AN: Well, another one-shot in one day. I
"No." Her arms were crossed, expression set in a frown.
"Yes." He stood in front of her, just as serious as she was. That was a trait they shared.
"You're joking." Her tone began to get slightly panicked.
"Nope, totally serious." He tone grew firmer as she began to slip slightly from her calm.
"I won't. You can't make me." She shifted on her feet.
"Sorry Raven. Cyborg's already gone. You have to do it." The discussion was ended with Robin's tone. Turning away from the girl he turned to his girlfriend and his expression softened.
"Ready to go Star?" The two left Raven alone, dumbfounded, and headed out to begin their date.
"This is just a bad dream Raven." She closed her eyes and massaged her temples. "You're going to wake up… now!" Opening her eyes she found herself in the exact same place. "Damn." She started to pace.
"It's okay. Maybe he'll just sleep. Maybe he won't want company. Maybe he'll just stay quiet." Any other musings the girl might have had were cut off by her communicator ringing, playing the annoying little song over and over and over again. Wincing, Raven pulled it out and carefully opened it. 'Please let it be Cyborg, please tell me he's coming home. Please let it be Robin saying he was joking. Please… please… please…'
"Hey Raven." Beast Boy sniffed loudly followed by a loud hacking cough. Raven glared at the image of Beast Boy.
"Tell me why you had to stay out for half an hour after it started pouring, again?" Raven muttered to Beast Boy as she began heading towards his room.
"Be- Achoo!" A small kitten replaced Beast Boy before he morphed back- "Because I wanted to- cough, hack, chock –to find out where you had g- moan- gone." Beast Boy replied before he started having another sneezing fit. A horse, than a dog, turtle, chicken, bird- Raven lost count.
Raven sighed. "Hold on, I'll be right there. Do you know if you have a fever?" Raven asked.
"No," Beast Boy sniffed loudly. "Robin just made me go to bed. By the way- cough, sneeze," a spider than back to his normal self- "when did you get back?"
"Just five minutes ago, Robin told me I had to look after you since he and Star are going on a date." Raven made a face.She watched as Beast Boy grinned, but was interrupted be another sneeze, which turned him into a pig. Popping back to normal, he started coughing again. Shacking her head, Raven made a detour to the medical wing where she loaded herself with every cold medicine she could find, plus cough drops, tissues and the thermometer.
She arrived at the changelings door and listened a moment to his coughing before she opened the door.
"Hey Rae." Beast Boy sniveled and started coughing again. Raven noticed he was still in wet clothes and 'tsked' quietly before moving over to his closet. She carefully opened the door, making sure the she was ready to block anything that might come crashing down on her. Finding another one of Beast Boy's uniform, she tossed it to him.
"Here, get out of those dry clothes and put that on." She turned her back and waited for him to finish changing.
Sighing, she turned around when she heard the rustling of clothing stop, and moved over to the bed. Sitting down next to him she offered him a cough drop, which he thankfully excepted, and stuck the thermometer into his mouth. The two titans sat in silence as they waited for three minutes to pass so Raven could check Beast Boys temperature. Raven tapped her foot, annoyed. There were so many other things she could be doing now, like meditating, reading, meditating, drinking tea, did she mention meditating?
Glancing at the clock, Raven reached over and pulled the thermometer out of Beast Boys mouth and stared surprised at the degree it was at.
"How did you manage to get a 104 degree fever?" She asked astonished. Beast Boy shrugged before he started sneezing one again. Pop, giraffe, pop, deer, pop mouse, pop, lizard.
Dropping the boxes of medicine on the floor, she kneeled and began to sort through them. "Headache?" she asked.
"Yep."
"Cough, yes. Soar throat?"
"Eh, slightly."
Standing, Raven tossed her friend one of the boxes. "Take two of those and then try to get to sleep." She started toward the door before a voice stopped her.
"Raven?"
Her shoulders sagged. "Yeah Beast Boy?"
"Where you going?" He asked her, his eyes clearly stating he wished for her to stay.
Raven sighed. "To get herbal tea, a book and tissues. I'll be back." Raven turned and offered him a small smile.
"Thanks Rae, you're a real pal."
"…No problem." Raven replied. Beast Boy gave her a toothy grin before he lay back against the pillows.
Goodnight Raven." Beast Boy yawned and closed his eyes.
So softly that even Beast Boy could not pick it up was a whispered reply. "Goodnight Beast Boy, sleep well."