Chapter 5

Cyborg was literally rolling around on the ground, holding his sides. He was laughing so hard that he couldn't even breathe and was gasping for air. Tears streamed down his face and his cheeks hurt from all the smiling he had been doing since he had heard the news. Starfire was smiling as well and her hands were clasped together in joy. She was looking at the two of them with large, adorable eyes that cried with happiness. She felt as if she was going to burst from the news. Robin had been silent. He was in utter shock from the information he had just been given. He was trying to remain calm, but inside he was screaming with confusion and… well… shock.

"We just figured you should know," said Beast Boy trying not to blush. He and Raven had decided to tell the other Titans about their situation. They weren't just teammates, they were friends, family.

"Well… um… thanks for informing us," said Robin trying to sound like the team leader instead of a confused friend.

"Does this mean that you shall soon be doing the dating?" asked Starfire, her eyes wide with hope.

"I don't think we really have a choice," said Raven. Cyborg was still on the floor and she'd had enough. "Will you stop already!" She grabbed him with her dark energy and slapped him around. She then placed him on the couch.

"I-I-I'm sorry," said Cyborg trying to stop his laughing. "It's just… you and Beast Boy! Holy shit, this is too good!" He started laughing all over again.

"So, what are you going to do?" asked Robin trying to analyze what was going on. "I mean, are you going to go straight into a relationship?"

"We're not really sure," said Beast Boy.

"We just thought that we should warn you," said Raven. "Because sooner or later we're probably going to start doing things that we would never usually do in front of you guys. Like… kissing, or something."

"Stop!" yelled Cyborg falling off the couch. "Kissing? You two kissing?" He was actually too tired to continue laughing, but he did anyway. They all knew he was going to sleep good that night. Raven couldn't take it anymore. She hated being laughed at, especially for things she couldn't help. She stood up and stormed out of the room. Beast Boy groaned and looked at Cyborg.

"This is exactly why she didn't want to tell you guys," he said in a very serious voice, something the other three had never really heard. It was so shocking that Cyborg stopped laughing and paid attention to him. "She knew that you would just laugh at us. Now she's all upset. Thanks." He stood up and ran after her.

The three Titans watched Beast Boy exit and then looked at each other. Cyborg picked himself up off the ground and sat back down on the couch.

"Jesus, I didn't mean to upset her like that," said Cyborg.

"How else did you think they would react to you laughing at them?" asked Robin.

"Robin is right," chimed in Starfire. "You should not have been doing the laughing at our friends."

"Hey, I'm sorry," said Cyborg. "I was just caught off guard."

"Trust me," said Robin. "We were all caught off guard. At least they trusted us enough to tell us."

"I am so happy that they are going to be together," said Starfire clapping.

"I don't think they are," said Cyborg.

"I think they're still a little shocked by the whole thing," said Robin. "But I can already see a change in them."

"You can?" asked Starfire.

"Definitely," said Robin. "They walked into the room side by side, instead of one in back of the other. They explained their situation together calmly and without blaming the other. Then Raven gets upset and Beast Boy goes right after her and acts as if he knows exactly what she's feeling."

"Wow," said Cyborg. "And to think, yesterday they only spoke three times throughout the whole day."

"Perhaps now they will be a bit happier," said Starfire.

"What do you mean?" asked Robin.

"Well, it is just that I have noticed that they have both seemed a bit lonely lately," said Starfire. "They keep to themselves most of the time and barely even interact with each other. It has been making me feel very sad for a while to see them… what is the word? Separated? No, I believe the word is distanced. Yes, that is it."

"I think you're absolutely right, Star," said Robin.

"Hey, I'm all for them being happier and getting closer," said Cyborg. "But I don't think I'm going to be able to handle the two of them kissing. Or… doing anything else, if you catch my drift."

"Okay, I don't want to think about this anymore," said Robin standing up. Now he was not only shocked and confused, he was a little weirded out.

Beast Boy heard Ravens door close as he entered the hallway. Her emotions were being broadcasted right into his own mind and he knew that she was not happy. She was embarrassed, depressed, still confused, and scared. He knocked on her door and said, "Raven? Are okay?"

"Do you have to ask?" she asked.

"Actually, no," he said. "Can I come in? I know that you're upset right now."

"And what would your coming into my room help my being upset?"

"I don't know. But what I do know is that I feel the same way you do right now. So maybe we can try and deal with this together."

Her door slid to the side and revealed her sitting on her bed. He walked in and the door closed behind him. But she didn't look at him, she just crossed her arms and stared off to the side.

"So… how do we deal?" asked Raven.

"Well, first of all," said Beast Boy going over to her bed and sitting down next to her, "we can stop all of this denial."

"What denial?" Raven asked, still not looking at him.

"Oh come on," he said, trying to get her to turn her head towards him. "You still haven't accepted this yet."

"How do you know?"

"Because you're in my mind and I know what you're thinking. And I know that you refuse to acknowledge 'us'. I know that you really don't want this to be happening. I know that you've been searching all the depths of your mind looking for a way out."

"Then I bet you know that I haven't found anything yet."

"Yeah. So, could it be that there isn't a way out? That, perhaps, this is what's supposed to be?"

Raven turned her head a little, but only to look at the floor. He could see her biting her lip; her legs were swinging back and forth. He knew she still wasn't anywhere near accepting what was going on.

"Well, I've accepted it," he said with a smile and a sigh. "And I'm willing to wait until you accept it too, which I'm going to guess won't be for like three years." Raven couldn't help smiling and letting out a small chuckle. "Hey, we're already making progress."

She finally turned to him, a small smile still on her face. He knew that she was feeling a little more comfortable and this, in turn, made him feel a little more comfortable and happy. He placed his hand on her back and began to rub it. She rested her head on his shoulder and closer her eyes.

"This is just so weird," she said with a sigh.

"Well… it's not like we're not used to weird things," said Beast Boy. "I mean, if we lived in a world where having green skin or purple hair wasn't weird, then I don't think I would want to live here."

She lifted her head and looked straight into his eyes. "You know, you're actually quite amusing when you don't try so hard. You could almost pass for funny."

"Thank you," said Beast Boy sweetly. "That's the closest I've gotten to a compliment from you yet."

They both smiled and looked into each others eyes. Then those feelings came back. Those nervous, butterflies in the stomach, heart racing, sweaty palm feelings that seemed to be creeping up on them more and more. But this time they didn't slowly lean in and kiss. No. They grabbed each other a moment after they felt these feelings again and shoved their tongues into each other mouths.

Raven wrapped her arms around Beast Boy's neck and he grabbed her back. But their hands quickly began searching and feeling all over the others body. A raw passion rose up into them and sparked something that neither had ever experienced before. They both squealed and moaned with pleasure as they felt the others hands memorize every part of their body. Every part of them tingled and begged for more.

Before they knew it they had fallen off the bed and were now rolling around on the floor. Beast Boy began kissing her neck and this only made her pull him closer to him. She grabbed his face and pulled it up to hers to kiss him properly on the mouth, but that didn't last long. She began kissing all over his face and even went so far to suckle his ear lobe. His eyes rolled up into his head with pleasure. He had never gotten this far with a girl, and he wanted to go farther. Oh God, how he wanted to go farther.

Suddenly Ravens room began flashing a red light and an alarm was going off. They both stopped and looked up to the flashing light. "Damn!" they both called out together. There was trouble and that meant that they had to go save the city, again. The quickly let go of each other and got to their feet. It didn't matter what was going on in their personal lives, that damn city was always in fucking trouble. But it was the life of a superhero.