Disclaimer: I absolutely DO NOT own any of the Teen Titans characters. So don't sue me.

Summary: A little insight on the Rae/BB relationship. Beastboy asks Rae out on a date. Will things go as planned? Or will memories come back to haunt them? Find out!

Two pairs of long, mechanical legs towered over the carnival grounds, while a crazed snicker came from a small figure who seemed to be controlling them. Blasts of bright pink blew up game stalls and rides, issuing panicked screams from the crowds of carnival goers.

The Hive Five.

Jinx spotted the little green changeling, and strode towards him, blasting objects away with her hexes. "Well well, if it isn't the dumb snotface and his emo girlfriend", she sneered, and guffaws came from the figures behind her which were See-More, Mammoth, and Gizmo, who had returned to his original form.

"Couldn't have said it better myself", grinned the little genius jerk.

Beastboy stood directly in front of Raven's limp figure.

"Get outta my way!" Beastboy screamed, almost frantically.

"Hah! And you think we're gonna take orders from a stinking piece of toilet flush? Fat chance, boogerboy!" Gizmo rose in the air, propelled by a pair of mechanical wings. A couple of missiles shot out from them, and blew up at the spot where Beastboy had been standing.

When the smoke cleared, Gar was nowhere in sight.

"WHAT! Where did he go?" Everybody was just as puzzled as See-More was at that time.

A deafening screech was heard above them. The Hive looked up, and saw a green pterodactyl making its escape, with a dark-haired girl safe in its clutches.

"See-More! Sic 'em!"

The air was filled with the boy's optic blasts as See-More tried to hit the agile reptile, but to no avail.

"Useless crud! I'll do it!"

Several missiles sped towards the animal with deadly accuracy.

It was a direct hit. Beastboy was knocked out of the air and plunged down. But just mere seconds from the impact, Gar morphed into a gorilla and cradled Raven in his arms.

KERBLAM.

The emerald gorilla rose from the ground and turned around, only to be hit with a heavy blow to his face.

WHAM!

Beastboy's nose crunched. Blood spattered everywhere, but his attacker was merciless. Again and again, Mammoth rained punches on the beast, but Gar stayed his ground, and the only sound coming from his were the anguished roars of pain.

The herculean Hive member was enraged, his face red with anger. "Why-won't-you-fight-back!" Each word he shouted ended with a hit to Beastboy, who had unwittingly been forced to morph back into human form.

"STOP IT!"

The command came not from Beastboy, but from the pink-haired girl behind Mammoth.

"But.."

"Stop hurting him."

Confused, Mammoth retreated, leaving a bleeding changeling in his wake.

Jinx glared at Gar's battered form. "Why won't you fight back, stupid? Answer me!"

Beastboy stood up, his face wet with not only blood, but tears, which were beginning to wash the dirt away from his cheeks. "Look at her", he muttered, raising his arms which still held the unconscious telepath. "LOOK AT HER!"

The Hive Five were silent.

"I need to get her to a hospital, dammit! She's injured, and she's not gonna wake up unless I do something! And yet", cried Beastboy, his lips shaking with grief and anger, "-yet you're all standing here, without a care in the world, whether she lives or not, I don't think any of you freaking idiots care, do you! I've lost a person I loved before, and I'm not going to let it happen again! You hear me? You HEAR ME!"

Garfield paused, breathing hard. "So please – just let me go." His voice broke, and the tears fell hard and fast.

It was a long, silent moment, punctuated only by Beastboy's sorrowful cries.

"Pitiful. There's no fun in beating a wreck like you. Let's get out of here, guys."

Jinx led the way, and the rest of the Hive Five followed her.

Beastboy gazed at the hospital floor, his face emotionless. But the same couldn't have possibly been said for what was going on in his head at that time. In the light of what had just happened that night, the white, gleaming hospital floor seemed so oddly surreal. Looking up, he noticed a clock on the opposite wall. It read 11.30. He'd been there for about two hours, and still no news.

Gar let out a great, shuddering breath, and covered his face with his gloved hands. He swore to himself he'd never let another person slip away like that. Like Terra did. And yet, he'd been unable to protect Raven.

"Why didn't you come for me, Beastboy?"

Terra's face appeared before him. Her face was dejected, sorrowful.

"Terra…I couldn't."

Her expression changed from depression to a sneering, cruel face. "Hah. Then how on Earth did you manage to save her? Or have I lost my importance?"

"No, it's not like that!"

"Fancy that, Beastboy! Wasting your tears over some stupid goth bitch!"

"DON'T TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!"

"Beastboy, are you okay?"

Garfield's eyes snapped open. Robin was bending over him, wearing a look of deep concern.

Cyborg was standing next to him. "Yeah, dude. You were thrashing about in your sleep like some kind of madman."

Beastboy's eyes widened in anxiety. "Raven! Is she okay?"

"Friend Raven is well, but she is still deep in sleep", said Starfire, coming over to Robin's side. "Perhaps you might want to see her?"

Beastboy peered through the glass panel of the ward door. There was Raven, asleep on a hospital bed.

"I think we'd better wait for you outside. Go ahead, Gar." After Robin urged the rest of the team away from the door, Beastboy went in. Spotting a vacant chair, he carried it next to Raven's bed and sat down.

Silence followed, to be punctuated only by the quiet beepings of the machines near her. She looked so beautiful even as she slept. His eyes travelled upwards, and stopped at the gauze bandaged around her head. A pang of guilt swept through him.Beastboy took hold of Raven's hand, and slipped his fingers between hers.

"I wasn't going to let history repeat itself", said Gar, his voice going soft. "I've always liked you Raven. When Terra came into the scene, I only went for her because…because she was smeone who could express how she felt. Let out her hidden feelings. Well, now I know she did hide something. But after that, I realised how painful it had to be for you – feeling so trapped, unable to really…chill. Now I know you're worth more than a million of Terra. And you're hurt because I screwed up, and I'm sorry if I hurt you, Raven, I'm so sorry. I never meant for this to happen, Raven, because I love - I love you."

"Do you really mean that, Beastboy?"

He looked up, and once more, found himself gazing into her dark blue eyes, which were now moist with tears.

"Every word."

Gar gave a small gasp of surprise as he was pulled forward. Their lips met, and Beastboy wrapped his arms around Raven, wanting the moment to last forever.

"That's kinda sweet, Beastboy, but visiting hours' almost over and Raven should really get some sleep right now."

Beastboy froze. Pulling away from Raven, he saw the grinning faces of Robin, Cyborg and Starfire right behind.

"G-guys! You promised to wait outside!"

"What the…This is private!"

"Dudes! Not cool!"

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" A couple of pillows flew over to where the three titans were and repeatedly whacked them. "Too late, Lovergirl! We heard everything", laughed a smirking Cyborg.

"Your darling's confession…"

"And your smooch!"

"Though it was rather heartwarming", said Starfire, with a slightly dreamy look on her face.

Beastboy grinned amid his now crimson face. Though the secret was out, he really didn't care. Because now they knew.

He did love her.