"You'll own the Teen Titans one day..." I whisper to myself as I watch reruns of the show and cry myself to sleep at noon.

Raven leaned against her closed door as she let out a labored sigh. She was the one who was suppose to make Beast Boy flustered, yet there he was, waltzing around the tower half-naked. It was like he wanted her to implode.

Letting out another sigh, she dragged herself to her bed and threw herself onto it. As her nose welcomed the scent of her freshly washed sheets, the voice in her head gently reminded her that meditation would be more productive. But she was tired of meditating - and no matter how much time she spent doing it, her powers were still unmanageable. Especially after Cyborg put that stupid thought in her head.

"He likes you, but he's suppressing it."

She knew it couldn't be true; Beast Boy was a little absent-minded, but there was no way he felt that way about her, yet wasn't aware of it. He felt everything with such intensity, that if he liked her back, she would know without a doubt.

But there's a chance.

She growled in frustration at her own thoughts - there was no chance. Beast Boy just didn't see her in that way.

Rolling onto her back, she stared up at the little stars painted on her ceiling. She couldn't remember when exactly her and Starfire had painted them on there, but the memory brought a small smile to her lips. They had been spending time together in her room, and the alien had broke down and admitted how utterly homesick she was. Though she considered the titans family, a part of her was longing for Tameran and the familiarity of it. Raven hadn't realized how out-of-place Starfire must have felt, and found herself divulging a bit about Azarath. Though she hadn't gone into detail, she could feel the gratitude pouring off of her alien friend. Feeling a little daring, she had swiped the white nail polish from Starfire and hovered towards her ceiling, where she began to paint the dainty stars.

Her smile widened as her eyes scanned over the alien's first attempt at a star. Having traveled through space numerous times, Starfire had forgone the traditional star-shape and tried to paint a scaled-down version of what an actual star looked like, resulting in a blob.

Staring at the blotch of white paint, Raven felt a small hum of amusement rise in her throat, which resulted in the shattering of a small figurine on her desk. Closing her eyes in frustration, she repeated her mantra in her head.

Cyborg's theory was really starting to mess with her.

The blaring of the alarm broke her concentration as her powers broke another figurine. She scowled in annoyance as she jumped from her bed and quickly changed into her leotard.

Forgoing her cloak, she phased through her door and rushed to the common room.

Robin was already briefing Cyborg and Starfire by the time she phased through the door. Her leader ushered her over as he continued talking.

"...and it looks like he won't be too much of a problem, so you two can handle it on your own." He then turned to Raven. "I'm gonna need you and Beast Boy down at the docks; Adonis is making a mess of things. I'm heading downtown - there are reports of a masked man, and if it's who I think it is..."

Raven set her hand on Robin's shoulders as she gave him a stern look. "Don't obsess," she warned in a flat tone.

His nostrils flared slightly, and she felt a spike of resentment emit from someone in the room. She blinked in confusion - it hadn't come from Robin.

"Adonis?" an all-too-familiar voice behind her growled.

She turned around to see Beast Boy glaring at their leader, though his anger wasn't directed at the boy wonder.

Robin nodded solemnly as Raven removed her hand. "I trust you and Rave can handle him?"

The changeling only narrowed his eyes.

Robin glanced at him skeptically, before shaking his head. "Right - Titans, go!"

Raven gave Beast Boy a worried look, before grabbing his arm and teleporting them to the roof. They had barely arrived when he quickly turned into a falcon and flew towards the docks.

Sighing in exasperation, she followed after him.

By the time she arrived, Beast Boy was already in the form of a rhino and charging the suited villain, who only sneered at the hero.

"What, you think you are a match for me?" the armored man laughed as he managed to dodge her irate teammate. "Pathetic."

Raven immediately tried to bound his arms to his sides with her powers, but he was able to bust through her hold.

"Even a cutie like you won't be able to tie me down," he laughed, obviously pleased with his "clever" quip.

Raven rolled her eyes as she shuddered at his words - why did she only attract the weirdos?

Her presence seemed to be enough of a distraction as Beast Boy charged Adonis again, this time hitting him. The villain stumbled forward slightly as her green teammate morphed into a gorilla and began using his fists to pound on the suit.

Adonis recovered quickly as he shook the changeling off. "Is that the best you got? Hah, I'll finish you two in no time, and have energy to spare when the rest of your team gets here!"

Beast Boy shifted back into his human form as he sneered like the villain. "Oh, please - me and Rae can handle you on our own, no problem. Robin had even considered only sending one of us to take care of you."

Raven rolled her eyes at her teammates taunt, but picked up on the quick shift of Adonis's mood. He had gone from confident to enraged as she literally felt his ego deflate.

"First these dumb construction guys criticize my strength, and now you dare to?" Adonis suddenly threw a forklift at Beast Boy, which would have directly hit him if he hadn't shifted into a mouse as it flew over his head.

Raven felt her heart stop for a second, before she sighed in relief and Adonis's emotions clouded her senses once more. Not only was he angry; she could feel a tinge of hurt lining the rage. They had really bruised his ego.

Though she wanted to have nothing in common with the arrogant villain, she hoped that his anger would be a weakness they could exploit. Using her powers, she sent a few steel beams towards him in the hopes that they would pin him down, since her powers hadn't managed to.

