(A/N) Last chapter is now my most reviewed chapter. Wonder if it has anything to do with Raven saying she really does love Beast Boy? Could be! BrokenNevermore and pureangel86, yes, he really did have to pass out…I didn't say that was the end of the scene though…just made it the end of the chapter. ;-) Prince V, he passed out because I think it's funny and because he's kind of always been a little apt to freak out when intense emotional stuff happens. I think that's why he has all those weird theories. It's his way of coping with his panic. Star's-Fire, nope, I never get tired of people saying they liked what I wrote. It's just cool. Anyway, I'm glad I got so many people writing up reviews so quickly. Now, my only worry is how many people will finish reading the story when they've got the main thing they wanted…maybe I'll have them break up just so that they have to get back together again. ;-)

Disclaimer – I don't own the Teen Titans, some guy with lots more money than me does. Lucky punk.

Tamed – Fused Together – Raven has feminine wiles…seriously.

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Raven was still seated in her chair, but was firmly looking away from Beast Boy with her arms folded across her chest.

"Come on, Rae, I said I was only kidding!" His joke hadn't gone over as well as he thought it would. "If it helps you forgive me, I scraped my knee a little falling out of my chair." He grinned hopefully at her, looking for even the slightest chance to catch her eyes with his. If he could do that, she might stop pouting.

"I just think it was in bad taste. I say that I love you and you pretend to faint. Do you know how hard it was for me to say all of that?" She turned to glare at him.

Dang…he was wrong about how getting her to look at him would calm her down. "I said that I love you too…doesn't that count for anything?" He bit his lip a little, seeing if it did.

Raven looked away from him again, he wasn't going to get her to stop being mad just yet. "Yes, it does, but that doesn't mean I'm not upset still."

"Aww, come on, what do I have to do to get you to stop being mad at me?"

Raven smiled evilly at him. "Will you do exactly what I tell you to?"

He swallowed a little. "Uh…y-yeah." The look in her eyes would have scared the chrome off the T-car.

"Good. I'll let you know when I've thought something up." She watched his ears droop and since she wasn't trying to ruin their evening, just get him back for pulling a prank at such an important time, she decided that they both could use less tension between them. "Did you want to go for a walk?"

Beast Boy's ears perked back up at her suggestion. "Sure." He quickly got to his feet and helped Raven out of her seat. After he had offered her his arm, they walked off to enjoy a moonlit stroll.

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Raven was still lying in bed the next morning, reminiscing on the night she had had. She had finally found out how she really felt about Beast Boy and they had spent a nice night walking, stealing glances at one another, smiling at each other, and they had kissed a little too. It was very strange for Raven to allow these things to happen. She thought about how recently it was that she was still closing off every emotion. She felt so different from then. She FELT. It made her head spin how much more promising life looked now that Trigon was gone. She had a future in front of her that she had never thought she would get to see…and she had someone she loved to share it with.

Feeling that she and Affection would have an easy time in their attempt at fusing right now she grabbed her mirror and was quickly in Nevermore. It was for that exact reason that she didn't hear Beast Boy knocking at her door, inviting her to breakfast.

After knocking a few more times Beast Boy cautiously opened Raven's door. Seeing the mirror in its familiar place on the floor he guessed that she was talking with some emotion. "Guess I'll just get some reading done." He had only taken a few steps away from her little house when he heard the door open from behind him. "Hey, Rae. I was just coming to get you for breakfast." He said as he turned around.

Two things caught his eyes in rapid succession, first was her leotard being a dull white color, and second was the way she was looking at him. It made him feel like he was about to be attacked…but strangely, not in a bad way. "Uh…you fused with…uhm…" He knew which emotion was supposed to be next; his brain was freezing up with the way she was walking towards him. She had her cloak open and her hips swayed slowly, like she was swinging them back and forth to hypnotize him the way a watch would be used. "So…you and Affection are…rejoined." She was standing right in front of him now, and if he had been paying closer attention, he would have also noticed how solidly purple her cloak was right then.

"Yes, Affection and I are no longer separate, and I have you to thank for that."

Her voice sounded sultry and suggestive. Suggesting what, Beast Boy didn't know, but it was making it hard for him to think straight. "M-me? Uhm, what'd I do?" If anything, this version of Raven was almost as frightening as her four eyed angry self.

Raven reached one of her hands delicately up to Beast Boy's cheek and caressed him gently. "You love me, and you let me love you." She leaned in and kissed him lightly, allowing her lips to linger, their breath mingling.

