Headcanon (sent in by Avandra the Mary Sue Slayer): Because of her demonic heritage, Raven is actually a carnivore and the main reason Cyborg's steaks keep disappearing at night...

Characters: Raven, Cyborg
Genre: Humor, friendship

Cyborg never slept well. Something about having most of your body parts, including a piece of your brain, replaced with mechanics just meant hell for your nocturnal habits.

This is why the oldest Teen Titan often found himself up in the middle of the night, when his teammates were gratefully recovering from another day's work of being superheroes.

Cy would go to his garage and thinker with whatever he could get his hands on. He would watch TV on mute, crappy late night shows that were ideal to get your mind off things. Or he would simply stare out the window of his room, looking at the distant lights of jump city and try very hard not to think about a time when he was still human enough to get a decent night of sleep.

Tonight, he noiselessly slid out of his room, being about as quiet as 180 pounds as metal can get. Maybe he would play some video games, learn the best moves in their latest brawler game, so he could kick Beast Boy and Robin's asses even harder than usual the following day.

Upon entering the living room though, Cyborg noticed he wasn't alone.

There was a smell of barely singed meat in the air. There was a small light on in the kitchen area.

Oh, and Raven was there.

Raven was always a modest eater. The girl barely opened her mouth to talk, why would it be any different while she was consuming food. More noticeably, she barely ate at all, mostly getting by on green tea and the occasional snack.

He casually seated himself besides his teammate, who had obviously noticed him the moment he entered the room but thus far choose to not acknowledge him.

"Is this why my steaks keep disappearing overnight?"

Raven didn't answer, no emotion showing on her face what so ever. Cy sighed deeply.

"If you're going to steal my meals, you could at least cook them properly..." He commented slyly, observing the bloody mess the raw meat actually was. It didn't look very appetizing to him.

"They're better this way." There was a slight hint of amusement in the empath's voice. Cy had noticed long ago that Raven always acted very different when encountered one on one. "What do you think demons are?"

He frowned at the unexpected question. "Beings from another dimension that like to come over and play god until we kick their butts?"

She rolled her eyes at him. It was a pretty sarcastic response, but frankly, he wasn't sure what she was expecting.

"Demons are carnivorous." She clarified. "This is the only way for me to get any real substance."

Oh... Welp, that made sense. Though it didn't explain everything.

"You eat other things." Cyborg was well aware he was pointing out the obvious, but Raven seemed in a complacent mood, so he decided to risk it.

"I do have taste buds, you know."

He nodded. No wonder she didn't eat tofu, then. Nasty stuff.

"That's nice and all, but... Why are you doing this at-" He turned around to see the wall clock hanging behind him. "2 in the morning."

Cyborg swore he could see a tiny vein starting to pulse on the side of Raven's forehead. Guess she was out of patience.

"Because I do not like it when people stare at me when I'm eating." That was an obvious hint if ever he heard one.

Getting off the chair and relocating himself to the couch, Cyborg set out to do what he had intended in the first place, booting up the game station and making sure the volume was turned down to its minimum.

"Why are you up anyway?" a quiet voice broke the silence. Cyborg grimaced to himself.

"Reasons..."

They didn't speak anymore after that. Cy is not the only one who can take a hint.

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