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Chapter nine! Woo hoo! (celebrates) I didn't think I'd ever get this far. At the start of this fic, I was completely lacking ideas. Now it's quite the opposite. I'm running a little low on ideas at the moment, but more will come. I'll try and get the next chapter up very soon. This current chapter might be a bit long.

Has anyone else heard the song 'Tight Rope' by Lacuna Coil? I love that song! It kinda reminds me of Robin.

Do not doubt the BBRae! Never underestimate the power of the pairing! Never! It shall prevail!

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Beast Boy opened his eyes groggily. Morning sunlight was slanting in through the window and had woken him. He was vaguely aware of warmth against him, and he looked down in search of the source of the warmth. Raven was curled up against him, her arms wrapped loosely around him. He was a bit startled at first, before remembering last night's events. Now that the night had passed, he was slightly embarrassed at his actions. He had allowed Raven to see him cry. What was she going to think of him now? Was she going to believe he was weak?

He decided that at the moment it didn't really matter. He was a bit confused about other things at the moment. Raven had kissed him. What did this mean? Did it mean she had feelings for him? And if so, was it dangerous? He had seen on several occasions before the damage that her powers could do, the damage that her emotions could do, if they were to somehow get out of control. He was puzzled as to why nothing had happened when she had kissed him. Did it mean that it was safe for her to feel some emotions? Had she just been fighting the loss of control the entire time? The more he wondered about it, the more confused he became. It started to make his head hurt, so he shook it away and concentrated instead on Raven.

He had realized before how peaceful she looked when she was asleep, but she had never looked happy before. He could remember only a handful of times when he had seen her smile. There was a smile on her face now, and it seemed almost out of place on the ordinarily stern lips. Beast Boy couldn't help but smile at her, and then was surprised at the fact that he was smiling. The feeling of sadness was not quite as pronounced as it had been before. He hadn't believed that he would ever feel even a little better, but he did. He had Raven to thank for that. He smiled at her again. And then he became confused.

He wasn't exactly sure how he felt about Raven. There had been something very strong that grew inside when she had kissed him, but he wasn't sure exactly what it was. Maybe he was feeling this because she was giving him what Terra never had: trust. Terra had always had such trouble trusting people, even Beast Boy, who had adored her and she had known it. She had had such trouble letting people in, giving up control, and so things between them had never progressed quite the way Beast Boy had wished it would. Maybe these things he was feeling for Raven were only because he was so happy that someone was giving him what he had longed for before. Raven had given her complete trust to him at a great risk last night. There had been the possibility of both of them dying, and yet she had allowed herself to give in. Beast Boy saw this as a display of trust. It had been unwise, but it touched him all the same.

He realized, with some regret, that his suspicions were true. He was still not over Terra, that was clear to him. Terra had only allowed herself to be only slightly more than a friend to him, she had never kissed him, especially not after the whole Slade incident, and Raven had. She had given him what he had been yearning for from Terra, and so he had believed that he felt something for her. But he didn't. He couldn't? Raven was his friend. Raven couldn't risk ever being with him…

Or was it Beast Boy who couldn't risk being with her?

His thoughts were interrupted by Raven awakening. He could tell she was awake because she gave a slight jump when she realized that she was enfolded in his arms. She rolled quickly away from him, the frightened animal look on her face again. She watched him carefully for a moment, as though worried he was going to mock her for being close to him. When he only stared back, the look disappeared. She stared blankly for a moment. Last night, there had been barely a shadow of the normal Raven he knew. Now that the Raven that she usually was had returned; the dark, sarcastic, emotionless Raven, Beast Boy found himself missing her other side.

"Sleep well?" she asked, jolting him abruptly out of this thoughts.

"Uh….yeah, I guess," he said. She nodded cordially.

"I'm glad. No more nightmares, I assume?" she asked.

Beast Boy nodded, though it was a lie. He had had more nightmares last night, just none that had really unsettled him. He felt that perhaps Raven was lying also, in a way. She was acting like last night had never happened. Oh yeah, that was Raven. Ignore anything that had any emotion attached to it in any way. It almost pissed him off, but he was too overcome with confusion, and of course the usual depression, to bother with anger. It did annoy him slightly, but he said nothing. Maybe this was how Raven felt most of the time. Unless emotions were too pressing to shake off, she ignored them. He wondered if she had to choose what was really worth feeling. Did she ever feel anything at all? He was shaken out of these thoughts by her voice.

