In Love with You
The tower was quiet. Outside was dark, the perfect time to watch TV. Raven made her way to the ops room, she very rarely watched TV, but when she did it was in the comfort and quiet of night. The doors to the main hall swished open as Raven floated through. She sat down comfortably in the middle of the couch and turned on the TV. She flipped through the channels, hoping to find a good comedy show or animal documentary. Despite Ravens deep enjoyment of horror movies, she learned that when its dark and quiet she best stick to more calm things. She found a comedy show and set down the remote. She settled into the couch, smirking at the comedians jokes.
"Raven?" Raven jolted up and hid by the couch. She heard footstep coming closer. She watched as a figure came into the light of the TV. It was only Beast Boy. Raven sat up and pulled her hood over her head.
"yes?" she said in her usual monotone voice.
"a-are you watching TV?" Beast Boy asked pointing to the TV, a light smile on his face.
"maybe," Raven stood up "what's it to you?" she asked.
"Nothing I guess im just a little surprised…" he said sitting down on the couch.
"Well, I was just leaving." Raven stated plainly and began walking to the doors.
"wait!" Beast Boy ran up to Raven. "Raven I didn't mean to bug you, I just came down here 'cause I couldn't sleep, but if you want I can leave." He said his ears drooping slightly.
Raven turned to face him, "no if you can't sleep then you should get the TV."
"Well…maybe you could watch it with me?" He said, his ears perking bac up. Raven just stared.
"only if you promise not to tell anybody." She stated walking toward the couch.
"I pinky promise" he said cheerfully, following Raven to the couch.
They made themselves comfortable, sitting on opposite sides of the couch. They stared at the TV trying to pay attention. Beast Boy occasionally looked at Raven thinking, how am I supposed to tell her I like her, she would throw me to china. His ears drooped at the thought of being rejected by the one person he had liked since Terra. He liked Raven, he liked everything about her. He had liked her for a while now and he wanted to tell her, but maybe now wasn't the right time. Beast Boy looked at the clock, there were four minutes till midnight, four minutes until tomorrow, four minutes till he turned fifteen. Nobody ever remembered his birthday, and that hurt but it was always alright.
Raven looked at him, his ears were droopy and he was staring at the clock. She stared at him, she watched him pull something out of his pocket. He opened his wallet and counted his money silently. Raven counted along with him. She looked at the clock it was exactly midnight. Beast Boy walked to the kitchen and grabbed boxes of powder and containers of frosting and icing.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Baking" he said reading a paper.
"What are you baking?" She asked standing up and walking towards him.
"Cake" he said.
"why?" She asked.
Beast Boys ears drooped a little, "n-no reason" he shrugged.
Raven sat on the counter, "can I help?" she asked.
Beast Boy smiled, "sure Rae, but you cloak might get a little messy" He handed her a white apron. Raven put it on. Beast Boy handed her the instructions.
"so what's the occasion?" She asked reading the instructions. Beast Boy mixed the cake batter ignoring the question. Raven Greased the pan. "is it a vegan cake?"
"duh" Beast Boy laughed. Raven set the pan next to the batter. "Hey Rae what's your favorite kind of frosting?"
"Chocolate." She said.
Beast Boy poured the batter into the pan. "then we shall use chocolate frosting." He said. Raven hid her smile.
Beast Boy put the cake in the oven, "soooo what should we do for the next half an hour?" He asked.
"well, I don't know. What do you want to do?" Raven asked hanging up her apron.
"we could watch some TV, we could order a pizza, we could play some video games, or we could just...talk." Beast Boy said sitting up on the counter.
Raven sat next to him, "alright let's talk,"
"so how are you?" Beast Boy asked.
"a little tired a little confused, how about you."
"just perfect" Beast Boy said sarcastically.
"what's wrong?" Raven asked.
"Nothing I'm good honestly, there is no other person I would rather spend my bir- day! My day with. Yep just a day, nothing special." Beast Boy's face heated up turning bright red.
Raven looked at him puzzled, what is he hiding? Cake on a normal day? Raven's eyes went wide, it was Beast Boy's birthday. Her stomach hurt, her palms began to sweat. How could she forget?
