A/N A big huge nod and dedication to all my fantabulous reviewers!
Philospoher: Thank you so much for the compliments! Too much angst I suppose can be tedious after a while. So glad you like!
Keystone: Thanks for the review. I have a little story to share with how I came up with the idea since I agree, this was bound to happen sooner or later. I've noticed on some of the analyses on TV Tome for the TT episodes, Rav/Cy shippers would be like, "Raven smiled at Cy! They're in love!" or "Did you notice how concerned Raven was when she saved Cy? That must mean they're totally in love!" and Rav/BB shippers would be like, "Nevermore proves that Rave likes BB!" or "BB's eyes like, totally lit up when he talked to Raven. They love each other!!" In other words, fans would read into every little thing to prove that the ship they're sailing is the right one and ignore any little thing that fans of another ship declares proof for their cause. Some people read into things so much it's hilarious and I think it would be hilarious for hardcore shippers to fight over the ship to rule them all. That is how I got the idea. Personally I think that of course BB likes Raven, and Cyborg likes Raven and Raven likes them both, and they like Rob and Star and vice versa, they are all friends right? They are a team after all. I personally will sail any ship so long as it's written well so you never know how this may turn out...I do though. Muhahaha! (Dang I tend to ramble sometimes...)
Scorpio Serpent: Heheehee! Glad you find this funny.
neon rose: Thanks! Glad you like!
Well everyone it's time for another chapter! Please enjoy and don't forget to review!
Raven didn't come out of her room for the rest of the day. She felt miserable. Not only was she tender and sore from being burned by the hot water, but the cold water, mixed with her allergies had made her more susceptible to catching something. Considering it was the right season for it, she woke up the next morning with a cold.
"Hey Raven can I get you something? Breakfast perhaps?" Beast Boy asked as she came into the kitchen the next morning with a slight storm cloud over her head.
"I think you've done enough," she muttered.
Beast Boy glanced at the red blotches on her legs from the tea incident. He quickly glanced away, "I am really sorry about that. It was an accident."
"I know, I know, you said that already, and I'm over it," she sighed as she sat down at the kitchen table and put her hand to her head with a little groan.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yesterday's little adventures gave me a head cold. Oh and by the way, you owe me a new copy of Frankenstein. Be sure you get the 1816 version, not the 1831 revision," Raven stated.
Beast Boy took a deep breath, "No problem. Say Raven, do you want to hang out today?"
"No," she replied simply.
"Come on please? I feel so bad about yesterday, let me make it up to you!" he begged. "We can go to the bookstore so we can make sure I get you the right version of Frankenstein and we can go to that café you like..."
Raven shook her head, "Beast Boy, I don't really feel well today." She let out a little sneeze.
"All right then, we can hang out here and do whatever you want!" he grinned. "I can fix you some tea!"
"No!" Raven snapped, recoiling in shock and horror. She relaxed and sighed, "No. Listen, all I want to do is read and meditate and sleep off this cold today. They're all one person activities."
Cyborg came into the kitchen, "Hey Rae, you coming?"
"Yeah," she replied.
"Where are you going?" Beast Boy asked with an icy stare at Cyborg.
"Out," Cyborg replied with a smirk.
"Raven I thought you wanted to stay home today," Beast Boy exclaimed childishly.
Raven sniffed, "I do, but we have to run some errands." Cyborg stuck his tongue out at Beast Boy which went unseen by Raven who added as she wiped her nose with a Kleenex, "You can come if you want." Cyborg's face dropped and he shook his head warningly at Beast Boy.
This time it was Beast Boy's turn to smirk, "Sure!"
Cyborg slapped his forehead, "Well come on then, let's get this over with."
Robin and Starfire joined them, "What's up this morning?" Robin asked, casting a wary look at the feuding friends in warning. Starfire glanced at Raven sympathetically.
"We're going to run some errands," Raven said innocently, still having no clue what was going on.
"The three of you?" Starfire asked.
Raven nodded then sneezed followed by a cough. "There's a few things I need."
"Hey maybe you should stay home," Robin said.
"He is correct. You do not sound too good. I am certain Beast Boy or Cyborg can pick up what you need," Starfire added. But both Rob and Star had another reason for wanting Raven to stay home, namely Beast Boy and Cyborg.
