The Teen Titans happen to have an owner who is very selfish and won't share with me.
Okay this was bad. Really bad.
First, she caught him looking. He always looked, and she never caught him. But this time, she did. She saw him looking. He had no idea what to do - he'd never dealt with this before!
He didn't even look at her on purpose! It was just a habit! He couldn't help it that she wore such tight-fitting clothes and that she chose to stretch for a really long time before actually getting on the treadmill. It wasn't his fault.
But of course she just had to catch him. And then she just had to call him out on it, but thankfully Starfire happened to toss a dumbbell at her head.
Wait. No, that was the bad thing. The really bad thing.
He almost let it slip; his primal side. He wasn't going to go full-on Beast-mode, but he let the emotions out. And surprisingly, the emotion was fear. Raw, powerful, angry fear - but fear nonetheless.
He knew Raven could take a hit - she was a superhero for crying out loud! She had literally been to hell and back.
But seeing her eyes roll to the back of her head as her knees buckled was truly terrifying - what if she died? Again?!
He knew he was definitely overreacting, but still, he just watched his teammate drop to the floor. He hadn't even realized he moved until he was cradling her head in his hands.
"Rae?"
Her eyelids fluttered slightly, and he could feel a bit of dampness on his hand from where he was holding the back of her head.
Okay, so she was bleeding on him. That's cool. No biggie.
He was a superhero as well - he dealt with blood all the time. But not Raven's blood. Raven's blood was different.
Oh boy - now he was feeling a bit lightheaded.
Was the room spinning? Why was the floor getting closer?
Well, this was embarrassing.
Cyborg could hardly contain his mirth as he pretended to go over Raven's charts. She didn't have a concussion - which was good.
She also wasn't dead - which was even better.
Starfire hadn't left her side since whacking her in the back of the head. Girls were really good friends to each other - he would have just cracked up had he done that to Robin.
And at the moment, he was kind of wanting to do that to Cyborg.
Okay, so when the realization of Raven bleeding on him hit, he might have passed out for a teensy bit. It was like what, less than a minute? How long did it take to carry him from the training room to the med-lab?
No more than two minutes - he was sure of it.
Raven was starting to wake up, thankfully. Although Beast Boy did want to get out of his own bed before she realized he hadn't been the one to rescue her, and had instead followed suit and fainted.
No, passed out. Men don't "faint".
"What happened?"
He smiled slightly at how disoriented she was. It was cute - like a lost puppy.
"I believe you had done the outward passing, friend," Starfire admitted shamefully. "It was my fault."
Beast Boy smiled at the way Raven's brows arched in confusion - did she not remember?
"What did you do?"
The alien held back a sob as she attempted to explain. "I had been doing the training with Robin, and I had underestimated my own strength and... and..."
She couldn't finish as she began to cry. She was sitting beside Raven in a chair, and leaned her head onto the bed and sniffled. Raven awkwardly patted her on the back, and Beast Boy could tell by her furrowed brows that Starfire's sadness was overwhelming her.
"Star may have picked up the weights too eagerly and lost her grip, which caused it to fly across the room and hit ya," Cyborg explained with a smirk when it was clear Starfire wouldn't be able to finish. "Then BB over there wanted to play hero, and ended up passing out as well."
He knew his cheeks were turning red. He could feel it. Damn Cyborg.
Raven was giving him a strange look. It was a mixture of amusement and gratefulness.
"Why did you pass out?"
He smiled sheepishly. "I guess maybe I just got up too quickly to make sure you were okay," he lied.
The half-robot snorted in amusement; he obviously wasn't buying it.
Raven didn't look too convinced either, but didn't ask any questions. He liked that she could just drop things, unlike him. It was a nice balance in their friendship.
"Well, thank you for... trying to help me," she replied awkwardly, before giving the crying alien in her lap a strange look. "It's okay, Starfire. I know it was only an accident."
Starfire nodded her acknowledgement, but continued to weep.
Raven tentatively brushed her fingers against the wound on the back of her head, wincing slightly from the pain.
