Cyborg pushed the buttons on his controller ferociously. His eyes and focus were solely on the TV that displayed his video game. Farah took glances at the big screen then at Cyborg. She was cuddling on the couch next to her mother who was reading one of her ancient books. Farah clung to her mother like glue. Raven's arm was wrapped around her small body while the other held up the book that she continued to read. Farah had a small white book in her hands too, but unlike her mother's, there were simple animal pictures and easy big font words inside. Recently, her mother has been coaxing her to read more books so that she could get better at reading and putting sounds together. But Farah didn't like reading all the time like Raven did.

She continued to look up and down from her book to see how Cyborg was playing. Cyborg noticed the small girl peeking at him. When he turned to look at her, Farah quickly averted her eyes back to the book, covering her face in slight fear. Cyborg gave a small laugh before pausing the game.

"Rae, does she always read books?"

Raven looked up at him then at her daughter. She shrugged. "Meh, I try to get her to read more. All she wants to do is play and watch TV."

"Just like her father." He said with a laugh.

Raven stiffened when he made reference to Beast boy. Raven still didn't tell Farah that Beast boy was her father, and so far, it seems that Farah was still oblivious although she started asking a lot more questions about the topic. Raven will tell Farah the truth, but she didn't want her to find out through her teammates. "Um, yeah." She said nervously.

"How bout she play some rounds with me?"

Raven gave him an uneasy look when she saw the graphic game. "I don't know. Video games aren't something I want her to get accustomed to."

Cyborg sucked his teeth and rolled his eyes. "Let the little girl live! For a three-year-old, she's pretty smart."

Raven sighed. "Fine."

Cyborg smiled then looked down at Farah. She was still cuddling very close to her mother and still hid her face.

"Wanna' play?"

Farah hesitantly looked up from the small book. He held another controller out for her with a warm welcoming smile. At first, she was scared to accept it. He was like a giant compared to her and she barely knew him. Farah looked up at her mother for some form of confirmation. Raven only smiled and unwrapped her arm from around her.

Slowly, she crawled away from Raven on the couch and sat somewhat close to Cyborg, her little legs barely reached over the edge of the green couch. Cyborg smiled and started a new battle when she took the controller in her little hands.

"Ok, I'll go easy on you. Have you ever played video games before?"

Farah stared up at him and silently shook her head.

"I'm not surprised. Your mother isn't exactly the gaming type."

Raven rolled her eyes and continued to read her book.

"Here, so you move this little knob for your character to go forward, backward, up and down." Cyborg showed Farah the controls on her own controller which made the virtual fighter move on the screen. At first, Farah was scared to have Cyborg so close to her with his metallic fingers touching her hand, but she quickly got used to his presence.

"Got it?"

Farah wiggled the knob on the big controller and nodded her head. When the fighter started to move randomly on the battle scene, she gasped then beamed up at Cyborg's face.

"There you go! You got it." Cyborg exclaimed, making Farah even more comfortable.

"Ok, so now, you're going to hit these buttons to make it punch, kick and use the hidden power." Cyborg pointed to the square, triangle and circle symbols on the right side of the controller.

Farah started hitting the keys and laughed when the fighter began to hit Cyborg's still character.

"You got it now?"

Farah nodded her head happily then looked up the screen, ready to play.

Cyborg restarted the round and brought them to a real match. Raven couldn't help, but look up at the screen in amusement.

Farah's character simply stood in its spot while Cyborg's character moved back and forth, giving it some punches and kicks. Farah looked down and started to move the character forward. She giggled when her fighter punched Cyborg's fighter in the face.

"Ah! You got me!" Cyborg said dramatically to amuse the toddler.

"I got you!" She exclaimed when her fighter continued to punch Cyborg's fighter. Obviously, Cyborg could have won, but he wanted to give Farah the satisfaction of winning her first fighting match. Comically, she forgot about the other keys that she could have used to kill his fighter. She only pressed the square button which was punching.

The screen animated with fires everywhere and the famous "FINISH HIM!" statement was heard from the loudspeakers. Farah looked up at him confused.

"Now you're gonna press the circle button."

Farah obeyed him and pressed the key with the circle. She quickly looked up and saw her fighter summon a large fireball in its hands and throw at Cyborg's player. Her character stood in victory while his fighter stayed on the ground.

Farah looked up and smiled at Cyborg. "I won! I won, I won! Mommy, did you see me? I won!"