"Beast Boy?"
"Yeah Rae?"
"how many of your birthdays have we forgotten?"
Beast Boy's head fell. "Four…" He whispered.
"Oh my god Beast Boy I am so sorry." Raven said, placing her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Rae it's cool, really I don't mind."
"No it's not OK, we never forget anybody's birthday except for yours."
"wow thanks for rubbing it in."
"I'm so sorry Beast Boy."
"It's OK, just promise me one thing?"
"anything."
"Don't tell the others."
"what? No. Beast Boy why not?" Raven was confused, why wouldn't he want to celebrate his birth day with his friends?
"because, everyone will feel bad, and I don't want their pity"
Raven sighed, "OK I can respect that," Raven said.
"thank you." Beast Boy hopped off the counter and help Raven down. "so what do we do n-" he began to say. Raven pulled him into a hug. Beast Boy hugged her back, closing his eyes.
"I like you Rae…" Beast Boy whispered.
Raven's face went red, "I-I like you too…" she whispered, squeezing her eyes shut. Beast Boy smiled. They slowly pulled out of the hug, the both of them blushing furiously. Beast Boy was still smiling a big goofy smile.
"oh the cake!" Beast Boy pulled the cake out of the oven with his bare hands, "HOT!" He yelped dropping the cake on the counter. He ran to the sink and held his hand under the cold water.
"here," raven grabbed an ice pack and sat on the counter beside the sink. She grabbed Beast Boy's hand and held the ice pack to it. Beast Boy started to blush.
"I look pretty stupid don't I?" he smirked.
Raven looked at him, "maybe a little."
Beast Boy looked at her, "Rae?"
"yes"
"do you seriously like me?" He asked.
Raven blushed, and nodded. Beast Boy leaned in towards Raven and pecked her on the cheek. "thanks for helping out." He blushed and smiled.
"no problem." She blushed.
They both started frosting the cake, "it's the pointy ears isn't it?" Beast Boy asked.
"what?" Raven questioned.
"you like my pointy ears don't you?" He smirked.
Raven glared at him, "Possibly." She stated plainly. Beast Boy smiled and wiggled his ears. Raven smirked, she really did like his pointy ears, and his cute little canine tooth that stuck out, and his goofy smile, who knew Raven could like someone so goofy and ridiculous.
Beast Boy cut the cake and set it on two plates. Raven grabbed a plate and walked to the couch, Beast Boy followed. "so whatcha wanna watch?" Beast Boy asked.
"it's your birthday you pick."
"how about you pick, because it's my birthday and I said so." He smirked.
"how about you pick, because it's your birthday and if you don't pick I will tell everybody it's your birthday."
"ok fine" Beast Boy grabbed the remote and sat next to Raven. He started flipping through the channels, landing on each one for no more than a minute. Raven linked her arm around his. Beast Boy froze, and tensed up.
"Happy birthday Gar…" she whispered closing her eyes and burying her face in Beast Boy's shoulder. Gar, is short for Garfield. Only Raven knew Beast Boys real name, so she only called him Gar when they were alone.
Beast Boy smiled and relaxed his muscles taking a deep breath, and leaning comfortably into the couch. He turned off the TV and stared out the window. The sun rose slowly, pouring small amounts of light in. the room lit up and Raven's face was more visible to Beast boy. She looked so peaceful, it made him smile. Ravens eyes fluttered open, Beast Boy blocked the sun from her eyes with his hand.
"Gar? What time is it?" Raven rubbed her eyes.
"it's almost six A.M."
"everybody will be up soon." She sat up and pulled her hood over her head. Beast Boys ears drooped.
"so do we just pretend that this never happened?" He asked, a little sadness in his voice.
"I just don't want to tell anybody just yet."
"OK" Beast Boy leaned away from her.
The main doors swooshed open Robin and Starfire walked in. "hello fellow team mates and friends." Starfire said cheerfully floating towards the two.
"morning Star," Raven said, returning to her normal monotone voice. Beast Boy's ears drooped a little, he didn't want Raven to act this way, he didn't want to pretend nothing happened between them. He leaned towards Raven.
