Well, here's another chapter and another emotion. This time Timid has escaped, let's see what happens… Hope you like it! ;D
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Chapter 4: Timid
Raven tip-toed out of her room and down the hall. "Just go in, grab some tea and go out." She told herself as she slowly approached the automatic doors to the main room. The doors sprang open and revealed the overly decorated room inside. "Happy Yibberbosh, Friend Raven!" Starfire yelled.
Raven squeaked and hid inside her grey cloak. "Oh! My apologies to you, Raven! I did not wish to alarm you. I only wished to celebrate the Yibberbosh with you." Raven took Starfire's outstretched hand and entered the rom.
It was covered in dark blue and purple streamers and a large amount of white balloons with drawings of Ravens on their surface adorned the ceiling. There was a long table with a black table-cloth with raven feathers sowed into it pushed against the wall. On the table there was a variety of dark-coloured foods like liquorice, a huge mud-cake and cola.
"Do you like it?" beast Boy asked, standing by the food table. Raven was totally lost for words. 'Sorry we couldn't find any black streamers. I guess they'd all be at a funeral parlour or something but this is the best we could do." He added, smiling.
"Th-thank y-you." Raven stuttered, joining him at the food table. She took a piece of liquorice and nibbled on it. Robin walked over to Starfire by the stereo and whispered to her, "Good job, Star." She beamed.
"Now for the traditional release of the ravens!" Starfire cried. "We must travel to the roof and release a cage of the birds! Come, friends, make haste!" With that, she flew off to the elevator.
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The titans were assembled on the roof-top. Starfire was holding a large, metal cage with two rather noisy ravens inside. At the sound of the birds, Raven shrank away from the cage and his behind the nearest person, who happened to be Beast Boy. "Now we release, THE RAVENS!" Starfire called, opening the cage door. The birds flew out immediately and headed straight for Raven. She squealed as their claws reached out towards her face. Beast Boy morphed into an elephant and trumpeted at the berserk birds. They squawked and flew off in the direction of Jump City.
"Hey Raven, are you OK?" Beast Boy asked the trembling girl. She was, if possible, even more pale than usual. After the birds were gone, she simply squeaked and ran off. "Great job, Star! Now she's never going to come out of her room!" Beast Boy shouted at Starfire.
"How was I going to know that the birds would be vicious in nature!" she shouted back. Beast Boy and Starfire started yelling at each other and Robin and Cyborg just rolled their eyes. "Wanna go eat the party food?" Cyborg asked Robin. He nodded and they wandered downstairs.
After Beast Boy and Starfire had run out of things to argue about (including, but not limited to, why was Starfire taller than Beast Boy, why Raven never laughed at his jokes when he was around and other things involving the Boy Wonder) they came down to the main-room to join the party.
When Beast Boy realised that Raven was not there, and Cyborg had told him that she was hiding in her room, he went to go get her. "Hey Raven?" he asked her bedroom door, "Are you OK? I'm really sorry about the birds. Starfire says she's sorry too." There was no reply.
He opened the door. Raven was sitting on her bed, totally engrossed in writing in a book. "Hey there, what's that?" Beast Boy asked, looking over her shoulder. She squealed and hid under her bed. The book however, had been left on the blankets. He moved to pick it up when Raven squeaked, "please don't touch that." Beast Boy looked down at the pair of shy eyes that looked up at him from under the bed and blushed. He handed her the little purple book and she nodded to him.
"Uh, sorry Raven. Would you like to come out to the party? We've got cake…" She giggled and put the purple book on her bookcase, where it belonged. He grinned at her and she gave him a small smile in return.
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After the boys had devoured most of the food and almost all of the balloons had popped, they decided to wrap up the party. The Titans Tower was quickly restored to its normal, lighter self and the whole team was rather tired and annoyed.
"Who ate all the cake?" Robin yelled.
"Man, its cake at a party! Ya 'spposed to eat it!' Cyborg retorted.
"So I'm guessing it was you?" Robin yelled back. Raven hid behind the sofa as Robin and Cyborg's voices rose and they started a full on yelling match. Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy all exchanged glances and ran up to the roof. Unfortunately, the arguing team-mates could still be heard up there.
Starfire's eyes welled up and she announced that she was going for a fly until the boys composed themselves. Raven just sat down on the edge of the roof and let her feet dangle. She whimpered as she heard Cyborg call Robin a "stupid emo who's obviously 'secretly' dating Starfire!".
Beast Boy came over and sat next to Raven. She turned and looked at him with such a sad face, that he had trouble believing that this was the same girl that had sent him flying with a simple thought. "This was my fault." She whispered, looking away.
"What! No! How could this be your fault? We were the ones who threw the party, not you! And besides, its Robin and Cyborg who are acting like jerks, not you!" Beast Boy shouted, jumping up. Raven started to cry. "It's always my fault. Sometimes I think it would be best for everyone if I just left."
Beast Boy was shocked. He sat down beside her again. "How could you ever think that?" He asked her softly. She just sniffed in reply. Driven by some strange impulse, Beast Boy put his arm around her.
They stayed sitting like that for a very long time. It was around midnight when Beast Boy realised that Raven was asleep. There was no noise coming from the tower, so he deduced that Robin and Cyborg had either stopped arguing or gone to sleep.
He gently shook Raven and she mumbled something about teddy bears. "Hey, Raven. C'mon, wake up." He whispered. Her eyes gently fluttered open and she looked down the drop off the side of the tower. She squealed and clutched the nearest thing, which happened to be Beast Boy.
He blushed profusely and slowly unhooked her hands. She realised what she was holding onto and quickly looked away. They both stood up and walked downstairs together, just as Starfire landed. She had been hovering above the roof and had witnessed the whole thing.
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Yay! Cuteness! Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoy writing it! As always, reviews (especially ones with constructive criticism and praise) are extremely welcome! If you have a suggestion (I'm always open) just drop me a line!