After her nocturnal visit to the bookstore Raven couldn't go back to sleep so instead she wandered to their living room/kitchen/TV area where she began to make herself a nice cup of chamomile tea so she could calm down a bit.
While she sat watching the kettle boil Raven thought of her book and the odd title it hadn't been there in the book store yet as soon as a she returned to the Tower, it had appeared almost as though it had been waiting for something, waiting for what only time could tell.
Suddenly the kettle began to shriek and Raven was yanked out of her thoughts. She quickly removed the kettle from the stove in hopes that it wouldn't wake any of the other Titans. As she went through the motions of pouring the water and stirring the spices in correctly she heard the shuffling of feet and a soft and groggy voice call
"Raven," said the owner of the only ears in the tower who could heard the kettle shriek from the other side of the tower, Beast Boy "What are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep so I made some tea sorry if I woke you," said Raven in reply deciding not to tell him about the book, it was probably her imagination anyway.
As he nodded his acceptance of her apology she finished spicing (?) her tea she walked over to the couch and began to sit and sip her tea, instead of grabbing some tofu and returning to his room like she expected he poured some tea and came and sat beside her.
"Raven, is there something wrong you come and make tea every night and never have you let the kettle start to shriek," said Beast Boy in somewhat worried tone.
"How did you know that I come here every night Beast Boy…Are you a fly on the wall because if you are…"
"No nothing like that," he said in attempt at self-preservation "It's just I can here you, animal hearing and all," here he faltered "I was worried when I heard the kettle go off and all."
At this Raven got a bit uncomfortable she and Beast Boy had always had special connection ever since he and Cyborg had accidently journeyed in to her mind, when he had protected during the whole Adonis episode and when he comforted her during her whole father crisis.
"I'm fine Beast Boy," and after that anecdote she all but fled from the room leaving him alone with a steaming cup of chamomile.
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The next morning Raven woke up fresh and invigorated and ready too completely forget the conversation she had had with Beast Boy last night…or this morning she thought wryly as she out on her cloak and belt.
As she walked toward the living room/kitchen/TV area she smelt food and grimaced because it wasn't good Cyborg food or passable Beast Boy food or the rare but extremely good Robin food (He was taught by Alfred Pennyworth for Azarath's sakes). No it was Starfire food.
It was why-in-the-name-of-all-that's-holy-is-there-somthing-that-is-potentially-alive-in-my-breakfast Starfire food. When Starfire made food it also meant that on Tamaran they were celebrating a certain holiday that required Pudding of Perdition or Soup of Solubility or something else equally as ridiculous.
When the doors of their living room/kitchen/TV area slid open the scene was like any other Titans morning since they had returned from Tokyo. Beast Boy and Cyborg were already playing video games on their huge TV. Robin was sitting on the one of the bar stools talking to Star while exchanging occasional pecks on the lips with Starfire, who was flitting around the kitchen making the Titans their breakfast.
When Starfire caught sight of Raven she flew over the counter
"Raven! It is the Tamaranean Holiday of Blorth'vogka it is similar to Earth's Day of Valentine am I correct dear friend!" as she grabbed Raven's hands jubilantly "Today I make the Bread of Affection and later Robin and I will go the movies. Do you have any plans this auspicious day?!"
"Just me and a good book, that's all Star," Though Starfire looked a little bit disappointed at that she went back to her previous activity of cooking. Raven conjured her pot of tea and sat down quietly to drink her to tea. To her surprise despite that Robin looked pretty happy sitting and kissing Starfire every three seconds, he came and sat next to her.
Without a break in her regular routine she said "Worried about your date?"
When Robin looked at her in surprise she said "Empath," in way of explanation.
With a dawning look of understanding on his face Robin was about to open his mouth when
CRASH! The sound of a bowl crashing to the ground as if Starfire had dropped it but when everyone looked to the source of the sound,
Starfire was gone and nowhere to be found.