I am sitting in the corner of the room.

Trying to read a book.

Trying….

"Travail upon coming with me, Robin!" Starfire enthusiastically hovers around the Boy Wonder's computer where he sits. "Is it not a day of refined beauty? The Sun and the crystal blue sky harkens to us!"

"I'm busy, Star! I gotta check up on Slade's whereabouts. The bombs he set a week ago left a mysterious residue that I'm just SURE is a clue to something! If I can only figure out just what….."

"Heeeee. Robin, surely you know that Slade's malevolent forces have been put to rest ever since Cyborg and I came upon that surprise shipment of weapons cache along the Northern Railroad! The ensuing assault ended in glorious victory, to the point that I am certain Slade needs far more than a week to redouble his minions."

"Star? Are you suggesting that I shirk off my duty to this City?"

"Positively not! I endeavor to convince you to engage in this City's aesthetic wonder! Behold, the Terran spring!"

"Egads….Starfire….."

"Alive and radiant with songbirds, the feathery breasts of which elicit a shine not altogether different from the crystalline moon halos of Havvorax Ceti Four!"

"Hahaha….Star, where do you get this stuff…?"

"The bees and their figurative copulation with the birds! Oh, your culture does have such wondrous, romantically poetic allusions with which to assail the beauty of the vernal equinox!"

"'Romantically'? Star, just what are you getting….?"

"Hehehe! Fear not, Robin. I merely wish to spread the spirit of relaxation and you and your stiff Terran workaholicism is sorely in need of such a distraction!"

"This is serious business, Star…."

"Yield forth the bastion doors of your inner being!"

"Oh for heaven's……………….SLADE, Star! SLADE!"

"Tear down the walls of self-deprivation in this time of glorious sunlight! Surrender to the all encompassing rays of warmth akin to solar felines that don so many of the windowsills in this fine City!"

"Oh god….hahaha….okay, Starfire….now you're starting to scare me…."

"Vem'borratta sleken'yu vrmm'yt cladda salkarnostryp p'lieriam X'Hal!"

"Uh oh! Now you're breaking into Tamaranian verse! Line crossed!" Robin smirks and finally gets up, pushing his chair out from beneath the desk. "Okay, Star. You win. You wanna go for a walk? Fine…we'll go for a walk."

She gasps and clutches her hands together. "Glorious! I ensure you, Robin, this day will be most delightful for your long-neglected senses!"

"If it gets you to ease up on the poetry of your folklore….heh…..I-I'll handle any hike," he says with a nervous smile.

Starfire giggles and goes on about something else.

At around this time, Beast Boy walks over and stands besides me with his hands on his hips. "Jeez…," he says sideways to me. "I've never seen Star press into Robin like this before." He gazes at me directly. "You think she's finally coming onto him? I mean…dude…," he whispers. "We all expected it."

I flip a page and drone. "Nnnngh…."

"Something else?" Beast Boy smirks. "You're the girl, Raven. What secrets do you know?"

"…….," I flip a page.

"Hehehe….Raaaaaaven?"

"……." Flip. "Starfire found an extra set of Robin's costume lying around last night."

Beast Boy blinks. "Yeah…and?"

"And nighttime went by…."

"…………….," Beast Boy scratches his head. "Uhm…..okay…..d-do you mean to say that….." Blink blink. "Starfire wore Robin's costume over night and now she's…."

"Yup."

"Okaaaay…..wyrd…..," he gazes awkwardly over at the two Titans. "And what in Allah's name exactly was she doing with Robin's costume?"

I clap the book close. I stand up. "Not half as much as what I did while wearing yours last evening," I drone with a straight face.

"Ohhh….," Beast Boy nods. "I see….AAACK!" He jumps and all but explodes his green eyes in my direction. "R-R-R-Raven?" He blushes furiously. "What are you….?"

"Good afternoon, Beast Boy," I stroll towards the elevator doors with my book in tow. "I'm off to meditate."

"Raven! W-Wait! Come back! T-T-Talk to me!"

I hide a smirk. A helpless one, for once. It isn't until the elevator doors seal themselves safely behind me that even I manage a slight chuckle.

But of course I was leading Beast Boy on….

….

….it was Robin's costume I found last night too.