I Don't Want to Miss A Thing

Only Human

I want to thank all my reviewers, you guys are all so awesome! Last chapter was kinda hard for me to write, I just can't see Starfire saying all of that to anyone other than Robin/Nightwing, but it had to be done. I know that so far it's been very predictable, but I'm hoping that as I go deeper into the story it won't be so predictable, hopefully. I don't want to just say what my pairings are yet because they won't appear until later on in the story.

As they arrived at the Tower, Nightwing carried Starfire up to the infirmary, setting her frail body on one of the white beds and began to attach monitors on her. She was so peaceful at the moment, as if she had never experienced the pain she just went through. He flipped on a couple of switches on the computers and began to beep.

On the other side of the room separator Beast Boy laid down Raven and also attached monitors to her. He could tell that she was going to come out of this soon by the way her breathing was not as ragged as before, he just hoped it was soon. Beast Boy took Raven's hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze of reassurance. He walked out of the infirmary and left to his room.

Nightwing pulled up a chair and sat next to Starfire, holding her hand. He just wanted her back, to look into her emerald eyes, they always lightened his day, her smile would cheer him up instantly, he needed her now to rest his mind. He gently swiped away her bangs from her face.

Nightwing looked up as he heard Cyborg's heavy steps coming towards him.

"She'll be ok, she's just in a state of deep sleep. I'm guessing Raven did that to stop her from hurting herself." Cyborg looked toward were Raven was. "and Raven is just sleeping, regaining her strength. She took in quite a beating."

"I hope they wake up soon." He was concerned for both of them, but he also knew that they would be fine. They were both strong women and have gone through worse.

"You should go eat something." Cyborg knew that he wouldn't leave Starfire's side, but it was worth a shot to get him to at least eat.

Nightwing looked at the clock, it read 2:26, way past lunch time, but he wasn't hungry, he was too preoccupied with Starfire.

"It's ok, I'm not hungry right now, maybe later."

"Ok, but don't worry too much. She'll be fine." Cyborg walked out of the room leaving Nightwing to his troubles.

Beast Boy had gone up to his room, he was laying down on the his bed, his arms behind his head. He was staring at the ceiling trying to see what shapes he could recognize in the stucco. He was distant in his thoughts and didn't notice the churning in his stomach until it growled, demanding food. He stayed on his bed trying to ignoring his increasing hunger, but in the end he couldn't help. He gently got up and stared out his window. He could see the bay through the branches of the oak tree that stood strong in front of his window. He had chosen this room because of the tree. When he first walked into the room there had been a raven nesting on the branch nearest the window. He liked to be close to animals and especially birds, there perspective on the world was beyond anything he could imagine, only experience it.

He looked around his room, he didn't have much, but everything he own had a lot of importance to him. On his bureau he had a small picture frame made of wood. In it he had one of his most prized possessions, a picture of his parents. His father held his mother close to him with an arm wrapped around her. Just from the picture he could tell that they had been very much in love. He didn't remember much from them, he was six when they passed away in Africa.

Beast Boy set down the picture frame and walked down the bleak hall to the kitchen. He opened the fridge took out a piece of watermelon and began to nibble at it. He meandered to the window and sat down. He wondered how Raven and Starfire were doing, he hoped that they would wake up soon.

He saw a figure walk into the common room and looked toward were the person was, it was Nightwing who walked into the kitchen and took a couple of water bottles and headed to the training room.

Beast Boy figured that he might as well go and stay with the girls now that they were alone, just in case. He walked down to the infirmary. They were both still sound asleep, it all felt so surreal to Beast Boy, Franklin dieing, Starfire's anger. He had never seen Starfire so angry, she had always been the friendliest, always seeing the good in people but attacking a fellow team mate was something that Beast Boy couldn't ever dream of, not even in his nightmares.

He walked to Raven's bedside. She was breathing gently, purple hair cascading her face, her lips opened slightly. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it, it was warm and smooth. He transform into a small kitten and curled up under her arms.

Maybe he was wrong and didn't care for her, maybe it was more than that. Raven was special, but she would never want to be with him, they were too different, still there was a little flame of hope deep inside of him that someday, maybe, someday. He began to purr and fell asleep under Raven's arm, content.

Nightwing was punching and kicking the punching bag, every time he hit it he imagined Franklin's face on it, sure he felt a little guilty for being envious of a dead man, but he couldn't help it, after all he was only human. He had taken the one woman that he had loved, and made her love him back. Something that he hadn't accomplished yet. He just kept hitting it harder, taking out all his pain and anger. The way that he made her cry, the way he made her so happy even when he wasn't even there. His knuckles were starting to bleed, but he punched through the pain, leaving blood stains on the bag. Every blood stain was a way of getting purged of his anger. Sweat was dripping down his face, it was stinging his cuts and scrapes on his hands and shins. He kept fighting, just like Bruce had taught him, punch out your emotions, but never let anyone else see them. He was more alike to Bruce than he would have liked to admit at that moment. Bruce had conditioned him too well.

