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Titan Plans
Robin, Raven, Starfire and Cyborg were huddled in the evidence room, discussing something in hushed whispers.
"Are you sure he won't come in here?" Robin demanded.
"Absolutely. This is the only room in the Tower that Beast Boy never goes into. Not sure why, but I think it has to do with that creepy mask." Cyborg said, glancing at Slade's mask and shuddering slightly.
Robin nodded. "Right. So, anyway, I already have an idea. Come on, Titans, we should go-"
"We? Maybe you should discuss any plans you have with the team before executing them." Raven growled.
"I already said I was sorry." Robin said, though he looked rather ashamed of himself.
Cyborg scoffed. "No, we forced you to say sorry."
Their minds flashed back to what happened two weeks ago. Robin had made an appointment with a psychiatrist for Beast Boy without telling him. Beast Boy was livid. He had thrashed the living room and the kitchen in his anger. Beast Boy had only gone to see the psychiatrist due to the threat of being kicked out of the team. Robin gave Beast Boy a modified version of Cyborg's holorings and made him go under the guise of Mark Keith.
The session with the psychiatrist didn't go well. Beast Boy did not talk at all and just stared blankly at a spot on the wall. When the psychiatrist asked him questions about his friends, family and life in general, Beast Boy only responded by shaking or nodding his head. When Robin arrived to pick him up, Beast Boy 'accidentally' tripped Robin down the stairs, which led to Robin spraining his ankle. When they got back to Titans Tower, Beast Boy immediately went to his room and slammed the door so hard, that it nearly shook the whole Tower.
Robin didn't notice at first, as he was still cursing Beast Boy for his sprained ankle, but Beast Boy did not speak a word to him since Robin sent him to see the doctor. After a day or two, Robin noticed that Beast Boy was ignoring him and acted as if Robin was not in the room. Even when they went out on patrol, Beast Boy made sure that he was close enough to the other Titans should he need help. The only time Beast Boy said something was when he stepped on Robin's foot, hard, and sneered, "Oops, sorry. Didn't see you there." Robin was about to open his mouth and bark a retort, but he yelped when Beast Boy stepped on his other foot and said, "Oh, look, I missed. I thought I saw an ant." Beast Boy then made a scoffing sound and walked off.
Meanwhile, the other Titans were just as angry with Robin as Beast Boy was with him. Robin had told Beast Boy that they were also in on the plan to bring Beast Boy to see the doctor. Cyborg was infuriated as he thought Beast Boy would think he was betraying him. Raven was indifferent, and Starfire was fine with it, at first. When she found out that Robin had sent Beast Boy to a 'Mental Institute', she flew into a rage and left Robin with more bruises than he could count. Robin had tried to defend himself by saying that the psychiatrists there were better and more experienced, but that still didn't save him from the others' wrath. Right then, he couldn't decide if Raven or Starfire was scarier when they were angry.
After a tense week, the other Titans had more or less quelled their rage at Robin. There were still displeased with his behavior and how he handled the situation, but at least they didn't feel as though they wanted to explode whenever they saw Robin. They had also managed to save their friendship with Beast Boy. Cyborg had quickly cleared up the misunderstanding after he heard what Robin told Beast Boy. Fortunately, Beast Boy believed him and only directed his anger at Robin.
Later, Raven, Cyborg and Starfire confronted Robin and tried to make him apologize to Beast Boy. Robin refused, he was still mad at Beast Boy's latest 'Get Back at Robin for Forcing Me to See a Shrink' prank. (He put elephant glue in my shampoo! My shampoo! I had to cut my hair just to get the glue out! Did you hear me? I had to CUT. MY. HAIR! He should apologize to me, not the other way round!)
However, in the end, Raven managed to convince Robin to apologize. Inter-dimensional demons can be very persuasive. Beast Boy accepted the apology, albeit reluctantly and warned Robin of the paint bucket behind the door of the evidence room before walking off. Conversations with those two were still awkward, with Robin still suspicious and wary of more pranks and Beast Boy still avoiding eye contact.
