It was now 10am and the rest of the Titans went to see what was making their fellow leader so angry. As soon as they met with the common room an angry huff could be heard before scrunching of crisp packets. They all knew this was not a good sign.
"What the hell is going on here?" Cyborg asked in shock before continuing to whine about the stains which have appeared on his beautiful coach.
"Oh Robin do not do the worrying we can partake in the cleaning!" Starfire exclaimed encouragingly clasping her hands together in excitement.
All the while both Beastboy and Raven froze in shock recalling that they never did clean it up. Though Raven couldn't let the others know what happened. She began to chant some spell and rose up in the room with glowing black eyes and hands before the others could question her. Immediately all the stains, rubbish and damage glowed black and in the blink of an eye instantly vanished leaving the common room spotless.
"Dude that was so cool! Thanks Rae." Beastboy said looking around the room with a grin and silently thanking her more than he let on. "Anyone want any breakfast?" he asked walking into the kitchen.
"Thanks Raven we owe you one" said Robin before continuing to do some research at the computer.
"You are one magic cleaning goddess!" cried Cyborg with happiness before leaning on his knees making worshipping hand gestures in her direction. She stood up with a frown and made her way to make some tea. As soon as she entered the kitchen she found her tea kettle already on the stove boiling, she furrowed her brows confused before facing the whistling changeling making breakfast.
"What?! Can't a person help out the so called magic cleaning goddess?" he asked grinning.
She groaned and muttered a "thanks" before walking over to the stove to retrieve her cup and tea.
"Dude! We are not eating that tofu crap" snapped Cyborg before walking over to fridge to get some meat.
"Whatever man, at least I'm not eating some dead innocent animal" He shot back after retrieving his breakfast and heading over to the table. Everyone knew why he didn't eat animals so didn't question him. Raven also sat at the table with a steaming cup of herbal tea in hand next to Beastboy, 'Mmmmm' she thought sipping it slowly.
Once everyone finished they all went their separate ways, Cyborg went to work on his 'baby' the T-car, Robin and Star left for a so-called meeting, Beastboy sat on the couch to the far right glued to a new video game and Raven sat on the opposite side reading. BB couldn't help glancing at her every once in a while; she looked so beautiful and relaxed sat there, though his gaze was often cut short due to her peering over her book to see what he was doing. He sighed. Almost suddenly feeling sleepy he yawned turning of his game and morphed into a small green kitten napping on the couch. After ten minutes or so the couch dipped to his left and he felt a warm hand gliding over his fur, he purred with approval. Raven had used one hand to hold her book and read and the other to pet him, it made him smile well as much as could have anyway. Soon a week had passed and the other Titans became used to their newly found strange morning 'routine'. As when they first walked up on them they teased them every time they were together but soon got bored as they just ignored them. Every morning Beastboy would put her tea water to boil and have a cup out ready for her and then after breakfast he would play video games until he was tired and nap on her lap in cat form till lunch. It was strange for the others at first with them being so close and friendly, well except Starfire who watched in awe and excitement for the two but other than that it was unusual. After lunch the tower was no longer as quiet as the morning because the green changeling would again cough up corny jokes and start pointless arguments before disappearing most nights after dinner to his room.
"Hey Cy, Rob I play winner!" he announced walking into the common room, watched their nods of approval before turning to watch the obscure beauty meditating in front of the window. He made his walk to the couch not taking his eyes of her. However Raven could sense his eyes on her back and tensed, making butterflies float around her stomach. 'That was strange' she thought once she dropped her feet on the ground and stood up. She turned forgetting him watching her which caused their eyes to lock. She gazed into his fresh emerald eyes, but was soon interrupted and he turned to see what all the commotion was about. She frowned and phased through the floor to her room.
"Ha. I win again, yo Beastboy you my friend are playing against the ultimate champion!" boasted Cyborg before grabbing Robin's remote and giving it to Beastboy who accepted with a small smile. "Dude you ok? You look like you're lost in space" he said waving his cybernetic hand in front of his best friends face. BB shook his head before grinning and getting into his game station mode to begin playing. They battled out till late evening and retreated to their rooms.