A now more familiar and determined thought came out from Beast Boy's memory. It allowed the kiss to finish before it really made itself know, it wasn't heartless. After they had parted the thought came to the front of Beast Boy's mind and his eyes snapped open to look at Raven. He had agreed to not take advantage of her when she merged with her emotions…and this would be the main one that that promise had been made for. "You want your breakfast?" He said a little higher than his normal voice, but he soon settled down more fully after hearing his voice squeak. "I made you eggs." He quickly walked over to her seat, both to show the tray with her food and to increase the distance between them. Another thought struck, just how many days would this last?

Raven beamed fully at Beast Boy. "Thank you, Beast Boy. That was very sweet of you." She looked to wear his chair and food were, a black glow covered them and they soon sat next to Raven's. "It'll be nice to eat together."

A quick nervous laugh popped out. "Uh, yeah." She had sat down and was obviously waiting for him to sit as well before she started. When he did, she ate her meal quietly, but kept looking at him in that same predatory way that seemed to be good somehow.

Beast Boy spent most of the morning keeping Raven from ignoring whatever she was supposed to be doing to just be with him. She had finally settled into her reading, so he was feeling relaxed as he took notes on the mythological animals of ancient Egypt. Lunch, on the other hand had presented a new set of problems.

Raven had insisted on doing the cooking and although she had improved in their time there, she was paying more attention to Beast Boy than the food. Her vegetable soup looked more like swamp water with how over boiled everything had gotten. Doing his best to not burst her bubble, Beast Boy had eaten two bowls of what tasted like several baby foods mixed together with lots of water spilled on them. The hard part about all of it was that Raven had set up the meal under the shade of a different tree than where they normally ate so that they could be even closer to each other. She kept putting her hand in his or resting it on his arm while they talked.

At least during the afternoon their training was of a more vigorous nature so that it would be harder for Raven to try stuff…at least that's what Beast Boy had expected. Instead, Raven had been so complimentary after each and every one of his transformations that they only got through a tenth of what he normally could do. She had apologized for it all, but her apology consisted of the words, a tight embrace, and a kiss. If Beast Boy's will power was going to survive the next few days, he would have to figure out how to get Raven to calm down some with the physical shows of affection.

He knew how he could handle the next day. Since it was a Saturday, he could just tell her he wanted to try going the whole day transformed to test his control. Hopefully, it wouldn't upset her. The evening ahead worried him, and he wasn't sure what he would do if she were still like this on Sunday. And, it wasn't like she was just trying to jump him, she was seducing him…and he wasn't all that hard to seduce.

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Dinner was calm enough, Beast Boy had cooked, and Raven seemed to be giving him a little more space. She still wanted to be sitting right next to him as they ate, but at least she looked more in control of herself.

"Beast Boy, do you think we could go for another walk tonight? I wanted to talk to you about some things."

She sounded a little uncertain of herself…this was good. It probably meant that Timid's influence was starting to show through. "Sure, any place you wanted to go?"

"I'd like it if we went out past the fruit trees towards the mountain."

That seemed harmless enough. "OK, let me just get the dishes over to the sink." He rounded up the used plates and other eating and cooking implements and was quickly off to the washbasin. When he got back, Raven was waiting for him, a small smile on her lips.

As they made their way through the trees Raven really did seem more like herself. They were holding hands and she kept stealing glances at him. It all helped to calm him down more concerning his worries from earlier. As they started to walk up the easier paths of the mountain Beast Boy noticed a vague familiarity about everything. "I've been here before. But…it was in a dream I think."

Raven smiled at him. "No, you've been here before." She continued to lead them on, and after coming around a small rocky bend, they stopped in front of a cave opening. "You've never been here as you, I thought it might be nice to come see your cave together."

That was where he knew this from! He HAD seen all of this in his dreams. For a few nights after he had realized how to control his other self he had had dreams of what his other side had done. He had even seen the fights against his friends and Adonis. "I don't know, Rae, maybe we shouldn't. It's really dark in there and we don't have anything for light really." That nagging thought was screaming for him to run for cover. "We should come back during the day some other time."

"But this was what I wanted to talk about." She had a slightly pained look on her face that made Beast Boy wait for her to continue instead of walking back to camp. "I came here a few days ago…after our date." The smile she had seemed to want to hide. "I was feeling bad about how it had ended, and just sat in the back of the cave. I fell asleep and I had a dream."

As soon as she said the word asleep a very strange smile came to her face. It was a calm, smaller smile, but it was the way her eyes were with the smile that made it so strange. They were partly closed, but they didn't look sleepy, they looked…inviting. Beast Boy wasn't sure what they were inviting him to do, but they held his gaze firmly.

