I have not participated in the owning of the Teen Titans.
"Starfire is going to kill you."
"Shut up!"
"Actually, it's worse than that."
"What could be worse than that?!"
"Starfire is going to cry- and then kill you."
The green changeling stared at the empath in horror. "Bu-but it was an accident! A total accident!"
"Just like your impending death," the paled girl deadpanned as she inspected the mess before her.
"How would her murdering me be an accident?!"
Raven shrugged half-heartedly. "You know Robin- he'd cover it up for her. Make it seem like an accident."
The green boy gasped in realization. "He totally would."
"Well, it's been... decent knowing you, Beast Boy," the empath smirked as she walked away from the scene of the crime.
"Wait, Rae! You gotta help me! Please, please, pleaseeee!" the changeling begged as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
"Let go," Raven growled.
"Them oou hotta helmph me," Beast Boy mumbled, his face pressed against her back.
The half-demon closed her eyes and slowly massaged her temples. "Let. Go."
"Helmph!"
"FINE!" the pale girl snapped. "Now let GO."
Immediately the changeling released her, smiling sheepishly. "Thank you."
Raven glared menacingly at the green boy. "I was wrong," she muttered under her breath.
Beast Boy, hearing her words, cocked his head quizzically. "'Bout what, Rae?"
"It's been infuriating knowing you."
A pained smile appeared on the changeling's face. "Wanna hug it out?" he laughed awkwardly.
"Never mind Starfire," the empath seethed, clenching her teeth, "I'm going to kill you."
"I'm sorry!" Beast Boy squeaked, throwing his hands up as a shield. "I'm really, really, super-duper sorry!"
Raven rolled her eyes in annoyance as she calmed herself down. Breath. Just breath. You know how Beast Boy gets. "Let's just clean this mess up," she sighed in defeat.
Immediately the green boy perked up. "Thank you for helping- really!" he smiled whole-heartedly. "But you gotta admit, it was stupid for Starfire to hide the cake in the shower..."
"Can't we just make one ourselves?" the changeling whined, searching his messy room for his wallet.
"You really want me to bake?" Raven scoffed as she stood in the doorway.
"Nooo..." Beast Boy sighed as he went through the pockets of another pair of jeans. "I'm just never gonna find- Aha!" he exclaimed proudly, holding up his tattered wallet.
"How much do you have?" the empath questioned while the green boy inspected the inside.
"Uhhh, 48 dollars," he replied. "Maybe six more in change."
"So 54 dollars?"
"About... that should cover it, right?"
The pale girl leaned against the door frame and looked at the changeling with pity. "Beast Boy," she began tentatively. "Starfire went to Aunt Nita's Bakery."
The green boy's jaw dropped. "Seriously? That place is so freaking expensive! This will barely pay for half!"
"This will barely cover the down payment," the empath corrected.
"Not helping, Rae."
The purple-haired girl shrugged in response and watched as the changeling dramatically threw himself onto the floor.
"Starfire's gonna kill me."
"Cyborg won't be too happy, either; he loves cake."
"Really not helping, Rae."
Raven continued to observe the teen as he wallowed in self-pity, and before she could figure out what possessed her, she started speaking. "Ughh... okay, I know I'm going to regret this, but... I will help you bake a cake."
Beast Boy stared up at the girl in confusion, before bursting into hysterics. "Ahahahaha, oh my god, that's hilarious!"
The empath glared daggers at the changeling. "I'm serious, Beast Boy."
"Haha haha ha ha... ohh," the green boy smiled sheepishly. "Uhh... okay... but-"
"And if it doesn't turn out, then I will loan you the money to buy a new one."
Beast Boy's whole face lit up as he quickly scrambled up off the floor and towards the empath. "Oh, Raven! Thank you!" he exclaimed as he threw his arms around her.
"I said no hugging," she growled as her face turned red.
"Sorry! Sorry," the changeling grinned as he released her, his face blushing as well. "So, do you know what all we'll need?"
"I can't believe I'm doing this," the empath mumbled angrily as she pushed a shopping cart down the aisle. Against her better-judgment, the pale girl found herself in their local supermarket, shopping for baking supplies. With Beast Boy.
"Come on, Rae! You know you're having fun hanging out with me!" the changeling teased as clumsily dropped a couple of bags of flour in the basket.
"I'm having so much fun," she agreed sarcastically.
"That's the spirit!"
The pale girl huffed in annoyance as Beast Boy ran further down the aisle. Why am I such a nice person? she thought bitterly. "Slow down, Beast Boy."
The changeling stopped dead in his tracks, then slowly turned around with a look of pure terror.
"What happen-" the empath began, only to be interrupted by an inhumanly cheerful voice coming from the aisle next to them.
"Glorious, friend Robin!"
Raven's face soon mirrored Beast Boy's as they both stood in shock. Suddenly the green boy sprinted towards the purple-haired girl. "Quick, Rae! You gotta teleport us!"
"Wh-where?" the empath stuttered as she imagined trying to explain to her leader why she was buying baking supplies with Beast Boy.
"Anywhere!" he begged.
Raven grabbed Beast Boy's hand and was about to open a portal when the cheerful voice spoke again. "Friends Raven and Beast Boy, what are you doing in the market of shopping?"
