I haven't bought the rights to the Teen Titans... yet.
Raven lied down in her bed, staring at her ceiling for a good five minutes as her mind went over everything that had happened. Letting out an exasperated sigh, she rolled over and tried to actually get some rest. As much as she hated to admit it, Beast Boy was right - with her exhaustion from healing herself coupled with the suppressing of her emotions, she was a ticking time-bomb. Meditation would only do so much.
She pulled her covers over herself and tried to drift off to sleep, but it seemed that no matter how tired her body was, her mind just wouldn't rest. Her thoughts were racing, and she felt overwhelmed from everything that had happened that day. Pushing Beast Boy's limits seemed to have pushed her to the edge as well, and she realized bitterly that she couldn't do something like that again for a while.
And she loved bugging him almost as much as he loved bugging her.
It was a strange cycle of annoyance, but both had become accustomed to it, and rather enjoyed it. That was their relationship - the thing they had. Together. Even if he didn't exactly see it in the same way she did, she knew that he liked it, too. It was their thing.
She smiled slightly to herself at that thought; they had a thing. A stupid, immature, wanting-to-rip-each-other's-heads-off thing, but a thing nonetheless.
And honestly, that's all she could really ask for.
She realized that she had managed to fall asleep when the blaring of the alarm woke her. Sitting up quickly, she felt as if her mind was scrambled, and her vision blurred slightly. It lasted only a second, but she knew that it wasn't a good sign. Regardless, the city needed her, and she wasn't going to let a little light-headedness stop her from saving the day.
Plus, it's not like she was going to blindly run out there and risk her powers acting up, but she couldn't just sit on the sidelines. If she paced herself, all would be well, and she could return home and rest.
She changed out of her pajamas quickly and pulled on a leotard, before grabbing her cloak and rushing out the door.
Only to run straight into a solid object.
Her vision blurred again as she knocked it over, toppling on top of it and smacking her head against something hard. She rubbed her head tentatively and idly wondered if she was going to suffer any permanent brain-damage from everything that had happened already.
"Did you just fall for me, again?"
Raven suppressed a smirk as she realized the thing she landed on was her green teammate. Opening her eyes, she found herself face-to-chin with him as she laid on top of him
"I never claimed to have fallen for you the first time," she deadpanned, picking herself up off of him. Even though she found the position quite comfortable.
The changeling rolled his eyes fondly as he got up as well. "You can go ahead and admit it, Rae," he teased.
I would if you felt the same, she thought bitterly, before hiding her disappointment with a smirk. "Can we return to reality now?"
He let out a curt laugh, before a serious expression crossed his face. "You do realize you're not going on this mission, right?"
Her jaw literally dropped at his statement. "Excuse me?" she replied incredulously. There was no way in hell Beast Boy was ordering her around. No matter how attractive she found him, she would never, ever let him tell her what to do when it came to being a hero.
He had the decency to at least look a little embarrassed as he took a small step backwards. "You're not feeling one-hundred percent, Rae. I can tell - you need a little more time before you're at your full strength, and I'm not risking you - "
"What, do you think I'll hurt somebody?" she snapped. How dare he insinuate that she wasn't capable of knowing her own limits.
"That's not what I meant - " he replied defensively, holding his hands up in a pleading manner.
"It sure sounds that way, Beast Boy," she seethed, crossing her arms in defiance. They were wasting so much time arguing right now; if he didn't come around in two seconds, she was going to teleport to the alert. Starfire was probably already there by now, and Robin and Cyborg were no doubt on their way.
"You're not letting me explain - " he tried again, but Raven just wasn't having it. There were people's lives at stake.
"We are heroes, Beast Boy! There are sacrifices to be made, and if it means overexerting myself for the greater-good, I'm down for the cause," she growled, summoning her energy to phase to the roof.
Before she could accomplish that, the green teen grabbed her wrist and yanked her out of her concentration.
"I'm not sacrificing you!" he exclaimed, causing her anger towards him to falter. Even though she could feel the frustration and friendship pouring off of him, it was an incredibly romantic statement.
