Raven felt that her room was too suffocating for her tastes, so she decided
to move up on the roof. She opened her door, lost in her thoughts and
crashed with Starfire. Raven fall down on her back, like Starfire, and
immediately Robin and Cyborg helped the two girls to stand up. Raven
thanked them, but then she realized they were spying her. She put up her
best expression of scorn and walked away. The titans looked each other,
feeling guilty for what they've done.
"I think we have to apologize with Raven... we know she cares a lot about her privacy..." said Robin, who seemed really embarrassed for being discovered by Raven.
"You're right, but first, check her room and see who sent her the flowers..." said B.B., trying to enter in Raven's room.
"You have already bothered her too much, if she finds you in her room, I can assure you she'll make you pay it..." said Cyborg in a worried tone, grabbing Beast Boy by the neck.
Beast Boy tried to escape from Cyborg, but he kept him firmly.
"The only place where you're gonna go is that roof" said Cyborg showing the changeling the stairs for the upper level.
Beast Boy shook again a little, but in the end he resigned and said:
"All right, I'll go upside and I'll apologize... But now put your hands away from my neck!"
"Stop moaning now. You did the mess, you'll clean it", said Robin, with some anger in his voice.
Beast Boy's anger started to grow: what they wanted? If Raven couldn't understand a joke it wasn't his fault. And probably he was right, that was the thing which was filling him with anger: being right and have to apologize! When he reached the roof he was still angry, so he slammed the door and looked where Raven had hided from view. She was meditating in a corner, and ignored Beast Boy, even she had surely heard him destroying the door against the wall. He walked slowly towards her, and when they were only a few feet one from the other, he stopped. His anger grow up fast: he was humiliating himself in that way and she didn't even cared to turn and see who was. He stood nervously behind her, without saying any word, and looked Raven's back with so much hate that he was surprised she hadn't burn. Finally she turned and looked him, with the same expression of scorn she had before.
"What do you want now?" she asked coldly.
Beast Boy took a long breath, then exploded:
"What I want? What do YOU want! Somebody makes a little joke and you destroy the whole tower! Why you can't just smile and try to not take everything so seriously for once?"
"Me? You, little stupid boy! Why you don't understand? What do you care if I have or not a boyfriend? I'm not annoying you every day with stupid jokes! And I take everything so seriously because if I let free my emotions I can destroy the whole town in a blink, don't you understand?"
"Oh, sorry, if for a moment I thought you were human!"
Raven's eyes widened in surprise:
"What are you trying to say? That I'm not human? Is it so important for you? You're also racist?"
"You misunderstood me" tried to apologize Beast Boy, who had just realized what he had said "I didn't meant to..."
"Oh, yeah? All right, now just leave me alone!"
Beast Boy acted like he was turning but then changed his mind and faced Raven once more:
"Yes, I'll leave you alone like ever, but remember that one day you will be finally left alone, but that time forever! And I will enjoy that day!"
Raven breath become heavier and angrier: a dark wind fuelled by her anger started to blow around the two, and Raven had to bit her lips until she felt the salted flavour of her blood in her mouth. The black wind has stopped; she looked Beast Boy once more and then said:
"I have to go away for a while now, don't wait me for dinner", she said sharply, and flew away.
Beast Boy looked her becoming smaller and smaller and lost her, he turned, blaming her.
The Titans were waiting him in the hall. When Beast Boy entered, they stopped doing what they were doing and stared at him like he was the new messiah, the carrier of good news. They had realized they were wrong, and Raven was rightly angry. Beast Boy made a look that meant "women are crazy" and sat down on the couch with his arms crossed over his chest, and an angry expression on his face. He said nothing more, so Robin had to asked him:
"So? What Raven said?"
Beast Boy ignored the question, hoping the others would have done the same: but that wasn't his lucky day.
"So? You apologized or not?"
"I tried" said Beast Boy, raising his tone of voice "but she went mad and insulted me!"
"Raven? Are you sure?"
"Yes, unless a mad clone had substituted me while I was talking with her!" shouted, trying to deviate the attention from the argument. Robin sighed:
"Where's Raven now?"
"I don't know, she was so happy to go away and have the last word, that she didn't bother to say where she was going... she just said "Don't wait me for dinner" said Beast Boy trying to imitate Raven's voice. Nobody laughed and a heavy silence fall over the Titans.
"We have to find her, and to apologize..."
