Closer

Chapter 4- The Dark Prince

With mild interest, the pale boy in the trench coat cast his eyes over Raven. His face twisting into a smug look that made Beast Boy sick to the stomach. He hadn't taken his stare off of the boy, despite Raven admitting she knew him.

"Hey there Sugar" Toby cooed, one side of his mouth lifting.

Raven's cheeks burned red hot,

"What are you doing here?" She asked, her voice rising and falling in a nervous way that Beast Boy had never heard come from her. She didn't get nervous, it was Raven, yet this boy somehow caused her to act so out of character, who was this guy?

Flapping his ridiculous trench coat down at the back, the darker boy marched towards the two teenagers,

"Surprised to see me, huh babe?" He spat at Raven, infuriating Beast Boy.

Her legs shaking in anger, Raven bit down on her tongue controlling her emotions.

"You know this guy Rae?" Beast Boy asked, jerking his thumb at the, as he thought, douchebag in black.

Raven did indeed know this boy.

"Yes" she nodded, her hand rubbing her forehead.

Roughly five weeks prior to the dance Raven had been at s bookstore browsing through the many novels that were sold there. While holding what seemed to be an interesting hard back book, she caught sight of a boy moving his eyes over her in an interested manner, from the corner of her eye. Snapping her eyes up to look at the boy her heart fluttered slightly. Now, Raven had always been a good judge of character, and she could easily tell by looking at this boy that he was not the best of people. His clothes alone and his pale skin tone should have been enough warning signs for her to ignore him. But he was looking at her in a way that nobody ever looked at her. Sure she turned a few heads on the street from time to time, and only when she was not accompanied with Starfire, but no boy had paid attention to her like this. He sauntered over to her, and asked her to get a coffee with him, she had opted for a tea of course when the went to the café. They spent hours talking together. Looking back on it, Raven realised that they only really spoke about her. He had found out where she lived, what she liked, her favourite color, everything, yet she knew barely anything about him other than his name. They had agreed to go out another time and Raven could've sworn that she was finally getting over Malchoir and the best way to get over a boy was to date another one, right? On the arranged date, Toby never showed, leaving Raven to guess that he didn't want to see her again.

"Are you going to explain to the little snot coloured kid how we met?" Toby enquired.

Shaking her head, Raven briskly spat, "No" before Beast Boy even processed the dark boy's words, "but what I would like you to explain is what are you doing here, and why did you practically break down the door?"

A smug grinned wiggled its way onto Toby's face.

Beast Boy wanted to punch him. Him and his smug face.

Toby eyes moved from Beast Boy to Raven and back again. He erupted with laughter, further unsettling the two superheroes.

"You went from me to him?!" He whooped through his laughter.

Beast Boy could not see what the boy found so amusing. Were him and Raven really that strange to be thought of as a serious couple. Not that they were, but if they were to pursue a relationship would this be the reaction everyone would give them?

Exhaling slowly, Raven replied, "that is none of your business"

Ignoring the demoness, Toby locked eyes with Beast Boy, marched over to him and poked a bony finger at Beast Boy's chest, causing the changelings fave to contract with slight pain,