Chapter 12 - Jealousy Part II
Some days had passed since the double date, and Beast Boy hadn't had any more problems with Terra. He was relieved for the peace, but when he was alone, something tickled inside his chest, he didn't really know why.
That was one of the reasons he was playing video games nonstop with Cyborg since pretty much last night. His cybernetic friend had purchased a very difficult game and they were trying to masterpiece it, with poor results. The story version was way too difficult, even for two players, and when they got sick of losing, they just changed temporally to versus, in which at least they could trained and suck against one another.
Robin entered the common room and realized that nothing had changed since he left last night. The boxes of pizza were still on the table, couch and ground, Silkie was still napping on the kitchen balcony, and Beast Boy and Cyborg were still playing the same video game.
"Have you guys slept at all?" he asked, walking to their friends and standing on the side of the couch, frowning. Neither of them even looked at him.
"No need… Sleep…" murmured Cyborg. "Have the reserve… Battery…"
"Have to… Complete… Quest…" said Beast Boy, in the same robotic voice, dark circles under his eyes.
"If we have a mission today and you two can't handle, I swear I'm gonna ban video games out of the Tower completely!" he threatened "Except for my room, of course"
"Hmm…" groaned his two teammates, their eyes never leaving the screen. Robin snorted and walked to the kitchen, picking up some pizza boxes on the way.
"Good morning friends!" said another voice when Starfire entered the common room as well, her smile suddenly disappearing at the sight of the two. "Have you played all night long?"
They let out another groan.
"It's like they're in a trance, Robin!" she muttered in a worried voice.
"Don't worry, Star, I'll be able to take them out of it soon" guaranteed Robin, preparing a pan, eyes and bacon. "Well… Cyborg, at least."
The common room's doors opened up once more, and a beautiful blonde came in, yawning.
"Good morning, friend Terra!"
"Morning, Star, everybody…" she answered, going to the couch and sitting next to her boyfriend. "BB, why didn't you come to bed?"
"Because you keep kicking me and it gave me a back ache" he answered, still on his emotionless voice.
"Oh… Sorry" she muttered, spilling her tongue.
"Do I smell eggs?" asked Cyborg suddenly, a little emotion coming back to his voice, and his eyes looking quickly to the kitchen. Robin gave a smirk and blinked to Starfire, who clapped her hands, happy.
"Dude, focus, we're almost at the crystal lake to take the enchanted frog, and the last save point was on the green houses, so if we die, we'll have to make all that again" warned Beast Boy, and Cyborg was sucked inside the game again.
"Oh, can I watch? I have never seen an enchanted frog before!" asked Starfire, flying and sitting next to Cyborg. "Oh, how beautiful images!"
"Star, don't!" pleaded Robin, seeing as her eyes became a little in trance as well.
"She's in our side now" murmured Beast Boy, still looking at the screen.
"Are you sure you are ok? You're not blinking…" Terra questioned, examining the green guy's face with a little concern.
"Hm…"
The common room's doors opened up and the last teammate entered. No one on the couch turned to look.
"Good morning" said Raven. A mumble of mixed voices came from the couch, and she frowned for a little, going to the kitchen to prepare herself a tea.
"Morning" said Robin, looking upset, eating fried eggs and bacon and reading the paper.
"What's going on with them?" she asked, filling the kettle with water.
"Hypnotized by a game…" He told her sighing. "Damn these new High Definition graphics…"
"I see… It is well done, you have to give it that" she said, examining after putting the kettle in the fire.
"Not you too, pl…" Robin lifted his look from the newspaper, suddenly stopping himself at the sight of Raven. "Why are you dressed like that?"
"Like what?" she questioned, looking down. "You don't like it?"
"It's civil clothes! You going anywhere?"
"Well… Yes, as a matter of fact, I am"
Starfire broke out of the game trance, her ear growing to the talk's conversation. She flied to the kitchen.
"Where to, friend Raven? Is it to the mall? Because in that case, I'll more than pleased to accompany you!" she looked really excited by the idea.
"Uh, no Star, I'm going somewhere else" she told the Tamareanen, avoiding anyone's eyes.
"Is it on the way to the mall?" insisted Starfire. "Because, if it is, I'll be happy to accompany you until your stop, and then, after you're finished, we could go to the mall, maybe with friend Terra."
Terra broke out of the trance as well, listening to her name.
"I think it might be good, I need to buy new clothes" she agreed, walking to the table and helping herself with some eggs and bacon.
"No, girls… Actually, I… I already have company" she muttered at the same time her kettle whistled, but the words made their way to some changeling's ears anyway.
"What?" the Green changeling asked suddenly, his eyes clearing. He had an expression of someone who had no idea where he was or what was doing.
"You mean you have a date?" questioned Cyborg, also getting his eyes out of the TV.
"I am just meeting a friend somewhere, that doesn't qualify a date" she said between teeth, pouring the hot water on the mug with the herbal leaves.
"Then how come you are all dressed up?" asked Terra with a smirk.
"I am not!" she shouted, walking back to the doors.
"And how do you explain the blush?" cornered her Cyborg, since she had a thin layer of blush on her cheeks.
"… Because a pimp appeared on my face today, okay, leave me alone!" and with that she disappeared behind the doors.
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"Beast Boy?"
"Huh?"
"Are you worried about something? You're pretty much sucking!"
"Ahn…" he paused the game and closed his eyes for a second. "I guess I'm just tired…"
"Yeah, so am I!" Cyborg got up and stretched his arms. "Maybe we should take a break…"
He turned off the video game but Beast Boy kept looking at the black screen.
"Are you sure there's nothing on your mind?"
"It's just… I don't really like that guy Raven went out with…"
"Wasn't it Terra who picked him up?"
"Yeah… But I didn't like him" he confessed, frowning. "I just don't want this to end up like Malchior…"
"Dude, Raven knows where she gets into since that guy!" he assured, picking up a forgotten box of pizza and eating a cold slice.
"I guess so"
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