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Raven's eyes flickered red constantly as she was taking her anger out on her emoticlone known as Knowledge in her domain in Nevermore.
"How dare that little green runt deny me! YOU told ME to apologize, so I did! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU AND YOUR STUPID GAMES!"
Knowledge was having little success in calming Raven down, in fact, she wasn't having any success at all. "Raven, I told you to apologize, I didn't specify what you should apologize for and it was your idea to offer him a pity date."
"WHAT SHOULD I HAVE APOLOGIZED FOR THEN? I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG! IT'S ALWAYS HIS FAULT FOR BEING AN IDIOT!" She paused in thought for a moment before continuing. "A PITY DATE? What kind of whore do you think I am?"
Knowledge sighed. She figured that since Raven didn't listen the first time, she might listen now. "You need to calm down and listen to reason. I wanted you to figure out what you had to apologize for on your own but you're not deliberately disregarding Beast Boy anymore; it's second nature now - you don't even know that you're doing it so we have to do this the hard way now."
She waited for Raven to visibly relax before further explaining herself. "And it was a pity date. You pity yourself. You know no one will ever love you, you're so desperate to have a bond like the one Robin has with Starfire that you'd ask the only boy who has ever shown real interest in you out on a date even though you know full well that you do not take interest in him romantically."
It was clear from the bewilderment apparent on Raven's face that she was still coming to terms with everything so Knowledge waited patiently as ever for her to come to grips with the fact that she's just desperate for affection.
Jinx and Beast Boy had made out for quite a while (as expected) to celebrate them being official before they resumed cuddling together in silence, she was once again resting her head on his chest when he decided to break the peaceful silence as he normally did. "Jinx?"
"Yeah?" She didn't mind that he broke the silence.
"We hardly know anything about each other."
"So?"
"Maybe we should ask each other some questions or something and get to know each other better?"
She smiled at the thought of getting to know everything about him and he did have a point. "I think that's a good idea."
"How about we take turns?" She nodded in response. "You ask first!" He said.
It took her a few seconds to come up with an appropriate question. "What's your full name?" It wasn't that much to ask, she already knew his first name.
He chuckled lightly. "Do you promise not to laugh?"
She recognized that Beast Boy deserved to know that she read his journal so she made the decision to be completely honest with him. "Beast Boy?"
He felt her tense up in his arms. "Is something wrong?"
She felt a little silly asking this but she did it anyway. "Do you promise to still be my boyfriend if I tell you something?" She asked timidly as she rubbed her face into his chest which she seemed to enjoy doing, if anything, the act itself could be related to cats marking a human as "theirs".
Beast Boy thought it was adorable how insecure she was acting. "Of course, Jinx. I just got you and I don't want to lose you."
"I want us to be honest with each other." She paused for a moment to compose herself. "I read the journal that you were sleeping on at your desk."
She thought that he'd be at least be fairly upset that she violated his privacy but all he did was give her a reaffirming squeeze and answer her original question. "Garfield Mark Logan."
Knowing from his response that he was okay with it, she tilted her head towards him and initiated another light make out session with him which neither of them took too far.
"What's yours?" He asked when they were finished.
Jinx didn't want to answer him but she knew it was only fair so in a voice filled with regret, she answered. "I don't know..."
Her answer garnered an inquisitive look from the changeling so she elaborated. "I didn't know my parents. For as long as I remember, I've always gone by Jinx."
He sensed her uneasiness so he didn't push for her to continue. "It's okay Jinx, I understand. All that matters is here and now." He received a chaste kiss from Jinx as a sign of gratitude.
They continued to learn more about each other although neither dug too deeply into their partners past. Jinx learnt that she was 3 months younger than him yet both were 16.
He also told her about "The Beast Incident", that his favorite animal form was a felid, namely the Siberian Tiger and that the reason he wore fingerless gloves now was because he recently found that his slightly pointed nails were solid enough to be used as claws in combat if so needed.
After bringing up his "claws", he started talking about his enhanced senses and instincts. Of course she knew by now through the years she'd known of him that he had better hearing, eyesight and sense of smell than normal people but she didn't know exactly how much better they were until now. Apparently his senses were getting sharper with age, as well as his instincts and... Instinctual urges.
