Requisite Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, settings, or expressions that are contained in this story.
Review Response: This is probably the last chapter. Now that everyone is together, and at least semi-happy with thier situation, it seems like a nice place to end a fluff fic. Thanks for all the reviews and support through the writing of this fic; I look forward to writing another Teen Titans fanfic in the future, perhaps with a deeper plot. See you all there.
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The Life Of the Titans
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Cyborg sighed as he replaced the rooftop floodlight. He was happy for Beastboy and Raven, honestly he was, but replacing the floodlights was a pain, and he didn't want to have to do it again. He grinned with satisfaction as the light turned on. Good, it was done. Finally. Cyborg stood and turned back towars the rooftop entrance to the tower, stopping when he saw Raven standing there.
"Sorry for the damage up here. You shouldn't have to work to repair my mistakes." Raven's hood was up, as usual, and only her eyes were visible from under it's shadow. Cyborg smirked at her.
"Hey, you can't help if you got a little emotional. Don't worry about it." Cyborg waved his hand in dismissal. It was no big deal. Replacing lights occasionally was fine, as long as his friends were happy. It made him feel good, in a self-sacrificing kind of way.
Raven continued to stare through him, her strange piercing gaze still unnerved him. "Did Beastboy tell you what happened up here?"
Cyborg scratched the back of his head. "Uh.. no, but I can probably guess. Why do you ask?"
Raven looked away. "I don't like being seen as a normal girl. I'm too used to being the cold, emotionless one. It feels strange to suddenly be... happy."
Cyborg laughed. "Strange? Look, you can be happy, everyone is entitled to a little happiness. I don't mind replacing the lights and windows, just try to keep Beastboy alive, allright?" Cyborg walked past Raven, and headed for the staircase leading into the tower. He stopped for a second, then looked back at Raven.
"Look, I know you don't like being emotional. Tell you what, if you start wearing pink, I'll try to keep you grounded."
He left quickly before her glare could cut him in two.
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Starfire smiled as she watched Robin training on the exterior training course. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold, with bright sunshine covering everything. Starfire swung her legs forward and backward as she sat on one of the rocky cliffs around Titans Tower. She loved the feeling of the sun on this planet. Her own planet was the eighth in the Vega system, much farther from the sun than Earth was.
She smiled as Robin pulled various acrobatic manuevers, dodging the flying projectiles and dangerous moving walls of the obstacle course. It was one thing that she loved about him, the constant training and work. He was so unlike anyone she'd met before. On Tamaran, everyone was much more carefree, even the most obsessive people didn't match Robin's dedication.
Starfire flew down to the control panel, as Robin neared the end of the course. She clicked off the power to the course as Robin rolled through the last danger. She looked at the time. "One minute and twenty-four seconds! That was very good, Robin!"
Robin grinned at the bubbly alien. "But not my best. Missed it by three seconds. Set the course to reset, I'll run it again." While the course was resetting and rebuilding itself, Robin climbed the stairs up to the control panel. Starfire leaned against the cliff behind her, smiling at him.
"I am happy that you are not angry with yourself for failing, Robin! I am... sad when you are angry at yourself." Starfire hugged Robin close as she spoke, happy to finally be able to act this way around him. He smiled back at her, obviously enjoying the attention.
"It's because of you. You calm me down, Starfire. I can't get angry with you around." Robin walked towards the control panel, Starfire floating, pulled through the air while hugging him. He fiddled with some controls, adjusting the timing on the guns, making them slightly more accurate. He wanted a challenge.
Starfire giggled. "You are being Robin again. Perhaps you should be careful about the weapons? I would not wish for you to be hurt."
Robin smirked. "I'll be fine. Besides, I wouldn't get hurt now that I have such a beautiful woman waiting for me up here."
Starfire smiled. "In that case, I will make a wager. If you are able to finish the course in less than one minute and twenty seconds, I will kiss you again when you finish. If you take longer, you will have to wait until tomorrow." Starfire looked at Robin, smiling as she taunted him with the wager. She knew he could never refuse a bet against his physical ability.
"I'll see you up here in a minute, Starfire." Robin winked, walking down the steps to the beginning of the course. Starfire clicked on the button, starting the timer and the motion.
She hoped he made it in time.
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Raven floated gently in the air, hovering above the cracked helipad on top of Titans Tower. Her mind looked in on itself, the reddish hued stars and grey stony crags extending into infinity. She felt level, calm, serene. Everything was in perfect balance once more, it had taken some time to work out all the kinks from the date.