"Are you hungry?" she asked. He shrugged.

"No," he answered blandly.

"I am. I'm going to eat something. Are you coming, or are you going to stay in here?" Raven asked carefully. Beast Boy shrugged again. She glided lightly to the floor and walked toward the door very casually, as though she hadn't spent the night in his bed (that sounds wrong. It's not though. I don't mean it that way, for God's sake! (goes off on a rant)) Beast Boy hopped down after her and followed her out the door, watching her from behind and she swept down the hall, her cloak billowing. She stopped and turned around, waiting for him to catch up. When he did, she started off again, the two of them walking side by side, something not entirely normal for Raven.

"Thanks," Beast Boy said quietly, greatly touched though by such a small gesture. She nodded and turned her head for a second to offer him a small smile. Something melted inside as the smile crossed her lips. It felt as though his organs were melting and running over each other in liquid form, primarily his stomach. He quickly shook this feeling off and kept walking as his knees steadied themselves again.

Once in the kitchen, Beast Boy seated himself beside Cyborg at the table.

"Hey BB!" Cyborg said cheerfully, clapping his green friend on the back. "How ya doin?"

Beast Boy grinned, though weakly. "Better, actually," he said, barely able to believe it himself.

"Really?" Cyborg asked. BB nodded. "That's great!"

"I am overjoyed to hear this, Beast Boy! You are recovered?" Star asked happily.

"A little," Beast Boy answered.

"Wonderful!" Star said, clapping her hands together and squirting some mustard onto her waffle.

"Yeah, that's great Beast Boy!" Robin said happily to BB. Then he looked at Starfire. "Uh…Star…mustard doesn't really belong on-" he began, but he cut himself off.

"What, friend Robin?" Star asked.

"Uh…I was going to say that people don't usually put mustard on waffles, but I guess if you like it…" he trailed off. "It doesn't matter." he grinned at her.

"I am glad to hear this," Starfire said, smiling. "I enjoy mustard with the waffles. Does anyone else care to try?" she cut off a bite of the yellow-covered waffle and held it up on her fork.

Beast Boy decided to be adventurous. "I'll give it a shot," he said, faking a very heroic voice.

"Splendid!" Star said, shoving the bite into his mouth across the table. Beast Boy's eyes watered for a moment at the taste of the mustard mixing with the delicate sweetness of the blueberry waffle, and then he started to chew.

"You know, it actually isn't bad," he said thoughtfully.

"Fantastic! Cyborg, Robin, you must taste also!" Star said, shoving a bite into each of their mouths with no regard whatsoever to their 'no thanks Star' replies and holding up of hands in defense (sounds like Sparky. You can't deny it, Sparky! You know that's like you!).

There was a pause, and then Robin burst into laughter at the look on Cyborg's face. Some mustard dribbled out onto his chin as he laughed. Star and Cyborg both started laughing at this. Beast Boy started chuckling lightly, and then it slowly grew a bit and became mild giggles.

"Oh yeah, we got our Beast Boy back!" Cyborg said, grabbing BB around the neck and rubbing his metallic knuckles against BB's scalp. BB smiled a bit wider.

"Yeah, you'd like me to be back to kick your but again, wouldn't you?" he joked.

"Did Beast Boy just crack a joke? It really is him! I thought for a while there a little blue man had moved into your head and taken control over you," Robin said.

"Yep. But he's back now, it looks like!" Cyborg said, giving BB another noogie.

"Oh God. And I thought for a while there that we were safe from his jokes for good," Raven said, sitting down next to Beast Boy. It was clear she didn't mean it because she smiled slightly and joined in with Cyobrg's noogie (heh. Noogies).

Beast Boy grinned back at her. For a moment, the depression wasn't the primary feeling inside. Right now, what he could feel the most was that warm, fuzzy, family-type feeling. That and the organ-melty feeling toward Raven. How long could he deny any feelings for her? (hey, organ-melty. Man, I'm bad with summarizing feelings)

For a while. Because right now, there were other things to deal with. Like getting Cyborg back with a mega-noogie.

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Aww. Now that's BB. I'll get the next chapter up soon. Until then, bask in the fluffiness while it lasts.