Just by being in the same room as him, he'd be able to smell almost exactly how far away from ovulating you were which embarrassed Jinx a little but he told her not to worry about it. Apparently he could usually identify what someone was feeling a lot more effectively than Raven, he explained it rather simply. "My ears hear all, my eyes show no lies and my nose knows." She noticed that he didn't explain what he meant by "instinctual urges".
They both learnt of yet another commonality between them which was that neither had any known living relatives. Whilst sad to know, it made their bond that much stronger because they only had each other to turn to. She in turn told him about herself. Whilst she wasn't a sorceress of any useful magnitude, she did know a few magical incantations that she had to learn as part of the H.I.V.E. Academy training for magic users.
He found out that she was aware of her rather feline qualities but she wasn't always aware on a conscious level which she found rather embarrassing but he admitted that he found it extremely attractive which made her happy since his views were the only that mattered anymore. Her things were still at Kid Flash's apartment so they agreed upon retrieving them as soon as possible and sharing Beast Boy's room together.
Knowledge was practically dragging Raven to the section of the library that contained recorded memories of friends.
"Knowledge, I don't see why I need to-OOF!"
Her emoticlone cut her off by tossing a fairly sized green hardback at her. "You refuse to understand. Read that." Was all she said before she walked away, leaving Raven in peace.
Raven huffed in annoyance at her emoticlones abruptness before finding sitting on a nearby reading bench and reading the title of the book out load. "Memories of Beast Boy? Not only do I have to listen to him in the real world but now I have to read about how he annoys me?"
"So what were you and and Raven talking about?" Jinx's head was once again resting on his chest.
He was hoping that she had forgot. "She wanted to apologize for laughing at me when... You know."
"Oh..." Was all she could say in response. "Was that all?"
"No, she also asked me out on a date." He said.
This upset her, she made to move out of his hold on her. "What? No, no, no, no, no, you're mi-"
He interrupted her before she panicked too much. "Jinx! It's alright, I told her no. You're the only girl for me."
She relaxed again, sighing into his chest. "I'm sorry."
His response was to rub her back affectionately. "It's okay. If it makes you feel better, I'd rend any other male that so much as looks at you in the wrong way."
He could feel her smile against his skin. "Good."
After a bout of silence, it was Jinx's turn to break it. "Can I call you Logan?"
The randomness of the question made him laugh a little. "You don't like Garfield?"
"Well... It's not that, it's just... Beast Boy is fairly long to say and..." She conceded after not being able to come up with an appropriate response. "Garfield is an awful name!"
"I know, it's horrible." He agreed lightheartedly with her. "But I suppose you can call me Logan if you want to, only when we're alone though."
She decided to see how it sounded rolling off her tongue. "Okay, Logan." She smiled. 'Perfect!'
As soon as she finished that thought, his stomach rumbled something fierce. "Want to get something to eat?" He asked.
"Sure!"
He morphed into a housefly and quickly flew out of her grasp before he was crushed by her falling form since she was practically laying on him. He landed on the ground and morphed back before running to the bathroom and shouting. "I call dibs on the first shower!"
She just laughed at his absurdity.
It was nearing noon as Beast Boy and Jinx were leaving "their" room hand in hand after taking separate showers. They were heading to the ops room for a late brunch. Beast Boy was in his uniform as always whereas Jinx remained in the clothes she borrowed from Starfire. Not long into the walk he abruptly released her hand and stopped walking which caused her to pout and look at him with her arms crossed.
"Jeez! Alright, I get it, you're clingy, sorry." He already knew that he was just as clingy as she was so he didn't really mind.
She took a hold of his hand again. "I can't help it, sorry. What's the matter?"
He took on a more serious tone as he spoke. "Do you want the others to know about us yet?"
She knew her answer was a definite yes but she didn't know how Beast Boy felt about the topic so she adorably bit her bottom lip as her gaze diverted to the floor. "Yes, can we tell them, please?" She asked in a timid voice.
Her looking so shy about such a simple thing really pulled at his heartstrings so he gently lifted her head up by the chin so he could look in her eyes and give her his answer. "When you put it like that, how can I say no?"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Morons adding their own takes on character backstories to the Teen Titans Wikia is annoying. Does anyone recommend any pet names for Jinx?