Tired of Raven and Beast boy's flirting and arguing, Starfire and Robin decide to end it all by locking the two in the basement of the Tower.


Like Lovers Do



Chapter 4: Enough Is Enough



"Beast boy?" Raven called out as she waved a pale hand out in front of the green boy's blank face. "Beast boy? Were you going to say something?"

Beast boy blinked and shook his head. As if coming out of a dream, he turned back to Raven and smiled. "Sorry, what did you say, Raven?" he asked with a unsure look on his face.

"You were going to say something," Raven urged as she tried her best to remain patient.

"Oh, yeah!" Beast boy said as he looked back down at the picture. "I guess, I sort of spaced out for a minute there," he replied with a low voice. "I was just thinking about the day we all met."

Raven watched as he continued to stare at the picture in his hand. "How come?" she asked, curiously.

"To be honest," Beast boy began as he leaned against the wall. "I was thinking about you."

"What?" Raven asked in a dull voice.

"I was thinking of what I thought of you when we first met," he replied, looking over at her to see her reaction.

Raven sat in shock for a moment. He was thinking of me? she thought, a little surprised. "And?" she urged in curiosity. "What did you think of me?"

Beast boy took a deep breath as he kept his eyes on the picture. This is it, BB! he told himself. Don't mess up! Slowly, he lifted his head up and gazed at her blank face. "I thought that I would never like you. That you were just some goth that was full of herself and always feeling sorry for herself."

Feeling a little hurt, Raven looked down and bit her bottom lip. "I guess, it takes me a long while to warm up to people, huh?" she suggested.

Even though she hid her face under her hood, Beast boy could still see how his words effected her. "It takes a while for people to realize who you really are, Raven," Beast boy began in a comforting voice. "It took a lot of work to get you to trust us."

"I suppose so," Raven shrugged at the statement. "I'm sorry..."

"Don't be," Beast boy replied. "It's who you are. You can't help it. Besides, I wouldn't want it any other way." A little afraid at what her reaction would be, Beast boy slowly let his hand rest on top of hers.

Raven looked down at his hand that laid on top of hers. She wasn't sure if this action was what that triggered a strange feeling that developed in the pits of her stomach. In any case, she sat still and waited in hopes that he could pull his hand away.

Beast boy would feel her hand tense up and knew she wanted him to pull away. However, he couldn't find the strength to. His mind raced as he could heard his heart pound in his chest. Do something, BB! he shouted at himself. Talk! Say anything!

Raven glanced over at Beast boy. Judging by the bitter expression on his face, Raven determined he was having a argument with his inner self. Most likely, his conscience. Who could blame him? Raven asked herself. He just touched my hand and has no intentions of moving away. Once more, she snuck a glance at the green boy beside her. Maybe you should say something, Raven! she told herself.

"Beast boy?" Raven called out to him, making the green boy jump up in surprise. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah!" he stammered with a nervous laugh. "Why do you ask?"

"You look constipated," she shrugged as she eyed her hand once more. "You can let go now, you know?"

Beast boy looked down at their hands. "Right!" he shouted as he pulled his hand away and blushed. "My bad."

"It's all right," Raven began. "Just don't let it happen again."

"So, what were we talking about?" Beast boy asked.

"Something about me being who I was," Raven muttered dryly.

He nodded, remembering what was going on. "I remember now," he replied with a smile.

Raven nodded back as he turned his gaze away from her once more. Suddenly, Raven found herself staring at Beast boy. Really staring. Her eyes traced along his features until a strange thought filled her mind. His green skin. She had always figured that Beast boy was human, but wasn't sure. "Beast boy," she began, deciding to find out. "Didn't you say that you were human?"

Beast boy looked up. "Yeah, I was..."

"So, that means your skin wasn't always green?" she asked, hoping he wouldn't get mad for asking.

"No, I wasn't," Beast boy replied after a pause. "I used to have normal skin, until I developed some kind of disease."

"Disease?" Raven repeated the word with a bitter voice.

"Yeah. It was a rare disease," he replied. "Luckily, my father was able to develop a cure for it, but this skin was one of the side effects," he explained as he pointed to his face.

"What were the other side effects?" Raven asked, actually enjoying talking with him.

"My ability to change into any animal," he explained. "I still don't know how he was able to do that, but at least I'm alive, you know?"

Raven stayed silent for a moment. After all that, she thought in disbelief. And, he still sees the good side to everything. "My mother was human," she offered, not sure why she was sharing this with him. "My father was a demon and he took advantage of her. Nine months later, I was born."

"Your father raped your mom?" Beast boy asked in disbelief.

Raven kept her eyes to the floor. "She wanted to kill herself while she was pregnant," she explained. "When she found out that I was half demon."

Beast boy's eyes widen. "What?"

"Azarath took her in until I was born," Raven explained. "When I was born, they found out that my powers were controlled my emotions. The more I felt, the more power was unleashed," she took a breath. "Azar was the one who taught me to control my emotions. She saved me."

"How horrible!" Beast boy exclaimed. "All this, because of your father?"

Raven didn't have to answer. She continued to gaze at the floor. "I became unemotional. Even that day," she replied as she motioned to the picture in his hand. "I didn't think I would change," she paused, looking at his face as he continued to study the picture. "But, I did."

