Disclaimer: I do no own Teen Titans.

He visits me later that night, once the tower grows quiet and almost everyone is asleep, including me. His knocking wakes me up. At least he has the sense to look guilty when I open the door.

"You were asleep." He states.

"You were knocking." I glare half-heartedly.

He gives me a bashful grin, "It's later, thought maybe we could talk?"

I cross my arms and lean against the doorframe, "Do you want to talk because you think it might get you laid?"

"I just want to talk." He says, "Though, rumor has it that I'm a great lover."

I roll my eyes and step back into my room He takes the hint and follows me inside. I close the door behind us and move to sit on my bed. I pat the space beside me; we might as well be comfortable.

He quirks his eyebrow at me, "I was joking about the great lover thing."

"I know," I smirk, "So was I."

"That's low, Rae." He comes to sit next to me anyway. Our knees touch.

"So is getting a girlfriend and dumping her for a sex-buddy."

"I didn't dump Shannon for a sex-buddy."

I scoff. "You certainly didn't dump her for a new girlfriend; I've made myself perfectly clear on that."

Beast Boy sighs and flops backwards until his entire body is outstretched on my bed, "Has it occurred to you that you aren't the only reason I broke up with Shannon?"

It honestly hadn't. I mean, 24 hours ago, Beast Boy and his girlfriend were hanging out in the kitchen until I told him that I wanted him, then he was suddenly single. What was I supposed to think?

"I mean yeah, you're a part of the reason, but…" He pulls himself up and looks me straight in the eye, "Dating didn't turn out to be what I thought it was."

He goes on to tell me about how the first week was nice. The special attention was a big ego-boost, but after the first week it felt weird. She talked more and more about a civilian life, dropping hints at Beast Boy leaving the hero-business and moving out of the tower. He had gotten into the habit of spending all of his time with her, and even when he wasn't spending time with her, she was planning out the details of their next get together.

"It was crazy, she would call me up and ask about what we were doing two weeks away, and I'm over here like, well if I don't die at the hands of some bad guy in the next couple of hours, would you maybe like to get pizza?"

I chuckle at that part, "So, commitment issues?"

He shakes his head, "Nah, I can commit to a relationship, to being faithful and all that. It's more of the fact that I can die at any given second on the job and plans are hard to keep from the grave."

"That's rather morbid thinking on your part."

Beast Boy shrugs, "Maybe."

I notice that in the middle of his detailed explanation of his relationship, our fingers have intertwined. I run my thumb across his palm.

"You might find someone else," I say, "Someone who understands that being a hero comes first."

He squeezes my hand, "Haven't I already done that?" Beast Boy smiles at me.

I pull my hand away, "Someone who actually wants to date."

He sighs and puts one hand through his hair. "So what is it that you want?"

"I don't want to be your new girlfriend."

He sighs again and reaches for my hand. I let him hold it.

"Yeah, I got that memo, but seriously what is it that you want? Because I want you and whatever you will let me have with you. If you want us to go back to being sex-buddies without all the sentimental stuff, that's cool. If you want us to forget we were ever sex-buddies, that's cool too. I just need to know what I need to be cool with so we can be friends. Because that was the suckiest part about being with Shannon, was not getting to be your friend anymore."

I kiss him and I don't mean to. I didn't plan to at least, but here I am, my mouth against his again. It's quick and hard and I don't give him any time to respond to it. My hand is still closed around his.

"We were always friends you idiot. You were the one who decided not to talk to me." I tell him as I fight the urge to kiss him again; kissing is always so much easier.

He looks dazed, "That was pretty shitty of me."

"Yeah, it was," I agree, "Which is why I want things to be different this time."

"This time?" He looks hopeful; I tap my nose against his.

"I want to go slow, work through all these feelings I have for you before we jump back into bed together, but that doesn't mean I want to date you and I certainly don't want you to date anyone else."

He grins at me, "So, you want us to be two single friends with feelings for each other that will eventually sleep together again and never date anyone, including each other?"

I nod. "I want it to be more than sex, but not a relationship either; we don't have the lifestyle for that."

"No we don't." He grins, "I'm cool with that."

An alarm sounds and suddenly we're on our feet. Our communicators start to beep. It's an emergency signal, but before we head for the OPS center, I steal another kiss.

"If we don't die in the next couple of hours, wanna make-out later?" Beast Boy asks with a goofy grin.

I grab my cloak and we walk out the door, "Careful, you're stepping into dating territory."