Raven didn't come out of her room for the next three days other than to go to the bathroom and sneak late night meals. She didn't see anyone, and she didn't talk, which is why she wasn't surprised in the least that on her fourth day of solitude a concerned Starfire came to her room. She tried to ignore the first few knocks but it persisted so she opened the door. Starfire stood on the other side with a frown tugging at her plump, lip glossed lips.

"Robin has told me that I should apologize for making you drink so much at Beast Boys' party…" she confessed, her voice filled with guilt. Raven raised an eyebrow. "So with all of my heart, I am deeply sorry, Raven. I did not mean to make you upset, and if it is the fault of my selfish actions that you have been keeping to yourself, then please accept this apology and rejoin us for dinner. We all miss you terribly."

Starfire lunged forward and threw her arms around Raven's neck, catching her slightly off guard. Raven pat her back lightly as she squeezed her just a little bit too roughly.

"Star… I can't… breath…" she gasped. The alien immediately let her go and backed away. Raven brushed herself off and shook her head. "I'm not mad at you, Starfire. I just haven't really been in the socializing mood, its not anyones fault."

Starfire let out a sigh of relief, placing her hand over her heart. "Oh, thank goodness, I have been so worried that you no longer valued our friendship."

"That could never happen."

"I am very glad to hear that. Does that mean you will join us for dinner?" Starfire smiled. Raven shifted in her spot. She didn't know why she was so nervous about the idea of coming face to face with Beast Boy, she shouldn't have been. She wasn't a thirteen year old school girl running away from her crush, she was eighteen years old, and she should have been above this awkwardness.

But she wasn't.

"I'm… not really that hungry, so I'll probably just stay in my room." She lied. One meal a day had not been satisfying her and she was indeed very hungry. Starfire reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling at her to come out.

"Oh please Raven! Robin even ordered one whole pizza with only olives as a topping, just for you. Please come out and spend some time with us. I can no longer handle being around only boys… not that I dislike our male companions, but the testosterone heavy atmosphere has become a bit draining…" she continued to pull Raven, who for some reason was allowing her to guide her away from her door. She rolled her eyes and took hold of Starfire's wrists, taking them off of her.

"Alright, fine. I'll come out and have one slice of pizza. But don't expect me delve into deep conversations."

Starfire shook her head wildly, her smile growing. "Oh, I won't! That I can surely promise!"

Raven slumped after Starfire as she flitted towards the living room. The amount that she did not want to face the other Titans was incredibly high, but the Tamaranian would not let her be, and it was not worth the argument. She also knew that she needed to get over the situation, they were a team after all and personal conflicts could not interfere with their collaboration in that regard.

When they reached the living room, all of the other Titans were already there. Robin was standing by the window, leaning against the glass and fiddling with his cell phone. Cyborg and Beast Boy were sitting side by side on the couch, both lost in a video game. Raven swallowed deeply.

Here we go…

"Look, friends! I have convinced Raven to come enjoy the pizza together with us!" she proclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. Raven rolled her shoulders back awkwardly underneath of her cloak as all three of the boys looked around at them. Her eyes met Beast Boy's for a moment before he turned back to his game.

"Sweet!" Cyborg chimed, smiling brightly. "Long time no see stranger! What was it, a full moon or something?" he chuckled at his own joke and also turned back to face the TV. Raven smirked, but before she could say anything Robin pushed away from the window and started towards them, his eyes still glued to his phone.

"I don't know what this delivery guy is doing. I called him over an hour ago and the tracking app says he's been on Third Street for twenty minutes now. It's not even rush hour."

"Maybe there was an accident." Raven shrugged.

"Maybe he went to the wrong address? DIE!" Cyborg stomped his feet loudly, throwing his hands in the air, clenching the controller of the game. "WOO! IN YOUR FACE GRASS STAIN! I am the Mario Cart king."

Beast Boy slumped into the couch and groaned loudly. Robin looked at them for a moment before shaking his head. "I'm going to call again and see what the hold up is." He began dialing into the cell phone and walked out of the living room. Starfire floated to the couch and sat on the back of it, staring at the TV.

"May I play?" she asked, causing Raven to wonder why she had forced her out of her room if she was just going to play video games. Beast Boy shoved the controller at her.

"Take it, but watch out. Chrome-dome plays dirty…"

"Hey!" Cyborg said with a smile as Starfire slid in between them. "The whole point of this game is to ruin friendships. If you can't take the heat, get yo ass out the kitchen."

Raven quietly made her way to the couch and sat on the arm of it beside the green Titan, noticing him looking at her in her peripheral vision. She, however, continued to watch the TV as Cyborg and Starfire chose their characters, which took much longer than necessary because Starfire continued to change her mind and ask Cyborg about each character. Raven internally laughed as she listened to Cyborg get more and more frustrated with each question.

"You been okay?" Beast Boy's quiet voice surprised Raven and she looked down at him. He wasn't looking at her, but she knew he was talking to her.

"I've been fine. You?"

He shrugged his shoulders, but smiled his usual toothy grin, which made her feel a bit better. "Living the dream."

Good.

It seemed like she had worried about nothing. Although she was honestly surprised that he wasn't making it obvious that he was upset. Perhaps he wasn't? Maybe the whole confession wasn't as strong as what Raven had thought it to be. Either way, she was glad that it wasn't going to be uncomfortable.

"Living the dream consists of you getting your ass handed to you by Cyborg on the Wii?" she said with a smirk, lowering her head so that she was hidden by her cloak. Beast Boy narrowed his eyes and looked at her, his bottom lip pouting out.