Raven only nodded with a small smile. Cyborg laughed and brought the little girl on his shoulder, raising her in the air slightly. "Woohoo! You're a champ!"

Beast boy walked in and noticed the commotion. "Yo, what's going on?"

"Beast boy, I won!" Beast boy lifted Farah from Cyborg's shoulders into his arms.

"What!? You beat Cyborg in the game!?"

"Yeah!" She said excitingly.

"The girl got skills."

Beast boy smirked. "I wonder where she gets it from."

"Clearly, not from you."

Cyborg laughed at Raven's silent comment while Beast boy fumed in his spot. "Gee, I missed this when you were gone, Rae," Cyborg said in between laughs as he wiped a single tear from his eye.

"Shut up. Fight me now." Beast boy extended his legs over the couch with Farah in his arms. He placed her in between the two while he took the second controller in his hands.

"You got it, grass stain, but you ain't gonna beat me,'' Cyborg said as he started a new game.

"If Farah can do it, then I can too."

"We'll see about that."

Raven continued to read her book, glancing back at Farah who was now engaged and giving her own two cents as she watched the men seriously play the game this time. It eased Raven when she saw Farah become comfortable with her friends. Everywhere Raven went, Farah would follow like a bee wanting honey. It was understandable since the little girl was in a new environment, but it got annoying pretty fast.

Robin walked into the common room and paid little attention to the three. He silently walked to Raven and tapped her shoulder. She jumped at the sudden touch but calmed down when it was only Robin.

"Can I have a word with you real quick?"

Raven hesitated and got to her feet. She looked back at Farah who was too involved in the game to notice. "Sure."

Terra tapped her fingers on the gray table. She sighed and rested her chin on her gloved hand. She had an impatient aura around her as she sat in Robin's office. She hated being in here. Whenever Robin told her to meet him in this room, she got yelled at like a child, and it aggravated her. The door to the room opened and Robin walked in with Raven following. The two made eye contact and soon the atmosphere changed from calm to tension.

Robin looked at the both of them in slight worry. He felt like he was in a den of angry lions. "Raven, take a seat."

Raven reluctantly pulled out the chair next to Terra and sat. Robin folded his hands then opened his mouths to speak. "Raven, we're thrilled to have you back. Really, we are." His face softened. "When you left, we didn't know what to do..."

Terra rolled her eyes at, what she called, Robin's 'sap story'.

"I hate to admit it," he continues. "But Terra's right. It might be dangerous to have Farah here at the Tower."

Raven rose to her feet and leaned forward with an angry scowl. "What? Are you kicking us out?"

Robin quickly raised his hands in defense and shook his head. "No, no, no! Not at all! We want you both to stay. I just wanted to make that clear to you."

"We didn't come back because I decided to all of a sudden rejoin the Titans. Farah is starting to show signs of her powers, and I can't continue to hide them."

Terra and Robin both looked at her curiously.

"What kind of powers?" Terra asked with her arms crossed.

Raven gave her a hard look before turning to Robin. "She's been shapeshifting into animals like Beast boy. We can't live our lives normally if she's going to morph in class. Hence, Beast boy is going to be teaching her how to master them."

Terra rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Another way for you to take him away from me. Robin, why am I here?"

Raven glanced down at Terra. "Do you have a problem? If so, then I want to know what it is."

Terra laughed shortly in disbelief. "Of course I have a problem! It's with you and that damn child! Why did you have to come back? Is it because you started to fall for Beast boy again? Why can't you leave him alone?"

"Is that what this is all about? I have been gone for three years. How could I have paid attention to Beast boy? I don't have feelings for him. If you want him, you can have him. I'm only here because of my child."

Terra stayed silent, but she still refused to believe her words. "Whatever."

Robin stared in amusement but then he cleared his voice. "Well, I did want to sit you both down and squash whatever it was that was bringing tension, but I guess you both, uh, just accomplished that."

Terra groaned and slammed her hands on the table before getting out of her seat. "You're always treating me like a child, Robin. I don't need you to punish me when I have my own opinion!"

"No one's stopping you from doing anything, Terra, but you need to realize that there are consequences to your actions."

"Do you really want to have this conversation with me right now? How about you talk to the baby mama over here." Terra said, carelessly jamming a thumb in Raven's direction.

"You little-"

Robin held Raven back before she could punch Terra in the back of her blonde head. Terra backed away from her but her eyes started to glow. "You know I'm right! You're nothing more but the mother of his child! You have no significance to him."

