Wide-eyed he sat there,
trying his hardest to breathe. His throat was burning, at that moment
there was nothing but the pain. The comforting words of his fellow
titans, he didn't hear them. He wasn't even aware of their
presence. He was gasping and helplessly looking around himself. He
saw everything yet noticed nothing. All he did was move his head and
his eyes, without focusing on his surroundings. He could taste the
red liquid on his lips. It was probably the best part of all this.
The taste even if only for a second, helped him to forget the cause
of his agony. It was different from what filled his mouth just
moments ago and that's the only thing that mattered to him. So this
was it. That was how he would pass away. Beast Boy couldn't believe
it. He never would have expected that the one responsible for his
death would be another Titan. Especially not Cyborg. But there he
was, forced to swallow the ugly, meaty truth.
"Come on, BB."
Cyborg said while he was looking at his friend who just performed an
act deserving of an Academy Award. "Don't you think you are
overreacting? Just a little bit?"
Robin concurred. "Cyborg is right. After it all, it was just a meatball. Also, it was covered in ketchup. You couldn't even have tasted the slightest bit of meat."
"Dude, that's not the point!" The green-skinned changeling was almost yelling. "It's the fact that he made me eat meat! That alone is terrible! How could you hide a meatball in my food?"
"Cool down, okay? I'm sorry." Cyborg sure didn't expect that kind of reaction. After all, it was just meant to be a joke.
Beast Boy didn't seem to care. "I will never forgive you!" This was serious.
"Come on...hey, BB, I've got a new video game. Zombies, aliens, robots, pirates, ninjas, random combinations of all five species and they all explode like fire crackers. Wanna play? You'll be the first one to try it!" Cyborgs last hope. Usually it was food that solved all the problems, but as food was the problem this time, Cyborg couldn't think of anything else but videogames.
Beast Boy stared at his best friend, close to having tears in his eyes. "Okay, I forgive you, lets play!" he said astoundingly fast. Maybe the whole situation wasn't as serious as suspected.
And while the two, fortunately still best, friends left the room Raven, Starfire and Robin just sat there, looking at each other, not quite able to comprehend what just happened. All they knew was that everything was well, at least so it seemed. "Maybe we should just proceed with the consumption of our meal?" Starfire suggested. The other two nodded and he trio happily ignored everything that had just happened.