A/N Thanks for the reviews everyone! I daresay I wrote the whole thing in the course of a day as an impromptu fic and it turned out differently than expected so I changed the genre from humour to action/adventure since later chapters will be just that, but the story maintains a light tone especially in earlier chapters. .Since this story is on my computer finished, I will update every couple of days or so. So unlike my other fics, you won't have to wait forever for an update.
Raven A. Star: Thanks for reviewing all of my Teen Titans fics thus far! It makes me happy! I'm glad you liked the first chapter! Hope you like this chapter as well!
Ravenn03: Love the suggestions! Actually I have this story all written and the bed in breakfast thing just won't fit with the flow. You should write a story if you have ideas, I'd read it! It might be a fun break from your big writing project. Thanks for the review and the suggestions!
ninmenju-shin: Giant Cookie! Run for your lives! (Unless it's chocolate chip in which case eat for your lives!!) I am so glad you like the idea! You will have to be patient to see how it turns out.
Philosopher: I never thought about it that way but yeah you're right, usually when people ask for advice they do hear what they want to hear. Anyway you're welcome! And thank you so much for the review!!
Warning, BB and Cy are really immature and slightly OOC in this fic, please forgive me if you think so.
So without further ado I bring you chapter two. R&R and enjoy! Don't forget the CC!
And so it was decided that Beast Boy and Cyborg would compete to see who could win Raven's heart first. They only had one rule: Raven must not know about their competition. She had to choose on her own terms so the results would be more honest.
Later that day Raven opened her eyes and planted her feet on solid ground. She had just finished meditating on the roof and felt refreshed. Her eyes scanned the horizon at the setting sun. She sighed slightly, it was beautiful, the sky was a symphony of colour. She bathed in the tranquility around her for a while when she sensed someone was on the roof with her. Her eyes turned in the direction of the person and tilted her head slightly to get a look. "Can I help you?" she asked.
Cyborg looked at her nervously; one hand was behind his back, "Uh, no…um…"
Raven encouraged him to spit out whatever he wanted to stay with a sardonic expression on her face.
"Here!" he thrust a bouquet of flowers in her face and rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"May I ask what the…" she sneezed and rubbed her nose, "what the occasion is?" she pushed the flowers out of her way.
"Um…" he put the flowers in her face again, "Nothing? Just thought I'd get you some…" he stopped when Raven sneezed again. "Bless you."
"Cy, I'm allergic to orchids," Raven sneezed again more violently this time. The flowers blew up.
Cy blushed and quickly pulled the stems away from her and put them behind his back, "Sorry! So sorry I had no idea!"
Raven sniffed, "Dats obay…" she rubbed her nose and sneezed again. "I'b gotta go…" she motioned to the flower petals surrounding them. She walked away and sneezed again. "Coub you get rib ob dem please?" she sneezed, and tossed a orchid petal that had stuck to the inside of her hood when she accidentally blew the flowers up. She lowered her hood and shook her head, rubbing her nose.
Cy kicked the ground, "Dammit! I blew it!"
A green hawk flew beside him and morphed into Beast Boy, "Dude, you were going to win her over by giving her flowers?" he laughed. "Raven's not the kind of girl who likes getting flowers, I thought that would be obvious. I didn't think she'd get so mad and blow them up though."
"Shut up!" Cyborg snapped in frustration, "I'm not good at this, I haven't exactly been with a girl since my accident and that was during a game of spin the bottle at Lucy Saunders twelfth birthday party. And Raven wasn't mad, she was allergic."
Beast Boy literally started rolling on the floor in laughter, "Spin the bottle? And Raven was allergic!? This is going to be so easy!"
"OK genius, what's your strategy?" Cyborg demanded.
Beast Boy stopped laughing and shook his finger at him, "Ah ah ah, not telling. Until Raven picks one of us, it's every beast and robot for himself. Excuse me, I have a girl to woo." He quickly turned into a rabbit and sprinted inside. He raced into the kitchen and put on a kettle of water. He glanced in the living room and saw Raven settle back on the couch and take her book and begin to read. She was still sniffling from her allergies. "Perfect!" Beast Boy took a orchid petal he picked up on his way inside and held it in his hand. He morphed into a mouse and carried the petal into the living room, climbed the back of the couch and stealthily planted it in her lowered hood before he raced back into the kitchen and watched. She gave a little sneeze and Beast Boy rubbed his hands together in delight.
