Beatings and Beast Boy
Anger swallowed Raven, there was no thinking there was just pain in the future for a very poor half robot. Cyborg had run out of her room faster then you could say 'Gufilafish', Raven (in a much more sane state) thought it was for the best.
She didn't open her door to get out and go after Cyborg, it blew off. She hovered following Cyborg's flaming path. 'You're going to wish you were never born!' She thought as she pondering the many ways she was going to hurt him, badly hurt him.
"Oh Cyborg, come out Cyborg. Come out and play." Raven called in a voice that sounded sweet and kind, until you saw the face. Small children cried because of that face and large adults whimpered. "Cyborg, you had this coming the moment you told Beast Boy." She whispered softly.
Cyborg heard her saying 'Come out and play.' And it scared the poop out of him. Starfire was with him crouching behind the couch.
She whispered to him, "Cyborg, why are we hiding from friend Raven?" She had obviously missed the reasons that Cyborg had.
"I told Beast Boy that Raven liked him so that he'd tell me who he liked. He likes Raven, and Raven isn't taking it well." Cyborg said in a barely auditable whisper.
Starfire threw herself in the air, clapped her hands together and said gleefully, "Friend Beast Boy and friend Raven have feelings for each other! Oh this is the most splendid news!"
Cyborg stared in horror and grabbed her mouth, "Starfire! She can't fine me, she'll hurt me!" But, he was much too late.
Raven peeked over the edge of the couch, "Hello Cyborg, Starfire can I borrow him for awhile?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice. Only her eyes betrayed her true intent.
"Of course friend Raven! Cyborg tells me of you crush on Beast Boy! We mush do the-"Starfire didn't get a chance to finish because Raven jerked Cyborg from his crouch and dragged him to her room, or so it seemed. Doesn't want to destroy the living room furniture, you understand.
"Raven, really think about this rationally. You like B.B. and B.B. likes you. I don't see why you're so upset. Really it's-"Cyborg attempted to make her see a reason not to make him into a throw rug but she slammed him into the wall before he had a chance to finish. The only thing that would get damaged was a wall or two.
"That isn't the point! You promised, you swore! Now I get your X-box and for betraying that trust I'm going to take all the other gaming systems and the games!" Raven snarled inches from his face. She threw him into a closet when she finished, didn't want him interfering while she raided his room looking for things.
"Raven! RAVEN! All I said was the X-Box! RAVEN YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" He banged on the door.
"I can and I will." She growled on the other side of the door, and then stalked off for Cyborg's room.
Cyborg continued to bang relentlessly on the door while Raven entered his room. Black energy dug out several gaming systems from beneath undergarments and other junk. They floated in their black energy bubbles until Cyborg realized that he could just blow the damn door off. He did too.
Running down the hall, just a notch slower then when he ran from Raven's room, he slid into the door jam and found Raven and her black energy bubbles with his precious gaming systems.
"You see Cyborg, I am half demon and I will make sure you hurt for this." The black energy crushed the gaming systems into small balls of useless scrape metal then wedged the pieces into a ball. The ball was large since Cyborg is a technology freak; naturally, Raven threw the ball at Cyborg's head. He dropped, naturally, to the ground and the ball smash into another large machine.
"Raven! That was my computer!" Cyborg moaned as he saw the damage that had happened to his precious computer.
"Shouldn't have ducked, huh?" She said in a sing-song voice, and then sent the ball hurtling at Cyborg in a different direction smashing a large hole in the wall. This ducking and smashing dance continued until all the machines in Cyborg's room were in ruins and many of his walls had either large holes or large dents that closely resembled a hole.
Getting tired, and no longer have anything in large enough pieces to destroy, Raven dropped the ball at Cyborg's feet. "Don't betray me again or I'll do worse." She said groggily.
Beast Boy stood in the middle of Cyborg's door looking at the damage that Raven had done. He said a silent 'Wow'. Raven glanced at him and stared, 'Did I just do this?' She asked as she looked at the damage she managed to do. 'Yup, sure did, kind of deserved it too… well maybe not quite this much.' Her alter-ego said. 'Shut up,' she said half heartedly. 'Holy dancing Jesus on a stick.'
