"May we please go to the tofu aisle now, Rae?" Beast Boy asked pleadingly, his beady eyes urging Raven's indifferent pair.

"Your soy meal is not listed on the To-Buy list, Beast Boy!" Raven snapped while pushing the shopping cart along the kitchenware aisle. "Whatever you're buying might exceed our grocery budget."

Beast Boy blocked Raven's way by standing in front of the cart.

"Since when do superheroes need financial budgeting?" Beast Boy asked.

"Since long before," Raven responded offhandedly. "It's a responsibility, Beast Boy. Superheroes don't ignore responsibilities. And though you're not ignoring, Beast Boy, you are hindering our shopping trip! Get off the way!"

"But can we just please buy tofu as well?" Beast Boy begged, hands holding each other in a beggar's gesture.

Raven sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine."

"Thank you, Rae," Beast Boy thanked before getting out of the way and planting a kiss on Raven's cheeks.

"You're welcome, Beast Boy," Raven said as she strolled the trolley on. "But lay off the nickname and, especially, use breath mints before you kiss me next time."

"Okay, my sweet dear enchantress!" Beast Boy said playfully, earning him a lenient yet threatening glare from Raven, his girlfriend.

Tofu was the last thing they placed in their cart before making all their way back to the front, where lines of customers were awaiting to checkout their groceries via cash registers.

"Couldn't you just make us phase through the aisles until we get here?" Beast Boy asked curiously.

"Don't you remember what Robin said? We can't use our powers like that. And using our powers isn't going to make the checkout lines go by faster, so there's no use."

"Oh," Beast Boy said awkwardly. "Okay."

There were minutes of silent waiting among the bustling of grocers and customers. The couple finally reached their turn and were about to check out when something caught Raven's eyes.

"Whoa, those bookcases look nice," Raven commented, staring at a line of differently colored, patterned and sized bookcases on a rack behind the checkout assistant.

"Do you want one?" Beast Boy asked.

"Uh huh."

"Then let's buy it!"

"Hold on, B.B.; we don't have the budget, remember?" Raven protested.

"Then I'll give up my tofu! For you!"

"It's still not enough."

"Is it now?"

"Excuse me, Teen Titans, but I need to get this going and you still have to pay," the bored cashier reminded the heroes.

"Um, may we know how much is for one of the bookcases?" Beast Boy asked.

"Oh, they're not for sale," the cashier replied. "They're a part of a promo. You need to spend enough money here in order to obtain enough stickers to get one."

"Oh, okay!"

"Beast Boy, are you going to collect the stickers?" Raven asked. "There's no need for that, seriously. It's just a stupid bookcase."

"A stupid bookcase that caught your attention!" Beast Boy, handing the money to the cashier.

Raven sighed. "I guess I'm a sucker for stupidity, since I end up with you."

Beast Boy gave Raven another kiss on the cheek, much to her chagrin. She still wasn't fully used to the public display of affection yet, especially when her boyfriend had bad breath.

"I'm not going to collect them if you think they're a waste of time," Beast Boy finally answered, which Raven responded with a stern nod before the couple got the change, the receipt, the shopping bags with their items, and headed out the exit to fly back home.

In secret, Beast Boy was already planning on collecting all the stickers. They had received three stickers from that shopping trip, so he only needed thirty-seven more.

So for the next few days, Beast Boy had been secretly going shopping by himself. But his scheme did not go entirely unnoticed. There was an obvious change in the amount of space in the refrigerator and in the pantry, only because Beast Boy had bought more and more items. However, the majority of his spending were on tofu, so that was fine by him.

Three weeks later, Beast Boy finally had all forty stickers and could exchange them with a bookcase. That morning, he rushed to the supermarket the minute it opened and went directly to the cashier he and Raven had met to receive the item.

"Okay, which one would you like?" the cashier asked as he displayed ten different types of bookcases. Two of them caught Beast Boy's attention the most quickly. One was dark purple with cerulean blue swirls and one was lime green with purple strikes.

Beast Boy took the blue one because to him it just seemed like the obvious choice for Raven.

She is so going to love this! Beast Boy thought excitedly. He was more excited to be seeing Raven smile than giving the gift itself.

Beast Boy made it back to the tower, and found Raven on the couch reading a book.

"Hey, Rae!" Beast Boy greeted, interrupting her tranquil time.

"Yes, Beast Boy?" Raven said through gritted teeth.

"I got something for you!" Beast Boy revealed the bookcase and handed it happily to Raven.

Then, he saw that, on Raven's hand, was a book encased in a purple-streaked lime green bookcase.

"Where did you get that?" Beast Boy asked.

"I bought it. They had it on sale in that supermarket yesterday and even today since tomorrow is the last day for the promotion," Raven answered. She noticed what Beast Boy was giving her. "Didn't you say you weren't gonna try to get it?"

"I - uh - well -" Beast Boy stuttered. His efforts were futile, apparently, and he inwardly frowned.

Raven gave a small smile that Beast Boy did not notice. "It doesn't matter. Thank you, Beast Boy, you're so sweet."

She took the case from Beast Boy and kissed him on the lips, to which Beast Boy reacted pleasingly and confidently.

It appeared that Beast Boy had taken Raven's advise for she felt minty freshness on her tongue as she kissed him.

When they separated, both of them had smiles.

"I at least have two to match us now."