Chapter 6: Date After that conversation, Raven decided to keep distance to the angered shape-shifter, knowing too well how you can feel when the emotions get the best of you.
And she thought that it was better this way for the rest of the team.
The sky was still dark and a cool breeze blew over the school yard the next morning as Beast Boy entered the building.
After the argument last night, the changeling went up to the roof, knowing that none of his other team members would be there under direct sunlight and simply stared into the horizon.
He stared as his thoughts gradually returned back to happier, past days, eventually putting a light smile on his face and removing his anger. And his smile stayed in his expression, at times not visible but it was still there and that was because his friends understood his need for some space.
The hallways were only illuminated by the florescent lights on the ceiling and his footsteps echoed through the empty hallway. He turned the corner when his eyes widened in surprise. Two familiar girls faced him and immediately grimaced when they saw him. "What do you want again?" the red-head said.
"I thought you knew better to leave her alone," the black-haired girl joined in with a nasty stare.
But today, Beast Boy wasn't intimidated. "Where is Terra?"
"She told you to leave her alone, didn't she? So why are you looking for her?" the red-head spat.
"Where is she?" the changeling repeated in a more serious tone.
"You can see she's not with us," the black-haired girl said this time.
"Answer my question!" he shouted angrily, making the girls take a step back.
"We don't know, okay?" they said at the same time. "And if you know what's best for you, then you better just turn around and leave." The girls passed him with quick strides but since they didn't know where she was, he didn't follow or try to stop them.
So he continued his way until he reached Terra's classroom and took a look through the window pane but except for some books on the teacher's desk, there was nothing else to find.
His head dropped in disappointment and he wondered if he had come too early. His eyes went over to the wall opposite of the door.
It was 7:20 and Beast Boy gave out a sigh.
When would she be here?
Beast Boy suddenly smirked, wondering if that was how Robin would be obsessing over Slade but then shook his thought away.
Beast Boy wasn't obsessing over her – he just cared.
He heard footsteps approaching him and he looked up – only for a brunette to walk past him, a book clutched in her arms.
"You're taking this thing with Terra too seriously."
He frowned as Raven's words made their way into his head and another girl passed him.
But her blonde hair was too short to be Terra's. "Something bad will happen."
The shape-shifter wondered if Raven had managed to put him under a spell while he was asleep as her taunt kept reeling inside his head and watched another dark-haired girl pass him. His eyes shifted to the clock after a while.
7:30.
"Does time always pass this slowly in school?" he groaned and stood up, not able to take the ticking of the clock any longer.
He walked aimlessly through the hallway, as students slowly filled the hallway and tried to literally get a clear head.
"Don't you see she wants to forget you?"
"Where in this horrible place can I get a clear head?" he shouted angrily, trying to force Raven's voice out of his head.
"Try the library, genius," a passing girl mocked before she and her friend giggled after they had passed the shape-shifter.
Beast Boy muttered curses under his breath as he searched for said place and after a while, stopped in front of a double door. "Let's hope this is it," he mumbled and entered.
Rows of an infinite variety of books faced him while in the corner of the hall stood a few tables and his eyes rested on a girl with her head stuck in a leather-covered book.
He approached the table and sat across from her, suddenly feeling nervous. "Do…I know you?" he murmured so the girl would look up from her book.
"No!" the girl said curtly.
"Can we talk?" the changeling said, hearing Terra's voice replying to him.
"I have nothing to say to you!"
"But…you didn't answer me yet," Beast Boy persisted and blue eyes stared back from behind her book.
Terra closed her eyes when she laid eyes on Beast Boy's serious face. "Answer you?" she asked.
"You know –about the lie."
"Shhh!"
Both flinched and Terra looked back of her, seeing the librarian giving them a stern look before her eyes went back to the shelves she was checking.
"I told you that following me…will only hurt you," she replied with a hint of annoyance.
"I don't care!"
Terra looked at the shape-shifter in surprise. "I just want an answer – an honest one," Beast Boy said louder this time, reflecting his seriousness.
"I…" Terra began before she felt a tap on her shoulder.
An angry grey-haired librarian stood before her. "Young lady, if you would like to talk, the exit is there," she said sternly and pointed to the door.
