The next day Dragon was woken by Beastboy screaming into a megaphone. "WAKEY WAKEY! TOFU EGGS AND BAKEY!"
Dragon groaned then eased himself into some clothes. He had to forgo a shirt, because of the bandages. (Yay! Gratuitous shirtless scenes a plenty!)
He stumbled, half asleep, into the kitchen where Beastboy was hitting Cyborg repeatedly with strips of Tofu. Which was an accomplishment really, considering how easily they break.
Cyborg was just standing there, taking it, and then suddenly he rolled his eyes, grabbed Beastboy by the shirt and threw him into the refrigerator.
Cyborg walked away chuckling, with his back turned to the fridge, so he didn't notice Beastboy launch himself out of the fridge with some tofu eggs.
Then things got messy.
Seeing Dragon walk in, Raven rolled her eyes. "Don't ask. Just keep out of their sight range."
Grinning, Dragon lowered himself into a chair.
"Yo, Dragon!" cried Cyborg, who had wiped the egg out of his eyes, "want some good, ol' fashion, non-vegan breakfast?"
Dragon looked scared. "Some fruit?" he ventured.
Cyborg looked delighted. 'It's cutting time!"
Grabbing a knife, he started to cut miscellaneous fruits as fast as lightning. He then scattered them elegantly onto the plate and threw it to Dragon.
"Thanks!" said Dragon, genuinely grateful.
"It's cool!" cried Beastboy, "any friend of Arrow's is a friend…" he petered off, when he realized what he was saying.
Raven held her head in her hand. "Great choice of words BB" she said sarcastically.
There was a moment's awkward silence. "So…who likes meat?" and the eternal struggle continues.
A groggy Robin walked in, rubbing his eyes. "Huh? Wassu?" he tried, then gave up.
"Ah, Wonder Boy, Captain of the English language. We're honored by your presence." Said Raven, once again sarcastic.
Robin blinked a couple of times. It was too early for this.
Suddenly Starfire flew in and Robin visibly brightened. "Good morning friends, and acquaintance who I am not allowed to call my friend yet, but I am sure I will in the near or distant future!"
"I hope it's the near, Star," said Dragon, smiling.
Starfire gave a huge, anime grin and gave Dragon a huge hug. Surprisingly, he gave no sign of being choked.
Then Arrow walked in. she was wearing her usual outfit, except this time she had on a baggy black shirt with the batman logo on it.
Seeing everyone's stares, she shrugged. "My other one was ripped. This was all I had."
"Ok," said Robin, "But they made a t-shirt of it?"
"They make a t-shirt of everything." Said Arrow, with a wry grin.
"Well, I'm hungry. Got any fruit Cyborg?"
"Uh…" said Cyborg, blushing, "Dragon's got all of it."
"Don't worry, I'm done," said Dragon, pushing the plate to her, but not meeting her eye.
He hurriedly got up and walked out of the room.
Arrow watched him go, trying to ignore the lump in her throat and trying not to stare at his bent shoulders.
"Is my stench that bad?" asked Arrow, with a pretend expression of sadness.
"Don't worry," said Beastboy, changing into a kitten and jumping into her arms, "I'm still here."
"Yeah. And she shouldn't be worried?" said Raven
Beastboy narrowed his kitten eyes and hissed at her.
"I'm so scared." Said Raven, her arms crossed in front of her.
Beastboy changed back into his normal form and walked across to Raven.
"I don't smell," he said poking her in the stomach, "you take that back."
"Or you'll what? Capture me, tie me onto a railway track and stand by, laughing and twirling your moustache?"
"Ha ha! You've discovered my plot! I have to go through with it now!" he cried, and he grabbed her wrists and pushed them behind her back, pretending to capture her.
He was about to burst into maniacal laughter when he realized how close they were.
His chest was pressed against hers, their faces inches apart.
Raven realized this at the same time. She could feel the heat from his body warming her. Her lips parted slightly as they stared at each other.
They were breathing at the same time, their hearts beating at the same time. It was a moment of complete connection between them.
Then Robin sneezed.
Beastboy let go of her wrists, and she shoved her hood up, and left the same way she had last night, without a word.
Beastboy glanced around him, not processing anything, and then he left the room with a distracted expression on his face.
When they had both gone, Arrow rounded of Robin. "They were so close! They were a moment away from discovering what they've been avoiding for the past who knows how long! Then you had to sneeze! Aaaarrgghh! Imbecile!" Arrow stormed out of the room.
"I'm…sorry?" tried Robin, in a small voice.
Cyborg patted his shoulder on the way out. "Bad timing, my friend."