This chapter is pretty much one big love fest. Prepare to get your freak on.
Robin snuggled against Starfire's back, his hand curling around her ribcage and cupping her soft skin, molding her flesh in his warm hand.
She was sighing contentedly and he loved the lazy post-sex doze. He promised he wouldn't fall asleep but his eyelids were feeling so heavy and his body felt so relaxed and unwound. She was wiggling her hips against his and he smirked.
"I'm too tired for another round, hon."
"Oh I am as well. I just wish to be close to you."
He kissed the back of her neck; trailed pecks along her spine, moving her waterfall of disheveled hair out of the way.
He felt her body shift, saw her eyes get a faraway look and the smile slip from her mouth.
"What's up?"
"It is nothing," she said off hand.
"Oooh no. It's not nothing, you don't say things in that tone when it's nothing. Spill."
She shook her head. "It is nothing Robin, please."
"Now you're worrying me. What's wrong."
She shrugged her delicate shoulders. "It is the stupid. Do not worry."
"I do worry. Now tell me what's bothering you."
She rubbed a hand against her forehead ruefully.
"I feel silly. I really do not wish to discuss it."
"What do you feel silly about," Robin coaxed.
She sighed, her body drooping. "I still feel hurt over what happened at the club."
"The girls?"
"Yes," she said sadly. "I am sorry. I know I should not care about the opinions Earthlings have of me, but I did not realize that I am disliked so much."
"Star," he said sympathetically, "You aren't disliked, not at all. You are amazingly beautiful. Those two girls were jealous and completely wrong and they know it themselves."
"You sure you are not doing the 'settling' with me?" she asked with a vulnerable pout, trailing her fingertip feather light over his abdominal muscles, tracing the individual grooves.
Robin scoffed. "Star."
"What?" she asked innocently, removing her hand and curling it into a loose fist.
"You know the answer to that."
"I just like hearing you say it," she said meekly, with a little smile.
Robin was silent for a moment. "When I was in Gotham, not long before I moved to Jump…" he looked down for a moment and ran his fingers over Starfire's arm. "This girl, I asked this girl out."
"You took a girl on a date?" Starfire said, her brows furrowing and leaning up on an elbow. "You told me you did not have experience."
"Well, I don't consider it a date. Not after what happened."
Starfire looked slightly miffed. "What happened?"
"Don't give me that look. I'll tell you. She was the daughter of Gotham City's Treasurer. She was affluent but of course nowhere near the level I was, being Bruce's adopted son. I mean, she was pretty, she seemed nice at first."
Starfire blinked and waited for him to continue.
"I wanted to go out to the movies, but she wanted to go to the mall. So she dragged me around all day and made me buy expensive things for her."
"She forced you to buy her things?"
"No, she didn't force me. I was trying to impress her, I guess. To me money was no object but I didn't realize how much I had truly dropped on her until Bruce got the credit card bill."
"How much did you spend?" Starfire asked warily.
Robin shrugged. "Four thousand dollars."
"Four thousand dollars?" Her eyes widened. "That is a lot to spend on someone, is it not?"
"Hell yeah it is. I mean, that's a drop in the bucket compared to Bruce's finances, he can spend that much on a bottle of champagne wining and dining some floozy. But for me, to spend that much on someone I barely knew, he was not happy with me."
"I am not happy with you either," Starfire said, frowning and drumming her fingers with half lidded eyes.
"Yeah, it wasn't my proudest moment. Anyway, I thought since I had ponied up so much dough at the end of the day I'd at least get a kiss."
"You tried to kiss her?" Starfire said.
"Yeah. She rejected me, flat out. Got out of the car and cheerily told me goodbye and that she'd call. She didn't."
Starfire looked a little torn. "I am confused. On one of the hands I am happy that this gremplork did not kiss you. On the other of the hands I am surprised she would not take the opportunity to kiss the Dick Grayson."
"I know. I thought the same thing. I got rejected, really? By some fake little bimbo who gossiped about absolutely nothing the entire day and had nothing in her head but air."
He shook his head. "It made me realize that I hated it. Hated everything. I hated the people Bruce had to associate with; I hated the high class. Every girl I encountered was fake and shallow and all they were interested in was my money or my name. Bruce laps it up. He was born into that life, I wasn't. I was a circus performer. We had a little money but we had barely any possessions because we were on the road all the time. Less to pack up. I was a nomad and I was free. At least, until Haley's Circus settled in Gotham."
He looked wistful, and then very sad.
"I did not realize you felt this way," Starfire said softly.
"Well," Robin shrugged. "I got used to it. My new life. Being in the spotlight, being known everywhere I went. Being in his shadow."
"This pressure, was this part of the reason you eventually left Gotham?"
"Yeah. I couldn't take it anymore; I couldn't breathe. I just had to get away for awhile. I didn't realize I would find another team, such good friends, a home… you."
"Me?" she said, her eyes glimmering.
"Yeah," he grinned at her. "You. You're different than any other girl I've ever met. I was drawn to you instantly. Probably was that kiss," he smirked. "I'll take you over stubborn cranky Batman any day."
She giggled.
"And I would take you over my life on Tamaran or… well, I would take you over the future I would have had any of the day as well." She smiled a wistful smile at him.
"You know, how come you never told us you were a princess?" Robin asked. "I've always wondered that."
"Truly?" she said. She shrugged, a very human mannerism she had picked up. "Just as you were tired of the lime of lights, I was also fatigued with the fame and the responsibility."
Robin rubbed her arm. "It wouldn't have mattered to me, you know that right?"
"But yes it would have. Do not do the lying, you know it would have mattered. You would have treated me differently. I was very tired of suitors who only cared about my title. If I were not a princess none of them would give me the twice look. The title has connotations that no culture can ignore."
Robin shrugged. "Yeah, I guess."
"It was refreshing to experience a boy like me for who I am, not because of what comes before my name."
Robin smiled. "I still was pretty shocked when I found out though. You didn't honestly think you could hide that from us when you went to Tamaran?"
Starfire smiled sadly. "I knew the feline would eventually escape the bag. I was not going to say anything until it was made apparent I was the princess."
"You know, I didn't understand your culture at first. I couldn't believe you could just be married off to some nasty creature you'd never met. But I wasn't a very good detective; even after that trip to Tamaran I still believed the title 'princess' meant a certain level of immunity to hardships. Now I know how completely and totally mislead my thinking was."
Starfire nodded once and looked down. "Another reason I kept my royal heritage a secret is because I did not wish to explain why a princess would be given away as a slave. It was opening the can containing the worms."
She looked at him with soulful eyes. "I was terrified when we took the trip to Tamaran that Blackfire would mention the Citadel. I was grateful she did not touch on that subject. I believe she knew I would not cooperate in the least if she were to provoke me."
"So, 'suitors' huh?" Robin said.