"I-I'm sorry. I was just leaving," Terra stammered and the lady turned away.
The blonde girl stood up and turned to the door.
A hand stopped her.
"Tell me! At least outside," Beast Boy pleaded and for one moment Terra almost felt sorry for him.
"I…" she started but stepped back when the librarian gave another stern look at her. "Maybe…later, ok?" she murmured, looking to the side before she moved out of his grasp and hurried out of the library.
"And when is 'later'?" he called but the girl was already too far away for her to hear.
He turned back to see the librarian giving another cold stare at him before she turned away and the changeling rested his head tiredly onto the cool wooden table. Why did she look so nervous?
Why couldn't she even look him in the eyes anymore?
"Why are you always running?" Beast Boy asked the former Titan.
"Doshita?"
Beast Boy's head snapped up at the familiar yet strange language. A girl sat next to him, her head covered by a book that seemed to be about pets since the cover had a dog and a cat on it. "Do I know you?" he asked, strangely hoping for a specific girl to be hidden behind that book.
Giggling emerged from the book, the person obviously happy about the 'hide and seek' they played.
"Tezumi?" Beast Boy murmured unsurely.
The book lowered slowly and the dark-haired girl smiled brightly at him.
"Hai!" she exclaimed and her small eyes seemed to be laughing with her.
And a small smile formed on his face, seeing her happy at least.
"Doshimshita ka, Beast Boy-kun?" Tezumi asked and said green Titan looked at her in confusion.
"You don't know how I wish I'd understand anything you're saying. Why do you go to school if you can't even speak English?" he asked, raising a confused eyebrow.
"Uh…Terra," she said, knowing that he would explain himself as soon as she said Terra's name.
"Oh, I just…wanted to talk to her and asked her to go outside with me…but I don't think she wants to even…see me," Beast Boy murmured, his eyes on his hands on the table.
"Nani?" she asked, raising a confused eyebrow of her own.
"You know – asking someone out," he continued and his voice filled with nervousness.
"Uh…"
"You know…like a…date – don't tell me you don't know what a date is," Beast Boy said and felt himself blushing.
"Oh!" the girl exclaimed and looked at him expectantly. "Deto?" she said in her Japanese accent.
"Yeah, date…"
An awkward silence fell over the library and the shape-shifter wondered why he felt so nervous around a stranger – no, a friend.
"Well…it wasn't really a date. I just wanted to take her somewhere to talk to her…but…I think she's too busy to be with me," he murmured, his voice filled with the same sadness when she found him with. "Gomen," she murmured, knowing by his expression that he was sad about something.
"Me too…whatever you said," he replied and chuckled, realizing that he could have agreed on her calling him names in Japanese.
She giggled when hearing him laugh and he found himself liking when she giggled like that.
"Shhh!"
They stopped and were faced with a looming, angry librarian and Tezumi took Beast Boy by surprise when she took hold of his hand and dragged him out of the library.
And he liked being dragged around by her.
"Wait!" Beast Boy stopped in front of the entrance of the school, making her stop too. "Don't you have class?"
"Nani?"
"Class," he emphasized and pointed back to the long hallway before she looked in surprise.
"Oh," she exclaimed and a smirk played on her lips before Beast Boy's communicator beeped.
He took it out and looked at Tezumi questionably.
She gave him an approving nod and he activated it.
The face of Robin appeared on the screen. "Beast Boy! Meet us at the Park! It's the HIVE students again!"
"And what do they want in a Park? Take a walk?" the shape-shifter asked and Robin shook his head.
"We'll find out when we captured them. For now, they have escaped with what seems like expensive and valuable jewelry. Just don't be late," the leader said and the screen turned black.
"When was I ever late?" Beast Boy muttered under his breath and Tezumi looked at him in confusion. "Duty calls."
She cocked her head doubtfully.
"I'll talk to you later," he smiled but her head remained in that position. "You know - 'talk'," he said and made a moving 'beak' with his hand.
"Deto?" she asked and Beast Boy blushed embarrassed.
"Not a date…just talk," he shouted almost and she giggled again.
"Wakarimashta," she said and smiled apologetically at him.
"I…guess I'll see you then," Beast Boy said reluctantly and opened the door.
