I Want To Know What Love Is Chapter 2: A Moment Like This, a teen titans fanfic

(Author's Note: I got an idea that could continue this 'used to be' one-shot! It's not a (hopefully) legit story! I will still showcase a song per chapter! This one is A Moment Like This by Kelly Clarkson! I hope y'all can have a fine read and R&R please! =) )

"Where did you bring me to, Raven?"

"Timothy's Poetry Cafe."

Beast Boy briefly scanned the dark cafe, its only source of light coming from the sun through a tiny glass window. In the cafe set around ten tables for two and on front and center was a slightly elevated platform that had a mic stand on it waiting to be used by the next poet.

Beast Boy pulled a chair near the stage and got Raven seated in a gentlemanly manner before taking his own seat.

"I guess we take our orders," Raven said, looking interestedly at the menu.

"What do we do now?" Beast Boy asked a preoccupied Raven.

"Wait."

Beast Boy nodded and then called, "Waiter!"

"No, Beast Boy! I said wait! Hold up," Raven shouted and corrected, but it was too late. The waiter had come, so the couple quickly chose their meal and took the orders. They were now waiting… in silence.

"So how's the food here?" Beast Boy asked, breaking the silence.

"I don't know, Beast Boy. It opened three days ago. I want to try it out."

"There's barely anyone here!" Beast Boy pointed out, he was right. Only four tables have been occupied.

"It's a Tuesday afternoon, many people are busy this time around."

"Then why are we here?"

"'Cause we aren't busy and we're on a date for a whole day. We planned it yesterday that we'll spend the first half here and the second half in the carnival."

"Oh, right," Beast Boy said, nervously scratching the back of his neck.

Beast Boy stared at his glass of water on the table, wondering what his move should be. But before he could decide on a plan, Raven reached out to his hands and held them on the center of the tabletop.

"I'm sorry if you're bored here, Beast Boy," Raven said. "We can leave if you want."

A startled Beast Boy stared at Raven. Her beads of amethyst were like two stars pinned on a calming indigo night sky. Raven's eyes were more powerful and were far more capable in weakening him to his knees than her telekinetic powers ever were.

"No, Raven!" Beast Boy answered. "It's a set plan and it wouldn't be fair if we don't go through with it. I just..."

Before Beast Boy continued, he pulled himself and his chair towards Raven until he was right next to her instead of opposite her. This made Raven blush a bit.

"...want to be as close to you as possible."

What if I told you it was all meant to be
Would you believe me, would you agree?

Raven giggled. Beast Boy could not help but notice that her giggle was not at the expense of her individuality. She had a different kind of laugh; monotone but a happy giggle nonetheless. It was enchanting, entrancing, endearing. It gave Beast Boy sparkles in his own eyes, like glittering diamonds in a pair of green pearls.

"Knock it off," Raven said monotonously, still blushing.

It's almost that feeling we met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now

"Hell hath no fury, wherefore thy merry."

Raven and Beast Boy turned their heads to the direction of the stage when they heard a voice echoing across the room from a microphone. They saw a man was presenting his poem.

"Forevertheless, I shan't gone..."

"Is he even speaking English?" Beast Boy asked, a little too loudly that Raven had to shush him.

"Next time, you ought to whisper while someone's reciting a poem," she whispered to him.

"But it's so boring," Beast Boy whispered back.

The couple then heard a relatively quiet round of applause and quickly returned their attention to the poet, who had actually left the stage already.

"What? That's it?" Beast Boy said, earning another 'Shhh!' from his girlfriend. "Sorry."

Raven sighed, but answered anyway, "It's kind of a free mic; an open stage. It's only for reciting poems, though."

"Are all poems that complicated?"

Raven smiled and replied, "Sometimes, that's how a poem becomes loved. You learn its complications, and then you let it magically take you where it intends to go. Good complex poems are often better than awesome mediocre ones because of the work it takes to get to love it, and the magnitude of how worthwhile it is once you do."

Beast Boy took in every word Raven whispered to him. Loved, complications, magically, worthwhile... It all reminded him of Raven somehow. He certainly took the time and effort to understand her, and he loved her so majorly due to her own personal complications. But in the end, it was all worth it. She was worth it. To him.

A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

"I want to get out there and try to recite one poem," Beast Boy announced quietly to his girlfriend. Raven raised an eyebrow and gave Beast Boy a disbelieving look.

"I bet you've never read or heard poems," she said, "except for the one just now."

"I know a poem or two!" Beast Boy said defensively. "But I was thinking of reciting one by me."