Raven staggered out of Cyborg's room brushing Beast Boy's chest, he gawked at her in amazement. 'Did she just do that?' He asked himself. 'Yup, looks like it' His alter-ego said lightly. 'Yeah thanks, I got that!' He growled to himself.
"Raven…" Beast Boy began but then thought better. Suppose she was still mad and needed someone to hurt because she sure as hell beat Cyborg to bits.
Raven turned, stumbling a little. Beast Boy caught her out of reflex. "Yes Beast Boy?" She blinked at him, but then pushed him away.
"Nothing, forget it." Beast Boy turned to enter Cyborg's room to kneel by his stunned/ near tears friend.
'Maybe I went a bit over the top…' She thought. Robin rushed up next to her.
"What happened is there someone attacking the Tower?" He asked in an urgent voice. That was Robin, business first everything else second.
"No, I attacked Cyborg's room." Raven said detached from her body. This wasn't really happening to her, she was just looking in on someone else who had destroyed Cyborg's room. If only it was true.
"What? Why?" But he didn't wait for an answer; he simply rushed up to Cyborg's door and stopped. His masked eyes got wide in shock.
Raven had, had about enough of these questions and shocked expressions, she staggered to her bedroom. Starfire zoomed past her towards Cyborg's room, 'This is going to turn out badly.' Her alter-ego thought. 'No shit,' Raven said sarcastically, pointing out the obvious right now didn't seem wise. Raven dropped on her bed, drained completely. She drifted into sleep while she snuggled up to her pillows and slid between her sheets.
It seemed only minutes later there came a knock on her door. She begrudgingly opened her eyes, it was dark outside which meant she had been asleep for quite awhile seeing that all that had happened around breakfast. She glanced at her clock, 11:09pm it flashed in green numbers. Raven had been asleep quite awhile it appeared.
"Raven, are you in there?" Beast Boy asked. she hadn't come out of her room since the… incident. He had helped clean up the destruction that Raven had caused. Cyborg had, had mixed feelings about what had happened. He knew that Raven would destroy something; he just hadn't known that she would destroy his room. Not a scratch had been caused to Cyborg, not as much could be said about his room. He was roaring angry about that part but then felt that in some part of him deserved it.
"What is it Beast Boy?" Raven murmured. she was going to get yelled at for this one she was sure. She heard the air hiss out as the door opened revealing her small green crush. 'Damn it.' She cursed. 'Damn it.' Her alter-ego echoed. No part of her was happy that Beast Boy was in her room after what had happened with Cyborg.
"Just came to check on you. Are you alright?" Beast Boy stepped into her room and was covered by darkness because of the lack of light. His pupils widened to take in more light enabling him to make out the faint outline of Raven huddled under her bedding.
"And yell at me, right?" Raven accused, a large lump gathered in her throat and her eyes became hot with unshed tears.
"Why would I yell at you?" Beast Boy asked softly slightly taken back by the accusation. He had only yelled at her once and he hadn't been himself then.
"After what I did to Cyborg's room, you're his best friend! Why else would you be here?" She cried jerking upright in her bed. Her eyes began to creep toward the breaking point where she would cry, she didn't want Beast Boy to see her cry.
"You were angry, he knows that. He might not be very happy right now but he's a big boy and can handle his own yelling. I would never yell at you." He took a step forward then stopped; she might not want to be touched right now.
All Raven really wanted to do was be held, though she would never admit it. "I deserve to be yelled at. I should have never lost control like that." She hunched down into her bed. 'HE DESERVED IT! HE BETRAYED OUR TRUST!' Her alter-ego screamed. 'This is the last time, shut the hell up!' Raven screamed back. Her alter-ego was reduced to murmurs.
"Raven, you don't deserve to be yelled at. And everyone loses control sometimes, it's natural." Beast Boy walked all the way into her room and touched Raven's arm completely ignoring his own alter-ego screaming at him. "SHE'S GOING TO KILL YOU! OR DESTROY YOUR ROOM LIKE SHE DID CYBORG!'
