Thanks for all the reviews! Again they give me ideas for the story, so I appreciate them a lot!

One thing about the comment of the comparison of Raven and Starfire - I agree. I really think Raven is beautiful, and I love the way she looks! In the episode when Raven and Starfire's body got swapped, I never really understood when Starfire despaired would she have to look like Raven forever. I just thought Red X would be someone who focuses only on what catches his eyes, which initially would've been Robin's potential lover Starfire.

So here goes another episode:

10.

Robin was rather uneasy these days. The team knew, because he was always slightly out of focus. Just like now, when he was supposed to order something to eat.

"Um, Robin? Are you not gonna have anything?"

Even Beastboy was concerned. Knowing Beastboy, normally he would seize the chance to order something silly. It was strange. It was like Beastboy matured. Robin shook his head. Of course Beastboy matured, just look at him.

"Is there something bothering you?"

Robin and Beastboy were out to get some food. They sat at a table outside under the warm sunshine to have some drinks. Beastboy dragged him here, to be precise. He nagged that being in the basement for that long isn't healthy. Beastboy nagging. That was different.

"Nothing."

Beastboy gave him a certain look. It felt like an older brother giving his younger brother a 'I know something is going on but I'm just going to let you go on with your bullshit' look. The waiter smiled and said that he'd come back.

"You know, if your thoughts are stuck, maybe you're overthinking? Maybe your brain is like an actual physical box and it's overcrowded with thoughts so everything is stuck. Get it? Once you actually say your concerns to someone, it could sound different, and it gives you space to think of other perspectives because you already took that one out of the box."

So Beastboy did become an adult. Not just him, but everyone in the team were smarter, wiser, more mature. Robin felt a strange burning feeling from the inside of his guts. He was the only one who was still stuck where he was.

"Thanks Beastboy. I'll take it into consideration."

Garfield knew that Robin wouldn't bring the subject up anymore. He took a gulf of his smoothie. He decided to change the topic.

"So. Starfire says you're taking her to the city event?"

The mayor of Jump city announced that the Titans needed a break from fighting crime, and he was planning to throw a huge celebration event. The Titans weren't naive enough to think it was just a party. The new mayor probably wanted to show off that he had good connections to (or good 'control' of) the team, and give the citizens a glimpse of the superheroes' social life so they have something to gossip for a while. The whole event's theme was fairytales and dreams-come-true. Cyborg shook his head when they were informed about it. He said something like 'just because you wrap some shit in fairy-made wrappers doesn't mean the shit becomes magic,' but Beastboy thought the people actually were excited about it. It was tempting to try to put a fairytale filter on their lives. People from the outside tended to think that superheroes' lives were nothing but cool. Starfire was the only one to clap her hands and be delighted at the idea. She has never read a fairytale before, and she was eager to see what it was about.

"Yeah."

Robin nodded, hands on his untouched coffee. The Titans were to participate as a team, but there was supposed to be a dance in the evening. Robin was going to take her there as his partner.

"You know, Starfire thinks you asked her out. Like on a date. She understands our dating ways now, just in case you didn't know."

Robin was silent for a few seconds.

"Yeah. She's not mistaken."

It was Beastboy's turn to fall silent for a while. He managed to find his tongue soon.

"Dude, I actually thought you and Raven had something going on! Heh.. Guess I guessed wrong."

Robin's eyes flicked up at the mention of Raven.

"What? Why would you think that? You know I had a thing for Starfire."

"Uh.. Yeah.. Of course."

Robin almost glared at him. Beastboy wasn't really good at hiding his thoughts.

"What is it? Say it."

Beastboy had to surrender.

"Well I knew you did. When you were, uhh.. Robin. Like during the early years when the Teen Titans got together. But then after Trigon I thought you started to have feelings for Raven. I mean, you went all the way to Hell to save her. Alone."

Robin did hear about the incidents with Trigon. Cyborg and Starfire briefly gave him the history he forgot. But it was the first time to actually think about it. Until now he just assumed that he went for her out of the sense of responsibility as the leader.

"Honestly, I swore you guys had a whole conversation together in your mind or something. Sometimes you'd just look at each other and know what's wrong or something. You were each other's interpreter, like those dog-to-human translating devices, get it?"

He got sidetracked saying that as Beastboy, he wouldn't need any of those. He hastily came back to the topic because Robin was clearly starting to glare at him in the 'don't get sidetracked!' way. He used to give him that look a lot whenever they had action plan meetings.

"Sometimes when you were super grumpy, I'd go to Raven and ask her to tell you what I wanted to tell you!"

He added a laugh at the end. He slurped the last of his smoothie.

"Well, if you guys aren't together, I wonder what Raven would do with Red X?"

"Nothing. He's a criminal."

"I mean, he's not a really bad guy, my animal instincts can tell that much.."

"Red X is an immature, shallow criminal who will end up in jail for the rest of his life. I will be the one to make sure that happens."

Something about Robin's voice was forceful. Beastboy gulped in confusion. He looked around for a change of topic. He added a little timidly,

"Uhm, you're not gonna drink that, are you?"

Robin's coffee was now cold. Beastboy knew Robin rarely left his drinks cold.

Little did Beastboy know, seeing Raven in purple had Robin see illusions. Illusions of a very intimate Raven. A very.. sexual Raven. His min wandered to the day he woke up after the accident, with such a relaxed Raven off-guard, her beauty that shone in the middle of the night... Robin stood up and headed home. Beastboy rushed to catch up with him. The coffee remained cold and untouched.