I dunno why there was a hiatus. I mean, this is... One, two, three chapters from being over. You should hit me.

Edit: Wait. I'm tweaking this entire story today. There are twelve more chapters, you dick.

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BeastBoy didn't reply, picking absently at his bedsheets. "You should get some rest," he said finally, "The uh, guy, said it might be a little longer before you got all the way better." Robin slowly slipped over to BeastBoy's twin bed, sitting next to him. "Yup," the boy wonder said boldly, crawling to the side close to the wall. He plopped his head down on the pillow. BeastBoy gave his leader a cockeyed look at an angle.

"What? I'm resting," Robin said indignantly, cuddling into the comforter.

The green-eyed boy shook his head, grinning. "Okay, well, I'm going to go take a shower. That stream water, well, I feel a little mucky and ugly and muddy."

Robin shrugged. "Alright, well, I'll be here. In your bed. And stuff."

"I think you're still a little poisoned," BeastBoy said, almost grinning at the out-of-character attitude of his leader. Pink bubbles stirred in his stomach, but he ignored them as well as he could as he grabbed some boxers, a T-shirt, and some sweatpants.

"Take your time," Robin called as the door to the bathroom closed and locked. When the water started, he rolled off the bed, and stood. A SladeBot watched him kneel and look into the bookcase. His scrubs rustled softly as he reached forward and grabbed a well-worn journal. He flipped close to the end. The pages weren't dated, but the ink was colored on some pages.

'Hm. They go from a plain black, to green, to blue, to red...' Robin noticed, flipping pages and not reading them yet.

He started at a black entry, near the middle.

"Augh, this is so immature. I'm immature. I feel so bad all the time, it sucks major hardcore. I keep trying new ways to repress it, and I think I found a path that kind of works. It helps. I can sleep at night when I do it, sometimes I can sleep for almost a week if I do it right. I feel so good when I do it."

The penning had switched to orange.

"It's like, amazing, for just a little while. I feel really good about myself. Like I'm becoming more normal. It's some kind of rush, to feel all of that hatred and nastiness flooding out. It doesn't last long, but it's so good that it just keeps me going."

Robin flipped a page or two. He didn't want to read that any more. No black. Orange seemed happier, though, even if.. In that case.. It had been a bad good feeling. The next one was a blue and green set of pages. He started at the blue on the left.

"I'm kind of lonely lately. Flirting with Raven used to help, but it doesn't seem to any more. I dunno. And Cyborg… He's always talking to Bee. I mean like, always. We never hang out any more… I really feel this gap growing between us. I mean, it's so weird. We used to be close, but... Eh. And I feel it with Robin, too."

Green ink took over.

"Ever since him and Star started dating, maaan. I don't know what it is. It's just this weird sick feeling. And I know we're growing apart. We were never close anyways, but it's worse now. I'll admit, something-"

Robin stopped reading that entry, out of guilt. He flipped around some more, but the water stopped. He closed the journal and put it exactly where he'd found it, and stealthily slid back onto the covers, hands behind his head as he pretended to rest his eyes. The door of the bathroom opened, and BeastBoy tossed his dirty clothes into a hamper in the corner.

He plodded over to his bed, poking Robin in the stomach.

"Dude?"

Robin opened one masked eye. "Yes?"

"Wanna order some Chinese? And… you... Smell odd, no offense," BeastBoy grabbed a menu from the top of the dresser. "I didn't notice until I showered, really…" Robin got up, and rifled through a bag he'd dropped on the floor. There were some clean casuals in it, and he said he'd take a shower.

"Uh, the food?" BeastBoy asked, waving the menu.

"Oh," Robin said. He realized he was hungry. "Yeah, just... Uh, General Tso's with fried rice and an eggroll and some cream cheese wontons and some soda and some pan-fried dumplings and-"

"Okay, so, the whole menu?"

Robin grinned. "Well, I've been spoon fed beetle powder pudding for like, ever. I'm starving."

BeastBoy nodded, grinning to himself. "Alright, clean up, I'm ordering food."

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Less than an hour later, BeastBoy and Robin sat in BeastBoy's room, eating vegetable dumplings, fried rice, hot & spicy tofu with mushrooms, and various other dishes while they played Battleship.

"E9!"

"Aww, man, that was my destroyer!"

"Fuahaha!" BeastBoy used his chopsticks to stuff a chunk of fried tofu smothered in Sriracha sauce into Robin's mouth. The black-haired boy swallowed hurriedly.

"Blah! Ack!" he started coughing, and reached for his soda. "Fwah! Damn!" In ten seconds, the soda was gone. "That stuff is hot!"

BeastBoy grinned. "Eh. You know I'm a hot one. A7."

"Damn! That's the last of my ships," Robin groaned.

BeastBoy smiled triumphantly, popping a mushroom into his mouth. He hadn't had this much fun in a really long time. He felt completely pink and silver. Nothing could kill his mood, honestly. Robin looked at his teammate, grinning, and honestly, it made him feel like his heart was soaring. It looked totally real. Not like before this whole jungle escapade, or the night he'd told Gar that he was picking him to go to the islands. It was like... Way before, but newer. Better.

"So," he said, plucking out the tips of plastic and the ships from the game board. "So," BeastBoy replied, still smiling.

Robin shook his head, cleaning up the game. He'd wait. "So... You wanna watch a movie?"

"Nah," BeastBoy said, squeezing the lid back onto his tofu dish. "I kind of just want to lay down."

"Both, maybe? I'll let you pick the movie." BeastBoy thought. "Eh, okay. Umm... How about The Good, The Bad, and The Weird?" Robin shrugged. "Aight."

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That movie is totally awesome. Maybe it's just growing up on IJ and westerns, combined with the whole yellow fever... But Asian cowboys are the sexx0rz. C: Until next time!

Edit: Who ever even said "the sexx0rz?" What does that even mean? Tweaked. Hope it's enjoyable!