At that moment Bruce's face appeared. He had always been his mentor, and he loved him like a father, but he had as much fault in his anger as Franklin. Then he realized he was turning into exactly what Bruce wanted him to turn into, a man that never open his heart, that hid himself from the world behind a mask. He knew that this was true, or else why had he never shown his face to any of the Titan's in over twelve years that they had been together, why was it that none of them knew his name? The only person that he had ever opened himself besides the Bat-team was Starfire. It might not mean much to other people but to him is was such an important commitment, it scared him to know that someone he cared about could see the pain behind his eyes, and more than that know what caused that pain, that's why he had only shown Starfire because he trusted her, he loved her.

He walked back to a bench where he had put his water bottles, one was lying on its side, emptied of its contents. The grabbed the other one and squirted water into his mouth and his face. He threw both of them into the trash can as he walked out the training room. He headed to his room. As he entered he began to undress leaving a trail of clothes from the door to the bathroom, the last item he took off was his mask and he set it gently on the sink. His other half. He turned on the shower, a cold shower. He stepped into the shower, feeling the stinging of the cold water hitting his warm muscles. He knew that this was bad for him, but he needed to clear his mind, a cold shower always did it for him. He looked down and could see the reddish tint in the water, his blood being washed away, his pain his anger.

Cyborg had gone into the garage, he always did his best thinking there, being surrounded by machines, by the things he had built with his own robotic hands. He felt accepted here.

He took out the items that he had taken from Franklin, the cell phone, the letter and the small black box. He put the box and letter away, he didn't want to know what they were for Starfire and he couldn't invade her privacy, he would give them to her when she woke up. Instead he looked to the cell phone. He turned it on again and began to search it. Not a single entry on his phone book other than Starfire. He looked in the recent calls section, the latest had been Starfire trying to call him, she had called him four times and he hadn't picked up. He kept looking down the list, there was a mixture of Starfire's calls, what he assumed was work calls because they came from Canyon Bank, and he remembered Starfire mentioning that he worked at a bank, and then there were anonymous calls, there were a couple of them and a recent one, that same day at noon. Cyborg wondered who it could be that had called it. Could it have been family? If it was why were they anonymous? Even if they were personal numbers they would say private not anonymous, well at least in this type of phone, and why was it that he didn't have any family numbers in his phone book, that still bothered him.

He went to the computer and went into the city mainframe. He typed in Franklin Crandall. A picture of Franklin popped up along with information. He was five foot nine, brown hair, brown eyes, blood type O -, the rare one, hadn't received a traffic violation in over two years, currently attending Jump City University, major psychology. He was clean, why would anyone try to murder him like they did? No criminal records, not even a late library fee. He kept scrolling down the page and came upon family history. His mother and father were both deceased. Apparently died in a car accident two years ago in Metropolis. He looked around but could find any names of siblings, he had been an only child, he had lied to Starfire about having a sister but why? Unless.. no, that couldn't be it, he wouldn't have been caught with another women, or could he? Or maybe it was a cousin, but why lie about a cousin? This was strange. The more he kept digging the more complicated this mystery became. He set down the phone and began to ask even more questions, he couldn't do this alone, he had to have the help of the others at least Raven's thoughts, she had been in his mind and could maybe clear some things up. Instead he began to work on a the T-sub which was in dire need of a check up.

Raven's mind could sense turmoil through the tower, everyone was worried for her and Starfire. She really wished that they would stop worrying, but she knew that they never would, they were too close to just stop worrying and she knew for a fact that she would be doing the same thing if it was another team mate in this bed instead of her.

She still felt a little tires, her head still swirling with memories, nothing a little meditating couldn't fix. She had been lying on her side and felt something soft between her fingers, she couldn't help herself and began to stroke it. It was so soft, although she would never admit it but she liked soft things, the just brought warmth into her being. She then realized that this, thing, had begun to purr. She opened her eyes, revealing her amethyst colored eyes and to her surprise saw a small green kitten under her arms. She smiled, of course it had to be Beast Boy to exploit her like of kittens. He could be thoughtful when he wanted to be and it was at those times that she saw a different part of him that wasn't annoying, he actually seemed mature. The kitten began to rub his face over Raven's cheeks, she just kept petting it between its ears, he should really stop before she blew something up. He began to lick her face.

"Ewwe, Beast Boy stop, that's disgusting." She picked the kitten up off of her face and set it gently next to her.

Suddenly Beast Boy transformed back. He was laying next to her, face to face, he smiled.

"I'm sorry, I guess I'm just happy that your fine." He took her hands in his.

"Thank you, but you should have known that I would be fine."

"I did know but I couldn't help myself from worrying about you." he averted his gaze from her eyes and looked down to her hands a small blush creeping into his cheeks.

She gently gave him a small peck on the cheek. "Thank you for caring."

He smiled and sat up. He was delighted that Raven had shown emotion and nothing had blown up.

"I'll go get something for you to eat, you've been out for five hours. I'm sure your hungry." He walked out to the kitchen and prepared something small and light for her to eat. He took her some soup, crackers and her favorite herbal tea.

"How's Starfire?" she asked looking at the separator.

"She's fine, just sleeping. Cyborg said she might wake up tomorrow afternoon." He said giving her the food he had brought. She thanked him and ate, she was hungry, and was very grateful at Beast Boy for doing so much for her. He was so thoughtful.

Ok well, I'm done. at first I didn't want to put too much bb/rae fluff, but in the end I did. I think that they are so cute together, especially when their older because Beast Boy might have matured a bit. I hope that you all liked.

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Love,

Josy