"you wanna hang out later?" He asked putting on a goofy grin.
"anything for the birthday boy" she whispered. Beast Boy frowned.
Robin walked over to the couch a puzzled look on his face, "what's going on with you two?"
Beast Boy leaned away from Raven, "nothing, were just talking." He stood up and walked to the kitchen, Robin following close behind.
"you two? Talking? And Raven hasn't tried to kill you?" He asked pointing to Raven.
Beast Boy shrugged, "I guess she's warming up to me."
Raven got up and walked towards the door. Beast Boy ran after her, leaving Robin behind.
"Rae wait up!" Beast Boy ran through the door. He caught up to Raven and placed his hand on her shoulder. Raven shrugged his hand away, keeping silent. "Rae what's wrong?" Beast Boy's ears drooped and his voice was shaky. Did I do something wrong? He thought, did I mess this up already? "Raven if I did something wrong please tell me."
"you didn't do anything Garfield, I'm just not comfortable around everyone else today." Raven said, turning to face Beast Boy.
"Why?" He asked.
"because, I try not to keep secrets from them, and now I'm keeping two secrets from them."
"if it will make you feel better you can tell them it's my birthday, and if you don't want us to be us…" Beast Boy looked at the floor.
"no Beast Boy I do want there to be an us, and as for your birthday I think we should tell them, they deserve to know, and you deserve to enjoy your birthday." Raven offered a small, subtle smile.
"ok fine you can tell them, just not when I'm around." He said.
"OK, thank you." Raven ran past Beast Boy and into the main hall, where Cyborg had joined Star and Robin. Raven walked up to the table they were sitting at.
"does anyone know what day it is?" Raven asked a hint of anger in her voice.
"um, Tuesday?" Cyborg asked.
"seriously?" Raven was surprised that Cyborg didn't remember Beast Boy's birthday.
"why are we missing something?" Robin asked.
"it's Beast Boy's birthday," Raven said plainly. "it's his birthday and none of us remembered." Raven crossed her arms over her chest and watched as her friend's expressions went from confused to worried and surprised.
"today's BB's birthday? For real?" Cyborg asked, Raven nodded in response.
The doors to the main hall swooshed open, Beast Boy casually walking through the doors. Cyborg stood up and walked over to Beast Boy.
"hey grass stain, happy birthday!" he said trying to act cheerful. Beast Boy's ears drooped a little.
Beast Boy looked at Raven, "I told you I don't want their pity." He walked to the fridge.
"Beast Boy…" Raven walked towards him.
"we didn't mean to forget, honestly it's just been kinda hectic around here." Robin stood up.
"really? Because you've missed four of my birthdays, in a row." Beast Boy walked over to the couch ignoring his friend's apologies.
Starfire stood up, "who would like to go to the store of groceries with me?" she said a little nervously.
"I'll go" Robin walked to the doors. Cyborg followed.
"Bye Friends Beast Boy and Raven, Happy birthday Beast Boy." Star flew out the door following the boys.
Beast Boy laid on the couch, one hand behind his head. Raven looked at him, he looked so sad and hurt. Raven felt pain in her chest. She walked over to Beast Boy and sat at the end of the couch.
"I'm sorry."
"why are you sorry?"
"I don't know."
"hey Rae?"
"yes Gar?"
"Are you OK?" Beast Boy sat up and looked at Raven.
"Gar, I'm great honestly." Raven tried to smile a little.
Beast Boy scooted closer to Raven and grabbed her hand, "Raven tell me the truth."
"I just feel bad about everything I guess, but I'm OK now." Raven smiled slightly.
"OK if you say so." Beast Boy let go of her hand and laid back down. Raven leaned on the other side resting her head on the arm of the couch. She looked out the window, and watched the clouds outside.
There was a loud noise outside, causing Beast Boy and Raven to jump up. They looked at each other and ran outside. Raven looked around, there was no one in sight.
"Beast Boy!" a familiar voice yelled.
Raven turned around to see the one person she didn't want to see, she would have preferred her evil father Trigon over this. Raven stared as a tall blond girl hugged Beast Boy. Terra was Back.