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Chapter 9: Fun
"We are all doing the 'hanging out' together! Such a glorious moment!"
Starfire flies ahead of the group, hugging every tree and rock that they pass by. Cyborg follows, looking quite content with the peace he's having. 'What peace?' you would ask. The peace that comes with the absence of the green dude.
It's not like Beastboy didn't come. He just happens to be too busy staring at Terra with heart-shaped eyes.
"This is, like, the best day of my entire life," he slowly states.
Terra, on the other hand, still seems to be observing the two other titans—who happen to be walking side-by-side… sharing another one of their comfortable moments of silence.
What? I can be beside anyone and have a comfortable silence!
"So," Robin starts, breaking the silence. "Having fun yet?"
"Super," Raven replies, sarcasm spilling in every sound she makes.
After a weak laugh from Robin, the two fall silent again.
"I wonder what she's thinking of… What're you thinking 'bout?"
"Nothing," she shortly replies.
"Come on—There's always something in YOUR mind." He smiles at her.
Really? "…I'm just wondering if I'll actually have fun here—"
"Oh—you WILL have fun," he says, playfully poking her shoulder. "I'll show you."
Moooooooooooooooo
Raven lifelessly sits on an end of the seesaw while Robin sits on the other end, making it move up and down. Another minute of this and I'm gonna get sick.
Terra and Beastboy are also doing the same thing on another seesaw. Smiling with her eyes closed, and obviously enjoying herself, Terra doesn't notice Beastboy numbly swaying side-to-side, looking like he's about to vomit—or even faint.
Starfire stands behind an empty seesaw and happily moves that end up and down. "Weeee!" Cyborg, on the other hand, joins a little girl on one. For some strange reason, the little girl enjoys being thrown up again and again as Cyborg makes the seesaw go up and down.
"Oh man," Raven hears Beastboy weakly say, then hears a loud thud from beside her. The green boy lays unconscious on the ground beside her.
"Beastboy?" Terra doesn't seem to know what just happened.
"Having fun yet?" Robin stops the seesaw.
"Uhh—no."
"Hmmm…"
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Terra still wears her happy, eyes-closed smile as she continuously pushes Beastboy who happens to be on a swing. Beastboy is already unconsciously hanging on to the ropes.
Starfire looks almost exactly like Terra—except, her eyes are open as she pushes Cyborg. The big metal man seems to be enjoying himself as he swings quite high up.
Robin's on a swing in front of Raven, kicking the ground on his own since she wouldn't push. "The wind's really nice. Having fun, Rae?" he calls.
"Nope."
"…Fine.."
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"Now, what should I do with this oddly shaped sphere?" Starfire asks, holding the football before her.
"You're supposed to throw it!" Beastboy calls, all the way from the other side of the field.
"I understand."
"OVER HERE, STAR!" Cyborg calls. Starfire follows and throws it to him.
"I'm so gonna get you, Cy!" Terra laughs, charging from behind Starfire and towards Cyborg.
"Hey, Raven," Robin calls.
"Raven!"
She turns to Robin and raises an eyebrow.
"Having f—"
Something hard hits her back—hard.
"Ouch."
Raven growls, looking up at Robin, eyes red with anger. "..Guess not."
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"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Starfire just slid down the slide. And, now, Raven's up next. And, unfortunately, Robin's behind her. Please, no.
"Go!" Robin pushes her and she slips down the slide… "Oops."
Raven stands up and angrily brushes the sand off her cloak.
"…Having f—"
"No!"
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"Okay. So we tried the seesaw, the swings.. football.. the slide… feeding the ducks.. running around, blah, blah… And I'm left… with this."
Terra sleeps on a branch of the tree; Beastboy, as a monkey, climbs up and down the same tree; Cyborg sleeps, leaning on it; Starfire floats and eats the fruits from it; Raven leans on another side of the tree, reading a book; and Robin sits under its shade, playing with the grass, looking just ever so bored.
Much better.
"…So… Having.. fun?"
"Sure."
"…Cool… I guess…" He sighs. "… —Alright! Let's go, guys!"
"What?—"
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"Look! Friends, let us do the wishing!" Starfire hurries to the fountain and looks down at the water. At the bottom of the fountain are many little coins definitely thrown in by other people. Looking all innocent and happy, she reaches in and picks one up.
"Um…"
"Right.." Seeming to not know what to say, Cyborg walks over to her.
"I don't think you sh—" Raven feels Robin's elbow nudge her side.
"That's a great idea!" Terra happily calls, hurrying to Starfire's side. Beastboy follows close behind her.
"It doesn't matter," he laughs and walks over to the rest. "Besides, she looks so happy."
He gives her a smile. What the heck. She can't help but smile back at him. "Cool. She's smiling again…"
Robin turns and continues walking. Raven follows.
Cyborg pulls a small coin out from somewhere in his robotic body (no one knows…) and smiles like a mute psycho as he holds it up before his face.
Seeing that Beastboy is staring at the many coins in the bottom of the water, most likely planning to take one, Terra takes two coins from her pocket and holds them up before his face. "Need a coin, BB?"
