Q'n'A#5: The talk

Robin was sitting on the couch. He cleared his throat and began speaking.
“Hello. I’m sure most of you watched the video of the Titans East, lead by Bumblebee.” He smirked. “And I’m sure some of you probably cried, due to Aqualad’s obvious interest in Raven.” His face turned serious. “Who’s the dearest sister to me, so Aqualad, you better watch it.” Now his features softened again. “Because of that movie both, our and the East team got tons of e-mail with questions like ‘are they serious?, is he really interested? did she call? how did their talk go?’ Well, I personally don’t know if they are serious or if he’s really interested.” Robin smirked again. “But she did call." Here Robin made an effective pauze, when red letters saying 'to Beast Boys dismay' appeared next to Robin's face, then disappeared quickly. Robin continued. "And let me tell you, the talk didn’t go south. Watch and cry.”

The screen was divided in two. On the right there was the waiting ring, showing that the video call was yet to start. Raven was on the left side of it, slightly biting her lower lip with Starfire flying all around her friend. She combed Raven’s hair, put make up on her, showed her possible outfits to wear and was ranting all at the same time.
“This dress would be just perfect to wear now….”
“No.”
“Your hair is so tangled, and I just combed it a second ago!”
“My hair’s fine, Star.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to wear this blouse? It would bring out your eyes so well.”
“Star! I said no dressing!”
“You look paler than usual, friend, let me fix this…”
“Star-…!” she coughed heavily as the alien put some powder on her face.
“There.” Starfire clapped her hands satisfaction. Raven shot her a death glare from beneath the brownish powder on her whole face.
“Oh, no, your hair is messy again!”
“Star!” Raven almost whined, taking a piece of her cloak and wiping her face until she felt nothing was there. “Stop it, I’m already calling!”
“Perfume?” Starfire floated beside Raven with a bottle of the perfume.
“You know he won’t be able to smell it, right?“ Raven raised her eyebrow. Then on the right side of the screen Aqualad’s figure showed.
“Hey girls” he greeted. Raven started with a gasp and before Starfire could say anything she was pushed into a dark portal of Raven’s energy. Raven straightened herself, cleared her throat and smiled sweetly, her cheeks covering in blush.
“Hi” she said shyly.
“You called?” he asked with a knowing smile. He leaned his arms on the table in front of him.
“Well, you asked for it so many times, and publicly, I might add, I just couldn’t say no.” She visibly tried to remain stoic on her face, but the unfading blush betrayed her.
“Blush really fits you” he commented.
“Really?” she asked a little too hopefully, she cleared her throat again. “I mean… You wanted to talk?”
“Mmm, I’m waiting for the enlightenment.” He winked at her suggestively.
“Are you sure?” she asked doubtfully, seemingly regaining some composure. Her eyebrow raised and blush got just a tad paler. “You may not be ready.”
“Raven, I’m a Titan, we were all born ready.”
“Yeah, to fight, not to get all romance.”
“For you, I’m always ready.” Raven’s blush deepened again.
“And do you want the enlightenment? It’s kind of important.”
“If I didn’t, would I talk to you now?”
“I kind of called you” she remarked.
“You’re just teasing me, woman. Don’t make me wait.” He chuckled. Raven rolled her eyes with a Mona Lisa-like smile.
“Uh, fine, if you plead so.” She straightened herself, clearing her throat once again. “Aqualad, we have been in a platonic romantic relationship for too long.” Aqualad clutched his chest and gasped dramatically.
“We have?!”
“Yes” she replied shortly.
“For how long?!” he kept on going with the drama.
“Since we saw each other for the first time and fell madly in love, duh.” She rolled her eyes. Aqualad couldn’t strangle a chuckle and Raven slightly smiled at that.
“So what’s the story of our passionate platonic relationship?” he asked, trying to keep it cool.
“Well, we were both too shy to actually talk to each other. But you couldn’t forget me whatever you did, so you built a mini shrine for me in your closet, how you got my picture in a bikini I do not know…“ she stopped for a moment, because Aqualad couldn’t hold the laughter anymore. She continued when his chuckles died down a little. “…and you had dreams about me and all that stuff.” Aqualad nodded with a huge frown, to mask the smile that kept on creeping onto his face. “So now, after four years of hiding your feelings you’ve finally had enough, and now you’re calling me to confess your undying love for me.”
Aqualad’s brows furrowed.
“But you called me…” he noticed.
“Just stick to the script” she ordered.
He grinned, shaking his head slowly. “I don’t think I got the memo.” He said, smile never leaving his indecently handsome face.
