Warning: From this point on Raven will be quite a bit OOC. Please don't judge me too harshly; it's all part of the plan.

This chapter is also kind of short.

Being a team leader is not easy. When something breaks during a fight with a super-villain, who do you think gets the bill? And then, who has to contact the City Officials to ask, yet again, that the bill be waived, seeing as there would have probably been mass loss of life if his team had not intervened and broken whatever they had broken? And who gets the court summons when said super-villains sue on the basis of emotional distress? Robin of course.

But this night was just downright odd. First Beast Boy had entered the tower, carrying an unconscious Raven, not knowing how she even got in that state. Then, he receives an Email about an entire block of shattered streetlights. And then he gets a call from the asylum, that Dr. Light had magically appeared there, and apparently believes that everyone is a tentacle monster that was trying to, er, do things to him.

So there he was, at one in the morning in the common room, typing up case files from weeks ago to hand in to the police chief. And everyone wonders why he was always so busy.

The metallic whoosh roused him from his work-induced stupor. Someone had opened the door. There were no footsteps, so he could only assume that it was Starfire.

"Robin," she began, "it is very late. Do you not need the sleep?"

"I have coffee, Star. I'll be fine."

"I worry about you, sometimes. The only times you appear to get enough rest is when one of our foes delivers a rather strong blow to your head."

"Sorry to worry you, but you don't have to. I worry enough for the both of us."

Starfire sighed.

"Good Night, Robin."

"'Night Star."

She doors opened again. Starfire turned to him.

"I know that I do not have to worry about you. But I do anyways."

Robin wasn't the only one awake this late at night. Beast Boy lay on his back, staring at the bottom of the top bunk and pondering its purpose. He had other problems, of course, but he didn't like to think about them before falling asleep. However, one of those problems brought itself back to his memory of its own accord with a knock on his door.

"Come in."

It was Raven. He was glad to see that she was up and about, but she still looked rather stressed.

"What's up?" he asked.

"I- I can't sleep," Raven admitted. "Would you mind if I-"

Beast Boy moved over and allowed Raven to cuddle up next to him.

"What's the matter?"

Raven took a deep breath.

"I almost lost myself tonight. But worse than that, I almost lost you."

"Rae-"

"I'm not done," Raven said harshly. "Sorry. It's just that... when I thought of what happened, and what he did to you, I'd- I'd never been so angry. I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to make him suffer. You saw what I did tonight, and I let that happen, because- Because I just can't imagine what my life would be like without you. I know we've only been together for a month or so, but I-"

She stopped, and took another breath to calm herself. Beast Boy felt her shaking against him, and realized that she was crying. He looked around. Nothing was blowing up. He certainly wasn't in another dimension. What was happening? Whatever it was, Raven needed him more than he needed answers. He wrapped his arms around her, and she stayed there, speaking through her sobs.

"You've been so good to me. You've all been good to me, but you- you take time out of your day to spend with me, even when I don't want anyone around. You try to cheer me up when I don't want to be. I- you... You remind me that I'm human, even when I don't believe it. I've never had a friend like you."

Another pause.

"Sometimes, I don't feel like I deserve all this. Why are you so good to me?"

"'Cause you're my girl."

Raven smiled.

"What, are you gonna give me a dog tag now?"

"Huh?"

"You've never seen Forrest Gump?"

"No..."

"With Tom Hanks? And the guy who wouldn't shut up about shrimp?"

Beast Boy shook his head.

"We'll have to get that one next time we go to the video store. Thanks for listening to me whine."

"Any time."

A pause.

"You're not going back to your room?"

"I'm a bit too comfortable right now."

Beast Boy chuckled. Soon enough, they both nodded off to a peaceful sleep.