My Eyes!
By Satu
YAY! Reviews!
The Ubermann – BBXRae forever! And do you honestly think Rae would let him get kicked off? (hugs The Ubermann)
EvilandBored – Thanks :D I agree with your pairings too… (hugs EvilandBored)
warprince2000 – Thanks… I think this chapter's just as good as the last one. (hugs warprince2000)
Soccerblast2187 – Your pairings… same as me man, kindred spirits. (hugs Soccerblast2187)
Raven's Faithful Sidekick – Well, you never know… I've gotten some interesting responses. (hugs Raven's Faithful Sidekick)
.:brittany:. – Thanks. Don't worry about the pairings not being on there, I did say 'etc.' (hugs .:brittany:.)
lalalalalalalalala – I should probably say that spell check is my life. I hope you aren't offended if the pairings in this story don't match yours… (hugs lalalalalalalalala)
lyssiB – Very cool… I approve :D (hugs lyssiB)
BBRaelover4eva – Yeah, I don't really mind who Cy's with either… (hugs BBRaelover4eva)
stareye – Thank you very much. (hugs stareye)
LadyOfRandomnessThe1st – The blind BB is basically the basis of this story… He'll get used to it though… (hugs LadyOfRandomnessThe1st)
TheRealXenocide – Cyborg wasn't being territorial about the Medlab, he was shocked that Raven wouldn't ever try to heal BB. I haven't read the comics either and I haven't seen all the episodes because Cartoon Network is behind. Note that if I ever write a triangle it will be a Rae/BB/Terra fic, but Terra will be normal. (hug TheRealXenocide)
animegirl75 – I know it's hard. I'm glad so many people like it. (hugs animegirl75)
Pokr Mew Plum – Like with my Marital Issues story, I'll update once a week. (hugs Pokr Mew Plum)
GizmoBunny – Obvious is good, I mean… look at Robin and Starfire. (hugs GizmoBunny)
The-Ghosts-of-Reach – Thank you very much. Your pairings are very common, but exactly the same as mine… (hugs The-Ghosts-of-Reach)
Kate – All the way man. (hugs Kate)
Tammy Tamborine – Excellent. Love your pairings… (hugs Tammy Tamborine)
HAPPILI INSAN – I love your enthusiasm, lol. (hugs HAPPILI INSAN)
Bob42 – Awesome. I've already got ideas for the other chapters. (hugs Bob42)
Janan – I will… (BBXRae forever) (hugs Janan)
They-Call-Me-Orange – BBXRae forever! Don't stop dancing! (joins in with chicken dance) I get my ideas from random thoughts… I got this one staring at the ceiling in the dark. Funny how life works out, isn't it? (good call on Terra) (hugs They-Call-Me-Orange)
sweetnsxy – Wow… Do you mean just fan fiction or real books too? Because that would be awesome… (hugs sweetnsxy)
leons dragon – Cool… I'm getting masters… Wait… AHH (just kidding) (hugs leons dragon)
FantasyObsessed – Shall do… (hugs FantasyObsessed)
Sonic Heros Bliss – Of course I can… (hugs Sonic Heros Bliss)
BeastWithin – Power to the people! You can never do too much… (hugs BeastWithin)
SpikedTalon – Thanks. I love Beast Boy too, but he's so cute with Rae… (hugs Spiked Talon)
X-100 – Thanks. I respect Terra, but I don't think she's for Beast Boy. (hugs X-100)RavenluvsBB – Thanks… And I really loved your story. (hugs RavenluvsBB)
Half-Gothic Girl – Goodo, and I will. (hugs Half-Gothic Girl)
AN. Sorry if I got any of your names wrong. I've never had so many reviews in one week. I'm overwhelmed and incredibly happy. People actually like it. No flames! (unless lalalalalalalalala's counts as a flame, in which case it didn't really refer to my story… except the pairings)
AN. The next day. I don't own Teen Titans, but if the owners want to sell it to me I have (deranged scrabbling sounds) five cents, a broken watch and a fork. Come on, it's a good fork.
