AN: I do not own Teen Titans… if you didn't already know.
Chapter 3
Beast Boy grinned to himself as he walked down the hallway to Ravens room. He was going to ask her if he could borrow a book. He didn't care what book, just any book. This was going to be great. He would ask for a book, get into her room, and let the awkwardness begin. No girl could resist his charm, no matter how hard they tried. Not even Raven was immune and he was going to prove that.
He reached her door and quickly took that smug grin off of his face. He had to look somewhat normal. He knocked and waited for her to answer her door. About four seconds later her door slid open and revealed her normal, emotionless self.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Hey Rae," he said smiling. "I was just wondering if I could borrow a book."
"My name is Raven," she said. "And why would you, of all people, want a book?"
"Just thought I should make sure I could still read," said Beast Boy, leaning against her door frame. "You know, they say it's like riding a bike."
"And what makes you think that I have a book that you will be able to understand?" asked Raven.
"Come on, you've gotta have one that I can take a peek at," he said a little softer and just a tad seducing.
Raven felt a shiver go up her spine, but she was used to such things when it came to him. She knew that she should have given him a frown, since that's what she always did, but she decided to just keep her face neutral. She stepped aside and said, "Help your self."
Beast Boy grinned and walked in, passing very close to Raven. Oh, he was bad. Maybe this was going to be a little harder than she thought. He had never intentionally flirted with her before. She only hoped she'd be able to keep up her own front while taking down his.
"So, what would you suggest?" he asked, looking at her library.
"Well," said Raven, going over to him. "What do you like?" She passed very close to him, just has he had to her, and casually leaned against her large library of books.
"I'm kinda in an action mood," said Beast Boy, leaning against the library as well. He then got a wicked idea and carried it out. He reached just past Raven, so that his arm brushed her cheek, and grabbed a book. He did it slowly, making sure she could feel his touch. "What about this one?"
"Oh, uh," said Raven, doing her best to sound normal even though her heart was racing very fast now. "I don't think you'll like that one."
"Why not?" asked Beast Boy, flipping through it.
"Because," said Raven, slowly taking the book from. "This is a romance book." She gave him a small smirk with bedroom eyes. She then casually flipped through the book herself, just to keep his eyes on her.
"Oh," said Beast Boy, giving her his own bedroom eyes. "Then where would an action book be?"
"My whole library is organized," said Raven, putting the book back in its place. "The categories are in alphabetical order as well as the books in each category. Did you follow all that?" she asked with a smirk.
"You know, I'm not exactly as dense as you think I am," he said grinning, crossing his arms and leaning completely against the shelves. "But, why don't you find me something. You are, after all, the smartest person I know."
'Ooh, he's using flattery now, huh?' Raven thought. 'God, I want him out of here. He's making this way too hard. I better really make him feel awkward just to get him out of my room.'
She came up with a plan and got right to it. She removed her hood and made sure he could see her full face now. This was going to be a hard plan to complete without her powers going haywire or her cheeks blushing.
"I think you may like this one," she said in a slightly softer voice than Beast Boy was used to. She sensed his emotions and could feel he was starting to feel… weird at the sound of her different tone.
She reached up and grabbed a book from the highest shelf she could reach without having to levitate. She wanted Beast Boy to get a good look at her, make him feel what all boys feel when they see a female's body so close to them. The fact that she wore a skintight leotard most certainly helped accomplish this.
'Whoa, is it just me or she acting… different?' Beast Boy thought. 'Wow, she sure has a nice body. I never usually get to see it since she covers herself up with her cloak. Oh God, I better get out of here before things get even weirder. It's okay, B, you just gotta finish up this stupid plan of yours and get out. Remember, you want her to feel awkward, not you.'
Raven pulled a book off of the shelf and slowly opened it. She was going to kill herself later for doing this, but she had to seal the deal of getting rid of him and making him feel awkward. She lifted her thumb to her mouth and slowly licked it. She then placed it to the book so she could turn the pages.
Beast Boy felt his heart race and a strange feeling overcome him. This wasn't right. Why was she making him feel like this? He then remembered that he was supposed to make her feel this way and he was slacking on his plan. He had to get back to work.
"Yes, I believe this one should keep you… satisfied," she said rather softly and handed the book over to him.
"Thank you," said Beast Boy with a soft smile and took the book from her, their hands brushing as it was exchanged. And both felt a similar shiver run through them and their hearts jump. "I'll get it back to you when I'm done." He started heading for the door and Raven followed him.