"Uh—yeah.." Beastboy immediately turns red as he slowly lifts a hand to take one of the coins.
"Cool! Let's all do it at the same time!" Terra calls, then she turns to both Robin and Raven. "You guys gotta join too."
"(sigh) Alright…" Robin walks to Beastboy's side.
Then, Terra turns to Raven and raises an eyebrow.
"Sorry. No coins here," she pushes her hands out of her cloak to reveal her ordinary outfit. "No pockets."
"That is no excuse," Robin suddenly says, giving her a smirk. She, in turn, raises her eyebrow. "We can share this one. I remember this penny! haha!…"
Can't they just leave me alone? "Forget it."
"C'mon, Rae," Robin sighs, walking over to her and pushing her to the drooling changeling's side.
"Glorious!"
"Yeah—coins up," Cyborg happily says. Everyone raises his—or her—coin—that is, except for Raven. Maybe I should say it again. No coin.
"Raven—hold on to the penny," Robin brings it up to her face.
"Why should I?"
"Make a wish," he insists, taking her hand and, with his, makes her hold the coin. Knowing that Raven would just let go of it, he keeps his hand on hers. "That should do it. You know, this is a lucky penny." He smiles. "I picked it up the other day."
"…So?"
"Make a wish," Terra says.
"Chances are—your wish would come true," Robin laughs, his hand still on hers.
"Whoever came up with that idea?"
He just silently laughs as a reply and closes his eyes. Is he seriously making a wish?
"I wish… I wish—You have to make a wish, Rae." He opens his eyes and looks at Raven who happens to just be looking at him. "I knew it." He smiles. "Seriously, Raven…"
"Fine."
He looks at the coin. "… I wish…"
Fine—I wish… I wish I'd stop hearing Robin's thoughts soon… It's not like this will actually work.
Hearing Robin's thoughts has been really interesting—and probably even useful. But… though not exactly knowing why she felt so… She just wants it to end….
…before she could hear something she wouldn't like…
Whoa. As if it really will come true.
"I wish this would work."
Raven sees him turning to her. "Done?"
"…Yeah," she replies, wondering what he meant by his wish.
And, in that very moment, she suddenly feels herself drowning in the white of his mask—as if looking for the eyes behind it.
—But the strange moment's immediately cut short by Starfire's loud voice. "Hmm… I wish that this earth would be free from all bad guys and be a happy home for the humans! —And I also wish to know the reason behind the 'blushing'—which I believe friend Raven constantly does!"
Raven hears Robin snigger beside her. But, before she could scold him or something, Starfire speaks yet again. "Finished, friends?" She bends to be able to have a look at everyone. "Glorious!—"
"Cool! Let's all drop ours together," Terra says.
"Now!" Beastboy suddenly shouts.
"Hey—" Cyborg's falling coin's delayed by a small bit, but early enough to catch up to the rest anyway.
Each coin falls, constantly reflecting the sun's bright light—as if in slow motion. One-by-one, they are swallowed by the water, carrying the wishes with them.
Raven just had to admit—there's no point in doing that. But… for some reason, it really did seem quite nice to watch. It's like watching some cheesy movie where everything's so perfect and predictable.
Speaking of predictable, I'm sure you can already guess what happens next.
"Wishing would never work. I'll have to do things myself…"
As if by instinct, Raven turns to look at Boy Wonder again. He seems to be watching Starfire skip all the way around the fountain.
…That's odd… For some strange reason, Raven all of a sudden feels as if she just wants to lie on her bed and forget him… forget Robin…
What? Jealous? Some voice in her head suddenly says. "…If anyone cares, I'll just be back in the tower," she states, lifting her hood to hide her slightly disappointed expression.
"What?… Hey." Robin's voice immediately stops her. "Where are you going?"
Do I always have to repeat whatever I say? "Tower," she shortly replies.
"How 'bout lunch?"
"Don't you think it's quite late for lunch already?" Raven looks at him from behind the shadow of her hood.
She watches him look up at the clock tower. "3:30… It's never too late." He smiles.
"Man, no wonder I feel hungry," Cyborg says, both hands on his stomach. "Let's get some pizza!"
"Yeah!"
"They don't serve tea there…"
"So?" Robin retorts, a bit too quickly.
"I. Want. Tea." She turns around.
"Why's she all moody again? You know, there's a place where they do serve tea just across the street from there." Strange.. He sounded quite serious then.
He really wants me to go, huh… The two exchange serious glares. Terra, Beastboy, Cyborg and Starfire just watch all this from behind Robin. We're just making a scene here—"Whatever."
With that word out of her mouth, she sees a smirk form on Robin's face.
"Great. Let's go."
They all turn around and return to their cheerful state as they make their way towards the pizza place--downtown. Raven sighs, and finally follows.
"...So..." Robin suddenly starts. "...Had fun?"
Oh wow.
He looks at her and smiles. To be honest, Raven hadn't expected that smile to appear on his face--especially after their little quarrel.
"Did you?"
"Hmm... Nope.." She gives him a little smile as well.
Robin lets out a small laugh and looks back at the direction they're heading.
"I know she did."
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