Fan Fiction ❯ Bloody Eyes ❯ Chapter 10
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Strausse 
Breakfast in bed and meting the father...
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.13.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 170 | Status: Completed
Breakfast in bed and meting the father...
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.13.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.5K | Visits: 170 | Status: Completed
Bloody Eyes
Chapter 10
Raven woke to an empty bed. She rested her hand on the still warm space next to her and sighed as she remembered Beastboy's words the night before. She stood up and grabbed a robe from near the bed. She pulled it on and had just belted it around her waist when Beastboy walked in with a tray of food. "What is that?"
Beastboy grinned, "Breakfast. Supposed to be in bed, but you're not there anymore." He carefully sat the tray at the foot of the bed. "Hop back in."
"Hop back in?"
"Sure. Can't have breakfast in bed if you're not in bed. When was the last time you had breakfast in bed anyway?"
"I don't think I ever have."
Beastboy gaped at her in mock horror, "Never had breakfast in bed?" He pointed a stern finger at the bed, "In, now."
Raven shook her head as she dropped her robe and climbed back into the bed, "Happy now?"
"Not really, but it's a start." He slid the tray over her lap and pulled a plate of fruit off for himself. On the remaining plate was a stack of pancakes and scrambled eggs. Next to the plate was a mug of herb tea. "Can you believe that your mother never heard of pancakes? I couldn't believe it."
"I know, isn't it awful?" Raven deadpanned as she took a careful bite of eggs. "Thank you for breakfast."
"No problem."
"Look, about last night..."
"I meant every word of what I said."
"I was afraid of that. Look, I have to keep my emotions..."
"No, you don't."
"Excuse me?"
"Your powers are back, but nothing blows up when you get mad, or when you have nightmares, nothing."
"I don't know why, it may start up any day. I don't want to lead you on in a relationship that may be short lived."
"I don't think you'll have a problem. Your mother and I came up with something."
Raven dropped her fork on her half eaten breakfast, "This ought to be good."
"No, seriously, your mother agrees with me. Your powers, they popped up really suddenly the first time, right?" Raven nodded. "Your mother didn't tell me what happend, but I'm guessing it was pretty bad. In order to keep anyone from getting hurt, you clamped down on your powers, and that was that."
"Your point?"
"You've had an opportunity now to have your powers grow slowly while you were feeling emotions that you had no control over."
"So, your saying I've finally learned to control my powers properly?"
"Yes."
"I don't buy it."
"How about a test then?"
"A test?"
"Yeah, I try to get an emotion out of you, and we see if anything blows up."
"What are you going to do, tell a joke?"
Beastboy grinned at her, "I had considered it, but it's never worked in the past."
"So what are you going to do?" Beastboy grinned and started to lean in closer to her. "What are you doing?" Beastboy leaned forward, his eyes never leaving hers until they were no more than an inch apart, "We shouldn't be doing this."
"Why not?"
"I don't want to hurt you."
In a quick movement, Beastboy leaned forward, and Raven could not swear that she didn't lean forward to meet him. Their lips brushed in a brief electric flash, then pressed more firmly together. Beastboy leaned back and stared into her eyes again, "Nothing went boom."
Raven nodded numbly, "Nothin went boom." She seemed to collect herself, "That was stupid, Beastboy." She pushed back the tray and stood. "You could have gotten hurt."
"I didn't, my theory is proven right."
"And what if it had triggered a flashback or something? I've hurt you before."
"If you had told me to stop, or if I had sensed you getting too agitated, I would have stopped."
"It was still a stupid thing to do."
"I don't think so."
There was a loud knock on the door. "My mother's an empath."
Beastboy cringed as the door opened, revealing Jasmine. "Good morning, mom." Raven said, with a somewhat frightened smile.
"You seem to be feeling better."
"Yeah."
"Your father will be back soon."
"Alright."
There was a tense silence before Jasmine spoke again, "And the door is to stay open if Beastboy is in the room."
"Yes ma'am.
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Beastboy sat at one end of the couch in the living room. A book was open in his lap, but he was staring into space. A door opened and Raven walked in, her hair still damp from a shower. "Hey, Raven."
Raven sat at the other end of the couch. "Hi."
"So, when we get back, do you wanna go out?"
Raven dropped her head into her hands, "Just because nothing happened this time, doesn't mean..."
"You felt an emotion strong enough for your mother to sense it, and nothing happened."
"And what happens if in the end, I have to stop feeling again?"
"Then we've had a little time together, we've had our chance to be happy for a while."
"You really want to take the chance? You want to get that close to me?"
"I'm willing to take any chance. I love you."
"Don't say that, you don't even know what love is."
"How do you know that? I may act like a little kid most of the time, but I'm not."
"I don't want to hurt you."