"No," she sniffed, "I'm really particular about my cold remedies. They'd probably get the wrong stuff and make things worse at this rate."
"Well, be careful," Starfire warned, casting a glance at Beast Boy and Cyborg. Raven looked at her quizzically but shrugged it off. The three of them left and Starfire sat down at the table and sighed.
"You still think you had a good idea suggesting they compete?" Robin asked.
"I did not think they would be as competitive as you," Starfire replied. "I have never seen them so angry with each other. But I am sure the boys have learned their lesson yesterday about how they should go about this, or at least I hope so."
"They better have," Robin said, "And I'm not that competitive."
"Do you wish to make a bet?" Starfire asked, then she caught herself, "Perhaps you should not answer that."
"I think you're right," Robin nodded.
Meanwhile Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven managed to run all their errands without much incident. However Raven was beginning to notice that something was up. They were obviously feuding about something. If there wasn't an awkward silence between the two, they were arguing about something, or speaking with contempt. She was too blind and too focused on her discomfort to realize though they were fighting over her. Although they were constantly arguing about who got to open the doors for her and who got to hold her purchases for her.
"Guys, it's just some stuff for my cold," Raven told them with a sniff, "I think I can handle carrying it myself and I think I'm...achoo... more than capable of opening a door."
"Nonsense," Cyborg said, "you're sick, you should be allowed to take it easy and..." he reached to hold the door open for her as they were leaving the health food store but Beast Boy jumped in the way.
"After you," he bowed to Raven holding the door for her and allowing the door to shut in Cyborg's face.
"As I was saying," Cyborg continued, shooting an evil glance at Beast Boy, "you should be allowed to take it easy and shouldn't have to carry anything because you're sick."
Raven paused, "Whose fault is it that I caught this cold anyway?" she glared at both of them and then calmed her expression. "Besides, it's just a little cold, no big deal. Let's just go home." She walked on ahead towards the T-car as she coughed a few times. She was about to reach for the door handle when Cyborg exclaimed:
"I call it!"
"Nuh-uh!" Beast Boy shook his head as they raced to the door to see who could open the door for Raven first.
The two boys dived at the passenger door and in the process knocked Raven down and she fell on her butt. "Hey!" she snapped.
"Sorry Raven!" Beast Boy exclaimed, "Let me help you up!" He outstretched his hand but Cyborg slapped his hand out of the way.
"No, let me," Cyborg insisted, reaching for her.
Raven watched from the sidewalk as they began to fight about who got to help her to he feet. She frowned at the irony since it was their fault she fell. She climbed to her feet and rubbed her rump and put her hands on their shoulders, her touch calmed them down, "Will you two stop?" she asked calmly, "I'm up. And if you guys want shotgun so bad, I can ride in the back seat. Besides aren't you supposed to be driving anyway Cyborg?"
"We uh... we weren't fighting for shotgun," Cyborg said.
"Then what was the point of racing to the door and pushing me down?" she asked.
Cyborg and Beast Boy glanced at each other and bowed their heads. She raised a brow and climbed into the back seat, her face as expressionless as ever. "Sorry about that Raven," Cyborg muttered as he climbed in.
"Me too," Beast Boy added.
"What are you guys fighting about anyway?" Raven asked as she sneezed.
Beast Boy and Cyborg exchanged glances, neither of them were willing to confess the truth. "Nothing," Cyborg said.
Raven rolled her eyes and said nothing. She sniffed and took some zinc lozenges.
When they got home Raven went to the kitchen and began making herself some soup for lunch. Raven buttered a bun to go with it as the soup heated on the stove. Robin and Starfire were no where to be seen and Raven hoped that Beast Boy and Cyborg went off to do something, anything away from her, they were getting on her nerves big time. She sat down at the table and began to eat, glad to be by herself again. Beast Boy and Cyborg's strange feud was beginning to drive her crazy and she needed to be alone to get over it.
Much to her dismay though Cyborg came in, "Hey Raven, how are you feeling?"
"Well," she sighed, "My sinuses hurt because of my cold, my lap hurts from being burned yesterday, my tailbone hurts from being pushed down today and I want to be alone right now, all right?"
"Right, sorry about that..." Cyborg sighed.
Raven took a bite out of her bun just as Beast Boy came in and playfully slapped her on the shoulder, "Hey Raven."
