Raven's 18th Birthday. There were no balloons hanging from strings. Confetti was not strewed everywhere. The music had faded away, being engulfed by silence. The absence of celebration was in the air. There was no reason to be celebrating. Even though the world was not destined to end, friendship would be broken.
It was almost that time. All the Titans were in the common room. They all sat in the couch in silence. Raven was unable to sleep that night. She had too much on her mind. Beast Boy could not sleep, as well.
As expected, a vortex appeared in the common room. Dominic and Claudius emerged from the portal.
"Time to go, milady." Dominic said and bowed.
Raven stood up. "All right, just give me a few moments." She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. She turned around to face the other standing Titans. She turned her attention to Robin. Raven hugged him for a brief moment.
"Don't go insane while I'm gone. Slade's not going anywhere." She said. Robin just laughed; trying not to cry. Then, Raven turned to her best friend. Starfire already had shown signs that she was crying.
"It will be okay Starfire. You can deal with three other guys in the tower." Raven said, "Bumblebee can have girl talk like we used to." Starfire then broke out in a cry and squeezed the half-demon. Raven could barely breathe. She was about to turn blue, until the alien let her go.
Going in order, she face Cyborg. To her, he was like an older brother.
"Now, who's gonna make fun of BB when you're gone?" the half-robot asked.
"You will just have to double it every day for me." She said and Cyborg had picked her up in a hug.
"Careful Vic," she said, "Kori's hugs always make me sore for days." Cyborg laughed and placed her back on the ground.
Lastly, the green changeling was left for goodbyes. They both made eye contact and he looked away for a brief second. When he looked back, she was smiling at him. Why is she smiling at me he thought. Raven hugged him and it lasted for moments. In those moments, he hugged back and took in her scent for the last time. Out of all the smells in the world, she had the best scent that he could not compare to anything in this world.
A single tear fell down her cheek and she pulled away. Raven had turned her back to face him.
"Make sure that you don't kill them with your lame jokes." She said but he could not laugh.
She faced Claudius and Dominic as she tried to hold back tears that wanted to explode from her eyes.
"Let's go." She whispered. The men bowed and moved over so she could enter the portal first. Raven took one step in the portal. Before taking another step, she faced her friends one last time.
"Take care." She said, and entered completely in the portal. Claudius followed after her and Dominic was after him.
"Dominic." The changeling said and Dominic turned his attention to the green man.
"Please take care of her." He said. Dominic nodded and said, "I promise, she will be in good hands." Then he was engulfed into the portal. The vortex was gone, leaving only four Titans.
Starfire began to break down once again, and Robin and Cyborg were trying to comfort her. It was quite hard since they wanted to do the same thing. Beast Boy had left the room in hast. He ran to his room and fell on his bed. Something rare had happened. Garfield Logan was crying. He rarely cried, but he cried as much as he did when his parents had died. He though he would never see her again.
Morning had turned into night, and he had not left his room. He lay on his bed just staring at the ceiling remembering the good times he had with Raven. Lost in his thoughts, his stomach announced his hunger. He got up and headed toward the kitchen. He was surprised that the other Titans hadn't come to get him. When he entered the common room, no one was there. Beast Boy looked at the clock and realized that it was 2:00 a.m.
He walked over to the refrigerator and he grabbed some leftover tofu. The changeling ate in silence in the dark alone. He desperately wished that the portal would reopen and Raven would appear. But, it did not happen.
After he finished his food, he went to the hallway to his room. However, he stopped. Beast Boy had stopped in front of Raven's room. He stared at the door for what seemed like an hour. Then, he turned into a fly and flew under the door. Once he had entered the room, and morphed into his former self.
Looking around, everything was bare. The only things that remained were empty selves, dark curtains, and her bed. Her scent filled the room as well. He took a deep breath inhaling her scent. Following the scent, he walked toward her bed and lay on it. Again, he inhaled extremely and exhaled in pleasure. He closed his eyes and he thought of her. He missed her laugh. He missed her smile. He just missed her.
Beast Boy morphed into a dog and curled up in her bed. He closed his eyes wishing she was there next to him. With those thoughts in his head, he was finally taken over by slumber.