Beast Boy moaned something, but Robin interrupted him:
"Everybody... and you in particular, B.B."
"But..." tried to say Beast Boy, but a killing look from Robin stopped him.
"All right" he said sighing "let's found her".
"Titans! Go!"
"I think we have to apologize with Raven... we know she cares a lot about her privacy..." said Robin, who seemed really embarrassed for being discovered by Raven.
"You're right, but first, check her room and see who sent her the flowers..." said B.B., trying to enter in Raven's room.
"You have already bothered her too much, if she finds you in her room, I can assure you she'll make you pay it..." said Cyborg in a worried tone, grabbing Beast Boy by the neck.
Beast Boy tried to escape from Cyborg, but he kept him firmly.
"The only place where you're gonna go is that roof" said Cyborg showing the changeling the stairs for the upper level.
Beast Boy shook again a little, but in the end he resigned and said:
"All right, I'll go upside and I'll apologize... But now put your hands away from my neck!"
"Stop moaning now. You did the mess, you'll clean it", said Robin, with some anger in his voice.
Beast Boy's anger started to grow: what they wanted? If Raven couldn't understand a joke it wasn't his fault. And probably he was right, that was the thing which was filling him with anger: being right and have to apologize! When he reached the roof he was still angry, so he slammed the door and looked where Raven had hided from view. She was meditating in a corner, and ignored Beast Boy, even she had surely heard him destroying the door against the wall. He walked slowly towards her, and when they were only a few feet one from the other, he stopped. His anger grow up fast: he was humiliating himself in that way and she didn't even cared to turn and see who was. He stood nervously behind her, without saying any word, and looked Raven's back with so much hate that he was surprised she hadn't burn. Finally she turned and looked him, with the same expression of scorn she had before.
"What do you want now?" she asked coldly.
Beast Boy took a long breath, then exploded:
"What I want? What do YOU want! Somebody makes a little joke and you destroy the whole tower! Why you can't just smile and try to not take everything so seriously for once?"
"Me? You, little stupid boy! Why you don't understand? What do you care if I have or not a boyfriend? I'm not annoying you every day with stupid jokes! And I take everything so seriously because if I let free my emotions I can destroy the whole town in a blink, don't you understand?"
"Oh, sorry, if for a moment I thought you were human!"
Raven's eyes widened in surprise:
"What are you trying to say? That I'm not human? Is it so important for you? You're also racist?"
"You misunderstood me" tried to apologize Beast Boy, who had just realized what he had said "I didn't meant to..."
"Oh, yeah? All right, now just leave me alone!"
Beast Boy acted like he was turning but then changed his mind and faced Raven once more:
"Yes, I'll leave you alone like ever, but remember that one day you will be finally left alone, but that time forever! And I will enjoy that day!"
Raven breath become heavier and angrier: a dark wind fuelled by her anger started to blow around the two, and Raven had to bit her lips until she felt the salted flavour of her blood in her mouth. The black wind has stopped; she looked Beast Boy once more and then said:
"I have to go away for a while now, don't wait me for dinner", she said sharply, and flew away.
Beast Boy looked her becoming smaller and smaller and lost her, he turned, blaming her.
The Titans were waiting him in the hall. When Beast Boy entered, they stopped doing what they were doing and stared at him like he was the new messiah, the carrier of good news. They had realized they were wrong, and Raven was rightly angry. Beast Boy made a look that meant "women are crazy" and sat down on the couch with his arms crossed over his chest, and an angry expression on his face. He said nothing more, so Robin had to asked him:
"So? What Raven said?"
Beast Boy ignored the question, hoping the others would have done the same: but that wasn't his lucky day.
"So? You apologized or not?"
"I tried" said Beast Boy, raising his tone of voice "but she went mad and insulted me!"
"Raven? Are you sure?"
"Yes, unless a mad clone had substituted me while I was talking with her!" shouted, trying to deviate the attention from the argument. Robin sighed:
"Where's Raven now?"
"I don't know, she was so happy to go away and have the last word, that she didn't bother to say where she was going... she just said "Don't wait me for dinner" said Beast Boy trying to imitate Raven's voice. Nobody laughed and a heavy silence fall over the Titans.
"We have to find her, and to apologize..."
Beast Boy moaned something, but Robin interrupted him:
"Everybody... and you in particular, B.B."
"But..." tried to say Beast Boy, but a killing look from Robin stopped him.
"All right" he said sighing "let's found her".
"Titans! Go!"