Raven kept her eyes locked onto his and backed partly into the entrance of the cave. "In my dream, you found me here." She had finished entering and was pulling Beast Boy after her, the moonlight still visible from such a shallow point inside that they could still see one another. "You came up to me and did this…" She pulled him into her and kissed him fiercely, her desire taking over.

Beast Boy's mind was racing, but he was having a very difficult time hearing what it was saying with the distraction of a beautiful girl that he loved and who loved him back kissing him. He finally caught hold of some of the thoughts that flew by and realized how conflicting they were. Part of him wanted to give in completely to what he was feeling and to make her his, but another part of him was desperately looking for a way out that wouldn't hurt her. His promise rang in his ears again and tipped the scales towards escaping the situation safely. It needed to be quick, as Raven seemed to be exploring him again. He pulled away from her, keeping her hands in his before they got to anything he was uncomfortable with. "Raven…we can't do this."

"Yes we can, we're in love." She leaned in and kissed him again even though her arms were pulled out to her sides.

He broke their kiss again and kept her pulled back from him. "You're right, we are in love, but we're not married. You have no idea how badly I would love to just let go and let whatever happens happen, but I love you too much to do this the wrong way." She wasn't fighting him as much, but it was more like she was waiting for him to let go than she was listening. "I don't think we're ready for marriage, not to mention we're not old enough for it yet." That finally seemed to get through. "Please, let's just go back to camp…we can watch the stars before we go to bed."

She looked disappointed, but not upset or sad. "Alright, but I don't know if changing where we are will stop me from wanting you."

Beast Boy's insides did a few flips to rid themselves of any calmness they might have had left. The walk back was subdued, but they still held hands as they went.

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Thankfully, Raven had accepted his excuse of trying to last a whole day in control of his primal form and the day had been a nice break. After he changed back though, it was like she was trying to make up for lost time. Beast Boy ended up locking his door as a precaution when he went to bed.

Over the next few days Raven slowly came down from her emotion overload. As she did, a mortification of what she had done the first couple of days grew. She decided to apologize to Beast Boy and thank him for how he had behaved, and dinner seemed like the best time for it. As she sat eating next to the man she was starting to feel possessive of, she set her fork down and turned to face him more fully. "I'm sorry for how I acted…it…"

Beast Boy rubbed her back. "It's OK, Rae, I know you weren't really yourself then."

"It's not just that, it's just, it wasn't fair to you. I had you make that promise so that you wouldn't do anything with me when I wasn't thinking clearly. I never even asked you what you were and weren't OK with. I didn't know that you wanted to wait till you were married."

"It's something my mom and dad did. They waited just because it was the way things were back then…almost everybody waited. They never told me about it, I read it in a journal I have of theirs. I wanted to wait like they did…so that it was like they taught it to me."

Raven smiled at him. "That's kind of…weird."

Beast Boy smiled back. "Yeah, but it doesn't hurt anything…does it?"

Raven thought for a moment. "No, I just never thought about any of this stuff. If you want to wait, I can too. I never got taught any of this growing up. It was always about keeping my emotions under control."

"That kinda sucks. Didn't anybody think you were going to survive past that prophecy?"

Raven's face fell some. "I don't think any of them would have told me even if they did. They would have thought that it would give me hope, and hope inspires a lot of other emotions. They were supposed to be helping me avoid all of that kind of stuff."

"Which of your emotions is in charge of hope?"

"Happy."

"I always knew I liked her." He said grinning.

Raven's face brightened again. "I like her too…even if she does remind me of a weird cross between Starfire and you." Beast Boy chuckled a little. "Thank you for being a gentleman. It means a lot to me that you show me that kind of respect."

"I thought a gentleman was a guy who didn't have to work for a living?"

"What? Where did you get that from?"

"Cyborg gave me one of those vocabulary word a day calendars for Christmas one year, gentleman was on the only day I paid any attention to…New Year's day." He smiled sheepishly.

Raven closed her eyes and laughed to herself. "It's also a man who shows great respect to others…especially women."

"Oh…cool."

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(A/N) Shorter chapter than I expected, but really, it's either this or the last chapter and this one would have been one big chapter. The next two or so will probably be like that too…not short, just shorter than the ones before chapter 19. Oh, Regrem Erutaerc, I wanted to point out how right you were about what I had planned Affection's effect on Raven would be. You hit the nail right on the head. So, the rest of you, tell me what you think of this stuff. NOW!

…or not…whatever.