The Beast Called Kitty

Chapter 4

Author's Note: I wanted to connect something back to the first chapter, so this will be the introduction of the party thrown to celebrate the amazingness of BBRae being official. We will also see how the rest of the Titans react to this development. This will be continued in another chapter as well.

Chapter 4

"Robin, the tables of foodstuffs shall go here and the D of the J stand should be here. I need your assistance with the confirming of invitations and I would like you to ask Herald in bringing our friends from remote locations. Cyborg has agreed to monitor to music and set up all listening speakers. I am so glad that friend Raven has allowed this momentous occasion to be celebrated properly," Starfire said all of this without taking a breath and while flying around the ceiling to hand many streamers and arrange the balloons she had already blown up with helium.

"Star. You know that not everyone can make it right? Some people are going to have to stay behind and keep watch for any suspicious activity," Robin eased gently into the conversation like a monster truck at a rodeo.

Starfire immediately stopped decorating and floated in the same space for several seconds. Robin could feel the blood drain out of his face and sensed his approaching demise. She visibly took a deep breath, held it for three seconds, and slowly let it out. Raven had been teaching her ways to calm down other than meditation. This was probably the only thing saving Robin from an early grave at the hands of his lovely alien girlfriend.

"Robin. I will say this only once. I have been waiting for Raven and Beast Boy to realize their feelings for many years. Now that they have and Raven is permitting this party in celebration of the development of their relationship, I will not be denied my right to commemorate this with all of our friends in attendance." Her eyes glowed a brilliant green with the fire of her passion for her friends and this celebration.

Robin immediately backed down on the issue, sensing that if he did not, he would not be in attendance, now or ever, in this world.

Starfire, satisfied at having her way, continued decorating with the doubled help of Robin, trying to redeem himself.

All of the Titans were indeed coming to the party, so all of the floors of the tower were being deep cleaned and decorated, excluding the private quarters, but they had no idea what the party was for. Starfire wanted to surprise them, and Raven was too blissful in her relationship to stand in her way. Sure she would be the center of attention for a while and there would probably be many jokes aimed in her direction, but one look from her and her Kitty would shut them all down.

He wasn't just her physical protector, Beast Boy showed him what her expressions meant and Kitty could read her body language as well as smell some of her strong feelings, so he was more than capable of protecting her emotionally as well.

Everyone from Titans East, to the honorary Titans would be coming, wondering what the huge party was going to be for. They all knew Robin would never allow something like this just for the hell of it, so there had to have been some kind of event or occasion that they weren't aware of. At the time that they had gotten their invitations, sent by Raven courtesy of her teleportation skills, they had almost thought that it would be some kind of Tamaranian holiday, but they had gotten to know most of them through Starfire sending cards, gift, and other items, so that wasn't likely.

Robin was such a tight ass about training and being on alert, that no other ideas came to mind about why they were going to celebrate, but they knew that it had something to do with the Tamaranian princess, for no one better than she could control his overly hair-gelled mind.

They should really look into that though. It could be over exposure to toxic chemicals by hair-gel that sends him into his obsessive spirals. Just a thought.

It was two days later that all of the Titans began showing up. The party was the following afternoon, but it would last a few days, so everyone wanted to settle in somewhat. Titans East were the first to arrive, and it didn't take long for them to figure out the surprise.

Raven was doing something very unusual. She was napping. In public. With Beast Boy.

Beast Boy was sitting with Raven's head in his lap, much like he had the other day. But, instead of her watching the TV with him, she had given up the fight to sleep and was peacefully snoozing away without a care in the world.

Bumblebee was the first to react. Jumping up into the air, she held hands with Starfire as they quietly squealled and spun around, both thinking the same thing. Finally.

It seemed as if the Titan men were the only ones who where not aware of the growing sexual tension and attraction between the young couple, for all of the female Titans were not surprised, but delighted that it had actually happened.

During their happy flying dance, Raven stirred only once at the sudden surge in emotion, but a calming hand from Beast Boy on her chakra relaxed her immediately. After she settled back down, Beast Boy shot a glare over at their house guests. Threatening them without saying a word, to keep their emotions in check and let her sleep.

Bee looked kind of bashful, but, being the only female in her team, the rest of her companions were not as swift of mind. Mas y Menos were zooming around the room, shouting rapidly in Spanish about how wonderful it was that more of their friends had found love. Aqualad was still stunned and unmoving, with eyes bulging out of his head. Speedy was smirking and about to make some sarcastic comments that Raven would have been proud of if she and her Kitty hadn't been the butt of the joke.

All of these emotions and excitement made the empath wake up once again, but instead of reseating herself on a different portion of the couch, she climbed fully into Beast Boy's lap and laid her head down in the crook of his neck. His arms went around her automatically and she nuzzled in closer, getting comfortable.

She sighed and closed her eyes again, not trying to sleep, but just relaxing in the embrace of her lover. They had not reached that point yet, but they were currently sharing a room. It was difficult for the both of them to sleep by themselves, so they had found comfort in each other during this time. Their relationship had been progressing at a rapid pace, but they had known each other for so long that it didn't really matter. They had always known more about each other than anyone else on the team, so they had known early on that they fit together like missing pieces of a puzzle.

Each one was not whole without the other.

Speedy didn't get to finish his comment, because when Raven felt his snide humor humming in the back of her mind, she shot him a look so deadly, that Slade would have been proud to call her "apprentice."

In response to her very real anger at having been woken and made fun of, Raven was a bit testy when she had just woken up and hadn't had her tea, Beast Boy gave way to Kitty, who had never been introduced to the Titans East before, except in memory. He knew that they were also pack-mates and were not to be harmed, but that didn't mean that he had to be nice to them when they were causing his mate discomfort.