Starfire gave him a look. "Do not get jealous. I was eleven at the time. The princes and nobles asking for my hand in marriage were not courting me or taking me on the dates and spending four thousand dollars on me." She glanced at him slyly.
"Oooh," Robin said, poking her in the ribs. "That was below the belt."
She tilted her head. "Below the belt?"
"It was a cheap shot. It means you said something unfair."
"Oh," she said, giving him a sneaky smile and leaning back on the bed. "Then I am most sorry for not playing by the rules of the verbal sparring."
She purposely posed, her hair fanning out on his pillow, her back arched just slightly so her chest pushed out.
"There is nothing I love more than seeing you topless in my bed, but don't think you can distract me, beautiful," he said, hovering over her, his hand twitching and unable to stay at his side. He slid his palm over her skin.
"I was hoping I could."
"Nope," he murmured, lowering his head and running his lips along the curve of her breast. "Not distracted in the least bit."
"Really? Because you look most distracted."
His mouth closed over her peak. She grinned and cupped his head in her hands. He melded his body on top of hers and slid his arms underneath her, holding her chest to him tightly.
"It's not fair. You have breasts. You win all the arguments," his voice carried up from her cleavage.
Starfire giggled.
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"Come on Raven, you gotta dance at least once!" Beast Boy said, curving his hands around her hips as she sat on her barstool. The night was starting to get late. Cyborg and Bumblebee were still grinding it up, showing no signs of fatigue, but Robin and Starfire had disappeared and Speedy was also nowhere to be found. Beast Boy was tired of the solo act. Time to work his magic on Raven.
She glanced out at the dance floor and took another sip of her drink. "You know that's not my thing."
"And laughing at my jokes wasn't your thing either, but you've done that."
"Once."
"So! Once! Which means you have to dance at least once!"
"Every time we come to the club you pester me to dance and every time I shoot you down. What makes you think it'll be any different this time?"
"Come on Raven, I promise it won't be that bad," Beast Boy said in a breathy whisper against Raven's ear, which sent tingles through her middle.
"That's my girl," he said, taking her hand and pulling her off the stool.
Raven was annoyed she was being coerced into dancing, but she let him lead her anyway. Sometimes it wasn't so bad to let him have his way.
"I'll even take you to a corner so no one will see you," Beast Boy said. He placed her back against the wall and held one hand over her shoulder.
"You know I don't know how to do this," she said into his ear.
"I'll help you. Just follow what I do," he responded.
He ran his fingers down her sides and Raven shivered, gazing up into his luminous green eyes. She felt her body respond to his touch and when he placed his palms on her hips she leaned into him. With a little pressure he rocked her hips one direction then the opposite. She was awkward and stiff at first, not used to moving her body in that manner. He was patient and showed her how to be more smooth and liquid, to roll her joints, bend her knees, to keep her ribcage still and use her stomach.
She couldn't get Beast Boy out of her head as Kylie Minogue's dark beat drifted through the club. He was rolling her hips now, swaying them in time with his own and she shivered everywhere his hands guided her. Her back curved as he pulled her hips tighter with his. He added a dipping motion into the rocking back and forth and Raven felt her eyes glaze over and everything went a little fuzzy. His body so close to hers, moving in time with hers mimicked another kind of motion they could do together and she felt her lower body flare in response to that thought. She was just getting confident enough to move on her own when he flipped them around and spun her so he was against the wall and she had her back to him. He pressed up against her and Raven gasped.
"Keep dancing the same way," he murmured to her, a hand slipping around her waist.
She kept up her rocking motion, Beast Boy's hips following her behind. Raven held in a moan when he ran a hand from the small of her back up to her shoulder.
No wonder everyone danced like this. It felt incredible; it was sexually charged and extremely sensual, the smooth throbbing bass of the song adding to the hazy aura.
She kept up the dipping and swaying motion, her eyes closing as she took in the sensation of his body. He was almost panting, his hands wrapping around every part of her, his pelvis thrusting against her lower back. He was partially hard and Raven could feel it. It made her empowered, made her feel sexy and wanted. So this would be how Starfire and Bumblebee felt. It was amazing. It left her breathless.
The song changed to a lilting beat; Beast Boy pushed her hips away from him and she turned, switching places with him again so her back was to the wall.
Raven was wholly turned on and felt her inhibitions lower and her confidence rise as a result. She decided to take a cue from Starfire and see how being a tempting seductress would boost her even more. She knew she would never ever do something like this normally but Lust was consuming her. She felt the slow burn, felt the need to connect with him on every level. She wanted to see how much he wanted her in his eyes, she wanted to taste exactly how turned on he was too.
She hadn't been excited about tonight but now she didn't ever want it to end. She felt dangerous. She felt like things would happen tonight that would change them.
Raven placed her hands on her ribcage, her fingers just brushing over the sides of her breasts and slowly trailed them down to her hips as Katy Perry sang about going all the way tonight.
She didn't think she had ever seen Beast Boy's eyes grow wider. She bit her lip, held back a smirk. No regrets, just love.
She put on the most sensual face she could and swayed her hips just slightly, like he showed her, as her fingers caressed over them. She dipped and spread her hands out over the wall, looking up at him with flirty eyes.
Beast Boy almost melted onto her. She felt a streak hit her low in her belly at the sight of his love drunk expression. There was definitely a powerful sense of lust behind his lidded eyes and she could feel his tension growing exponentially. She put her hands on her thighs and ran them all the way back up to her chest.
"Damn, Rae," Beast Boy pounced, sinking against her and pulling her in for a searing kiss, swaying to the music, the words to the song drifting between them, suggestions for how the rest of this night should go. Beast Boy pulled Raven along the length of his body, digging his fingers into the back of her thighs. He pulled her up, his tongue seeking entrance into her mouth. He was instantly hard, pressing into her with a blinded need. Let you put your hands on me in my skintight jeans be your teenage dream tonight…
Raven was completely and totally into the fact that Beast Boy wanted to devour her here and now but she was just vaguely aware of their surroundings. She wasn't one for making out in public and even in her lust fueled state she cared just enough. In between kissing him she peeked around his shoulder before leaning back against the wall in a breathless stare and waving her arm over them.
She deposited them outside on the roof of the club and barely had time to get in a breath before Beast Boy hefted her against the wall of the stairwell and was attacking her lips in a wild frenzy. Her senses kicked into overdrive and she could feel every drop of lust Beast Boy was projecting as his hands pawed over her. He wanted her corset gone, he wanted her skirt gone, he wanted to tear her panties off her body and plunge forward until he couldn't anymore and Raven was caught sucking for air as he pressed into the softness of her belly. The thought sent another white-hot flare of desire surging through her lower region.
She tipped her head back against the wall and closed her eyes as Beast Boy moved his body against her desperately. She levitated slightly to take her full weight off of him and he used a freed hand to slide it up her thigh under her skirt, one of her shoes fell off her foot and clattered to the ground.
