AN: I do not own Teen Titans… if you didn't already know.
Chapter 2
Raven slowly made her way to the common room for dinner. As the doors slid open the wonderful sound of Cyborg and Beast Boy fighting filled her ears. She sighed, knowing that this was never going to change, and stepped through before the doors could close. She went over to their table and saw that Robin and Starfire were already sitting. She silently took her seat then put her hood down, since it was rude to have it up at the table.
"Raven, do you not love my makeup?" Starfire gushed. Raven looked up and nearly fell out of her seat and let out a shriek. Starfire had bright blue eye shadow thickly covering her eyelids and half of her forehead. She had bright pink blush on and ruby red lipstick. "I have done it on my own!"
"Oh, uh, I can tell," said Raven, trying to cover up the fact that she thought Starfire looked like a little girl who had broken into her mother's make up purse. "What do you think about it, Robin?" She was very curious to hear what her boyfriend had to say.
"Well, um, I think she did well for her first try," said Robin with a nervous smile. Starfire smiled happily and proudly.
Meanwhile, Cyborg and Beast Boy were arguing about whether they should have meatballs in the spaghetti sauce or on the side. They had been going at it for a good ten minutes and now the food was starting to grow cold, and the other three Titans were getting hungry and impatient.
"Could you two finish up so we can eat?" asked Robin sternly.
"Yes, I am most hungry," said Starfire as her nine stomachs gurgled.
"Just keep the meatballs separate and then add as much sauce as you want, Cyborg," said Raven. "That way everyone's happy."
"But then they won't soak in all of the tomatoey goodness," whined Cyborg.
"Dude, I don't want nasty meatballs in the spaghetti sauce that I have to eat!" said Beast Boy.
"They're just in the sauce, it's not like I'm forcin ya to eat 'em for once," said Cyborg.
"Enough!" said Robin, who was sick of this. "Put the food on the table and be quiet!"
Cyborg and Beast Boy quickly obeyed and took their seats. Robin never really snapped at anyone, but when he was hungry he could get rather… grumpy. They let Robin serve himself first and then the rest of them went at it.
Beast Boy was sitting next to Raven and he had a small grin on his face. He was about to put his little project into action. As they ate he ever so slowly moved his hand a little closer to hers. He did it slow enough so that no one would notice, especially not Raven. About halfway through the meal his hand brushed hers.
"Whoops, sorry," he said in a very unapologetic manner.
Raven heard the odd tone in his voice and gave him a curious look. Usually he would cower when he did something accidentally that he knew to be wrong. But not this time. She had to admit that as he had touched her hand she felt a shock send through her. Not to mention the fact that they had just had a very awkward conversation.
When they finished Beast Boy quickly cleared his and Ravens plate from the table.
"Um, I can clear my own plate you know," said Raven.
"I know, it's just my turn to do the dishes and I figured I might as well grab as many plates as I can before I go to the sink," said Beast Boy.
"Then why didn't you take mine?" said Cyborg.
"Because you're a meat mongering jerk," said Beast Boy simply.
"Wait a second, it's Ravens turn to do the dishes," said Robin.
"Yes, and Beast Boy, you hate the doing of the dishes," said Starfire.
"Yeah, well, I'd rather do them than see Ravens hands get all pruney," said Beast Boy as he turned the water on in the sink.
"Since when do you care if my hands get pruney?" asked Raven.
Beast Boy didn't say anything; he just gave her a small smile and went on with doing the dishes. Raven didn't like what was going on and decided that if Beast Boy wanted to do her chores she'd just let him. She quickly put her hood back up and headed for her room.
As soon as she was gone Beast Boy grinned devilishly. 'Stage one: complete,' he thought.
"Okay, what's goin on here?" asked Cyborg.
"Yes, I am the confused as well," said Starfire.
"Oh, nothing," said Beast Boy as he began to rinse of one of the plates.
"Did you talk to Raven about… your theory?" asked Robin.
"Oh, yes, does she really have the feelings for you?" asked Starfire.
"You told Star?" said Beast Boy.
"Hey, we had to tell someone and we weren't about to tell Raven," said Cyborg.
"Well, it turns out that she doesn't have a crush on me," said Beast Boy.
"Told ya," said Cyborg.
"But that's all gonna change," said Beast Boy with a smirk.
"What? How?" asked Robin.
"I'm gonna make Raven have a crush on me," said Beast Boy.
"Why?" asked Cyborg.