Answers to Poll:
I say: BBXRae, RobXStar, CyX? maybe Jinx.
My sister says: BBXTerra, RobXStar, RaeX, CyX?
The way I write
"Speech"
Thoughts or Titles
(Authors Note)
Chapter 2
Beast Boy opened his eyes. Darkness greeted them. Damn, he cursed himself. He had completely forgotten. He sat up, his ears straining to hear every single sound. He stood up and took a step. He collided with a chair. Damn, he cursed again. He stretched his hands out in front of him, feeling for any other obstacles. He managed to make it to the door and spent another five minutes scrabbling for the button. Before he could find it, he heard the door open.
"What are you doing?" a soft feminine voice said.
"Star?" He stuck his hands out and felt a soft waist. It was covered with a thin layer of cloth. He frowned and slid his hands up and down. They slid over a ribcage, then down over hips. They connected with bare skin. He put his hands forward and they met a cloak. "Raven?" he sounded incredulous.
"Yes." She sounded choked.
Why didn't she just tell me? he thought. Why did she let me… He cut the thought off before it could develop.
"What are you doing up?" she asked.
"I wanted to go to my room," he said. "This place smells funky." She breathed out suddenly, the resulting effect sounding surprising like a suppressed laugh.
"Alright. I'll help you." He stood still for a moment, before a cold arm draped around his waist. He drew breath sharply. "It's just me. I know I'm a little cold, but don't worry." He repressed a shiver and drew closer to her body. Her cloak covered him slightly. He took a deep breath through his nose and smelt a strong smell of lavender. She took a step forward, her arm putting pressure on his back. He stepped forward too. They walked together, their body's close and their hips touching occasionally. It was the closest he had ever been to Raven, and he could feel his animal instincts stirring.
Calm down, he told himself. She's just a friend. They walked for ten minutes when she stopped. There was a whoosh as she opened the door.
"You sleep in here?" she asked incredulously.
"Yeah. Why?" He tried to take a step forward, but she pulled him back.
"This is a pigsty," she said.
"Oh yeah," he mumbled, strangely embarrassed that she saw the mess he had accumulated.
"I have to clean this up. You can't stay here. It's a hazard zone." She let go of him and moved into the room.
"Um… Raven?"
"Yes Beast Boy," she said. There was rustling as she moved all the clothes on the floor into the laundry bin.
"What am I supposed to do?"
"Oh," she said. "Just wait." There was more rustling and a sharp crack. "Come here." She put her arm around him again and led him over several unexplained lumps. She pushed him slightly and he fell over onto a soft, warm thing. It was comfortable and cushy. (AN. I know it's not a word. But it's something I use ok?) But most shockingly, it was clean and smooth. It seemed strangely familiar.
"Is this my bed?" he asked.
"Yes," she replied through the continuing rustling. "I made it."
"Wow," he said. "It hasn't been made for…" he stopped to think, "two months."
"You've only had that bed for two months.," Raven said from the middle of the room. He had gotten rid of the bunk-bed and replaced it with a simple double bed. "What's this?" Her voice was suddenly laden with curiosity. Beast Boy felt his heart stop. He had hidden his journal at the centre of the room in a big pile of clothes.
Raven looked at the small book in her hands. Aqua-green flashed behind her eyes.
Get out of my head Curiosity, she told the emotion. The aqua-green faded and she opened the first page.
"Don't," Beast Boy yelled. He jumped up, tripped and fell towards him. She dropped the book and caught him. He felt up and down her arms frantically, his eyes staring at her.
"It's ok Beast Boy," she said. "Calm down."
"You can't read it," he said. She glanced down at the book. It had fallen open on the front page. My Journal it proclaimed in messy writing. She closed her eyes and turned away from the open book.
"It's alright Beast Boy," she said. "I won't read it if you don't want me too." He relaxed and wrapped his arms around her waist. She stiffened, then relaxed again when she felt tears wetting her leotard. She stroked his back gently.
"Thank you Rae," he said. She smiled hesitantly at the nickname. "I don't want to keep things from you. But that's really personal," he muttered into her shoulder.
