Part 3: Big thanks to Wolfeternity of DeviantArt for the Cover Photo!
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Damian walked down the hall and turned into the common area. As he expected, everyone else was already awake. Jamie was in the kitchen, making breakfast it seemed while Garfield was at the table, playing on his phone next to an empty plate. Kori was on the couch, using her laptop.
"Most likely talking to Grayson" Damian thought to himself. As he entered, Jamie turned and addressed him.
"Mornin' hermano, care for some of my famous 'Eggs à la Jamie'?" Jamie asked.
"What the hell is that?" Damian returned.
"Well so far it's... eggs and bacon with a piece of toast. Don't worry I gave the trial batch to Garfield, God knows he'll eat anything." Jamie explained while gesturing over to Garfield and his empty plate, getting a tongue stuck out at him from the Beast Boy for that last comment.
"That doesn't exactly inspire confidence in me Jamie. But ya I'll have some, thanks." Damian said while taking a seat at the table. As he sat down, Damian felt someone's eyes on him. He looked up and noticed Garfield leaning his head on his hand, staring at him with a goofy looking grin. A grin that made Damian want to punch Garfield right in his goofy looking face. Of course he wouldn't, but the staring certainly wasn't helping.
"What?" Damian asked in his trademark tone and voice.
"Oh nothing Boy Wonder, just wondering myself what your doing up so late? You've usually been training for hours by now." Garfield asked Damian.
"Nothing, just wasn't feeling good this morning, decided to sleep in." Damian answered.
"Oh ya, it sounded like a long night. Got woken up by a loud bang coming from your end of the hallway, what do you have to say about that?" Garfield continued.
Damian answered again, his annoyance at this sudden round of questions showing on his face, "I was doing some late night training, nothing you should be caring about. You done asking all your questions?" As Damian was finishing, Jamie walked over and handed Damian his breakfast before taking a seat at the table too.
"Ya Gar, you're starting to sound like an interrogator." Jamie added in, taking a sip of water from the glass he brought with him.
"Oh you know, it's just weird to me," Garfield explained to the duo, "I've been woken up many times by Damian's uh 'Nighttime activities', but last night it didn't sound like it was coming from your room, it sounded like it was out in the hall to me." Then Garfield's ears twitched and he smirked. It looked like he had heard something he was waiting to hear. But before Damian and Jamie had a chance to ask him about it, Garfield continued.
"Kinda rude considering Raven's room is right across from yours— ah, speak of the Devil, or his daughter I guess." He snickered to himself. Everyone except Damian, who was still glaring at Garfield, looked over to the doorway. Raven walked in, but stopped as soon as she saw everyone looking at her.
"What?" She asked, mimicking but not fully copying to the same level Damian's 'catchphrase'.
"Oh um I made you some tea Raven, it's over there on the counter." Jamie said to Raven.
"Oh, thank you Jamie." Raven replied before getting her tea then making her way to the table, sitting at the opposite end of the three boys. This caught the attention of Kori, as normally Raven and Damian would sit beside each other at breakfast. Though she didn't move from the couch just yet, she began paying more attention to what was transpiring across the room from her. Once Raven had sat down, she looked up and addressed the three boys.
"What are you guys talking about?" She asked, taking a sip of her tea.
"Oh you know, Garfield is playing 21 questions with Damian, much to his enjoyment as you can see." Jamie explained, gesturing to Damian who was still glaring at Garfield.
"Oh that reminds me! I got one last question." Garfield yelled, smiling and trying hard not to laugh.
"Your trying my patience Garfield." Damian said through gritted teeth.
"I agree Gar, this game is getting old." Jamie added.
"Oh calm down, last one I swear!" Garfield continued, not discourage by Damian's angry stare.
"You see," Garfield began, "I have very good ears." As he said this he transformed into a rabbit, gesturing at his now oversized ears, "and in the mornings I can usually hear you guys as soon as you leave your rooms."
"That isn't a question." Damian interrupted, loudly but not quite yelling. And still clearly very annoyed with the green Titan. Raven, at this point, leaned in and began listening more intently to the conversation.
"I'm getting there keep you tights on," Garfield retorted, causing Damian to grunt in anger.
