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Chapter 7: Coming to Terms.

BeastBoy was in his room, which was messy as usual. But he never cared before, and he was too preoccupied right now to care. The little episode with the turtles and the argument with Raven had opened his mind a bit.

Flashback...

"Remind you of anyone?" asked Donatello.

"Yeah, they're just like Casey and April." replied Raph.

A rather evil glint appeared in Michelangelo's eyes. "So they're just like April and Casey, huh? Perfect." he said. Turning his voice into a fake high-pitched voice, he yelled, "How cute! The lovebirds are having a little argument!"

The talking instantly stopped. BeastBoy and Raven turned in the direction of the turtles. "What did you call us?" they yelled, a light blush creeping on their faces. Michelangelo laughed.

"Well, the way you two argue, you must be in love." said Raphael snidely.

"WE ARE NOT!" they both yelled in unison. They looked at each other for a minute, then turned away, but not without even more blush creeping onto their cheeks. Raven put her hood up to hide her face, and recovered first.

"How could you even think that?" she asked.

"Well, couples argue like that a lot." said Donatello wisely.

"That is absolutely no reason to think that about us." Raven remarked.

"Actually, Raven, there is merit to that." spoke Leonardo, who had remained silent until now. "We know a couple who had the same problem, arguing and fighting almost all the time."

"That's an understatement." joked Michelangelo.

"However, it must have been masking their real feelings, for they now lead a very happy life together. They may have argued several times, but I've never seen a more loving couple."

"Guess opposites really do attract." said Donatello.

End Flashback...

This little fiasco in the common room caused BeastBoy to have to think pretty deeply. Unlike Raven, he didn't disperse these accusations about his affection. But did he really love Raven?

'Man, this is really tough to figure out!' he thought. 'I mean, is it possible that I'm in love with Raven? Well, she is very pretty...' he thought. 'No, not just pretty...beautiful.' he thought. 'And she can be kind at times. Especially on days I haven't bugged her with all my jokes. But what about Terra? I was in love with her...Gah! But she's just a stinking statue now, and I doubt we'll find a way to free her. Have I moved on so soon? Maybe...' BeastBoy began pacing the room, still thinking. 'But how could we ever be together? I'm just an annoying goofball to her. There couldn't be anyway she could love me like I love her...' A sort of rupture went through BeastBoy's stomach. 'Did I just say I love her? Yeah, I did. I guess I do love her, even if there's no chance of her loving me.' Feeling a bit calmer now that he had come to terms with his feeling, but still uneasy about how Raven feels, BeastBoy plopped onto his bed to nap. Maybe that would calm him down a bit.

Raven's Mirror World...

Raven landed on solid ground, after entering the world inside her meditative mirror. She had landed in a field full of pink flowers as far as you could see, nothing but bright colors in here. "Great. Of all the realms I could have began in, I had to be in Happy's." said Raven.

"Oh, come on, Raven! This place is great!" said a giggling voice behind her. Turning, she saw the familiar bright pink cloak of Happy, who always lived up to her name. Happy was holding a flower in her hand, and obviously enjoying the great scents. Raven, however, found the smells to be a bit suffocating sometimes.

"Whatever. I'm going to go consult Affection. She's been making me feel uneasy since that conversation with the turtles." she said.

"Ooh! Can I come? Can I? I really like Affection!" cried Happy.

"You like nearly every emotion. You can even stand Rude and Anger. But, whatever. Do what you want." she said, and began walking away. Happy cheered, and followed her through the field, and past the archway that seperates the different realms of Raven's emotions. Passing under another archway, they found themselves in a very familiar maze with very tall walls. Raven sighed. "So now we're in Timid's realm. This just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?"

"Oh, I don't know. I always thought this maze was pretty fun." said Happy.

"It's really not...all fun and games...you know." said a slow, scared voice behind them. Turning, there stood the familiar grey cloak of Timid, who seemed to not want to show herself, although that was a bit usual. "You're going...to see Affection?" she asked. "I think that's...a really good idea. I...want to come with you." she said.