His face flushed slightly, and she figured he realized the same thing.
"Robin ordered me to keep you here - he's not risking your well-being, either," he added sheepishly, the fire in his eyes slowly fading.
She cursed herself as she let her powers disperse - his puppy-dog eyes were way too good.
Plus, an order from Robin wasn't something she could very well argue with - he wouldn't willingly go into battle two-teammates short if he wasn't absolutely certain that he and the other two could handle it.
"Fine," she muttered in defeat, ripping her wrist from his grasp. She prayed she wasn't blushing as she turned around swiftly and opened her door. If everyone wanted her to rest, then she'd rest. Since obviously everyone else knew what was best for her.
"Please don't be mad, Rae," Beast Boy begged, unwisely following her into her room. It was as if he was just asking to be sent to another dimension.
"You know no one is allowed in here," she growled, though she did nothing to stop him as she crawled back into her bed.
She heard him sigh from the end of her bed - he was obviously pushing his boundaries as well.
"I don't want you going to bed mad at me - er, uhm, all of us," he replied.
She smiled into her pillow at the slip of his tongue - it was cute how flustered he could get when talking to her, regardless of whether it was the kind of flustered she wanted.
"I'm not mad," she lied, pulling the covers over her. She felt a little odd pouting in front of him, but she was honestly loving the attention he was giving her. She should pout more often.
"Raven!" he groaned, and she could feel the bed shift as he plopped down at the foot of it. "You're never this difficult!"
She rolled her eyes as she sat up and gave him an irritated look. "Then maybe you should let me rest so that I can go back to my normal, boring self."
His eyes narrowed slightly at her statement. "Why do you refuse to acknowledge the fact that we're friends?" he bit back, abruptly changing the subject.
Raven felt her eyebrows join her hairline at the sudden shift in his emotions. They became somewhat hostile.
"I mean, the least you can do is humor me - pretend that you actually like me," he continued.
She had to stifle a laugh at the irony of his words; if anything, she liked him too much. And it was really messing with her whole "emotionless" front she liked to put on.
"Oh, just shut up," she sighed, earning a bemused look from the changeling. "You're obviously just fishing for a compliment right now - what do you want me to say? That you're my best friend?"
His face blushed slightly, and she felt herself grow curious as to why a sudden bought of embarrassment was seeping off of him.
"Because you never fish for compliments," he bit back, and she felt herself smirk as she remembered what had happened earlier.
"That was different," she replied with a huff of amusement. "I wasn't being serious; you're acting as if you really don't believe we're friends, when you know that's completely absurd.
Again, he was decent enough to give her a sheepish smile. "Yeah, well, sometimes you make me think you actually hate me."
She let out a curt laugh at how wrong he was. "Get out of my room, Beast Boy."
He let out a snort of amusement as he stood from her bed. "Yeah, that's totally not giving me the impression that you can't stand me," he replied sarcastically.
Raven let out a dramatic groan as she lied back down. "I don't hate you, Beast Boy. I just hate how annoying you can be."
She heard him laugh slightly at her explanation as he made his way towards her door.
"I thought that was our thing, Rae?" he replied lightly, and she felt those stupid butterflies as his voice echoed her earlier thoughts.
"Yeah," she sighed, smiling slightly to herself as he left the room and her door hissed shut. "It's our thing."
I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday - I was literally in the car all day haha. Technically I'm on vacation right now, so you all should feel super-duper special that I'm taking my precious vacay-time to type this up (actually, my friends are asleep - at noon lol - and I was bored). But regardless, you best be feeling special.
Anywhoo, I'm honestly half asleep right now, and kind of unwilling to proof-read. Sorry if there are any mistakes; I'll probably edit them out later. Just ignore them haha. I think I'll attempt to update my other stories later today, but like I said - I'm on vacation! And I'm not getting back home til Friday, so expect sporadic updates haha.
Anyways, maybe leave a review? That'd be like totes fab ;D