It was a normal morning in the Titans Tower. Cyborg and Beast Boy noisily quarreled over what was to be had for breakfast; Robin was off in a corner with Starfire somewhere, explaining to her for the fifteenth time, with red cheeks, exactly what a girlfriend was and Raven floated a couple of inches off the ground saying her famous words. But something was amiss in the tower. The others were just too busy to notice.
Raven was having an unusually hard time meditating. Normally she was able to drown out her teammate's voices, but today, she was having a very hard time concentrating. "Azerath Metrion Zinthos." "TOFU!" "EGGS!" "TOFU!" "NO WAY, YOU LITTLE GRASS STAIN! GET THAT CRAP OUTTA MY KITCHEN!" "Azerath—"TOFU IS SO NOT CRAP! HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT KNOWING THAT I CHANGE INTO IT?" –Metrion—"WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED INTO A PIG?"—Zinthos…" "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Raven sighed and dropped to the floor, rubbing her temples. Maybe if she concentrated on something else she'd have an easier time clearing her mind…it was either that or meditating in her room, and though she'd never admit it, after the Slade incident, she didn't feel comfortable meditating alone. Raven re-crossed her legs and closed her eyes.
"Azerath Metrion Zinthos." "So you are saying that a girlfriend is a girl that you deeply care about?" Raven could hear Robin sigh, pleased that Starfire seemed to finally understand what he'd been explaining to her for the last couple of days. "Yes Starfire."
"Azerath—Raven could feel an aura of hurt coming from one of her teammates. "So…" She could hear Starfire begin to reason. "I am not this 'girl-friend' so you do not care for me?" Raven immediately knew that Robin had screwed up and that the aura she was feeling was coming from Starfire. "No, Star, I…" "—Metrion--" Raven screwed her eyes shut tight and began forcing all of her energy into meditating, not wanting to hear the end of Robin's sentence. She could feel the heat radiating off his body and could practically read all of his emotions even with her eyes closed.
'What's wrong with me? Why do I feel like I'm bleeding on the inside?'
"Starfire…..I….i..." Raven knew very well that he would never finish that sentence, but just knowing that his heart would always be with her… "I …do…care for you…." Robin managed to choke out. "Actually, Star, I…lo…" "—Zinthos."
Raven couldn't take it anymore. She let out all the energy she'd been focusing on her meditation causing the gigantic light in the kitchen to explode, emitting a rather large 'boom.' She knew it was wrong—very wrong.
'Robin finally gets the balls to tell Starfire his feelings but then I have to go all jealous and blow a lamp before he spills his "deep dark secret." Perfect. I'm not even supposed to be feeling these emotions. He's going to kill me later.' Raven surrounded herself in her veil of power and slid quietly into the floor, while her teammates were still confused and blinded by the dark.