Beast Boy jumped up from his bed, feeling a little dizzy but ignoring it, and quickly made his way to the side of her bed.
"Does it hurt?" Stupid question.
"No, Beast Boy. It's actually quite pleasant," she drawled sarcastically, before a blueish-black aura consumed her hand as she pressed it against the wound. She then glanced across the room to their strangely silent leader, who was staring out the window intently.
"Robin?" she asked hesitantly, apparently just noticing him.
He whipped his head around to the sound of his name. "Hmm?"
She gestured to the distraught alien princess in her lap. "You maybe want to..?"
The boy wonder nodded in understanding as he came close. Beast Boy stepped back so that he could pry his girlfriend off of the empath.
"Come on, Star," he cooed - which was something Beast Boy never thought he'd hear. "Rave needs to rest."
Starfire allowed her boyfriend to pull her away from the pale girl, though her eyes were still puffy and full of unshed tears. "Yes, I believe you are correct. Please do the resting, friend."
Raven smiled weakly in reassurance. "I will, Starfire."
The orange girl smiled back, before their leader led her from the room.
Once the couple had completely left, Raven's face morphed back into its usual blank look. She attempted to get out of her bed, but Beast Boy gently pushed her back down as Cyborg shook his head.
"Uh uh, Rae - you told Star you'd rest," the half-robot reminded her. "And I think it's a good idea.
Beast Boy couldn't agree more - he had been hit in the head plenty of times, and knew that taking it easy was the best cure.
"I healed myself; I'm fine," she protested, batting away the changeling's hands. "And now I need to meditate."
Beast Boy shook his head. "No, Rae - you just passed out and bled all over me. The least you can do is listen to me and Cy."
She gave him a fierce glare, and he felt a strange panicky feeling take over him - was she remembering why she crossed the training room?
He really hoped that if she did, she'd do the decent thing and not call him out on it in front of Cyborg. His best friend already teased him enough as it was about the empath. Even though Raven had only caught him staring shamelessly today, the half-robot had taunted him about it for a while now. Apparently appreciating a girl's physique was perfect blackmail material - especially when said girl was Raven, and one slip of the tongue from Cyborg would send the changeling through the window. Or into another dimension.
Or both.
But again, it wasn't his fault Raven wore those stupid leggings. God, he hated leggings.
Well, he hated how much he loved them. It was hard being a guy.
He realized he was staring at her again when she promptly hit him in the face with her pillow.
"Why are you being more annoying than usual today?" she asked semi-seriously as she tried to get up again.
Ignoring his blush, he pushed her back down a little rougher. "Seriously, Rae! You need to rest!"
She pushed him back. "Knock it off, Beast Boy! I need to meditate!"
"You just passed out!"
"So did you!"
He was quiet for a moment as his cheeks heated in embarrassment. "Yeah, well, I wasn't hurt!" he bit back, giving her a final push back down.
She glared at him as her face also went red, though he wasn't sure why. Rage seemed like the most likely reason.
"Sometimes I just - "she began angrily, before shaking her head. "Ugh, nevermind. Fine, I'll rest."
He gave her a triumphant grin, and she replied with an exaggerated eye-roll.
"Don't pretend like you don't love me," he sing-songed.
The pillow she had hit him with earlier suddenly imploded, sending feathers all over the two of them.
Beast Boy blinked in confusion, before sputtering out a few that had gotten into his mouth. "What the hell?"
He glanced over at Raven, who was staring back at him with wide eyes and a furious blush.
Uh oh... is BB going to realize what's going on? Is Raven's secret about to be exposed? Is Cyborg still in the room? Lol
Another random question! Do any of you get queasy from blood? I've personally grown up watching horror movies full of gore and violence (thank you, America) and am pretty immune to the real, less-glamorized thing (though I passed out from getting a piercing once), but the insides of bones creep me out (really weird, I know). Anywhoo, any of you guys faint at the sight of blood? Or any of you ever faint?
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