*A/N: Hello everyone! This is my very first Teen Titans fanfiction. After rewatching all the episodes, I got some CyRae feels and we all know that the best way to utilize them is to write a fic, right? Anyway, I want you to know that this is a romance story, so please do not focus on the battle/action mistakes I may make or any errors on their backstories. Please review and tell me how you found this chapter, I seriously want to hear all of your opinions.

Disclaimer: I wouldn't be writing a fic if I owned the characters, right? So, yes, I do not own them. Bummer.

Thanks for reading!

Maven Alazais. *

CHAPTER ONE.

Cyborg was, as usual, the first one to wake up. After having recharged for seven hours while his human half was completely shut down, he exited his room-lab and headed for the kitchen where he got his frying pan out and started cooking their pancakes. He was barely paying attention to what he was doing anymore, after having done it for so many times during these years.

As he was turning the pancakes he was currently frying over, the kitchen-main room door opened and he knew only one person could be; the girl that he had been meeting early in the morning in their kitchen for the past few months.

"Mornin', Raven." He greeted, not taking his eyes from his pan.

"Hi." Was all she said, in her regular monotone voice. She floated from the door to the cupboard with the herbs and scanned its contents.

"Should I ask you if you want some pancakes or will I get the same negative answer again?" Cyborg asked, half-smiling.

"You will." She replied, taking out her usual kind of teabag, and placing it inside the cup she had just magically transported from next to the sink.

"Thought so. Slept well?" He asked, putting the fresh pancakes on a dish.

Raven shrugged, giving him a good look from underneath her hood. She sat on her chair and mixed her hot tea with a spoon. Cyborg sat across her with a mountain of pancakes in front of him.

Normally, he would start munching on his pancakes right away, but he took a moment to observe his fellow titan. He had always found her interesting. She was very clever, powerful and even though she wasn't the friendliest person ever, he knew she was very loyal. After what had happened with Trigon, Cyborg had gained a whole new perspective on Raven's situation. He understood what she had been through, trying to deny her fate and her father and they had all learnt to forgive her easily whenever she was in her fowl moods. Having to meditate every day and night to control your power definitely wasn't easy and he really understood that. Whenever they were alone, they would usually have very serious conversations, about a plethora of subjects and sometimes, Cyborg felt like he could tell her anything.

Some weeks ago he had also found himself in a very awkward position considering Raven. Although Starfire was usually the one known for her looks and the one that got checked out by guys most often, he never really could see her in that way. As he also thought he did with Raven, when he realized that he… didn't.

He had gotten on the roof to check if some new solar panels he had bought were working and had found Raven meditating facing the sea. She was levitating about a meter above the rooftop and he seemed to have been staring at her for several long minutes. He observed her long and pale neck, her nice collarbones, showing underneath her dark leotard, her slender legs and delicate hands, as well as her unique face. She had a very nice jaw-line, a cute nose and a slightly down-turned mouth that he loved seeing it smile ever-so-lightly. Although her eyes were closed, of course, he could always recall them in his mind. Big, amethyst-colored, shining eyes. Amazing, if you asked him. And just so simply, he found himself being very flushed and he felt his human cheek burn up. He and his panels went back down, where he felt like he needed a cold shower to calm himself.

Ever since that afternoon, he did look at her unlike he had before. Yes, she was his friend and fellow titan, but in his mind, he couldn't resist but feel like she was something more to him. He didn't show anything, of course. Raven was very distant and she hardly ever seemed to bother with things like these. He also knew that since she was a half-demon half-human hybrid, she would end up having many powers, that would gradually make their appearance to her as she began to master them, and empathy was one of them. He couldn't risk having her understand this subtle new feeling of his, so he had to be very careful.

"Cyborg?" Raven said.

"Yes?" He said, swallowing a big syrup-covered chunk of pancakes.

"Will you help me train today?"

"What? Me?"

"I want to check if my shadow field can now withstand an attack equally powerful with your plasma beam."

"Oh. Sure, yeah. I'll help you."

Raven nodded and drank the remainder of her tea. Cyborg found himself caught between conflicting emotions. One side of him was happy because she had asked him to help her, which meant spending time together, but the other side of him was afraid and embarrassed in a whole new way he had never experienced before. He decided that this was a Titan job, the training, and he should think of it as nothing more. It would be of no use thinking otherwise.