"It's alright," she said again. She manoeuvred him so they could sit on the bed. "You stay here and I'll finish cleaning up." He let go of her reluctantly and sat there, wiping his eyes. She stood up and started organising the mess. He sniffed loudly. She continued sorting out his clean clothes from his dirty ones. A breeze blew through the room, ruffling the pages of his journal. Beast Boy stiffened and tried to get up again. Raven saw this. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos," she muttered and the book snapped shut.
"Were you reading it?" he said loudly.
"No. I wasn't. I promise." He relaxed, but not completely.
"How can I be sure?"
"Trust your ears," she said gently. "Where am I, and where was your book?" He closed his eyes (What a relief, she thought) and screwed up his face.
"You're… by the desk," he said slowly. "And the book is where you dropped it, next to the bed." She looked to her left, down at the paper-littered desk.
"Well done," she said. He smiled, his fang showing from the rest of his teeth.
"No problem. My ears can hear anything." He flopped back onto his bed. She watched him for a moment, then continued cleaning, starting with his desk. She opened one of the drawers of the desk and found another book. It was Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. She stared at it for a moment. She had a copy of the very same book in her room.
"Why do you have this?" she asked, turning to him.
"Have what?" he asked, staring at the ceiling. Not staring, she corrected herself. He doesn't have a choice.
"The Raven," she said. She waved the book at him.
"I just like it." He shrugged. "I don't know why." She smiled, knowing he couldn't see her.
"I like it too," she said softy. She swivelled and started sorting the papers into some sort of order. Within ten minutes she had finished. She stood in the doorway and looked around. The walls were clean and the floor was visible. Everything was green instead of a multitude of other colours. Instead of smelling like a pigsty, it smelt more like a wild animal. Beast Boy was lying curled up in his bed. His eyes were closed and his breathing was deep and even. She almost went to him, then stopped herself. She turned around, pulled up her hood and left the room, the door closing behind her. She sighed and walked to her room.
"Titans, go!" Robin's voice called around the tower. Beast Boy stood up and tried to make his way over to the door.
They might need me, he reasoned with himself. The door slid open and he stumbled down the hallway, his eyes wide in the way everyone seems to in the dark. He made it down to the living room where he could hear the other titans conversing about the villain, or villains, quietly.
"Who are they?" he said, clinging onto the doorframe. Starfire gasped.
"Friend Beast Boy. You must not be here. You are still damaged." Her hands gripped his arms gently.
"Who are they?" he asked again. "Is it Adonis? Is it Overload?" He rotated his head.
"It's Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo," Robin's voice said from Beast Boy's left.
"But you can't go," Cyborg said from his right. "You're busted up bad."
"They are correct," Starfire said, still holding onto his arms. "You should be resting."
"But I might be useful," Beast Boy whined.
"Or you might be a hindrance," Raven said from his direct right. He swung around shocked. "I'm sorry Beast Boy, but you should stay here. If we need you, we'll call. Won't we?" There were a few mumbled agreements. Beast Boy stood still.
She said sorry, he thought. Raven never says sorry.
"Fine," he said aloud. "I'll be in my room." He shrugged off Stars hands and whirled around. He tried to ignore the slow trickling of tears down his cheeks as he walked to his newly cleaned room. He scrabbled for the button again. When he found it, he pressed it slightly harder then he should have. The door sprang open and he walked in, banging his knee on his desk. "Damn it." He sat on his bed, at least he thought it was his bed, and rubbed his sore knee. There was a quiet knock on the door. "Go away Star, I'm fine."
"I'm not Star. Can I come in?"
"Sure." He lay back on the bed. The door whooshed again and he turned his head towards it. "Hi Raven."
"Are you alright?" she asked. She sounded hesitant and awkward. He sighed.
"You don't have to pretend to be nice. I know you're not good at that stuff."
"I can be," she said, now sounding incredulous. There was a light padding, then his bed dipped. He turned his back on the dip. "I guess I'm not that good at it, am I?"
"Nope. I don't feel any better." He closed his eyes and buried his face into his pillow.
"I know what'll make you," Raven said. "I know why you're blind."
