Disclaimer: I do not, never have, and probably never will own Teen Titans or anything else that this story may have been based on, intentionally or otherwise.
Beast Boy was leaning on the rail, staring out at the ocean. They had left San Francisco that morning, heading for Hawaii, where they would stop over for the night before boarding another ship to Japan. He was staring so intently that he didn't notice the figure move beside him.
"Beast Boy," Raven said, "You've been up here all day. You haven't even eaten." He glanced at her, then returned his gaze to the ocean. Why did she care? He had defended her opinion to leave on this quest, had outright said he would go anywhere with her, and yet she had treated him like scum.
"Come on, lets go watch television or something," she said, once more breaking him from his thoughts. He didn't see why she suddenly wanted to spend time with him. It figured; the one time he didn't want to be around her, she wanted to be with him.
He was broken by his thoughts again, but not by Raven. Starfire had flown up on his other side and was giggling in delight.
"The ocean is beautiful!" she cried. Then she promptly jumped over the ship and began swimming in their wake.
This succeeded in rousing Beast Boy from his brooding where Raven's invitations had failed. He laughed, looked at the girl, and asked if she still wanted to go watch TV.
As they went into the cabin, Robin came out looking for Starfire.
"We just saw her," Raven said.
"She decided to go for a swim," Beast Boy added.
With a groan, Robin rushed up the corridor towards the stairs, apparently to get Starfire.
The rest of the day passed uneventfully, unless you counted Raven continuing to watch over Beast Boy like an over-protective sister. Overall, Beast Boy thought to himself, this wasn't so bad. Raven genuinely seemed to want to spend time with him.
Things might have gone farther, but they reached Oahu then. They all filed of the ship, looking for a place to sleep and eat.
"Listen, I don't know about the rest of you, but I gotta get some grub," Cyborg said, rubbing his stomach.
"What, there wasn't enough food at the lunch buffet?" Beast Boy asked, laughing. This was the first time he had joked all day, and a sense of relief spread through the group. They didn't want to say it, but they had all started worrying about him.
They all agreed though; the buffet had actually been very small.
After looking around for a while, they found a small beach side burger shack. The name "Cheeseburger In Paradise" was painted on a sign over the door. After a brief look at the menu (showing that there were tofu burgers) they decided to eat here.
The meal passed rather uneventfully. The only real thing to happen was having the group discover that Tovar and Starfire could communicate through gestures, much like sign language.
After they had eaten they decided to turn in for the night. The only hotel that wasn't filled was the Sheraton Princess Ka'iulani, and so they rented several rooms for the night. After talking in the lobby for a while, they went to bed.
Beast Boy couldn't sleep. How could he? Every two minutes Raven was changing her attitude towards him. He stayed awake the entire night trying to figure out why she acted the way she did. Finally the day came. He was still lying there, sandy-eyed and drowsy from lack of sleep. He had long since stopped trying to figure out why Raven did some things; how could any man penetrate a woman's mind?
They all met at the breakfast buffet in the courtyard. Raven hadn't slept much either. She had been reading the books all night, trying to learn more. Several new passages had appeared since they had left the Titan Tower.
Oddly, she was happy to be around her friends today. They all seemed more happy than usual to be with each other. Even Tovar was becoming a part of the group.
They ate quickly, only stopping to watch Robin attempt to teach Starfire how to use the waffle-maker. Once this was accomplished, she made quickly fell in love with the waffles.
"I haven't seen Starfire like that since she first had mustard!" Robin said as they walked upstairs to get their bags. Beast Boy and Cyborg both laughed.
"What's she gonna do with all the extras?" Beast Boy asked.
"I think she said something about sticking them in her suitcase," Robin answered, shaking his head. He couldn't believe she was doing something like this. He was always the one who had to fix things while the others watched and laughed.
Once all the bags were outside, everyone packed into a bus and went to the port. The ship they boarded was very small. Only about a hundred people, plus crew, could fit on it.
Once more, Beast Boy stayed above deck, not eating, not talking. Everyone watched, worried of what might happen to him if this continued.
Finally, Raven couldn't bear it any more. She walked up to him and asked him what was wrong.
He couldn't resist. With a laugh, he grabbed her, spun around, and jumped overboard, changing into a dolphin as he fell.
"WHY YOU LITTLE-" Raven screamed as she fell to the waves.
The rest of the Titans (including Tovar) rushed over to the rail to look at the two. Raven was in the water, sputtering in surprise, rage, and laughter. Beast Boy was swimming around her, flipping and jumping in his dolphin form.
The all had a much-needed laugh from this, until Cyborg realized that lunch was being served. Slowly, they headed over to the buffet.
Meanwhile, Beast Boy had stopped circling Raven. Instead, he had swum under her, and had ended up with her riding on his back. He didn't mind, however, even though he was still a little mad at her. He swam along behind the ship, her riding, now openly laughing. She didn't often laugh, but this was one of those special cases. She somewhat hoped that they wouldn't reach Japan. For the first time in her life, she considered the fact that she might actually like him as more than a friend.
She really might like him, she thought, as they swam into the sunset.
Allright, this chapter isn't my best (probably not saying much), but there are more coming soon.