Wow, sixteen chapters already? This fic will be over before we know it! (I think that the next chapter shall be the last one.) But never fear, I have three sequels planned, if not more! MWAHAHAHA! MY LITTLE UNIVERSE SHALL CONTINUE FOREVER! O, yea, and for those who wanted fluff, there's some stuff that's borderline fluff in this chapter.
I dedicate this chapter to Esplodin' Ookami, who has been begging for fluff since the fist time she reviewed me. So, at long last, (as I promised! See, I kept my promise that I'd put some fluff in near the end…). Fluffy enough for you? J
Haha… I'm evilll… I had WAY too much fun writing this chapter… XD

Chapter Sixteen: Afternoon Nap

It was a quiet afternoon at the T-Tower. The setting sun cast a warm, red glow on the panes of the giant structure where the heroes dwelled, making it look peaceful and happy.

The Titans, minus Beast Boy and Raven, had all gone out to the mall- they wanted to hold a Halloween party at some point, and since Halloween was only a few weeks away, they decided that they'd better get started.

The summer had been long and fairly uneventful- borderline boring. Nothing big had happened, except Beast Boy having a growth spurt and shooting up at a fairly alrming rate. He was no longer the shortest Titan, not to mention that he was now a good three inches taller than Raven. So, the Titans (with their new height order) had watched the little city from their Tower.

So, on this afternoon in late fall, Beast Boy and Raven were home alone. Early that morning it had been raining, and Cinderblock had decided to raid a construction site.

Just as the chill morning mist was evaporating and the rain stopped did they beat him. However, they had all still been out in the freezing cold rain from about 4 AM on.

Anyway, after the T-Car had pulled off, Beast Boy decided that he didn't want to bother Raven, sitting on the couch, reading a novel, not only because of his maaad crush on her, bet because she was the one that had ended up really taking out Cinderblock that morning. Also, the freezing temperatures seemed to have gotten to her- she would shiver every now and then.

So, Beast Boy turned into a kitten and curled up in a patch of sunlight on the couch.

A few hours, later he woke up. Noticing that his patch of sunlight was gone (the sun ad set completely now), he stretched out his claws and was about to go back to sleep when he noticed something.

He wasn't the only one who had fallen asleep. Raven's book was on the floor, and her face was turned away from him; she was leaning on one of the arms of the couch.

Noticing that she was shaking slightly, he got up and left the room to get her a blanket.

When he came back into the room, blanket in hand, he thought that he heard whimpering. Dumbfound, he looked for the source of the noise, until he realized something: Raven was talking in her sleep.

Gently, he wrapped the blanket around her shoulders and made another startling realization: Raven wasn't just talking in her sleep, she was crying.

Wishing to comfort her, he sat down beside her and gently wrapped his arms around her. Surprisingly, she unconciously curled up next to him and laid her head on his chest.

After watching her protectively for a while (and making sure that she wasn't crying any more), Beast Boy felt himself drifting off, too…

The other Titans returned to the silent Tower around ten PM. No one noticed the silence immediately as they talked happily about their plans for the party. Suddenly, Shadow said, "Shhh!"

"What?" said Cyborg quickly.

"It's quiet…" answered Shadow.

"Too quiet," finished Nightmare.

Imagine the surprise of the five Titans when they found their two teammates cuddled up nice an' cozy on the couch of the main room...

"Oh, this is too good," said Cyborg, smirking . "No one wake them up, I have an idea."

Silently, he pulled a smoke alarm out of one of his compartments. He held it up really close to the two sleeping Titans, and lit a match.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

They both screamed, and suddenly Raven and Beast Boy were holding each very tightly, looking with terror at Cyborg's alarm.

Then, at the same moment, they looked at each other, and screamed again, letting go and jumping away from each other. (Raven's was a full out leap over the edge of the couch, Beast Boy's a half-hearted jump.)

"OHMYGAWD!" Cyborg yelled, starting to laugh out loud now. "WERE YOU TWO SNUGGLING?"

"Ex-cuse me?" said Raven in a not-too-convincing cold voice; the blush creeping up her face really gave it away. Beast Boy's face was also turning red, a stark contrast to his green skin.

"YOU'RE BLUSHING!" yelled Cyborg, laughing like an idiot. "YOU'RE BOTH BLUSHING!"

Raven pulled up the hood of her cloak.

"Please correct me if I am wrong…" said Starfire innocently. "But is this… snuggling not something that the friends of boy and girl do?"

"YEAH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT COUPLES DO!" said Cyborg. "OOOOOH, YOU LIIIIIKE EACH OTHER!"

Cyborg was howling with laughter; Shadow, Nightmare, and Starfire were giggling;Robin was laughing but trying to hide it by putting his face in his hands. It was a bit too much for Raven, so, still blushing furiously, she said, "Do you think that I got nice and snuggly with Beast Boy?"

"Well, yeah, you guys were all cozied up when we got back," said Cyborg, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes.

"Well, I doubt that I did anything wrong! All I did was fall asleep on the couch; we find you here knocked out all the time!" Raven growled as a lamp exploded behind her.

"YEAH, BUT-" Cyborg started, beginning to yell again.

"Leave her alone!" came the voice of the changeling suddenly as he walked over and put his hand on Raven's shoulder.

"OOOH, STANDIN' UP FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"

"Ok, now you're just being annoying…" Shadow muttered.

"Ok, prove it!" said Cyborg.

"Prove what? That you're an annoying, immature pinhead? Even Beast Boy could see that," said Raven dryly.

"No! What's the last thing you remember before falling asleep?" Cyborg said.

"Getting to the really boring part of this book..."

"Oh… I see," said Cyborg. "So it was Beast Boy…"

The cybernetic teen, grinning evilly,rounded on the green one, who seemed to shrink and lose the several inches that he had on Raven under Cy's searching stare.

"Then what's the last thing that you remember?"

"Um… Raven was asleep on the couch and she was shivering… so I got her a blanket," Beast Boy answered, purposely leaving out the part about her crying in her sleep. "Well, then I turned back into a cat and was napping on the other end of the couch… mebbe I just sleepwalked or something…"

Cyborg looked vaguely disappointed that what they had walked in on was not, in fact, an act of scandal, but Beast Boy just trying to be a good citizen.

"Ok, can I leave now, or is there more interrogation to come?" Raven asked quietly.

Cyborg said, "Yeah… I guess there's no blackmail material here…"

But even though his words said that he was dropping it, the evil glint in his eyes (eye?) said otherwise.

Raven got up and left. Beast Boy seemed to want to leave too, but didn't want it to seem that he was following Raven. So, he sat awkwardly on the couch for a few minutes before departing to his room as well.