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Confessions

Beast Boy stepped out of the bathroom and headed towards the common room, unconsciously scratching his hands with his fingers. The common room doors slid open, announcing his presence to the other Titans.

"Yo, BB! Where did ya go just now?" Cyborg called from the other side of the room.

"Bathroom break." Beast Boy replied, sitting down at the kitchen counter and grabbing the comics section from the newspaper.

"You have been having a lot of the bathroom breaks recently. Are you feeling well?" Starfire inquired, casting Beast Boy a worried look.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Beast Boy said quickly, brushing her off.

Robin, who was sipping his coffee while reading the newspaper, raised an eyebrow at that. Robin paused in what he was doing for a while, contemplating something in his mind.

"Titans!" Robin said suddenly, directing all attention to him. "Meeting, now!"

The other Titans immediately stopped what they were doing and gathered together at the couch.

"So, what's the big emergency?" Cyborg asked.

"The 'big' emergency is one that has been called to my attention for a few months now. It is green, noisy and is sitting right in front of me." Robin said, pointing at Beast Boy.

"So, are we finally going to eradicate ourselves of this pest?" Raven asked tonelessly, but with a small smirk.

Robin shot Raven a look. "No. Have any of you noticed Beast Boy acting weirdly recently? For example, the way he talks, his behavior and habits. So, have you?"

Cyborg nodded. "Uh, yeah. BB was acting a little different lately, but he said he was pulling a prank on Raven. But he's still acting weirder than normal."

"I too have noticed Friend Beast Boy's odd behavior. I have confronted him about it, but he insists he is 'fine'." Starfire added.

"Beast Boy's just being irritating and annoying as usual." Raven said monotonously.

"Well, three out of four has to count for something, doesn't it?" Robin said, smirking triumphantly.

Beast Boy, meanwhile, was fuming silently. I knew I shouldn't have trusted him! Stupid spikey-haired tattletale! I will get him for this! I will do much worse than putting pink glitter in his hair gel! I will…I will dye his hair pink, replace all his masks with ugly party masks, pour elephant glue on his bed, tie him upside down by his toes, make Starfire force-feed him Tamaranean food for the rest of his life, pour a bag of red ants down the back of his neck and…and force him to eat Slade's toenails!

"So, what is your point here? We all know since day one that there's something wrong with Beast Boy's head." Raven stated.

Robin sighed in frustration, "Raven, can you please take this seriously?"

Raven glared at Robin. "I tried." Raven said slowly, enunciating each word carefully. "I tried to tell him that there's something wrong with his emotions! It's like there is a barrier or wall blocking me from the emotions he's feeling! I tried to tell him that, but he was being an idiot as usual!"

The other Titans were silent as they absorbed this information.

Robin cleared his throat. "Okay, then, now that we have made it clear that something is wrong with Beast Boy, we've got to work on how to fix it."

Beast Boy chose this time to speak up. "Will all of you stop acting like I'm not in the room? I'm sitting right here, you know! I'm in a quanda-I mean, you guys can't 'fix' me, I'm not some kind of machinery that you can fix!"

"I don't think we can fix any problem concerning you." Raven snorted.

Beast Boy sneered in reply.

Cyborg shook his head, "I don't understand, BB, why are you acting like this? I'm your best friend, you can tell me anything, right?"

"Yes, Friend, please tell us what is ailing you! We are your friends, and we can help!" Starfire pleaded.

"As leader of the team, it is my duty to find out whatever is wrong with my teammates and help them." Robin said superiorly, in a not so subtle way to tell Beast Boy he wanted to know what's going on.

"Stop wasting my time and just tell us already! We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Hard way is me using my powers to force the answers out of you." Raven said threateningly, eyes starting to glow white.

"ENOUGH!" Beast Boy's yell startled his teammates and they immediately quieted down and allowed him to speak.

"Enough." Beast Boy repeated in a quieter and more subdued voice. "Look, I know you guys want answers, but I'm not sure I can give them."

Starfire furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "But how can you not? Should you not know the reason for your own problem?"

Cyborg nodded his head and crossed his arms. "Yeah, man! You're lying, aren't you? Oh, you're lying! Don't you-"

"Sssh! Will you guys let me finish?!" Beast Boy hissed. "I will tell you guys some stuff, but I won't tell you everything, because even some things I don't even know the answers to. It's also hard to clari-uh, there are some things that are quite personal, so obviously I won't share it with you."

