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Raven's eyes fluttered open, and she found herself staring into big, green anxious eyes.
"Oh glorious, our dear friend Raven has awakened!" Starfire squealed. Raven winced, and turned her head. Not her room, but a plain room with linoleum floors. A hospital room. She was laying on a simple bed with clean white sheets. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg were huddled around her bed. Starfire put her arms around Raven and squeezed.
"Oh Raven, we were so worried and we wished so much for you to be well and we are so glad you are healing!" Starfire said all this very fast, but Raven wasn't paying much attention, as her lungs were being crushed by Starfire's well meaning hug.
"Um, Star, you might want to let Raven go. You can only go so long without breathing." Robin put his hand on Star's shoulder.
"Well, our little lady is up. You had us going crazy, with that little stunt you pulled back there with Beast Boy," Cyborg grinned.
Raven sat upright and struggled out of bed.
"Beast Boy! Is he alright? Did he...did I...?" Her feet almost touched the floor before Cyborg lifted her back up onto the bed. She was freezing in her hospital gown, and she felt like her body weighed a ton, but she continued to struggle.
"Don't worry Raven. You created a miracle back there. Beast Boy is just down the hall from you and ever since he has been awake he has been trying to get in here to see you. The nurses won't let him out of bed until he is completely better," Robin said, smiling at Raven.
Suddenly, there came a loud crash, a scream, and an indignant squawk of a bird. Footsteps raced down the hallway, and Beast Boy tumbled in through the door, landing in a most undignified manner on the floor. He looked up and saw the rest of the Titans staring at him.
"Ummm... yeah..." Beast Boy grinned, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.
Cyborg sighed. "Come on ya'll. It's damage control time."
Robin shook his head, but he couldn't keep from grinning. "We'll hold off the nurses for a while."
Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin slipped out the door and shut it behind them. Which left Raven, struggling to support herself in an upright position, staring at Beast Boy, who was still sprawled in a heap on the floor.
Beast Boy pulled himself off the ground, and stared back at Raven. He was in his outfit, but he had his arm in a sling, and although it wasn't visible, a nasty gash across his chest.
Everything Beast Boy had been planning to say vanished, and left him with a blank buzzing. They kept staring at each other, not knowing what to do, until Raven's arms finally gave out and she collapsed back onto her pillow. Beast Boy, suddenly mobilized by this action, rushed over to her. Then, still not knowing what to do, he looked away, feeling stupid.
Raven felt a blush rise to her cheeks, and hated herself for it. She squashed her embarrasment back down, and looked away. She couldn't think of anything to say.
Beast Boy began to pace across the room. Finally, he stopped by her bedside. Then he asked the question Raven had been dreading.
"Why did you save me? I felt myself dying, and I felt you bring me back. You could have died, or worse, been killed," he said anxiously.
Despite Beast Boy's worry, Raven let out a weak chuckle. Beast Boy suddenly realized what he had said, and gave a lopsided grin.
"I'm fine now," she said, staring up at him.
"I can see, but that doesn't answer my question," he pointed out. Raven sighed, and turned her face away. She didn't know why. No, she did know, but it was just so complicated...
"I couldn't let a team mate die, when I could help," she said finally, knowing her reasons were far deeper.
Beast Boy looked at her, searching for something in her expression. Raven could read the expresssion on his face; disappointment. But why?
Beast Boy nodded, and gave her a faint smile. "Thanks." He walked quietly out of the room.
Raven wanted desperately to believe she had said the right thing, but her thoughts kept drifting back to that saddened expression on Beast Boy's face.
Beast Boy wandered out of Raven's room, to find Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire cleaning up the food that was spilled of the dinner cart when the poor nurse pushing it had been startled by Beast Boy, flying in the shape of a large emerald parrot, came flapping down the hallway.
They looked up at him, amusement in their eyes. Beast Boy flopped down on a chair out in the hallway, feeling dejected. Starfire finished wiping up the rest of the utterly inedible macaroni and cheese, and placed her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Do not be saddened, Beast Boy. Raven's feeling run deeper than she cares to show."
Beast Boy sighed. Cyborg and Robin, who had just given up on ever getting the spahgetti stain off the perfectly white wall, joined them.
"Yeah. Cheer up, B.B." Cyborg said, sitting down in the chair beside him. "She went totally beserk when you were, ya know-"
"Dying?" Starfire finished helpfully.
"Yeah. She went psycho on that Ice guy. Then she started freaking out over you. She cried," Cyborg said.
"She did what?" Beast Boy asked, his mouth hanging open.
"She cried. Over you. She said she never got to tell you something," Robin put in.
"Woah. You guys have given me a whole lot to think about."
"And you will do your thinking in your room until you are completely well!" A booming voice said behind him.
Beast Boy jumped out of his chair, to see the head nurse standing behind him. She marched him back to his room, ignoring his protests. The three remaining Titans shook their heads.
"He's got it bad," Cyborg grinned. Starfire looked confused. "I do not understand your saying. Beast Boy has something wrong with him?"
"Nope. He has totally fallen for Raven," Robin said, attempting to explain to Starfire.
She looked more confused. "Beast Boy has tripped for the sake of Raven?"
Cyborg and Robin looked at eachother, groaned, and went to get a cup of tasteless hospital coffee with Starfire trailing after them.
