That's great. That's awesome!
I've been waiting for that moment too, you guys, so you're not the only one.
This chapter's gonna have a bit faster pace to get where I want with this story, just a heads up. And it's sorta a filler, but everyone loves those, right? Right?
It's more...lighthearted. ^.^
Anyway...enjoy the chappie!
"I JUST GOT HERE, HOLD ON!" Beast Boy said back, feeling like he was lying a little.
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" Cyborg yelled in return.
"CAN'T I GO IN THE BATHROOM IN PEACE?" Beast Boy said, now completely fibbing. This lie was easy, and so he decided to have fun with it. "OH, AND BY THE WAY, IT WAS THE PUBLIC ONE-SO I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IF I WERE YOU!"
"Oh my God..." Raven muttered, fistpalming herself.
"OOH, YOU NASTY, BB!" Cyborg said after some silence, and Starfire's hysterical giggling could be heard. "YOU STANK UP THE BATHROOM AND YOU AIN'T TELL ME?" His voice rose a couple of octaves higher at then, then dropping back to his normal voice. "KIIIILL YOSELF!"
Beast Boy and Raven exchanged glances.
"Um...so..." Beast Boy said.
Raven bit her lip. "I...uh...guess we should go down to get cookies...then maybe talk..."
"You still have to play video games with me, so that's a good excuse, right?" Beast Boy offered.
Raven nodded. "Right."
The two walked down the hallway in silence, wondering about the other person; what were they now? Where they actually a couple? Where they ready for this kind of commitment?
"When the others go to bed, then we can..." Raven said.
"Yeah," Beast Boy agreed just as they reached the Ops doors.
They slid open, and the pair stepped down; the aroma of chocolate chip cookies was mouthwatering. Starfire was sitting at the table by herself, eating cookies and milk; her eyes brightened when she saw Raven, who-after getting her own plate and beverage-went over and sat down across from her.
"Where's Robin?" Raven asked her.
"To go do the handling of his business," Starfire said. "He's using his bathroom and should be back shortly." She took another sip of her milk.
"Smart not to go in the public restroom," snickered Beast Boy, sliding in next to Raven, and Starfire giggled too.
Cyborg came down with his own plate and milk, pausing only to shot a disgusted, yet playful, look at Beast Boy; his face was scrunched up, his lips pursed like he tasted a sour lemon. Of course this didn't help any, because Beast Boy's snickers continued.
"Nasty," Cyborg said, shaking his head, and he kept the look until he sat down. "Just nasty."
Robin came in now, scratching the back of his head; he smirked at the look Cyborg was still giving a guffawing Beast Boy and sat in the empty spot next to Starfire. Starfire scooted her plate between them so they could share.
"Thanks," said Robin, taking a cookie; he bit half of his, then took her milk and drank from it. Starfire started to giggle when he looked back at her. "What? Do I have something on my face?"
"You...have the mustache of milk," Starfire said, and she ran her thumb along his upper mouth to get it off, still giggling as she did so.
"And this is coming from Miss Milk Mustache herself," Robin commented, taking a nearby napkin; "C'mere." She leaned forward as he gingerly wipped her upper lip; then, he wrapped one arm around her neck, keeping her there as he hastily and goofily started to wipe her entire face. Her squeals and protests of "Robin!" did nothing to him, but make him tighten his grip and ruffle her hair, joining in on her giggles with his chuckles. "Gotta get here-and here-and here-and here-wait, Star! Stop moving! Rrrrr!" He playfully growled.
Starfire managed to get out of his grip, smoothing out her hair as she giggled some more.
"Rob?" Cyborg said. "Since when have you been so...carefree and goofy?"
"I'm telling you, it's all in the cookies," Robin said as he lifted another cookie up to his eye-level, and Starfire couldn't stop laughing at her boyfriend. "What did you put in them? Is there something I need to know about? 'Cuz as a leader, I need to know these things."
Beast Boy was totally digging his friend's attitude right now; this was the happiest he has seen Robin ever since Slade came around. Even Raven was impressed; his emotions mixed with Starfire's was getting to her. If things could work out between her and Beast Boy, then could she be more open and cheerful too? Not be afraid of public shows of affection?
"So, BB," said Cyborg. "Wanna go one-on-one after this?"
"Sorry, Cy. Can't," said Beast Boy. "Me and Raven were gonna play..."
"Oh I see..." Cyborg winked. "You wanna spend some quality time with your giiiiirlfriend."
Beast Boy's eyes popped wide open, his back went stiff, and both his and Raven's hearts jumped at the same time. Simutaneously, Robin and Starfire's plate fell to the floor, and they facepalmed themselves as they remembered Cyborg saying the exact same thing to them...
Raven broke the brief awkward silence.
"Girlfriend or not, I can still do this," she said as she stood, and she swung her hand up; the seat apruptly leaned to the side once it was covered by her dark energy, and Cyborg fell to the floor.
Everyone else laughed.
"Why didn't I see that coming?" Cyborg mumbled, standing up and dusting himself off, resuming his seat.
"Anyway," said Beast Boy as Raven sat back down. "She still has to keep her end of the bargain from our bet. Remember?"
