So far it has been the summer of heat, a pressuring crazy heat that, fueled by the green house effect and general climate changes had wrapped Jump City in its arms like a lover. All the schools had been let out for summer, and mothers spent the days trying desperately to get their kids and teens away from the TV. The offspring of the aforementioned mothers would sometimes parade out to the scalding sidewalks, stare listlessly at the surrounding concrete and then retreat back to the comfort of their cool living rooms.
The heat was deterring all of the activity in the city, crime rates have dropped through the floor, and the general paradox of a mood of sluggish restlessness was spreading through the inhabitants of the city like a disease.
The Teen Titans have not been immune to this heat induced foul temper, they spend their days in the Tower, sleeping late, watching TV, and keeping their air condition cranked at fuel blast. Today however this changes.
This morning, covered in a thin film of his own sweat Beast Boy wakes up. He immediately does a survey of his room looking at the comforting surroundings of his own filth. He reaches over and touches the glass of water next to his bed. The condenscion on the glass excites the nerves in his hand and a careless reactionary twitch causes the glass to fall off his night stand and to the carpeted floor.
"Darn." He mutters, and gets out of his bed placing his feet in the wet carpet. He is wearing only his boxers and still feels absolutely oppressed by the heat in his room. He crosses the length of his room and walks out in to the hall not bothering to put on any clothes.
As he is walking down the hall to the kitchen to get another glass of water he briefly considers making breakfast to surprise his team mates, but he decides that it is too hot to cook. It is even amazingly hot in the hallway and Beast Boy wonders what time it is, his internal clock tells his body it is around six thirty in the morning. There is a dull ache in his bladder and he turns into the bathroom.
When Beast Boy finishes relieving himself and opens the bathroom door he is surprised to see Raven standing outside. She is also wearing nothing but her underwear, a modest pair of black panties, and a modest black bra. Yet even given the utilitarian nature of her underwear this still comes a shock to Beast Boy, and a not at all unpleasant shock at that.
Raven blushes partially to because she is in her underwear, and to her recollection this is the first time any of her team mates has seen her in any state of undress. She is also partially blushing because she is seeing Beast boy in his underwear, someone who despite his hyperactive demeanor she finds attractive.
"Well gee, I guess this morning is turning out to be hot in more than one way." Beast Boy says to Raven.
"Whatever." Raven says.
"I thought I was the only one awake right now." Beast Boy says grinning, he is trying desperately to get some type of positive reaction from Raven.
"Excuse me, but I need in there." Raven says indicating the bathroom. Beast Boy does a side step slipping through the space in between the doorway and Raven's body. His hand gently, and accidently brushes her thigh as he slides by. This small amount of contact sends a shiver down Raven's spine, but she does a good job of not showing it.
About ten minutes later Raven, now dressed, goes down to the kitchen. Beast boy is sitting at the table, he is now wearing pants, and he is sipping thoughtfully at a glass of orange juice. Sweat drips down from his face in thin salty streams. When Raven enters she sees him, he smiles at her a genuine smile, and she returns his smile with a faint closed mouth smile.
Raven walks up to the refrigerator and opens it up, there is a pitcher of chilled green tea that she had so fortuitously made last night. Her delicate ivory colored hands grabs the pitcher and she grabs a glass from the over head cupboards with her other hand. She fills up the glass with the unsweetened tea and takes a sip before replacing the pitcher of tea.
"Grab a chair." Beast Boy says to Raven.
Raven sits across the table from him. They spend a moment examining each other's faces, both of their cheeks are heat flushed.
Cyborg enters the room, he too seems to be affected by the wholly unpleasant temperature.
"You know what guys? Our air condition is officially broken." He says.
"Great." Raven mutters under her breath and then takes a sip of her cool tea.
"Dude can't you fix it?" Beast Boy questions him. His voice cracks in the way that it tends to when he is saying something with a lot of expression.
"Yeah I can, but it will take a while." Cyborg says rubbing his chin with one of his thick metal fingers.
"No need to." Robin interjects walking down the stairs, Starfire is striding next to him despite the heat she seems quite comfortable and is smiling widely. "Starfire and I decided that to escape the heat the best course of action would be to go to the beach."
"Alright dude!" Beast Boy exclaims, his small green frame is nearly quivering with the intense child like excitement he is feeling right now.
A small bead of sweat drops into Robin's eye and he blinks it out and smiles. "Alright team, get your vacation gear together. Teen Titans go!" He shouts thrusting his fist into the air.