[I don't own Teen Titans or any characters mentioned besides Billy Numerous' family]
Elliot breathed in the unexpected area of an almost completely abandoned park. It was entirely deserted besides the eerie creaking and swaying of a few swings and the rusted over benches that were scattered about. Elliot was confused, didn't Billy say they were just going out to eat? Then of course, you should never expect the usual from Billy.
"I...Well the place don't actually open for a while so I thought...I mean maybe we could just hang out here?...together? Is that okay?" Billy asked, looking beyond nervous. He was scratching the back of his neck in nervous habit and Elliot had given up trying to tell himself it wasn't cute.
Elliot smiled and nodded before chuckling out a comforting 'of course' and heading in the direction of the lone swings. He sat in one and looked at Billy expectantly, giving him puppy dog eyes until he finally sat in the swing next to him. Elliot swayed back and forth slowly, humming a bittersweet tune he had learned as a child. He was fully aware of Billy's staring at him, his uncertain frown slowly began a small smile of comfort.
"My parents never did let me play on swings or playgrounds like other kids...said I needed to grow up because of the big plan they had for my life...little did they know I was never really going to grow up huh?" Elliot said bitterly, letting his long black hair hang in front of his face.
Billy didn't really know what to do, he was never any good with emotions, so he did what his gut told him to. Billy slowly reached over to where Elliot's dainty hand was lain on his knee, delicately lacing their fingers together. Elliot always did have such girly hands, they were pretty though. Soft and always freezing cold too. He barely noticed that Elliot had stopped his swaying and was now staring at him with wide eyes. Billy looked up and now even slower reached over to Elliot and put a warm hand on his cheek before pushing his ebony hair behind his large ears once again. Elliot looked so cute when he was blushing…
"Sometimes...people grow up in different ways. It's not really a bad thing I think." Billy mused, his hand still brushing through Elliot's hair as he smiled and giggled at his comment.
"You wanna maybe go for a walk? The woods are mighty pretty when the sun's going down." Billy said suddenly, only halfway snapping out of his daze.
Elliot quickly said yes before Billy led him down a long winding path that cut through the woods and then came back to the park area. They walked in a comfortable silence, both just enjoying the other's company and glad that their earlier drama was over. They were about halfway through the path into the woods when a strange orange cat started clinging to Elliot. Elliot quickly picked up the fluffy creature, obviously happy to be paid attention to by a cat.
"I've never seen her warm up to someone so quick! She must really like ya Ellie. That there's Pumpkin, she's a cat my family took care of for a while. Ya see how she walks all funny? She grew up in a barn, and now she's completely convinced she's a horse! Won't eat nothing but apples, prances around like she own whatever she's near…" Billy said rolling his eyes at the cat that Elliot seemed ecstatic about.
"Hey, I think this is about the time the restaurant is finally open. Wanna go on and head on out?" Billy asked, only slightly jealous of all the attention the feline was getting. Elliot nodded eagerly, he hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast and he was starving.
Elliot watched as the town flashed by him in the truck, he'd been asleep last time they drove through the small town's streets and he really enjoyed the close atmosphere of it. The people faded by the truck slowly, all waving or smiling at the beaten up Chevy. The red truck finally stopped at a small eating place that did look pretty fancy compared to the rest of the town.
Soon enough, the pair were seated across from each other in booth with a window view of outside, it was dark enough out to see the starlit sky. Elliot easily made the choice to focus on the patterns lighting up the night to distract him from the burning sensation he felt in his ribcage that paired along with the voice screaming in his head something along the lines of 'tell him you love him already you stupid egotistic wimp'. Billy on the other hand was busy memorizing every aspect of Elliot into his brain. The way his eyes lit up when he started counting off constellations in his head, the way his hair shined and his skin glowed like an angel's in the moonlight outside, Billy was almost completely lost in his thinking when that same bunch of hair interrupted his staring by making its way in front of Elliot's face.
"Billy...can I ask you something?" Elliot asked while quickly tucking his hair back behind his ear.
"Y-yes...of course." Billy replied, kicking himself for stuttering at the shivers that went down his spine from the soft way Elliot said his name. Elliot looked uncertain for a moment before finally braving up the courage to ask him.
"Is this a date?" Elliot asked plain as day.
"I-I...I mean well...I...It's whatever you want it to be...i g-guess…" Billy stammered, red faced. He hadn't meant for it to be a date at first but it just...happened. He certainly didn't mind it though. Billy was soon snapped out of his haze by Elliot's frail, chalky hand reaching over and laying on top of Billy's comfortingly.
"Well...whatever it is...thank you, you didn't have to do this but...thanks William." Elliot said sincerely. Billy smiled widely, all his worry gone for now. The two spent most of the dinner having the most fun since they got there, talking, laughing. They talked about everything, Elliot told Billy about the stars, and Billy started attempting to name off the family staying with them for Christmas. They had a blast, and to Billy just seeing Kyd laugh and smile eliminated his nervousness about everything.
[this chapter was really hard for me to write for some reason? I don't know why? Reviews are massively appreciated!]