Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. I also don't own "The Da Vinci Code."

Day 7, 4:35 PM.

"How can you even understand this?" Beast Boy asked curiously.

"I know, it's a little over-the-head for me as well," Raven replied as she continued reading "The Da Vinci Code." "But I've heard it's interesting."

"Hmm. When the movie version comes out, maybe I'll read the book after I see it," he said.

Raven glanced up at him, a tiny grin on her face. "Just, uh, out of curiosity, why are you reading this with me?"

"Because I'm bored, stuck to you, and have nothing better to do," he said, an identical grin on his face.

Raven almost laughed at that comment, but instead turned back to her book.

"Hey guys."

Beast Boy looked over his shoulder at Robin. "What is it, Robin?"

"We're going out for pizza tonight," he said. "You want to come?"

Beast Boy's eyes lit up. For the first time in seven days, he was going to be out of the Tower. "Absolutely!" he said joyously.

"W-What?" Raven asked in surprise as she looked at him. He wants to go out? While we look like this? her timid emotion squeaked.

"Come on Raven," he chirped, "You could stand to see some other civilization outside of me and the others." He snatched the book out of her hands and stood up. "Let's go."

"Hold it," she said as she pushed Beast Boy back onto the couch. "You can't be serious."

Beast Boy looked at her, dumbfounded. "…uh, yeah. I am serious." He got back up and walked to the elevator with Robin, dragging Raven with him.

"No, wait! Beast Boy," she pouted, "we can't go out like this!"

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because we look weird," she said.

"…really?" he answered, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I thought having green or grey skin and superpowers was completely normal."

"Uh, guys," Robin chirped. "If you're done with your lovers' spat, the rest of us would like to go eat."

"Yeah, we're coming," Beast Boy said.

Raven became a dead-weight. "Beast Boy, please," she pleaded.

Beast Boy looked at Raven. Her eyes were watering, her pupils shrunken, her breathing going faster and faster – just like she was the night they found out they were going to be stuck together. What's her problem? His mind moaned. We're just going out for pizza! That's not a big deal. We go out for pizza all the time.

He sighed in defeat and looked at Robin. "Uh, you know what? I don't think we'll go today," he said.

"Okay," Robin replied, "Uh, I'll bring you back a vegan pizza, all right?"

"Thanks," he said.

"You want anything, Raven?"

"…no thanks," she said quietly as she relaxed.

"Cool. Bye guys," Robin said as he got in the elevator and the doors closed.

He glared at the ball-and-chain attached to him, A.K.A. Raven. She acted like nothing had happened – reading her book like she normally would, her hood up. How can she just act like that? Little Ms. Selfish.

Beast Boy finally broke the uneasy silence. "Uh, Raven," he said as calmly as he could, "I've been thinking… we've been in this tower for a week… how about we go out someplace?"

"…No," she said quickly.

He sighed angrily. "Come on Raven!" he whined. "Having a little contact with the outside world is not going to kill us."

"I don't want to go out," Raven said.

"Yeah well, I do," he said. "You said 'I respect your wishes, and you'll respect mine.' Well, I've been respecting your wishes for a week, now it's your turn."

He pulled the book out of Raven's hands. "Hey!" she cried out as Beast Boy picked her up and carried her to the elevator.

"Wait, Beast Boy. Stop! Please!" she yelped. She raised a hand…

SMACK!

Beast Boy stopped in his tracks. He put Raven down and placed a hand to his cheek to feel the bruise Raven just left. "…Raven, what the hell! That hurt!" he yelled as he glared at her trembling body. She looked down on the floor, ashamed.

"…I-I'm sorry," she mumbled, "I just… I'm afraid of what people would think if they saw us like this in public. I just don't want any embarrassing rumors to start floating around."

"…Raven, there is nothing to be embarrassed about." Beast Boy said. "We're like this because of an accident."

"That doesn't matter," Raven squeaked. "We still look like we're a… couple."

Beast Boy's ears drooped, a little hurt.

"It's not that I don't like you," she said. "I do. But don't you care what people think about you?" she asked.

"…when you're green your entire life, you tend to not really care what other people think about you," he said. "I would've thought you'd do the same, Raven."

"…It's harder for me, Beast Boy," she said. "I can feel other people's emotions, even when I don't want to. And a lot of the times, people feel hostile or weirded out because of me. …I don't like it when other people judge me."

…this explains a lot, Beast Boy thought. It explained why Raven hated being call creepy… why she liked to be alone a lot… why everyone around her had to be calm.

"…Raven, I'm sorry," he said, hugging her close. "We'll go out when you're ready."

"…okay," Raven said quietly.

The two walked back to the couch. "You're way too kind," Raven said. "I don't deserve to be stuck to you."

Beast Boy laughed at her comment. …yes you do, that familiar devilish voice in his mind said. Beast Boy shook off that thought.