Amulet

Chapter 4

Beast Boy had never felt so guilty in his life.

As much as he wanted Raven to fall for him, he didn't feel right having her fawn over him when he knew very well it was only because of a magic amulet that he gave her.

He liked having her stare at him, feel him up, and make him breakfast but he wanted more than that. He wanted her to be his girlfriend, not because she was mind-magicked into it but because she wanted to be.

Heaving a strong sigh Beast Boy returned to his room. Maybe he could steal it back somehow? But at the same time he was deathly afraid Raven would remember all of the things she did to him and promptly kill him on the spot. Well, at least if he died young he'd never have to lose his hair...but he'd also never get to beat Cyborg's high score on Dune Racing 2.

Nah, he definitely wanted to live.

He was so deep in thought that when he reached his door and opened it, he had no idea he was stepping into a portal.

Then he looked around and saw how dark it was. Did he forget to leave the curtains open? Since when did he keep creepy statues? Hey, his bed wasn't purple! Where...?

It hit him suddenly that he was in Raven's room.

Slender arms snaked around his chest from behind and he felt something nip at his ear.

It was Raven! She was snuggling into him and had taken his right ear into her mouth, gently nibbling on it.

Being so attuned with the animal world, his ears were one of his sweet spots and when she bit him like that it was his equivalent of a scratch behind the ears.

She drove him absolutely crazy!

It felt soooo good what she did to him...but he couldn't take advantage of her any longer.

He spun around and stepped away from her with shallow breaths.

"Rae, you can't do this. We can't do this."

She felt a roiling in her gut. Was he questioning his feelings for her? She had banked her whole revenge on what her empathy had sensed but if she was wrong...

"You see, I haven't been completely honest with you about..that necklace I gave you."

Oh, so he wasn't questioning his feelings, it was just that her plan had finally come to fruition.

"What do you mean, Gar?" She inquired of him.

"We-well, it's just...you hate me! Before I gave you that necklace you hated me! You never would've called me Gar or stared at me for longer than a second, or made me breakfast or-or..." he trailed off blushing as he remembered the incident in the hallway and the thing with his ears...

"Beast Boy, you're being ridiculous, I've never hated you."

"But you have. In fact, you still do! The way you've been acting...it's my fault and I shouldn't have done what I did!"

Now she was the one feeling guilty. Maybe she'd taken this revenge thing a little too far. Clearly, he had really beaten himself up over this. She had to make him better, she didn't know any other way than to tell him the truth.

"But Beast Boy I don't hate you! In fact...I think...I think I'm in love with you." She said and then blushed avoiding his gaze. She'd finally done it, finally told him how she felt.

However, her statement had broken him. He started getting even angrier with himself.

"NO! No you DON'T! Raven it's MY FAULT! You don't love me! It's fake it's not real! I bought this amulet from this mean old woman who said it was magic and that it would make you fall for me. Obviously it worked, but I shouldn't have given it to you! Raven, I'm crazy about you...I only bought the stupid thing cuz I guess I figured it was the only way anyone could love some green freak like me. But it was wrong. I don't want you to be in love with me because of some magic necklace, I want you to fall for me because you want to. So..I'm sorry. Really, really sorry. I just hope you can forgive me."

Beast Boy was deathly afraid for his life. He knew Raven was about to kill him but he forced himself to look into her eyes so their beauty would be the last thing he'd see.

Out of nowhere, he found himself being violently kissed.

She had stalked up to him, yanked him by the collar, and forced her lips onto his. Her hands went to his hair and tangled themselves while her body pressed up against him.

Beast Boy was in heaven, his angel was in his arms, and her lips tasted soft and warm.

After a few long moments, the pair broke apart and they looked at one another.

Beast Boy appeared to be in shock while Raven glowed.

When the changeling managed to snap himself out of his stupor he took Raven into his arms once more and just held her close.

As their breathing settled, he couldn't help his worrying and so whispered to her, "Raven, is this real?"

That's when Raven noticed she was still wearing the necklace and she mentally face-palmed. He still thought her kissing him was because of the stupid amulet!

Reluctantly removing herself from his arms, she reached around and unclasped the necklace, then walked a few steps away to set it down on a nearby shelf. Then she stalked back towards him and fit herself right back into his embrace.

"I love you, Gar" she mumbled into his chest as they snuggled standing up.

His grin was wide enough to blind her for a moment and he quickly pressed his hands to her face, bringing her close for another kiss.

"I love you so much, Rae."

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Beast Boy and Raven had both agreed to be boyfriend and girlfriend that night as they cuddled together in Raven's bed.

They had led a successful relationship for a few months now, and had agreed to make some compromises to get to know each other better.

Raven had agreed to watch Saturday morning cartoons with Beast Boy if he meditates with her in the afternoon. Beast Boy had promised to try reading a few books if Raven would play some video games.

That's why as Raven hooked up the GameStation and popped a disc into the slot, Beast Boy found himself making his way to her room.

He let himself in using the new code he had devised for her: BBRae4ever

He perused her shelves for the book she had suggested. She had said it had a red cover with gold lettering on the spine and that he couldn't miss it.

Aha! There it sat between two graphic novels that he had bought for her.

While pulling it off of the shelf, a piece of paper fell out and onto the floor.

Being curious by nature, Beast Boy bent down and picked it up, then looked both ways to make sure Raven wasn't about to catch him snooping. He opened the paper only to recognize it as the "receipt" the old lady had slipped into the box with Raven's amulet.

Disappointed with his find, he went to toss it out when a few words caught his eye. It certainly didn't look like a receipt. Upon closer inspection, he soon realized it was a note and he began to read.

As he read his jaw dropped further and further until pretty soon it was off its hinges.

Back in the common room, Raven was getting ready to turn off the GameStation-having just beaten Beast Boy's hard won high score on Dune Racing 2-when she heard a very girly scream.

Recognizing it as that of her green boyfriend, she smiled to herself.

Yep. Revenge is sweet.