"I don't care! How many times do I have to tell you that I don't like him!"

"Yeah keep telling yourself that," Terra said before walking out the office.

Raven tried to control her anger before her powers could act out. Her hands were in fists and her body was shaking in fury. "I'm going to send that puny spawn to another dimension. I promise that."

"Ignore her, Rae. You know how she can get." Robin finally released his grip on her and tried to soothe her, but it wasn't working.

"Whatever," She said underneath her breath before stomping out of the room.

Robin sighed and shook his head. He jumped when he heard something shatter in his office due to Raven's powers. "Well, that didn't turn out as planned."

"Ow, mommy."

"Sorry," Raven mumbled. She loosened a bit then continued to comb through Farah's curls. She had just come from the shower, so her hair was wet and stuck to her head. Farah hummed to herself and continued to play with her little doll. Raven was still angry with what Terra had said earlier that day. She was mad at Terra but also at Robin. Why would he invite that broad? She's so disrespectful. If she was the leader, she would kick Terra out in a heartbeat.

Raven continued to comb; her mind elsewhere. Terra's words stuck to her brain, constantly repeating. "You have no significance to him." She didn't know why her words had such an impact on her. She knew that what she said was wrong. Beast boy obviously cared. If he didn't then he wouldn't have tried so hard to find her and stay in contact. Terra was being petty, like usual. An insecure woman who doesn't know how to keep her man. She was simply aggravated that Raven was able to take Beast boy away from her for a night. But that didn't make Raven feel as complete like she would have wanted to. Terra is the girlfriend and no matter how much she tries to dispute it, she is the baby mother of the relationship. "But it doesn't matter if I had his child! I don't like Beast boy."

But that was a lie...

Raven did have feelings for Beast boy, but they weren't strong enough to make her fall into a relationship with him just yet. What she had for him was equivalent to a crush. She wanted to lie to herself and say that what she has for Beast boy was nothing, but even her own Intelligence was admitting to the truth and knew that she couldn't deny it.

"A simple crush. That's all it is. Nothing more. My feelings for him will go away over time. He can stay with Terra for all I care."

Raven sighed and tried to focus on her daughter's hair. "What do you want, honey?"

"I want you to braid it."

Beast boy has changed over the years to a mature, good looking man. And she would be a fool to say that he didn't catch her eyes here and there during their meet ups.

A small crush is what she will continue to tell herself. He has no significance to her. The only reason why she puts up with him is because of Farah. Having Terra around only pushed her to get over her small feelings for him. The fighting isn't worth a man. She would rather be single than to deal with the geomancer. She doesn't deserve her energy.

A knock on the door snapped Raven out of her thoughts.

"Who is it?" Farah asked from the bed.

"It's the tickle monster!"

"No! No tickle monster!" Farah yelled.

"Ok, uh, it's the ice cream man. I have ice cream."

"I like ice cream," Farah said sweetly, still playing with her dolls.

"Come in," Raven said sternly, squashing the cuteness.

Beast boy smiled and waltz into the bedroom. Farah smiled at his presence while Raven only frowned. He was the last person she wanted to see.

"How's my little Farah doing?"

Farah giggled and playfully kicked Beast boy in the face with her foot.

"Stay still, Farah."

Beast boy walked to the side of the bed and sat next to Raven who gave him a short glare. "I didn't know you could braid."

Raven finished braiding the left half of Farah's blonde head with a large neat braid then started to work on the right side. "Why? Didn't think I could do it?"

"No, I just never thought I would see you do it. Whenever Starfire asks you to braid her hair, you'll say no in a second."

Raven shrugged. "I had to learn for her."

Beast boy nodded and stared at the craft being done. He glanced around the room, taking notice of the changes that were made. Some of Raven's scary looking artifacts were tucked away in the corner with a small blanket covering it. He figured that it was because of Farah that Raven did that. He saw their suitcases neatly stacked away in the closet with Raven's dark and Farah's, bright colored clothes hanging on hangers. What he really took notice of was the pictures Raven placed on the dresser.

He never imagined seeing Raven as a picture person. He glanced at them, and it made him smile. There were three, each of them in their own individual frame. One was with Farah when she was only a couple months old, another when she appeared to have been one and grinning into the camera with Raven holding her in her arms. The third one appeared to have been recent. Farah stood in the middle in front of a birthday cake with Raven standing on her left, smiling and another person at her left, but Beast boy didn't recognize that individual. It was a tall man with dark hair and brown eyes. He made a mental note to ask Raven about it later.

