A/N: I do not own the Teen Titans. Trust me, you'd know if I did.

Chapter 9: Short and Sweet

"You don't like it, do you?"

He knew it was her. She always seemed to find him in his weakest moments.

"What don't I like?" he asked, not turning around.

"These feelings you're feeling towards me," she said, not moving.

He sighed and looked up at the darkening sky. "In all honesty? No, I don't." He turned around and faced her. "I don't like the fact that I can't keep anything from you, either." He turned back around and looked out over the horizon. "How long have you known?"

"A couple days," she said feeling a little awkward.

"Well I'm sure you knew before I even did," he said angrily with himself.

Raven slowly made her way over to him. She could feel how tense he was. How embarrassed and confused and unsure he was. She knew that he didn't want her near him at the moment, but she couldn't just leave him like this. It would be better to just wrap all of this up now.

"You don't have to feel embarrassed," she finally said. "I'm not going to treat you any different. And if you want to just ignore what you're feeling, then I'm fine with that. Nothing has to change between us."

"Easy for you to say," he said tossing a stone. "You're not feeling all of these weird emotions."

"I am whenever you're near," she said a little timid. "Look, I don't want us to stop being friends again. I'm lucky to have the friends that I have and losing my friendship with you all over again… I just don't think I could handle that."

"I don't think I could either," he said looking up at her. She was standing at his side by this point. He slowly moved over and she sat down. The two sat there in silence, looking out at the remnants of the setting sun.

"Funny isn't it?" he finally said.

"What is?"

"If we hadn't gotten in that car accident we wouldn't be friends again," he said looking at her with a slight smile. "It did more repair than it did damage."

Raven gave a slight smile, but it was very slight. He wanted her to smile. The kind of smile he never got to really see. A warm feeling coursed through him, followed by that nervous jittery feeling. He quickly looked away. Raven did smile then and blush. She actually liked these feeling coming off of him. They were exciting, odd, and flattering.

"What if I told you that I might be feeling something?" she asked very nervously.

"What? You mean my stupid "crush" feelings?" he sighed.

"Well, yeah, but what if they weren't… yours?" she asked, her heart racing nervously.

It took Beast Boy a moment to catch onto what she was saying. He turned to her and said, "What? Who else…" He saw her turn away from him and blush. "Oh," he said. "You… like me too?"

"I might," she said casually, as if it really wasn't that big of a deal. She looked back at him and saw that he was really staring at her now. "I mean, it's kind of hard to tell, what with your constant emotions pouring into my open mind."

"Well, how do you know what feelings are yours?" he asked very interested.

"I'm not sure," she said looking away. "Usually I can just tell the difference. But lately it's almost like my emotions and your emotions are meshing together. It's a new experience for me." Then she paused for a few moments. "I'm… not sure if I like it."

Beast Boy felt like she had slapped him in the face. But then he realized that he had been feeling the exact same thing. He wasn't sure if he liked what he was feeling towards her, either.

"It's all just too odd," she said looking at the stones below her.

"I've been thinking the exact same thing," he said with a chuckle.

"I know," said Raven plainly.

Well of course she knew. She seemed to know everything. "So what do we do about this?" he asked. He desperately wanted to resolve this odd situation.

"Well, the smart thing for us to do would be to ignore these odd feelings we have for each other and just let them fizzle out with time," said Raven very matter-of-factly. "The only problem with that is there's chance that they don't go away and we're stuck living the rest of our lives awkwardly ignoring each other."

"I'm guessing, and hoping, that there's another choice?" he asked.

"Yes, we act upon our feelings and just see what happens," she said a little more hesitantly.

Beast Boy thought about the two choices. They were tough. Do what was smart or do what felt right? Well, he knew which one Raven would want to do. "I'm going to guess you want to just ignore and forget, right?"

"It is the smart thing to do," said Raven with a sigh. "And you know me. I'm about logic, not feelings."

"Yeah, I know," said Beast Boy sighing as well. It was dark now; they could only see the silhouettes of each other in the diminishing dusk light. All they could hear was the sound of the ocean before them lapping at the rocks. A slightly cool breeze blew by and sent the two of them into goose bumps. "I just wish there was another option. I mean, it's been a long time since I've felt like this towards anyone. I like this feeling, I really do, I just don't feel like it's right that I'm feeling it for you. No offense."

"None taken," said Raven still looking out over the horizon. "I feel the same way about you. No offense."

"None taken."

Another moment of silence. It was really getting ridiculous now. They had to come up with a solution. Beast Boy looked at her silhouette and a small smile crept on his face. He didn't know why the sight of her gave him a warm feeling that made him smile. But now that he knew that she was feeling similar emotions towards him, something had changed within him. He didn't know why, but he no longer felt so awkward around her. He felt… brave.

"Am I going to have to get used to you staring at me?" she asked turning to him and catching his eyes, which were hidden in the dark of the evening.

"I think you might," he said with a slight smile. Raven gave him a small smile back, but it faded as she saw Beast Boy's face coming closer to her own. She had just enough time for her heart to jump before she closed her eyes and felt his lips upon hers.

The kiss was warm, soft, and sweet. It only lasted a mere five seconds, but it certainly didn't feel long enough. Their lips slowly parted and their eyes opened even slower. They stared at each other for a few moments before Beast Boy went in for a second kiss. As he softly kissed her one thought went through his mind. 'Thank God for car accidents.'

THE END

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