No pairings except Robin and Starfire, as I've said. These aren't meant to be romances. However, it can revolve around any Titans I want it to so don't be surprised if Robin and Raven get alone chapters (though I promise no romance, merely friendship) since they're the couple I tend to prefer.

Everything will remain friendship so do not bother me with asking for romance. However, I am open to suggestions of one-shots that can be about any Titans. A challenge for me will be writing Raven and Beast Boy related ones so I'll certainly give those two a shot at one point or another.

This is my first real attempt at writing Teen Titans, so I hope I can stick to their characters. I'll be giving a bit of information before each chapter that I feel might be needed for better understanding or something.

One other thing you'll need to know. I pretend that Trouble in Tokyo happened sometime between Season Four and Season Five... I'm not sure why, that's just how it has always been in my mind, so I'm going to stick with it so my stories don't change up.

Always Friends

Date: A couple days/weeks (doesn't truly matter) after the defeat of The Brotherhood of Evil.
Time of Day: Evening, near sunset.
Involving: All five of the main Titans.
Type of Chapter: Probably a cheesy one.
Other Info: I recently just replayed my Kingdom Hearts video games so I'm on a whole 'friendship of the heart' spur right now, which is where the idea for this chapter comes from. Expect the moment to be a bit OOCish with most of the Titans.

No video game noises.

And no, the power wasn't off in the tower. Instead, the boys had merely just ceased their game for the moment, getting hungry and anxious as there hadn't been a fight in some time since the defeat of the Brotherhood and the strange creature that could change its composition. The fight with the Brotherhood had taken down a vast majority of their enemies in one blow, excluding the ones who had either not been invited to join the Brotherhood or were too stupid to know it had even been created. Take Dr. Light for example. Now that man was in jail, though, and unlikely would he be escaping any time soon. Plus, he just wasn't much of a threat in the long run.

"It is quiet in here," Starfire duly noted, shifting around on the coach where she had been sitting with Robin, talking before they ran out of things to say. Her statement hung in the air with no response to it.

Cyborg was flitting - if a giant half robot man can indeed flit himself about - around in the kitchen, gathering himself a collection of edible foods that had not been taken over by the blue fuzz that never seemed to go away in the fridge. He planned on making a good meal tonight but, like always, Beast Boy had a different idea of what a good meal was.

One box of tofu had made it on to the counter by the time Cyborg completely eradicated the silence that had ensued Starfire's comment.

"Man, how many times are we going to have this argument before you realize that I ain't eating no stinking tofu!"

"Then you don't have to eat any! More for the rest of us," Beast Boy declared, grinning like he had just triumphed.

"Count me out," Raven muttered from where she was reading a book from behind the couch, sitting on the ground and leaning on the sofa quite contently.

"I second that," Robin called while Starfire only shifted again, unwilling to disappoint Beast Boy for the gazillionth time that no one else wanted to eat his tofu.

Beast Boy crossed his arms irritably, muttering something incoherently as he claimed his one box of tofu to get it ready for dinner, now certain only he had to worry about eating it. He marched past Cyborg, who was now the one grinning with success.

Starfire stood up and moved around the couch, standing where she could see Raven sitting, Cyborg and Beast Boy milling in the kitchen, and Robin watching her out of the corner of her eye. She smiled at the peaceful routine, the people who had become her family. She realized in that moment just how desperately she didn't want this family to end. Though Robin and the others had assured her many times since her trip to the future that they would be friends forever, that the future would not end up like the experience she had had thanks to Warp, it was still an unsettling fear in the back of her mind. After all, could the Titans really be together... for always?

"Starfire...?" Robin said uncertainly. He felt like he was interrupting some sort of quiet zen she was having. He had had some of those before, where all he needed was to think, to take things in. He didn't like to be disturbed then, he didn't want to intrude in on Starfire like that.

The alien glanced at him, smiled, then moved toward the window where the sunlight was glowing along the horizon. The sea waves sparkled with glittering light and the windows of the buildings of the city shone with their own little yellow suns, reflections of a much bigger and brighter one. In a way it was blinding. It was also hypnotizing. Beautiful, even. No wonder sunsets were also associated with big love scenes in those chick flicks Starfire liked (other than documentaries, of coarse).

At this point, Raven had noticed the odd behavior coming from Starfire, as well. She stood up, casting a glance over at the only other female Titan in the room and moved to a counter so she could place her book down. She shared an uneasy look with Robin, but was even more puzzled because she could feel nothing wrong in the atmosphere. Starfire didn't seem unnerved, though she was acting like it.

Robin came up to Starfire's right, standing alongside her and gazing out the window. Raven approached on her left, though a little more tentative, since she didn't want to get involved in any possible romantic moment the couple might have. Once she felt like it was secure to join them, she finally stood even in the line.

