Gift

Raven was reading from one of her old tomes when she heard a rapping on her door. Annoyed by the interruption she yelled for the intruder of her peace to go away. The response was another set of taps. Raven attempted to ignore the annoyance, but the person continued with incessant knocking. Fed up she walked to her door to ask what they wanted, but instead of a person standing at the door like she was expecting, the hall was seemingly empty. She was about to go back inside her room when she noticed a box on the ground with a piece of paper attached to it. Raven picked up the small box and opened the note written in a messy scrawl.

Raven,

When I see you daily it relaxes me. I admire your beauty and brains. You are the most selfless person I know. You hide most of your emotions to protect the people around you. This is a gift that, I hope, shows how much you truly mean to me.

-Your Secret Admirer

A light blush spread across her cheeks as she read the note. It was a very nice sentiment. The only problem was that she had no idea which boy in the tower wrote it. Raven retreated back to her room before she opened the box. It was a simple box. Dark blue with a black ribbon tied around it. When she opened it she was beyond shocked at what was inside. There in the small box was a silver and blue gemmed bracelet with an engraving on the inside. Bringing it closer to her face, Raven could see that the engraving read Remember who you are. A shelf full of books on the far wall of the room crashed to the floor. The gift was amazing, thoughtful, and so ever beautiful. Raven slipped the bracelet on before heading down to waffles for dinner with the team.

"Yo Raven! I made a tall stack of your favorite!" Cyborg handed Raven the plate stacked sky high with waffles, syrup, and butter. Raven thanked him, but was aware of the over-abundance of happiness radiating off of him. It made her wonder if he was the one that had given her the gift, even though she was sure he was going with Bee. Then again they could have taken a break.

Starfire and Robin walked in tangled in each other's limbs. Starfire was giggling loudly while Robin was blushing madly at her. Of course Robin was out of the question. He would never stray from his beloved Starfire. She had him wrapped around her royal little finger.

"Hey Rae!"

In her observation of Starfire and Robin she was completely oblivious to Beast Boy's entrance behind them. Now he was sitting awfully close to her at the breakfast table beaming his usual smile. After composing herself she returned a greeting to the green man next to her.

Breakfast came and went without a hitch. Starfire and Robin went out on a date later in the afternoon, followed by Cyborg leaving to go see Bee. The realization of who had really sent her the gift became obvious. The annoyance in her life had given her a truly amazing present just for being herself. She couldn't believe that he saw her in that fashion. True Raven did find him to be attractive, but she had buried it deep inside. Raven was pulled out of her thoughts by knocking on her door. She walked over expecting to find Beast Boy standing there, but was surprised instead by a trail flowers leading down the hallway to some unknown destination. With a huff Raven followed the trail until it stopped at the rooftop door. She opened it to find Beast Boy standing there holding a fully bouquet of flowers and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Hey Rae." He smiled down at her. "I see you're wearing the bracelet."

Raven looked down to her wrist blushing, "Oh yes. Thank you. It's beautiful."

Beast Boy motioned for her to follow him as he led her to a blanket set out on the edge of the tower looking over the nearly setting sun. They sat down together and he gave her the bouquet of flowers. Raven accepted them graciously.

"I have a question Beast Boy."

"Shoot."

"Why did you do all of this for me?"

Beast Boy put his hand over hers, "Isn't obvious?"

He leaned forward until their noses were touching almost waiting to see if she would try to get away from him. When she didn't he closed the gap the rest of the way. The feeling they were sharing together was too much for Raven to control. They parted when they heard the metal door of the roof fly off the hinges and over the edge into the ocean.

Beast Boy let out a laugh, "That good huh?" Raven rolled her eyes and turned to watch the sunset with him hand in hand.