Raven began to open up to him. It was a feeling she had long forgotten. A feeling that for so many years had been reserved for her mother, a feeling that she now allowed to flow into Beast Boy.

Talking to him was a release; it was a way for her to show her true self. One that contrary to belief, was full of excitement, happiness, and joy.

He had opened himself as well, and by doing so created a bond with her that was forged deeper into her than her mirror. The mirror, although beloved, was simply a device that allowed her to suppress emotions and keep them hidden and confused in her mind without allowing their escape.

Beast Boy was so much more. With him, emotions could come out, to an extent, but more than they ever had before.

She was once again living.

Dates came and went, Robin and Starfire returned from their honeymoon tired yet so full of joy. Cyborg and Nicole got married in a small comfortable ceremony and moved into the lower part of the tower together.

It had happened suddenly, on not a particular or special sort of day. He had wanted her not to find out, not to know anything was up. He had succeeded.

She had been pulled along to a small side of tower, to a spot that they had shared many stories of their past, along with stolen kisses, and moments of pure delightful silence.

Sighing, not because of frustration but from contentment, she leaned up against him.

Something was wrong.

"Beat Boy?" she asked trying to mask the worry in her voice but not doing a very good job of it.

"Yeah?" he simply stated, not even looking into her eyes as he always did.

Raven bit her lip. True, only he had ever seen her cry, but she didn't want to make a habit of it.

He turned his head to her; she looked down trying her hardest to keep calm. Whatever was bugging him, he would tell her in his own time. She just hated feeling him so ridged against her.

"Can you stand up?" he asked, knocking her chin up with his forefinger

She met his eyes, they were shinning. He wasn't upset at all! How she had miscalculated that she would never know, but she did as he asked.

"Rae?" he asked kneeling beside her

"Will you marry me?"

Joy overflowed in her, which in turned caused the water beside them to shoot up in the air. She regained her composure just in time to send a dome of black aura around them, preventing them from becoming soaked.

It was her turn to kiss him, "yes" she whispered through tears she had prevented from coming before. Even his eyes were misty as they stood there content just being with each other.

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A/N: hummmmmmmm... getting very fluffy/puffy. Oh well... I think next fic will have to be a bit more dark to balance everything out...