Late that night Raven woke up startled and sweating panting for breath. "A nightmare that's all" she said quietly to herself and then repeated "its ok he can't get me, it's all fine" but her words didn't comfort her in any way. She sighed, getting up and phased through her wall to the opening of the common room, but once again the familiar flickering of the T.V lights shone through the crack of the door. Floating in she made her way to the kitchen to make herself some calming herbal tea, ignoring whoever was there.
"Hey mama what you doin up so late?" The green changeling asked smirking up at her from his sleeping position on the coach, head in his heads leaning against the right arm rest and feet up on the other shirtless.
She groaned before turning to face him "Nothing, just going to make some tea and don't ever call me that again. Though… I could ask you the same question. What are you doing up so late?" she asked frowning at his current state. Shirtless. It made her come out in goose bumps at the sight of his well-toned body, he was actually quite hot. 'HOT! Where the hell did that come from, definitely not in my vocabulary! I'm acting like a hormonal school girl' she thought to herself.
"Hmmm, well I'm not sure" he smirked. "Couldn't sleep so came here bored, but come to think of it that's not such a bad idea anymore" he winked and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. She groaned and turned around ignoring him, still slightly shivering from her memory of the nightmare as well as her thoughts and made her way towards the stove.
The haunting images flashed across her eyes from her dream and the cup in her hands suddenly dropped and shattered. She gasped coming out of thought and reached down to clear up the broken pieces. Two green arms swiftly began helping and she calmed in his presence. Once all the pieces were disposed of she turned to retrieve another cup from the cupboard. A hand crashed against the cupboard door making it slam shut, she turned to the changeling about to burst with anger at his interference.
"Rae stop, its ok I'll make you some tea you go sit down and I'll be there in a minute" he said calmly, reaching for her arm to bring it down to her side.
She hesitated thinking about it but decided it might be nice and muttered a small "thanks" leaving his side and curling up on the sofa. After a few moments she could feel herself slowly falling asleep but tried to fight it off as she was in the common room and wanted to stay awake. Beastboy soon returned to the sofa and placed the tea on the table quietly. He sighed, she looked so peaceful sleeping he thought. Examining her he could see almost every detail of her. Her presumably soft cloudy lips parting as she breathes, her beautiful long lashes resting, her cheeks and tip of her nose slightly pink from the cold. His instincts knew what to do, his animal blood kept him warm even when it was cold around him. He climbed onto the couch behind her and brought her close so her head was leaning on his chest. She stirred slightly before cuddling up to him finally warm and content. He smiled looking down at her before leaning his chin on hers and watching T.V.
"Aaaahhh" raven screamed suddenly panting and sweating furiously. A hand soothing her hair to her left. She looked up confused and was meet with worried green eyes and a warm smile.
"You ok? What's wrong? You had a nightmare" he asked calmly still playing with her hair. She looked around and at her position. She was literally in his lap once again resting her head on his chest.
'Damn' she thought 'not again, he's probably getting the wrong idea' she got up without a word and made her way towards the edge of sofa suddenly covered with goose bumps cold. She shivered and wrapped her arms around herself rubbing her arms in attempt to keep warm. "Why is it so cold?" she asked suddenly turning back around to him with a trembling lip.
"It's not, what are you talking about?" he replied grinning.
"Well I'm not lying and you're grinning so there's something wrong." She said frowning.
"Heh well that's because you're not next to me. You see animal blood keeps me warm and so my internal heat is always hot even if it's freezing on the outside." Beastboy stated matter-of-factly before turning back to the T.V. "You wanna join me? It's still only 1am plus I'm warm" he teased grinning and still facing the screen.
"No, I'm going to my room even if that means freezing myself." She said "Plus I would rather freeze myself than be pressed against your bare chest and in your lap." She stated before her eyes widened in realisation. 'oh no!" she thought. He suddenly got up with a wide ear-to-ear grin and practically leapt next to her embracing her in a warm bear hug. She froze. Both in shock and that the cold left her body. She relaxed against his body and then pulled away walking him a whip of her powers.
"Oww" he groaned facing her but was only greeted with a small smirk before she phased through a black portal through her floor. 'Wow she's hot' he thought leaving for his room.