Late! Late again! I am so sorry!
"Robin," Batman rumbled back, looking around the room with a blank face.
Robin rolled his eyes, "Yes this is where I've been, no you don't get to say anything about it."
Batman looked back down at him with the distinct impression he was raising his eyebrow.
"Oh for the love of…" Robin started, but cut himself off when he noticed the team and titans all watching raptly. He stalked out of the room, "We'll do this in my room."
Batman nodded and silently glided after his son, and the door slid closed behind them.
Beast Boy almost instantly turned into a fly and went buzzing after them, but was caught by Raven.
"Robin deserves his privacy for this," she said flatly, "Don't even think about it."
"Aw, come on!" Beast Boy complained, turning human again, but Raven didn't budge.
"No."
"What do you think they're talking about?" Zatanna asked, at least partially to change the subject.
"Probably telling Batman the same thing he told you," Cyborg said, "How Batman's going to react is anyone's guess, though."
"I can't believe you guys said that, though!" Beast Boy yelled, apparently recovering from being stopped in his tracks by Raven, "Seriously? You don't just ask a dude when he's going to go back to the people that raised him!"
"And why not?" Rocket demanded, "It's a valid question!"
"No it isn't!" Beast Boy insisted, "If he doesn't want to go back, he doesn't have to go back!"
"Why wouldn't he want to come back?" Superboy asked confrontationally.
"Uh, cause you all treat him like a snot nosed kid?" Cyborg asked sarcastically, "Or maybe because he's got a job to do here?"
"He's got a job to do with us, too," Artemis protested.
"Please, friends, we should not fight," Starfire said, "I'm sure everything will be worked out."
"Yeah, in your favor," Zatanna muttered under her breath.
"Robin makes his own choices," Raven told them, "We don't try to make them for him, and neither should you."
"Hey, what are you implying?" Rocket asked, "He's our friend and we want what's best for him."
"Yeah, well he's our leader, and we trust him to decide what's best for him himself," Cyborg shot back.
"And how's that working out for you?" Artemis asked dryly.
"Pretty good considering we've saved the world several times," Beast Boy snarled.
They descended into fighting, the rest of the team and titans watching with wide eyes. Miss Martian reached out to take Superboy's hand.
"If he were really so unhappy, wouldn't he have told us?" she asked quietly. Superboy didn't answer, watching the fight quietly. Beast Boy had turned into a goose to honk loudly every time Artemis said something, and Rocket was making blah blah blah motions with her hand every time Cyborg opened his mouth.
"Please, do not fight," Starfire implored, "It does no good to cause the bad feelings among ourselves."
"Robin will make his own choices," Raven agreed, "All this fighting is pointless."
"Yeah, and I'm sure you're saying that cause you know Kitty Pantene over here is just gonna bat her eyes here and Robin will do whatever she says," Rocket said rudely, gesturing at Starfire. Artemis whipped around to stare at Rocket in shock.
"What did you call me?" Starfire demanded, eyes and hands beginning to glow, "How dare you? You… you…"
"Enough!" Aqualad yelled, silencing everyone. He took a deep breath, "Rocket, stop. You know better than to say such things. Now apologize at once."
"Sorry," Rocket grumbled, not looking at anyone.
"As for the rest of you, the titans are right," Aqualad turned to the rest of the team, "It is not for us to decide for Robin. He will make his own choices, and we will abide by them."
The team all shuffled awkwardly, but nodded.
"I realize that I have no authority over you," Aqualad said, turning to the titans, "But please do not pick fights with my team?"
"We didn't start it," Beast Boy snorted, then got elbowed by Raven, "Ow! Fine, whatever," he grumbled.
Everyone quieted down after that, barely looking at each other. Artemis sidled up beside Kaldur and took his hand. "Sorry," she murmured.
He didn't say anything, but he squeezed her hand.
Slowly, M'gann drifted back over to Starfire. "So, about that double date?" she smiled hesitantly, and was rewarded by Starfire smiling back. Slowly, the atmosphere in the room lightened, and the teams mingled again, if maybe not so freely anymore, and all of them were watching the door out of the corners of their eyes.
When the door slid open, everything went quiet.
I am in fact aware that "Kitty Pantene" is a weird insult. However, I really wanted to work "Kitty" in there somewhere, because a regular insult might not have offended Starfire too much, but comparing her to Kitten, even unknowingly? Good way to freaking die.