Beast of a boy

For your meme needs. Feel free to change pronouns or wording to how you see fit.

“They can’t stop all of us.”

“If we Naruto run we can run faster than their bullets.”

“We gonna see dem aliens.”

“You, me, September 20. At Area 51.”

“Did you really just ask me out on a date to Area 51?”

“I want an alien friend, ya know?”

“You know this raid is a joke right?”

“Please don’t go they absolutely can stop you all.”

“No, we are not ordering tickets to Nevada so you can go to Area 51.”

“I hate to break it to you, but I doubt there will be any aliens.”

“We might find some cool alien gadgets or something!”

“Please don’t tell me you’re taking this seriously.”

“Honey, why is the FBI at our door?”

“They’re actually doing it.. they’re trying to get in.”

“Um my family is in there, we’re going visit!”

“Quit calling yourself an alien.”

“When I said you were out of this world I didn’t mean that I was calling you an alien.”

“Have fun dying.”

“Have fun getting shot, dumbasses.”

“You guys stop, someone isactually gonna do it.”

“Hey, what if we had our first kiss at Area 51- like one of those crazy battle scenes and there’s a kiss.”

“RELEASE THE KARENS!”

“Did Karen just ask one of the guards to speak to the manager?”

“I’m not dying over a meme.”

“You are so stupid sometimes, do you know that.”

“You act if raiding Area 51 is hard!”

“Raiding Area 51? Been there, done that.”

“Um, what the fuck.”

“How did you…”

“Dude! They moved all the aliens to Area 52 by now!”

“Did you actually manage to get an alien? And live? Where the hell have you been?”

“Just because a meme says you should do it, doesn’t mean you should.”

“Meet my new friend!”

“No of course I didn’t go to Area 51, I’m not stupid! The alien crashed their UFO in the backyard, see?”

“Noooo don’t leave me, my pillow!”

“I need a hug. A six hour one.”

“I have pillows, blankets, supreme comfort, and all that’s missing is you.”

“This is an intricately constructed blanket fort. It’d be a shame if it went to waste.”

“Mmmm… no getting up, only cuddles.”

“My personal space isn’t shared with just anyone.”

“Holding hands has been perfected. Now to the next step.”

“I could play with your hair for hours.”

“You’re more comfortable than the couch.”

“My torso isn’t exactly a pillow you know.”

“I suppose I should just forget about getting up huh?”

“I can tell you’re upset. Do you need anything right now?”

“Not the best with words, but I’m told I’m great with a hug.”

“It’s okay, you don’t need to talk now.”

“I just need someone else here, right now.”

“No words just quiet, please…”

“I had an important appointment later but… you only live once. I can cancel.”

“Yes I had the day off. No you can’t prove I took it off for you. The only way to find out is by spending it all with me.”

“One of us is starting to fall asleep.”

“Mmmmphf… that’s what I think about that.”

“Were literally all the cushions taken for this project?”

“We’re comfortable now, but unfortunately someone left the hot drinks in the other room.”

“Someone has to make the greatest sacrifice of getting up out of this warm cocoon.

“You’re making a face. I know that face. It won’t work, I will resist it.”

If Raven had to explain what she was feeling right now she wouldn’t be able to process the words, considering just how much his statement made her mind boggle. “W-what do you mean?” she asks hesitantly. “No. It was too good to be real, Gar. Us really back home? Are you crazy? Th..that had to be a dream.” 

Raven gets up from the couch hastily before starting to pace the floor. “No. No. Nooo. That’ can’t be true” . Raven wanted everything to stop right now. Her heart was racing, her mind was racing and she felt like she might explode any second. 

This couldn’t be happening. She didn’t understand it. Why would they be back for a short while and then pulled back here in this world? It didn’t make sense. She tries to steady her breathing but she was freaking out. “What you’re saying is that we… we really went back home? A..and it wasn’t just a crazy dream?” she states as she looks at Garfield with wide eyes. 

His legs wouldn’t work and Garfield couldn’t stand to help console her. His own mind was working overtime as it struggled to want to do something to help but couldn’t. And he felt like he was making the entire situation worst. “But... it is true... this is... real.”

