Disclaimer: I Do Not Pwnth The Teen Titans.
This is a Continuation from 'He Understands Me', with thanks to animeobsessed who suggested it. Fighting, drama, and romance will ensue! If Raven seems OOC, it's just how I wrote it. Deal with it. Let me know if that's how you feel, too. Thanks to animeobsessed3191 -I'm ducking the pillow- and kmutt for reviewing- hating and loving part 1 respectively.
-He Understands Me 2-
Beast Boy slipped into Raven's room, wondering where she was. A note on her desk said that she'd be back in a second- in the meanwhile, he was to not touch or go near anything, preferably the more breakable ones. With a grin, the changeling let his eyes roam, fixing upon a worn leather bound book. Picking it up, he flipped it open to the first page.
My journal. If you're reading this and you're not me –Beast Boy- shut it NOW.
For a second he actually considered putting it down- and then temptation to know more about the girl he was unofficially dating made him turn it to the last page and read.
"He understands me more fully than I think I understand myself…"Ten minutes later Raven let her spirit form come to rest just inside her door, twisting into a solid shape. Sensing that Beast Boy was already there, she looked up and saw him standing with his back to her, tense, angry, and with her journal in his hand.
Oh God- he didn't-But her fervent thought was interrupted by his turning around, jaw set and anger in those forest green eyes she knew so well. Hate swirled around him like a physical force and she almost recoiled.
"Raven. What is your problem?" Before the part-demon could speak, he narrowed his eyes and the journal started to compress in his grip. "Why are you doing this? What am I, nothing but something for you to toy with while you go after Robin? Did you think I would stay oblivious to everything? 'If anyone could help me overcome what I need to, and that I can love and help in return, I think Robin could.' " His voice took on an imitation of some love-struck blond, sighing and whining. Fear chilled Raven as she realized that he had read her last entry- without finishing it.
"I can-"
"Shut up. Shut the hell up! Did my feelings mean nothing to you? Did you like seeing me under your thumb, telling you how I felt as you hit on Robin? What the HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!" Before she could move, Beast Boy pinned her up on the wall, fury making him faster and stronger than ever. The journal fell to the floor as he used both hands to slam her shoulders against the dark blue paint of the steel wall, Raven staring with horror into the pinpoint pupils as pure, unfiltered hate mixed with rage, only catching glimpses of the hurt that the human still felt.
"Beast Boy- stop! You're hurting me!" Bone started to crack under the pressure he was putting on her and she winced, struggling now to be free. He didn't relent.
"Oh? AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? I HURT TOO, YOU KNOW!" His broken heart, hurt by the one he now thought had only used him, had released the Beast who had once saved her. Now it meant to kill her.
"Stop! You didn't read the last part!" In Nevermore, Love collapsed as though being beaten, screaming as invisible blows pounded the suddenly frail emotion. Happiness wilted, tears pouring from her eyes as Timidity grew; Bravery became entrapped by Despair's power as Rage faltered, diminishing. Pain cried her soundless pleas. The whole of her mind shuddered as changes shook it. "YOU DIDN'T READ THE LAST PART!" Silence took over her room as Beast Boy snarled, pushing his face closer to hers as the wildness in him readied to change his shape.
"I know enough." Violet eyes looked into green ones as a whisper escaped the gasping girl.
"No… you don't…" With a growing roar he flung her onto the floor; she grabbed the journal and lifted it above her head as his claws hurtled down. The tips stopped an inch from her head and she took in a deep breath, staring at the leather cover of the story of her life. Her grip on it slackened as the Beast fought to pull his claws out of it; instead she let go and he jerked it up to his face accidentally. Inhuman eyes stared at the last paragraph as he realized that there was one; the shifting of Beast to Man was no relief to Raven, who tried to call her powers up with no success. For a very long time neither moved.
Then, lowering the torn journal, Beast Boy stared down at Raven, shaking slightly. She met his eyes, her emotionless façade destroyed by the last minutes. He swallowed, something seeping into his eyes, and then dropped the journal, falling to his knees besides her.
"Oh God, Raven- Oh God, how could I? How could I try to kill you? I'm a monster- a monster…" His shoulders shook as sobs were bitten down. Relief filled the half-human and she pushed herself up, ignoring Pain's cries of warning, and threw her arms around him. He held her to him, the hot, burning tears falling onto her cloak.
"I'm a monster!"
"No!" Her firm, unrelenting tone stopped him. "No. You weren't meant to read that; it's not your fault. I love you, Beast Boy- no one else. I'm Raven, the emotionless girl, the one who was born to destroy the world- but I love, and I hurt, and I won't let my Father win. I love you." She let her head rest on his shoulder, giving comfort to the loved one in her arms.
"I'm so sorry, Raven. I'm so sorry."
"I love you. And nothing, not even Hell or the Beast, will change that."
In Nevermore, Love pushed herself off the ground, tear stained cheeks drying as she and Happiness stood. Bravery lay on the ground, holding her knees as she breathed; Despair twisted in sorrow as power from the emotion to Raven, Pain whimpering as the broken bones were healed by Love, who helped the hurting one to sit. As the last rumble of shifting thoughts dissipated, the multi-colored emotion looked up and smiled, taking the hand of a regretful Love from another's mind. With a finger Love touched the green one's lips, looking into the other's eyes, and then kissed him, as in the real world peace once again stole over the Tower while Raven and Beast Boy both healed, mentally and physically.