Beast Boy sped down the hallways of Titan Tower until he reached Raven's room. As soon as he got to her door, he thought about not even asking her about her problem. I'm probably just overreacting, he thought. Besides, she's always in a bad mood. Still, he felt inside him that he should check on her, just in case. He knocked on her door three times. The door opened slightly and he saw one of her eyes through the crack of the door.
"Uh, hi Raven. Umm…" he tried to think of words that probably wouldn't upset her. "Just wanted to see if you're okay, after that mean spell you had this morning…"
"Go away." The door started to close. Beast Boy turned into a gorilla, stuck his hand in the crack, and forced it open. He resumed his normal shape.
"Look Ray, I don't know what's going on but…" Beast Boy gasped. He had never seen Raven as he saw her now.
Her eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were tear-streaked. "Dude, what's wrong?" Beast Boy asked, a tone of deep concern. Raven just turned away. "Raven, what happened to you?"
"Just go away," she said, hiding her face. Beast Boy was in shock.
"Please, Ray! I've honestly never seen you cry. Something must be wrong." She turned around, her eyes again glowing black.
"It is of no concern to you! Go away!"
"What are you hiding?"
"Nothing!"
"Did you have a bad premonition or something?"
"Leave me alone!"
"Don't do this. To me or yourself."
"Just GO!" She used her telekinesis to push Beast Boy towards the door, but he stuck out his legs and stopped himself.
"Please, tell me. I wanna help you" He looked at her with pleading eyes, but they were not noticed. Beast Boy was suddenly knocked out of the room by a large bust statue Raven had flung at him. He rubbed his chest, he looked up and saw the door closing. He leaped toward the door, but was too late, and his body banged against the closed door. He kicked the door.
"Fine!" he yelled. "Be that way! See if I care now!" He stormed off, and saw Starfire stick her head out of her room, which was just across the hall. "What are you looking at?" he blurted out before he could stop himself. He was about to apologize, but Starfire tucked her head back in. He felt really bad, not only for Starfire, but for Raven. Somehow, he had a feeling he should have been less intrusive and taken it slowly. What am I, a counselor? he thought. Still, he really wished could've talked to her more.
He headed to the kitchen to fix himself some tofu pancakes.
