Beast Boy's muscles began to ache from waiting in the same position for an hour. From his post behind the counter he could just make out her eyes beneath the hood of her blue cloak. They traveled to the left, then the right, and again to the left. She was reading of course, she wouldn't be Raven if she wasn't. But he had to make sure he got her at just the right time. That moment where her lips would part, her eyes would widen the slightest amount, and, if you looked closely, the sides of her mouth would curl up just a fraction. Basically, when she got to a good part.

He swiftly took note of the others to make sure they wouldn't intervene with his plans: Starfire was reading a girly magazine, Cyborg was on the GameStation, and Robin was...somewhere. Most likely off training.

Perfect.

Beast Boy knew it was his time to strike.

Strutting over to the couch he plopped himself onto the cushion directly next to her. He sat down so quickly that the cushion bounced him back up. He came down closer, bumping his side into Raven and knocking her book nearly out of her hand. She caught it at the last second and turned to give him a death glare. He shrugged it off and smiled, the special one he reserves just for her. She felt herself falter and a light blush came upon her face. She looked away and noticeably scooted to the left. Suddenly a loud farting noise split the room.

"BEAST BOY!"

Raven's glare returned tenfold as she held up the offending whoopee cushion. Beast Boy was rolling on the ground with laughter.

"HAHAHA! You should've seen your face! It was hilarious!" He choked out between laughs.

"You are so immature! When will you grow up and just LEAVE ME ALONE!" Raven had never been so angry at the green teen before, she was literally seeing red. Her eyes split into her four demon eyes and a mug on the countertop exploded sending shards everywhere. Beast Boy yelped as one of them ricocheted into his arm, slicing open the flesh and allowing small amounts of blood to ooze down his arm. Starfire gasped in surprise and Cyborg's eye bugged out. Raven had never actually physically hurt the changeling before, no matter how annoying he became. Raven's anger diffused as quick as it came and was replaced with concern and shock.

Beast Boy was similarly shocked and he stared at his newly acquired injury in disbelief. A stunned silence resonated throughout the common room. Suddenly, Beast Boy stood up and looked directly at Raven with watery eyes.

"Fine, you win. I'll just leave you alone from now on." Before she could respond he pushed past her and walked through the doors that whooshed shut behind him.

"...Girl, you know you gotta go apologize. That was just uncalled for." Cyborg said setting down the controller and then heading out of the room himself.

"Friend Raven I am the very angry with you! I do not wish to speak with you until you do the apologizing to friend Beast Boy!" Starfire huffed and then followed Cyborg's lead leaving Raven all alone in the room.

She didn't understand why this always happened to her. She didn't mean to hurt him! She just go so mad! Him and his stupid childish ways were always making trouble for her! Sometimes she just felt like she couldn't live with him. He was just so...so...annoying! Him and his idiotic pranks, ridiculous jokes, his huge ego, the way he always seemed to only bother her! And worst of all? The way he made her feel.

He made her stomach flip and her face warm from embarrassment more times than she could count. He was constantly getting on her nerves and he could always make her express anger even when didn't want to. As Raven thought about all of these things she startled when she suddenly felt a drop of water slide down her cheek. Was...was she...crying? All of a sudden she had an epiphany. Raven had always felt dead inside because she couldn't express emotions outside of her mind, but Beast Boy brought them out. He worked hard everyday to make sure she felt something. Whenever she was around him...she felt alive. So...maybe she couldn't live with him, but...she couldn't live without him either.

With that thought in mind, Raven headed for the roof.