"Yeah, I told you about the bet," Robin chimed in, and Beast Boy's hand brushed against Raven's underneath the table. Beast Boy was looking to the side, and Raven looked down in her lap; out of the corner of her eye, she saw his hand move at the slowest of paces towards hers. Raven took a deep, nervous breath and curved her hand, so her fingers could lace through the gaps in his.
They both looked at each other at the corner of their eyes right before looking away.
Beast Boy and Raven played video games together, just as planned, with a reasonable space between them; Cyborg and Starfire had stayed during just about the entire time, cheering each person on (Cyborg rooting for Beast Boy, and Starfire for Raven); Robin's goofy 'tude wore off by then, and he was keeping himself busy in the evidence room to think to himself.
When the half-robot and alienness finally got tired and announced that they were going to bed, the four exchanged goodnights, and they left. Raven and Beast Boy continued to play it cool, even when the Ops doors opened and closed.
Beast Boy turned the volume down. "Raven?"
"Shh," Raven hushed him gently, her hand brushing his arm; her free hand was touching her temple, her eyes closed. "I can still sense them..."
Beast Boy waited for another minute.
"Okay," Raven said, and she opened her eyes, her hands returning to her lap. "Everyone's in their room."
The changeling nodded, putting his controller away, and the empath did the same. After doing so, Raven sat down by the window like she did earlier, and Beast Boy joined her, sitting across from her. Both of their legs were up, and their arms were wrapped around them.
"So..." said Beast Boy.
"So..." said Raven, and Beast Boy nervously chuckled.
"About you and me..." He looked out to the city for a moment. "Do you wanna become...I don't know...Us?"
"'Us?'" Raven echoed, cocking her head to the side a little.
Beast Boy took this as a perfect person to let his goofy side come to the surface. "Put it this way...if I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put you and I...-together," he whispered 'together', making a heart with his index fingers.
She rolled her eyes.
"I could go on, you know," Beast Boy continued. "If you was a hot cup of soup-and I got the flu? I'd drink you uuuup." He put a finger to his chin. "Wait, since you like tea, then it would be a hot cup of tea..."
"Please stop talking," Raven interjected, holding her hand out, palm facing him, and he gave her a toothy grin.
"You know if you were my girlfriend, that's gonna be one of the many things you'll have to get used to," Beast Boy said, still smiling at her.
"Oh joy..." she deadpanned.
His smile faded a little. "So...can I call you my girlfriend?" He studied her face as she looked out the window, her head leaning up against it; the moonlight hitting on her was perfect. She had that 'deep in thought, shut up and let me think' look on her pale face.
"Can you?" Raven repeated, and her eyes settled on him; she smiled, and he grinned back automatically.
"Really?" Beast Boy almost beamed.
"Wait," Raven held up one finger. "There's something you must understand. You might not like it..."
"What? After traveling to your mind and knowing almost everything about you now, there's almost nothing that I don't like about you."
Raven sighed. "Okay...look..." She looked at her boots. "I...want to keep this-" She met his gaze, gesturing between them-"between us." She saw the look on his face. "For just a little while. So we can get used to being with each other. I want to see where this goes."
"How long are we talkin'?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven had that thoughtful look again. "Considering Cyborg and Starfire's snoopiness, I'd say maybe a week..."
"A week..." Beast Boy said. "Hmm. A-Okay by me!"
Raven sighed in relief. "Good."
"Hold on," he said, and the curiosity in his tone made Raven look back up at him. "Don't girls have like these list of restrictions? Like do's and don't's?"
This question also took a while to answer.
"I don't really have any...restrictions..." Raven said carefully. "But I think you know my limitations. And since we've known each other for so long, I'll be okay with a few things."
"Like what?"
"...Hugs," Raven fought a shudder. "And I guess hand holding..."
Beast Boy's ears turned pink as he leaned forward a little. "What about kissing?"
"Um...I can't really explain...that..." Raven said awkwardly.
Beast Boy soon got an idea. It was at the last minute when Raven realized that he was leaning, so she closed her eyes; his lips pecked hers briefly, and she opened her eyes. The green teen was still in a leaning position, his face a little less than a foot away from hers.
"That okay?" he asked her.
"Yeah. That's fine," said Raven, her eyes fluttering a couple of times. "You know, after we tell them..."
"Right," said Beast Boy. But he wanted to kiss her again.
And since now he was her boyfriend...(his heart jumped at the word)
He leaned in again, kissing her, and held the kiss longer; their lips parted, and he felt Raven's arms snake around his neck to keep him there as their lips continued to collide, separate and meet. His hands cupped her face, then slowly dropped down to her shoulders.
The kissing pace increased, and Raven freed one hand from Beast Boy's hair to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear; after doing that, her hand reunited with his hair, running through his green tresses. Surprising her, Beast Boy's mouth did the gentlest of tugs on her bottom lip, so she reacted on instinct and retaliated on his top lip. She felt him smile against her mouth, and then he chuckled breathlessly as he ran his own fingers through her hair; Raven giggled, actually giggled, in return. This was something she could definately get used to.
Raven broke the kiss, keeping his face still with her palms.
