AN: I realised that Titans East were introduced AFTER Terra's sacrifice. So can we just imagine that they were formed sometime in season 2? Perferably before the episode 'Betrayal' and after the episode 'Winner Take All'.
If you're confused let me know!
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FMF
Chapter 6: The Way It Was
"Your eyes are really pretty."
"Speedy, she's already rejected you twice today. Give it up," Bumblebee said with a chuckle as she sat down on the couch. "Sorry about him; he doesn't have any respect at all for the opposite gender."
"It's fine," Raven replied, not really paying attention.
"What have you got there?" Bee asked, eyeing the piece of paper in Raven's hand.
"It's a letter," Raven replied, reading a certain sentence over and over again. "For one of my friends back in Jump City."
"Who?"
"Beast Boy."
The mention of his name caused Aqualad to look up from his magazine.
"I'm just letting him know how my mission is going," the empath said, her attention still mainly focused on that one line.
"Shouldn't it go to Robin then?" Speedy asked, taking a seat next to her. "I mean, he's the leader guy."
"Beast Boy has dealt with the villain that Raven is after during his time in the Doom Patrol," Aqualad replied. "It would only make sense for Raven to seek information from him."
"Oh," Speedy and Bee said together.
Raven mouthed a 'thank you' to Aqualad and he smiled in response. It was nice to know that he always had her back.
Titans Tower was suprisingly quiet without Raven around. Starfire and Robin would only talk to each other about missions and spend most of their time in the evidence room while Cyborg was always working on the plumbing, which was still not repaired from Slade's attack. Beast Boy and Terra went out on a few dates, but they stopped talking to each other after an argument that occured on their most recent one.
Beast Boy missed Raven the most. She had only been gone a few days but it felt like forever to him. He regretted saying that he didn't care about her, and he certainly didn't mean any of those harsh words. He tried calling Titans East many times, but whenever he tried Aqualad would answer saying that Raven was busy or that she was out, even when he called at night.
He thought that whatever friendship he had with Raven was over, until the mail for the tower came the next day.
He read the letter over and over again, making sure he soaked in every bit of detail.
Beast Boy,
I know you still have some questions about your animalistic side.
Your animalistic side is addressed as 'The Beast' and cannot be destroyed. You are forever stuck with it but you can learn to control it. I will teach you how when I return using meditation if you're up for it. The Beast was released when he saw that I was in danger, as he has marked me for his mate. That is not your fault and I'm sorry that's it's not Terra; the girl that you truly care about. I know all this because The Beast kissed my forehead during the battle with Adonis. By doing that, he gave me permission to go into your mind so I did. I didn't see much as I wouldn't want to invade your privacy, but I saw enough to know what was going on. I'll tell you more about it when I'm home.
PS: I'm sorry for lashing out on you the other day.
With love,
Raven
"Raven, do you have a minute?" Aqualad asked, approaching the empath.
Raven lifted her head up from her book and smiled. "Sure."
"Well since today is our day off, I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to the park."
"Are you asking me out?"
"I am."
Raven thought for a moment, a blush spreading on her cheeks. "I accept."
"I'll pick you up at two," he said with a wink.
"We live together, genius."
"You sure like to take the fun out of everything, don't you?"
"It's what I'm known for," she replied with a smirk.
"Two o'clock," he said, flashing a smile and then swiftly leaving the room.
Raven smiled to herself when the realisation that she scored a date with Aqualad settled in, even though a small part of her wished that a certain someone had asked her out instead.