"Anyway, your door has a characteristic creak to it ever since you almost knocked it off the hinges throwing your damn Batarangs at it. And earlier, I don't hear that creak. Infact, I heard what sounded a lot like like Raven's door before you came for breakfast. The same door I heard right before Raven joined us in here."
"Wait a second, your saying you heard Raven's door twice, but not Damian's?" Jamie asked, suddenly much more interested in the so called 'game' as he had called it.
"That's right!" Garfield yelled as he transformed back into himself and began laughing loudly.
"Oh man exposed!" Jamie snickered as he began to join Garfield in laughing. Raven suddenly stood up. The shock from her swift and unexpected movement causing both her tea and Jamie's water to tip over and spill.
"I'm going to my room to meditate, don't bother me." She barked, before storming out the room. This caused Kori to finally move from her spot on the couch and follow Raven, clearly confused by everything she had just seen and heard.
"That wasn't very nice to announce in front of everyone Garfield," Kori scolded, "I'd better go check on her."
"Sorry Kori." Said Garfield meekly. Clearly unhappy that he had been yelled at. But Kori had already left the room.
"I wouldn't do that again if I were you Garfield, I'm going to train." Damian warned as he got up and left.
"Your welcome for the eggs hermano!" Jamie yelled as Damian left.
"Bite me!" Damian replied from down the hall. This caused Jamie's beetle to act up and prepare a cannon, as the alien saw this as a threat.
"Woah calm down man, we're just joking around, plus I probably deserve it." Jamie said, trying to calm the beetle down. This worked, and the cannon over Jamie's shoulder disappeared.
"You don't think they… did stuff do you?" Garfield asked Jamie.
"I'd honestly rather not think about that man." Jamie responded as he stood up and began to clean up the plates and spills that were now strewn across the table.
Damian made his way down the hall and back to his room. He passed by Raven's door as he opened his but didn't see Kori. She'd must have already gone into Raven's room to talk he figured.
"I really should just give that brat what's coming to him one of these days," Damian muttered to himself as he began getting changed into his Robin uniform, "maybe then he'd shut up." He'd figure he'd let off some steam in the training room, cutting up holograms with his sword rather than beating up Garfield like he wanted to. On his way out of his room, he went to grab his sword. Although, it wasn't beside his bed like it usually was.
"What the hell? Where's my swor— Oh fuck."
"That wasn't very nice to announce in front of everyone Garfield, I'd better go check on her." Kori said on her way out. The Titan's leader heard Raven slam her door just as she left the common area. She also heard Garfield's apology, but she'd deal with that later. She made her way to Raven's room and knocked.
"Raven? It's me Kori, do you want to talk to me about what just happened?"
"I suppose, come in." Raven responded. Kori entered the room to find Raven meditating, floating above the ground and surrounded by her purple aura.
"So?" Kori asked.
"So?" Raven responded.
"Would you like to explain to me what Garfield, rudely I might add, just told to everyone? And why it caused you to storm out so suddenly?" Kori continued.
"Isn't it obvious?" Raven replied, "Garfield was trying to get a reaction out of Damian, and he used me to do that. I got angry, so I left."
"Ok, I understand, but what about the story he told right before you left? Are you saying that it's not true?" Kori asked, her tone slightly accusing.
"I don't know what you're implying Kori, or what Garfield was implying, but of course it's not true." Raven snapped at Kori before calming down, "Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude, I'm just still slightly annoyed. You don't believe what he said, right?"
"I don't want to jump to any conclusions Raven, but there's something going on between you and Damian. It's no secret that you two have grown much closer to each other than to anyone else in the last couple months, which of course I fully support, bonding is an important part of being in a team. But something's off about you two today." Kori began to explain, "You two are normally up early in the morning, Damian's trains and you go up to the roof to watch the sunrise. After that you both come to breakfast at the same time and sit beside one another. But today, neither of those things happened."
"What, we're not allowed a day off our normal schedule?" Raven criticized.
"Of course you are," Kori looked around the room as she continued, "but it's an odd coincidence that Garfield has a story that—" Kori suddenly stopped talking and began staring at something on the wall. Raven followed her gaze to see what Kori was looking at. Her eyes widened as soon as she saw what had stolen Kori's attention.
"Is that, Damian's sword?"
Part 4 will be... soon