Behind the laughter
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans…. it would be great if I did though!
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Most of the Titans were in the lounge on that summer afternoon. With no one to fight and most of their enemies either dead or in prison (apart from Mad Mod who had had to be placed in the care of an old age pensioners home because prison life was "too rough for his bones to take") Beast boy and Cyborg were of course playing the newest video game "Ninja Blaze II" on some new state of the art games console, Robin was flicking channels on their huge TV, wishing that something other then romance or teleshopping would come on while Starfire was wandering around, worried about Raven's whereabouts.
Not even the high sun's rays dared creep through the large windows of Raven's bedroom and disturb her from meditating. The familiar mumbling of a certain three words could be heard over and over again as the young witch kept her powers in check. It had been almost a day since the Titans had last seen their friend.
"Robin, what if she is hurt?" Starfire asked, her hands clasped to her chest at the mere thought of it, Beast Boy rolled his eyes but thankfully no one saw him, "May we now go and check on her?" The tameranian girl could not understand how Robin and the others could just sit on the couch if their team mate was in trouble.
"Star, chill…. She's probably just meditating or something" Cyborg replied, he was increasingly becoming bored at her constant moaning. "HEY!" he suddenly cried, as Beast Boy, who had been staying out of the conversation entirely for some reason unknown, won the videogame they were playing. "THAT'S NOT FAIR! I… I WAS DISTRACTED!"
Beast boy's smug look was just as infuriating as his answer "Yeah well, you snooze you loose dude" He yelped as Cyborg tried to punch him and transformed into a mouse to scurry away quickly.
He only morphed back when he was safely out of the living room only to bump into Raven.
"Hey Raven! Where've you been?" He asked welcomingly
"Meditating" she replied in a bored monotone "Now move" she pushed past his green figure.
'Sheesh' he thought, walking to his own room 'I was only trying to be nice'
The door slammed behind him as he entered his bedroom, an unfamiliar scowl across his face. With a sigh he sat down on his bed and held his head in his hands, it had been three weeks now since the team had tried to take him down for being a man beast and although Raven had given him some comforting words it still didn't ease the pain. 'I don't know what hurts most' he thought 'The fact that my friends were so ready to take me down without so much as a second thought, that they didn't believe in me, or that even now, they still don't see I'm hurting. I mean, why the hell would I try to hurt Raven? She's my friend, I'd never do that, just like Robin would never try and hurt Star' running his hands through his hair another thought dawned on him. Did he want them to know he was still hurting? After all, he had always covered up his feelings with some lame ass joke. Feeling down BB? That's ok, just say something funny and no one will see. That's how he had taken on a role in the group;
Robin was their fearless leader, and a boy wonder it had to be said.
Raven was the dark, sarcastic one who hated everything fun.
Starfire was the beautiful alien, learning about the earthly ways
Cyborg was the one in a million half robot with a gazillion gadgets built into him
Then there was Beast boy…… the funny green one.
"Does the team really need a funny guy?" he asked himself "I make people laugh, big w00t, Starfire is funny without even trying to be, Raven makes people laugh with her sarcasm, Robin just laughs at everyone else and just as long as Cy eats something that used to have a pulse he's happy. I just annoy people with my practical jokes."
knock knock
"Yo, BB, you there, what are you mumbling about man?" Cyborg's voice carried through the metal doors as he called to his friend
"Nothing, it doesn't matter"
"Were all going out for Pizza, you coming?"
"No man, I think I'll sit this one out"
Cy's jaw dropped "Ok BB what's up? You've never said "no" to pizza before"
"It's nothing, I'm just not that hungry… I filled up on tofu waffles at lunch" He could tell Cyborg was making a face even though there was a door separating them.
The robot man said ok and left with the others, looking back as he closed the door to the tower behind him, only to see Beast Boy's sullen face emerge from his room.
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A/N: Sorry if it's bit short, please R&R Ideas are welcome and accepted!