It Could Only Be One Thing
By
PinkBlueLilac
DISCLAIMER: Teen Titans isn't mine, yadda yadda yahoo...
Chapter 5: Dream, Dream Dream Dream...
Robin and Starfire were feeling oh-so-sleepy at the moment, Robin in particular. Yawning, he said to Starfire, "I feel a bit tired, so I'm going to take a little nap, 'kay, Star?"
"It is fine with me, Robin."
Nodding to her, Robin pulled off his shoes and climbed into bed. "Sleep well, Robin," he heard Starfire say softly before drifting off to sleep.
With Robin slumbering peacefully, Starfire began to feel the effects of the potion, for of course the love potion in the tea given to them by Cyborg was the reason for Robin's fatigue. Yawning, Starfire pulled off her own boots before climbing into bed beside Robin, blushing at the thought of their intimacy but too tired to care too much. Within moments, she, too, fell into slumberland with ease.
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Raven and Beast Boy were immersed in their own forms of entertainment. Raven was reading quietly while Beast Boy had considerately plugged earphones into his Nintendo DS as he played Elite Beat Agents.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Raven and Beast Boy sighed. Cyborg was terribly out of character when he went on sugar highs. Or, in this case, sugar-and-herbal-tea highs. It was still very strange that Cyborg went high on Raven's tea. The very idea was absurd, but Raven had a theory that the properties of her herbal tea messed with Cyborg's machinery in a complicated manner that she didn't bother explaining to anyone for fear of confusing them.
Suddenly, the door opened, and in walked Cyborg. "Hey guys! I just had a dream that I put a love potion in Robin and Star's drinks! Hah!"
Raven and Beast Boy exchanged a glance. "Love potion?" Raven asked suspiciously. Cyborg grinned. "Yup! It was just a dream, yeah, but I think it's actually a pretty good idea!"
Beast Boy glanced at Raven worriedly. "He says it's a dream…but when did he go to sleep? Do you think he…"
Raven nodded. "Yes. I'm almost certain that he did."
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Meanwhile, Starfire was having a very nice dream, in which she was sitting in a field on a picnic blanket with her friends. They were having a fun day, and for some reason Beast Boy and Raven were seated close together. Starfire thought this unusual behavior, but all thoughts were banished as someone slid an arm around her waist.
"Hey Star, here's your mustard."
Robin, for of course it was his arm around her waist, passed her a bottle of mustard, which she thanked him for and guzzled down happily. Starfire didn't know when exactly she and Robin had 'gotten together', as Earthlings called it, but she didn't really care right then.
All of a sudden, the scene changed and she was cooking an Earth dessert which she knew without really knowing was called apple crumble. "Mommy!" That whining voice was familiar even though she didn't really know who it belonged to.
"Mommy!" the voice whined again, and Starfire looked down to see it coming from a little girl clutching a little doll. She recognized the girl to be her daughter, Angela. Somehow, by instinct, perhaps, she knew to pick Angela up and ask, "What is the matter, dear?"
Little Angela, so charming with her long black hair and bright blue eyes, pouted. "It's Brett and Lucas! They called me too small to play with 'em again!"
Starfire giggled. She knew without knowing that Brett and Lucas were Angela's twin brothers, and that they didn't like having an annoying little sister bothering them and trying to play with them. "Well, Angela, you do not have to play with your brothers. I'll tell you a little secret…" Starfire leaned close and whispered, "All boys are yucky!"
Angela scrunched up her nose. "All boys?" she asked doubtfully. "No. Maybe all boys 'cept Daddy! Daddy is good and nice and not at all yucky!"
Starfire giggled. "Yes, your father is not at all yucky."
As if on cue, she heard a vaguely familiar voice say, "Well, it's good you think that…"
And Starfire turned to face her husband…
…and woke up.
Starfire could've cried. That dream had been so perfect and vivid that she had wished desperately for it to be true.
But, well, having Robin's face right in front of her was pretty nice too…
Wait, what? What in the name of X'hal was Robin sleeping in the same bed as her for? Was he one of those perverts?!
But then she recalled what had happened and relaxed. Although…she felt strangely…strange today, looking at Robin. Kind of turned on and longing, not at all like the loving, warm, fluttery feeling she usually felt. It wasn't terrible, but she preferred the love she felt – it felt more right.
Just then, Robin whispered, "Hi…"
And scared Starfire out of her wits.
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At the same time, Robin was having a beautiful dream. He and his friends were on a picnic, and it seemed like Beast Boy had finally worked up the courage to confess to Raven, for they were sitting much closer together than was usual.
Robin himself impulsively slid an arm around Starfire's waist – then tensed, as if waiting for her to push him away – before handing her the bottle of mustard he'd been holding. "Hey, Star. Here's your mustard," he said coolly, as if this was completely normal.
Starfire smiled and thanked him, then gulped down a lot of the mustard. Robin chuckled – then suddenly found himself in another dream.
In this dream, he had a little girl with hair and eyes exactly like his sitting on his lap. He knew, somehow, that her name was Angela, and that she was his daughter. "Daddy! Daddy! Tell me another story!" Angela begged.
Robin chuckled. "Well, what kind of story do you want to hear?"
Angela furrowed her brow and said, "I want a true story. With a happy ending, 'cause Brett and Lucas keep telling me that real life isn't like fairy tales and that it never ends happy, and I wanna prove 'em wrong!" She leaned closer to him, as if confiding a great secret. "And I know they're wrong, 'cause otherwise you an' Mommy would never have gotten married an' you'd never have gotten me!"
