuz I can see stars in your eyes."
She smiled and leaned forward. "Even for you that's lame…"
"It worked, didn't it…?"
She nodded as she kissed him.
Emotion
"Ahhh!" THWUMP!
Terra crashed to the floor, rolling across the freezing metal. She bit her lip to stop from crying out at the pain in the arm he'd just twisted.
"Get up, Apprentice."
Terra struggled to stand. She knew better than to speak.
"Good," he droned. "You are learning. You must be devoid of emotion…you must fight with cold calculation, if you hope to defeat the Titans…"
"Yes, sir," she murmured, keeping the emotion out of her voice.
Yes. The emotion. It was still there. She wasn't devoid of it at all.
She was just really good at hiding it.
Picture
Brrriiing.
The phone trembled in his hand. Nerves shook his green body and nearly made him drop the precious photograph in his other hand.
Brrriiing.
The photograph of her. The one that didn't remember. The one he loved…
Brrrriii-click. "Hello?"
Beast Boy froze.
"…Hello?"
"…Terra?"
A sigh. "…Beast Boy, you have to stop this."
"…I found your picture today…"
Another sigh. "Beast Boy…please…please stop. I'm not the person you want me to be."
Beast Boy shook his head. "I don't believe you."
"Beast Boy--"
"I just called to say…I love you…" he whispered, blinking back tears. "…come back home…"
Forever
He'd asked her if her doubts and mistakes were behind her.
She'd said yes.
He'd asked if she belonged to him.
She'd said she did.
He'd asked if she would serve him, and him alone.
She'd said she would.
He'd asked if she would obey his every command.
She'd said she would.
He'd asked if she would fight by his side forever.
She'd said she would.
He'd asked if she would destroy the Teen Titans.
She'd said she thought he'd never ask.
He'd been fooled.
Just another series of falsehoods.
That many more lies for which she had to atone…
Sleep
Knock knock.
Beast Boy groans and covers his head with his pillow. "It's past midnight…"
"It's me…"
His demeanor changes rapidly. "O-oh…coming, Terra…"
He crawls out of bed and opens the door. She stands clutching her pillow embarrassedly.
"I can't sleep…"
"…Nightmares?"
She nods. "…Can I sleep with you?"
Beast Boy flushes. "Ah…you…I mean…"
Terra flushes too. "I-I didn't mean like that, I…"
"R-Right! Of course not!"
"Y-yeah, totally not…"
"Definitely not…"
"No way."
"Nu-uh."
"Not at all."
"Never."
"……"
"……"
"……"
Beast Boy coughs. "…you wanna?"
"God, yes."
A breathless kiss occurs and he sweeps her into the room.