Acceptance – Part V in the Unrequited Love in Five Easy Steps series
Beast Boy

Raven is emotionally constipated.

I like that word: constipated. It's a big word.

Emotionally constipated means that Raven has her feelings stuffed up her butt so tight she can't get them out. That's what Cyborg told me. You'd think with all the tea she drinks she'd be ok.

Sometimes I wonder how it's possible that she can't get emotional. Actually, there are a lot of things I don't understand. And a lot of things I do. But mostly I don't.

You're thinking the same thing I'm thinking, aren't you?

Precisely: soy and tofu ice cream. I'm craving it.

Mmm…let's take a moment to savor the taste of soy and tofu ice cream.

Anyway, back to constipation. Constipation, constipation, constipation – has a certain ring to it, doesn't it? It's just full of hard sounds. Like stop. Just sounds like a word that would make you…stop.

And Raven stops. She stops. Stop. Pots? Stop. She stops it all. All the emotions. They don't have medicine for that. Not really.

I wish they did. I wish. I wish they would cure her. But to cure her they would have to take out the demon in her. The bad parts. I don't really understand. But I understand enough. Raven is half-demon.

I watch too much anime - Inu-yasha. I like it sub-titled. Sometimes. Then you get to understand some things in Japanese. Hanyou means half-demon. But I don't know if this applies. Half-demon suits Raven better.

I wonder if it hurts to be half-demon. Yeah, I look like a green elf. But I'm no demon. Not even half. I think. I don't really know. I hope not. Life would be bad around here if this dude had to try and constipate his emotions. I would explode. It would be, like, green elf guts everywhere. Gross.

I wonder if Raven will ever explode. Not for real. I mean emotionally. She goes insane in the future. That's what Star said when she came back. Then we had a party. I can't even remember the name of it. Something to do with drifting apart? Well, not drifting apart. I think? I know what I mean, and that's what counts. Right?

I wouldn't want her to go insane. She's creepy, but she's my friend.

And I think I'm in like with her. Yeah. I like her. Sorta, kinda, maybe. I don't know anymore. Ever since Terra…

Terra was my new best friend. She paid more attention to me than anyone else ever had. Except for the circus people. They liked me best – but not in a good way. Anyway, Terra liked me back. If she hadn't betrayed us – well. Lots of things would have been different if she hadn't betrayed us. I would probably still trust myself.

I wish lots of things were different. But I hope they don't get different. Because, in this weird funky sort of way – I like this life. I like my friends the way they are. Sometimes I wonder if I would like Raven if she weren't emotionally constipated. Maybe. Maybe it's just that I think that it's a safe bet she'll never like me back.

Maybe I'm just too scared. Maybe I'm scared of people telling me I'm not hilarious anymore. Even though I never was.

Having my heart ripped out by the first girl I liked sort of emotionally constipated me. Redemption came too late for any of us and now…

Now I like it that way. I can be just like everyone else.

AN: And thus ends the series. I really liked Beast Boy the best, but maybe you disagree. Ah well...please review!