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Raven's Favorite Color

The door to the Jump City Pizza Palace swings open and smacks loudly against the wall as Beast Boy bursts inside and races up to the counter followed shortly by his best friend Cyborg, both in an effort to beat the other to the line first and order their preferred pizza for the whole table. The door swings slowly open once more as the rest of the exhausted Teen Titans come lumbering slowly in after them. A fight with Mad Mod is the reason for their presence at the pizza joint-as they were celebrating yet another victory-as well as for their weakened state.

Robin, their fearless leader, chooses a corner booth perfect for surveillance on the other customers and an unobstructed view of the door and majority of the windows in the vicinity. Robin was being paranoid yet again and had been especially so since the defeat of Trigon. Starfire joins Robin at the table and claims the seat directly next to him, in fact she was practically sitting on his lap, much to his delight. An annoyed Raven sits on the other side of the booth as far from the two lovebirds as possible. They weren't an official couple yet, but everyone knew it was just a matter of time.

Raven, after double checking that her hood was up, turned her attention to the counter where a certain changeling was currently arguing intensely with his robotic friend about the pizza toppings. "We'll take the pepperoni meatball pizza please!" Cyborg told the woman behind the counter.

"Um, no. We'll actually have one vegetarian pizza thank you very much!" He said shooting an indignant look at his friend before noticing a cloaked observer watching them from their table. He blushed quickly and looked away only to see Cyborg in the process of paying for an all meat pizza.

"Aww dude!" Beast Boy groaned.

"Sorry BB, you should've been paying attention instead of making googly eyes at Raven." Cyborg said laughing at his friend's sudden horrified expression.

"Dude! I was NOT making googly eyes! And could you keep your voice down please?! What if she hears you?!" Beast Boy says chancing a glance her way only to see her reading a book with her head bent cutely to the side.

"Bro, you're staring at her right now! And you've got this dreamy look on your face! Hah!" Cyborg teased. Beast Boy scowled and made a huffing noise.

"Whatever man! Let's just hurry up and finish ordering I'm starving!" he said turning to the amused lady behind the counter and ordered a pizza, vegetarian this time.

After receiving the pizza he headed over to the table to see Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin devouring the meat lover's pizza. He wrinkled his nose in disgust and was about to tuck into his own pizza before he noticed Raven wasn't eating anything.

"Hey Rae, don't you want any pizza?" He inquired.

"It's Raven, and no, I don't eat meat anymore." She replied still reading her book.

"Wait, what?! Since when are you vegetarian!?" He asked her sounding shocked. She sighed and put her book down on the table after dog-earing the page.

"I recently discovered that consuming less meat helps me to control my powers more easily." She said.

"Oh...well, uh, here." He grabbed her a napkin and placed two slices of his vegetarian pizza onto it and placed it in front of her.

She looked at the napkin and then up at him before replying with a soft, "Thanks."

Beast Boy could just see the hint of a smile through the folds of her hood. He returned the small smile with a huge grin of his own before turning to the rest of the table who were sitting in almost awkward silence and making only occasional idle chitchat.

Suddenly two teenage girls with huge smiles came over carrying a magazine and occasionally giggling to themselves. "Are you the Teen Titans?!" the taller of the two girls asked.

Raven had the urge to say "no duh" but held it back because they were just star struck.

Robin starts to answer for the group but Beast Boy interrupts, "Yes, that's us. I'm the devilishly handsome one called Beast Boy, the big robotic guy over here is my best buddy Cy, then there's Robin our leader, Starfire his girlfriend- ow! I mean friend who's a girl, and lastly there's...Raven...So, how can we help you ladies?" he asked wiggling his eyebrows. The girls giggled some more at his antics.

"Um, well we just wanted to ask if we could get Starfire's autograph? She's on the cover of Teen Weekly and we're huge fans!" They asked directing their question at the Titan in question.

"Glorious! I will be happy to sign as many auto of the graphs that you desire!" Starfire squealed surprising the boys when she pulls a pen out of seemingly thin air. "Who shall I be doing it the making of out to?" She asks innocently glancing up at the girls who handed her their magazine.

Beast Boy puts a hand to his mouth, "Cough* Cough* Robin!" he says.

"Robin?" Starfire inquires. "Why would I be doing the making out with Robin? He does not need my autograph for we live together." She confusedly says.

"Er- forget about it Star! It's nothing." Robin states giving Beast Boy a glare that said he was going to get it later. Beast Boy shrugged in response.