"Because she thinks she's too good for me and I want to show her that she'd be lucky to have a guy like me," said Beast Boy.
"So you're going to flirt with her?" asked Robin. "I thought you said that you didn't want her to have a crush on you."
"Yeah, well, that was before I knew that she didn't," said Beast Boy. "But, soon, she will and I'm gonna rub it in her face."
"Ooh, this could get messy," said Cyborg nervously.
"What? Dude, don't worry about it," said Beast Boy. "I've got it all worked out. Watch, I'll have her drooling over me by the end of the week."
"But, I am confused," said Starfire.
"I'll explain later," said Robin, who was still slightly confused himself, taking her hand and leading her out of the common room.
"Well, good luck," said Cyborg. "But I don't think Raven is ever gonna have a crush on you."
"Yeah, well, you'll see," said Beast Boy. As his friends left Beast Boy began to think about the next stage of his little plan. He still had a lot of subtle things to do before he went straight on to full assault flirting. 'Poor Raven,' he thought. 'She has no idea what's coming.' He then smirked to himself and finished off the dishes.
But little did Beast Boy know that Raven had heard all about his little plan. She knew that something was fishy, so she decided to spy on them with her mind once she reached her room. Now everything made sense.
"So," she said to herself. "He's going to try to make me have a crush on him, huh? That's too bad since I already like him. What a lowlife, scummy thing to do! Well, two can play this game. He thinks he's going to make me feel all awkward and shy around him, well I'm going to do just the opposite. If he wants flirting, I'll give him flirting."
Just then she sensed that Starfire was walking past. Robin had just explained everything and now that she understood she was humming to herself like she always did. She was just passing Ravens room when her door slid open and a hand grabbed her. Starfire gave a small shriek as she was yanked into Ravens room.
"Starfire, keep it down," said Raven.
"Oh, Raven, you did the startling of me," said Starfire. "What is wrong?"
"Nothing," said Raven. "Except that I know about Beast Boy's little plan."
Starfire's face paled and said quickly looked very nervous. "Plan? What is this plan? I do not know of a plan involving Beast Boy trying to make you have the feelings for him." Raven just stared at her silently then Starfire realized what she said and clasped her hand over her mouth. "Oh, I was not supposed to say that."
"Starfire, I already told you, I know," said Raven. "And I've got a little plan of my own."
"You do?" asked Starfire.
And with that Raven told Starfire about her plan to counter attack Beast Boy's flirting with her own flirting. Of course, she didn't tell her about the fact that she actually did have a crush on Beast Boy.
"But, Raven, why are you confiding in me?" asked Starfire.
"Because I want you to tell Robin and Cyborg," said Raven. "I know that they're in on Beast Boy's plan as well, even if they don't support it, so they might as well know about mine. I want Beast Boy to be the only one out of the loop. Just like he thinks I am."
"Raven, is it wise to have so many secret plans, that are not quite so secret, going on at once?" asked Starfire.
"What's the worst that can happen?" asked Raven. "Beast Boy or I actually get a crush on each other? Like that would ever happen."
"I suppose you are right," said Starfire. "Oh, I must go tell Robin at once!"
"Just don't let Beast Boy know," said Raven.
"Do not worry, I am good at keeping the secrets," said Starfire.
"Just like how you just told me about Beast Boy's secret plan?" said Raven.
"Oh, well, I shall do better this time," said Starfire and with that she left Ravens room to find her boyfriend.
Now that Starfire was spreading the news to Robin and Cyborg Raven decided to get to work on this little plan of hers. She decided to scan Beast Boy's mind so that she would always be one step ahead of him. He was planning on coming to her room to ask to borrow something. He wasn't exactly sure just what, so that was what he was deciding on now.
"Okay, Raven," she said to herself. "Time to turn on the charm. Not that I have any charm. Okay, I just have to calm down and flirt. There's no harm in flirting. It's exactly when I've been doing to him, only minus the hitting and the yelling and the sarcasm. Alright, so it's nothing like what I've been doing, but the principles are the same."
She quickly went to her vanity mirror and brushed her pin straight, violet hair so that it was silky and smooth. She made sure her cloak was on correctly and her leotard was perfect. She quickly went around her room and straightened anything that she found to be slightly crooked or out of place.
'Book,' she heard him think.
"Okay, so he's going to ask for a book," said Raven. "I just have to make sure I act all surprised and unwilling to give him anything, like usual. Then I'll start flirting to counteract his flirting. Let's just see what he does then."