The two titans both looked to the end of the aisle in horror as the alien princess flew towards them.
"Uhh..." the empath started uncertainly.
"And why are you purchasing the flour of baking?" Starfire asked quizzically, inspecting their cart.
"We were just-" Beast Boy began, but was silenced by a gasp from the orange girl.
"Friends! Why are you doing the holding of hands?!" she screeched, pointing to the empath and changeling's joined hands.
The titans stared down at their laced fingers in shock, and then slowly lifted their gazes to face each other, blushing more than what was thought possible.
"Hey Star, do you li-" their leader began as he walked into the aisle, but the changeling never heard the end of his sentence as the pale girl finally found the sense to teleport them.
"You really need to warn a guy when you're gonna do that," Beast Boy whined as he found himself in a strange-smelling building. "Where are we?"
"The library," the empath deadpanned as she snatched her hand from the changeling's grasp.
"Ew, why?" the green boy replied with a blush, realizing what he had still been doing.
"You said anywhere," Raven explained as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, but I meant somewhere interesting."
"It's the library."
"Exactly."
Raven rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Of course you wouldn't find the library interesting."
"And of course you would," the changeling bit back.
The pale girl huffed in annoyance. "Whatever- there are bigger issues at hand. Now we have to explain to Starfire what happened to the cake she ordered, along with why she found us in... that compromising situation."
Beast Boy's blush returned full force, but he ignored it while sighing. "Can't we just make something up?"
"No, Beast Boy, we can't," the empath deadpanned. "We will tell her the truth."
"But then she'll kill me!" he exclaimed, dramatically throwing his arms in the air.
"Good. Because of you, I almost died of embarrassment today," Raven growled as she felt her face heat up again.
"That was totally not my fault! If you would have teleported us when I said to, that so wouldn't have happened!"
"And if you wouldn't have destroyed the cake, we wouldn't have needed to be buying flour and putting ourselves in that situation!"
"Gah!" Beast Boy scoffed, returning the glare the empath was giving him.
"Now shut up," the empath demanded calmly. "We're in a library."
About an hour later, the two titans were still hiding out in the library. Beast Boy had found some comics to entertain him, while Raven browsed the mystery section in search of some new books to bring back to the tower.
Finally, after finishing his third comic, the changeling looked up to see the pale girl gracefully floating to inspect the books on the higher shelves. He watched her for a while, noticing the small changes in her expression as she read the back covers. If it was something she found interesting, her brows would lift, and she would purse her lips ever so slightly. If it was something she found boring, her brows would furrow and her lips would remain in a thin line. Beast Boy tried to remember the face she would make at him- which usually consisted of a mix between the two; furrowed brows and pursed lips when they argued, and lifted brows and thin lips when they would just talk. Maybe I bore her so much she finds it interesting? he thought in amusement.
"What?"
The changeling was knocked from his thoughts at the sound of the pale girl's voice. He then realized that for the past few seconds she had been staring back at him quizzically. "Huh?"
"Why are you staring at me?" the empath elaborated as she gently lowered herself back to the ground.
"Uhh... I..." Beast Boy scrambled for something- anything, that would alleviate his embarrassment. "I was just wondering why Starfire hasn't called us, asking twenty questions," he lied. "Or Robin, for that matter."
The purple-haired girl walked over and sat beside the green boy on the floor. "I don't think Robin saw... us."
"Wouldn't Star tell him?" the changeling asked in confusion.
Raven's pale skin started gaining a pinkish hue. "N-no, she wouldn't do that. She would, uhm, want to talk to me about it first- get all the details. I am surprised she hasn't called us, but she probably thinks we need time to... adjust to her 'discovery.'"
Beast Boy blushed as well as he imagined what the alien was probably thinking. "Well, this is incredibly awkward."
The empath snorted in amusement. "Yeah."
They both glanced up from the floor, making eye contact. Beast Boy was the first to look away. "Hehe... well at least we'll get this sorted out soon- and maybe Star will think it's so funny she won't be upset about the cake."
"I really doubt that," the empath replied dryly.
Beast Boy playfully nudged her shoulder with his. "You'd make a horrible therapist," he laughed, resuming eye contact.
"Really? I've been told otherwise," she mused. They stared into each other's eyes, but this time Raven was the one to look away. "We should probably get back to the tower; Starfire is most likely dying from frustration at not knowing what is going on."
"Then maybe we should stay out a little longer? If she's dead, then she can't kill me," the changeling joked, earning an un-amused glare from the empath. "Or, you know, we should go. Sorting all this out is probably a good thing."
Raven smirked in triumph as she stood, Beast Boy following her example. "Well, let's get this over with."
"So, should we teleport, or..." the green boy teased, watching as the empath shot him a dirty look. "Yeah, you're right; we should probably just fly." And with that, he turned into a green raven a flew out the library's window.
So how'd you guys like this chapter? I'm trying to incorporate some continuity, since I feel like my chapters are really just one-shots strung together, but it is my first multi-chapter fic, so I guess that's kinda forgivable.
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Oh and please let me know if I'm moving the story along too fast or too slow; usually each chapter is one day, so that makes this chapter Sunday. The next chapter will probably be a continuation of this one, so it'll be "Sunday" as well; if any of that makes sense lol
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