As much as Garfield wanted to reach out and touch her, he couldn’t bring himself to even reach out. The changeling was never the best with words, and most times he often said the wrong thing whenever he spoke. That was the difficulty of speaking without thinking. Maybe he could have worded this differently, better, some way to soften the blow of the bad news.

Yet, here he was. Unable to do any of this as he averted his eyes away from Rae.  He glanced down at his lap, his hands scrunching around the fabric of his pants. “Yeah... we really went home... and then I was separated from you... again.”

Raven giggles. There was something oh so charming of how nervous he was acting. “It’s just me, Gar. You don’t have to me nervous with me” she says as she squeezes his hand encouragingly. 

“Here. I’ll lead first and then you can just follow my movements. Just like this” she says before stepping forward with her right foot and back with her left. “See. Just 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.” she says with a smile.

“You can do it, Gar. Easy as cake” she says before allowing the boy to lead the dance. He seemed to be getting it before suddenly she yelps. “Ouch that was my foot” she says before wincing a bit . “It’s okay though. Let’s try again.”

Garfield felt himself turning into putty as he felt Rae’s hand softly tighten around his own. A part of him knew that she was right and there was no reason for him to be so nervous. But the way his heart thumped against his chest proved him otherwise. This was very much different than if he was dancing with some random person.

This was Rae. 

“Okay, okay. I can do this,” he murmured,  staring down at his feet. When she stepped forward, he almost did the same but jerked his foot backwards instead. His brow furrowed as he concentrated on the steps, eventually glancing back up at her face. And then he felt an odd bump under his foot.

Jokeo’s reputation was a negative hundred on a good day but the appearance of the Killing Joke in Wonderland somehow made it worse. Even with its reputation before, people still came to Jokeo for one reason or another, but now? The district was closer to a ghost town. It’s nothing surprisingly, really. Who’d want to go outside with a guy running around going stabby-stab? One stab was enough to get a human really hurt!

And with that in mind, you couldn’t blame Ai if the last thing he expected was for someone to come out of nowhere driving a moped. He let out a yelp that was definitely not high pitched in nature, and then glared at the moped driver when he stopped in time and the threat of being hit by a vehicle was gone.

Whoa, hey? That’s all he had to say?! This guy almost ran him over!

“I’m an officer of the law! Shouldn’t you be inside instead of driving around like that?!” Ai pointed at him. “You could’ve flattened me! Is that what you want on your record?!”

And who wore sunglasses at night?! No wonder he drove like that!

Garfield’s lips pressed into a thin line as Garfield realized the dire situation. He had almost his a cop. With his moped, which probably couldn’t have done much damage. But what kind of person stood in the road, in the dark, without looking both ways? People in this world were whack.

“I’m uh- I was at work. I deliver pizzas because apparently it’s okay to risk my life so people can get food from a 450 degree oven,” he snidely commented, rolling his eyes to himself. But then again, the tips were pretty great. But then he started laughing. “Wait- wait- wait,” the green changeling wiped a tear from his eyes. “You seriously thought my moped was gonna flatten you? C’mon, dude, it can barely go up a hill without sputtering.”

Laughing probably wasn’t the best option. But oh god, it got worst from here.

Okay. So access the situation. Strike one with an officer. The changeling always knew that he would be a felon for something stupid, but he was honestly hoping it would’ve been for something more rad: like racing through the streets as the fastest cat on the planet. He prayed he wasn’t about to hit that second strike, but this guy’s face seriously needed some help.

“Dude, listen, I’m sorry. But that look on your face is not good. Like you kinda look like a crazed maniac, and not the good kind.” Garfield sucked in a breath through his teeth as he peered up on the guy. “You should calm your expression or ya are gonna scare all the people.”

Raven tried her best to understand why it seem liked Garfield was not liking that she was there and why he was acting so strange. She didn’t have much time to comment on it before Garfield had sat himself down next to her and ask her to continue on explaining what happened in her dream.

“ Well, it’s a pretty long dream so bear with me” she first states. “So it all started off one morning when I woke up and I was back in the Titan Tower. It was weird but everyone was there. You, Starfire, Robin and basically the whole gang. It was almost like I never even left but then they started asking a bunch of questions of where I gone and stuff. It just felt so real and it was really really weird. I was like living life back at Titan Tower and everything was great.” she states.