"Ha, ha, very funny…"

Everything was normal.

Robin came back into the room a few moments later, shoving his cell phone into the pocket of his pants.

"Turns out the delivery guy blew a tire and had to wait for a mechanic to come replace it. Looks like we get a third pizza for free. Beast Boy, I gave him the go ahead for that Vegan Ultimate you like so much." He said, waving his hand. Beast Boy fisted his hand and quickly brought it down towards him excitedly.

"Yes! Thanks brah!"

The pizza arrived about twenty minutes later, and in due time because all five of the teens felt as though they were going to pass out from hunger. Raven felt much better than she did earlier and almost regretted hiding herself from the others for those three days. She had known all along that it was a foolish thing to do, but she didn't know how normal it would feel to be in Beast Boy's presence. It was almost as if he had forgotten the whole thing. That is, of course, until later that evening when Raven decided to call it a night and go back to her room and he stalked after her. At first she thought that he was going back to his own room, but when she entered her room and he stopped in his tracks she knew that wasn't the case. Before she got the chance to close her door, her eyes caught his and her heart sunk.

He was going to ruin this night, wasn't he.

"Raven, I'm really sorry about the other day." He apologized quietly, rubbing his arm. "I… I shouldn't have kissed you, that was a really selfish thing for me to do. Sorry that I upset you."

She looked at him quietly for a moment before sighing. "It's okay. Don't worry about it." Thinking the conversation was done, she began to close the door.

How foolish she had been.

Beast Boy stepped closer and stuck his foot in the door, preventing it from closing all the way.

Raven felt like dying.

Coulnd't he just let it be?

He looked at her for a minute with droopy eyes. "Can we… talk about it for a minute?"

Clearly not.

"What exactly would you like to talk about, Beast Boy…" Raven sighed, letting go of the door and leaning against the frame, her arms crossing over her chest. She might as well stop trying to fight it because he was just going to keep insisting until she agreed, like the child he was. He straightened his back.

"Well… I just need to know, like, I really need to know, because you really didn't answer the other night." He took a deep breath. "Did you really feel nothing… when I kissed you? Like, at all?"

Raven looked down at the floor for a moment. "I don't know." She said in response. She looked back up at him and was shocked by his expression. His eyes were wide, his mouth hung open, like he was expecting a completely different answer. He had seemed so confident with the fact that Raven had spilled her deepest feelings to him the night of the party that she was sure he must have thought that she was interested in him.

But clearly…not?

He stepped towards her, his fists clenched at his side. "You…you don't know? So you might have felt something?"

Raven held her hand up right before it touched his chest. "Okay…back up." She ordered, causing him to take a step backwards. "I said I don't know, not yes, not no. Can't you just be satisfied with that?"

"How can I be satisfied with that? That makes it worse!" his voice began to grow louder which made Raven weary. She quickly leaned out of her doorway and peered down the hall to see if anyone was coming. He seemed to catch on and lowered his tone. "Raven, come on. You're killing me! What am I supposed to do with 'I don't know'. Do you want to be a thing; do you not want to be a thing?"

"Kay…you are confusing 'I might have felt something' for 'I might want to date you'. There is a big difference. We are not going to be a thing."

Beast Boy frowned. "But why? If you did feel something, why would you not want to be a thing? What's wrong with me?"

"There is nothing wrong with you Beast Boy; I'm just not completely sure of my feelings. And, I just can't have a relationship, plain and simple. You should know this."

Again Beast Boy took a step closer. "Why can't you try? I'm willing to try."

"We literally have zero in common. Why do you want to have a thing all of a sudden?"

"I know you Rae; I think we have more in common than you think. And I told you, I've liked you for years now, remember."

"You just want to try because you think I'm "hot"." Raven frowned and eyed him carefully. He paused for a moment with a stunned look on his face, a blush covering his cheeks.

"Not true," he said finally. "It's a bonus, yeah, but not true. I want to take care of you Rae, I know you don't really find me funny, and I know I can be annoying, but I think I can make you happy… I want to try at least."

Raven felt a part of her heart melt. That might have been the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to her. She didn't know what to do; she still was unsure about her feelings and didn't want to lead him on. But if they kept going down the path they were currently on, it would only make them resent each other.

Ugh…what should she do?

Raven thought for a few minutes while he rambled on about the reasons why they would be good together, though she barely listened. Giving some sort of test run a go wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, as long as he knew she wasn't committed one hundred percent. He would have to know that whatever they were going to be was just a trial and error sort of deal, and if she at any point, decided they were better off just friends, he needed to respect that and back off. And the others could not find out until she was completely sure it was what she wanted, so they would have to keep it secret, which seemed like a hassle.

She sighed and leaned her head back, an ache beginning to form behind her eyes. She held her hand up, silencing the Changling. "If we start something no one can know until I figure out how I actually feel."

He nodded his head. "Okay."

"And if we start something there needs to be boundaries, which I will choose."

"Done."

"And if we start something and I decided I'm not interested, we go back to the way things were without any ifs, ands or buts and we forget the whole thing happened."

He nodded once more. "Of course."

She looked him up and down, her gaze finally landed in his eyes. "We can try. But it's not anything serious, it's just a test to see how I actually feel. So do not get attached."

Beast Boy jumped excitedly in his spot, turning quickly into a koala bear and falling towards Raven. Out of reflex, she caught him and he snuggled into her.

"Deal!"

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