"What about that?" Beast Boy asked as their foreheads touched.
"Yeah...never do that in front of our friends," Raven murmured.
Beast Boy laughed in whispers. "Gotcha."
The week went by the slowest, however Beast Boy and Raven managed to stay under the radar. After Raven's week was up of playing video games with Beast Boy, she felt disappointed; the couple of nights that followed had went back to the way it was, with Raven in her room, and Beast Boy playing video games with Cyborg. During the week of keeping "them" a secret was slightly painful; Raven was used to masking her emotions well, so she handled it way better than her...boyfriend. The only communication they had made would be when they had been on patrol (No Slade so far, which struck a nerve in Robin's part), and they would noticeably look out and protect each other.
On the briefest moments they could get alone together during the day were little things; when no one was looking, they'd hold hands, or hug each other, or sneak silent kisses on the cheek. Beast Boy managed to sneak into Raven's room a few times, and vise versa, when Raven kept her high senses on alert. Beast Boy's hearing abilities were a great assistance as well. Their alone time was very pleasant; they talked mostly about random things, and yes, kissing was involved. What was there to resist?
After the week was finally over, Beast Boy and Raven had entered the Ops at lunch, hand in hand. No one noticed until Starfire gasped happily as Raven lifted their entwined hands, offering a little smile, and Beast Boy was grinning wide. Robin, unlike what they'd think he'd do, started smiling wide too, and said, "Go, Beast Boy." Cyborg took one look at the two and gave out a loud fangirl squeal, pretending to faint to the floor.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you two!" Starfire was babbling, hugging Raven tight. And you thought that she'd stop at Beast Boy. "Finally, you two have admitted the feelings! Friends, please tell me everything! Now we can do the dating of doubles and go shopping and-!"
Raven pried the girl off of her, and Starfire was jumping up and down with joy.
Then the questions from Cyborg and Robin hit.
"How long have you two been together?"
"You two kissed yet?"
"Is this gonna affect the team?"
"You're not gonna make out every five minutes like Rob and Star, are you?" -This earned glares from Robin and Starfire.
"Um...A week, yes, I guess, and no," Beast Boy answered. "But I don't think this'll affect the team in a bad way." He added to Robin, who nodded.
"I can't wait to tell Bumblebee and them," said Cyborg, and then his eyes widened. An evil grin spread. "Hehehe."
"And this is what I was dreading..." Raven muttered to Beast Boy, and he chuckled.
Much to Raven's dismay, Cyborg had called up Bumblebee right after lunch, doing a live transmission in the Ops. Bumblebee was beyond happy, as well as teasing, and then Aqualad, Speedy, and Mas y Menos showed up around her, congradulating and teasing the blushing couple.
"Guuuurl," Bumblebee said over the uproar, and her teammates quieted down to here. "I toooold you-I told you, didn't I!" She pointed at Raven. "I knew you was lyin' about your feelings for Beast Boy. I knew you was lyin', Raven!"
"I'm sorry," Raven said.
"You a liar!"
"C'mon, guys, let's not tease them too much," Aqualad said.
"Coming from the guy who practically giggles whenever we mention Terra," said Speedy, who was looking at himself in his pocket mirror, brushing his hair.
"I do not!" Aqualad blushed.
"I swear, man," Speedy shook his head. "That's a damn shame."
"What is?" Bumblebee said. "Nothing's wrong with crushing on someone. Right, Sparky?" She winked at Cyborg.
"Hehe, well, you know," said Cyborg, rubbing his chin and chest like he was cool.
"Everyone's coupling up but me!" Speedy whined. "Even Mas y Menos are talking to some twins from Costa Rica," he did his best Spanish accent at 'Costa Rica', rolling his r.
"Sí, estamos en el amor con los gemelas hermosas de Costa Rica!" Mas y Menos said together, hearts in their eyes.
"See?!" said Speedy, and it looked like he was almost hugging the camera, putting his face in it. "Hook me up! I do not wanna be the only loner on this team!"
"Perhaps I may be of assistance!" Starfire said, stepping to the front excitedly, and Raven groaned. "I would be happy to help you find your perfect match!"
Speedy beamed at her. "You're the best."
Starfire giggled excitedly, clapping her hands.
"Oh God..." Robin muttered.
"You know what...?" Bumblebee was now thinking about something, a huge smile forming.
"What's goin' on in that cute head of yours?" Cyborg said.
Bumblebee smiled at him before looking at the other Titans. "What do ya'll think of having a Titans party?"
"Sweet!" said Beast Boy, coming to the front by Starfire. "Count all five of us in-just tell us when and where!"
"Uh-" Robin started, and Cyborg clamped his hand over his mouth.
"Our place?" Bumblebee asked their team, and they all agreed with huge grins. She looked at Titans West. "Our place it is! All of the Titans are invited!" She looked at Cyborg. "I'll let you know the deets later, Sparky."
"Well alriiiiight!" Cyborg said, and he cut the transmission. "Looks like the Teen Titans are gonna party!"
"Glorious!" Starfire cheered as Beast Boy pumped his fist in the air.
Both Robin and Raven held up their index fingers and said flatly-
"Yay."