Wowzie, I'm actually going to act like a normal person and only put a basic discalimer up for this part, go figure!!
But not only is this chapter long, it is the essential pivotal point of the story, and so,
I CANNOT HINDER YOU FROM READING!!
So enjoy the fic, and enjoy the fluff, and enjoy the fact that I don't own Teen Titans,
'cuz if I did, you guys would actually be seeing this stuff every day, and that would be scary, wouldn't it??
Yeah, it would.
Ok, c'ya later!!
-CYS.
Raven stumbled into the living area, still injured and becoming increasingly drunk from the want of sleep.
'If I ever have this problem again', she thought, 'I'm hypnotizing myself.'
It was at this very inopportune moment that an overly-ecstatic Beast Boy bounded up to her, shouting some incoherent nonsense about chicken-less eggs and tofu waffles...
"Hey Raven, breakfast is done!! I sure hope you like tofu, 'cuz it's an all-vegetarian menu today!! How about some soy eggs?"
"Awww, man, don't feed her that stuff!! She only just got out of the hospital a few days ago!!" The ever anti-herbolgic Cyborg reproached, "accidentally" knocking some of the gooey white soy bars into the trashcan.
"It's perfectly normal food! Just because you don't like it doesn't mean the others have to suffer from a lack of soy-beanie goodness!!"
"Normal? There's nothing normal about it! Who wants to eat sticky white waffles, huh? NOBODY!! And the only people who would be suffering from a lack of this mess are all your other little veggie-crazed friends; and I'm not even sure if they would eat it!!"
"You'll see who likes the pro-veggie approach better!! Here Raven, try some olive tacos and kelp, it's fresh!!"
Raven looked at the offered plate, wondering how to get out of it without causing too much damage to either Beast Boy's pride, or her stomach.
And she was sure that one of the kelp balls was wiggling...
"Uhhhh, no thanks Beast Boy, I'm really not that hungry."
He looked up at her with his captivatingly sad eyes, a look of such dejection on his face she was sure that she had just done something far worse than merely abnegating from a plate of cold kelp and tofu waffles...
"Maybe later then?" He asked, a polemic set of puppy dog eyes imploring her to agree.
She couldn't help it.
"Fine, maybe later."
"Then I'll make you something REALLY special!!"
And when he happily turned around to return to the fridge she was glad that Cyborg had just left the room...
Because she didn't want anyone to see the uncharacteristically blissful grin she was sporting.
'...Stupid Raven'. She scolded herself, seconds later when the grin had once again faded into her usual, insensitive scowl.
'You're supposed to be containing your emotions again, not letting them spew all over the place!'
She released another heavy sigh and slowly made her way back to the ample black couch on the other side of the room.
In her drowsy stupor, however, she failed to see one of Starfire's shiny purple boots (no doubt pulled out by the mischievous Silky, Beast Boy's pet larvae from Killer Moth.) lying discarded on the floor. Not fully paying attention, she was seized by this violet monster and wrestled violently to the ground.
...Ok, she tripped. But it hurt!!
Beast Boy was at her side in a moment, and he lifted her insomnia-driven body as best he could onto the distant couch.
"Dude Raven, what happened?" He asked curiously, gently supporting her head in his arms.
"I don't know Beast Boy. I don't know what's wrong with me. But for some reason I---" She broke off again, reverting to "normal-Raven" mode once more. 'Get a hold of your emotions, Raven, you're supposed to be stronger than this, remember?'
"Raven..." Beast Boy chided softly. "You know you can tell me anything. Please just tell me what's wrong."
Finally, with a deep sigh, she told him everything; about how she missed his smile in the morning, and how she just couldn't get to sleep at night, about wishing that things could go back to the way that they were... And she told him how, even though her body had been badly damaged, those days in the hospital had been some of the happiest moments of her life.
And when she was done, she summoned up all of her courage and told him the one thing she had been slowly realizing for so long...
She told him she loved him.
And surprisingly enough, he didn't laugh, or sneer, or do any of the other things she thought he would have.
No, all he did was look down, deep deep down into the soul of her eyes, and said the most beautiful words she had ever heard...
"Oh Raven, I love you too."
And it was in this way, held tightly in his arms that Raven cried for all of the years she had lost, all of the time she had wasted forcing herself to be unhappy.
She cried for mistakes, and at the end, she cried as well for the beautiful new thing she had gained,
She cried for her love.
And the whole time, Beast Boy felt her pain, like a demon inside of his chest.
And so desperate was his ache to quell it that he did the only comforting thing he could think of...
He sang...
YAY!! They finally admitted it!! Ok, tell me what you think of the way I did this, did I go too fast? Too slow?
And what do you think is gonna happen now that everything's out in the open??
Only I know for sure, and only time will tell,
SO PLEASE, EVERYBODY, REVIEW!!
Luv ya's, bye.
-CYS.
(And Medlii rocks, coz she reviewed today!! Toodles!!)
...2 chapters in one day? It's a miracle!!
...And aren't I supposed to be studying? OH WELL!! WEEEEEEEEE!!
(Studying can go jump in a lake!! HA HA HA!!)