"Why?" He opened his eyes again and turned towards the sound of her voice.
"Before that, I've got a present for you."
"A present?" he repeated. He sat up. Then he felt two hard sticks going onto the top of his ears. "What are these?" he asked, feeling over his face.
"Dark glasses," she answered. "They suit you."
"Ha ha, very funny. Why am I blind?"
"Well. Overload flashed a bolt of super-strong light into your nocturnal eyes. It's happened before and I don't know why this time was so disastrous."
"Oh well." He reached up, gripped Raven's head around the ears and brought it forward for a quick kiss on the cheek. There was a moment of silence. "Sorry Raven." He let go of her head and fell back onto the bed.
"I'd better go," Raven said. She pulled her hood up to hide the pink on her cheek. Then she left. As she passed a window, it broke.
Keep control Raven. You can do it. She walked into her room and picked up her mirror angrily. Robin had told her to stay behind and make sure Beast Boy didn't hurt himself. She closed her eyes and focused her mind. When she opened them again, she was standing in a field full of pink flowers.
"Why do I always show up in Happy's place?" she asked herself.
"Maybe it's because you like me so much," Happy said from behind her.
"You could say that," Raven said. "Where's Affection?"
"She's coming. They all are." Happy giggled. "Affection's changed."
"Changed? My emotions can change?"
"Yep." She looked like she was going to say more, but a certain purple cloaked emotion stopped her.
"Hello Raven," she said.
"Hello Affection."
"Please call me by my new name," Affection said, smiling.
"Well I would, but I don't know it."
"I think you do," Affection said cheekily. She giggled. Happy giggled too. Raven sighed.
"Just tell me."
"No." Affection danced around Raven. A purple framed picture fell out of her cloak.
"What's this?" Raven reached for the picture. Affection smiled.
"Go ahead. It's a particularly good shot." Raven hesitated, then took the picture. It was a shot of her and Beast Boy, sitting together on the beach. He was laughing and there was a faint smile touching her lips. The glass above Beast Boy's face was blurred, as though someone had rubbed their finger over it. Or their lips. "Do you get it now?" Raven looked up from the picture. Affection was standing right in front of her, the same look on her face as in the picture.
"No," Raven said, but her mind was beginning to work. Affection laughed.
"You may be able to fool yourself and your friends," she said. "But you can't fool us." She looked around at the other emotions. They all nodded, except Fear and Timid, who simply trembled. "You know what my name is now."
"No I don't," Raven said. Her eyes widened and her grip on the frame tightened. The glass cracked slightly.
"Yes you do. And the sooner you admit it, the easier it will be for all of us," Affection said loudly. "And I want my picture back." She wrenched the broken picture away from Raven and kissed the glass again. "Don't worry," she muttered to the picture. "She'll say it soon."
"I won't say it. You can't be."
"Oh but I am. Say my name Raven. Make us all happy." Raven backed away.
"You were supposed to leave after Malchoir." All the emotions gathered around winced.
"What did I tell you last time you were here? That bastard couldn't stop me if he had heat seeking missiles." She smiled and stepped forward. She placed a comforting arm around Raven's shoulders. "You knew you'd heal in time."
"It hasn't been that long," Raven said shakily. "You're bringing up a whole lot of unwanted memories."
"Just say my name. It will make everything seem better."
"Ok." Raven took a deep breath. "I'll try."
"That's a girl." Affection smiled. The rest of the emotions smiled.
"Your name is… is…" Raven stopped.
"Go on," Bravery said.
"Is… I can't say it." Raven pulled her hood down. "It's too hard."
"You've never been beaten before," Knowledge said, her glasses slipping down her nose.
"Don't be beaten now," Impatience said, her orange-pink hood pulled over her face.
"Alright." Raven took another deep breath. "Your name is…" She paused. "Love."
POLL!
Do you think Terra should be brought back to life?
Just a little footnote… Can anyone tell me what 'OOC' means? I know that OC means 'Original Character' but I can't for the life of me figure out what that means. If you could tell me, I'll give you a chocolate. (an internet chocolate mind you…)