Hey everyone! So I was doing some thinking and I realised that all of my stories up to this point have been more centred around Flinx (particularly my last one, which you should also check out if you haven't yet) so I decided to write a story for my joint-second favourite Titan couple BBRae (joint with RobStar of course). Please feel free to leave feedback as I'm still working to get the characters right. Please read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.

Raven sat in the corner of the spacious room, a pale ghost against the long dark shadows of the early morning that were pressing against the windows. She held her book up in front of her face like a shield, trying to keep out the world but it wasn't working.

"Beast Boy could you please not do that?" She asked in her usual monotone, not looking away from her page.

Beast Boy turned around, his cheeks bulging with tofu like a chipmunk. "What?" he said once he had swallowed it all down. "Do you want some?" He said, hopefully holding out his fork as the block of shiny white matter bounced on the end of it.

Raven shuddered. "No thank you." She answered looking up. "I meant could you stop chewing so loudly? I can hear you from over here."

"Oh. Right. Sorry." Beast Boy said and went back to eating more quietly. Raven was taken aback. Usually he would have protested or said something stupid. She frowned. He had been more reserved around her lately and he had been getting up a lot earlier too. It felt like every time she raised her head, he was there, a little green speck in her vision as she enjoyed her quiet peaceful mornings before the others got up. She went back to her book, shrugging off her thoughts like she would her cloak at the end of a long day.

She didn't see Beast Boy stare at her as he chewed another mouthful slowly and smiled dreamily. He much preferred it when she had her hood down so he could see her face. He watched her violet eyes as they skimmed across the pages and her lips as they repeated spells in the book. She curled some of her purple hair around one ear and he imagined his fingers running through it. He bit his lip hard. Man, he had it so bad! One word from her and he just…

Her eyes suddenly flicked upwards to meet his and he realised he had been caught red-handed. Raven put her book down.

"Beast Boy, why are you staring at me?" She asked, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Err…"

Before he could say anything, the sound of Cyborg's loud singing filled the room as the metal man danced his way through the door. "Hey!" He greeted them with a wave, a huge grin on his face as he boogied his way to the fridge. "I hope you're feeling good cos I am feeling gooooooood!"

Raven sighed. "I'm going to my room." She said, standing up and closing her book. "I can't concentrate here." With a final death glare at them both she stalked out of the room and the door slid shut behind her.

"Nice going Cyborg." Beast Boy grumbled as he tucked into another bite of tofu. Cyborg, finally realising there was something wrong, closed the fridge and sat next to him.

"What's up BB?" He asked. He smiled smugly at him and wriggled his eyebrows. "Were you making goo-goo eyes at Raven again?"

"I was not making goo-goo eyes!" Beast Boy said, shovelling in more tofu. "But…I do really like her."

"We know." Cyborg said.

"You do? Who does?" Beast Boy jerked backwards in panic.

"Everybody." Cyborg said. "It's so obvious. Dude, the only one who hasn't noticed you moping around over her is Raven herself."

"I haven't been moping!" Beast Boy denied. "You're all just happier! Everybody's getting together right now…Robin and Star, Jinx and Kid Flash, you and Sarah…how did the date last night go by the way?"

"Great!" Cyborg was almost bouncing with excitement. "Best time ever! We were playing baseball with the kids she looks after and I hit it out of the park again! I've still got it! Boo-yah!" He fist-pumped his own victory.

"Cool." Beast Boy tried to sound happy for his best friend but he slumped over the table with his head on the empty plate of tofu. "I'll just be here…alone forever."

"Beastie, c'mon, snap out of it." Cyborg yanked his head up and waggled his finger at him like a school teacher. "Just ask her out already!"

"Are you kidding me? I don't have a chance!" Beast Boy protested. "She's so beautiful and amazing and I'm just me. Anyway, she can't stand me sometimes! She hates me dude!"

"She doesn't hate you!" Cyborg said. "You just need to try something different, that's all."

"But…" Beast Boy sniffed. "We're so different. What if we don't work?"

"Well, you haven't tried," Cyborg pointed out. "And anyway, haven't you heard of opposites attract? Look at Robin and Starfire; he's so moody and serious all the time, she's always happy and smiley. Look at Jinx and Kid Flash; she's an ex-villain, he was trained by the Flash himself. Heck, look at me and Sarah; she's a regular person looking after all these kids and she takes it so seriously and I'm a giant hunk of metal who's always goofing around." He smiled at Beast Boy and he managed a grin back. "You need that kind of light and dark in a relationship, else it won't work."

"I suppose…" Beast Boy beamed and a little of his old self shone through. "Yeah, that's it! I just have to make her notice me!"

"Yeah, alright!" Cyborg cheered, thankful Beast Boy seemed to be back.

"But…how am I going to do that Cy?"

Cyborg froze. His arms dropped back to his sides as he thought hard. "I…don't know." He admitted. "That girl is kind of an enigma…"

"CY! Don't you have any advice for me?!" Beast Boy begged desperately.

"Hmmm…" Cyborg thought for a moment then his face lit up. "I know! Go and ask Starfire! If anyone knows how to crack that kind of exterior, it will be her! She'll help you!"

"Of course she will!" Beast Boy whooped as he leapt out of his chair and ran for the door. "I'll just go find her! Thanks man! You're the best!"

"I know!" Cyborg yelled after him laughing. Best of luck to him, he thought, he'll need it with Raven. Now where did I put the number for that new restaurant? It'll be the perfect place to take Sarah…