She breathed deeply, past the point where she needed her mantra. She watched as her elemental emotions strolled about on their own stone islands, each doing their own form of housekeeping. Happiness was planting more pink grass, and smelling flowers in her strange, brightly colored island. Timidity was walking slowly through a maze, no doubt considering how awful Cyborg must feel about replacing tower components. Knowledge was studying endless tomes in her library. They were all doing the typical motions, nothing out of the ordinary.
Raven allowed herself a smile, content that everything was once again correct. She was watching Bravery fight a dozen mentally conjured Slade robots as she heard the timid voice behind her.
"Uh... Raven? How are you?" Raven's mind's eye closed, and the image peeled away from her, leaving the blue sky and brightly sunlit rooftop back into her sight. She turned towards Beastboy.
"I was meditating." She landed gently on her feet. "What is it, Beastboy?"
Beastboy flinched a little from the irritation that had inadvertently crept into her voice. Seeing him flinch made her a little sad, she didn't want him to fear her. "I was just looking for you. Are your powers better now? Not going ape all over your room anymore?" The large green gorilla walked over to Raven, smiling hopefully with it's big monkey lips.
She nodded. "I'm able to control my emotions now, yes. Everything is back to normal." She watched as the ape changed back into Beastboy, his green eyes shining at her. She felt that spark of emotion inside her, that had only recently become part of her repetoire. She tried to suppress it.
Beastboy moved his eyebrows up and down, grinning. "Well, mostly back to normal, Right?" He put his left arm around her waist and looked into her eyes, which were shining through the darkness that her hood cast across her face.
She couldn't help but smile, feeling his arm around her, and seeing his smile. "Yes. There are some differences." She reached up and pulled back her hood, and put her arms around his neck, hugging him close. Beastboy could smell her shampoo, lavender. He smiled, holding her to him, and putting his right arm across her back, loving every moment he spent with her.
"Beastboy?" Her voice sounded quiet and uncertain.
"Yeah Raven?" He tried to sound confident, to make her feel better.
"I"m glad we are together. Thank you." His heart leapt as he heard her thank him. He had been worried that she would leave him due to the emotional mess it caused.
"You're welcome. I'm glad we're together too." He held the girl tightly, she felt so frail as she held onto him. Suddenly she pulled away, and he let her step back slightly. Her face was still a deadpan expressionless one.
"Well, it is nearing lunchtime. Do you want to go out somewhere?" Raven's expression, or lack thereof, didn't change.
Beastboy grinned. "How can you ask me for a date so calmly? I might say no."
Raven raised an eyebrow, and Beastboy jumped as the roof beneath him shivered due to Raven's power.
"Uh... Yeah. Let's go out to lunch. I know a place with great apple pie." The green teenager smiled, then changed into a raven.
Raven herself just smiled back at him, levitating easily. She hadn't lost control, she just knew how to get him to accept. They flew off towards the city limits, looking for the cafe.
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Cyborg looked up from his cooking as Starfire and Robin entered the common room. Starfire was smiling brightly, and Robin's hair was all messed up. Both walked up to the kitchen counter. Cyborg grinned.
"Hey, y'all. You ready for tonight's pork roast? Gonna be a killer."
Robin laughed. "Your cooking is usually good, Cyborg. Better than the rest of us anyway."
Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, If I ever have garlic and vinegar tofu again, I'll have to be starving to try it."
Starfire let out a little 'hmmph' noise. "Well Robin liked it. Didn't you Robin?"
Robin kind of laughed nervously. "Um... yeah. It's the kind of thing that is so good that you can only eat it every once in a long while."
Starfire giggled happily. Cyborg finished cutting potatoes and moved on to carrots. Robin just tried to keep cool, despite the awkward situation of his new girlfriend and his long-time friend being in the same room. He didn't know how to act.
"So Robin, what have you and Star been doing all day? I know she hasn't been training with you, and you never do anything else."
Robin turned red. "Uh... I was training. She just helped me stay focused and motivated."
Starfire giggled. "I enjoy watching Robin run the obstacle course. His acrobatics are fascinating."
Cyborg grinned at the couple. "Robin, I guess you got hit in the head a few times on the course."
Robin raised an eyebrow. "Why do you say that?"
Cyborg smirked. "Your hair is messed up. I know it couldn't have been done by anything except getting hit in the head." Cyborg knew full well that Starfire had messed up his hair, but wanted to tease them instead.
