Amulet

Chapter 1

Beast Boy trudged sluggishly down the street, passing giggling teenagers pulling up their phones to snap a picture of "the freak" and mothers pushing their strollers just a little faster when he walked by. He knew he was hideous.

He just wished they didn't have to rub it in.

It was nearly dark out, just after 6pm and most people were finishing up their shopping to go home and eat dinner with their families. Beast Boy, however, couldn't go back to the tower just yet.

He had to find something to give to a certain empath after a particularly bad fight, well, it was actually more of a misunderstanding. He'd been talking about her with Cyborg who'd asked when he was gonna grow some balls and ask her out. Beast Boy, surprised at having been found out, vehemently denied liking the empath at all.

"Ask her out?! Du-dude! No way! I don't even like her!" He cried waving his arms around frantically. Cyborg was about to call him out yet again when he noticed a dark figure standing directly behind Beast Boy, seething.

"Uh...BB..?" Cyborg said with great trepidation.

"Wait man, I'm not done! I mean it's just we're barely even friends! I'd never-we'd never...it just won't happen. Alright?" He said finished defending his feelings.

Cyborg however was pale, or at least, as pale as a half-metal African American man could be.

He lifted a shaky finger and pointed behind the green changeling.

Beast Boy spun around just in time to catch a face full of dark energy and as he was flung, he spotted a trademark blue cloak that could only belong to one person...Raven.

Oh. Shit.

And so here he was, walking the streets at night, hoping to find a suitable gift that would tell Raven he was sorry for everything he'd said.

The truth was, he loved her.

He just hadn't wanted to admit it to Cy, figuring the less people who knew about it, the better. There was no chance for him to get with a beautiful girl like her, he knew he was repulsive. A veritable beast, with green skin like a rotting zombie and pointed ears like an elf. She made sure to tell him so on regular basis, always reminding him of his shortcomings, not afraid to speak her mind. Maybe that's why he loved her, she didn't try to hide what she was thinking, just told him straight out.

LINE BREAK-

Raven paced her room furiously, wearing tracks into the carpet. An hour prior she had flung Beast Boy out of the window with great force and no regrets, but now...she was feeling guilty. It didn't matter that he had said he didn't like her, had ruined her confidence and made her feel insecure about her thoughts and her looks. It didn't matter that with a simple sentence he had made her question if they were even friends, if everything they'd shared had been a lie. Didn't matter that he'd as good as ripped her beating heart out of her chest and squeezed it when she gained the knowledge that every time they'd had a "moment", every fleeting glance, all the little smiles she'd given him had been for naught. She'd never had a chance, not with her demonic side holding her back, and yet, she was feeling guilty.

The truth was, she loved him.

She just hadn't wanted to admit it to herself yet.

Sure it was always there, in the back of her mind. But until now she'd been able to suppress her thoughts on the matter. She'd been able to hope. Now her thoughts came fast and blurred together.

Did he mean what he said, were they not even friends?

Why did she have to fall in love with him of all people?