Disclaimer: Much to your dismay, I don't own the Teen Titans...

A/N: I finally am typing on a computer for once instead of on my iphone like before. I am hoping it will help encourage me to write stories and chapters faster in the future, though I no longer have auto correct so it may just end up one big mess. We shall see. Enjoy the story, review if you'd like and sorry for the wait.

Raven's Favorite Color Chapter 2:

Raven suddenly appeared in her room in Titan's Tower. The lights were off as per usual, casting her numerous bookshelves and statues in darkness, as well as a certain stuffed chicken propped against the headboard of her bed. Collapsing onto it she stuffed her face into a pillow and let out a long groan of frustration.

Boy troubles. Raven Roth, infamous half-demon daughter of Trigon, was having boy troubles. What was this world coming to?!

Rolling over Raven covered her eyes with her hands and fought the urge to swear. Her life was an absolute disaster. She had basically just confirmed her utter infatuation with the tower's resident changeling, Beast Boy. The worst part is that she knows if she had just stuck it out and endured that stupid game, she might've been able to play it off. Sure, she'd have never heard the end of it from Garfield about her favorite color being green of all things, but at least she wouldn't have completely given herself away. Running off like she did was probably the worst possible thing she could have done.

However, Raven wasn't exactly experienced when it came to feeling strong emotions, especially lov-crushes and such. Anger she was good at, sadness too, but that? Surely it was more than she could handle alone. Hell, until a few weeks ago she hadn't even known what she was feeling! All it took to knock some sense into her was a surge of hormones upon seeing a shirtless green man roaming the hallways and one particularly awkward conversation with an overly cheerful Starfire.

Somewhere, a lightbulb exploded and Raven knew she needed to get her emotions under control. She needed to stop thinking about the way she utterly humiliated herself in front of her entire team, in front of an entire pizza parlor full of people. She needed to forget the look of astonishment on Garfield's face as she went off on him, for nothing really, and essentially told him how she felt. She needed to stop imagining the way his surprise probably turned to a look of disgust as soon as she phased out of the restaurant. She needed to-

Crack!

She looked to the bedside table and saw that a mug had exploded. Just great. Now she'd have to go get a broom to clean that up. She knew she'd have to be fast or she'd risk running into one of the titans on their way back from the pizza place and she couldn't face them yet, she simply couldn't.

Floating cautiously towards her door she pressed an ear up against it and heard nothing. Carefully she slid open her door and peered out. seeing an empty hallway she slowly ventured a few steps outside her room before her door suddenly slid shut. She whirled around quickly and let out a small shriek when she came face to face with the subject of her amorous ardor.

"B-Beast Boy! What are you doing! H-how did you get here?!" Raven yelled embarrassed by the fact that he had managed to scare her.

Beast Boy only smiled shyly and reached a hand behind his head to scratch at the back of his pointed ears.

"He-he. Hey Rae, sorry if I scared you. I guess I'm just used to you sneaking up on me all the time that I thought for once I'd repay the favor. I turned into a cockroach and waited outside your door for the past twenty minutes just to see your reaction. It was pretty worth it too! You should've seen the look on your face!" He laughed.

At this point Beast Boy had completely gotten rid of his initial nervousness at seeing Raven after the incident at the pizza parlor. He stood before her with a full grin, seemingly unaware of the trouble he had just gotten himself into. Raven might have liked him alot, maybe just maybe she lov-no! She liked him. But nobody, no matter how cute and green, gets to make fun of her and walk away unharmed.

Just as she was getting ready to blast him into another dimension, his laughter ceased and he started to blush. It seemed his nerves weren't gone after all, just masked temporarily by the humor of the situation.

"But, uh, I didn't come here just to tease you. I actually was wondering if..maybe..if you wanted to hang out? Star and Rob are at the movies and Cyborg's still at the, um, that place. So, uh, whaddya say?" Beast Boy asked timidly.

Raven was thoroughly shocked. Not only had he interrupted her before she could destroy him, he did it..so he could ask her to hang out! But "hang out"? What exactly did that mean? Did he want to go on a date? Is he asking her out?! She also noticed he carefully refrained from mentioning the pizza place and her little outburst. Before she could ponder this further Beast Boy spotted the confusion and alarm on her face and had the decency to clarify.

"Uh what I mean is! I need a video game buddy! Ya know, since everyone else is still out and we never spend much time together and stuff..." Beast Boy said sheepishly deciding to wait until later to talk about the the incident at the restaurant.

"Video games? Since when have I ever played video games, Garfield?" Raven said raising an eyebrow.

"Uh, um, since...now? And hey, did you just call me Garfield?" He asked confusedly.

