A/N: Here are the songs corresponding with each of the chapters so far, in case you were wondering.

Chapter 1: Crossing the Frame by Coheed and Cambria

Chapter 2: Chasing Daydreams by Shades Apart

Chapter 3: Collapsed by Aly and AJ

Chapter 4: The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage by Panic! At the Disco

Chapter 5: Build God, Then We'll Talk by Panic! At the Disco

A lot of the songs themed with chapters will probably end up being Panic! At the Disco

Disclaimer: I wish the Teen Titans were mine. Alas, they are not.

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Build God, Then We'll Talk

It was a long while until three of the four friends calmed down. Starfire was left to comfort Raven (as ordered by Robin) while he and Cyborg went to talk to one of the Paramedics and the Police Chief. Since none of them were up to it at first, they would eventually have to go to the morgue to identify the body (although not many people had green skin, it was a precaution), after the Coroner was finished. Raven voiced that she wasn't sure if she was ready, so they might have to go without her. Robin understood exactly what she meant, and couldn't help but notice she had been very attached to Beast Boy. He knew she liked him, as a friend, but he never knew there could possibly be something romantic to it.

Starfire hugged Raven close, looking out towards Robin and Cyborg, who were down by the Riverside. "It will be ok," she whispered softly, though she knew there was no meaning to it. Things would not be ok, and that scared Raven. Normalcy, or as normal as they could be being teen super heroes, was something she desperately relied upon. Without that, life as she knew it would collapse.

"It won't," Raven cried in response. "It just won't, Star."

Starfire sighed, patting her back as she continued to sniffle lightly. Never had Raven shed a tear, let alone bawled like this. It was unnerving to see someone so stolid breaking down like this. "I know. I am merely attempting to calm you. Raven, to see you crying is like...seeing three-thousand Glorkas do the dance of Rexeras. Most depressing."

Raven smiled slightly through her tears. "Thanks...I think."

Starfire smiled in return and hugged her again, rocking her slightly. It was something her mother did when she cried as a young child, and she found it very soothing. Hopefully Raven would think the same. "Raven?" Starfire questioned softly. Raven nodded to let her continue. "Did you love him?" she asked in such a straightforward manner that Raven was slightly taken aback. She was silent for a few minutes, and Starfire pushed her back and held her shoulders. "Did you not hear me? I said-"

"I heard you," Raven croaked. "I-No," she stated, then began to think. "Yes. Wait, no. I mean, I don't know." Raven sighed, looking down to her feet, sniffing, and then breaking out in tears again. "That's what's making this so confusing!" she cried, her hands reaching up to run through her hair and grip the roots in frustration. "He was one of the best guy friends I could have, even if I didn't show it. He was nice, caring, a great person, and slightly funny though I would never admit it. I don't know...after he matured things were-" Raven paused "-different."

"How so?" Starfire asked, her arms dropping from her shoulders to cross over her chest. Starfire hunched her shoulders and sniffed slightly, having ceased her crying only about five minutes ago. She stared inquisitively at Raven as she gathered her thoughts.

"Not only did I realize how increasingly attractive he had become, I also began to realize the little things that set him apart from others. Remember when he had that kitten a few months back–and he named it Raven because he said it reminded him of me? I thought that was just the sweetest thing, apart from the fact that he absolutely adored the kitten." Raven walked past Starfire and sat down against the trunk of the large tree she and Robin had previously been under.

Starfire followed suit and sat next to her, watching as she did a small 'tweet tweet tweet' to call a small Raven down from one of the branches and stroke it's beautiful black feathers softly. "You may continue," Starfire requested, wondering if there was more to continue.

Raven sighed, continuing to stroke the small animal. "It showed me how extremely sensitive and caring he was. He never went anywhere without the little girl in his arms, and always was so extremely compassionate. Like he was its mother." Raven chuckled sadly while reminiscing. "And now I won't ever see him again!" The young bird took it's cue and flew off her finger, landing on her opposite shoulder as Raven leaned into Starfire to begin crying again.

"Yes, you will see him," Starfire assured. "That I am positive of. Death is not a 'Goodbye'. It is merely a 'See you later'."

Though her English was not perfect, Raven understood her meaning. "Thank you," she whispered softly. "For being here for me." Starfire patted her back and whispered softly that she would always be here, even if Beast Boy was not. They were friends forever, and Raven did nothing to protest to this statement.

"Hey there," Robin started softly as he came over and sat down next to Starfire, his cape falling over most of his body. He reached over and stroked the small onyx raven. "How you holding up, Raven?" he asked.

"I'm doing just fine," she muttered darkly.

Robin sighed, watching her head on Starfire's shoulder. Starfire turned as soon as he sighed and look up at him. She was frustrated not being able to see his emotions, since his eyes were masked by a stupid little piece of black and white cloth. She had given up trying long ago. Instead of pondering this any further, she leaned over and rested her own head on his shoulder. Robin's arm reached around her shoulder and stroked her hair.

About twenty minutes into the silence Cyborg came over and announced to them all that they would have to travel across town to get to the morgue, to identify the body and talk with the coroner about the cause of his death. Raven was nearly sent into another fit of sobs but held back and merely closed her eyes and willed the tears away. She was still wearing the amulet, or else everything there might just explode. And grasping at the amulet only made her think of Beast Boy more.