"I don't think it will be a problem." Beastboy turned to face her, pulling his legs up under him as he dropped his book on an end table. "Just give us a chance."
Raven sighed as she dropped her head into her hands again, "Just a chance."
"That's all I'm asking."
"And if I have to stop feeling?"
"Then I'll be grateful I had you for as long as I did."
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Beastboy stared open mouthed for a moment before he jumped to his feet and began his victory dance, "Go Beastboy, it's your birthday, go Beastboy."
"And I am left wondering about my sanity."
Jasmine walked in from the kitchen and stopped to stare at Beastboy, "What's he doing?"
"I don't know, I think he may have gone into convulsions."
"I see. You're father will be here soon."
"Okay."
As soon as Jasmine had left the room, Beastboy collapsed onto the couch, exhausted. "So, what does this make us?"
"I don't know, it was all your idea."
"Alright then, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Sure." Beastboy grinned and started to jump to his feet. Raven's hand shot out and grabbed his arm, pulling him back down, "Don't do the dance again."
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Raven hovered over the balconey of Jasmine's home, meditating. Beastboy sat nearby, his book open in his lap again, but now just watching Raven. There was a whirring sound and the platform that Raven and Beastboy had used to get up to the building originally carried a man up to the balconey. The first thing that caught Beastboy's attention was the large sword strapped to the man's back, and the faded leather armor. He stepped onto the roof, "Who are you?"
Beastboy stood, "Beastboy, Raven's boyfriend." he answered with a grin.
The man seemed to glare at him for a moment, "Boyfriend?"
"Yeah."
The man pushed past him and into the house. Beastboy stuck his head in and saw the man and Jasmine in a tight embrace, so he backed out quickly, "That must be dad then." He sat back down and pulled the book back into his lap, but didn't bother to open it as he stared out over the city.
Ten minutes later, Raven's mantra cut off and she lowered herself to the ground. Beastboy was slumped against the wall, snoring softly, and Raven couldn't help but smile at him. "Hey, Beastboy, wake up." Beastboy only snorted in his sleep. Raven shook her head as she knelt next to him. She leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Garfield, it's time to get up."
Garfield mumbled in his sleep, "Dun wanna g'school."
Raven almost let out a shriek when Beastboy’s arms shot out and pulled her half into his lap. “Hey, beautiful.”
“This isn’t a good idea, Beastboy.”
“Why not? We’ve already covered the fact that you’re not going to blow hurt me.”
“Maybe not, but he will.”
It was then that Beastboy noticed Raven’s father standing in the doorway. His hand was resting on the hilt of his sword, his fingers opening and closing around it.
Chapter 10
Raven woke to an empty bed. She rested her hand on the still warm space next to her and sighed as she remembered Beastboy's words the night before. She stood up and grabbed a robe from near the bed. She pulled it on and had just belted it around her waist when Beastboy walked in with a tray of food. "What is that?"
Beastboy grinned, "Breakfast. Supposed to be in bed, but you're not there anymore." He carefully sat the tray at the foot of the bed. "Hop back in."
"Hop back in?"
"Sure. Can't have breakfast in bed if you're not in bed. When was the last time you had breakfast in bed anyway?"
"I don't think I ever have."
Beastboy gaped at her in mock horror, "Never had breakfast in bed?" He pointed a stern finger at the bed, "In, now."
Raven shook her head as she dropped her robe and climbed back into the bed, "Happy now?"
"Not really, but it's a start." He slid the tray over her lap and pulled a plate of fruit off for himself. On the remaining plate was a stack of pancakes and scrambled eggs. Next to the plate was a mug of herb tea. "Can you believe that your mother never heard of pancakes? I couldn't believe it."
"I know, isn't it awful?" Raven deadpanned as she took a careful bite of eggs. "Thank you for breakfast."
"No problem."
"Look, about last night..."
"I meant every word of what I said."
"I was afraid of that. Look, I have to keep my emotions..."
"No, you don't."
"Excuse me?"
"Your powers are back, but nothing blows up when you get mad, or when you have nightmares, nothing."
"I don't know why, it may start up any day. I don't want to lead you on in a relationship that may be short lived."
"I don't think you'll have a problem. Your mother and I came up with something."
Raven dropped her fork on her half eaten breakfast, "This ought to be good."
"No, seriously, your mother agrees with me. Your powers, they popped up really suddenly the first time, right?" Raven nodded. "Your mother didn't tell me what happend, but I'm guessing it was pretty bad. In order to keep anyone from getting hurt, you clamped down on your powers, and that was that."
"Your point?"
"You've had an opportunity now to have your powers grow slowly while you were feeling emotions that you had no control over."
"So, your saying I've finally learned to control my powers properly?"
"Yes."
"I don't buy it."
"How about a test then?"
"A test?"
"Yeah, I try to get an emotion out of you, and we see if anything blows up."
