You, Yourself, and Thee
Chapter 7
Other Side
Robin stared at Starfire for a second. Then he asked, "Why do you want to know?"
"Because…" was Starfire's reply.
"Well…I…well…when a person is gay…they kind of…butter the other side of their bread."
"That is all? Then why would Raven being gay be a secret?"
"What!"
"Yes, but I don't see what is so shameful about buttering a different side of the yummy bread," said Starfire.
"Star! When someone is gay it means that they…fall in love with people of the same gender."
"Raven…falls in love with other girls?" Starfire questioned.
"Where did you hear this?" Robin asked.
"Beast Boy and Cyborg were discussing it. Apparently Raven entrusted Beast Boy with this information." Her expression quickly became an angry one. "For this, I will personally snorkeloth him like he's never been snorkelothed before!"
"Don't bother." Raven's voice came from behind them.
Robin jumped. "Raven! What did you hear?"
"Everything." Raven's hood was up, and her head was down.
"Is this true?" asked Robin.
Raven started walking away, ignoring Robin's question.
"I'm going out," she said.
With that, she left.
"What kind of friend are you?" shouted Starfire as she shook Beast Boy.
"I've already said I was sorry!" Beast Boy said.
"But not to her. She trusted you with a secret, and you broke that trust," said Robin.
Cyborg shook his head. "It wasn't all Beast Boy's fault. I was involved too, you know. Where did she go?"
"Probably to one of her depressing cafes!" Starfire exclaimed.
Beast Boy piped in, "You should go look for her, Star. She does trust you the most." He grinned evilly and added, "And because she looooves you!"
"It's not funny!" said Robin.
Starfire raised her hand. "I will go look for her. But I must be given some time to prepare."
"Prepare?" asked Cyborg. "For what?"
"You will see!" said Starfire as she ran off to her room.
Raven was sitting on a barstool, in one of her "depressing cafes," sipping a soda. The bartender was a rather gothic-looking person. Business seemed to be slow for the place on this particular night. Only a few people were there, besides Raven.
"Something got you down, Raven?" asked the bartender.
"Remember that girl I told about, Andrew? Who was in love with that other girl? I'm just… feeling bad…for her. Everyone knows her secret now, because she went and told a blabbermouth." Raven clenched her teeth. Her glass began to crack.
"Whoa! Chill, Raven! Feeling sorry for yourself isn't gonna be much help.
"I've told you, it isn't me." Raven hung her head.
"You can stop the act," said Andrew.
Raven sighed. "Is it that obvious?"
Andrew shrugged. "You were able to hide it from Starfire and the other Titans for this long."
"She'll never like me. She doesn't even understand the concept of "gay.""
Andrew refilled her soda absent-mindedly and cursed when he realized the soda was leaking through the cracks in her glass onto the counter. "She may not understand what "gay" is, but from the things you've said about her, she understands what love is, am I right?"
"Yes."
"So, don't you think she could love you, even if she doesn't quite understand our Earthling categorization of "gay people?" She is from a different planet after all," said Andrew.
A bell at the front door rang as someone entered the café.
"Wow…" said Andrew. "I think you should check this out."
Raven turned towards the door. Her eyes widened immediately.
"St-Starfire?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
It's been forever, hasn't it? Sorry for the long wait people! School has interfered with my work on this story. I'll try to update again soon, because this story is nearing completion! Please review!
