Chapter 2
Beastboy got up from bed at his usual time 4:00am, though nothing was usual about it. He got up from the bed he hadn't slept in, and remade it, though it was already made. He went to the bathroom and took an uneeded shower. The warm water soothed his tired muscles and relaxed the sick feeling in his gut. He closed his eyes and letthe water to wash over him. Some tears mixed in with the soapy water. As he washed his hair he accidently got some shampoo in his eyes but made no etmpt to wash it out. Insted he let the soap burn and sting his eyes. This was his punishment. She often did this, and he began to subconsiecly fall back on what she'd done to him as though to redeem what he did. He suddenly realised what he was doing to himself and quickly srubbed the burning chemicals out of his shockingly green eyes.
Green, he thought with a sigh as he stepped out the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist. He peered at the dark circles under his eyes. He heard running down the hall and a knock on the door.
Before he could answer a bright red Robin burst in.
"HiSorryButCanIpleasePee?!" He blubered as he hopped around.
"Yeah, dude, go." He squeaked a quick thank you and quickly untapped his pull up and began to use the toilet. Robin wets the bed so he wears a pull up to prevent the embaresment of cleaning sheets every morning.
Robin quickly put the pull up in the trash can andwent to exit the room with another apology.
Beastboy sighed. "Robin." He said calmly, Robin looked back questionongly."Hands."
Beastboy got dressed into a pair of faded blue jeans and a long sleeved grey t-shirt. Seeing the size lables 7-8 years old really didn't make him feel any better and neither did all the scars. He wore his signiture grey gloves to cover the crosses on his hands, the scars that were so deep they stopped him from straightening his little and wedding finger, the ones Genesis gave him.
Angry tears of frustration streamed down his face while silent sobs shook his body, but he was determined not to break down compleatly. He finished getting dressed and was staring sadly at the mirror when Cy called everyone for breakfast. Beastboy wasn't hungry, he felt naseaous. He was so scared to face Cyborg after last night that the knot in his stomach grew to the size on a baseball.
Raven came to see why Beastboy was taking so long. She knocked on his door.
"B? Breakfast is ready." When he didn't asnwer immediatly she opened the door."You okay baby?" See that's another thing the show has wrong about the titans, Raven isn't always moody and sadistic, only to Robin on occasion. But she's really maternal especially to Beastboy. Theres only a 4 year difference but because he's so small its hard to remember he's really 14.
Beastboy only nodded in response, he began chewing on a random item on his desk. He chews when he's nervous or aggitated like some animals. Raven was too busy admiriring his room for being so neat and tidy. Its strange, she thought. A teenage boy beeing so clean. unlike Robin-
Her train of thought was interuppted by Cyborg yelling to come and eat.
"Yeah, come on bubb, let's go eat." Raven said holding out her arm as Beastboy ducked into it. She held him close as they walked. It was a comfortable position considering Beastboy barley came up past her elbow.
"I'm not hungry," he whispered shyly.
"Why not? You feelin' alright?" This worried her. If he doesn't eat enough they can't give him an accurate dosage of insulin to put into his pump.
Beastboy shrugged and the knot grew bigger to the size of a softball in anticipation.
When Beastboy and Raven entered the kitchen/living room, Starfire was in the process of smearing mustard on a hotdog."Really Star? Hot dogs for breakfast, come on babe it won't be good for you." Robin said to his girlfriend.
"Says you, grease king!" Raven chirpped in walking to her seat at the table.
"Oh great, the goth queen from hell has awoken from her pit." He grinned at her cheekily with orange juice dribbling down his chin. As she came past him she smacked him upside the head and gently wiped the orange from his face with a napkin. This gesture sums up their love hate relationship in one single swoop.
"Good morning to you too, squirt." She stole some toast from him and sat down. He pouted at her but continued to eat his cereal happily.
Starfire turned to Beastboy. "Good morning Beastboy, I trust you slumber was pleasnt?"
He shrugged and smiled back shyly at her."Um...Yeah, you?"
Her smile lowered slightly before turning into a mask of concern."Yes,I did, are you alright?"
Cyborg looked up from the breakfast hewas making to glance at Beastboy. Beastboy ducked out of the stare and hunched over in his seat. Starfire rubbed his back.
"B? What's the matter?" He straightened and looked at her.
"N-nothing I, I am fine." His eyes watered but he blinked away the tears and tucked in his chair.
Everyone passed around food to one another, but Beastboy had a bannana and that was it.
"B, eat something more please." Cyborg said, using his I'm the oldest, I'm the boss. He only tends to use that voice on Beastboy because he is the only one who respects him as the legal guardian. He passed a bowl of cereal to Beastboy but he was more intrested with making patterns than actually eating it.
"He did mention he wasn't hungry," Raven said. Raven being the oldest girl and only a few months younger than Cy there is an obvious power struggle but they act more like parents than anything else.
Cy looked at B. When Beastboy met his gaze he ducked his head doen again ashamed.
The table went silent. Well, that was until Robin chimmed in with
"Are you two not talking?"
