Summer Beach Read

Chapter Eleven

"Oh."

"Um..."

"This is..."

"...awkward."

Pause. "Indeed."

Raven stared down at Beast Boy's floor, trying not to make eye-contact with him as he sat on the edge of his bed, completely naked and erect. She really should have knocked before walking into his room, but the thought hadn't even occurred to her. After all, what did he have to hide from her? It wasn't like she didn't know about the nature of his activities when locked up in his room. Although, she had never expected to walk in on him mid-act.

She fidgeted, but didn't move from her spot in front of the door. No, she stood there with her face glued to the floor, but her eyes snuck glances of his very male form from between her eyelashes. His torso was turned slightly to her, and she could see the stretch and pull of his lithe muscles as they moved under his clover-like skin.Gorgeous. Like David carved from the finest jade. She'd been in his room for a solid minute now and he had made no attempt at covering himself up.

Not that she wanted him to.

"I didn't mean to intrude."

"You should have knocked."

She knew that. Although at this point of her excursion, she wasn't exactly apologetic for her unannounced arrival. She ignored the blush creeping up her neck. "I'm sorry. I just had a question."

"What was it?"

Raven opened her mouth and shut it instantly. She had forgotten. It was something normal and benign, like borrowing a movie or asking if he wanted to help her go grocery shopping. But for the life of her, she couldn't remember what it was that she needed.

"I..." Her voice trailed off.

Beast Boy chose to misinterpret her stuttering, and his eyes narrowed in poorly disguised annoyance. "Did you interrupt me on purpose?"

Had she?

"No, of course not."

"Then what are you here for?"

What was she here for? Why wasn't she turning around and racing out the door without another word and pretending she saw absolutely nothing? This was, hands-down, the most awkward situation she had ever found herself in, and she was simply wallowing in it. Why in the world didn't she just leave?

Beast Boy groaned. "Can you leave-"

"Can I watch?"

The question seemed innocent enough, but was greeted with silence.

Long, awkward silence.

"What?"

Raven tried to calm her heart and hide her embarrassment in the shadows of her cloak. After all the things she had engaged with him, this was the one that made her embarrassed? Not the fact thatmany of the things they had done had been in public locations? Maybe it had to do with the act being so personal and so private, but none of that seemed to factor in her desire to indulge in a few voyeuristic tendencies.

"Can I-"

"I heard you." He cut her off, his face turning red as he finally looked away from her. "I just... I don't know why you want to watch."

Curiosity? She shuffled on her feet, still staring at the ground and trying to avoid her strange fascination with his cock. It really wasn't helping, and she stole another glance from under her down-turned face. "Your body is interesting to me." Well, that certainly wasn't a lie.