Disclaimer: Teen Titans belongs to Glen Murakami. I disclaim them!

Pairings: If any pairings show up, they're probably going to be Beast Boy/Raven or Robin/Starfire.

Author's Note: My personal favorite. I also love how money has nearly nothing to do with any of this.


Money

"Today," Beast Boy announced dramatically as he burst into the common room, "is the worst day ever."

"Worse than when I sent you to that dimension full of shrimp?"

"Worse."

"Worse than that time you fell off the roof and forgot to shape-shift?"

There was a pause, and then he nodded.

"That is bad. What sort of catastrophe happened this time, and why haven't I heard about it on the news yet?"

"Because it wasn't one huge thing. It's just been one of those days where a bunch of little things go wrong, and they all add up to make one huge stupid day."

"Let me guess. You're going to tell me all about it?"

Beast Boy pulled out a bucket of chocolate-vanilla-swirl cookie dough ice cream and pointed a spoon at Raven. "You betcha."

"I can hardly contain my excitement."

"Please?"

"Get me a spoon, too."

Beast Boy plunked the ice cream down and opened the drawer. "First, I wake up two hours early and can't get back to sleep. Then, after I finally do . . . I end up sleeping too late and have Rob yelling at me for being late for training. Two. Cyborg blames me for putting a virus on his computer, even though he knows I haven't gone near it since the The Virus Incident. Three. I trip and scrape my knee. Four. I bruise my elbow on the table." He dropped a spoon on the counter. "Five. Cyborg throws away ALL the tofu. Six. I go to my room to find money to buy more tofu, can't find any, clean and vacuum so that I can find stuff better, and end up vacuuming all my money by accident. Breaking the vacuum in the process, by the way. Seven. The toilet gets stuck and we don't have a plunger. Eight. Robin blames it on Slade. Nine. Star totally hits on Rob and he doesn't even notice! And ten . . . I lost my lucky nickel."

Raven had picked up the spoon and was chipping at the smooth surface of the ice cream in the bucket. "Mm. Sucks."

He sighed. "Yeah. And that was just a summary. I didn't even go into Silky and his digestion issues . . . ."

Raven pursed her lips and stood up. "I'll be right back. Leave me some ice cream."

When she returned a half hour later, she found a bowl of partially melted ice cream and a yawning Beast Boy waiting for her.

"Scooped some for you. Where were you? What's in the bag?"

Raven dropped the bag next to the counter and summoned the spoon to her hand. "Alarm clock. Band-aids. Tofu waffles. Plunger, half price." She dipped the spoon into the ice cream. "Ordered a new vacuum." She took a bite and stopped a moment to savor the taste. "I took Cyborg's car. I think I may have lost the key, along with the key to the closet that I accidentally locked Robin and Starfire in. Whoops."

She took two keys from the shopping bag and pocketed them.

"And I got a nickel in change for the waffles. Here." She slid the nickel over the counter to him.

Beast Boy stared at the coin. Then he stared at Raven. He was silent for some time.

Raven blinked impassively and watched a drop of ice cream drip from her spoon.

"I love you," Beast Boy said weakly.

Raven's mouth twitched. "Eat your ice cream."