"Well, Raven, Starfire and I decided we should do things to make Beast Boy happy. Raven will monitor his emotions and tell us if he is really feeling happy or if he is just acting." Cyborg said, taking out a few pieces of paper from under the table and showing the others the lists of things they could do.
Robin frowned, "Okaay, but what is the purpose of this? It's pointless! What we should do is try to fix Beast Boy. If we make a few adjustments-"
"He's not a machine, Robin! I thought Beast Boy already made that clear! You make it sound like he's having a system crash, and no, don't nod your head, he's not having one!" Cyborg growled.
"Friend Cyborg and Robin, let us focus on doing the cheering up of Friend Beast Boy." Starfire interrupted, purposely not calling Robin 'Friend', which caused him to wince.
"So after we cheer him up, then what?" Robin asked, still looking skeptical of this plan.
"Then we find out what makes him upset." Cyborg replied.
"What?! This is ridiculous! I bet next thing you're going to tell me is finding out what makes him angry, scared and bored?!" Robin shouted.
The other Titans quickly shushed him and glanced at the door nervously. After a minute passed and Beast Boy still hadn't come to check out the shouting, the Titans breathed a sigh of relief and turned their attention back to the conversation.
"We are trying to find out how his emotions work. I'm still trying to figure out how his mind works, but I need him distracted in order to do so." Raven stated.
"And if that doesn't work?" Robin asked.
"We assure Beast Boy that he is wanted and needed on this team. It certainly didn't help that you threatened to kick him out." Raven said, shooting Robin a glare.
"Friends, I believe I have the idea. I have done the noticing that Friend Beast Boy likes to be around people. Perhaps we should bring Friend Beast Boy to places where there are more of the people, like the club?" Starfire suggested.
Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, BB does seem to like to be surrounded by people. Hey, what about we invite the Titans East over or something? BB may like to be around people, but I'm sure he'll like to be around friends more!"
"That is a most brilliant of ideas, Friend Cyborg!" Starfire exclaimed.
"It's not a bad idea." Raven allowed.
"But the Titans East will be busy with Steel City. And we have Jump to protect." Robin protested.
Cyborg rolled his eyes. "We don't have to invite all of them over at once. We can just call Bee and Aqualad one day and Speedy and Mas y Menos another day. We could also call the Honorary Titans over. Beast Boy seems to get along very well with Kid Flash and Herald."
Robin still looked against the idea of other heroes invading their Tower. "But…"
"Chill, Rob. You don't even have to be there when they come over. You can just brood in your room all you like." Cyborg said, patting Robin's shoulder.
"Fine." Robin relented. "But I want the Tower to still be standing when they leave. And Cyborg, you'll have to refill the refrigerator after Kid Flash raids it."
"You got it, man! Come on, girls, Operation Cheering up Beast Boy is in motion!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping up and running out of the room.
Raven gathered the papers with their plans together with her powers and followed Cyborg. Starfire looked about to do the same, but she paused and turned back to look at Robin.
"Robin, are you not going to help?" Starfire questioned, giving Robin a reproachful look.
Robin sighed, "I tried to help, and look what happened last time."
Starfire narrowed her eyes. "So you are just going to do the giving up?"
"No! I mean, yeah, well…"
Starfire walked over to Robin. "Beast Boy is your friend. You have tried to help Beast Boy, but you do not want to do it yourself, as you are afraid you might not do it right, so you have made him see the doctor. If you are truly Beast Boy's friend, you will help him without the help of others. Even if you do the failing, you have done the trying, and I'm sure Friend Beast Boy will do the appreciating of it."
"I don't know…" Robin said weakly.
"Just do the imagining that it is a battle, you always try to succeed in a battle, yes?" Starfire gave Robin a small smile before floating out of the evidence room, door shutting behind her.
"Try to succeed, huh? I really don't know how to help people in this kind of situation. It's not the people injured and I have to save them kind of thing. Well, I guess I just have to see how the others' plan works." Robin said grimly.