Robin shook his head quickly, then reached up and fixed his hair. "Uh, yeah. Must have just not noticed it. Anyway, I'm going to go to my room and take a shower. Talk to you later Cyborg." Robin got up and walked towards the exit, Starfire stayed where she was. Robin stopped at the door, grinning back at the two Titans.
"Oh, and Cyborg? There's a new course record. Fifty-nine seconds. Beat that." Robin stepped into the hallway door and it closed behind him.
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Later that night, all of the titans were sitting on the couch, far too full of pork roast to move. Beastboy was full of his special tofu roast, but it was similar enough. It was movie night, but no one had selected a movie yet, and everyone was too lazy to do it. Cyborg sat in the middle of the couch, with his head laying back on the cushion. Starfire had laid down, with her head in Robin's lap, and he was sitting on the right side of the couch. Beastboy was laying on the couch, curled up as a dog, and sitting next to Raven, who was idly reading a suspense novel.
Cyborg stood up, and everyone watched as he dug through the movies. "So what do y'all want to watch? We got horror, sci-fi, all kinds of kungfu action... uh... nature documentaries..." He grinned and winked at the couples. "Ro-mance."
Raven rolled her eyes, trying to ignore the green dog's panting breath on her leg. Beastboy opened one large green eye and wagged his tail. Starfire giggled, and Robin tried to look indifferent. Cyborg laughed. "Well, Since I'm the only one flying solo these days, I guess I'll pick. Sci-fi romance it is."
He put the movie in the player and reclined on the couch, putting his legs up on the small table in front of him. He looked to his left and right, at the couples that surrounded him. Things were going to be different, and he predicted that he'd have to be giving all kinds of consolation and advice in the future, but for now, things were allright. He pressed play, and the movie started showing.
Everything would be all right.
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A/N: Yep, last chapter probably. Everything ends happy enough, even though Cyborg is still a loner. I didn't want to introduce any OCs, since they irritate me and I can't write them anyway. I'll be writing another Teen Titans fic soon, I have an idea bouncing around that's been done, but I'm going to give it a shot as well. It's a lot darker than this fic, though there isn't any character death or anything. Anyhow, thanks for reading my happy fluff, and I'll see you all in later fics.
Review Response: This is probably the last chapter. Now that everyone is together, and at least semi-happy with thier situation, it seems like a nice place to end a fluff fic. Thanks for all the reviews and support through the writing of this fic; I look forward to writing another Teen Titans fanfic in the future, perhaps with a deeper plot. See you all there.
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The Life Of the Titans
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Cyborg sighed as he replaced the rooftop floodlight. He was happy for Beastboy and Raven, honestly he was, but replacing the floodlights was a pain, and he didn't want to have to do it again. He grinned with satisfaction as the light turned on. Good, it was done. Finally. Cyborg stood and turned back towars the rooftop entrance to the tower, stopping when he saw Raven standing there.
"Sorry for the damage up here. You shouldn't have to work to repair my mistakes." Raven's hood was up, as usual, and only her eyes were visible from under it's shadow. Cyborg smirked at her.
"Hey, you can't help if you got a little emotional. Don't worry about it." Cyborg waved his hand in dismissal. It was no big deal. Replacing lights occasionally was fine, as long as his friends were happy. It made him feel good, in a self-sacrificing kind of way.
Raven continued to stare through him, her strange piercing gaze still unnerved him. "Did Beastboy tell you what happened up here?"
Cyborg scratched the back of his head. "Uh.. no, but I can probably guess. Why do you ask?"
Raven looked away. "I don't like being seen as a normal girl. I'm too used to being the cold, emotionless one. It feels strange to suddenly be... happy."
Cyborg laughed. "Strange? Look, you can be happy, everyone is entitled to a little happiness. I don't mind replacing the lights and windows, just try to keep Beastboy alive, allright?" Cyborg walked past Raven, and headed for the staircase leading into the tower. He stopped for a second, then looked back at Raven.
"Look, I know you don't like being emotional. Tell you what, if you start wearing pink, I'll try to keep you grounded."
He left quickly before her glare could cut him in two.
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Starfire smiled as she watched Robin training on the exterior training course. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold, with bright sunshine covering everything. Starfire swung her legs forward and backward as she sat on one of the rocky cliffs around Titans Tower. She loved the feeling of the sun on this planet. Her own planet was the eighth in the Vega system, much farther from the sun than Earth was.
