Beast Boy knocked on Raven's door. The door shone with black magical light for a moment and opened. He walked in hesitantly.

"Raven… I have to return the crystal that I took – stole from you" he corrected himself. "I was an idiot. I'm sorry."

She was levitating in lotus position, her hood up, her eyes closed.

"Why did you meddle in things you know nothing about?" she asked, her eyes still closed.

He looked at the floor. His mouth opened but he was unable to get a single word past his constricted throat.

"Do you have any idea of what you did?" she asked again. Beast Boy was only able to shake his head.

"You didn't reverse the order of the mantra properly. You didn't summon Passion. You summoned Lust."

He lifted his head, looking at her.

She opened her eyes and removed her hood. Her violet eyes were clouded and red-rimmed. The realization that she had been crying hit him like a burning knife in the gut.

"You have taken my deepest, most primal instincts and you hung them there for everyone to see." Her eyes blazed white as she spoke. "You released a part of me that went and tried to rut with everyone it saw. Was it fun? Did you enjoy it?"

Tears were streaming freely from his eyes. He couldn't speak, just shake his head.

Her eyes still blazing, she approached him. "Can you tell me how can I forget the humiliation? Can you tell me how can I show my face to my friends now?"

Her words hurt him so hard that he finally managed to whisper "I just wanted to be with you."

The white fire left her eyes, only to be replaced with tears. She floated in front of him. "And you couldn't find a better way of achieving it?"

He stared at the floor again.

She stretched her legs to the floor, releasing the levitation.

"Look at me" she told him.

He lifted his gaze again, staring mesmerized into her tearful eyes.

"All that I could handle. I could live with someone stealing my property, plotting outlandish plans. I could even live with the shame that this brought on me. Do you know what I can't live with?"

He couldn't speak, couldn't tear his eyes from her. He just shook his head.

"That it was you. Of all the people in the world, it had to be you. Nobody could hurt me so much. Nobody could shame me so much."

He couldn't believe words could hurt so. As realization of what she said dawned on him, he felt them like physical blows. He couldn't breathe, couldn't speak. He could only stand there, fighting down the tremors that shook his body.

There was a knock at the door. Raven turned her back to the door, wiping her eyes and saying "Come in."

The door opened and the other three Titans filed in. They looked at Beast Boy, so miserable he barely noticed them. Robin cleared his throat.

"Raven, we…"

Raven spoke over her shoulder, not turning her head.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I will leave tomorrow. Please forgive me."

"There is nothing to forgive."

"I'm sorry, Robin, but what happened is so shameful that I can't bear to be here any more. Please don't waste your time trying to convince me otherwise."

"Why is it shameful? Was it shameful when Red was unleashed? Was it shameful to see Orange doing what she does?"

"Stop it!" she cried, whirling to face him, her eyes burning white. "You all know that was me there!"

"No, it wasn't. It was part of you. You are more than just Rage, or Wisdom, or Sloth, or Lust. You are more than all of them together. You are our friend."

"And that is why I can't face you any more, can't you understand?" she cried, turning her back on them again.

"No, I can't" Robin said, approaching her and putting his hands on her shoulders. "So we saw a hidden part of you. A very human part of you. A part we all carry inside."

She turned to face him again, angry at his refusal to understand. "But none of you went around the tower… doing… what I did!"

"Thank God for that. Can you imagine what it would be like?"

For all her anguish, Raven almost laughed at that one. She then buried her face in Robin's chest and started sobbing.

The light bulbs shattered, enveloping the room in darkness; loose items around the room moved, tinkling; books shook in their bookcases, several falling to the ground. Starfire flitted over to the window and opened the drapes, letting the early dawn light filter in.

Robin stroked Raven's hair until she calmed down. Starfire and Cyborg walked over to where they were. Cyborg sent a meaningful frown at Beast Boy. For all his misery, Beast Boy understood and also approached.

"Group hug!" shouted Starfire, always happy to share her joy. They all stood around Raven, hugging her. She felt their feelings flow into her. There was not a hint of reproach, not a shadow of shame. Only concern, love and friendship. She took a deep, shuddering breath, calm washing over her. Collecting herself, she fought out of their embrace.

"That was enough hugging for quite some time" she said. They all smiled, recognizing that her old self was reestablishing itself. "I need to meditate. Could you leave me alone for a while? I'll be fine, I promise."

Robin nodded and gestured to the others towards the door. As they slowly left, Raven called out.

"Beast Boy, please stay a few more minutes."

Cyborg paused at the door, a worried frown on his face. Raven gave him a knowing smile. "Don't worry, Cy. I won't damage him… much."

Cyborg grinned knowingly and left, closing the door.

Raven turned to Beast Boy.

"Come here, Garfield."

He approached, his eyes cast down.

"Look at me" she said. He lifted his gaze and looked into her luminous, violet eyes.

"I realize all this is partly my fault", she said, taking his hand and making him sit down beside her. She put her other hand on his cheek, still wet with his tears.

"I did not reveal my feelings even to myself, always trying to suppress them, to run away from them. But now they're out in the open. And so are yours."

She leaned over and kissed him on the lips. His arms went around her without conscious thought. He lost himself in the kiss.

After what seemed to him both ages and mere moments, they parted, looking into each other's eyes. Suddenly Raven got up and rose to levitate in lotus position.

"Now leave me to meditate. The next time you try to catch my attention, try to do it in a more conventional way, with flowers or something similar. Go."

Beast Boy stumbled out of her room, dazed, confused and happier than he ever was in his life.

There you go, I hope you liked it. As I said in my profile, I am not a fan of BBxRae, but I wanted to see if I could write a good story about it anyway, so please tell me what you think. I may write more if I see this one is appreciated :-)