In one slick motion he slipped her panties aside and two fingers were buried inside her. She gasped and moaned and for the second time he took her breath away, catching in her throat. She moved her hips in time with his hand and her head spun when his throaty voice mumbled in her ear telling her, "This could be me… this could be me tonight."
In a daze she nodded, gripping his shoulders.
"Yeah?" he slurred. "Really?"
"Yes," she whispered.
He groaned, pushing against her harder, cupping a breast firmly with his other hand.
"Don't stop," she whimpered when she felt his hand start to slide away.
"I'm just getting started," Beast Boy growled.
"Really? Looks like you're in the middle of it to me," said a teasing voice.
Oh God. Oh no…
"Heyo!"
"Damn girl, I didn't figure you for the 'doin' it in public' type!"
Beast Boy sheepishly slid his hand out from under Raven's skirt and set her down.
Raven smoothed her skirt over her legs, her cheeks burning as she looked at the ground, anywhere but at her two friends. She reached her foot over and pulled her shoe toward her with her toes, sliding it back on. Beast Boy looked like a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.
Cyborg and Bumblebee had just exited the stairwell and were grinning ear to ear.
"What's the matter bro; don't be stoppin' on account of us!" Cyborg laughed.
"Shut up, dude," Beast Boy muttered, pulling Raven behind him.
"We really didn't mean to interrupt y'all, but we were just wonderin' where everybody run off to. We can't find Robin and Starfire anywhere." Bumblebee's beaming face indicated she knew they had flown off to do similar things that Beast Boy and Raven had just been caught engaging in.
"I'm sure they found their own way home, they're big kids," Beast Boy scowled.
"Speedy's gone missin' too. We saw him with some chick about an hour ago."
"So everyone's hooking up, what's the big deal?"
"Testy, testy. We just wanted to know if y'all needed a ride home or not. Clearly it seems like ya don't, since little miss dark and dirty was probably gonna port you two home a minute later," Bumblebee laughed.
"Well, whatever. We'll find our own way home. Thanks," Beast Boy said pointedly.
"Good luck B. And remember, no glove, no love!" Cyborg called, pulling a giggling Bumblebee down the stairs behind him.
Beast Boy frowned in frustration and looked at Raven.
"It's okay," she said, grabbing his arm gently.
"It's really not," he said grumpily. She frowned too and tugged him in for another kiss. She felt his irritation start to fade the longer they drew out the liplock, and soon she could tell the interruption was behind him and he wanted to go home.
"Ready?"
He nodded.
She ported them to her bedroom.
Beast Boy stepped away from her, holding his head for a moment. Porting always made him a little woozy.
"So," Raven said, shrugging. It was odd now because the passionate spell they had been under moments ago seemed to have broken with their friends' disruption. At the club Raven would've been ready and willing to go, but now that the sexually charged haze was gone she could think more clearly and she was anxious.
Beast Boy shook his head one more time and grinned at her.
"We're alone now. No more interruptions."
"No," Raven said shyly.
"You look really pretty, Raven," Beast Boy said earnestly, placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Thank you," she flushed. He tucked her hair behind her ear, leaned in and pecked her on the cheek.
"Still want to do this?" he whispered, his lips fluttering against her skin.
She nodded, the nervous tingles trickling through her stomach and down her spine.
"It's fine if you don't. I can wait."
"You've waited for me long enough," Raven said, hooking her arms around his neck. He picked her up and carried her to the bed. He took off one shoe and then the other, winking. He kissed her toes and kicked off his own footwear.
He was about to crawl over her when Silkie wiggled out from under the pillow.
Raven frowned and looked over right into that clownish grin, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, which held his precious soda can.
Silkie grunted merrily, looking at Beast Boy with wide hopeful eyes. Play with me those eyes said.
"Aww, sorry little dude! But ah, Raven and I are kinda… ah…"
Silkie dropped the can next to Raven's head.
She frowned. "Nooo."
Silkie pouted, picked up his can and slunked toward the door in little half-hearted bursts of motion. One last look? No? Okay. The door slid open and he slumped out, disappointed.
"I'll play with you tomorrow, Silkers!" Beast Boy called after him. "We'll throw the can around, promise!"
He received a disconsolate grunt in reply as the door slid shut.
Beast Boy snorted and shook his head, looking down at Raven.
"Is there saliva in my hair?"
"A little. But it's okay, I'll work around it." He grinned.
"Eww."
He crawled over her, bending her knees around his waist, her skirt riding up her thighs.
Silkie's little interlude had broken some of the tension, but Raven hoped he couldn't see the nervousness in her eyes. He still pulled back with a look of concern.
"Really Raven, if you're not-"
She reached a hand up to his cheek, her thumb grazing his bottom lip. "Don't. Let's do this now. I don't want to talk anymore or I'll freak myself out. I'm ready. Nervous, but ready."
"Why are you nervous? We've already gotten past, well you know. All that's different this time is I'm gonna move a lot more."
She shrugged, embarrassed. "It's not the same. This is point of no return, or whatever. What if I'm not good at it?"
"You won't be."
Her eyes widened.
"I don't mean it like that. You've never done it before and neither have I. We're not gonna be sex fiends the very first time, Rae. We have to practice to get good at it," his eyes gleamed. "For right now it'll just be nice."
The worry faded off her face. "Nice?"
"Yeah. Nice."
"I can handle nice."
He leaned down and slowly trailed his lips along her neck and under her jaw, kissing lazily, trying to build the desire. His hand delicately traced her collarbone, dipped over the swell of her breasts, pushed up and enhanced from the corset. Raven shivered at his feather like strokes, so different from his hard and fast movements on the roof. His touches cherished her, made her feel sexy and feminine. He ran his palm down her creamy thigh, over her knee and down her calf, squeezing her toes. Then he used that same hand to curl underneath the small of her back, pulling her hips up into his lap as he lavished more attention to her chest.
"Um," Raven slurred, her eyes half lidded. "I just realized… I know a contraception spell, but I've never cast it before and I don't completely trust it."
"Oh," Beast Boy said, kneeling up and reaching into his back pocket. "Got us covered."
He held out a little packet.
"Where did you get that?" Raven asked, leaning up on her elbows.
"In the bathroom at the club, from the vending machine. Even if not tonight, I figured we'd need one at some point, and it was easier to quick get one there when no one was in the bathroom. Like, you better cast that spell cause I don't know how reliable this thing is, coming from the vending machine. Double protection, right? We'll have to buy some at the store later."
"Oh, okay," Raven said. "Good thinking."
He placed it on the bed and leaned back down. "Now where were we?"
"I think we were right here," she mumbled, placing her hands around his neck and drawing him back in.
He sighed in contentment and trailed his nose over her breast, placing light pecks on her flesh along the edge of her corset. His fingers fluttered down to the bow lacing up the top. He kissed more solidly as he drew the end of the bow, untying the knot.
