Hello everyone! Something shorter this time- I found this lying around in my documents files unfinished, and while I started to use it to delve a bit deeper into the team's relationships with one another, I back-spaced and took the lazy way out. Sorry about that. But at least we all get awkwardness and mild romance!
I'm thinking of starting a multi-chaptered story. It won't really have much of a plot, it'll be more focused on character development, I suppose? It'll be BB/Rae, but it'll actually include all the other titans a bit more too. I have bits of it written down on paper here and there, so I'll try building on it and sees where it takes me. Enjoy!
Please point out any mistakes also! I didn't proofread this too well.
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It's when they're alone that they are nicest to each other.
When Cyborg off getting parts or strolling around town with some honorary titans, or when Robin and Starfire are on official dates and the two have the tower to themselves that they be around one another comfortably and actually talk.
They don't ever speak of anything too deep or personal- just trivial things about each other and their teammates and their city. Raven's normally too embarrassed to ask Beast Boy what it's like to be a dog in front of the other titans (It's pretty awesome, he assures her), and for some reason it's easier for Beast Boy to ask her simple questions that she would normally scoff at (her favorite color is still blue, but she doesn't hate pink as much as she's led them all to believe.)
He asked her one day when they were sitting next to each other in the kitchen if she was embarrassed to speak casually like this in front of the others.
"No, why?"
"Dunno- we just don't normally talk that much in front of Cy and the others, unless you're yelling or something."
She glared at him slightly for that, but he had a bit of a point.
"Well, you're normally playing video games with Cyborg or doing whatever it is you do with Starfire."
"Yeah, well you're normally drinking your tea and reading your books and angsting with Robin."
She made another face at that and he laughed a bit.
"I'm just saying, we should talk more. Like, besides when it's just us."
"Seems a bit strange to plan something like that. I don't really see how it matters when or where we speak to each other."
"It's not strange! People do that all the time! They start talking, than decide they wanna talk more, and that's what we're doing."
She quirked an eyebrow at this. "And who said I wanted to talk to you more?"
He looked a bit discouraged for a second before bouncing right back. "Shouldn't you be asking why wouldn't you wanna talk to me more?" he retorted, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Spare me, please. And fine. We'll talk more often."
"Sweet."
She fell silent after this, pondering the possible implications of "talking more" when he spoke up again.
"Maybe we could talk more, y'know, outside the tower too."
She turned swiftly to face him again. "With everyone else?"
"Well yeah, I guess. But I mean, we could do it alone too, if you want, that is."
"Doesn't that kind of contradict what you were asking of me before?"
He blushed slightly at this.
"Well I just," he paused. "I just want to talk to you. A lot. Doesn't really matter with or where, I guess."
He grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck with his arm, and she her lips quirked upwards ever so slightly.
"I told you it didn't matter. Fine. We can talk outside of the tower too."
"Ah, alone?"
"Alone." It was her turn to blush this time. Dammit.
"Cool." He responded, obviously enjoying the pink in her cheeks. "Next time, I'll tell you what it's like to be an elephant."
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