"How?" Beast boy asked.

She took a breath and almost hesitantly, she eased herself closer to him. "I began to care for all of you," she admitted. "Especially you..."

Beast boy gave her a surprised look. Not only did her boldness caught him off guard, so did what she said. "What?" he asked afraid he was dreaming up the whole thing. "What did you say?"

Raven shook her head and looked down. "Nothing. Forget it," she brushed off his question.

The green boy stood in silence with a small smirk on his lips. He knew far better to ever push Raven, but he couldn't help it. He wanted to know everything that went inside her head. All she felt. With a shaking hand, he moved closer to touch the side of her face. This motion made her straight her back and move away from his touch.

"Beast boy?" she called out, hoping to bring him back to reality before he went too far.

He silenced her as his hands pressed against her pale cheeks. "It's all right," he assured her. "I will never hurt you..."



Robin yawned and leaned against the couch. His eyes moved over to the girl in his arms. "Starfire? Are you awake?" he called out to her.

The red head opened her eyes and sat for a moment. "Yes," she answered. "How long has it been?"

Robin lazily gazed over at the clock that laid on the table next to him. "Almost a half an hour," he answered. "I wonder what they are doing..."

"Coming up with a plan to kill you two," Cyborg interjected as he entered the kitchen. "So, how does it feel to only have thirty more minutes until you die?"

Starfire gave a angry face as she sat up and glared at Cyborg. "Raven shall never hurt us! We are her friends! We mean her no harm!" she shouted at him with fire burning in her eyes.

"Then, you shouldn't mess in their business!" Cyborg countered. "If they were meant to be, then it will happen. With or without your help."

Feeling content with himself, Cyborg turned around and headed out the door. Starfire sat in silence for a moment, before catching a glance at Robin, who looked dazed. The two let out a long sigh and gazed over at the closed door with thoughtful looks.

"Robin," Starfire called out to him. "What have we done?"

Feeling lose at words, Robin shrugged and looked down. "I did what I thought was best. Them two needed to work out their differences."

"But, what if they never forgive us?" Starfire asked in a worried voice. "Raven is the only true friend that I ever had in my life. She is like a sister to me. And, Beast boy like a brother. What if I am rejected?"

"You regret doing this, don't you?" Robin asked with a stale look.

"I believe Cyborg is partially correct," she began with a uneasy look. "We shouldn't have interfered."



"Beast boy, what are you doing?" Raven asked, almost in a panic. Her body tensed up as she watched his hands move to her hood. "Beast boy?"

He smiled as he pulled the hood back to get a better look at her face. "That's better," he began with a grin. "You have a beautiful face, Rae. You shouldn't try to hide it."

Raven gulped as his hands rested on her shoulders. Did he just say I was beautiful? she asked herself. She felt lost for words and confused. Never in her dreams would she think that Beast boy would say such a thing to her.

"I'm sorry," Beast boy began as he pulled his hands away. His gazed pulled away from her and to the picture that he left on his lap. "I shouldn't have done that. I know how you like your space."

Before he could say anymore, he felt her hand grabbed his. Confused, he looked up just in time as Raven's lips pressed against his. The two sat for a moment or two, afraid to make any further move.

What have I done? Raven asked her. As one part of her mind told her to stop, the other urged her to continue. Slowly, she obliged and began to move her lips against Beast boy's.

Score! She's kissing me! She's actually kissing me! Beast boy thought to himself as he felt himself smile against her lips. Maybe I should kiss back.

Beast boy moved his hands to her waist and continued to kiss back. Heaven was laid upon the two as Raven wrapped her arms around his neck. All troubles and worries were miles and miles away from them. As each moment passed, it felt like hours to them. Neither had experienced such a feeling and obviously wanted to experience more of it.


Starfire stood up. "I can not take this anymore!" she shouted as her eyes glowed a bright green. "I do not want this to continue on any longer!"

Robin lifted an eyebrow. "What are you saying?" he asked, quizzically. "Are you going down there?"

The red head gave a uncertain look. "All I know is that we have done wrong," she explained. "And, maybe if we try to correct this wrong, we will be let off easy. Cyborg is correct at what he said. If they are meant to be, then it won't matter is we interfere or not."

"But, we have," Robin pointed out as he stood up. "So, let's just go through it and see what happens. We couldn't have done that much damage."

"Even so," Starfire began. "We have done wrong to interfere..."




*** End of Chapter 4 ***



Disclaimer: I don't own anything, so let's just leave it at that.


After Notes:::

So, the biggest question this week is if I meant for this story to be funny. I didn't, actually. I didn't really know this was funny until everyone started to point it out in their reviews. That's when I read it over and found that it actually was kind of funny. Oh well. I tried to make the whole talk between BB and Rae seem serious, if it wasn't... oh well. I tried.

I tried to get both BB and Raven's past as accurate as I could. I did it both from memory, but it still gets the point across either way. Both had a hard child hood in their own way and both found shelter with the Teen Titans.

Little Known fact: Raven's real name in Azarath was Metrion. Zynthos was actually the name of Raven's pet raven. And, everyone knows that Azarath was her home planet.

I don't know if this fact is false or true, but who cares? It's just something to think about.

Thank you to all for reading and reviewing. I am really enjoying this story and I hope you are, too.