He blocked them easily, directing his glare towards her. She felt her hair stand on end as he charged for her, and though she was able to phase away immediately, the complete and utter rage in his eyes frightened her. She knew that Cyborg had administered him with the antidote, and he could no longer turn into his beast form, but it made her wonder if he still had those primal urges.

Which made her wonder if Beast Boy did, too.

Her focus was thrown back to the battle as the changeling reappeared in his human form and pushed her to the ground, saving her from being impaled by another beam.

She landed on her back with her green teammate on top of her, who winced in sympathy.

Instead of apologizing, he suddenly gave her a stern look. "What is with you? Focus, Rae!"

His close proximity, coupled with the knowledge that he had picked up on her strange behavior, caused her powers to spike again. Thankfully, they had caused the dock Adonis was standing on to collapse, sending the unsuspecting villain into the bay.

Beast Boy quickly pulled himself off of her, before pulling her to her feet as well.

"That's more like it!" he cheered, smiling for the first time since they had gone on their mission.

Raven sent a silent prayer of thanks that he hadn't realized she collapsed the dock on accident. She followed him as he ran over to the edge, peering down at the villain. Raven did the same, letting out a sigh of relief when she saw the unconscious form of Adonis lying in a pile of floating rubble and a broken suit, the waves gently lapping at him as he slowly sunk lower. They had won.

"I'll take care of the body," Beast Boy grinned, causing Raven to roll her eyes at his maturity level. "You call the others and see if they need back-up."

Despite the fact that she hated being ordered around, Raven complied. Her emotions were too frazzled to potentially argue with the green teen. Pulling out her communicator, she was surprised to see Robin's face already on the screen.

"That didn't take long," the boy wonder commented, and Raven couldn't decide if he was referring to the defeat of Adonis, or her quick answering.

"Need any reinforcements?" she deadpanned, getting straight to the point. She could feel her excitement and doubt of what the changeling thought of her bubbling inside, and she didn't want to be stuck alone with him in this state.

She really hated Cyborg at the moment - why did he have to reinsert that idea into her head?

Robin smirked at her from the screen. "Nah, Star and Cy can handle Cinderblock, and I'm still following that lead. You and Beast Boy just make sure Adonis is in custody before heading back to the tower - we still have training."

"Awe, dude! We just kicked butt, and you're rewarding us with training? We deserve pizza! Or a free-day!"

Raven glanced over her shoulder at her pouting teammate, who was dragging the still-unconscious body of Adonis behind him.

Though he was wearing his mask, she was pretty sure Robin just rolled his eyes. "Sunday training is essential - I don't want you guys slacking off 'cuz you defeated a villain. You need discipline and routine, and training is a sure-fire way to keep you guys in tip-top shape."

Raven felt a wave of annoyance emit from Beast Boy, and she couldn't help but empathize with him. She was definitely not looking forward to training. Especially since it was combat training, and she'd be forced to wear her cloak and uniform; though she wasn't wearing her cloak right now. Maybe she could convince Robin to let her train without it. Or maybe he wouldn't notice if she didn't wear it, since nobody seemed to notice right now.

Beast Boy scoffed behind her at Robin's orders as she nodded her head in compliance, shutting the communicator and ending the call.

"The police should be here any moment - I trust you can babysit Adonis on your own while I head back?" She felt bad shoving the responsibility onto him, but she figured a quick meditation session would help her stay in control during training. She could only hope that Robin didn't pair her with the changeling.

Beast Boy merely gave her a confused look as she began to levitate. He quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down, causing her powers to bend a steel beam. Either he hadn't noticed, or just ignored it.

"Is there something wrong, Rae?"

She had never wanted to gouge out his trusting, friendly, dazzling emerald eyes so badly. Why did he always force her to talk about her feelings? Why did he always force her to feel?

She rolled her eyes in annoyance as she decided eye contact wasn't a good idea.

"I'm fine."

His brow furrowed at her response. "No you're not."

Since when did he become so aware? She liked it better when he was clueless and pressing her buttons; at least then she could use the excuse of him being an idiot to condone his "special attention". But now he had the title of a friend, and his incessant prodding was warranted.

"Why ask the question if you already made up your mind of the answer?" she growled, pulling her wrist from his grasp.

He continued to look at her with concern. "Does this have anything to do with training?"

She gave him a strange look as she tried to understand where he had come up with that conclusion. "Training?"

He nodded slowly as her eyes darted between his and the ground. "Yeah, when you hit your head."

Oh, that training. She was somewhat surprised he had the nerve to bring that up, especially after she insinuated that she knew what he liked to focus on during training. His cheeks had adopted a faint red color, and she figured he was trying to bring it up nonchalantly, so she'd think she was mistaken.

"It was merely a bump on the head - I've been through worse."

He still looked unconvinced. "So it has nothing to do with your head?"

She swallowed nervously as she looked him in the eyes. "No, it doesn't." Well, nothing to do with a head-injury, at least. "It's nothing, Beast Boy. I'm fine."

She figured her statement would have been more convincing if her powers hadn't short-circuited the forklift beside them.

So it looks like Raven's having some difficulties with that little spark of hope Cyborg unknowingly ignited. And as a sensible young woman, she doesn't want to live in fantasy-land, so it has got to go!

Hopefully she'll straighten this all out before her powers do some real damage - or before BB figures out he is the reason for all of it. But maybe that's what she needs..?

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