Robin chuckled again and kissed his daughter's forehead, knowing that Brett and Lucas were her brothers. "Hmm…well, you've already heard of how me and your mother met, yeah?"
Angela nodded. "Maybe you can tell me how Uncle Garfield an' Aunt Raven got together?"
Robin smiled and kissed his daughter's forehead again. "As you wish, princess."
Just then, a pair of familiar slender arms slid around his neck. "What's going on here?" asked a familiar voice that he just couldn't place. "Daddy was gonna tell me how Uncle Garfield an' Aunt Raven got together!" Angela chirped happily.
"Oh really?" The woman, for of course it was a woman, seemed to be coming to sit with them. Robin turned to look who she was…
…and woke up to see Starfire's bright green eyes staring at him. Feeling slightly disappointed, but rather happy that he appeared to be sharing a bed with Starfire (although he wasn't quite sure why and was thinking quite inappropriately), he whispered, "Hi…"
Starfire seemed slightly startled, but recovered quickly and said, "Hello, Robin! I trust you slept well?" Starfire was acting a little strange, and she seemed to be sort of uncomfortable. Robin shrugged it off – he was feeling pretty uncomfortable too, and it was probably because they were strapped down to the same bed.
In any case, they were both very surprised when the door slid open and their teammates frantically ran in.
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Raven nodded. "Yes. I'm almost certain that he did." With that, Beast Boy swore loudly. "Did you use the one we got as a joke?" he demanded, looking frantic. Cyborg was taken aback. "Y-Yeah, I guess..."
Beast Boy swore again; this time his word of choice was even more crude. "Raven! What time was it when I went to snap him out of his senses?"
"It was around an hour ago."
Beast Boy sighed in relief. "Thank God. We still have some time. See, that potion isn't really a love potion. It's more of a lust potion. I can smell the pheromones their bodies are giving off from here, even though it's faint. Come on, we gotta go!"
And go they did, bursting through the door to Robin and Starfire's room.
"Whoa! What's up, guys?" Beast Boy suddenly flinched and clung to Cyborg's shoulder to keep from collapsing. "S-Sorry, Cy…" he gasped, careful not to look at either of the girls. "The smell is just…way too overwhelming…"
Robin and Starfire were confused; they didn't smell anything.
Beast Boy cringed, groaned, doubled over, then closed his eyes and excused himself. He promptly ran all the way back to his and Raven's shared room. Robin and Starfire were even more confused. Raven understood perfectly, and immediately asked Robin and Starfire what had happened before their nap.
They explained, and Cyborg was utterly confused, not remembering what he had done in his hyper state. Raven nodded, muttered to herself a little, then cast a long spell and suddenly, Robin and Starfire felt like their old selves again, not like the lust they had felt earlier.
Before they could even ask Raven what she had done, she muttered, "Excuse me," and followed Beast Boy's path towards their room.
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Beast Boy shuddered as he sat down. The pheromones had been bad enough, but the smell of Starfire in heat almost made Beast Boy lose control and take Starfire right then and there. Luckily, Cyborg's scent of cool metal and Raven's being there calmed him down long enough for him to hightail it out of there.
Beast Boy's ear twitched as he heard Raven's footsteps coming towards their room. He was sipping and sniffing a cup of Raven's chrysanthemum tea when Raven entered the room. The smell of Robin and Starfire's room had clung to her and came in with her, making Beast Boy's eyes widen and making him choke on his tea.
Unfortunately, Raven only came closer to help him, which, ironically, did not help him. "N-No," he choked out. "No, Raven, you stay there…"
Raven, despite herself, was a little hurt, but said nothing and obliged, staying a distance away from Beast Boy, who was recovering from his choking fit.
"Sorry, Raven. It's just…a hint of the smell from Rob and Star's room is clinging to you, added to the natural pheromones your scent carries…"
Raven raised an eyebrow. "My so-called scent carries pheromones?"
Beast Boy blushed. "Uh…did I say that?"
Raven shot him a deadpan look. "Duh. So if I exude pheromones, why don't I have guys falling over themselves for me like Starfire does?"
Beast Boy bit back a comment made completely of jealousy that if she had guys lining up for her he'd hurt 'em before even she could and said the first thing that came to mind. "Well, you don't exactly exude pheromones, per se. I'm one of the few who feel it, and probably the only one who smells it." His eyes immediately widened as he realized that he'd said way too much.
"Why are there only a few who can feel it?"
Beast Boy shook his head as his blush deepened. "It's…It's an animal instinct thing. I…I'll tell you some other time, 'kay, Rae? Gee, I'm really kind of tired. I'll just take a nap now. G'night, Rae."
Raven decided to let the nickname and his poorly hidden sidestep slide, considering the poor guy was probably still feeling overwhelmed. "It's still afternoon, but good night, Beast Boy."
And she sat down to read her book as if nothing had happened.
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Meanwhile, Beast Boy inwardly sighed in relief. "That was way too close," he muttered to himself. He was curled up in bed, much like a cat, facing away from Raven. The scent she gave off was one he felt and smelt only because he loved her, and as a fertile male, the beast in him was eager to carry on the bloodline, and so allowed him to smell and feel the 'special ingredient' in her scent that would invigorate him. Beast Boy was fine with it, though; living with it for a long time had him grow accustomed to it – although the first few days was terrible, and he'd had to avoid her for a week.
Curling up in the warm, comfy bed was making him lethargic, he thought with a yawn. Ah, well, might as well kill some time… Beast Boy fell asleep.
Uh. Sorry. For the wait. Yeah.
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