Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans, nor do I own any associated intellectual property.
Review Responses:
SoraOathkeeper: The lack of interaction was due to the secrecy of their relationship. I can see you're also glad it's not Rob/Rae. Yeah, that's an interesting couple, but it doesn't occur in this fic. Part of Raven's mystique is her inscrutability. She's strange, and her through processes are largely hidden. It's good.
Jakked-Up: Terra isn't on death row. At least, not yet. This is another fic that I didnt' plan out all the way, so I'm not sure what is upcoming. Character death really isn't my thing though. Glad you like the story anyhow.
The Big Fisch: BB/Raven is a common pairing. It's hard to see sometimes, and then sometimes it fits perfectly. It's a weird one.
Snowy: This isn't anywhere near as fluffy as my other Teen Titans fic, but I hope you enjoy it when you get around to reading it.
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A Woman Scorned
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." - The Mourning Bride, William Congreve.
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Beastboy smiled, then leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips once more. "Nighty-night, Terra. See you in the morning!" The blonde girl grinned from ear to ear,and blew a kiss to the green teenager as she pressed the button to close her door. He grinned, before turning towards his room, and freezing on the spot.
Raven was standing less than ten feet away, looking at him steadily. Beastboy's blood froze. He stared at her a few moments, neither of them saying a word. Raven's calm voice cut through the silence. "I need to talk to you, Beastboy."
Beastboy tried to calm himself a little. "Uh... My room or yours?"
Raven closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again. "My room. You know I don't like your room."
Beastboy followed behind her, not very close, and with a dejected look. He felt like he was about to be executed. She didn't look angry, even though she'd just seen him kiss Terra, but she didn't exactly look happy either. Beastboy knew her well enough to realize that she was just doing a good job covering up whatever she was feeling, and he couldn't tell what it was.
Raven opened her door and walked in, allowing Beastboy to follow. She turned on the lights, and they dimly illuminated the spooky room. Beastboy stood nervously in the middle of the room, as Raven sat on her bed crosslegged, hood still covering her face.
"Beastboy, I..." Raven started to say something, but paused.
Beastboy felt weird, he hated when people didn't finish sentences. "What? C'mon, you can say it."
Raven glared at him. "I need to talk about you and Terra." A slight glimmer of black power began to shimmer around Raven's figure, unbidden. Beastboy knew not to bring it up, the empath was always aware of it.
"Yeah, we do. I can't make up my mind, Raven. I love you. But..." Beastboy's voice failed. He didn't know what to say next.
"But you are beginning to love her as well." Raven finished his sentence coldly. It was a talent of hers that he'd always liked. She always knew what he wanted to say, even if he didn't.
Beastboy sighed. "Yeah. She's just... she's really loving. She hugs me whenever she sees me, and she smiles when I'm around her. It's... nice to have that sort of relationship."
Raven didn't speak for a few seconds, and the silence in the room grew. Finally she spoke again. "I showed Robin." Raven stared at Beastboy with dead eyes. "My father."
Beastboy's eyes widened. He didn't expect that she would ever show him. She knew how Robin got when she lost control. Robin would be suspicious of her constantly if he knew. Beastboy swallowed hard. "How'd he take it?"
Raven didn't move, or change expression at all. "He understood. I... talked to him for a long time today."
Beastboy didn't like the way she said that. "What do you mean? You didn't..."
Raven didn't answer, instead looking away from him. Beastboy felt his hands ball into fists. How could she?
"How could this happen? You don't even like Robin! He's all but dating Starfire!"
Raven's eyes stared icily into Beastboy, silencing him. A small smile flickered across her lips. "It was... nice. He was quite caring when he held me close."
Beastboy stood, fists clenched tightly, infuriated. He didn't say anything, just staring angrily at Raven. Raven's smile turned dark as it widened, her eyes glowing slightly red.
"It was very nice. I opened up to him in a way that I never opened up to you." Raven moved, changing positions from her normal, meditative lotus position. Reclining slightly, she let her legs spread just enough to be noticed. Beastboy scowled.
"You didn't... you can't have..." Beastboy felt a pain in his chest, as the realization of what she seemed to be saying sank in. She had let him...
Raven's eyes glowed a deep crimson as she spoke in a deepened voice. "What right do you have to be angry?"
Beastboy's fists loosened slightly. His scowl only darkened. He stood silently, staring at the reclining girl.
"You kissed Terra. You began openly dating her. You were the only person I had ever trusted, Beastboy. The only boy I had ever loved." Raven's voice sounded as if it came from somewhere besides the frail girl that was slowly sitting up straight.
