serenade

[thebeastwithout]

[voice]
Tara!

We definitely need to talk, dude! Where've you been?! I even went through your house the other day! Anyway, that's gonna have to wait a bit 'cause it's Valentine's Day, and I've been waiting for this for a way long time!

[The only thing he might have done differently without the iris, was, maybe, remembering to filter it to her. There comes the sounds of fumbling noises in the background before a soundtrack of some sort begins to play...]

OK, here we go. One. Two. A-one two three --

You can't fade away
The way I feel for you there ain't no word I could say
What I'd do for you, and every single day...

By your side is where I'll be
Endless love and faith you'll see
When I walk you walk with me
Tara!
Together let the light shine! Together let the light shine... Together let the light shine~

[If Tara isn't properly mortified yet, Beast Boy caps this off with a --]

I love you, Tara!

[action]
[And then Beast Boy is triumphantly riding down the streets of Mayfield on his shiny new moped (when the heck had he ever owned this?!) with a giant bouquet of flowers.]

This is the best day ever!

[Naturally, he drives about as well as a 14-year-old could be expected to drive and promptly crashes at least 7 times. Maybe into you.]

This is still the best day ever!

[His bouquet is in pieces by the time he gets anywhere close to his destination. But there's a bunch of simple, elegant daisies growing in a flowerbed which he promptly plucks out of the ground.]

Comments

[thebeastwithout]

Dude, I've never felt so good in my life! Look, look, I bet I really do win the Superhero Charity Moped Lottery in the future or something!

[Beast Boy seems perfectly content lying in a pile of broken bones with tears of joy streaming down his face.]

((Did you want to play around with the daisy effects? I wasn't sure, but I will just let you know I am cool with it!))

[kinship]

[((HAHAHAHAHA. Yes, that could be fun, why not? Does his bouquet have daisies in it, would they both be affected or just Beast Boy?))

[Bending down properly, he gives his friend a worried once over.]

Are you sure you're okay? You might have a concussion.

[thebeastwithout]

And Tara finally knows how I feeeeeel~

[Ah. Bliss. ...Yeah he totally cracked his head open. Beast Boy pauses for a moment and glances up.]

Hey, Cain. ...What if she hates me?

[This is definitely not a conversation you want to be in Cain quick run.]

((There are daisies! And I can leave that up to what you prefer!))

[kinship]

[...

His friend is bleeding, that's blood on the back of his idiotic green head, this can't end well.]

Nobody could hate you, now take my hand.

[thebeastwithout]

Aw, dude, that's really n -- Oh, hold on! Where're my flowers? I had flowers a few seconds ago.

[kinship]

[Flowers?

That's not really his primary concern right now, though it does chime a warning bell in his head.]

We can get you some more flowers later, but you're hurt... we have to go and get your head seen to.

[thebeastwithout]

Aw, don't worry about it, dude. I'll be fine the next time I change. Oh --

[Beast Boy grabs Cain's hand and jumps to his feet, where the flowers had been crushed underneath him. He sweeps them up and presents them to Cain in a flourish.]

Aren't they amazing? I'm giving them to, uh. To... Tara...

[kinship]

[And he gets a massive surprise whiff of the flowers, breathing deep and feeling a sudden rush of... affection.]

They're really nice, but... who's Tara?

[thebeastwithout]

Uh. Uh. ...No one important, aha!

[Wait, why did he say that? Tara was the most... the most.... well. She was sorta important.]

Hey, Cain, you maybe want some of these? I've got too many of 'em anyway.

[kinship]

[He feels a warm satisfaction that Tara was nobody important, he suddenly doesn't really want to think of Beast Boy liking anyone else.]

Oh... thanks! I mean... thanks, dude!

[thebeastwithout]

Oh, no problem. What're best pals for?

[Suddenly feeling a little shy, Beast Boy thrusts out some of the flowers to Cain. ...Reconsiders. Thrusts out more.]

[kinship]

[Cain... blushes like a lobster as he takes the flowers.]

Best pals?

[That means what he thinks it does, right? He's Beast Boy's special friend... HE'S SO HAPPY.]

[thebeastwithout]

Y-Yeah!

Uh. You're... OK with that, right?

[kinship]

[A smile spreads over his face, brighter and wider than his usual ones as he nods.]

Of course! You're... my best friend too.

[thebeastwithout]

...

[Sappy grin.]

Er. ...So, uh. What're you doing today, dude?

[kinship]

[He is going to be horrendously embarrassed about this when the flower effects wear off...]

Nothing! That is... I was hoping maybe we could do something? Just, ah, just the two of us.

[thebeastwithout]

Yeah, sure! I was... thinking the same thing.

[Have pity for the guy who just sang a song for the girl he loved. Beast Boy's green turns greener, somehow, as he grins again with a bright smile.]

After I, uh. Get these... You know what? You should just take all of 'em.

[kinship]

[Alas, he didn't hear the song and even if he had... Screw Tara, he was Beast Boy's best friend. God, these flowers are evil.]

Wow, nobody's ever given me flowers before...

[thebeastwithout]

Why not, dude? You're a real nice guy! ...Maybe the nicest guy I've ever met.

[kinship]

[Nobody has ever been this genuinely affectionate towards him outside his family and, while it would touch him still normally, with the addition of the flower effects it was overwhelming.

And so Cain stepped forwards to do something he would never normally have done, and give Beast Boy a spontaneous hug.]

[thebeastwithout]

[Eeps.

Beast Boy resists the urge to turn into a turtle, and then slowly hugs Cain back. He pats him a few times on the back.

This was nice.]

Er. Happy Valetine's Day, Cain.

[kinship]

[He has only ever hugged Abel before, and back home even that was scarce. He is going to be really REALLY embarrassed when this wears off.]

Oh.

Mm... Happy Valentine's Day, Beast Boy.

[Wait a second. WAIT A SECOND. A horrible thought occurs to him, starting to add up piece by piece. Tara, flowers, Valentine's Day...]

Were you on your way to see a girlfriend?

[HEARTBREAK.]

[thebeastwithout]

N-No.

[She's not his girlfriend yet dude.]

...There's no one who likes me like that, dude.

sob what is this thread

[kinship]

[♫ And they called it puppy loooove ♥ ♪]

Maybe that's not... entirely true.

beautiful

[thebeastwithout]

Huh? What do you mean?

[Say hi to the world's densest individual.]