“I was getting used to it all. Just being back home in the tower with everyone. I really did enjoy it all. But soon enough you left, Gar. And that’s when I realized that this had to be a dream. You went missing and we didn’t know where to find you. I was really worried. I didn’t understand where you have gone” she says with a small frown. She places her hand on his thigh before looking back at him. “ But I knew that when I wake up you would be here. And that’s kinda of the reason I did come here. To make sure you were here and that dream was really just a strange dream” she states. 

“ When I woke up in my apartment this morning and I wasn’t in the Tower I knew it had to be a strange dream and I never really was back there. However, just to make extra sure I had to check that you were here too, Gar and low and behold here you are. You’re with me and we’re here together. So that whole dream of us being back and you disappearing never happened. It was all just one big crazy dream”. Raven smiles at Garfield. “So let’s just forget about it now. It was just a dream and we’re alive,  safe and together, right?” 

A dream. Raven thought that their time away from Wonderland was all a dream. But Garfield was very aware of those three months. He was with all the people he cared about. He was playing video games with Cyborg. Making jokes with Starfire. Falling on his back in front of Robin. Spending more time with Raven... His three months back in Jump City was amazing. But then he fell through that blasted rabbit hole again and returned to Wonderland.

He knew the truth, and Raven didn’t. And he had a split decision he had to make. Garfield couldn’t sit here. He couldn’t sit still as his mind wandered with his disarrayed and confused thoughts. His legs begged him to stand and stretch his legs, giving him the chance to pace around the room. Meanwhile, his hands wanted to run through his hair and grip the strands as he struggled to find the words to say.

“No,” he whispered absentmindedly. Green eyes looked up at Raven as he realized that the word left his mouth, and he gulped down his nerves. “I mean, it’s gre- I- I’m so happy that you’re here.” Gently he placed his own hand on top of Raven’s-yeah, oh yeah, he was very happy to have her here-and looked away from her.

“But Rae, I- we really returned home,” he finally said, his voice breaking under his own mind-boggling pressure. “We were home with Star, and Cy, and Robin, and it was great to be a team again. But then... I fell back into Wonderland...”

Raven waited patiently outside his door, still only in her sweats, making the light breeze that flowed through the air give her a slight chill. It felt like a while before he heard light footsteps get louder and louder as he assumedly walked closer and closer. 

The minute the door opens he instantly freezes and looked at her in such a way that made her rather confused. She opens her mouth to speak but felt too nervous to explain why she was here. She takes a breath before starting to speak. 

“I..well. I..I had this really weird dream and well I wanted to make sure you were here…to make sure it was all dream” she says hesitantly.  She sighs because she realizes that she really wasn’t making any sense right now. “Look, I can explain it better if we were just inside” she says before pushing her way through to get inside his apartment and and away from the cold air.

She couldn’t help but release a small sigh as she enters the apartment, it looks like nothing had changed albeit a bit messier than usual but regardless it meant that her dream really was a dream and nothing to be too concern about anymore. 

Raven walks towards the couch before plopping on top of it. She pats the space next to her with a gentle smile. “Come on, Gar. I need to tell you about this dream I had. It felt really real and it was super freaking weird but you were there and so was Star and the whole gang.”

Garfield moved to the side as Raven walked in, his mouth literally gaping open as he stared at her. All at once a flurry of emotions attacked him, and his once drool-filled sleepy mouth felt dry. There was a dully thump in his chest as he questioned everything happening at the moment.

“Ye-yeah,” he finally said, uncertainty clinging to his voice. It felt like he was going backwards through puberty as his voice squealed from his uneasiness. “Okay, th-that sounds good.” 

Maybe he was the one dreaming right now. There was no other rationale possibility for the girl to be here right now in his living room.  She should have been back at Titan Tower. Garfield was the only one that had through the stupid rabbit hole again. Or... at least that’s what he thought before this moment. How long had she been here? Was she lonely? Did she-did she.. Were they both dreaming? How did that work?

Closing the door behind him, he stared at the mess of his living room; for the first time with having Raven here, he wasn’t even concerned that it was a mess. He was too baffled to worry about anything else. Why? Oh god, why was she here? It was a painful question because while he was ecstatic to see her again, he didn’t want her to be trapped in Wonderland... again.