Raven blanched. She hadn't even realized she had said that until it was too late. Damn. How does she get out of this mess? Perhaps she could use a simple technique designed to work on people with the brain capacity of a housefly. Fitting, she thought, that he could turn into one.

All she had to do was change the subject. Fast.

"Alright, Beast Boy. But only for a few games and you have to promise not to whine when you lose." Raven stated already walking towards the common room, where the game station was kept.

Beast Boy was left standing in place gaping at the spot where Raven had once stood. He couldn't believe she'd agreed! First he finds out Raven might just have feelings for him, then she agrees to play game station! It must be his lucky day. As his body finally catches up to his brain, he speeds after her, hoping that his luck remains intact with what he plans to tell her later.

He enters the common room to find Raven already setting up the game and he is surprised by how natural she looks holding the controller.

"Wow Rae, you've got the game set up and everything! I thought I'd have to tell you how to work the buttons but seems you're doing just fine. Hmmm...are you sure you haven't played this before?" He asked her slyly.

She turned to him rolling her eyes and she handed him the second controller.

"Oh please, there are only eleven buttons, three of which are labeled, and four are shaped like arrows pointing the direction that they go. I would have to be an idiot to not know how to set up this childish game." Raven smirked at him.

"Aww man, but it took me weeks to figure out the controls!" He whined.

"That explains it." Raven said devilishly. "Now are we going to play or am I just going to waste precious minutes of my life watching you nurse your wounds?"

"Oh you're so on!" Beast Boy said grabbing a controller and plopping onto the seat next to her.

_LINEBREAK_AND FOUR GAMES LATER

"You're cheating! You must be! There's now way you could've beat me four times in a row!" Beast Boy said indignantly.

"Face it Beast Boy, you just can't beat me. Now, if you're done throwing a tantrum, we can keep playing or we can do something else. Your call." Raven stated.

"Fine! And I was NOT throwing a tantrum. But-hey! Yo-you really want to spend more time with me? I thought I annoyed you?" He asked looking down sadly.

Raven felt her heart lurch in her chest. God, she wanted to hate him for making her feel this way. He DID annoy her, but despite his many..MANY..faults, she cared for him. So it hurt her to see him looking so upset.

"Beast Boy, you do annoy me-" Raven started.

"Jeez Rae, way to make a guy feel better!" He said sarcastically.

"Shut up! You didn't let me finish! So yes, you annoy me! You pester me at every turn, your jokes are terrible, and you really need to clean your room! But...you're my friend and I...like spending time with you. Preferably when your mouth is closed." Raven finished blushing lightly.

"Aww Rae!" He said smilingly goofily at her. "You do care!" Beast Boy decided to risk his life and quickly pulled her in for a hug before she could protest.

Raven felt his arms wrap around her before she could move and suddenly felt a warm chest press against her face. Wow...when had he gotten so tall? His arms don't feel too flabby either with the way he is gripping her. She felt lightheaded and before she could pull away she felt her knees buckle slightly. Not enough for her to fall but enough for Beast Boy to notice.

"D-did your knees just buckle?! Hah! Dude!" He said astonished and she knew he was going to milk this for all it was worth. Deny. Deny. Deny. She must deny.

Quickly pushing him away she slid her hood up and took a few steps back trying her best to keep her voice steady.

"Don't be ridiculous Garfield, of course they didn't! And did I say you could hug me? No, I did not! You're lucky I don't throw you into the bay this instant!" She huffed loudly.

"Aha! There you go again! Calling me Garfield! What's up with that anyways? And your knees so DID buckle don't try to deny it!" Beast Boy teased her mercilessly while trying his best to keep his voice under control. He was still feeling the effects of their hug during which he had breathed in her scent. Lavender shampoo and incense candles. His absolute favorite smell. Gosh how he loved her.

"Ugh you are just the most incessant, bothersome, immature-!" Raven yelled.

"Attractive, charming, and funny guy that you've ever had the pleasure of meeting?" Beast Boy finished for her.

Beast Boy suddenly became fascinated by a lone vein that was visibly throbbing on her forehead. Oh yeah. She was kind of sexy when she got mad. Hmm...perhaps that's why he likes bugging her so much? He was shaken out of his thoughts when he noticed Raven storming away. He quickly caught up to her blocking the only exit as if to prevent her from leaving. This was foolish as she could easily phase through the wall next to him but for some reason she decided not to.

"C'mon Rae! Gimme another chance! I promise I won't annoy you and I won't hug you again...unless of course, you want me to cuz then I totally would! But, uh, maybe we could just...watch a movie...?" He finished panting from talking so fast.