"Done."

Farah quickly hopped off the bed when she was free from her mother's grip. She went straight to the other side of the room and started to take out the many coloring books, crayons and other belongings that were still zipped in her bookbag.

Beast boy turned to Raven once the little girl was far away and not listening. "Rae, you need to take the ring off."

Raven got off the bed to put the comb away and hopefully end the conversation.

"You can't keep hiding from her." He continued. "She's going to find out eventually, so...might as well do it now."

Raven groaned and slammed the comb on the dresser. In annoyance. "Beast boy, it's been a long day. I don't want to talk about this."

Beast boy didn't flinch at all from her attitude. "Then don't. Just do it.''

Raven turned to him then balled her fists. "No."

Beast boy got up from the bed and walked up behind Raven. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked at her through the mirror's reflection. Raven twisted her face and tried to push his hands off of her, but he kept his hands on her. If anything, his grip on her tightened. He was tired of her running away from the truth. "Don't fight me on this, ok?"

"Don't touch me." She said rudely. Raven gave a rough tug and broke free from his grasp. "Shouldn't you be heading back to your girlfriend."

Beast boy sighed and followed her. "She's mad, as usual, so I don't have to worry about her right now."

Raven rolled her eyes and turned away from him. She took out her book and began to read to make it appear that she was doing something else.

"Rae, stop changing the conversation."

"I'm not." She said quickly. The more he continued to talk, the more she felt her suppressed emotions begin to rise and bubble over inside of her.

He took a step closer to her. "Yes, you are! You've been hiding the truth from her for so many years. Now is the time for you to let it out."

Raven turned her head, ignoring him. "I think it's time for you to leave."

Beast boy shook his head. "No. I'm not leaving, and I refuse to. Either you tell her, Rae, or I will. She can't continue living this lie that you've-"

"Beast boy, I'm scared!"

Farah stopped her coloring and looked back at her mother, worried. Raven glanced at her then turned away, but Beast boy continued staring at Raven. He smiled at the worried toddler and told her to continue playing. When Farah went back to coloring, tuning them out, he came closer to Raven, kneeling in front of her as she sat on the side of the bed. She had her head bowed and small tears streaming down her face. Beast boy looked at her with his big green eyes with care. The Raven he knows is strong. But the woman who sat in front of him was not the Raven he remembered 3 years ago. He could tell that she held everything in and was finally starting to let it out to him, whether she wanted it to or not.

Carefully, he tucked Raven's long hair behind her ears then wiped away her tears with his gloved hands. "Why are you scared?"

Raven paused before answering him. She wiped away a strand tear and kept her face down to avoid his gaze. She hated crying in front of people. "I don't want her to think differently of me when she finds out."

Beast boy raised a brow. "What are you talking about?"

"If she sees what I actually look like, then who knows what she'll say or how she'll react. I'm not the picture of a normal human being." She sighed and struggled to find the right words to say. "I'm a purple haired half demon with unnaturally pale skin."

"I'm a green shape-shifter, and she's not scared of me." Beast boy said suddenly. He chuckled and hoped that would work, but of course, it didn't.

"You're different." She said with a shrug. "That's how she identifies you. Not to sound mean or anything, but she doesn't know you're her father yet, and she just met you, so it's pretty easy to accept the fact that you're not normal."

Beast boy nodded his head. "I guess you're right."

Raven continued. "I'm her mother. She doesn't remember the time I took this ring off. This persona is what she grew up with. If she sees me as something else, then it'll be like meeting a new stranger." Beast boy didn't say a word. The only thing he could do was listen to her speak. "Farah didn't grow up here in the Tower, so she's not used to seeing people who appear abnormal. At least with this ring, I can portray the normalcy that's needed for her to live an everyday life in the city."

Beast boy took her cold hands into his and gave them a squeeze. "Rae, that's the thing. We're not normal!" Raven finally looked into his eyes. "We're superheroes. Farah may look normal, but she's not! She has powers just like us. I don't think she'll view you any different than she sees you now."

Raven exhaled tiredly. Might as well get it over with. "Ok.''