“That’s ok, you can speak from your heart” she said gently.
“I’ll try…” he almost whispered, smile plastered to his lips. He then began speaking in a theatrical manner. “But how could I describe my feelings for thou? Shall I call thou my life? Or shall I call thou my goddess? Or maybe I shall compare thou to the-…!”
His poetic words were cut off by the opening door from behind Raven.
“Rae, watcha doin’ there?!” Beast Boy’s voice rang through the room, his tone almost threatening and his steps heavy and audible.
“Nothing that would concern you” she replied, not even turning around to see him.
“I know you’re talking with Fish Boy there.” Beast Boy’s figure was now visible, looming over Raven.
Raven sighed aggravated. “Starfire blabbed again? Damn her and her big mouth!”
Beast Boy leaned into the camera and with a frown, he told Aqualad.
“Dude, lay off my girl.”
“Your girl?” Raven looked at the green Titan with a raised eyebrow.
“Hello to you, too, Beast Boy” Aqualad smiled.
“I’m serious, dude, she’s mine.” Raven rolled her eyes.
“Don’t mind him, it’s his hobby to interrupt me in anything I do. Where were you with you confession?” she asked casually.
“I was about to compare you to the moon and your eyes to the starry night sky.” Aqualad smiled, watching as Beast Boy’s face got red in anger.
“Ah, yes. Please, continue” she encouraged him. Beast Boy let out a breath through his nose and looked around to finally get a chair and sit on it next to Raven. Aqualad frowned.
“Is he gonna listen?”
“You got a problem with that?” Beast Boy asked cockily.
“It’s kinda private, you see, I’m confessing my undying love for Raven…”
“Yeah, so shoo” Raven said, looking emotionlessly at Beast Boy.
“No way, mama, I’m not goin’ anywhere. Imma sit right here, and listen how you tell him you were joking all this time.”
“You were joking?” Aqualad feigned hurt.
“I’m never joking” she assured him, then turned to Beast Boy. “And you, go away. He’s about to declare a poem for me.”
“Don’t you dare, dude.”
“Watch me” Aqualad smirked. He inhaled and opened his mouth to begin, but this time the door on his side opened, to reveal Speedy.
“I’m getting an impression we should just skip to the next part of our conversation” Raven remarked. Aqualad nodded.
“Oh, man! Raven’s calling?!” Speedy yelled and ran up to Aqualad’s side. He pushed Aqualad’s face and they began to push one another. Beast Boy growled lowly.
“Heyya Raven!” Speedy greeted.
“Hi” she replied dryly.
“Get off my face, Speedy, you can’t stand between us! It’s true love!” Aqualad claimed. Beast Boy snickered derisively.
“Shut it, Fish Man!” Speedy somehow managed to push Aqualad out of the view and take his place on the chair. “So, hot mama, why him and not me?”
She raised an eyebrow.
“Tell me, it’s because I’m red?”
Raven shook her head slowly. “I don’t mind your red hair. It’s more of your personality.”
“I’m a free spirit, I know. It would be hard to contain me.” Speedy said dramatically. “But believe me, I could sweep you off your feet.”
“Lay off, Speedster, Rae’s my girl.” Beast Boy drawled through clenched teeth.
“Since when?” Raven and Speedy asked in unison.
Beast Boy was just about to answer when the doors to the main room opened again, and in walked Cyborg. Meanwhile Aqualad threw Speedy off his chair and sat back in it, leaving Speedy to loom over.
“Okay! All of you stay away from my little girl!” Cyborg yelled and Raven rolled her eyes.
“Can all of you stop calling me yours? I am not somebody’s possession!” Raven stated annoyed. “Except you, Aqualad, you can call me yours whenever you want” she added, with an uncharacteristic seductive tone.
“Nice” he smiled.
“No way! She’s mine!” Beast Boy yelled.
“Stay low, grass stain, Rae’s my lil’ sis, and I ain't letting any of you to advance her!” Cyborg yelled angrily.
“I’m a big girl, Cyborg, I can handle this” she assured with an eye roll.
“Yeah, she’s a big girl, let her handle us, Cyborg, my friend” Speedy said casually.
Cyborg’s human eye narrowed. “Oh, I know what’s going on in your red head…”
“Don’t you, now?” Speedy smirked deviously.
“Ew.” Raven cut in, shaking her head.
“See? She’s not like that.” Cyborg said. “And she never will.”
