Fake Romance

Movies night

"Who's up for some movies night?!" Cyborg asked excitedly after a late mission.

"Who's not?!" Asked Terra equally excitedly.

"Oh I'd be most pleased to watch a horror movie!" Starfire said while jumping up and down with joy. The room turned silent and everyone just stared back at her with widened eyes. No one was sure if she actually knew what a horror movie was like.

"Please, is it not appropriate to watch the horror movies?"

"Not… inappropriate but… weird… from you." Beast Boy answered and muttered the last part.

"Well I'm certainly not up for movies."

'And certainly not horror movies.' Raven thought to herself.

"I actually brought the new 'Awaken of the assassin: The revenge' and I know there's gonna be lot of blood in it." Then he got an evil idea. "Maybe you can take this opportunity to snuggle into the green bean." He teased wiggling his only eyebrow getting closer to her.

Raven rolled her eyes and pushed him away. "I´m not that kind of girl."

Beast Boy just blushed with an awkward smile and rubbed the back of his neck not knowing exactly what to reply.

Robin smirked at their reaction and decided that he might as well get a little fun with the situation so he joined the conversation.

"Right Raven, or is it you don't like being close to Beast boy anymore?"

"Oh, is the passion gone?" Added Cyborg about to burst out laughing.

The 'new couple' looked at Terra who somehow resembled some kind of hope in her eyes Raven narrowed her eyes at Robin.

"You're so dead Bird Boy" She spoke to her so called leader through their bond menacingly but he just rolled his masked eyes.

"You two are real idiots."

"Well I'm just saying, we've been having a lot of crime fighting lately, I'm not sure if you two have had enough time to-"

"Wooow woow, let's stop this already, k?" Interrupted Beast Boy getting impatient and a little uncomfortable with all the teasing.

He gave a quick look at his two friends as saying 'guys, not helping,' and then turned to Raven getting close to her to whisper so no one would listen. "Come on, Rae. Just so they would stop bothering." Then he added even quieter. "And you don't really have to be close to me if you don't want to, ya know?" He reasoned, though there was something in his voice, ummm… hurt perhaps?

"Alright! Put on the god damn movie already so we can get over it." Raven said taking the movie from Cyborg's hands and started to play it.

Beast Boy gave a sigh of relief and soon followed Raven to the couch. Terra almost ran to get the spot next to Beat Boy, Robin and Starfire kept a close distance the whole time and… big surprise…. sat next to one another, finally on the other end of the couch sat Cyborg and the movie started.

The movie was really sadistic and Raven was only watching half of it while she conveniently hide half her face with her hood, she was really scared by now but she tried her best to keep herself cool so no one would notice. Beast Boy was about to puke with all the blood it showed but managed to remain calm. Terra, on the other hand, was enjoying the movie as she was watching a children movie. Starfire was immediately terrified and covered her face with her hands sinking into Robin… err into the couch deeper each scene. Needless to say, Robin held a serious look the whole movie while Cyborg also watched in horror but excitement at the same time.

The movie was finished and Cyborg turned off the DVD player.

"Well that was some movie, huh?" He tried to start a conversation.

No one even opened their mouth and Starfire wouldn't even open her eyes and dared to say nothing for far too long. She jumped slightly when a hand reached her shoulder.

"Hey Star, that was just a movie, ok?" Robin told her softly. "Plus, we're the best teen superheroes, what could happen?" He added with confident smirk and kept on talking. "Now come on, Star…"

'Best teen superheroes, huh?' Raven said to herself as if such statement meant nothing to her.

Beast Boy saw her absent minded expression and nudged her. "You alright?"

She turned to him and narrowed her eyes at him. "I told you I didn't want to watch that movie."

"Hey if you-"

"Well guys we better head to rest. It's kinda late now." Robin said glancing at the clock, 12:30 pm.

The all agreed with their leader and after such an experience, they all wanted to sleep. Everyone had turned remarkably anxious and some of them were still a little jumpy. They just yearned to be in the safety of their rooms as fast as they could. They proceed to say their goodnights and headed to their rooms… all except for Raven.

There was no way she would sleep in such a state, in her sleep, she was vulnerable and she could develop new strange forms to attack them as the last time. She had to be awake only for this night, she thought, and then it would be over.

