Star Signs
Part 3: Cyborg The Taurus
By Shyro Foxfeather
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Cyborg: Taurus
Loyal, dependable, generous, physically strong, rigid, stubborn, hot-tempered, meticulous, sensible…
Your key planet, Venus, is receiving contradictory messages and you might have a difficult time deciding which one is more important. On one hand, you are moving toward what is most real. You want the safety of stability. On the other hand, something captures your attention and the sparkle in your eye is irrepressible. At least, hold onto the excitement while you take the more conservative route. –AOL Horoscope
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Cyborg was in conflict. He knew something was up. He knew it.
Although the people in question didn't know it, or know that he knew it or… Ouch, headache. He pondered for a split second on whether he was actually able to get headaches or not but shrugged that topic off quickly.
The 65-watt light bulb had gone off in his head as he watched Raven read her book calmly as she floated in the corner by the window. Her legs were in her normal mediation position and she looked quite entranced with her book. That was until he saw it. It could've been his imagination, he could have been delusional, he could have a fever of 104.2, however he knew he did not and what he saw was real.
Raven had glanced up, spotted Beast Boy in the kitchen humming some ridiculous song, and had smiled. Smiled!
Not a big grin, or a sneering smirk, but a small, graceful, smile.
Cyborg knew he had tendencies to be selfish but those restraining thoughts flew out the window as a torrent of 'what ifs' invaded his mind and made their presence painfully obvious. He tried his hardest to ignore them but…
What if…
What if they were secretly dating? What if their parents had known each other and somehow had arranged a future marriage and they had fallen in love? What if they merely liked each other…
'What if they merely like each other?' Cyborg thought to himself. 'I could clip the bud before it blossoms and get to Raven first… They couldn't blame me could they? Nah… It'd be their fault for not acting sooner…'
He paused. 'Why do I like Raven so much?' He mentally asked himself. It was a puzzle indeed. He assumed it had started when he had first built the T-car and she had helped him rebuild it and all…
He couldn't place it. When he had became a 'spy' for the HIVE academy he became attached to Jinx and when he met Bee he was attracted to her too. All the while his mind had whispered things like 'You're cheating on Raven…' and then he would snap back 'No, I'm not! There's nothing between us!'
Of course he never questioned where the little voice came from. He might crash his system in the process…
He sighed internally. He'd read in a book once that teenage males usually have surges of emotion that come in waves—stupid hormones—and that it was natural to feel attracted to members of the opposite sex. It helped him a little bit but that was as far as that went.
He had felt the books statement to be true. He'd even felt a little attraction towards Starfire at first, however, he quickly realized that Robin had a royal crush on the Tameranean and Cyborg had backed off of that one silently.
It was a desperate feeling. A feeling that if he didn't act now he'd be left in the dust as his friends became couples and he was left to be the 3rd wheel. Yet he knew this wasn't true, it couldn't be.
He decided to take his mind off the current events and walked off to the garage to wash up the T-car. His baby had been runnin' non-stop lately with all the villains running about the city. She did need a good scrubbing. He finally reached his destination and went about his plans as he wondered what new things he could upgrade on her.
A few minutes into it, as Cyborg was lathering a think amount of puffy soap onto his car, a voice rang out behind him.
"Friend Cyborg, do you need help with the bathing of the…car?" Starfire asked as she studied what Cyborg was doing. It looked easy enough.
"Uh…Sure Star." He said hesitantly as he tossed her a rag. He had been trying to get some peaceful alone time to think out his problems but maybe all he needed was some company.
Starfire caught the rag and began to copy Cyborg's movements. It wasn't too long before she caught the simple action that was scrubbing mud off a car.
Cyborg sighed wholeheartedly as he momentarily became lost in his former thoughts. Starfire gave him a questioning glance. "Something troubles you?" She asked.
He jumped at her voice. "Um… No Star, nothin's wrong." He said unconvincingly.
She eyed him a moment wondering what questions had hauled themselves into his cranium and fluttered around there in a desperate attempt to get solved. "Oh…Kay."
Cyborg grimaced at her saddened look. "It's okay, really, just some stupid stuff I guess." He murmured.
She gave a puzzled look. "No thoughts are idiotic, Cyborg. Each thing you think has it's meaning for being there. Solving those thought's is what brings about real inner peace." Starfire replied as her elbow slid into a large cloud of soap. She yelped and tried to claw the foreign white lather from her arm.
Cyborg watched this studying. 'Maybe Star's smarter than she looks. I mean, she seems to have her own patch of inner peace, doesn't she?' He mused.
He grinned as the Tameran girl sighed pathetically at her misfortune with the soap. She caught his smile a beamed. "That is much better!" She cheered. "You have solved your problem and now you can smile again!"
Cyborg internally shook his head. He'd merely shoved his problem to the back of his mind to evaluate later. But then again, what really was his problem anyway? In all aspects he could not have one and just created one from pure boredom…
Cyborg paused. He would just assume that until the issue came up again. There wasn't really a rush, was there?
…At least not now. For what one could do today it may be wiser to wait until tomorrow…
…Or so he hoped.
…Owari…
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Disclaimer: I don't even own a phone. What makes you think I own such a popular—and probably profitable—show such as Teen Titans?
…Hum…the disclaimers seem to be dying. Oh well.
:Points to story: Now you know why I don't write Cyborg. :Twitches:
(Long Pause)
…Azumanga Diaoh!
This is more like a 'what if' fanfic. Cyborg is attracted to females, that's what boys do. He is not in love with Raven. Although, fanfics where Raven likes Beast Boy and Beast Boy likes Raven and Cyborg likes Raven and Beast Boy is paranoid that Cyborg will steal Raven, are amusing in the highest form of…amusement.
