a/n: I don't (sadly) own any part of Teen Titans (I would be sooooo happy to own Robin or Beast Boy, either one) and would appreciate staying out of jail! ; p

Chapter One

Beast Boy woke up with a record breaking headache. The battle from the day before had been rough and he had only let Raven heal the most pressing of his injuries; a broken leg and some cracked ribs. Even though it tore him to pieces letting her do it at all. Ever since he found out that when Raven heals, the pain becomes her own, he has been reluctant to let her heal him. Sometimes she's even had to chase him down, on Robin's orders of course, not out of concern for him. He even remembered the day that he found out her secret.

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He was in the library looking for a book on animals that Robin had suggested intent on trying some of them out, when the door hissed open.

"Stupid Beast Boy! Why does he insist on coming to me for all his stupid little bruises and scratches! Why can't he heal like everyone else?"

At the mention of his name he froze. He knew that he shouldn't be eavesdropping, but he wanted to know why Raven was so mad at him seeing as they hadn't fought yet today. He peeked between some books and what he saw shocked him. Raven was clutching her left hip like it had a large bruise on it, though Beast Boy couldn't remember where she could have gotten one. She hobbled over to a chair and sat down.

It finally dawned on him. Though some deem Beast Boy too dense to understand most things, (Raven included) he was not completely stupid. Earlier that day he and Cyborg were playing an unusually vicious game of Stankball. Cyborg had caught Beast Boy unawares, very rare for a boy with animal senses, and tackled him. Beast Boy had landed very painfully on his left hip and almost immediately it had developed into a bruise that almost completely covered his entire thigh.

After yelling at Cyborg for nearly crushing him, though he wasn't really all that mad since that was basically the whole idea of Stankball, he went to find Raven to see if she could heal him so he could get back to his game with Cyborg. When he found her and asked, she sighed, but healed him without hesitation then sent him on his way. Afterward he couldn't find Cyborg and upon remembering Robin's recommendation he headed off to the library. That explained his situation quit nicely. He put Raven's comment and the events of that morning together and quickly figured it all out.

He stepped out from behind the bookcase.

"Raven what's the matter? You look like you're in pain." He decided to play dumb in case she decided she wanted to send him to a different dimension like she so often threatened. She looked up in surprise and he could see her eye twitch in her effort to keep her anger in check.

"Oh it's nothing really...I...um...ran into one of my tables in my room." She made up a quick lie.

"Well can't you just heal yourself then?" He might just be able to trick her into telling him.

"No my healing powers don't exactly work that way. I only heal myself if I'm in serious danger." Or not. He decided to just go ahead and lay his cards on the table.

"Raven does it really hurt you to heal us?" He blurted out.

"What gave you that idea?" Raven asked in her usual monotone.

"Well let's see, not two hours ago I got smashed into the floor by Cyborg and almost got my hip crushed in the process. I came to you to heal me and you did. I saw you come in here limping and lamenting about me always coming to you for minor injuries. That really wouldn't have alerted me to anything, you're always mad at me for something. The things that lead me to this conclusion are that it was my left hip that was injured and you came in clutching your left hip and limping." He could tell he hit the jackpot when she turned her face from him.

"I already told you I ran into one of my tables." She lied feebly.

"Raven a table couldn't have caused that bad of a limp." Beast Boy told her softly.

"All right, you're right. Please don't tell the rest of the team though okay?" she asked him.

Wow that was a bit easier then I thought. Maybe it's been weighing on her and she just wanted to tell someone.

"I promise I won't tell, but why haven't you? I mean if it hurts you to heal us why do you continue to heal us?" he asked exasperated.

"Would you come to me to be healed if you knew it hurt me?"

"No." he admitted.

"Also, we can't afford to have broken bones that could take months to heal, when I can do it in minutes." She explained.

"But then you have the pain of those broken bones! Doesn't it hinder you like a broken bone would hinder us?" Beast Boy asked taking a seat across from her.

"No," she stated simply, "I've been healing since I was little; I've become accustomed to it by now."

"Obviously not Rae! I saw you hobble in here, you were plainly in pain."

Why was she even telling Beast Boy this? She had hidden this successfully for so long and now here she was spilling it to Beast Boy of all people.

"Okay, so maybe I'm not as accustomed to it then I'd like to believe, but I can still handle it."

"Are you sure?" he asked concern evident on his face. It was weird; Raven had never seen Beast Boy this serious...well...ever!

"Yes, I'm sure. Now here's the book you were looking for. Can you leave me alone for awhile, I'd like to meditate."

"Hey, wow, how did you know I was looking for this book?" he asked.

"I figured that was the only logical explanation for you being in a library, ever."

"Thanks Rae." He stood up to leave and was almost to the door when Raven stopped him.

"You know, I always thought that it would be Robin who would figure it out first, seeing as he's the detective of the group." Beast Boy just smiled at her and turned around.

"Oh and Beast Boy..."

"Yeah?" he looked over his shoulder expectantly.

"Don't call me Rae." She didn't even open her eyes.