The kettle whistled for a brief moment and Beast Boy quickly took it off and placed it on a silver platter along with a tin full of different flavours of herbal tea. He took out Raven's favourite tea cup and put it on the tray with a cup of sugar and a silver teaspoon. He made sure it looked just right and waited for Raven to sneeze before he carried the tray into the living room.
"Hey Raven, you catching a cold or something?" Beast Boy asked casually, holding the silver tray like a professional waiter at some posh restaurant.
Raven glanced up from her book and raise a brow and sniffled, "No, allergie…e…eeachoo!" She shook her head.
"Oh, well you sounded like you weren't feeling well so I thought I'd make you some tea," Beast Boy said.
Raven's eyes widened, "Wow, tank you…" she sneezed again. "Ugh!"
Beast Boy put the tray down on the coffee table and reached into her hood, "What's this?" he pulled out his planted orchid petal.
"Trow ib away!" she waved, "Dat's whub I'b…" she stopped to sneeze again but it didn't come, "allergic to." she finished.
"Got it!" Beast Boy nodded throwing it out the window as Raven's sneeze finally came.
Raven shook he head and rubbed her nose.
"Kleenex?" Beast Boy asked, pulling it out from behind him like some suave James Bond type.
Raven took it, "Tanks…" she wiped her nose and leaned back and groaned.
Beast Boy paused a moment, "I wasn't sure what kind of tea you wanted so I gave you a choice. I couldn't find your tea leaves so I hope you don't mind the teabags."
"They're fine," Raven smiled slightly giving another sniff. "I feel better now."
"Great!" Beast Boy grinned, "So where'd the flower petal come from?"
Raven rolled her eyes, "Cyborg thought he'd give me flowers. What on earth possessed him to do that is beyond me."
"Really? Wow, I thought he knew you were allergic," Beast Boy said.
"How would he know?" Raven asked as she picked out a flavour of tea.
"I don't know. I mean, I knew," Beast Boy shrugged. "Remember when we had that battle in that garden? You told us you were allergic to certain flowers."
"Funny, I don't remember that," Raven said suspiciously.
Beast Boy made a face as he lied, "I do."
Raven eyed him curiously. "Beast Boy, why did you make me tea?"
"Because… you looked like you weren't feeling well so I thought I'd be nice and make you some tea," he shrugged.
Raven seemed sceptical but she shrugged it off and accepted his answer. She poured herself a cup of tea and began to read. Beast Boy watched her a moment. She took a sip of tea and turned the page when she realized she was being watched again. She fixed her eyes on him without turning her head. "Beast Boy? Remember what I told you earlier about being watched while I read?"
"Right, sorry!" Beast Boy nodded taking the silver platter with the kettle still half full of hot water and the sugar and teabags. "I'll get this out of your way. Enjoy your book Rave."
Meanwhile Cyborg watched him with loathing. "Dirty tricks BB," he muttered. Having witnessed Beast Boy plant the orchid petal, and lie about knowing about her allergies and act like a hero and take advantage of Cyborgs mistake, Cyborg decided to sabotage Beast Boy's strategy. It was only fair. He punched something into the keypad on his robotic arm and aimed a tiny red laser at the changelings neck. It wasn't harmful or noticeable to the naked eye but it emitted a shocking heat that only lasted a moment, enough to startle him.
"Ow!" Beast Boy jumped, dropping the tray on Raven's lap and rubbing his neck. Hot water and sugar dumped all over her, getting her and her book.
Raven's face tensed up and turned red she clutched her cloak and quickly began to dry the boiling hot water off her lap with a corner of her cloak, "Gaaah!! Beast Boy!" she scolded painfully. The lamp exploded.
"Woah! Raven I am so sorry!" Beast Boy exclaimed, blotting some of the water up with the other bottom corner of her cloak.