"You, too? Alright, do whatever you want." said Raven, beckoning Timid forth. Slowly, Timid stepped out of the corner she stood in, and followed Raven and Happy, although she followed behind them. When they reached the end of the maze, they found themselves face-to-face with the giant guardian statue of the maze. Raven readied herself for a fight, but didn't need to do anything, as the statue was split in half vertically, and as the halves crumbled to the ground, behind it was the green-cloaked Brave, looking at the fragments.

"Can't we get a new guardian? This one is really starting to get too easy." she said smugly.

"Only because you get bored if you don't have some life-threatening adventure at least once every hour." commented Raven.

"What's your point?"

"Ugh...nevermind. Can you move? I have to see Affection, and I want to see her as soon as possible."

"Sure, whatever, but I'm coming with you!"

"Jeez, why is everyone coming with me? Whatever." she said, and they headed past the maze's archway, and onto another blank stretch of land, with a diversion in the middle. Taking the path to the right, they passed on under yet another arch, which led to a large library, with a seemingly endless supply of books. Inside, Raven found both Knowledge and Wisdom in conversation with each other. This was rare, for Wisdom rarely left her own realm. Next to Knowledge was a small stack of green books. Raven felt a strange sensation in her chest at the sight of these books, but she ignored it. Knowledge and Wisdom noticed Raven and her group.

"Well, this is a surprise." said Knowledge, pushing her glasses a little farther up. "You rarely visit me alone, it's interesting you have so many emotions with you currently. What is the occasion?"

"They just followed me. I'm on my way to see Affection. She's been giving me some light irritation since a while ago." Raven saw Knowledge and Wisdom look at each other, but didn't know why.

"In that case, allow me to accompany you. I have a matter to resolve with Affection myself. I believe Wisdom would like to come as well?" she asked. Wisdom simply nodded.

Raven sighed in a bit of exasperation, but resignedly accepted. Raven left the library through a different door, and found a blank field past there. She had finally gotten to where she could meet Affection. Sure enough, in that field was the familiar purple cloak of Affection. Raven and her emotions approached her, and she turned to face her. "Well, hello. It's been a while since anyone visited me. What happened?" she asked gently. Affection was always the kindest of Raven's emotions.

"I've come to know why you've been making me uncomfortable ever since the little mishap with the turtles." said Raven. "The rest of them will talk to you afterwards. They have their own agenda. So, why have you been making me feel so uncomfortable since then?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Affection asked innocently.

"Don't play innocent. Ever since the turtles taunted me and BeastBoy, you've been giving me an uneasy feeling in my gut."

"Don't you think it's obvious?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I am affection. By now, you should know that if I'm making the sensation, it has to do with affection. Therefore, since the feeling is based on a conversation about you and BB, than you must like BB." Affection said simply.

Raven couldn't believe her ears. "You have to be kidding me. Me? Like BeastBoy? That's ridiculous!" she said.

"Actually, if you'd give it some thought, you'd find it's not so impossible."

Raven stopped and thought for a while. It was true, BeastBoy wasn't so bad. True, his jokes were irritating, but he did have a kind heart. He did comfort her after the entire Malchior incident. And there was that hug she gave him that same day. Could her feelings have advanced, if Cyborg hadn't interluded? And BeastBoy wasn't bad looking either, she thought. All in all, maybe he wasn't as bad as she made him out to be. "Okay." she said. "I'm not saying anything crazy like that I love him or anything like that. But, perhaps he is the friend I like most of all." she finished.

"He's your best friend, then. Well, that's good enough." Affection replied.

"Well, if that's all, then I'm going to go. I've been around here long enough." As Raven left, her emotions noted that her cloak looked a slightly lighter blue than before.

"Why didn't you try to convinve her further?" asked Brave.

"She's not going to accept it all at once. Best to let her take her love one step at a time." replied Affection.

"A very plausible theory." said Wisdom.

With Raven gone, her emotions were free to converse about how to get Raven to accept it further...

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Well, I hope I did good with that chapter. Regrem, you're descriptions helped out a lot. Thanks! I hope this chapter was long enough for you people. I'm sorry for having so many short chapters. I'm new to fic makin, so bear with me, please.

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