Beastboy's anger still overrode his growing fear. "What you did was worse. You don't even like him. You betrayed both Starfire and me."
Raven seemed to take no notice. "Tell me, how was what I did worse? Your betrayal was emotional. You LOVE her." Raven stood up straight, her cloak billowing unnaturally behind her.
Beastboy took a step back, hands still balled into fists. "But I had a reason... She was..."
"Happy?" Raven finished his sentence again. "I was too. You always made me happy." Raven's voice faltered, her eyes fading slightly.
Beastboy's fists loosened. "You... you made me happy too."
Raven's cloak fell still, her eyes fading back to violet. She stumbled backwards unsteadily, sitting slowly on her bed. She looked up at Beastboy, still standing with his hands in fists.
"You're angry. Who are you angry at?" Her voice was calm again. The ice that had made it so dangerous in the hallway was gone. It was just the normal Raven monotone now.
Beastboy knew it was pointless to lie to her. "Both of you."
Raven looked at Beastboy with cold eyes. "Are you wearing your communicator?"
Beastboy reached into his back pocket, and grabbed the device. "Yeah. Why do you care?"
Raven sighed. "You've suffered enough. Go talk to Robin, and bring that with you."
Beastboy put the communicator back, then turned to leave the room. He stopped at the door. "Why did you do it?"
He wasn't facing her, so he couldn't see her expression. "Go talk to him. He'll explain it."
Beastboy said nothing else as he left the room.
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Robin carefully replaced the book into his shelf. Writing up expense reports took forever, but the paperwork was required for Jump City's financial advisors to gauge whether having the Teen Titans was a boon or a loss to the city. Raven and Terra's powers caused a great amount of damage to the city during use, and Robin had to minimalize it in the reports.
Robin jumped as someone banged heavily on his door. He frowned at the rude interruption, not really sure who would knock like that. He stepped over to the door. The door slid open as he touched the control panel. Robin's eyes widened as he saw Beastboy with an expression that he'd never seen on his friend before.
Robin blocked Beastboy's wild punch easily, backing up as Beastboy continued to throw untrained and unbalanced punches at him. "Beastboy! Calm down! What is your problem?!"
Beastboy had tears in his angry eyes. "You know what it is! Raven told me all about it! How could you do that?!" Beastboy stopped talking as Robin caught his fist, twisting his arm enough to make him feel it, but not hurt him in any meaningful way.
"What are you talking about? We didn't do anything. Calm down at tell me what she told you."
Beastboy struggled, then changed into a fly, buzzing through the air until he was away from Robin. He changed back, then sat heavily on Robin's bed. Beastboy rested his face in his hands. Robin sat down next to him, waiting for an explaination.
"Raven told me that she showed you her father."
Robin nodded. "We went into her mind. She told me that you'd been in there too. So what? That doesn't warrant attacking me."
Beastboy lifted his face from his hands. He still looked angry. "She also told me that you two... that she..." Beastboy swallowed, trying to keep the tears back. "That she was WITH you."
Robin picked up on what Beastboy was aiming for. His eyes narrowed. "She said that?"
Beastboy thought a moment. "Well, uh... basically."
Robin frowned. "How long ago was she telling you this?"
"About as long as it takes me to run down here and get my arm twisted."
Robin snorted, not in the mood to laugh. "Give me your communicator."
Beastboy reached into his pocket, pulling out the machine. "Why do people keep asking for this thing? First Raven asked if I had it, now you."
Robin wordlessly took the communicator and pressed some buttons. Beastboy heard a voice coming out of it.
"-erstood. I... talked to him for a long time today."
"What do you mean? You didn't... How could this happen? You don't even like Robin! He's all but dating Starfire!"
"It was... nice. He was quite caring when he held me close... It was very nice. I opened up to him in a way that I never opened up to you."
"You didn't... you can't have..."
Robin turned off the communicator, his features set in a dark scowl. Beastboy looked at him for an explaination.
"Beastboy, she didn't lie, but she didn't exactly tell the truth, either." Robin handed him the communicator. "She never said that I kissed her, or did anything else."
Beastboy looked at Robin, thinking. That was true... she'd never actually said it.
Robin sighed. "Look, I went in to her room, to talk to her about what was going on. She took me through her mind, and we saw her emotions, and I fought her father, in his red cape. She showed me a memory of the battle with his demon form."
Robin paused. "After we got out of the mirror, we talked for a few moments on the bed, but then she just... " Robin took a deep breath. "She held on to me and cried. She cried for hours."
