Rated: K-Romance/Angst-Words: 1,124-BBRae

She was reading. He was playing video games. Loud video games. She looked up from the yellowing pages of her book and raised an eyebrow at him. The green changeling was oblivious to the glare and continued playing. The noise escalated with the addition of a roaring creature appearing on the screen. Beast Boy's fang shot out from his mouth to snag his lower lip as he joined a more stressful area of the game.

Sighing, Raven shut her book. It hadn't been a good week. There had been no quiet with all the crime fighting happening recently, and it seemed like everyone in the world had felt the need to call the Titans out for the most trivial things on that week in particular. What did they have, a book club where they discussed where and when they would call the cities heroes out to? Suppressing a sigh, she tried to calm down. Her emotions had been in a flurry all week and she was afraid she could lose control soon. She levitated up and took up her lotus position and tried to meditate. She tried, she really did. She actually enjoyed his company much more than the others, but rather when he was being more serious. But the volume of arguments with Beast Boy had increased almost exponentially and the invasive noise that followed the green boy everywhere he went tested her patience like none other. She always tried to meditate when she wanted to leave him be, because once she was fully calm she could focus on the task more. But until she was able to reach equilibrium, Beast Boy stayed as annoying as ever. This was evident as she tried to recite her mantra, only to be interrupted by a loud victory shout.

"AW YEAH, BABY! GUESS WHO PASSED CY'S CHECKPOINT! BOOYAH THAT ROBO-COP!" Beast Boy cried, pausing the game to jump up on the couch, pumping his fists in the air wildly.

Raven's eyes shot open and she whirled on the changeling.

"Can't you be quiet for once in your life?!" It hadn't been meant to be so harsh, but her emotional stability hadn't been as in-check as she was hoping it to be. Rage was taking the reins.

"Geez, Rae, you coulda just asked before you went all demon eyes on me. Chill out," he replied in exasperation. She hadn't realized that her second set of eyes had appeared but she didn't care. He was beginning to treat these occasions like a disrespectful child and she refused to be his metaphorical "flakey mother" who wouldn't go through with punishment when it was administrated.

"Well, you could have set your game on silent when you waltzed in and we wouldn't even be having this conversation," She retracted the extra set of eyes and tried to reply in her monotone. What actually came out was more of an angry hiss through her clenched teeth. "And would you stop calling me that?!"

"Well, Rae Rae, you can leave if you want to. Nothing's stopping you," he replied icily as he became annoyed with her attitude.

"I was in here first!"

"You can read anywhere! All I've got is here to play Gamestation!"

"Not true! You've got a TV in your own room!"

"Not with a screen like this! Plasma, Raven! Plasma!"

"So what?! Why don't you just leave me alone?!"
"If you hate me so much why don't you just leave me alone?! Go find some creepy cave to play witch in or something!"

"Beast Boy…"

"Even better! Why don't you just leave the team?! It's not like you actually like any of us anyway!"

A silence fell on the pair. When had this argument gotten so out of hand? What was setting them on edge so much that they were left with only the harshest of insults? Beast Boy broke the silence quietly.

"Raven, I'm—"

"I don't know why not. I guess I'll get out of your hair then." Raven replied angrily and stormed off to her room. Beast Boy vaulted over the couch and chased after her.

"Rae! Raven! Wait! I… I didn't mean it! Come on, lets talk about this!"

But his complaints were futile; Raven burst through her door and began whisking things off through portals, presumably to Nevermore for safe keeping.

"Raven, don't do this. Look, I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from! I don't really think you're that creepy!" At this, Raven froze in her tracks and whirled around on him.

"Creepy?! You think this is about creepy?! I'm leaving because you asked me why I don't leave the team. And you know, I can't think of any good reasons why not."

"Raven…"

"You want to know why I don't leave?! I don't leave because I know you would bother me about coming back all the time, because you would stop at nothing to try and bring me back, because you would never leave me with any kind of peace and quiet!" Her anger began dissolving to despair and tears began forming in the corners of her eyes. Apparently the empath had started trembling because before she knew it, Beast Boy was supporting her with a tight embrace.

"I don't want you to leave…" Beast Boy said quietly, his face nestled in her hair. In almost a whisper, Raven continued.

"I don't leave… because I would miss you all to much, because even though I don't show it, I really care about our team… I really care about you…" She lifted her eyes to meet his shocked green ones. He may not have been an empath but he could practically sense the fear coming off of her in waves. She was opening up and she was scared. He pulled her back into a hug.

"Raven you don't have to…"

"I don't leave because I would miss your smile, your voice, your jokes, how you always try to make me laugh or pull me out of my shell. I would miss the way you always are really there for me when I need it… I would miss you," She murmured.

"So… I guess its all your fault…"

"My fault? That you want to leave or that you don't?" She paused.

"I don't really know anymore…"

She wrapped her thin arms around his shoulders tightly, and they stayed with each other until they were both quite sure they didn't want to leave.

Because its all his fault.