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Third person POV
Hours had passed.
The Titans were forcing themselves to stay awake to make sure their friend got back safe. As they fought to keep their eyes open, Starfire was drifting off on the sofa, Raven was reading at the table, Beast Boy was staring out the window while lying on the floor, Cyborg was leaning against the wall half asleep and Robin was pacing while casually shaking his head back and forth every now and again to keep alert.
The tension however, had not gone unnoticed by the tired team and neither had the cold stares that occasionally appeared between the changeling and the boy wonder.
"Where do you think she went?" Raven said without any movement
"We should have asked her..." Robin responded neutrally, turning around once more to pace across the room.
At the same time Beast boy spoke aloud, "Do ya think she's up to something?"
Starfire's head lifted up off the pillow on the sofa and she thought momentarily before answering, "I think friend Sparkbomb would just like some of the time alone."
Cyborg agreed, half nodding and half falling asleep, "She'll be fine."
"What time is it?" Raven questioned
Beast boy stared at the clock, "It's...uhh..." He yawned "...late. Or early I suppose... depending on how you look at it..."
"I still can't think of where she could have gone, for this long..." Raven continued
Robin froze mid-stride and stared at the door, imagining her re-entrance. I wish I knew...
Beast boy glanced at the distant leader and felt a hint of anger, jealousy and a hint of joy in that he wasn't alone now in feeling down. The rejection still burnt him and though he was trying his hardest to suppress any show of his misery, but he felt like every time he was in the same room as her that memory of the note was forced to the front of his mind and super-glued there to stay.
With an internal sigh he rolled his head to the right hand side again and starred out the glass wall once more, Maybe Starfire's right... alone time...everyone needs alone time now and then... and I guess a lots happened for her to need alone time, now more than ever...
*SLAM*
Beast boy sat up quickly in shock facing the door that led to the stair well.
Cyborg pushed off against the wall and looked beside him to the heavy metal door.
With a scream Starfire jumped and promptly fell of the sofa with a thud,
Causing Raven to lose concentration and snap her eyes open without expression.
Robin, upon hearing to lower floors door open, continued to stare at the door and attempt to decide if he was going to scold his team mate for being at an unknown location for so long or just be happy that his 'friend' had returned safely.
*WOOSH*
The automatic door flew open and the room filled with silence and a tension that was so thick no one knew how to break it, no one except the mildly naïve Starfire.
"Friend! You have return from your outing! I trust all went well and you are happy? What happened? What did you see? Where did you go? Did you miss us? We all missed you oh its wondrous to see you again!" Starfire ranted with unusual joy and excitement for such a late/early time
However, what Starfire had failed to noticed was the disheartened, confused, saddened and lowly looking expression that Spark was trying so very hard to mask as soon as she could.
Cyborg reached out from his space beside the two contrasting girls to place a hand on his 'sisters' shoulder, "you alright?"
Raven watched with intrigue in silence, analysing Sparkbomb's facial expression and studied Robin and Beast boy as they headed towards the girl.
"Did something happen while you were out?" Robin asked
"Sparkles... how was your walk?" Beast boy inquired loudly, sensing that she doesn't want to be interrogated right now.
"It was... surprising to say the least." Sparkbomb replied carefully watching her tone and limiting her expression. "Thanks for waiting up for me guys, but if you'll all excuse me... I'm tired and want to go to bed..." She quickly rushed to the hallway, but stopped herself and turned around to say,
"Really... Thank you for waiting up for me... It means a lot and I love you guys." Then with that, she turned and vacated the room, leaving puzzled titans behind her.
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"Well that was, nice?" Cyborg spoke out in the silence. He typed in the code and shut the tower down for the night.
"What was that about?" Beast boy blurted out "totally bazar, don't ya think?" he asked to no one in particular
Starfire stated, "Friend Sparkbomb simply showed us her gratitude why should that be strange." She then floated out in to head to her room, "goodnight friends, goodnight Robin"
"I don't know what to say... we'll see where Spark went in the morning." Robin finalised, while still standing as he had previously.
Raven wordlessly stood and left to retire to her bedroom, processing what she had witnessed.
Cyborg announced, "Right, well I'm crashing for the night, see ya'll in the morning..." he trailed off and left the dark main room.
Robin and Beast boy stood in equal silence for a few moments.
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"I'm going to sleep."
"I'm gunna go to bed."
The silence returned as there stares met and unknown glares formed in the dark.
In this silence, they both left the room without a comment.
A/N – Can you crack the case before the Titans?
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