"So, in other words, a year or two?" she asked smirking in a sarcastic manner.
"Hey, I may surprise you," he said with one finally grin and then finally left.
Her door slid shut and Raven let out a large sigh of relief. That was certainly harder than she thought it would be. God, she felt almost dirty from acting that way in front of him. But, if he was going to act like a shmuck and try to get her to have a crush on him, not that she didn't already have one, then he deserved this. A good old taste of his own medicine, that's what this was.
She decided to get some meditation in and then go to bed. This had turned out to be a very eventful evening. Now she had to think of what she was going to do to him next. She wasn't exactly good at expressing any trait, but she thought that so far she had done well. She certainly saw Beast Boy sweat for a moment, especially when she licked her thumb. She was sure he hadn't been expecting that. She let out a small chuckle as she remembered feeling his anxiousness as she had done it.
Beast Boy tossed the book onto his bed and then sat down next to it. He felt very… strange, to say the least. His plan had been perfect, he was sure of that. So why didn't it play out as he expected it to? Not even once did Raven seem confused by what he was doing, nor was she put off by him. If anything she was returning the favor.
"Dude, since when does Raven act like that?" he asked himself. "She was all… nice and… she didn't yell at me once. Where did I go wrong? I was supposed to go in there, flirt with her a bit, and then leave. But, boy, did more than just that happen."
He took a look at the book and picked it up. As he slowly scanned through it he remembered that Raven had thumbed through it as well. She had licked her thumb almost unnaturally slow and then turned the pages. "I think that sent more feelings through me than was necessary," he said to himself. "I could have sworn my heart was racing, but why would that happen? It's just Raven, after all. And I'm supposed to make her heart race, not the other way around. Dude, this may be harder than I thought."
He decided to make plans for the next few days. He said that he was going to get Raven by the end of the week and he was going to keep that promise. He had to show the guys that he was capable of melting even someone as icy as Raven.
He sat down at his desk and decided to plan out the entire week. He had to coordinate every move just right so that he wasn't coming off too strong, but Raven could tell that there was something different. He had to remember to keep it small for the next day or two and then go a little bigger until he finally made her feel awkward enough to have a crush on him.
"Okay, so what does Raven do every day?" he asked himself as he began to make a list. "She does her meditation thingy, she reads, she stays in her room, and she fights bad guys. That's basically it. Alright, let's start with meditating. I know; I'll stare at her dreamily until she finally feels my eyes on her. Then, when she yells at me about it I'll say I wasn't but I'll smile so she knows I'm lying." He laughed to himself wickedly. "Reading, hmm, okay, I'll sit next to her and slowly move closer and closer to her until we're touching. And when she confronts me about it I'll act all cute. I've got to remember not to get afraid though. I'm probably gonna get hurt a lot this week, but it's to prove a point."
He went step by step and wrote out everything he was going to do that week. He was going to dedicate every moment to making Raven feel uncomfortable. He had to slowly slither into the back of her mind and then push himself forward until she finally couldn't take it anymore. Until she cracked and admitted that she had a crush on him.
"This is going to be the biggest accomplishment in human history!" he said proudly. "Or half human half demon history. What is she? Is she half demon and half Azarathian? Or half demon, a quarter human, and a quarter Azarathian? What the heck is she? Oh well, it doesn't matter. Back to work."
He rubbed his hands and grinned devilishly. He quickly got back to work and every once in a while would let out a chuckle to himself. He was so smart; the other Titans had nothing on him! As long as they stayed out of his way nothing and no one could stop this perfection that was a plan.
But little did he know that just down the hall Raven sat at her own desk and wrote down every single thing he did. She couldn't believe some of his ideas. At first she thought that none of them would work, but after she thought about it she realized that they were great ideas. He certainly did know how to flirt, that was for sure. She wasn't sure where he'd learned it, but he did.
"If he can flirt like that then why can't he get a girlfriend?" she asked herself as she continued to write every thought that went through Beast Boy's head. "Not that I want him to get one or anything. But it is pretty odd. And why does he want me to have a crush on him again? Oh yeah, because he thinks I think that I'm too good for him. If he only knew. He sure can be an idiot sometimes. But he sure is putting a lot of thought into this. Far too much thought for Beast Boy, anyway. Well, let's just see where this goes."
