Chapter 7

Mustard

"So Star, what do ya want on your waffles?" Cyborg was in the kitchen with a big pile of flattened, cooked dough on one plate, while on three others there was only a small amount.

"Please, what are these wah-fulls you speak of?" Starfire sounded out the word which seemed to bring a smile to Robin, but it wasn't a genuine smile. Something about his body language told him that he was disappointed to hear this.

"Lil lady! You may not remember other things but you cannot, absolutely cannot forget Cy's waffles! C'mere." Cyborg grabbed Kori's shoulders and gently sat her down on one of the chairs that was accompanied near the counter.

"Um…" Cyborg began taking some things out like more eggs, mint-green paste, milk, a yellow bottle, flour and other items that she guessed were for the food.

"Please, why must you put all of these ingredients in the waffles? Do all four of you consume them when they are all together like this?"

Robin lightly chuckled and explained to Kori, "No Kori, nearly everyone eats their waffles differently. You just happen to like the taste of all of those things together in one."

"Ah, I see." Silence enveloped the entire room before Beastboy decided on telling everyone jokes that Robin, Raven, and Cyborg replied with a groan. Kori remained silent and only observed. She didn't ask any questions when she felt like it or when she didn't understand something, she only took in her surroundings and listened to what they all said and how they replied to it. This wasn't at all like how they first met and lived together.

Matter of fact, Starfire would always ask questions when she didn't understand the meaning of something or what it was. Someone would answer her but it almost always left her with more questions. Robin was the only one who she was able to understand more frequently and he was always eager to answer a question she had, that is if he wasn't beat to it.

"And here is your waffles lil lady." Cyborg placed the plate filled with the "special" waffles in front of Kori and sat in his seat which was in between Beastboy and Beastboy and Kori. For some unknown reason to Kori, Robin practically rushed to her side and seemed to scoot his chair closer to hers. That move caused Kori to become uncomfortable and she unnoticeably moved her seat further from his.

Kori didn't realize that everyone was waiting for her reaction to her unique breakfast so when she filled her fork with a small amount of waffles and took a bite of it, everyone had held their breaths. The fork escaped her mouth and when her taste buds reacted, Kori was surprised. She started to cough and was attempting to rid the taste by gulping down the glass of mustard that Cyborg had out for her. That made matters worse. Her coughing became louder as the taste slowly escaped her mouth.

"Kori? KORI?" Robin patted Kori's back and was prepared to do the Heimlich maneuver before Kori came out of her state of coughing.

"Please, what was that?" Kori said in between coughs as Robin continued to pat her back but with a state of relief, knowing that she was alright.

"The waffles? Ya don't like the waffles?"

Kori shook her head and her breathing became more controlled, "No, the yellow liquid."

Beastboy reached over and picked up the bottle of mustard showing it to Kori to confirm this was what she was speaking of. When Kori nodded her head in agreement, Beastboy answered her question. "Mustard, it's called mustard. Why?"

Kori took a deep breath and replied, "I am sorry but it is most foul. I do not enjoy the taste of the mustard," Kori looked at the distraught faces around her and felt remorse so she added, "Although I was able to savor the mint-green paste and I very much enjoyed it."

Raven lightly smiled and was the only one who recovered from Kori's response to the mustard. "Mint frosting. I'm guessing that by the 'mint-green paste' you were talking about the frosting."

"Oh, yes. Thank you for informing me of the name." For some reason, Kori decided to turn around and see what Robin's reaction was but when she did, she didn't like the results. His eyebrows were lowered and his head was lowered so he was facing at her unfinished plate but his body was still turned towards hers. His shoulders were slumped and his fingers were twiddling with each other.

"Uh, do ya wanna 'nother set of waffles lil lady?"

"Oh no! I am perfectly fine with consuming these, but I thank you for the offer friend." Kori dug her fork back into the waffles and simply scraped away the mustard that coated her breakfast. More bite-sized pieces of the waffles entered in her mouth and although there was still a slight taste of mustard, she endured it for their sake.

"So uh, does anyone know why the chicken crossed the road?" Two groans came out of two mouths but two others were still distracted by the event that recently took place.

"Please, spare us from the chicken's decisions and just stop so I can ask Starfire something."

"But but, this joke is funny! It's just like my other jokes but even funnier! Well, not really since all of my jokes are hilarious but still!"

"No thank you. Hey Kori," Raven turned her body more so she would be able to see Kori clearer and Kori reacted to the sound of her name and twisted herself in her seat so she would be able to see Raven. "Hm?"

"Do you want to go out today? Actually, that's not a question. We're going to go out today so do what you have to do to prepare yourself and we'll go soon."

"Oh, agreed then. I shall be prepared in a moment." Kori gobbled down the food and once she was done, she gave her thanks to Cyborg and left the room with Raven by her side.

There are times when I know what I'm doing with a story, and then there are others where I'm completely making it up on the spot. If I'm writing out the idea of a story, there will be some plot points that will be in it and there are others that will be erased out of the picture. Heck, all of my stories have some form of bs in them. For example, the only real thing that I had for this story was "Starfire loses her memory. Figure it out from there." I kid you not, that is what it says. Anyway, stick with me here and I will make this story work. Please review, follow, fav and all that other good stuff! I don't own anything but Warner Bros. and DC Comics do!

Always yours,

light is in the dark

P.S. Sorry for the wait! Life is just…ugh. It has its ups and downs but mine is filled with more downs than ups recently. I tried to write to distract myself but my laptop crashed and then I had to find a new place to write my stories and when I found it, I had to rewrite the chapter. Meh…work…meh…