"Okay then, what are ya waiting for? Come on, spill!" Cyborg commanded.

Beast Boy hesitated, "I…I have low self esteem issues and I guess I'm a little depressed as well, I guess."

Cyborg looked confused, "But you don't behave like you're depressed. You're always smiling, laughing, fooling around and stuff."

Beast Boy smirked slightly. "Well, I'm a good actor. I'm been masking my emotions ever since I was ten. I bet I could even fool the Dark Knight!"

Robin snorted and muttered, "That, I would like to see." However, even Robin had to admit that Beast Boy fooled him.

"But why do I always get happy vibes off you? How can you feel happy and sad at the same time?" Raven asked.

"I was never feeling happy. I don't think I have been feeling true happiness for a few years now. I just well, actually it's kinda hard to explain. The happy emotions you sense from me aren't real. They're just there to keep up my façade. But deep down, I still feel sadness, anger and pain. When I'm with you guys or other people, I push away those feelings and thoughts and create happy ones." Beast Boy said.

Starfire, who was trying to contain her emotions for the past few minutes, suddenly burst out, "Oh, friend! That is truly terrible! We did not know you had these feelings! Please, what have we done to make you feel this way and how can we make you normal again?"

Beast Boy let out a bitter laugh. "I don't think I have ever been normal, Star. And you guys didn't do anything. It was all me. I mean, look at me, I'm green! And people remind of that every day."

"Oh, come on, grass stain, we don't-"

Beast Boy cut in. "There, see? You call me grass stain. You're implying that I'm as insignificant as grass and is just a stain that can be overlooked and ignored by anyone."

The Titans didn't know whether to feel guilt they've ever made Beast Boy feel this way or be impressed that Beast Boy knew the words 'imply' and 'insignificant'.

"No man, that's not what I meant!" Cyborg protested.

Yes, you did. You're lying. I heard your heart beat speed up. That's how you feel about me, subconsciously. Beast Boy thought.

Cyborg seemed to realize this a moment later and quickly put down his head in shame. I'm sorry, man. I should have known. All those times Raven and I made those jibes at you…

Meanwhile, the other Titans were thinking about the times they put Beast Boy down or insulted him.

Robin clenched his fists. I always told Beast Boy that he isn't good enough and he needs to train harder. Did my words affect him? At least I didn't point out the fact that he is green, or did I? I hope I didn't.

I've always insulted Beast Boy, more than the others. I thought he didn't care about the insults as it always gave him motivation to annoy me more. I didn't know it was a defensive mechanism. Like what happened on the roof the other night. Raven thought.

Starfire's eyes brimmed with unshed tears, her eyes conveying everything that she felt. Oh, I have never felt more shame in my life! I am a horrible person! I have called Beast Boy a 'clorbag valblernelk' when he pulled the prank on me. I refused to listen to his apologies when he asked for forgiveness. And I did not believe Friend Beast Boy when he said he did not attack Raven when he transformed into the 'Beast'! I have also called Beast Boy the 'immature'! Not even reciting all three thousand verses of the poems of Penitence could convey my sorrow and guilt to Beast Boy for treating him as such.

Beast Boy avoided the burning stares of his teammates. He felt awkward and uncomfortable. He suddenly felt constricted and claustrophobic. Just as Beast Boy was about to make an excuse to leave, he heard Robin ask quietly, "What happened to your hands?"

Beast Boy froze. My hands-? I… Beast Boy flexed his fingers, finding nothing wrong. Then he suddenly felt like slapping his face. I'm so stupid! Beast Boy had forgotten to put his gloves back on after washing his hands earlier. Due to Beast Boy's daily, or rather, hourly scrubbing, his hands have acquired scars.

Starfire floated over to Beast Boy, picked up his hands gently and examined them. "Friend, why do your hands look as if they went through a morklorg?"

Beast Boy scratched his head. "Uhh, I'm pretty sure my hands didn't go through a 'lork' thing. I just got into a little accident the other day. The fan stopped working the other day, so I tried to spin the blad-uh, thingy and then the thing suddenly worked, and heh, you know…"

"And you didn't bother to turn off the switch first?" Raven asked, raising an eyebrow.

Beast Boy shrugged. "Well, anyways, it's been nice talking to you and everything, but I think there's a new video game waiting for me at the Games Store. So, see you dudes around!"

Before anyone could stop him, Beast Boy dashed out of the common room and out of Titans Tower, to try to find a quiet and isolated place so that he can freak out at what he told the Titans.