After the girls got their autographs and sauntered off, Starfire turned to the group and addressed them with a question of her own.

"Please friends what is the game of Twenty Questions?" She inquired of them.

"Where did you hear about that Star?" Robin asks her.

"Oh! It was on that picture filled book those nice girls were holding!" she says.

"It's called a magazine, Star." Raven offers.

"Yes it was in the maga-zine! How is this "twenty questions" played?" She asks Robin as he is the one who always explains earthly customs to her.

"Well basically, someone starts off asking a question and everyone playing has to answer it. Then the person to the right or left of the original asker gets to ask a question and then the person next to that person asks and it continues like that until twenty questions have been asked." Robin finishes. (A/N: idk if that's how it's actually played but for this story let's just go with that)

"It sounds most wonderful friends! May we not play it?" She asks Robin pouting her lips and making her eyes especially wide.

Robin chokes on his pizza upon seeing this and Cyborg slaps him on the back until he is able to speak again. His first reaction is to say no but staring into Starfire's green eyes can convince him to do almost anything.

"Uh..su-sure Star! Sounds like a great idea! In fact, why not make it a team building exercise? I think it could be a good chance to get to know each other better. What do you guys think?" He says still looking at Starfire.

"Sure man, sounds good!" Cyborg agrees still stuffing his face with the meat lovers pizza.

"Yeah I'm down for a game!" Beast Boy happily states throwing an arm around Raven and leaning into her side.

"So, whaddya say, Rae? Hey that rhymed!" Beast Boy says chuckling to himself.

"Get. Off." Raven says coldly glaring at Beast Boy. When he fails to react she yells "NOW!" and he is flung out of the booth only to land unceremoniously onto the floor.

As soon as his arms leave her shoulders Raven begins to feel cold and misses the warmth his arm provided her. Then she immediately chastises herself for thinking these foolish thoughts and speaks up, "I refuse to play such a ridiculous and childish game just for the sake of "bonding time".

"Aww c'mon Rae! -ven! Raven! Don't hurt me!" Beast Boy cries after Raven lifts a hand glowing with black magic upon hearing the annoying yet endearing nickname he dubbed her with spew out of his mouth.

"No! I'm not playing." She says in her trademark monotone voice.

"Oh please friend Raven! It will not be the same without you playing!" Starfire says pleading with her.

"You're right, it will be better." Raven states putting her nose back in her book.

Starfire's face falls and she sits down deflated at Raven's blatant refusal. Robin notices and panics.

"Uh, um, y-you have to play! It's a team building exercise so that means it's mandatory for-for the team!" Robin says trying his best to not quiver in fear of the look Raven is giving him. She snaps her book shut with a loud bang and lays it on the table.

"Fine." She says with venom in her voice. "I'll play this idiotic game, but as soon as we return home I expect peace and quiet so I can finish my book! Got it?" She says with a look directed at Beast Boy.

"Yeah, yeah we got it Raven you want to go read in your room and be all boring." Beast Boy says affectionately so she knows he's playing and he smiles at her happy she agreed to the game. This could be his chance to learn more about the seemingly emotionless empath! She notices his smile and fights the urge to return it with one of her own. She's been having to do that a lot more lately when she's been around him.

"So who wants to start?" Cyborg asks now on his sixth slice of pizza.

"Well since I'm the leader, I guess I'll start us off." Robin proclaimed.

"Who do you guys think is our toughest villain? I think it's-" All the Titans rolled their eyes upon hearing this because it was such a typical Robin question.

They all knew what they were expected to answer so they all spoke at once, "Slade."

"Slade! Oh. Well I'm glad you guys all agree with me. There really isn't any better choice. He's ruthless and cunning. Why, I bet he's up to some sort of criminal activity right now! He's probably robbing a bank, or hijacking a convoy carrying chemical weapons, or he could be at the tower right now infiltrating our systems! Titans, GO!" Robin said jumping out of his seat and pointing towards the door.

"Robin sit down, man! You're Slade obsessing again." Cyborg said grabbing Robin by the cape and pulling him back into the booth.

"I was? Sorry guys." Robin said sheepishly.

"It is the fine Robin, may we please continue with the game of questions?" Starfire asked smiling at him sweetly.

"Of course Starfire! Who's turn is it?" Robin questioned.

"Yo, It's my turn now!" Cyborg states in a booming voice.