Raven sucked in a breath as he pulled the edges apart and loosened the ribbons. He slid the shirt down and his mouth closed over one peak.
She couldn't help the pleased moan that escaped her lips. She buried her fingers in his hair and felt a fang prick her skin as his tongue ran circles.
He slid his hand over her thigh, placed pecks and nibbles on the side of her knee. The thrill that spiked up through her stomach originating from her center made her gasp as she felt his arousal press into her through his jeans. He was tugging at her skirt, prying her corset away from her body, and Raven finally understood the fuzzy passion she had sensed from Robin and Starfire how long ago. This is what it felt like. This was surreal.
Her head felt light and dizzy and for some reason her vision was just a hint blurry as Beast Boy finally untangled her corset from her arms and tossed it over the side of the bed. His warm hands caressed her torso, wrapping under her ribs and sliding down her sides and his face was pressing into her softness, he was breathing deep and placing kisses along her skin. She shivered as he reached her navel and kept going. He reached the waistband of her skirt and began removing that too, helping her shift her bottom up so he could slide it away. She was left in black lacy panties and he ran his tongue along the top, then he placed his mouth right in between her legs and blew warm.
Raven squirmed, gripping the blankets in her hands. Oh that felt incredible. He swirled his tongue and she whimpered. This was fast becoming not enough. He was stoking a fire inside her and she felt like she was going to burst if something didn't happen soon.
Her heart began thumping wildly as a little grin tweaked his lips and he purposely smoldered up at her as he slid her last little scrap of clothing down, leaving her in nothing.
He sat up, his face back to serious, reached behind his neck and pulled his shirt over his head by the collar. Raven drank in the sight of his bare chest, he was always so thin and slight but he was defined. The years had been kind to him and she propped herself up with one hand, knees still bent around him, reverently tracing her fingers along his muscles to explore him just as much as he had for her.
She looked at him shyly and began unbuttoning his jeans, pulling the zipper down. He gave her a kiss, helping tug at his pants, maneuvering it over his expanded length and kicking them off, making sure his boxers went with it.
Raven bit her lip and let her fingers drift downward. Beast Boy rolled his head back and groaned a little.
"Keep doing that and I'm totally not going to last very long," he moaned with a grin.
"Sorry," she said, flicking her hands away.
"I said I wasn't going to last long, didn't tell you to stop," he teased. "But that's okay." He guided her back onto the bed, sprawling her out underneath him. He quickly retrieved the little packet, tore it open and rolled the slip of latex into place with one hand, the other gliding between her legs.
"You ready Rae?" he asked, his voice raspy.
Her body tensed and immediately, now that the moment was here, the nervousness was back in her eyes. Her heart was racing, Lust was doing cartwheels but she was still so apprehensive.
"You'll be fine," Beast Boy whispered. "Relax. I won't hurt you."
She nodded, a quick movement, her violet eyes wide.
"Rae," he said, with a little laugh in his voice. "Calm down, I can't do this when you're looking at me like you're a deer in the headlights."
"Sorry, sorry," she said. Her hands were trembling.
Beast Boy tried not to sigh and started to sit up.
"No," Raven said, gripping his arms. "I'm ready, I'm ready."
"Are you sure?" Beast Boy asked. "We don't have to do this tonight. You're shaking like a leaf."
"I am, I'm just nervous. But I want to do this."
"We'll take it slow, okay? I'll go very slow. And you let me know if anything hurts or if you want me to stop, I will, I promise."
"Okay," she nodded. "Okay."
Beast Boy enveloped her in his arms. "Now first, relax. You're all tense; I can feel it. Relax your muscles."
Raven took in a deep breath and as she exhaled she let her body loosen.
"There, that's much better," he said. He proceeded to nuzzle her neck, nipping and trailing his tongue behind her ear and along her jaw, sending tingles and shivers down Raven's spine. He was incredibly good at necking and it made her body slacken even more. She let herself fully open the channels and his emotions washed through her, his calm assurance warming and his excitement seeping in as he anticipated the moment. His fingers gently worked between her legs, helping her get back in the mood and be more receptive to him.
His hips shifted, his knees parted her legs and he pressed up against her. Raven couldn't help the little intake of air and he breathed in her ear.
"Ready?"
She nodded, gripping his shoulders.
"It's just like the other times we did this."
She nodded again.
She gasped as he slid inside, going very slowly, until he was all the way in.
"Still okay?"
"Yes."
"Not hurting?"
She shook her head.
"Really? Isn't it supposed to hurt?"
"You already deflowered me before."
"I did?"
"Remember the second time, when I bled so much?"
"Oh."
"Yeah. At least, I think that's when it happened. Not sure."
"Huh. Did you hurt then?"
"Didn't even feel it. You went slow enough. Some girls break it horseback riding or using tampons and don't even realize it."
"Huh."
"Yeah."
"Well, okay. I'm gonna start moving. Is that all right?"
"Yes."
He pulled back and pushed forward once, very gently. Raven rocked underneath him.
"Oh…"
"Good?" he asked.
"Yes," she breathed.
"I'm gonna do it again."
"Okay. Okaaaayyy-ooh. Oh."
"Still good?"
"Yes," she hissed, her nails digging into his skin.
He moved slowly, back and forth, letting her get used to the sensation. Her legs curled up around his hips and she closed her eyes, fighting the nervousness in her chest with the completely new awareness. This was actually kind of exciting. It didn't feel like he was invading her body. It felt like he belonged there, each time he drew almost out she just wanted him to sink back in. She started lifting her hips to intercept him higher, her hands sliding down to his lower back, guiding him. He chuckled.
"I can't move when you just keep pressing my hips to yours," he said.
"Oh," she flushed, embarrassed.
"It's cute," he said. "You want me, fine."
He responded by shifting his hands underneath her, raising her bottom and pushing as deep as he could go.
Raven rolled her head back, her mouth dropping open.
"Told you this would be nice," Beast Boy murmured in her ear cheekily. She could only respond with a moan.
She let herself get lost in his movements, let herself open up and read everything he was broadcasting. His emotions flowing through her essence and mingling with her own made it seem like it was physically possible for his body to merge with hers. She felt like their souls could actually intertwine, his heart was her heart. She never realized how deeply her powers would react to sex, especially when she truly was in love with her partner. She felt another wave crash over her as Beast Boy began moving steadily. She held onto his shoulders, her mouth attaching to his throat, riding the crest of sensation and emotion the faster his body met hers.
"Whoa…" His strokes slowed and Raven frowned in a daze.
"What's wrong?" she managed to say, just enjoying the moment with her lids half-mast.
"Rae, I feel strange."
She opened her eyes and looked up into his face. His eyes were hazy and unclear, his pupils gone and his irises almost faded away.
