As though four small superhero children with powers weren't bad enough, they had enormous appetites as well. The leftover pizza that Raven had microwaved was gone in an instant. She watched, stunned, as Starfire consumed the tablecloth and started to chew into the wooden table. Cyborg continued to chug down mustard and mayonnaise as though it was a milkshake, and Beast Boy had carefully picked all the meats off his pizza and was hand feeding Robin. With most of the table in Starfire's stomach, the alien gave Raven a rueful grin and floated up out of her chair.
"Raben; I is gloriously full!" she said, giggling.
Raven stared at her. "I can see that."
"MOAR!" Robin yelled at Beast Boy, who had run out of chunks of sausage. "Give me moar!"
"I don't have eny moarr..." Beast Boy's voice quavered. He held out the rest of his uneaten pizza to Robin like a sacrifice. "Rwobin. Rwobin eat this."
Disgusted, Robin knocked the plate out of Beast Boy's hands. "I WANT MEAT!"
"I don't got none!" Beast Boy started to cry. "I swears!"
"Liar! Yous a liar!"
Beast Boy changed into a kitten again and dashed under the table, his tiny tail trembling. Raven sighed and floated over to him, gently scooping him up from underneath the broken table and setting him in her arms. He instantly dug his head into her cape.
"Raben!" she heard Cyborg cry out. She turned to see the robot child throwing an empty carton of milk at her. "White stuff all gone!"
"Go get some more." Raven said coldly.
"We don't got no more!" Cyborg screamed. Then he stopped yelling and suddenly stared up at the ceiling, his eyes wide with either amusement or terror. Raven didn't know what he was staring at until she turned around herself, nearly falling over in shock.
Starfire was flying around the kitchen, totally butt naked. She had taken off her alien clothing and thrown them onto Robin, who was screaming about girl cooties now. Raven stood there, totally shocked and unsure what she was seeing. Beast Boy peeked his head from underneath Raven's cape, saw Starfire, and simply stuck his head back in to where he couldn't see.
"Starfire! Put your clothes back on!" Raven screamed, feeling her cheeks flare red.
"But I do not want to!" Starfire giggled, rubbing her butt against a window. "The Earthlings may see my purity!"
"The only thing they're seeing is your ass!" Raven grumped angrily, flying up to Starfire and grabbing the child with one arm. Starfire let out an angry scream and shot Raven in the side with one of her nuclear bolts, sending the empath flying across the room in the hall. Raven slammed against a wall and slumped to the ground, her head swimming.
"I no wear!" Starfire screamed, her eyes glowing bright green.
Raven shook her head and tried to clear her head from the dizziness. She felt something warm on her face, what was that..? She turned to her head to see Beast Boy kitten licking her face. He mewed once and turned back into himself, tugging on Raven's cape with his tiny hands. "Raben..Raben up."
"Er..Beast Boy.." Raven felt utterly exhausted. Netherless, she got up again and advanced towards Starfire. She put her hands up in surrender. "Okay Star, I won't grab you again. But you have to put on your clothes. There are boys around."
"Boys be naked too." Starfire stopped glowing and sat on the floor, her hand in her mouth.
Raben felt her cheeks flush again. Nope. "They can't do that either, Star. On Earth, we have to cover up. It's the rules."
"Is Starry naked?" she heard Robin's voice whisper to Cyborg.
"I don't wanna look!" came the snappy answer. "Raben take care of it."
Starfire pouted. "But.."
"Please?" Raven attempted to smile, even though she felt more like strangling.
"Okay." Starfire said grumpily, marching over to her clothing and tugging it on. Raven waited for a moment and watched as Starfire finished changing and then turned to find Robin and Cyborg. She found the both of them hiding behind the couch, stuffing their faces with chocolate. Robin's mask was smeared with brown, and Cyborg was licking the stuff off his wires. She sighed; there was NO way in hell she was going to bathe them. That..that was too weird.
Beast Boy slinked over to her and sat by her feet. Raven couldn't help but actually smile a little at him; he was much less annoying as a child. He was certainly more adorable, with large eyes and tiny body. She picked him up and cradled him, finding that he had fallen asleep in seconds.
"Why Beast Boy get cuddle?" Robin shouted angrily, throwing the chocolate down. "I want!"
Raven looked down at Beast Boy and felt her face turn red again. She was cuddling? "He's asleep, Robin."
"I want cuddle! I want cuddle! I want cuddle!" Robin yelled, his lip starting to quiver.
Cyborg gave him a dirty look. "You baby. You a baby who want cuddle. Baby."
"I yam not! I want cuddle like mommy used to." Tears started sliding down Robin's face.
Raven felt a little guilty. Of course he missed his mother. He was only five. Sighing, she gently put the sleeping Beast Boy on the couch and walked over to Robin, scooping up her leader in her arms. Robin stopped crying and rubbed his face against her chest, cooing contently. He closed his eyes and fell asleep pretty quickly, chocolate still smeared on his face.
Cyborg, who had been watching Robin get cuddled, was feeling a little jealous. Why wasn't he getting the same treatment? He waddled over to Raven and tugged on her cape. "Me too, Raben?"
"Okay." Raven muttered, gently putting Robin next to Beast Boy. Picking up Cyborg, she was surprised to feel that he wasn't clunky like a robot, but rather soft, like a child. However, he had a tendency to pass out in strange positions, and Raven found herself holding up a splayed out child, dead asleep. She set him down next to his friends and looked over at Starfire, wondering if she wanted the same.
The alien gave a large grin. "I no tired." she said loudly.
"You need to sleep." Raven groaned. "Look, your friends are all asleep. Look how nice and quiet they are."
Starfire pouted and sat on the floor. "They no fun."
Raven gave up and told Starfire as long as she was quiet, she wouldn't have to go to bed. The alien did as she was told and quietly played in the living room, using pencils as dolls.
Finally, quiet. Raven sunk onto the floor, feeling dead.