"Here's my question, what's better, meat lovers or vegetarian pizza? Though it's a waste of a question cuz everyone knows meat pizza is better than that nasty vegetarian stuff!" He said laughing at the outraged looks on Beast Boy's face.

"Dude! Take that back! My pizza is not nasty!" Beast Boy protests. "Robin agrees with me, right?" He asks looking at the boy in question who stares back and slowly shakes his head.

"Starfire?" He asks turning to look at her.

"My apologies friend Beast Boy but the pizza of vegetarian tastes much like the inside of a glorfian worm, which is to say, the gross." Starfire says apologetically.

"Aww cmon you guys! Is my pizza really that bad?" Beast Boy whined.

"I liked it." Raven muttered softly from beneath her hood. All the Titans turned towards her with looks of complete surprise. Beast Boy, however, looked like he just won the lottery.

"You do?! YES! I told you guys it wasn't gross! You just never bothered to try it but Raven has and she LIKES it! So hah!" Beast Boy shouted squirming around in his chair waving his arms in sort of victory dance. Starfire, Robin and Cyborg all roll their eyes while Raven struggles to hide a smile yet again.

After he calms down the Titans return to the game deciding who would go next. While nobody is paying attention Beast Boy leans into Raven and whispers into her ear, "Thanks Rae." She flinches startled and then feels a light blush beginning to form as she turns to look at Beast Boy staring at her. Their eyes remained locked for what felt like hours.

"Hey BB, it's your turn." Cyborg says. "Yo! Beast Boy!" Cyborg tries again while Robin and Starfire wear smirks at the scene playing out before them.

"Huh?" Beast Boy and Raven blink surprised and break eye contact to look at the others who are giving them identical smirks.

"Oh, uh, is-is it my turn? Okay, I guess, ummmm. Wait give me a minute!" Beast Boy says thinking hard. Then he gets a cocky look on his face and says, "I got it! Who do you think is the most attractive member of all the Titans?" He asks looking to embarrass Cyborg and Robin for teasing, then he realizes he has to answer it himself.

The team sits in awkward silence for a moment before a red faced Robin stammers out, "Starfire." Starfire blushes then squeals and latches herself onto Robin giving him a bone crushing hug.

"Oh Robin, I find you the very attractive as well!" She says. As Robin begins to turn blue from his lungs being crushed, Cyborg decides to suck it up and answer.

"Well, I think Bumblebee is pretty good lookin." He answers honestly and causally as if it is no big deal. Beast Boy gets angry at his nonchalant answer as he struggles to form his own.

"I uh..well I sort of...umm, it's like..." Beast Boy stammers out looking everywhere but at Raven. Raven in the meantime begins to feel very strange, she can sense Beast Boy's inner turmoil and she cares about him too much to let him feel this way. So she does the only thing she can to make him feel better but hopes he won't hear anyway.

"I think you're the most attractive Titan, Beast Boy." Raven says slowly and softly almost whisper-like.

Everyone but Beast Boy turned towards her curious of her answer and asked her to repeat it as they didn't hear her but she refused saying she gave her answer. Then she looks to where Beast Boy is seated and she sees him grinning at her and he wiggles his eyebrows at her and winks. She blushes and becomes timid because she is sure that he somehow heard her and she quickly turns away. Beast Boy has enhanced hearing and did in fact hear her. He was very surprised to hear Raven say that about him and say he was even more attractive than Robin and Aqualad and everyone. But since he respects her and doesn't want to embarrass her further he keeps her answer to himself much to her surprise and (secret) delight.

"Well I think Raven is really pretty." Beast Boy says confidently giving her an honest smile. She blushes a brilliant red and something behind the counter breaks shooting glass everywhere. The Titans turn around at the sound and see the Italian cook swearing and twirling his mustache in anger while glaring at all the customers accusingly. They quickly turn back around.

Then Starfire asks to say the next question and Robin obviously obliges her. She thinks for a while and then asks in a dramatic voice..."What is your favorite color?" Starfire's is pink, Robin answers red, Cyborg says silver, Beast Boy answers purple. Then the table once again turns to Raven to hear her answer. Which she for some reason is extremely reluctant to give. She knows she already came close to revealing her little secret earlier when she said Beast Boy was attractive, she knows if she answers honestly for this he'll know for sure.

Cyborg says "Come on Raven, it can't be that bad." Raven still refuses to answer.

Robin reminds her it is a team requirement.