“What’cha gonna do? Ground her until the age of forty?” Speedy asked. Cyborg’s cybernetic eye glistened dangerously. He then turned at Raven.
“Young lady, you’re grounded. Until you reach forty.” he announced, clearly proud of himself, because he folded his arms contently.
“You can’t ground me, I have to go out on missions” she stated calmly.
“Oh. Then you’re kicked out of the team!”
Raven shook her head. “Only Robin can do that.”
Cyborg looked at his arm and pushed a few buttons.
“Dude, are you calling him?” Beast Boy asked incredulously.
“What is it Cyborg? Trouble?” the leader’s voice came from the arm.
“Can I kick Raven out of the team?” Cyborg asked without any prior ado. Robin groaned aggravated.
“No.” he replied shortly then hung up.
“See?” Raven raised an eyebrow with a sly smirk to match.
“Fine, then you’re grounded and you can only get out on missions.”
“Aw, man! I wanted to ask her out!” Aqualad whined.
“No dates until I build the chastity belt” Cyborg announced. Eyes of all of them widened.
“No.” Raven said.
“I already started the design” he bragged. Boys’ jaws dropped to the floors.
“Please, don’t do this to me…” she begged.
“Don’t worry, my little sis” Cyborg took her into his arms for a brother bear hug. “I’ll let you out of the tower as soon as you’re wearing the belt. Then you can go on dates with everyone you like.” He let go of her and whistling casually headed for the door. They all looked at him with dreadful looks until the door closed behind him. Raven then started nervously, touching Beast Boy’s arm.
“Follow him.”
“What?” he asked confused.
“Destroy the design.”
“Why won’t you send Speedy out?” he asked and all of them looked at him significantly. “Oh, right.” Beast Boy said with realization. “But-…”
“I’ll give you a hug” Raven cut him off. He almost instantly got up, but something kept him in his seat.
“And a full kiss with tongue.” He wiggled his eyebrows playfully. Raven blinked, untouched.
“A peck on a cheek” she proposed.
“Fine, no tongue” he rolled his eyes. “But a kiss on the lips.”
“A peck on a cheek” she repeated patiently.
“Both cheeks.”
“Just one.”
“Ugh! Fine!” Beast Boy finally got up and headed for the door, switching into a cheetah on his way.
“Nice” Aqualad commented with a smile then became dead serious again. “How do we get rid of this one?” he indicated Speedy with his thumb.
“You don’t” the redhead said.
Raven leaned into the camera. “Speedy” she began in a hushed, seductive tone. “If you leave us both alone, the next time I see you, I’ll give you my. used. panties.”
“Really?” Both boys asked in unison. Raven slowly nodded.
“The ones you’re wearing right now?” Speedy asked.
“Sure.”
“And a matching bra.”
“Done.” Speedy immediately got up from his chair and stormed out of the room. When the doors behind him closed, Aqualad spoke.
“Are you really gonna-…?”
“No.” She shook her head.
“But you just said…”
“I know.”
“So you lied?”
“Yes” she smirked a little, earning a smile from Aqualad.
“You’re a smart vixen, aren’t you?”
“Mm, yeah, maybe.” She replied, starting to play with her hair. “You were saying something about a date?”
“Oh, right. You free Friday night?”
“Yeah. I mean… Unless we get a call.”
“Of course” Aqualad said.
“Unless it’s Plasmus, then I’m free” she smiled, still playing with her hair.
“Great.” He smiled widely. “Wait. What about Cyborg? He grounded you until the belt is done.”
“Yeah, but he forgot I can teleport.” Raven smiled sweetly at Aqualad.
“Oh, right.”
“Now. Let’s state some ground rules for the date.”
“O…kay?”
“First, I hate crowds, so no public places. I don’t want any place with chickens or dogs and I won’t dress up. It means I won’t wear a dress, skirt, or heels for you. Just saying. No kissing, possible holding hands, but no hugs, and definitely no copping feels, I’ll slap you into another dimension.” She recited on one breath. Aqualad blinked. “I can get pretty intense. If you can’t handle it, we should just call it off.”
“Oh, no, I love intense” he assured with a sly smile.
“Cool, then see you Friday.”

The screen turned black, then the frame with Robin came back. He wore a very serious face, being deeply in thought, then suddenly spoke.
“You know what? I think I’ll… go to Cyborg and… help him with the chastity belt.” He got up nervously. “Just to be sure.” He got out of view then came back to it again just to say “You never know what kind of sh*t your sister gets into.”
He then went out of the room and the screen got black to display red letters:
TO BE CONTINUED?