"What are you going to do, tell a joke?"
Beastboy grinned at her, "I had considered it, but it's never worked in the past."
"So what are you going to do?" Beastboy grinned and started to lean in closer to her. "What are you doing?" Beastboy leaned forward, his eyes never leaving hers until they were no more than an inch apart, "We shouldn't be doing this."
"Why not?"
"I don't want to hurt you."
In a quick movement, Beastboy leaned forward, and Raven could not swear that she didn't lean forward to meet him. Their lips brushed in a brief electric flash, then pressed more firmly together. Beastboy leaned back and stared into her eyes again, "Nothing went boom."
Raven nodded numbly, "Nothin went boom." She seemed to collect herself, "That was stupid, Beastboy." She pushed back the tray and stood. "You could have gotten hurt."
"I didn't, my theory is proven right."
"And what if it had triggered a flashback or something? I've hurt you before."
"If you had told me to stop, or if I had sensed you getting too agitated, I would have stopped."
"It was still a stupid thing to do."
"I don't think so."
There was a loud knock on the door. "My mother's an empath."
Beastboy cringed as the door opened, revealing Jasmine. "Good morning, mom." Raven said, with a somewhat frightened smile.
"You seem to be feeling better."
"Yeah."
"Your father will be back soon."
"Alright."
There was a tense silence before Jasmine spoke again, "And the door is to stay open if Beastboy is in the room."
"Yes ma'am.
--------------------
Beastboy sat at one end of the couch in the living room. A book was open in his lap, but he was staring into space. A door opened and Raven walked in, her hair still damp from a shower. "Hey, Raven."
Raven sat at the other end of the couch. "Hi."
"So, when we get back, do you wanna go out?"
Raven dropped her head into her hands, "Just because nothing happened this time, doesn't mean..."
"You felt an emotion strong enough for your mother to sense it, and nothing happened."
"And what happens if in the end, I have to stop feeling again?"
"Then we've had a little time together, we've had our chance to be happy for a while."
"You really want to take the chance? You want to get that close to me?"
"I'm willing to take any chance. I love you."
"Don't say that, you don't even know what love is."
"How do you know that? I may act like a little kid most of the time, but I'm not."
"I don't want to hurt you."
"I don't think it will be a problem." Beastboy turned to face her, pulling his legs up under him as he dropped his book on an end table. "Just give us a chance."
Raven sighed as she dropped her head into her hands again, "Just a chance."
"That's all I'm asking."
"And if I have to stop feeling?"
"Then I'll be grateful I had you for as long as I did."
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Beastboy stared open mouthed for a moment before he jumped to his feet and began his victory dance, "Go Beastboy, it's your birthday, go Beastboy."
"And I am left wondering about my sanity."
Jasmine walked in from the kitchen and stopped to stare at Beastboy, "What's he doing?"
"I don't know, I think he may have gone into convulsions."
"I see. You're father will be here soon."
"Okay."
As soon as Jasmine had left the room, Beastboy collapsed onto the couch, exhausted. "So, what does this make us?"
"I don't know, it was all your idea."
"Alright then, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Sure." Beastboy grinned and started to jump to his feet. Raven's hand shot out and grabbed his arm, pulling him back down, "Don't do the dance again."
--------------------
Raven hovered over the balconey of Jasmine's home, meditating. Beastboy sat nearby, his book open in his lap again, but now just watching Raven. There was a whirring sound and the platform that Raven and Beastboy had used to get up to the building originally carried a man up to the balconey. The first thing that caught Beastboy's attention was the large sword strapped to the man's back, and the faded leather armor. He stepped onto the roof, "Who are you?"
Beastboy stood, "Beastboy, Raven's boyfriend." he answered with a grin.
The man seemed to glare at him for a moment, "Boyfriend?"
"Yeah."
The man pushed past him and into the house. Beastboy stuck his head in and saw the man and Jasmine in a tight embrace, so he backed out quickly, "That must be dad then." He sat back down and pulled the book back into his lap, but didn't bother to open it as he stared out over the city.
Ten minutes later, Raven's mantra cut off and she lowered herself to the ground. Beastboy was slumped against the wall, snoring softly, and Raven couldn't help but smile at him. "Hey, Beastboy, wake up." Beastboy only snorted in his sleep. Raven shook her head as she knelt next to him. She leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Garfield, it's time to get up."
Garfield mumbled in his sleep, "Dun wanna g'school."
Raven almost let out a shriek when Beastboy’s arms shot out and pulled her half into his lap. “Hey, beautiful.”
“This isn’t a good idea, Beastboy.”
“Why not? We’ve already covered the fact that you’re not going to blow hurt me.”
“Maybe not, but he will.”
It was then that Beastboy noticed Raven’s father standing in the doorway. His hand was resting on the hilt of his sword, his fingers opening and closing around it.