Cyborg looked up to ask a question of his friends by the coach, only to discover they were no longer there. He spotted them by the window and one could practically see question marks popping up above his head. He nudged Beast Boy, who grunted, thinking Cyborg was about to harass his love of tofu again.

"Look, Tin Man, I already told you you don't have to-"

"Look, BB," the other teen responded, almost in a whisper, like they were sharing a secret.

Beast Boy looked over and noticed his other three friends by the window. He narrowed his eyes. "Hey, what gives? They're having a powwow and didn't invite us?"

Cyborg gave no comment.

Beast Boy made the first move to go stand to the right of Robin. It was best to avoid Raven. If he said anything she considered stupid she would probably give him whiplash from a good smack to his head. Cyborg joined them by coming on Beast Boy's right.

"So..." Beast Boy mused, staring out at the city, trying to figure out what he was missing.

"Will we always be friends?" Starfire finally asked, her question coming out more as a sob as she watched the sun begin to set. Would their friendship one day set like the sun? Would they go their separate ways one day and never manage to keep in touch? Would everything that had happened only be special to them now, but not in the future?

"Starfire, we've been over this..." Robin started.

"We're Biffles!" Beast Boy grinned.

Raven's hand twitched, eager to reach over Starfire and Robin to give him what he deserved.

Beast Boy continued, "You know... Biffles, like how you say BFFLs, best friends for life!"

"Though I wouldn't put it that way, Beast Boy's right... in that little Elementary School sense," Cyborg sighed, not remembering at that moment that Starfire still struggled a bit with Earth school years and grades no matter how many times he had tried to explain it to her.

"Why do you question it so much?" Robin inquired.

"I just do not see how we will always be together."

"We won't," Raven stated, startling the others with her sudden speech. Not that Raven talking was uncommon anymore, but she had been only silently staring out the window since she had come up beside her friend and seemed to be staying out of the conversation.

Starfire seemed about to plunge into despair while Robin, Beast Boy, and Cyborg all braced themselves, all slightly annoyed that Raven would be so blunt about a sensitive topic to Starfire.

Raven, noticing the backlash that was about to happen, quickly continued, "But that doesn't mean we aren't together..."

"And you think I'm dumb. That made no sense," Beast Boy muttered.

"I mean... well..." Raven still wasn't sure how to handle the sentiment she could allow herself to feel now since the defeat of her father, so she was unsure how to go about explaining herself. "Even if we aren't together physically, we'll always remember each other in our hearts... That'll be what keeps us together and the only reason we can be... friends forever..."

She looked down at her feet, feeling uneasy and like she had picked that out of a book for small children, especially since the last part of it sort of rhymed. She crossed her arms to make herself feel a little more secure, that it would keep the others from seeing how uncomfortable she was with letting her feelings out in the open. Though it wasn't a fear she let come to the surface of her mind and it wasn't one she voiced, Raven would even have to admit she didn't want to be apart from the others. They had saved her and been the people she had always needed in her life...

The others, however anxious it made Raven, were touched by this statement. Not only by Raven's open display of friendship, but by the truth in it. It was then they all knew, including Starfire, that it didn't matter how far apart they were. That they might be separated, like in Starfire's trip to the future or when the Brotherhood of Evil had torn them away from each other, was no longer something they need concern themselves with.

Robin took Starfire's hand to share the moment of joy and relief. He too, found himself opening up. The leader who hid behind his mask felt a rush of pride. He couldn't help it, seeing the smile on Starfire's face and hearing Raven's soft words seemed to be just the right things for him at the time. Like a good medicine for a headache.

Starfire reached out and took Raven's hand from her crossed arms to let the quiet female know her words had been welcomed. Raven glanced up and a smile twitched at the corner of her lips before she looked back out the window, to distract herself from looking too emotional. She didn't do sappiness.

"Do you smell something burning?" Cyborg suddenly asked, bringing the atmosphere back to level as the sun finally vanished below the horizon.

Beast Boy was the only one to turn toward the kitchen.

"OH MY GOD MY TOFU!"

Love the cheesiness?

Yeah, I know, but I did my best to stick to the characters, though I know they were all a bit OOC. The reason I had Raven say the whole touching comment was because I believe that, deep down, losing the other Titans' is probably a bigger fear for her than the for Starfire since they were the first people to accept her completely.

Sorry for any typos or errors. I can reread things hundreds of times and still miss stuff like that.

Helpful comments appreciated, but no flames and such. People are here on fanfic to get get better at writing and be encouraged. I don't need anyone being a jerk to me when I already worry over my own writing enough to be a jerk to myself.

Uhm... I think that's it to say right now.

Love,

Deyoxis