Raven's eyes fluttered open, and she found herself staring into big, green anxious eyes.
"Oh glorious, our dear friend Raven has awakened!" Starfire squealed. Raven winced, and turned her head. Not her room, but a plain room with linoleum floors. A hospital room. She was laying on a simple bed with clean white sheets. Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg were huddled around her bed. Starfire put her arms around Raven and squeezed.
"Oh Raven, we were so worried and we wished so much for you to be well and we are so glad you are healing!" Starfire said all this very fast, but Raven wasn't paying much attention, as her lungs were being crushed by Starfire's well meaning hug.
"Um, Star, you might want to let Raven go. You can only go so long without breathing." Robin put his hand on Star's shoulder.
"Well, our little lady is up. You had us going crazy, with that little stunt you pulled back there with Beast Boy," Cyborg grinned.
Raven sat upright and struggled out of bed.
"Beast Boy! Is he alright? Did he...did I...?" Her feet almost touched the floor before Cyborg lifted her back up onto the bed. She was freezing in her hospital gown, and she felt like her body weighed a ton, but she continued to struggle.
"Don't worry Raven. You created a miracle back there. Beast Boy is just down the hall from you and ever since he has been awake he has been trying to get in here to see you. The nurses won't let him out of bed until he is completely better," Robin said, smiling at Raven.
Suddenly, there came a loud crash, a scream, and an indignant squawk of a bird. Footsteps raced down the hallway, and Beast Boy tumbled in through the door, landing in a most undignified manner on the floor. He looked up and saw the rest of the Titans staring at him.
"Ummm... yeah..." Beast Boy grinned, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.
Cyborg sighed. "Come on ya'll. It's damage control time."
Robin shook his head, but he couldn't keep from grinning. "We'll hold off the nurses for a while."
Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin slipped out the door and shut it behind them. Which left Raven, struggling to support herself in an upright position, staring at Beast Boy, who was still sprawled in a heap on the floor.
Beast Boy pulled himself off the ground, and stared back at Raven. He was in his outfit, but he had his arm in a sling, and although it wasn't visible, a nasty gash across his chest.
Everything Beast Boy had been planning to say vanished, and left him with a blank buzzing. They kept staring at each other, not knowing what to do, until Raven's arms finally gave out and she collapsed back onto her pillow. Beast Boy, suddenly mobilized by this action, rushed over to her. Then, still not knowing what to do, he looked away, feeling stupid.
Raven felt a blush rise to her cheeks, and hated herself for it. She squashed her embarrasment back down, and looked away. She couldn't think of anything to say.
Beast Boy began to pace across the room. Finally, he stopped by her bedside. Then he asked the question Raven had been dreading.
"Why did you save me? I felt myself dying, and I felt you bring me back. You could have died, or worse, been killed," he said anxiously.
Despite Beast Boy's worry, Raven let out a weak chuckle. Beast Boy suddenly realized what he had said, and gave a lopsided grin.
"I'm fine now," she said, staring up at him.
"I can see, but that doesn't answer my question," he pointed out. Raven sighed, and turned her face away. She didn't know why. No, she did know, but it was just so complicated...
"I couldn't let a team mate die, when I could help," she said finally, knowing her reasons were far deeper.
Beast Boy looked at her, searching for something in her expression. Raven could read the expresssion on his face; disappointment. But why?
Beast Boy nodded, and gave her a faint smile. "Thanks." He walked quietly out of the room.
Raven wanted desperately to believe she had said the right thing, but her thoughts kept drifting back to that saddened expression on Beast Boy's face.
Beast Boy wandered out of Raven's room, to find Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire cleaning up the food that was spilled of the dinner cart when the poor nurse pushing it had been startled by Beast Boy, flying in the shape of a large emerald parrot, came flapping down the hallway.
They looked up at him, amusement in their eyes. Beast Boy flopped down on a chair out in the hallway, feeling dejected. Starfire finished wiping up the rest of the utterly inedible macaroni and cheese, and placed her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder.
"Do not be saddened, Beast Boy. Raven's feeling run deeper than she cares to show."
Beast Boy sighed. Cyborg and Robin, who had just given up on ever getting the spahgetti stain off the perfectly white wall, joined them.
"Yeah. Cheer up, B.B." Cyborg said, sitting down in the chair beside him. "She went totally beserk when you were, ya know-"
"Dying?" Starfire finished helpfully.
"Yeah. She went psycho on that Ice guy. Then she started freaking out over you. She cried," Cyborg said.
"She did what?" Beast Boy asked, his mouth hanging open.
"She cried. Over you. She said she never got to tell you something," Robin put in.
"Woah. You guys have given me a whole lot to think about."
"And you will do your thinking in your room until you are completely well!" A booming voice said behind him.
Beast Boy jumped out of his chair, to see the head nurse standing behind him. She marched him back to his room, ignoring his protests. The three remaining Titans shook their heads.
"He's got it bad," Cyborg grinned. Starfire looked confused. "I do not understand your saying. Beast Boy has something wrong with him?"
"Nope. He has totally fallen for Raven," Robin said, attempting to explain to Starfire.
She looked more confused. "Beast Boy has tripped for the sake of Raven?"
Cyborg and Robin looked at eachother, groaned, and went to get a cup of tasteless hospital coffee with Starfire trailing after them.