Raven's eyes widened as she prematurely swallowed her bread and it became stuck in her throat. She coughed, trying to find air.
"Come on Beast Boy, Raven wants to be left alone," Cyborg said, not noticing that Raven was choking, he was too busy glaring at Beast Boy in angrily.
"Oh yeah, you just want me to leave so you can be alone with her," Beast Boy frowned, also not taking notice of Raven's dire predicament.
Raven waved her arms and banged on the table trying to get their attention as she coughed and choked on her bread. Both equally distracted, they waved her off and continued arguing. She wasn't paying any attention to what they were saying, she was too busy trying to breathe. She fell out of her chair and staggered back, bumping into the counter and putting her hands to her throat as she tried to cough. She began to feel light headed as she moaned desperately, trying to get their attention, gasping for air.
"Oh yeah! Well I still say she's not your type!" Cyborg snapped. "Give up!"
"No you give up!" Beast Boy hissed, "You can't make her happy like I can. Like you said, you're not good with girls!"
Raven doubled over and tried to give herself the Heimlich since the boys were too busy arguing to notice she was choking to death but she didn't know how to do it to herself . She vaguely heard them spitting insults and accusations as she fell into the counter and sank to her knees, knocking some dishes off the counter while trying to get back up on her feet.
"Yeah well it's your fault Raven has a cold!" Beast Boy said, by now they were somewhere else in their argument, "And it's your fault she burned herself. You made me drop the hot water!"
"Well it's your fault she fell today. You pushed her and..." Cyborg retorted but was cut off when Robin and Starfire came in.
"What's all the commotion... Raven!" Robin exclaimed seeing the dark girl struggling in the background choking. Her cheeks were red and her lips were turning blue as her arms flailed around madly and she tried in vain to cough. Her violet eyes bulged and looked at them pleadingly.
Starfire ran behind Raven and began giving her the Heimlich.
"What is the matter with you two?!" Robin yelled, "Are you too self-absorbed to notice that Raven's choking?!"
"That's your fault!" Cyborg said to Beast Boy.
"I can't believe you guys! Are you both so blind?" Robin demanded fiercely, "Stop fighting, now! At this rate by the time you're done you won't have a girl left to fight over and then where would you be?!" He shot them an angered glare before assisting the girls.
Starfire tried the Heimlich one more time and Raven was finally freed of her burden. She coughed violently and sank to the floor shaking. "Are you all right Raven?" Starfire asked. Raven nodded with a desperate wheeze.
Robin handed Raven a glass of water and shot Cyborg and Beast Boy another glare. Shakily Raven took a drink and began to feel better. "Thank you," Raven said hoarsely, "It's good to know there are at least some people in this tower I can count on." She shot Beast Boy and Cyborg an icy glare. "I don't know or care about what you guys are fighting about, but stop it. This stupid fight of yours is becoming hazardous to my health." Raven rose to her feet with Starfire's help and staggered out of the kitchen in a daze.
"Way to go genius," Cyborg hissed.
"What? What did I do?" Beast Boy protested.
"You're the one who made her choke!"
"Oh yeah? Well you're the one who..."
"Enough!" Robin snapped, once again coming between them. "Just grow up guys both of you!"
Starfire bowed her head, "This is all my fault."
"Don't say that Star," Robin said.
"No," Starfire shook her head, "I should have never suggested you fight over her. I did not anticipate that you two would become competitive jerks. On Tamaran, people fought fairly, even when fighting to the death. I thought you two were better than to act like spoiled children. You are behaving selfishly and Raven is the one who suffers because of it. If you both truly cared about her you would see that. Either grow up and compete fairly, or give up because at this rate, I do not see how Raven would ever wish to even speak with you again." With that Starfire left the kitchen.
Robin watched Starfire leave and then turned to Cyborg and Beast Boy, "I hope you two are happy."
The feuding friends watched Robin leave and they both stood in silence for a moment. Finally Beast Boy bit his lip and sighed, "They're right. Look what our feud has done. Maybe we should just stop this. Raven obviously hates us now, and frankly I don't want to lose you both."
Cyborg nodded, "I guess so. Truce?"
"Yeah," Beast Boy agreed as they shook hands. Neither of them noticed however that they both had their fingers crossed behind their back.
A/N Eep I am so mean to poor Raven in this fic. The sacrifices she makes for humor...
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