She smiled as Robin pulled various acrobatic manuevers, dodging the flying projectiles and dangerous moving walls of the obstacle course. It was one thing that she loved about him, the constant training and work. He was so unlike anyone she'd met before. On Tamaran, everyone was much more carefree, even the most obsessive people didn't match Robin's dedication.
Starfire flew down to the control panel, as Robin neared the end of the course. She clicked off the power to the course as Robin rolled through the last danger. She looked at the time. "One minute and twenty-four seconds! That was very good, Robin!"
Robin grinned at the bubbly alien. "But not my best. Missed it by three seconds. Set the course to reset, I'll run it again." While the course was resetting and rebuilding itself, Robin climbed the stairs up to the control panel. Starfire leaned against the cliff behind her, smiling at him.
"I am happy that you are not angry with yourself for failing, Robin! I am... sad when you are angry at yourself." Starfire hugged Robin close as she spoke, happy to finally be able to act this way around him. He smiled back at her, obviously enjoying the attention.
"It's because of you. You calm me down, Starfire. I can't get angry with you around." Robin walked towards the control panel, Starfire floating, pulled through the air while hugging him. He fiddled with some controls, adjusting the timing on the guns, making them slightly more accurate. He wanted a challenge.
Starfire giggled. "You are being Robin again. Perhaps you should be careful about the weapons? I would not wish for you to be hurt."
Robin smirked. "I'll be fine. Besides, I wouldn't get hurt now that I have such a beautiful woman waiting for me up here."
Starfire smiled. "In that case, I will make a wager. If you are able to finish the course in less than one minute and twenty seconds, I will kiss you again when you finish. If you take longer, you will have to wait until tomorrow." Starfire looked at Robin, smiling as she taunted him with the wager. She knew he could never refuse a bet against his physical ability.
"I'll see you up here in a minute, Starfire." Robin winked, walking down the steps to the beginning of the course. Starfire clicked on the button, starting the timer and the motion.
She hoped he made it in time.
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Raven floated gently in the air, hovering above the cracked helipad on top of Titans Tower. Her mind looked in on itself, the reddish hued stars and grey stony crags extending into infinity. She felt level, calm, serene. Everything was in perfect balance once more, it had taken some time to work out all the kinks from the date.
She breathed deeply, past the point where she needed her mantra. She watched as her elemental emotions strolled about on their own stone islands, each doing their own form of housekeeping. Happiness was planting more pink grass, and smelling flowers in her strange, brightly colored island. Timidity was walking slowly through a maze, no doubt considering how awful Cyborg must feel about replacing tower components. Knowledge was studying endless tomes in her library. They were all doing the typical motions, nothing out of the ordinary.
Raven allowed herself a smile, content that everything was once again correct. She was watching Bravery fight a dozen mentally conjured Slade robots as she heard the timid voice behind her.
"Uh... Raven? How are you?" Raven's mind's eye closed, and the image peeled away from her, leaving the blue sky and brightly sunlit rooftop back into her sight. She turned towards Beastboy.
"I was meditating." She landed gently on her feet. "What is it, Beastboy?"
Beastboy flinched a little from the irritation that had inadvertently crept into her voice. Seeing him flinch made her a little sad, she didn't want him to fear her. "I was just looking for you. Are your powers better now? Not going ape all over your room anymore?" The large green gorilla walked over to Raven, smiling hopefully with it's big monkey lips.
She nodded. "I'm able to control my emotions now, yes. Everything is back to normal." She watched as the ape changed back into Beastboy, his green eyes shining at her. She felt that spark of emotion inside her, that had only recently become part of her repetoire. She tried to suppress it.
Beastboy moved his eyebrows up and down, grinning. "Well, mostly back to normal, Right?" He put his left arm around her waist and looked into her eyes, which were shining through the darkness that her hood cast across her face.
She couldn't help but smile, feeling his arm around her, and seeing his smile. "Yes. There are some differences." She reached up and pulled back her hood, and put her arms around his neck, hugging him close. Beastboy could smell her shampoo, lavender. He smiled, holding her to him, and putting his right arm across her back, loving every moment he spent with her.
"Beastboy?" Her voice sounded quiet and uncertain.
"Yeah Raven?" He tried to sound confident, to make her feel better.
"I"m glad we are together. Thank you." His heart leapt as he heard her thank him. He had been worried that she would leave him due to the emotional mess it caused.