She looked down at the silver ring and slowly twisted it. It's been years since she's taken it off. At times, she would even forget that it was there and it's large effect on her appearance. Gradually, Raven took off the ring that masked her identity. A white ring formed around her then disappeared in a matter of seconds. She looked down at her trembling hands and stared at the pale grayish color of her skin. She reached for her long hair and noticed the violet color.

Beast boy stared at her with fascination. This is the Raven he remembers. This is the Raven he was beginning to fall in love with. Now, she's back. He brought her left hand to his mouth and kissed the back of her hand. She blushed and looked up at him in confusion.

"I missed you, Rae. I really did." Beast boy turned around and looked at Farah. She was lying on the floor, but instead of coloring, she had a small tablet in her hand. She smiled and squealed softly in delight as she tapped on the screen to her game. Beast boy turned to her. "When did you get her a tablet?"

Raven shrugged. "One of many birthday presents."

"Farah, look at mommy."

Begrudgingly, Farah stopped playing her game then twisted her body towards Beast boy and Raven. Her eyes quickly planted on Raven's new appearance. She gasped then looked around. "Beast boy, where's mommy?"

Raven lowered her head and closed her eyes in silent defeat, and Beast boy noticed, but he wasn't ready to simply give up. He strode closer to the toddler and brought Raven with him.

The two sat on the floor in front of Farah who backed away by a small step.

"This is mommy."

Farah looked at him as if he was stupid and shook her head. "No, it's not. My mommy has black hair and my skin." She pointed to Raven. "She has purple hair and...not my skin."

"Farah, it's me," Raven said slowly. She could feel the tears swelling in her eyes from the soft rejection.

Farah looked at her uneasy. There has been so much going on that she didn't know who or what to believe anymore. Beast boy says this is her mother, but she looks nothing like her.

"It really is her. Look."

Beast boy shoved Farah closer to Raven and took one of the photos from the dresser and placed it next to Raven's head. "Doesn't she look like mommy?"

"Hmm." Farah rubbed her chin adorably and looked hard at the picture then at Raven. "Yeah, she does look like my mommy.."

Beast boy laughed softly, lightening the mood a bit. "Ask her questions that only your mommy would know."

Farah moved from one foot to the other, thinking. "What did Uncle James get me when we went to the carnival?"

"Who the hell is this Uncle James?" Beast boy wondered.

Raven smiled softly. "He won you a stuffed monkey, and you were so happy to have it, but once you saw the stuffed fish, you wanted that instead."

Farah gasped then looked at Beast boy. He grinned. "See! It's your mom, she just looks..different. That's all."

Farah started to pull and stretch at her read nightshirt mindlessly the more she stared at the two adults in front of her. Raven quickly noticed this then stopped Farah's moving hands from stretching the fabric. "Farah, stop it. You'll ruin your shirt."

Farah covered her mouth with her little hands. "Mommy is the only one that tells me to stop playing with my shirt."

Beast boy and Raven started to laugh at her simple conclusion. "Is that really all you need to identify your own mother?"

Calmly, Farah walked closer to Raven and wrapped her arms around her neck. "Yup." Raven gave another small laugh and tightly squeezed Farah's small body.

Beast boy watched contently. He silently took Raven's ring that was lying on the floor behind her then placed it in his pocket. He didn't want her to leave them again, and she can't if she doesn't have the ring.

"We have the same eyes." Farah stared at the appearance she never saw before. She cupped Raven's face in her hands and leaned in close to get an even deeper view into her eyes.

Beast boy got to his feet and stretched his large body. "Well, it's getting late. I should let you two head off to bed."

Before he could turn to leave, Raven embraced him in a tight hug. Although he wasn't expecting it, he welcomed her. He embraced and held her close. Beast boy rested his head next to hers and took in her lavender scent. Holding her in his arms like this calmed him, and made him happy. He wanted to whine when she pulled away from the hug awkwardly. "Thanks for everything, Beast boy."

He gave a toothy grin and nodded. "No problem. Just one quick question." He leaned and whispered in her ear. "When are we going to drop the news of me being her father?"

Raven sighed and ran her hand through her purple locks. "Soon. One big secret at a time."

"Beast boy, I don't want you to leave. Can you sleep in here with us?" Farah clung to his leg.

He blushed and turned away from Raven. He would love to sleep in the same bed with Raven. He wanted to feel her in his arms again and take in her warm scent, but that could only be a dream. "I wish I could, but I can't. I don't think your mom would like that."

"Don't you mean your crazy girlfriend?" Raven muttered.

Beast boy sighed. "Yeah."

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