"Rae, you're glowing… my fingers are all tingly."
"Oh…" she said, watching the haze of colors swirling around his form. "I think I'm projecting… I can see your aura…"
"You mean the psychedelic kaleidoscope that's all misty around you? I can see it too… I think I can feel you."
"Of course you can feel me, your body is buried inside mine as far as it will go," she said.
"No, I mean like, feel you feel you. This is incredible."
"Keep going," she murmured into his ear. He restarted his tempo, placing open-mouthed kisses along her neck and jaw, each lick and bite sending a shockwave like a spark, reverberating through her body.
"This is crazy, are you feeling this?" he asked between kisses, never stopping the rhythm of his hips.
"Yes," she said, her head falling back. Her mind felt thick and sluggish, hints of memories flashing, like scenes flipping and skipping in fast forward. She blinked and a translucent thin red cord winded around them. It meant something, her foggy brain couldn't remember…
His responses became urgent, faster and faster and she met his every move, took every plunge with a gasp. He was tightly wound, high strung and on the edge of something she couldn't comprehend.
"Rae, I can't hold… Baby I can't-"
"Go," she whispered, stroking her fingers through his hair, holding the back of his head. "It's okay."
She felt his tension drain away, it took tremendous effort for him to hold his release at bay and she could almost taste his relief as his body primed and took off. His hands gripped the pillow under her head, his strokes become stronger and deeper, he was pulsing and she watched as the colors around him blinked and glimmered, and though it wasn't her body she felt everything.
He finally pushed one last time against her and then fell into an exhausted heap. She watched as his aura and the cord slowly faded away as he breathed on top of her, his head tucked into her shoulder.
"Love you, babe," he slurred into her neck. She felt a warmth trickle through her chest and returned the sentiment demurely. She winded down, her heart still beating wildly in her ribcage, her mind slowly clearing as her fingers pawed at Beast Boy's back.
"Damn… that was…" he lifted up and looked into her face, brushing some of her hair behind her ear as he supported himself on one arm. "What was that?"
"I think my empathic powers linked in with your emotions. My soul must have projected and joined with yours."
"It was amazing," he said, his face glowing. "Did you know that would happen?"
Raven shook her head. "No, I didn't. But it was amazing," she agreed shyly.
"Um, I better-" he looked down. "Ready?"
She nodded. He slipped out of her carefully and rolled to the side. "I'll be right back."
He quick headed to the bathroom and returned in a minute.
As he slipped into her bed his face clouded with worry. "I'm so sorry I couldn't hold back any longer, and I didn't get you there-"
Raven hugged him around the neck. "Don't worry about it. It was a very good first time. I know it's hard for guys, it's okay. It was wonderful." She pecked him on the cheek. "Thank you."
He sat up and pulled her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her. "No, definitely thank you, babe. It was all I wanted it to be and more."
ooo
It was late morning. Raven blearily opened her eyes and blinked at her alarm clock, her little black cat that Beast Boy had won in the crane game staring back at her from her nightstand. The digital display read 11:30.
Beast Boy was still out beside her. She rolled onto her side and rested her chin in her hand, gazing at him tenderly. It had been wonderful. It had made her truly happy.
Almost like he knew he was being admired Beast Boy's eyes winked open and he gave Raven a huge grin.
"Morning, gorgeous naked girl who had sex with me last night."
Raven blushed and let a little giggle escape.
He rolled her over onto her back and planted himself on top of her, playfully squishing her.
"Best night ever," he said, punctuating his laziness with a stretch and a yawn. He looked down and her and beamed, giving her a peck on the nose.
"I'd have to agree with you for once," Raven said warmly, a smile on her face.
Beast Boy slid his hands from her hips up to her ribcage.
"I'm kinda hungry from, you know, all that love makin' last night. Breakfast?"
"Sounds good to me," she nodded. He lifted himself off of her and found a tee shirt and some basketball shorts to pull on. Now that they shared rooms he kept some of his clothes in hers so he wouldn't have to run back to his own.
Raven pulled on a black tank top and a pair of jeans. She fluffed her hair in the mirror, he pulled her in for a kiss on the cheek and they headed out the door.
Beast Boy draped his arm around Raven's shoulders on the way to the kitchen and she surprisingly liked it. Something about last night had changed the dynamic between the two of them and she felt good. It wasn't possessiveness, but it was like she belonged to him and he belonged to her and no one else could ever come between them.
She realized why there was so much hype about it now. Of course the first time wasn't an Earth-shattering amazing orgasmic journey for her; it was unrealistic to expect that. Her unexpected powers adding in a different level however certainly made it memorable. It had been good. It was so much more emotionally satisfying than Raven realized it could be. She thought she would feel awful, like she was standing naked in front of a crowd, completely and totally vulnerable. She was wrong; it had the opposite affect. She felt closer to Beast Boy than she ever had and she knew it was because she loved him, and now they had this little secret that only they had shared together.
They entered Ops and glanced over at the kitchen area. Cyborg was already wearing his apron and chef's hat, cooking breakfast (or more accurately brunch, considering everyone slept in) while Bumblebee sat at on a stool at the counter, chatting away. The two were the only Titans present.
"Look who decided to get up?" Bumblebee said, greeting them. "All that makin' out left the beast a little tired, huh?"
"You know it," Beast Boy joked, claiming a stool. Raven also sat down.
The four of them made small talk while Cyborg seared some bacon.
Raven couldn't help it. She couldn't concentrate on what was being said because every time she stole a glance at Beast Boy her cheeks flushed and any fleeting thought of last night made a tingle streak through her.
He'd catch her gaze and beam back at her and she knew he was thinking about it too.
Now she understood how Starfire and Robin had felt that morning after, why they kept grinning at each other, how they couldn't stop touching each other. She felt a little bad that she and Beast Boy had intruded on them.
Speaking of the two, they finally both sauntered in, Starfire wearing Robin's shirt from last night and a tiny little pair of pink short-shorts. Robin had on sweats and a t-shirt.
"Good morning friends!" Starfire chirped. Her hair was ratted and teased up in the back, like she had been rolling on it. Robin's hair was smushed up on one side.
Starfire flew to the counter and took a seat. Robin followed a little more stiffly and slowly sank onto a stool next to her.
"What's up home-gurl?" Bumblebee grinned. "Damn! Just look at that sex hair, chica! Y'all must've had quite the night."
Starfire giggled and blushed, reached behind and attempted to smooth the tangled rat's nest. How did she not realize? Robin merely smirked.
"What's for breakfast?" he asked, purposely ignoring the huge grin on Bumblebee's face.
"We got a breakfast bonanza goin' on up in here!" Cyborg said happily. "Pancakes, sausages, eggs, hash browns, and my favorite, bacon!"
"Dude, where's my-"
"Yo nasty ass soy crap is over there."
Beast Boy would've been huffy on a normal morning but instead he just pulled his plate toward him happily.