Beastboy's face fell. Opened up to Robin like she'd never opened up to Beastboy. She'd cried, not given herself to Robin. He'd held her close when she was crying. Beastboy sighed.
"Dude, I'm sorry. I just assumed..."
Robin nodded. "That was pretty low of her to do. But you need to realize something too."
Beastboy waited for the rest.
"You only suspected that she was cheating, because you are."
Beastboy frowned, looking at the floor. A few seconds passed before he looked back up at Robin.
"So... what do you think I should do?"
Robin opened his mouth to speak, but before he said anything, another knock came at the door. Starfire didn't wait for an answer before coming in, smiling as usual.
"Friends! You are discussing Terra, perhaps?" Starfire floated into the room, as both Robin and Beastboy faked a smile, neither wanting to burden her with the situation.
"Uh, Yeah. We were just talking about how much of a fox she is." Beastboy became a fox, hopping up into Starfire's arms, as she petted him, giggling.
"Robin, were you also calling Terra a small predator?"
Robin laughed. "No, I was just listening to Beastboy. Calling someone a fox is complimenting them on their looks. Saying they are attractive."
Starfire blushed slightly. "Am I a predatory mammal then?"
Beastboy hopped down, changing into a human on the way. "Trust me, you're a real fox. Robin'll tell you all about it." Beastboy ran out the door, closing it behind him before Robin could get mad at him.
Back in the hallway, he walked towards his room, thinking about what Raven had done. It was obvious that she was still angry with him. But the fact that she had even told him to go immediately and talk to Robin was proof enough that she didn't actually hate him or anything. He sighed.
He stopped at his door, looking down the hallway. Raven stepped out of her door, and turned towards the kitchen. He watched her walk down the hallway, and then turn at the corner. He shook his head sadly, then entered his room, laying down to sleep his troubles away.
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A/N: Raven is letting her anger and frustration towards Beastboy show a little more in this chapter. She doesn't attack him physically, preferring instead to hurt him like he hurt her. Infidelity sucks. Anyway, more soon. Review constructively! I wish I had advanced statistics on, so I could see if more than three or four people are reading this. Ah, I long for the old days, when that was free on FFN. Anyhow, I'll update tomorrow.
Review Responses:
SoraOathkeeper: The lack of interaction was due to the secrecy of their relationship. I can see you're also glad it's not Rob/Rae. Yeah, that's an interesting couple, but it doesn't occur in this fic. Part of Raven's mystique is her inscrutability. She's strange, and her through processes are largely hidden. It's good.
Jakked-Up: Terra isn't on death row. At least, not yet. This is another fic that I didnt' plan out all the way, so I'm not sure what is upcoming. Character death really isn't my thing though. Glad you like the story anyhow.
The Big Fisch: BB/Raven is a common pairing. It's hard to see sometimes, and then sometimes it fits perfectly. It's a weird one.
Snowy: This isn't anywhere near as fluffy as my other Teen Titans fic, but I hope you enjoy it when you get around to reading it.
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A Woman Scorned
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." - The Mourning Bride, William Congreve.
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Beastboy smiled, then leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips once more. "Nighty-night, Terra. See you in the morning!" The blonde girl grinned from ear to ear,and blew a kiss to the green teenager as she pressed the button to close her door. He grinned, before turning towards his room, and freezing on the spot.
Raven was standing less than ten feet away, looking at him steadily. Beastboy's blood froze. He stared at her a few moments, neither of them saying a word. Raven's calm voice cut through the silence. "I need to talk to you, Beastboy."
Beastboy tried to calm himself a little. "Uh... My room or yours?"
Raven closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again. "My room. You know I don't like your room."
Beastboy followed behind her, not very close, and with a dejected look. He felt like he was about to be executed. She didn't look angry, even though she'd just seen him kiss Terra, but she didn't exactly look happy either. Beastboy knew her well enough to realize that she was just doing a good job covering up whatever she was feeling, and he couldn't tell what it was.
Raven opened her door and walked in, allowing Beastboy to follow. She turned on the lights, and they dimly illuminated the spooky room. Beastboy stood nervously in the middle of the room, as Raven sat on her bed crosslegged, hood still covering her face.
"Beastboy, I..." Raven started to say something, but paused.
Beastboy felt weird, he hated when people didn't finish sentences. "What? C'mon, you can say it."