Raven then squinted her eyes. "Are you pulling my leg?"

"No, Raven!" Beast Boy was frustrated that Raven could not believe him, so he stood up from his chair, huffed his chest, and marched to the stage. All Raven could do was watch Beast Boy, wide-eyed.

"Ahem," Beast Boy cleared his throat, his mouth in front of the mic to efficiently catch everyone's attention. "This is my poem and this is dedicated to my girlfriend Raven."

Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender, I can't explain

Everyone, including a wide-eyed Raven, intently paid attention to Beast Boy as he cleared his throat one more time before beginning his recital.

"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Ravens are purple,
And beautiful too..."

Raven was shameless to let out a glowing smile at the cheesiness of her boyfriend's poem, and it had barely started.

"With the presence of a queen,
The fight of a heroine,
The beauty of a princess
And the heart of a kinswoman..."

Beast Boy initially thought he would stutter frequently in his time of spotlight, but the words somehow came to him naturally. All he had to do was describe Raven, something he would love to do for a long time.

Well, I may be dreaming but 'til I awake
Can't we make this dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love we share

"She's the love of my life,
The moon to my sun,
My shadowy guidance
The only one

Moments with her
Would last a lifetime
But forever's not enough
It's a heartfelt crime

I will love her to the galaxies
And back to Jump City again
Nevermore shall I look for another
No one's as awesome as Raven..."

Beast Boy took a slow bow at the silence before him. Raven, in particular, was stone hard silent.

The cafe only burst into, not a round of applause, but a point. Only Raven had clapped for Beast Boy. The rest of the audience found it too cheesy, too amateur, and whatever reason that did not earn Beast Boy their hands. But Beast Boy was still extremely satisfied, though, because he at least made Raven clap.

Beast Boy made his way back to Raven and plopped himself onto his seat.

"That was extremely sweet of you, Beast Boy," Raven said, in probably the most happiest face and tone Beast Boy had ever seen or heard her. He puffed his chest and winked at Raven, feeling like a dashing debonair that delighted the dedicated damsel.

"Anything for the woman that made me a man and showed me what love is," he responded.

"But of course, no one will still call you Beast Man," Raven retorted softly. "Ugh, or Beast Dude."

Beast Boy snorted. "We're having a moment, don't ruin it."

Raven shook her head casually before leaning forward and giving Beast Boy a kiss on the cheeks.

Beast Boy touched the affected part of his face when Raven had leaned back. Raven did not have to see the hearts in Beast Boy's eyes and the stars circling above his head like a halo to know he was not ready for that and that he enjoyed it while it lasted, even if it were for a millisecond up to a nanosecond; it was the best feeling ever to him.

"I'll be with you in every moment from now on, be it physically or by heart. Don't worry," Raven reassured Beast Boy.

Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Beast Boy and Raven had received their Caesar salad and spent over ten minutes indulging in its crispiness and wholesomeness. Once they were done, they went back to staring into each other's faces.

"I've never noticed it before, Raven, but you have a really small mouth," Beast Boy pointed out.

"Is it bad?" Raven asked in monotone, but she was inwardly panicking, thinking Beast Boy disapproved of it.

"No, it's nothing, really. It's just something I just realized."

Raven playfully rolled her eyes and replied, "You just have a big mouth."

"True, true."

Raven looked into Beast Boy's eyes and smiled, adding, "If it makes you feel any better, you're actually a good kisser."

"We've only kissed once before," Beast Boy protested quietly. Before he could elaborate further, though, his face was smacked by Raven's, smack dab on the lips. Thank goodness they left the money on the table, because Raven's emotions went a little over the usual magnitude of her feelings and made the couple phase through the cafe.

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

"Holy smokes! Dude! Raven!" Beast Boy gasped once the lovers let go.

"What?" Raven asked, but got her answer with her eyes at the sight of cafe from the outside. "Did I do this? I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Really," Beast Boy said happily, super satisfied at what he got a few seconds ago. "Shall we move on to the next phase of our date?"

Raven smiled and took Beast Boy by the hand. "Get on with it."

Oh, like this,
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Oh, like this

As Raven and Beast Boy walked (they thought taking their time was more romantic, and it was) towards the direction of the carnival, Raven dully, but with a hint of humor, noted, "This is going so much more better than my times with Goth Boy and Malchior."

(Author's Endnote: It may seem all nice at the beginning, but every good story has got to have a twist, right?! And no, the kiss isn't it. But it was a good add I hope!)