Cyborg eyed him suspiciously. He noticed that little BB and Rae hadn't separated the whole morning and they kept grinning at each other. And Raven hadn't made one snide remark to any of Beast Boy's jokes.
He recalled Beast Boy's earlier jab at Robin being a lucky bastard, and Beast Boy's avoidance to Cyborg's question about problems in the bedroom. Then he remembered the romantic interlude on the roof.
Cyborg's eyes widened and he put down his spatula.
"BB," he said, nodding his head to the side.
"What?" Beast Boy leaned forward so Cyborg could talk to him in a lower voice.
"Dude! You and Rae?" he hissed.
Beast Boy really tried to keep the huge mega watt grin from lighting up his face, but now wasn't the time or place for juicy details. Just as Beast Boy started to wave his hands to fend off his best friend the door slid open and a figure tiptoed through.
"AWWWW Speedster!" Bumblebee shouted with glee.
Speedy was still hunched over in sneak mode but stopped dead and realized with dismay everyone was staring at him with grins. He was still wearing the clothes from last night, although he was carrying only one shoe. His mask was askew on his face.
"Walk of shame, dude! What was her name?" Bumblebee teased.
"Shut up! It was… um… M, definitely started with an M…"
"Where's yo shoe?"
"I couldn't find it," Speedy muttered with as much dignity as he could.
Beast Boy was grateful for Speedy's interruption, but Cyborg was still grinning like a cat. Beast Boy shook his head. "Later," he mouthed at him.
Silkie smelled the delicious aromas coming from Cyborg's cooking and squirmed into the common room.
"Man, totally not feeding you this morning," he grumped as he saw the Titans' pet.
Starfire tilted her head. "Why? What has he done?"
Cyborg snorted. "Your precious little… bumblegorf or whatever was all up in our business last night while I was tryin' to put on my best moves!"
"Silkie pestered you last night too?" Robin said.
Cyborg grinned. "Y'all got interrupted by the little voyeur?"
"Yeah… um us too," Beast Boy spoke up. Raven blushed.
"Oh poor Silkie!" Starfire said, picking him up and cradling him. "He just wanted the attention."
"Totally picked the wrong time to play fetch," Beast Boy grumbled.
"You're telling me," Robin snorted.
"Silly Silkie," Starfire clucked at him with a playful admonish. "You should not be such a blocker of cocks!" She tickled his tummy affectionately.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Starfire, who was oblivious to what she had just said. Robin slapped his hand over his face. After a moment she seemed to notice the non-activity in the room and glanced back at everyone.
"What?" she asked, her eyes wide and innocent.
"Where'd she hear that expression, Rob?" Cyborg asked slyly.
Beast Boy and Bumblebee were grinning and even Raven showed the humor on her face.
"Ahh…" Robin got up and went over to Starfire, turning her back to her friends. He whispered in her ear. Starfire stiffened and eeped, clamping a hand over her mouth.
She spun around slowly, her face red.
"My apologies, I did not know what I was truly saying."
"Don't worry about it little lady, you used it correctly," Cyborg teased.
Robin shrugged. "You kinda did, actually."
"That's it," Bumblebee said, slapping her palms on the table. "Immediate girl talk meeting after breakfast."
"Oh!" Starfire clapped her hands gleefully. "Wonderful!"
Raven's eyes widened and she pursed her lips. Uh oh. They both looked at her. The tips of Beast Boy's ears were turning red. Girl talk pretty much meant one specific topic of discussion.
"Are you done with your cereal?" Bumblebee said, urging Starfire to hurry up.
Starfire responded by picking the bowl up and sticking out her very long tongue, gulping the rest of the contents in one swallow.
The boys stared. "That was kind of hot," Beast Boy finally said. "In a really weird way."
Starfire grinned and winked, got up to put her bowl in the sink and then snatched Raven's hand, tugging her from the table.
"The girl talk shall begin!" she exclaimed.
"Oh joy," Raven deadpanned, being taken along for the ride.
They descended upon Starfire's room, settling on her bed.
"Okay ladies, seriously… Sparky is literally a love machine," Bumblebee started with a devious grin. "He got the boat, the motion of the ocean, and he got some niiice attachments installed in those magic fingers of his."
"Thank you for over-sharing, Bumblebee," Raven said dryly. Starfire was grinning naughtily.
"Really? He has modifications specifically for that?" Starfire asked, her eyes wide.
"Don't encourage her, I really don't need to know," Raven moaned, placing her hands over her ears.
"Damn straight he does. Like I said. Love machine. You should see what's he done to the damn T-Car. He showed me last night. It was ah-maz-ing. Round two was even better in his bedroom, till your weird little worm thing showed up."
"La la la, don't need to know."
"Oh Raven please, it is most fun to talk about boys," Starfire admonished. "My night was most pleasing."
"Yeah, I bet it was," Bumblebee scoffed.
"What?" Starfire said. She shifted her focus. "Raven, you must tell us how your night went," she pounced with a sly giggle.
Raven's cheeks flushed bright red and she pulled her hood up.
"That is what I thought," Starfire nodded as Bumblebee crowed, "Ooooooooh girl!"
"Shut up!" Raven protested.
"So is he a beast in bed, Rae?" Bumblebee clapped her hands.
"Does he purr?" Starfire asked innocently.
"Is his tongue rough like a cat's?" Bumblebee's eyes widened with glee. "Cause that'd feel awesome in certain places-"
"Do his whiskers tickle?" Starfire laughed out loud.
Raven pouted, crossing her arms.
"I'm not saying a word."
"Y'all are no fun girl, we just teasin'."
"You must commence with the details! It is the rule of the girl talk!" Starfire said exuberantly.
"Y'all looked all hot and heavy on the roof, it had to have been good," Bumblebee said.
"They were the hot and the heavy on the roof?" Starfire asked, interested.
"Oooh yeah. Sparky and I caught them up there after you two ran off to go do the same thing."
Starfire grinned wickedly. "How are you so sure that is what we went to do?"
"Because y'all started up in the club, we had no doubts honey."
"We were merely dancing."
"Uh huh," Bumblebee scoffed. "If y'all had any less clothes on we'd have to pay to see that shit."
"Oops," Starfire giggled with a shrug.
"Besides, that wicked sex hair you were sporting this morning is proof enough."
Starfire coughed.
"Wow, we all got laid last night. Score for us, ladies!" Bumblebee laughed. "Was it a good idea to out or what!"
ooo
After visiting for part of the day it was time for Bumblebee and Speedy to go home. Speedy waited impatiently while Cyborg gave Bumblebee a long drawn out passionate send off. Starfire kissed Bumblebee on the cheeks and hugged her goodbye. Raven gave her a short curt hug/pat and Robin gave Speedy a nod.
The tower felt strange with the departure of the extra Titans.
It was time to get back to life.