Raven glared at him. "I need to talk about you and Terra." A slight glimmer of black power began to shimmer around Raven's figure, unbidden. Beastboy knew not to bring it up, the empath was always aware of it.
"Yeah, we do. I can't make up my mind, Raven. I love you. But..." Beastboy's voice failed. He didn't know what to say next.
"But you are beginning to love her as well." Raven finished his sentence coldly. It was a talent of hers that he'd always liked. She always knew what he wanted to say, even if he didn't.
Beastboy sighed. "Yeah. She's just... she's really loving. She hugs me whenever she sees me, and she smiles when I'm around her. It's... nice to have that sort of relationship."
Raven didn't speak for a few seconds, and the silence in the room grew. Finally she spoke again. "I showed Robin." Raven stared at Beastboy with dead eyes. "My father."
Beastboy's eyes widened. He didn't expect that she would ever show him. She knew how Robin got when she lost control. Robin would be suspicious of her constantly if he knew. Beastboy swallowed hard. "How'd he take it?"
Raven didn't move, or change expression at all. "He understood. I... talked to him for a long time today."
Beastboy didn't like the way she said that. "What do you mean? You didn't..."
Raven didn't answer, instead looking away from him. Beastboy felt his hands ball into fists. How could she?
"How could this happen? You don't even like Robin! He's all but dating Starfire!"
Raven's eyes stared icily into Beastboy, silencing him. A small smile flickered across her lips. "It was... nice. He was quite caring when he held me close."
Beastboy stood, fists clenched tightly, infuriated. He didn't say anything, just staring angrily at Raven. Raven's smile turned dark as it widened, her eyes glowing slightly red.
"It was very nice. I opened up to him in a way that I never opened up to you." Raven moved, changing positions from her normal, meditative lotus position. Reclining slightly, she let her legs spread just enough to be noticed. Beastboy scowled.
"You didn't... you can't have..." Beastboy felt a pain in his chest, as the realization of what she seemed to be saying sank in. She had let him...
Raven's eyes glowed a deep crimson as she spoke in a deepened voice. "What right do you have to be angry?"
Beastboy's fists loosened slightly. His scowl only darkened. He stood silently, staring at the reclining girl.
"You kissed Terra. You began openly dating her. You were the only person I had ever trusted, Beastboy. The only boy I had ever loved." Raven's voice sounded as if it came from somewhere besides the frail girl that was slowly sitting up straight.
Beastboy's anger still overrode his growing fear. "What you did was worse. You don't even like him. You betrayed both Starfire and me."
Raven seemed to take no notice. "Tell me, how was what I did worse? Your betrayal was emotional. You LOVE her." Raven stood up straight, her cloak billowing unnaturally behind her.
Beastboy took a step back, hands still balled into fists. "But I had a reason... She was..."
"Happy?" Raven finished his sentence again. "I was too. You always made me happy." Raven's voice faltered, her eyes fading slightly.
Beastboy's fists loosened. "You... you made me happy too."
Raven's cloak fell still, her eyes fading back to violet. She stumbled backwards unsteadily, sitting slowly on her bed. She looked up at Beastboy, still standing with his hands in fists.
"You're angry. Who are you angry at?" Her voice was calm again. The ice that had made it so dangerous in the hallway was gone. It was just the normal Raven monotone now.
Beastboy knew it was pointless to lie to her. "Both of you."
Raven looked at Beastboy with cold eyes. "Are you wearing your communicator?"
Beastboy reached into his back pocket, and grabbed the device. "Yeah. Why do you care?"
Raven sighed. "You've suffered enough. Go talk to Robin, and bring that with you."
Beastboy put the communicator back, then turned to leave the room. He stopped at the door. "Why did you do it?"
He wasn't facing her, so he couldn't see her expression. "Go talk to him. He'll explain it."
Beastboy said nothing else as he left the room.
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Robin carefully replaced the book into his shelf. Writing up expense reports took forever, but the paperwork was required for Jump City's financial advisors to gauge whether having the Teen Titans was a boon or a loss to the city. Raven and Terra's powers caused a great amount of damage to the city during use, and Robin had to minimalize it in the reports.
Robin jumped as someone banged heavily on his door. He frowned at the rude interruption, not really sure who would knock like that. He stepped over to the door. The door slid open as he touched the control panel. Robin's eyes widened as he saw Beastboy with an expression that he'd never seen on his friend before.
Robin blocked Beastboy's wild punch easily, backing up as Beastboy continued to throw untrained and unbalanced punches at him. "Beastboy! Calm down! What is your problem?!"