Raven leaned into his hand; his touch was warm and comforting. But now that someone had given comfort to her she began to cry. She had perfected the art of crying without making a sound, her shoulders shook with her silent tears.
"Raven, are you crying?" Beast Boy asked clearly shocked. 'Raven's crying?' His alter-ego screamed, equally surprised, 'Raven's crying?' Beast Boy echoed.
"No! I'm fine!" Raven snarled the idea of her crying did not blend well with her. 'You're letting him see us cry? What's wrong with you, you stupid twit!' Her alter-ego screamed profanities at her. 'I said, shut UP!' Raven screamed back.
"Raven, it's alright. It's all alright." Beast Boy took Raven into his arms and held her in a circle of his warmth.
Raven rested in Beast Boy's arms smelling damp fur and tofu, her body shook with the occasional sobs. Slowly the sobs became smaller with a large gap in between until she took a shuddered breath that signaled the end of her tears. They sat on Raven's bed, him hold her with the side of his neck with salty tears on it.
"Beast Boy, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to start crying like that." Raven said, still in his arms. She didn't want to pull away and until he made her, she probably wouldn't.
"Don't mention it Raven. You know I'm always here for you." Beast Boy stroked the top of Raven's head. Her hair smelled like shampoo and the rest of her smelled faintly of mangoes. He enjoyed Raven crying in his arms, maybe not the crying part but the holding part. He kissed the top of her head lightly, it seemed like she needed someone to care for her.
Raven felt Beast Boy kiss the top of her head, bemused she turned her face to look at him. He wiped away a tear that hadn't caught on his neck. They both realized how close they were at the same moment, tension sang through their bodies. 'I realize that you're a stupid lump but for god sake KISS HIM!' Her alter-ego screamed at the top of her lungs, that is if she had lungs.
'I know that you aren't that smart but if there is one intelligent thing that you ever do in your life it would be to kiss her right now!' His alter-ego yelled.
They sat there stare at each other both listening to their alter-egos yell insanities, he edged toward her. The desire to kiss the other welded in both their chests. They were inches way from each other, now they were centimeters. Their eyes eased shut, so close that only a sheet of paper could make it between their lips.
A bang came from Raven's door, "Raven? Come out now, Raven. We have to talk." Cyborg bellowed through the door.
They froze for a second then turned to look at the door. 'DAMN IT CYBORG! DAMN YOU TO HELL YOU STUPID TIN CAN!' Both alter-egos shrieked. Neither was that upset anymore that she had trashed his room.
Beast Boy pulled away leaving Raven cold and pissed off. "You better answer that; I'll go through your window." Beast Boy shifted into a sparrow and flew out of her window her staring after him. She jerked her head to her door and walked stiff legged to it. Another hiss of air revealed Cyborg, looking quite angry.
Cyborg saw Raven's tear streaked face and pissed off expression, suddenly his anger vanished to surprise. "Yes, Cyborg. Did you need something?" Raven hissed through clenched teeth.
"Uh… um… I just wanted to talk about what happened earlier." He had prepared an argument that would have left Raven speechless and without any comebacks, it was wiped from his mind when she opened the door.
"I'm sorry for my actions. I'll help you rebuild everything, just don't do it again." Raven snarled. She crossed her arms under her breasts.
"Uh… Did I interrupt something? I know B.B. came to see how you were, is he in there?" Cyborg tried to peek around Raven.
"No, now leave." The door slammed shut in Cyborg's face leaving him speechless and confused.
Beast Boy flew enjoying the cool night air, he was usually at peace when he flew but tonight his alter-ego raged inside his brain. 'Go back and kiss her damn it! You freaking idiot! You were so damn close; you were so close that you couldn't break without taking her breath with you! Damn Cyborg! I don't feel the least bit sorry now that she destroyed his room! That trash can deserves it!" He couldn't argue because hesilently agreed. They had been close, very close and then he ruined it. He flew to a pizza place, changed back into a human and sat in a booth sipping cola. The day/night had been very exciting.