"You're welcome. I'm glad we're together too." He held the girl tightly, she felt so frail as she held onto him. Suddenly she pulled away, and he let her step back slightly. Her face was still a deadpan expressionless one.
"Well, it is nearing lunchtime. Do you want to go out somewhere?" Raven's expression, or lack thereof, didn't change.
Beastboy grinned. "How can you ask me for a date so calmly? I might say no."
Raven raised an eyebrow, and Beastboy jumped as the roof beneath him shivered due to Raven's power.
"Uh... Yeah. Let's go out to lunch. I know a place with great apple pie." The green teenager smiled, then changed into a raven.
Raven herself just smiled back at him, levitating easily. She hadn't lost control, she just knew how to get him to accept. They flew off towards the city limits, looking for the cafe.
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Cyborg looked up from his cooking as Starfire and Robin entered the common room. Starfire was smiling brightly, and Robin's hair was all messed up. Both walked up to the kitchen counter. Cyborg grinned.
"Hey, y'all. You ready for tonight's pork roast? Gonna be a killer."
Robin laughed. "Your cooking is usually good, Cyborg. Better than the rest of us anyway."
Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, If I ever have garlic and vinegar tofu again, I'll have to be starving to try it."
Starfire let out a little 'hmmph' noise. "Well Robin liked it. Didn't you Robin?"
Robin kind of laughed nervously. "Um... yeah. It's the kind of thing that is so good that you can only eat it every once in a long while."
Starfire giggled happily. Cyborg finished cutting potatoes and moved on to carrots. Robin just tried to keep cool, despite the awkward situation of his new girlfriend and his long-time friend being in the same room. He didn't know how to act.
"So Robin, what have you and Star been doing all day? I know she hasn't been training with you, and you never do anything else."
Robin turned red. "Uh... I was training. She just helped me stay focused and motivated."
Starfire giggled. "I enjoy watching Robin run the obstacle course. His acrobatics are fascinating."
Cyborg grinned at the couple. "Robin, I guess you got hit in the head a few times on the course."
Robin raised an eyebrow. "Why do you say that?"
Cyborg smirked. "Your hair is messed up. I know it couldn't have been done by anything except getting hit in the head." Cyborg knew full well that Starfire had messed up his hair, but wanted to tease them instead.
Robin shook his head quickly, then reached up and fixed his hair. "Uh, yeah. Must have just not noticed it. Anyway, I'm going to go to my room and take a shower. Talk to you later Cyborg." Robin got up and walked towards the exit, Starfire stayed where she was. Robin stopped at the door, grinning back at the two Titans.
"Oh, and Cyborg? There's a new course record. Fifty-nine seconds. Beat that." Robin stepped into the hallway door and it closed behind him.
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Later that night, all of the titans were sitting on the couch, far too full of pork roast to move. Beastboy was full of his special tofu roast, but it was similar enough. It was movie night, but no one had selected a movie yet, and everyone was too lazy to do it. Cyborg sat in the middle of the couch, with his head laying back on the cushion. Starfire had laid down, with her head in Robin's lap, and he was sitting on the right side of the couch. Beastboy was laying on the couch, curled up as a dog, and sitting next to Raven, who was idly reading a suspense novel.
Cyborg stood up, and everyone watched as he dug through the movies. "So what do y'all want to watch? We got horror, sci-fi, all kinds of kungfu action... uh... nature documentaries..." He grinned and winked at the couples. "Ro-mance."
Raven rolled her eyes, trying to ignore the green dog's panting breath on her leg. Beastboy opened one large green eye and wagged his tail. Starfire giggled, and Robin tried to look indifferent. Cyborg laughed. "Well, Since I'm the only one flying solo these days, I guess I'll pick. Sci-fi romance it is."
He put the movie in the player and reclined on the couch, putting his legs up on the small table in front of him. He looked to his left and right, at the couples that surrounded him. Things were going to be different, and he predicted that he'd have to be giving all kinds of consolation and advice in the future, but for now, things were allright. He pressed play, and the movie started showing.
Everything would be all right.
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A/N: Yep, last chapter probably. Everything ends happy enough, even though Cyborg is still a loner. I didn't want to introduce any OCs, since they irritate me and I can't write them anyway. I'll be writing another Teen Titans fic soon, I have an idea bouncing around that's been done, but I'm going to give it a shot as well. It's a lot darker than this fic, though there isn't any character death or anything. Anyhow, thanks for reading my happy fluff, and I'll see you all in later fics.