"Ja ne, Beast Boy," she said before said Titan dashed out of the door.
And she thought that it was better this way for the rest of the team.
The sky was still dark and a cool breeze blew over the school yard the next morning as Beast Boy entered the building.
After the argument last night, the changeling went up to the roof, knowing that none of his other team members would be there under direct sunlight and simply stared into the horizon.
He stared as his thoughts gradually returned back to happier, past days, eventually putting a light smile on his face and removing his anger. And his smile stayed in his expression, at times not visible but it was still there and that was because his friends understood his need for some space.
The hallways were only illuminated by the florescent lights on the ceiling and his footsteps echoed through the empty hallway. He turned the corner when his eyes widened in surprise. Two familiar girls faced him and immediately grimaced when they saw him. "What do you want again?" the red-head said.
"I thought you knew better to leave her alone," the black-haired girl joined in with a nasty stare.
But today, Beast Boy wasn't intimidated. "Where is Terra?"
"She told you to leave her alone, didn't she? So why are you looking for her?" the red-head spat.
"Where is she?" the changeling repeated in a more serious tone.
"You can see she's not with us," the black-haired girl said this time.
"Answer my question!" he shouted angrily, making the girls take a step back.
"We don't know, okay?" they said at the same time. "And if you know what's best for you, then you better just turn around and leave." The girls passed him with quick strides but since they didn't know where she was, he didn't follow or try to stop them.
So he continued his way until he reached Terra's classroom and took a look through the window pane but except for some books on the teacher's desk, there was nothing else to find.
His head dropped in disappointment and he wondered if he had come too early. His eyes went over to the wall opposite of the door.
It was 7:20 and Beast Boy gave out a sigh.
When would she be here?
Beast Boy suddenly smirked, wondering if that was how Robin would be obsessing over Slade but then shook his thought away.
Beast Boy wasn't obsessing over her – he just cared.
He heard footsteps approaching him and he looked up – only for a brunette to walk past him, a book clutched in her arms.
"You're taking this thing with Terra too seriously."
He frowned as Raven's words made their way into his head and another girl passed him.
But her blonde hair was too short to be Terra's. "Something bad will happen."
The shape-shifter wondered if Raven had managed to put him under a spell while he was asleep as her taunt kept reeling inside his head and watched another dark-haired girl pass him. His eyes shifted to the clock after a while.
7:30.
"Does time always pass this slowly in school?" he groaned and stood up, not able to take the ticking of the clock any longer.
He walked aimlessly through the hallway, as students slowly filled the hallway and tried to literally get a clear head.
"Don't you see she wants to forget you?"
"Where in this horrible place can I get a clear head?" he shouted angrily, trying to force Raven's voice out of his head.
"Try the library, genius," a passing girl mocked before she and her friend giggled after they had passed the shape-shifter.
Beast Boy muttered curses under his breath as he searched for said place and after a while, stopped in front of a double door. "Let's hope this is it," he mumbled and entered.
Rows of an infinite variety of books faced him while in the corner of the hall stood a few tables and his eyes rested on a girl with her head stuck in a leather-covered book.
He approached the table and sat across from her, suddenly feeling nervous. "Do…I know you?" he murmured so the girl would look up from her book.
"No!" the girl said curtly.
"Can we talk?" the changeling said, hearing Terra's voice replying to him.
"I have nothing to say to you!"
"But…you didn't answer me yet," Beast Boy persisted and blue eyes stared back from behind her book.
Terra closed her eyes when she laid eyes on Beast Boy's serious face. "Answer you?" she asked.
"You know –about the lie."
"Shhh!"
Both flinched and Terra looked back of her, seeing the librarian giving them a stern look before her eyes went back to the shelves she was checking.
"I told you that following me…will only hurt you," she replied with a hint of annoyance.
"I don't care!"
Terra looked at the shape-shifter in surprise. "I just want an answer – an honest one," Beast Boy said louder this time, reflecting his seriousness.
"I…" Terra began before she felt a tap on her shoulder.
An angry grey-haired librarian stood before her. "Young lady, if you would like to talk, the exit is there," she said sternly and pointed to the door.
"I-I'm sorry. I was just leaving," Terra stammered and the lady turned away.
