It was a nice Saturday, in Titans tower. And Robin was...frustrated.
He fought villian after villian, was very skilled in the Martial arts, and trained with, how Cyborg put it, the godamn Batman. And, he liked to think he wasn't that dumb, either.
So how hard would it be to ask a few simple words he said every day, but never strung together?
In other words, he was being all angsty, trying to gather up the courage to ask out the Tameranean princess.
'Oh god.' he remembered. 'Star's this princess, and I'm a carnie.'
Unbeknownst to him, a certain empath was picking up on his feelings.
Raven smiled a little, under her hood.
She decided to to inform Cyborg and Beast Boy. Not the whole truth. But a balance of...intimidation and blackmail. The three needed to leave.
Starfire was her best friend, and she didn't know it, but...
Raven was about to be the bestest friend there ever was.
She made her way into Cyborg's usual place, the garage.
"Hey, Cy." She greeted him.
"Anything you need, Rae?...Ven?" Cyborg replied, hastily changing her nickname to her normal one, at her glare.
"You need to get out."
"Uh...Why?"
"Because. I said so."
"And if I refuse?" Cyborg crossed his arms.
"Oh...I wished it didn't have to come to this..." Raven sighed.
She stealthily reached into her cloak.
"Do you...Remember when we went Robin-ing?" She stepped forwards.
Cyborg nodded, and gulped.
" I suppose...you felt a rush. You had an itch that needed to be scratched."
She fanned out three pictures of Cyborg, wearing Raven's, Beast Boy's, and Starfire's costumes. (very intresting, how super hero costumes stretch so much.)
"It would be a shame if...this got out...Got leaked...on the Internet..."she leaned in.
" OK! Ok. I crack. Where should I go?"
Raven stepped back and shrugged.
"Anywhere, but here." Raven swiftly exited the room.
"How long should I take?"
Raven leaned over and poked her head back into the room.
"Eh...4 hours? 5, tops."
Cyborg sighed and nodded.
Beast Boy. This would be easier. Yet harder.
Easier, because, he'd been talking on and on about going to the game store for more contollers. But Raven knew that was a lie. He was probably going to the joke store, to dream up another ridiculous prank.
Harder, because if she played her cards wrong, he'd get all hyper-sensitive to everything.
And try to make her crack.
And that wouldn't do.
Raven knocked on Beast Boy's door.
It swung open to reveal the hyper shape-shifter.
"Hey, Rae. Wanna come in?"
"1. My name has 5 letters. Please use them. 2. No, I don't want to go into your room. I can find a new species of bugs at a later time. 3. You need to leave." Raven said. So far. So good.
"Woah! Why? Raven, you don't understand. I have this humungo prank planned and it'll be the greatest one ever and I'll be Joke King and you can be Joke Queen and-" Beast Boy promptly shut up and blushed.
Raven didn't want to admit it, but she was blushing too.
Robin heard this exchange and whistled.
"You can cut the awkward with a knife." This made Raven and Beast Boy blush harder.
Beast Boy and Raven walked back to their rooms.
Well, Raven could be the bestest friend ever...another time, right?
No! Raven was going to do this for Starfire.
And...maybe...Beast Boy, too.
Meanwhile, he was pacing, running his hands through his green hair.
How did he let that slip?
No. He would get a date with Raven. Just differently.
Raven was meditating, clearing her mind before reattacking the plan of evacuating herself and Beast Boy from the building.
When something slipped beneath her door.
Movies, 5:00. I buy. -Your favorite person
was in Beast Boy's trademark scrawl.
She glanced at the clock on her nightstand.
4:45
She didn't bother getting dressed up. They were roomates. Plus he's been in her mind. Literally.
Raven smiled. She got what she was hoping for.
Oh yeah, and Robin and Starfire would be alone together.