Author's note: As I post this, my roommate is yelling about the state of her treatment plan. So, all in all, college is going great. This little arch is going to be fun to write. So, read, review, and enjoy! Also, if you have ideas, let me know :)


One of the few bad things of living in a tower together was that when tensions tended to run high, small fights would break out. Usually, these wouldn't amount to anything, and were quickly forgotten. The ones that didn't immediately go away turned into other, larger, fights, and lasted several days; the longest was a week and a half, and all of them still got tense when talking about it. The simplest way to resolve these fights were with a few pranks. When it came down to this, there were two culprits: Robin and Cyborg. The two worst prank instigators.

Most would assume that Beast Boy would get involved, but when Robin stepped in, he safely moved to the side lines with the girls. Then it was only a matter of time before the boys tried to get him on their team. Raven thought it was hilarious, since Cyborg and Robin wanted him for his knowledge in all the hidden places in the tower, and Starfire was just pleased that everyone was getting along. Well, mostly getting along. That was the situation today. Robin and Cyborg had been at each other's throats all week, and it was getting progressively worse.

"That's it, I'm moving to another floor. I can't stand to listen to them anymore!" Beast Boy fumed as he stormed into the room. Raven looked up from her book, not surprised by the statement. Even though Beast Boy and her shared a floor, the changeling could still hear what happened on the one above them, where Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire lived. The arguing had gotten to the point where the earplugs weren't cutting it anymore.

"What are they fighting about now?" Starfire asked, letting a bit of annoyance seep in. Even she was getting fed up with this behavior.

"Who knows. Maybe it's about how Robin used all the hot water in the boy's bathroom, or how Cyborg went over budget again, honestly I think they're just calling out random things and fighting about it." Beast Boy, in a show of how pissed he was at all of this, actually glared when Cyborg finally walked in.

"I need your help." Cyborg completely bypassed the girls. Beast Boy didn't even spar him a glance.

"Nope. I'm not getting involved." Ducking under Cyborg's arm, he left the kitchen, not answering to Cyborg's calls.

"What the hell! I need his help." Cyborg complained. "Did Robin get him on his side? If he did, that's a low blow." Raven rolled her eyes and pushed her tea away.

"Ok, first off, you know he wouldn't do that. Second, just fight it out with Robin and be done with it. The rest of us would like to hang out with our friends again." Cyborg had the decency to look ashamed.

"You can hang out with us."

"Not in the same room. So, do us all a favor and get over this little spat. I don't think I'll be able to take the tension for much longer and I know you just got some new mugs. It would be a shame if those were the first to break." The threat had Cyborg lowering his head.

"Ok, I'll go figure it out." Cyborg said. Starfire gave him a look. "Alright! I'll go talk to Robin and stop this. Geez, don't twist my arm." With a huff, he left the kitchen. Starfire laughed when he was gone.

"It is so easy to get him to do what we want."

"Yes, now we need to wait and see if he actually stops this pointless fight." Raven wasn't very hopeful.

Two hours later, Raven was more than ready to throw both the idiots out of the tower. Cyborg and Robin had gone from simple arguing, to sarcastic comments to one another, with the occasional punch thrown in. Unfortuantely, they couldn't run anywhere since they had training today, and these insults continued as they went through their paces. Raven was waiting for her turn on the obstacle course when she finally had enough.

"Alright, that's it!" She yelled. Storming over to the two boys, she told Beast Boy to watch Starfire finish. Then, grabbing an ear on both boys, she stormed off inside the tower.

That was quite a feat to accomplish, as Cyborg was taller than her and Robin more adapt at blocking her. It didn't matter; both boys knew she was pissed and weren't stupid enough to ask her what she was doing. There was a small closet on the second floor that served her purpose. Tossing Robin in, and then pushing Cyborg in after him, she stood in the doorway and glared at both of them until they went silent.

"You'll be staying in here till this is fixed. Fight it out or make up, hell ignore each other for all I care, just know that when I finally let you out, this little spat will be over. Understand?" Raven could feel her power itching to get out, being angry tended to do that, but she tried to sooth it as best she could.

"But he started it!" Cyborg cried. Raven narrowed her eyes.

"I'm ending it!" She fired back. "This has been going on for far too long. You both are acting like children. Since you seem to want to act like a pair of youngsters, you'll be treated as such. Consider this your time out corner."

With that, Raven turned around, slammed the door and locked it. For good measure, she used her magic to seal the door, lightly of course, to ensure that neither boy could get out. She rapped her knuckles on the door.

"When you've decided to act your age, call me. Until then, try not to kill each other." Raven said cheerfully. She didn't have to wait long until there was a reply.

"Raven, this isn't funny! Let us out!" Robin yelled. Rolling her eyes, Raven walked away. It was so much quieter in the halls. Starfire and Beast Boy were in the common room.

"Oh, god, you killed them, didn't you?" Beast Boy asked when she walked in alone. Usually she would be annoyed with his comment, but she ignored it. All of them deserved to throw a few murder-y comments around.