The blonde girl stood up and turned to the door.
A hand stopped her.
"Tell me! At least outside," Beast Boy pleaded and for one moment Terra almost felt sorry for him.
"I…" she started but stepped back when the librarian gave another stern look at her. "Maybe…later, ok?" she murmured, looking to the side before she moved out of his grasp and hurried out of the library.
"And when is 'later'?" he called but the girl was already too far away for her to hear.
He turned back to see the librarian giving another cold stare at him before she turned away and the changeling rested his head tiredly onto the cool wooden table. Why did she look so nervous?
Why couldn't she even look him in the eyes anymore?
"Why are you always running?" Beast Boy asked the former Titan.
"Doshita?"
Beast Boy's head snapped up at the familiar yet strange language. A girl sat next to him, her head covered by a book that seemed to be about pets since the cover had a dog and a cat on it. "Do I know you?" he asked, strangely hoping for a specific girl to be hidden behind that book.
Giggling emerged from the book, the person obviously happy about the 'hide and seek' they played.
"Tezumi?" Beast Boy murmured unsurely.
The book lowered slowly and the dark-haired girl smiled brightly at him.
"Hai!" she exclaimed and her small eyes seemed to be laughing with her.
And a small smile formed on his face, seeing her happy at least.
"Doshimshita ka, Beast Boy-kun?" Tezumi asked and said green Titan looked at her in confusion.
"You don't know how I wish I'd understand anything you're saying. Why do you go to school if you can't even speak English?" he asked, raising a confused eyebrow.
"Uh…Terra," she said, knowing that he would explain himself as soon as she said Terra's name.
"Oh, I just…wanted to talk to her and asked her to go outside with me…but I don't think she wants to even…see me," Beast Boy murmured, his eyes on his hands on the table.
"Nani?" she asked, raising a confused eyebrow of her own.
"You know – asking someone out," he continued and his voice filled with nervousness.
"Uh…"
"You know…like a…date – don't tell me you don't know what a date is," Beast Boy said and felt himself blushing.
"Oh!" the girl exclaimed and looked at him expectantly. "Deto?" she said in her Japanese accent.
"Yeah, date…"
An awkward silence fell over the library and the shape-shifter wondered why he felt so nervous around a stranger – no, a friend.
"Well…it wasn't really a date. I just wanted to take her somewhere to talk to her…but…I think she's too busy to be with me," he murmured, his voice filled with the same sadness when she found him with. "Gomen," she murmured, knowing by his expression that he was sad about something.
"Me too…whatever you said," he replied and chuckled, realizing that he could have agreed on her calling him names in Japanese.
She giggled when hearing him laugh and he found himself liking when she giggled like that.
"Shhh!"
They stopped and were faced with a looming, angry librarian and Tezumi took Beast Boy by surprise when she took hold of his hand and dragged him out of the library.
And he liked being dragged around by her.
"Wait!" Beast Boy stopped in front of the entrance of the school, making her stop too. "Don't you have class?"
"Nani?"
"Class," he emphasized and pointed back to the long hallway before she looked in surprise.
"Oh," she exclaimed and a smirk played on her lips before Beast Boy's communicator beeped.
He took it out and looked at Tezumi questionably.
She gave him an approving nod and he activated it.
The face of Robin appeared on the screen. "Beast Boy! Meet us at the Park! It's the HIVE students again!"
"And what do they want in a Park? Take a walk?" the shape-shifter asked and Robin shook his head.
"We'll find out when we captured them. For now, they have escaped with what seems like expensive and valuable jewelry. Just don't be late," the leader said and the screen turned black.
"When was I ever late?" Beast Boy muttered under his breath and Tezumi looked at him in confusion. "Duty calls."
She cocked her head doubtfully.
"I'll talk to you later," he smiled but her head remained in that position. "You know - 'talk'," he said and made a moving 'beak' with his hand.
"Deto?" she asked and Beast Boy blushed embarrassed.
"Not a date…just talk," he shouted almost and she giggled again.
"Wakarimashta," she said and smiled apologetically at him.
"I…guess I'll see you then," Beast Boy said reluctantly and opened the door.
"Ja ne, Beast Boy," she said before said Titan dashed out of the door.