Robin had spent most of the next morning in the evidence room, mulling over case files and catching up on paperwork. When he came out for lunch he found Starfire on the couch with a spoon and gallon of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, dotted with slices of pickles and drenched in chocolate syrup. She was curled up on the couch and watching Dirty Dancing on the big screen.
She sniffled and turned her head when he came into the living room.
"Oh, hey," he said. "Ah…"
Her eyes were red rimmed.
"So, I guess since you're eating ice cream and watching chick flicks…?"
Starfire pouted and her bottom lip quivered. She shrugged half-heartedly and turned back to the movie, which was almost finished.
No one puts Baby in a corner.
Robin smirked. Trust Starfire to immerse herself in a sappy chick flick. He walked around the couch and sat down next to her.
"So, you did get it, right?"
"What do you think?" she all but snapped. He held up his hands in a defensive gesture.
"Whoa, hey. I was just asking."
"Yes. I did get it," she said shortly, shoveling in another heaping spoonful of ice cream as Johnny dipped Baby and she rolled her head back in an extremely sexy manner on screen. Robin just barely contained poking out his tongue in disgust.
"What is it with you girls and getting all weird during… you know."
Starfire narrowed her eyes at him. Robin gulped.
"It is not wise to antagonize me at present," she said venomously.
"I'm not antagonizing you," Robin protested. "Don't get all mad. Why are you crying? This isn't a sad movie."
Starfire wasn't paying attention to him. She was dabbing a tissue at her leaking eyes as Baby ran down the aisle and jumped into Johnny's arms in the grand lift.
Robin was utterly confused. Shouldn't she be happy? This meant they were in the clear. He told her as much. He did not get the reaction he was looking for.
Starfire's mouth twisted and she smacked down her tub of ice cream and her spoon onto the coffee table. She didn't even look at him as she flew out of the room.
He stood up completely at a loss and noticed Raven leaning against the doorframe.
"Nice one, Boy Blunder."
"What the hell! Why is she acting all crazy? This is good, right? I don't get it!"
Raven shook her head. "First of all, you're being completely insensitive. Even more so than normal. Second, she's still conflicted over this and you shoving it in her face hurts her feelings."
"God, are you two on the same cycle or something?"
Uh, shit. Not smart to provoke Raven, ever. Especially when she can use her magic to make someone slap himself in the face repeatedly without moving a muscle.
"Gee Robin, why are you hitting yourself?" she said casually, inspecting her fingernails.
"Okay Raven, I get it!" he said, trying to resist the pull of her powers.
She snorted.
"Are you going to play nice now?"
"Yes," he muttered, rubbing his cheek and giving her a baleful look.
"Starfire might be more sensitive this morning but you're being a colossal jerk. What's gotten into you?"
Robin scrunched his nose and frowned, crossing his arms. "Dunno."
"Yes you do."
"Okay, resident therapist. Go analyze Starfire or something, I'm gonna sit here and put on something manly, like a ridiculous Arnold movie with blood and explosions to get all this chick flick scrubbed off our big screen."
"Fine, do whatever. But don't you dare talk to Starfire when you're in this mood. She can't handle it."
Robin scoffed and plopped on the couch, picking up the remote.
Raven rolled her eyes.
"Never trust anything that bleeds for seven days and doesn't die," Robin muttered, scrolling through the selection of movies until he found Collateral Damage.
A large black shaped hand smacked him upside the head.
Raven went to Starfire's room and heard sniffling inside. She knocked before phasing through the wall.
Starfire was lying on her stomach and clutching a pillow, burying her face into it.
Raven sat next to her on the bed and put her hand on Starfire's shoulder.
"Boys suck," she said simply.
Starfire sniffed and lifted her head up.
"I concur vehemently!" she said, almost spitting with anger. "Why do they constantly irritate us on purpose when they know what we are going through?"
"Well that's the thing. They don't know what we're going through. They don't realize how we feel at all, that we literally can't help the way our emotions swing like that."
Starfire clenched her fists. "He was so caring before and completely understanding. Now when I need him to be, he is the big jerk of faces! Urrgh!"
Starfire ripped her pillow in half. She lugged herself up and stomped over to her vanity table, where she opened a jewelry box and took out a bar of chocolate.
She shakily pulled off the wrapper and started munching while she ranted.
"This is not the first time he has done this. He will be caring and kind all the other times, and then when he can sense I am especially over sensitive he will purposely rile me! I do not understand! Why can he not hug me and say the nice words like he normally does? Why must he make me upset? Why do boys not take us seriously? This is not an excuse; I cannot help that my hormones are the out of wack. How would he like it if he bled from his body parts every month?"
Raven couldn't help the smile that slipped onto her lips, and she hid it with her fingers.
"Wow, it's the same everywhere you go."
"What do you mean?" Starfire asked, tilting her head.
"Interactions between men and women. Apparently it spans the universe."
Starfire humphed haughtily and polished off her chocolate after offering Raven a piece.
"Boys. Who needs them."
"Who indeed," Raven nodded.
"If it were not for sex," Starfire threatened, shaking her head.
Raven snorted. "And even then there are toys for that."
"What are boys useful for, Raven?" she moaned.
"Continuing the human race. That's about it." She rubbed her chin. "Maybe we'll evolve beyond them. There's this species of lizards that are all female; they can reproduce by themselves. They don't need males."
"Sounds good to me," Starfire said tartly.
Raven had to chuckle. "Boys are kind of cute though. Sometimes."
"True."
"And if we were like most normal females we'd need them to lift heavy things. And open pickle jars."
"I do not need a man to do anything for me," Starfire said, her eyes flashing.
"But you let them sometimes, don't you, to stroke their ego."
It was Starfire's turn to roll her eyes. "Like they need any sort of boost to their egos."
"I'm sure Robin will figure himself out and apologize. He has to do that a lot doesn't he."
Starfire snorted. "I am usually the one apologizing. He has never apologized for being the insensitive ass of holes before when I have my time of the month."
Raven cracked her knuckles. "Want me to give him a little incentive?"
Starfire smirked but shook her head. "No, leave him be. I will just make my shoulder cold for the evening, and maybe for part of tomorrow."
"Ahh, the good old silent treatment," Raven nodded. "Always an effective one."
"See," Starfire said, her eyes twinkling, "boys always claim that they like the treatment of silence, because it stops us from talking and they do not like it when we talk. But it works for a reason. They cannot stand it when they know we are angry."
Raven nodded. "Want to bet on how long it takes before Robin cracks?"
Starfire considered. "I think by eight o'clock tonight he will beg to apologize to me and ask me to begin talking to him again."
"Five. He won't last that that long. Especially if he wants sex."
"In his schlorvaks," Starfire said disdainfully. "Not with the way he has been treating me. And besides, I do not feel well. The cramps."
"I could give you a little healing, if you want."