"No, I didn't, though I really wanted to. I locked them in the closet." She pointed a finger in Beast Boy's direction. "Keep your mouth shut. You used your one stupid line for the hour." Pouting, Beast Boy huffed and sank back against the couch.

"I don't understand why he needs to keep his mouth closed." Starfire mused. Raven put her kettle on. She was going to take advantage of the peace and quiet.

"It's fine, Star, just consider it something only Beast Boy would say."

"Rude." Beast Boy griped as he walked in and settled in to watch her. The three of them made lunch, Starfire wanted to bring the boys something, but Raven said no. They hadn't killed each other, so they could last a little longer. Raven was putting her foot down. Another two hours passed before her communicator chimed. The common room was empty, the other two going off to amuse themselves on this break.

At some point, Raven decided to check on them. The hallway was quiet, and her magic was still in place, not that she expected it to move. She cheerfully knocked on the door.

"Please tell me that both of you are still alive. Or that the mess from the murder won't be hard to clean." Raven called in. There was a scrambling noise from the other side.

"Oh, thank god, let us out!" Robin said.

"You've had a laugh, now come on, Raven, cut it out!" Cyborg seconded. Frowning, Raven was sure that this hadn't worked as well as she would have liked.

"I don't think so, at least not yet." Raven crossed her arms. "Did you talk about your little spat?"

"It wasn't a spat!"

"He was being unreasonable!"

"The stupid idiot wouldn't listen!"

"Stupid? I'm sorry, I can debate like a mature adult, you fight like a child."

"Mature adult? Please, everyone knows you'd bend down to anyone if you needed to."

Rubbing her temples, Raven decided it was time for a new approach. Fine, being locked in a closet together wasn't going to help. Maybe they needed the proper motivation. She thumbed open her communicator and pressed the call button.

"Rae?"

"Wait, why are you calling B? What are you doing Raven?" Robin asked. She could imagine him glaring at her through the door.

"I need you to come down to the second floor. Bring Starfire with you." Raven ordered. For once, Beast Boy didn't comment on her tone. He had long ago learned not to screw with her when she was like this. Or maybe he was enjoying not being the cause of her irritation.

"Raven, please, I need to get out of here."

"Begging isn't going to help you, Cyborg." Raven droned as she waited. There was a very loud huff.

"Girl, I need to go!"

"Not until both of you fix your attitude problem."

"I meant to the bathroom!" Cyborg screeched. Rolling her eyes, Raven waved her hand and the magic disappeared. Opening the door, she stopped Cyborg from bolting out.

"You will use the one at the end of the hall, and then come right back. So help me, Cyborg, if you run, I'll turn the T-Car into a pile of silver toothpicks." Looking faint at the thought of harm coming to his beloved car, he scampered off. Robin was fuming at her.

"What?" Raven asked. She was so over this attitude both boys had.

"You let him go! What the hell, Raven?" Robin cried. At this moment, no one would be able to see the mature front that the boy wonder used in front of the press and other superheroes. Right now, he was asking like a normal, 17-year-old with a major attitude problem.

"He needed to pee. Sorry if his bladder isn't superior to yours."

"All of my parts are superior to his." Cyborg injected as he came back. Raven pointed at the open space next to Robin and the android went, keeping his eyes to the ground. He purposely hit Robin with his shoulder, throwing the other boy off balance for a moment.

"This is how it's going to work. When Beast Boy and Starfire get her, we are all going to go to a bigger room. Then, we are going to fix this. I'm sick of it and so are they."

"Oh, good, is this the part where we get to yell at them?" Beast Boy said as he rounded the corner with Starfire.

"You couldn't yell at anyone if you tried." Robin said confidently. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow, which was a move he must have stolen from her.

"Try me, Robin." The changeling challenged. Finally understanding that he was in trouble, Robin looked down.

"We have taken the liberty to pick a room on this floor. It will be big enough for all of us." Starfire told Raven without pause.

"You were in on this?" Cyborg asked.

"No, I just heard Raven yelling at you." Beast Boy said nonchalantly. With that, all five of them walked down the hall. It was one of the spare bedrooms. Each of them took up a different spot to sit in.

Starfire went to the sheet-less bed, curling up near the top. Beast Boy rested easily on the desk; she did the proper thing and took the chair that went with it. Which left the boys with either the open spaces on the bed with Starfire, or on the small couch. Ironically, the couch was in the middle of the three of them. Good, that meant that she didn't have to reach very far to hit them when they started to argue again. That was Cyborg and Robin's way of dealing with things; argue, throw a few punches, and hurl insults.

"So, what now?" Robin grumbled. He pressed himself as close as he could to the arm of the couch. Cyborg did the same, not sparing a glance at the teammate beside him. Starfire stared hard at her boyfriend.

"We will sit here and help you solve your argument." She continued when Robin opened his mouth. "We have given you chances to fix this. More than enough, in my opinion. Now we wish for you to stop this nonsense." Starfire cracked a smile at Beast Boy. "What was the line you told me?"

"Act your age, not your shoe size."

Wincing, Robin sank lower on the couch. Raven wished she had a cup of tea. This was going to take a while.