"You ready, Rae?" Cyborg asked, holding his mechanical hand out to her. She nodded and used his hand to help herself up, her legs still feeling like jelly. She wasn't sure if she was quite ready to hold her body weight after a shock like the one she had just so rudely received. Cyborg held his hand at the small of her back, ready to act fast if her knees were to buckle.

"Thanks," she mumbled softly, as Robin appeared next to her cradling Starfire.

"She fell asleep," he whispered. "I didn't want to wake her. She, and you, Raven, have been through enough today." And so has Robin, but he was trying to be strong for his teammates. As well as Cyborg; the boys felt as if they were real men and real men didn't let things like this bother them. But Raven understood they too were in pain. Robin lost his friend and training buddy. Cyborg lost his best friend and video game opponent. Beast Boy was more than the youngest, joking, tofu-loving, green teammate. He was a piece of the puzzle, and without him they would always be incomplete.

Just thinking of all this made Raven's knees buckle, as expected by Cyborg, and he caught her. She thanked him as he helped steady her, and she began walking again towards the T-Car. Raven just kept having horrible flashbacks to the moment where she saw the car dangling from the crane above the water, his arm sticking out the window, and she cried out in pain.

"It's ok, Rae," Cyborg whispered. And somehow this pained her as well; only Beast Boy had ever called her Rae. The small jet-black Raven began following them, flapping his small wings, until he reached them and rested himself on Raven's shoulder. "He's watching over us now."

And how true this was.

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Raven was sitting in the front seat of the car as the others ventured into the morgue. She felt bad; even Starfire could take it, but for some reason she couldn't. Was it because she was in love with him? No, couldn't be. She was just squeamish, and did not like the scent of formaldehyde.

Raven stroked the baby bird that had stood by her side since the moment she first called him down from his branch. She knew she would let him go eventually, but for now it could not hurt to have some company, human or not. "Hello there little birdie," she started, stroking him. "I think I'll name you Garfield. Return the favor to him." She looked up towards the sky.

The bird tweeted its approval for the new name.

"Have you ever lost a friend, young one?" Raven asked, looking at him compassionately. "I am sure you have,. Maybe even a loved one. But that's the problem. I don't know if I loved him or not. I am sure I did, but how could I? I had always seen Beast Boy as annoying and small and green, but everything changed." Raven sighed.

The young bird tweeted in a low note, which sounded much like a tone of depression.

"I know, young birdie," Raven cooed. "I wish you knew him. He was one of the most wonderful guys I ever met, though I'd never admit it if anyone asked me. I had a thing for him the whole long while he was a Teen Titan, but was too stupid to say something. Look where that got me, eh?"

Again, the bird tweeted, as if in response.

"You are a very talkative young fellow, Garfield," Raven commented. "You remind me of him." She sighed, something she had gotten into the habit of doing a lot since his disappearance. "And no, it's not just the name."

Suddenly the door to the driver's side of the car opened, and Cyborg slid inside. Robin and Starfire slid into the backseat and all was silent except for the chirping of the young Raven. "That place gave me the shivers," Robin finally announced. "I hate the smell of formaldehyde and just thinking of the decomposing bodies inside those little sliders." Robin gave a terrible involuntary shudder.

Raven twitched.

"It was most unnerving," Starfire sniffed. It was obvious she had started crying upon seeing Beast Boy's body.

"So, what happened?" Raven dared to ask. "How did he die?"

"Well, the coroner explained that he drowned. He was wearing his holographic rings, and since he can't use his powers, we deduced he wasn't able to transform into a fish. We actually found that he scratched off the skin of his middle finger trying to get both the rings off, but he only managed to get one. He tried to roll down the window, but the control broke and it stopped halfway so he wasn't able to squeeze through." Cyborg sighed in the middle of his explanation. "It was very unnerving," Cyborg agreed with Starfire. "To see his happy and joking face just laying there, no expression, his eyes closed. It was like he was sleeping but...we knew better."

Cyborg rested his half-metal head on the wheel and took a deep breath, before rising it once more and starting up the car. "We'll have to go home and plan the funeral," Cyborg told them as he pulled out of the driveway as fast as he could. When he didn't hear a response he looked into the rear-view mirror to see Robin and Starfire had their hands clasped and Starfire's hand was on his shoulder, her other hand resting on his opposite shoulder.

He decided to leave them be. He turned for a quick second while the stoplight was red to see Raven leaning her head against the window, the small bird pulled up in her line of sight, while she absently stroked it. "There are no raindrops on roses or girls in white dresses," she sang softly to the bird, so softly that no one else in the car could hear. "It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses."

The bird chirped four times, an exuberant chirp, as if he liked Raven's singing.

"You like my singing?" she asked the small bird. "Well, you're the second. Only you and Beast Boy, but I'm sure he only said that to butter me up. My singing isn't all that good."

The bird chirped his disagreement.

"Why thank you, young one," Raven replied, smiling just so tiny that it was barely noticeable.

Raven fell again into silence, staring out the window and stroking Garfield's feathers. Cyborg couldn't help but hope that things would soon restore some sense of normalcy, even though he knew that wouldn't happen. Raven loved Beast Boy, no matter how much she would want to deny it, and things would never be normal for her again.

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