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"You sure?" Cyborg asked, preparing his canon.

"Yes." She replied coldly, stretching her hands in front of her and projecting a black layer of her magic, which shielded her front.

"Here it goes then!" He announced, letting a regular beam shoot from his canon. It hit her magic but she seemed to withstand perfectly well. He put a bit more into it, and the new ray made Raven take several steps back. Her magic was still there, though.

"Give me more." He heard her say.

"Raven, are you certain?" Robin's voice sounded from the speakers of the monitoring room.

"Yes!" She said, frowning, resisting his ray.

"Cyborg, give her your full blast." Robin said, shutting his microphone.

"Okay, then. You asked for it!"

Cyborg supported his left arm with his right and fired his strongest ray, wishing she knew what she was doing.

A very bright and thick blue plasma ray hit her magic layer. It lasted for two seconds and then was ripped apart like it was a sheet of paper. The ray hit Raven directly and she was blasted several meters away, in a typhoon of blinding blue light. Cyborg finished attacking and looked around wide-eyed. There was no sign of Raven anywhere. He had guessed she had crashed on the wall.

"Raven?" He called and ran to the wall. "Don't tell me I incinerated you! Please!"

"You didn't." He heard her voice say, as her black soul-self simply glided through the training room's wall and transported her inside again. She turned back into her usual self.

"Phew!" He said. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. You didn't expect me to let myself crash on the wall, right?"

"I don't know, I mean, I hit you and well-"

"You hit me. That didn't mean I didn't know how I would deal with that scenario."

"Eh, of course, sure, I didn't say that, I just, um, you know, I know you're strong and stuff but, well, uh, I…"

Raven arched an eyebrow, giving him a very weird look. Cyborg only prayed he hadn't blushed. He had worried for her alright, maybe a little too much that he should and he didn't want it to be that obvious.

"Raven, Cyborg," Robin called once again, "get out. It's time for Beast Boy's turn."

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Raven Roth was never the loving type. Never. People thought her extremely antisocial, and, well, truth be told, she didn't really like people. Most of the time she just tolerated their presence. She had learnt that she could be dangerous to them if she let herself go and that is why one of the first things she had been taught was to control and contain her emotions.

When she joined the titans, she was afraid that the nice, heartwarming feeling of friendship would be dangerous, but she learnt to control it. No; better, she learnt to unify it with herself. It had made her stronger. She didn't have to suppress it anymore, but in order to do that, she needed time. Although she realized she wasn't that very expressive, that's how she was, and, luckily, her friends seemed to understand that. She felt blessed to have been accepted by such a group. After having defeated her father, she felt a bit freer but still unable to open herself to every kind of emotion out there. She couldn't jeopardize all the progress she had made just by opening up and becoming fluffy all of the sudden. God help them if that moment came.

That day was looking like every other day in the Tower. She would have her tea, discuss a bit with Cyborg, try to teach Starfire some of Earth's customs, train, annoy Beast Boy and meditate a lot in order to have a firm grip on her powers. Only that it wasn't. Something had happened back when she was testing her shield thing. When she had phased through the wall and came back to Cyborg calling for her, she felt something weird. Cyborg had been very worrying, she knew and understood that, but what she couldn't understand was why she liked the fact that he was worrying about her.

Well, accepting is the first step to understanding, she told herself. She had acknowledged the presence of this…thing. It was new and it was…nice. She couldn't let it 'roam around' freely, though. She had to place it carefully in its own spot in her mind. And in order to do so, she needed to meditate. After she was done with it, it would be her time to worry a bit about the wellbeing of her friends and start taking measures for it. She had healing powers, but they could only be applied to her biological friends. She needed to learn how to mend her mechanical comrade as well. Yes, she would do that.

She sat on her bed, folding her legs and took a deep breath. She placed her hands on her knees, with her palms turned towards the ceiling.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos."

*That was it, then! The first chapter… I don't know how I'll go on with it, I'll probably have some of their discussions, some action going on and stuff. Please please please please please tell me how you found it with a small review, I'd be honored to receive your feedback! I'll try to update soon!*