Raven watched this green boy throw himself in front of her and start ranting about chances and hugs and she couldn't help but find it utterly...adorable? No, that wasn't quite right. It was more...endearing. She knew she would hate herself for it later but...

"Alright Beast boy, I'll give you one more chance." Raven said smiling just the tiniest bit.

"Yes!" Beast Boy grinned pumping his fist in the air! "I've got the perfect movie too!" He said excitedly.

_LINE BREAK NUMBER TWO_

"...You're kidding right?" Raven asked incredulously.

"No way! This is a classic! Plus, ya know, I thought it was sort of fitting...for us. I mean, you're a total bookworm and I've got my Beast and so...it's perfect!" He said cutely letting his fang jut out.

"...You do know that they end up together...romantically...right?" Raven asked timidly looking anywhere but at him. Fortunately for Beast Boy, she missed his rather prominent blush.

"W-well...yeah...but that's besides the point! It's a great movie!" Beast Boy stuttered out.

"Actually it is very much part of the point, you essentially implied-" Beast Boy cut her off.

"UH! I'm going to go make some popcorn! Be back in a sec!" He rushed off into the kitchen area and started pulling things out of the cabinets, refusing to turn around and look at her for he knew she was watching him.

He had just cleared his third cabinet and was now scrambling to find the popcorn whilst muttering under his breath, "Popcorn, damn popcorn! Where's the popco-AHHH!" Beast Boy screamed when a hand reached past his shoulder to grab the popcorn box-that was right under his nose by the way-and he swiftly turned around coming nose to nose with the exact girl he had just been focused on avoiding eye contact with.

Raven jerked in surprise when he spun around and she felt yet another blush overtake her face. Honestly, how many times could one changeling make a girl blush in a single day?

"Err-Hi." Beast Boy said shyly , finding it hard to be in such close proximity.

They simply stared at each other for a while, purple eyes boring into emerald orbs until he eventually made the mistake of looking down. His gaze caught on her lips and his longing for her increased tenfold along with his desire to kiss her.

Unfortunately for him, her eyes were still locked on his own so when he looked down she knew exactly what he was thinking about. She simply couldn't take this anymore, her emotions were running wild! She stood up and turned away from him abruptly.

Crash!

Something fell down in another room and Raven flinched. She knew it was her fault and would ordinarily feel a lot worse if she hadn't sensed it came from the training room. She could only hope the dreaded obstacle course got destroyed, she knew Robin would feel like he had to train them harder after a day out with Starfire. He'd want to make sure they didn't spontaneously lose their edge after one day of relaxation.

Raven stood in the kitchen poised to teleport into her room and shut away the outside world, especially him. Before she could he grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him.

"Raven, wait!" His eyes were desperate and pleading with her to listen. "Please don't run away again!" He held her arm and waited until he was sure she was listening before he began speaking again.

"I-I shouldn't have waited this long! As soon as you came out of your room I should've said something. Raven w-we need to talk about what happened before...at the pizza parlor." He said with a note of finality in his voice.

"The-there's nothing to talk about! Nothing happened so why even mentio-" Raven started

"Don't. Don't do that Raven. Don't act like that was nothing! Need I remind you what your favorite color is? Why was that such a big deal for you, huh? Green! Hmm...who do we know that's GREEN!? Not to mention what you said about me? Ya know, when you whispered that I was the most attractive Titan and the funniest guy in existence?" Beast Boy rambled but Raven interrupted, "I never said the bit about you being the funniest-"

"Eh, eh , eh! Not so fast, Rae, I'm not done here! So basically you said all that stuff then you left, so then Cy was all like, why you gotta mess with her for? So I was like you're right! Damn I'm the biggest jerk in the world for bothering you all the time when all I wanted was to make you happy...I should just leave you alone from now on-"

Upon hearing this Raven felt a pang of hurt in her chest, this was it for her. He'd tell her how he was going to start leaving her alone and how this "hanging out" was just one last correspondence before he'd drop her completely. No more funn-lame! Definitely LAME jokes to make her NOT laugh, not even a little! Not even a little inside the comfort of her room after she'd thrown him into the bay and during a daydreaming session of them together involving him shirtless and feeding her waffles...Pshh whatever.

"-But then with the way I was talking about you...and with how down I was-" He said.

No more stupid pranks leaving her covered in water, milk, and other unidentifiable liquids. No more flirtatious banter or Beast Boy trying to woo her by getting Cy to secretly eat tofu.

"-everyone sorta kinda realized that w-well, Raven-" Beast Boy continued.