Beastboy had tears in his angry eyes. "You know what it is! Raven told me all about it! How could you do that?!" Beastboy stopped talking as Robin caught his fist, twisting his arm enough to make him feel it, but not hurt him in any meaningful way.
"What are you talking about? We didn't do anything. Calm down at tell me what she told you."
Beastboy struggled, then changed into a fly, buzzing through the air until he was away from Robin. He changed back, then sat heavily on Robin's bed. Beastboy rested his face in his hands. Robin sat down next to him, waiting for an explaination.
"Raven told me that she showed you her father."
Robin nodded. "We went into her mind. She told me that you'd been in there too. So what? That doesn't warrant attacking me."
Beastboy lifted his face from his hands. He still looked angry. "She also told me that you two... that she..." Beastboy swallowed, trying to keep the tears back. "That she was WITH you."
Robin picked up on what Beastboy was aiming for. His eyes narrowed. "She said that?"
Beastboy thought a moment. "Well, uh... basically."
Robin frowned. "How long ago was she telling you this?"
"About as long as it takes me to run down here and get my arm twisted."
Robin snorted, not in the mood to laugh. "Give me your communicator."
Beastboy reached into his pocket, pulling out the machine. "Why do people keep asking for this thing? First Raven asked if I had it, now you."
Robin wordlessly took the communicator and pressed some buttons. Beastboy heard a voice coming out of it.
"-erstood. I... talked to him for a long time today."
"What do you mean? You didn't... How could this happen? You don't even like Robin! He's all but dating Starfire!"
"It was... nice. He was quite caring when he held me close... It was very nice. I opened up to him in a way that I never opened up to you."
"You didn't... you can't have..."
Robin turned off the communicator, his features set in a dark scowl. Beastboy looked at him for an explaination.
"Beastboy, she didn't lie, but she didn't exactly tell the truth, either." Robin handed him the communicator. "She never said that I kissed her, or did anything else."
Beastboy looked at Robin, thinking. That was true... she'd never actually said it.
Robin sighed. "Look, I went in to her room, to talk to her about what was going on. She took me through her mind, and we saw her emotions, and I fought her father, in his red cape. She showed me a memory of the battle with his demon form."
Robin paused. "After we got out of the mirror, we talked for a few moments on the bed, but then she just... " Robin took a deep breath. "She held on to me and cried. She cried for hours."
Beastboy's face fell. Opened up to Robin like she'd never opened up to Beastboy. She'd cried, not given herself to Robin. He'd held her close when she was crying. Beastboy sighed.
"Dude, I'm sorry. I just assumed..."
Robin nodded. "That was pretty low of her to do. But you need to realize something too."
Beastboy waited for the rest.
"You only suspected that she was cheating, because you are."
Beastboy frowned, looking at the floor. A few seconds passed before he looked back up at Robin.
"So... what do you think I should do?"
Robin opened his mouth to speak, but before he said anything, another knock came at the door. Starfire didn't wait for an answer before coming in, smiling as usual.
"Friends! You are discussing Terra, perhaps?" Starfire floated into the room, as both Robin and Beastboy faked a smile, neither wanting to burden her with the situation.
"Uh, Yeah. We were just talking about how much of a fox she is." Beastboy became a fox, hopping up into Starfire's arms, as she petted him, giggling.
"Robin, were you also calling Terra a small predator?"
Robin laughed. "No, I was just listening to Beastboy. Calling someone a fox is complimenting them on their looks. Saying they are attractive."
Starfire blushed slightly. "Am I a predatory mammal then?"
Beastboy hopped down, changing into a human on the way. "Trust me, you're a real fox. Robin'll tell you all about it." Beastboy ran out the door, closing it behind him before Robin could get mad at him.
Back in the hallway, he walked towards his room, thinking about what Raven had done. It was obvious that she was still angry with him. But the fact that she had even told him to go immediately and talk to Robin was proof enough that she didn't actually hate him or anything. He sighed.
He stopped at his door, looking down the hallway. Raven stepped out of her door, and turned towards the kitchen. He watched her walk down the hallway, and then turn at the corner. He shook his head sadly, then entered his room, laying down to sleep his troubles away.
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A/N: Raven is letting her anger and frustration towards Beastboy show a little more in this chapter. She doesn't attack him physically, preferring instead to hurt him like he hurt her. Infidelity sucks. Anyway, more soon. Review constructively! I wish I had advanced statistics on, so I could see if more than three or four people are reading this. Ah, I long for the old days, when that was free on FFN. Anyhow, I'll update tomorrow.