Beast boy starts guessing "Is it...blue? It's probably blue huh? Because of your cloak! Or maybe pink? That's what Happy said, though it does seem hard to believe...oh, oh I know! Yellow! Yellow is the color of waffles and they're your favorite food! Or maybe brown like your herbal tea.. How about-"

Raven lo-likes him but sometimes he annoys her like crazy and she can feel her powers slipping out of her control.

She cuts him off in the middle of his rant "Do you ever shut up?!" You want to know what my favorite color is so badly?! It's green, okay? Green is my favorite color! Now will you please just leave me alone?!" She shouted in the middle of the restaurant. Everyone at the table wore identical looks of shock as a black portal appeared at her feet and swallowed her up.

Cyborg was the first to recover as he grimaced and slapped Beast Boy upside the head making him snap out of his stupor.

" Hey man what was that for?!" Beast Boy said

"Why you always gotta mess with her, huh?" Cyborg responds.

"I wasn't messing with her! I was just trying to encourage her to participate! She shouldn't have to be alone all the time. Even when she's surrounded by friends she acts like we're not even here, she doesn't want to have fun, but all I want is for her to smile. I want her to want to have fun with us...with me. " Beast boy confessed. "But...maybe I should just give it up...she doesn't want anything to do with me." He finished solemnly.

Starfire hearing his confession looks at Beast Boy and squeals as she hugs him in a bone crushing embrace similar to the one she gave Robin then pulls back and looks at him

"You have the romantic feelings for Raven, yes?" she asks

"W-what! N-no of course not! She's just a friend! W-why would you even think that?!" He shouted nervously.

"Leave the dramatics BB we all know you've been crushin on her for ages." Cyborg says

"T-That's not true! R-Robin?" He says looking to his leader for help.

"Sorry Beast Boy, I've gotta agree with Cyborg on this one, it is pretty obvious." Robin states.

Beast boy looks around at all his friends and then sighs and slams his head on the table "What am I gonna do you guys? I messed up! I always try to get her to have fun but I end up ruining it for everyone! She probably hates me now."

"Hah! I doubt she hates you bro, she's probably just mad that you got her to open up and share something for once. Didn't you hear her answer? Her favorite color is green man! Hmm..I wonder why she was sooooo reluctant to share that..!" He says sarcastically slapping Beast Boy on the shoulder.

"Cy, I constantly annoy her and she thinks I'm an idiot, there's no way she could ever have anything but negative feelings for me" Beast Boy says sighing dramatically.

"Well...um friend Beast Boy? That might not be entirely true...?" Starfire says slowly.

"Whaddya mean Star?" he asks.

"I-I'm not sure I'm supposed to share this as Raven was very threatening and she told me to make sure never to tell anyone, especially you. But...she might have mentioned some..feelings...that were confusing her. A-and she might have sort of mentioned that they had something to do with you." Starfire said smiling embarrassedly as she was unsure if she had done the right thing in telling him.

"Feelings?! She has feelings for me?! L-like..romantic feelings?!" He asked shocked. Starfire squirms under his gaze but reluctantly nods.

"Woooohooo!" Beast boy yells getting out of his seat and jumping up with a fist pump! "She likes me! She actually likes me!" He keeps saying to himself. "Guys, I gotta get to the tower and apologize to her for everything. And I'm finally gonna tell her how I feel, I've been meaning to for awhile now. So uh..do you think you guys can hold off on coming back for a little while? If all goes well we might need a little uh...privacy." He said winking at Robin and Cyborg.

"Um, sure Beast Boy I guess we could always go to a movie..right Star?" Robin asks.

"Oh yes! I love the moving picture screens! Good luck friend!" Starfire says to Beast Boy before grabbing Robin by the hand and dragging him away to his obvious delight.

Cyborg looks at his remaining buddy and says "Hey man, Raven is like a little sister to me so if you hurt her...I'll have to hurt you."

"It's okay dude I understand, but don't worry I'd die before I'd hurt her" he said determined.

"You really like her huh?" Cyborg questioned Beast Boy "I-I uh think I might actually...be in love with her, Cy." Best boy confided. Cyborg whistled long and low.

"Man I always knew you two would end up together eventually." He patted him on the shoulder and gestured to the door. "Go get her man!" Cyborg encouraged.

"Thanks Cy!" Beast Boy said and then he took off.

Cyborg sat alone in the booth and looked around. "Man, I gotta get myself a girlfriend." He said. Then he took another bite of pizza.

And that's the end of chapter one. Thanks for reading and please review even if it is insulting I'll take anything honestly because I am desperate and have no life. :)