No more waking up to find that he'd made her tea...only to drink it and realize he'd filled her cup with salt. No more of his enticing smiles with his bit of fang sticking out that would just melt her heart. No more pretending to read whilst she secretly watches him over the cover of her book as he would prance around shirtless in the mornings. No more-

"-Raven, I'm in love with you." He said nervously, shuffling his feet.

No more telling him to shut up when Cyborg beats him in Mega Monkeys 3. No more affectionate gazes and attempts to make her smile and wait, wait...!

"W-WHAT?!" Raven yelled snapping back to the present.

"Uh, um, I just, well I just told you that, uh, ya know..." He said blushing so hard that his green cheeks turned a nice shade of brown.

"To be honest I haven't really been paying attention that well...b-but...d-did you just say?" She asked, also blushing furiously.

"That I love you? Yeah, I kinda did. And I'm a little insulted that you weren't paying attention since that was basically probably the sole most important thing I'll ever say to anybody in my whole life...unless of course you count me asking you to marry me, not that I would! I mean, I completely understand if you don't feel the same way! A-and even if you did! It's not like I'd ask you that right away! Obviously we'd be together for awhile to see if it would work before I'd ask, though I'd have no doubt that we'd-"

Beast Boy was cut off suddenly by a warm pair of lips pressing against his own. Before he could fathom what was happening Raven had pulled away suddenly and it was her turn to ramble.

"I-I...s-sorry! I shouldn't have done that! Azar, why did I do that?! I completely understand if I freaked you out or it was too soon. I'll just go and-" Raven melted into Beast Boy's embrace as he attempted to return the favor.

They kissed passionately for a few moments before realizing that they couldn't keep this up forever, as much as they wanted to, they needed to breathe eventually. As they pulled apart they looked at each other before smiling dopily at one another. Well, Beast Boy was smiling dopily, he was just lucky Raven was smiling at all! As they gazed at each other Raven suddenly turned shy and looked away.

"I-I love you too, Gar." She said in the most affectionate voice she could muster.

"Hey so if you can call me Gar, does this mean I get to call you Rae all the time?!" He asked excitedly. She glared at him softly.

"Don't push it." She said sternly, but upon seeing how distraught this made him, she warmed a little. Damn him for making her fall in love!

"Okay, so...maybe just when we're alone. A-and no kissing in public! In the tower is fine but I don't want the whole world knowing that I chose a green idiot for a boyfriend." She said before pulling him in for yet another kiss in what would be a long, LONG, line of kisses to come.

_LINE BREAK NUMBER THREE_

"So...you come here often? I noticed you from across the way, and let me just say, I think you're gorgeous. Would you like me to flex for you? Nah, you wouldn't...Okay, okay, no need to beg! I'll flex for you anytime. In fact how about tonight at 7? I'll pick you up in my car, we could go out for dinner. You're not vegetarian are you? Of course not! Heh heh. Now normally, I wouldn't kiss on the first date, as it's too soon ya know, but for you? I could make an exception..."

"Excuse me sir, but if you're done flirting with that ketchup bottle, perhaps you wouldn't mind going home now? We're closing up pretty soon..." The bored waitress said in monotone.

"GAAH! F-flirting! With a ketchup! Th-that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! I wasn't flirting!" Cyborg said indignantly as he stood up and hastily made for the door. He had just left the doorway when he swiftly turned back only to find the same waitress had locked the door and was turning off the lights.

He walked up to the window and breathed a big puff of air onto it before using his finger to trace: WAS NOT FLURTING!

The waitress stared impassively at the seemingly crazed robot as she picked up the phone and prepared to dial the cops. He saw this and quickly sped away from the pizza parlor whistling in an attempt to look as innocent as possible. Once he was far enough away he plopped down on a nearby bench and started muttering under his breath, "I wasn't flirting, just testin my skills...I could get a date if I wanted to! I...just never had the time! Haven't met the right lady yet. It'll happen, of course it will!"

"Mommy, that weird man is scaring me!" Said a little girl to her mother who took one look at Cyborg and grabbed her daughter's hand before tugging her away.

"IT'LL HAPPEN!" He shouted after them before sitting back down.

"What'll happen?"

"GAH!" Cyborg yelled before turning around to face the girl who had scared him, "Geez what is it with you girls? You're all ninjas!" He shouted

The woman laughed before taking a seat next to him. "I wish! Nah, instead I'm just a part time worker at a deli. And let me tell you, it is TORTURE! Being around all that ham and bacon all day and not being able to eat it?! Hey, if I show you something, you promise not to tell my boss?"

Cyborg knew as soon as she said deli that he would promise anything that she asked of him and so he nodded slowly, enraptured by this strange lady. And inevitably, when she opened her purse and inside lay a whole uncut ham, he felt himself fall just a little bit in love.