"Beast Boy!" Raven warned, "Stop! I got it! Hands off!" Another lamp exploded.
Beast Boy froze and realized his hands were drying her breasts. He pulled away, red in the face, "I am so, so sorry!"
During the commotion Cyborg ran into the kitchen and grabbed a big glass of cold water, he didn't think Beast Boy would drop it all over Raven although it did help his cause.
"Ow!" Raven groaned as she realized she was rubbing sugar crystals into her tender skin. Cyborg ran into the living area.
"I saw what happened!" Cyborg said, dumping the cold water all over Raven. "You OK?"
Startled Raven let out a chilled, "Eeeeek!" Now she was cold, burned and drenched and her book was ruined. The scent of orchids coming off Cyborg tickled her nose and she sneezed again. Raven looked like a mess.
Both boys looked at her in shock and guilt. "You uh… are you OK Raven?" they asked nervously.
Red in the face Raven glared at both of them, her eyes turned red, "Get out! Get lost!" she hissed, blowing up the TV in her anger.
"Cy, you and me, the roof, NOW!" Beast Boy hissed.
"You're on!" Cyborg snapped, planting his fist in his palm.
Raven despite her anger watched the two of them curiously and suspiciously as they stormed out of the living room, glaring daggers at each other. Starfire came into the living room a second later, "What is all the commotion about?" she asked. She scanned the room and noted all the Raven inflicted damage to the lamps and TV. Starfire looked at Raven curiously, "Why are you so wet?"
Raven growled and stormed off into her room.
Meawhile Cyborg and Beast Boy glared at each other as they reached the roof. Beast Boy transformed into a gorilla and in anger the two best friends found themselves wrestling, showing little mercy. Cyborg delivered a punch in Beast Boy's stomach, Beast Boy returned it with a blow to Cyborg's face. Cyborg tossed Beast Boy to the ground, Beast Boy flipped Cyborg over his shoulder. They both sprang to their feet and grabbed the other's shoulders, trying to overpower the other. They were locked in the position as they both tensed up and tried to push the other.
"You cheated Beast Boy!" Cyborg barked, "You lied to Raven just to make me look bad! How dare you!"
Robin suddenly rushed onto the roof and jumped between them, "Stop it both of you!" he snapped angrily pushing them both away from each other. Beast Boy changed back into his normal form.
"Cyborg you're the one who cheated!" Beast Boy shouted. "You made me drop that tray!"
"Well you made it sound like I knew she was allergic to orchids!" Cyborg hissed, "And then you used that to make yourself look like the hero!"
"At this rate Raven's going to hate you both before this stupid fight of yours is over!" Robin scolded them. "Come on guys, is it really worth beating each other up like this? We're a team. I will not tolerate this on my team. Get over it!"
"Easy for you to say bird boy," Cyborg frowned, "You have a girlfriend."
"I do not! Star's just a friend…"
"Yeah right," Beast Boy and Cyborg shared a laugh, then remembering they were mad at each other folded their arms and glared at each other in disgust.
Robin watched them curiously but brushed it off, "Listen, I think fighting over Raven is a bad idea. How do you even know if Raven even likes either of you?"
"That's why we're trying to win her over," Beast Boy said, "Duh!"
"Yeah, we're competing to see who wins Raven's heart first, remember?" Cyborg added.
"Well you're doing a great job," Robin shook his head. "You don't romance a girl by giving her allergies or scalding her to death!"
"That was all Cy's fault!" Beast Boy said childishly.
"Hey!" Cyborg whined indignantly.
"What are you guys six? I don't care whose fault it is. You're both to blame for playing dirty. So if you're both still bent on winning Raven over, perhaps you should play nice so at least someone comes out unscathed. If you ask me, you should both give up, it's not worth losing your friendship. I don't want to have to break you two up again," Robin said. "You guys are acting like babies." He stormed off.
Cyborg and Beast Boy glared at each other for a moment, "This is war," Cyborg hissed.
"And you're going to lose," Beast Boy added before turning into a hawk and flying off. Cyborg stormed inside.
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