"It is manageable at this point. What is the prize if we win?"
Raven considered. "The loser has to give the other a body massage, making sure to rub hot oil all over the other's naked glistening skin."
Starfire stared at Raven with wide eyes. "Um…"
Raven's tone was low and sultry. "And then, if things get a little out of hand from there, we'll just see where it goes. Maybe make out a little, explore each other's femininity."
"Raven, I know I was lamenting the stupidity of men, and while I do think you are an extremely attractive female-"
Raven waved her hand and jerked her head toward Starfire's door. She smirked and used her magic to slide it aside.
Robin and Beast Boy were standing there, both of them wide eyed and slack jawed. Beast Boy scrambled and placed a hand over his nose, which started bleeding.
Starfire crossed her arms. "Please close the door Raven. If we are going to do the making out and exploration of each other's bodies I do not wish for them to have the pleasure of watching."
Raven grinned wickedly and slid the door shut. Beast Boy and Robin tried to peer through the closing space. Beast Boy punctuated the movement with "wait wait wait wait!"
Starfire and Raven dissolved into giggles.
"So," Starfire started, a feral gleam in her eyes. Raven stopped giggling and frowned, leaning away suspiciously. It was never good when Starfire got that look.
"I request the details," she stated.
Raven groaned and rolled her eyes.
"I know Bumblebee can be the pushy and has the mouth of loudness at times, but I am your friend of bestness and I want to know everything." She twinkled at Raven and bended forward expectantly.
Raven tried to stop the little grin that threatened to break out on her lips. "Well," she started, "Beast Boy made me dance at the club."
"Really?" Starfire squealed. "He actually managed to make you do the dancing?"
"Yes," Raven said, her cheeks staining a light pink.
"When was this?" Starfire asked, tilting her head.
"This was after you two horn dogs couldn't keep your paws off each other and mysteriously disappeared for the rest of the night."
"Oh," Starfire said, grinning. "Go on with the details, please."
"So, it was nice."
"Nice?" Starfire said, arching her eyebrow. "Merely the nice?"
"Okay, more than nice," Raven admitted. "It was kind of hot."
"Oooh," Starfire said, her eyes sparkling. "And is this how you made it to the roof?"
"Yes," Raven said. "Where it got really hot and heavy until Cyborg and Bumblebee interrupted us."
Starfire tsked. "That is the shame."
"Yeah, it kind of was. I think he would've taken me right there if I said 'let's do this you big handsome lug'."
Starfire giggled. "So you teleported home?"
"Yeah." Raven shrugged. "You can guess what happened."
"Were you nervous?"
"Very."
"But it was the fine, was it not?"
"It was more than fine."
"Really? Oh that is glorious." Starfire beamed. "I am most happy for you two."
"Thanks," Raven smiled. She accepted a hug from Starfire.
"Do you know what Robin is doing, besides the lurking outside my door?" Starfire asked. "I wish to commence the treatment of silence."
"Last I saw he was going to watch Collateral Damage."
Starfire crinkled her nose. "Ugh. I so dislike the boy movies."
Raven had to smirk. "You were working on that novel I gave you, right? Midnight Spells? Go read it right next to him and ignore him the whole time. Or maybe whisper the sex scene out loud just enough so that he can hear it. It'll drive him crazy."
Starfire lit up and clapped her hands. "Oh yes, that is perfect! You are positively devious, Raven!"
"At your service," Raven replied. Starfire giddily found the book and zipped to the living room.
Raven phased through Starfire's bedroom and ported to her own room. Talking to Starfire reminded her about something she had wanted to research. She went to her bookshelf and found her little laptop, booting it up. Once it was ready she connected to the internet and google searched for red cord.
She had heard of the concept before but it had been a long time ago and she was fuzzy on the details. Immediately like searches of "red string of destiny" popped up on Wikipedia.
Raven quickly read the synopsis and then shut her laptop. "Well that's ridiculously cheesy," she muttered. She stared up into space with a frown.
There were several different versions of the story but all meant the same thing.
Her fingers trembled. She thought she wouldn't live past her 16th birthday much less find a boyfriend, and now this? She needed to take things slowly. This was forcing her to think of something that hadn't even been on her radar. She had never been able to see them before, and this string hadn't been attached to her, it had faded in and out around them. Maybe Robin and Starfire's cord was interfering?
Raven placed a hand over her nervously beating heart. That was it. It was just Robin and Starfire. Logical explanation for everything.
She floated into a lotus position over her bed and her raven soul self screeched up from her body.
As her astral form peeked into the common room, Starfire was sitting provocatively on the couch reading Raven's book. Robin was doing his absolute best not to watch as Starfire traced little heart patterns over her thighs while reading a really graphic love scene, murmuring the juiciest parts out loud in a very seductive voice. Every time Robin tried to peek Starfire would turn away from him and jut out her hip a little more, curving her figure.
At first Raven detected nothing but then sure enough a filmy shimmering image of a red string appeared between the two, connected at their ring fingers. It was barely visible, but it was there.
Raven's soul self returned to her body.
It was just Robin and Starfire. Logical explanation.
Right?
See? Total love fest. Except for Robin being a jerk of faces at the end, because boys can be jerks of faces sometimes. I know my husband thinks it's open season on me when I have mine. It happens. Just deny them sex, they'll figure it out. Kater has very sound advice (I am not a licensed counselor).
BLAH. This chapter took forever to write itself. I swear, I sit on it for three months trying to get inspired and then it all just comes out in one stupid sit down.
So there we have it kids, Beast Boy and Raven finally had their moment! Strange strings are appearing. Now what could those mean, I wonder?
Kry you are my friend of bestness. Thank you for your help.
The Cretin: Thank you so much for all of your reviews! I'm so sorry I couldn't reply to you any faster, but of course since you're anon I can't reply until I post. You reviewed nearly ever chapter and you're totally the reason I reached 1000 plus, so thank you! I'm very glad to know you're enjoying the story that much. I hope you'll stick around some more.
Thank you to everyone's continued interest even though I have huge dry spells between chapters. I love you all, I really do. I appreciate each and every one of you.
Also wanted to say I'm glad my little public service announcement from the last chapter was helpful to some of you. Honestly I would've been grateful for someone to be real with me and set me straight when I was that age too. When you're inexperienced real sex is completely unknown and unimaginable to you. All you know is what you see in media. There's so many things to discover, and realize that it's rarely ever going to happen like it does in a romance novel (Or a porno even, for that matter. Please remember that woman is getting paid a lot of money to blow that horse, and you're not going to find many regular girls off the street who will do the same just because they love you).
Next up: Raven is forced to examine her relationship with Beast Boy. Robin and Starfire need to clean up lingering issues. And don't worry everyone, Kater's hammer is nowhere near as doomy as Kry's. Kater's hammer is like, the squeaky kind that you use to play whack-a-mole.