Beast Boy noticed she had stayed in the living room but guessed she just prepared herself some tea before getting to bed. His room was previous to Raven's and after half an hour, noticing as she had not returned yet, he grew worried. Already with his pajamas on, he walked out of his door and headed to the living room. The first thing he noticed was the T.V. on and got curious.

"Raven?"

The empath jumped and almost threw her tea cup. She turned to him with slight anger in her eyes. "Don't do that!"

"Why are you still here?" He ignored her reproach. "And watching… Adventure Time?! Really?" He asked skeptically.

She sighed and turned back to the T.V. "It's the only way I found to remain calm and awake. I tried meditation but-"

"You wanna be awake… like all night? Why?"

"It's just that movie. I really don't want my mind to play tricks on us, like the last time. If I'm awake I can control it."

"Ohh… that…" He said getting the hint of what she meant. Then he took a seat next to her.

After a minute or two with just the sound of the T.V., Beast Boy decided to speak. "Raven, I know it's the last thing you want to hear but… It's kinda weird to see you like this, all anxious and scared. It's not like you at all."

"Well… whatever, you don't know me as much as you think." Raven asked kinda harshly.

"That's because you keep hiding things from us." He whispered. "Rae, I thought you trusted me."

"I do." She replyed simply.

Then the changeling gave her a look that said 'Yeah sure.'

She sighed and continued not daring to look at him. "Best Boy, I trust you more than anyone and you know that. Even if you don't know every single thing about me, you're the only one who actually knows something. Someone who actually cared."

He smiled at her reply; it somehow made him feel proud. The cold half demon of the team trusted him the most, it really meant something.

"Who would have thought, right? I haven't actually noticed how much we've grown closer."

"True. I'm still waiting to wake up at any time."

He laughed and continued. "Alright, so what's really going on? I mean with this." He said referring to her actual problem.

"I'm really scared, ok? I know it's not like me but I can't help it. When I'm fighting crime, I give everything for a reason and I can feel Brave taking the best of me." She said referring to her green emotion. Beast Boy knew exactly what she meant. "But when there's no reason to be brave, timid is the one that gets the best of me, and I can do nothing. It's like Rage, if I don't let it out every once in a while, it would only get stronger in the inside, and it's even more dangerous."

"Ohh… that's explains a lot." He said remembering how angered she could get.

She chuckled and then looked at the floor embarrassed.

"I- I'm really sorry about that and… you know."

"Hey, don't think about it." He said with a kind smile as he put an arm around her shoulder.

"Thank you, Beast Boy. For everything-"

Then he silenced her with a finger on her mouth. "Let's not get sentimental, ok? You're having enough dealing with one emotion for now."

She smiled and nodded.

"So, how we gonna deal with it?"

"We?"

And it was the start of one of those strange times when they forget about everything around them. And it turned actually in one of the best nights they would have.

They just talked for hours, about nothing in particular, just enjoying of their company. The cold night had pushed them close together to keep themselves warm with none of them noticing. It was now 4:00 am, the T.V. was still on and Beast Boy started to feel his eyes getting heavier. Raven was by his side just watching him as he changed the channels absentmindedly. She had long forgotten about her fears and started to fall asleep with the slow rhythm of the T.V. and the warmth she got from Beast Boy. He was about to start a new random conversation when he felt an extra weight on his side. The boy turned around to see her fast asleep using his shoulder as a pillow and her coat as a blanket. Beast Boy couldn't help but smile at this sight.

"Sweet dreams, Rae."

(*)

The next morning Raven was woken up by the sunlight hitting her eyes. She groaned and turned to the other side just to find the back of the couch. Rather alerted, she stood up to finally realize where she was. She also noticed a pillow and a blanket covering her body. The opening door took her attention to reveal Robin going into the room probably ready to prepare himself some coffee. She turned to look at him and he stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed someone else in the room.

"Oh, good morning Raven." He said kind of quizzically. "You uuuuh had a bad night?"

"No." She smiled inwardly and remained quietly for a while. "Not at all."

1) I own nothing about the Teen Titans.

2) Ok... so maybe some of you expected more but pleeeease just wait. I don't want to rush thing between them, but it gets a little more romantic later believe me :3

3) Enjooooy!