Chapter 4: sweat

Beast Boy soon arrived to his room. He went inside and to his surprise he found that he was rather tired. "Why am I tired? I got plenty of sleep last night…" He jumped up to the top-bunk of his bed and lay down. He just lay there for a while, staring at the ceiling and scratching his neck. A vein popped up on his forehead and he snapped. "Dude, you need to stop itching right now!" He yelled at the mark on his neck. "I'm sick of you… you… you!?" He groaned in frustration when he remembered that the mark on his neck couldn't actually speak. "I'll just sleep it off…" Said beast Boy as he curled up and closed his eyes.

Three hours later.

"Yo, BB! Food!" Cyborg yelled as he banged on Beast Boys door. Beast Boy sat straight up in his bed, shocked of the sudden wake up.

"What? Food? What food?"

"Get your butt out here!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Beast Boy was so freaked out by the sudden wake up that he barely had time to wake up at all. So when he tried to get out of bed, he fell out of bed instead. No need to mention that he had been lying in the top-bunk... He fell to the floor with a loud thud. "Guhh!"

"B, you okay in there?" Asked Cyborg who had heard the sound. He heard some rumbling and another thud before the door slid open, revealing a smiling Beast Boy.

"Ehe he… I kinda fell out of bed a little…" He said while rubbing the back of his neck.

"Does it still itch?" Beast Boy looked puzzled for a second before Cyborg pointed at his neck.

"Itch? Oh, my neck… no, no it doesn't... oh… looks like some sleeping took care of it after all." Beast Boy was relieved that the itching had stopped, so relieved that he forgot how tired he still was.

"C'mon, let's go." Cyborg said as he started to walk towards the kitchen.

"Coming!" Said Beast Boy as he followed his friend down the hallway. Beast Boy had only taken a few steps when he started feeling dizzy. He felt like his body got heavier, his legs gave out and he tumbled to the floor. "Wow!" He yelped as he fell, not expecting to do so.

"Man, what are you doing, quit playing around." Cyborg said looking at Beast Boy with an raised eyebrow.

"Hello, not playing! I lost my balance!" Beast Boy got to his feet and dashed past Cyborg. "But that won't stop me tossing that yucky meat of yours out the window!" He yelled.

"Oh, no you don't!" Cyborg yelled back as he chased after him.

In the kitchen the three other Titans were assembled around the table.

"Friends, shall we do the saying off the grace?" Said Starfire to her two friends who had just begun to eat.

"Grace!?" Robin choked.

"No thanks…" Said Raven, and at that moment a sweaty and out of breath Beast Boy entered the room.

"Hey y'all! What'cha doin?" He half yelled.

"Starfire wants to say grace…" Raven said. Beast Boy blinked a few times before answering Ravens statement with a question.

"Grace?"

"BOOYAAAH!" Cyborg yelled as he tackled Beast Boy who flew across the room. "Don't you dare touch my meat B!"

"Dude, I wasn't gonna!"

"If you're gonna throw something out the window, throw that nasty tofu of yours!"

"Here we go again…" Said Raven.

"Hey! My tofu isn't nasty!" Beast Boy got to his feet and took a seat at the table next to Raven. Cyborg also took a seat by the table on the other side of Beast Boy.

"Call it whatever you want, but it aint natural." Cyborg said as he sat down.

"At least no animal had to suffer making this." Said Beast Boy while pointing to his plate with tofu on it. "How can you eat that and still sleep at night?" Beast boy was now pointing at Cyborgs plate which had a huge stake on it.

"Watch and learn grass stain, watch and learn." That was Cyborgs final words before he stuck his fork in his stake and shoved it into his mouth. Beast Boy got a little greener at the sight of what his friend was doing and quickly turned away.

"Beast Boy, are you okay? You're sweating." Robin said to Beast Boy who looked up from his plate.

"I am?" He smelled and looked at himself in surprise. "I am!"

"Have you ever even considered taking a shower?" Said Raven, looking at her friend.

"Friend, are you alright?" Starfire said looking a bit worried.

"The little dude's just out of breath that's all." Said Cybog with a big chunk of stake in his mouth.

"What did he do?" Robin asked, a little suspicious.

"I chased him here from his room." Cyborg swallowed and continued. "I suppose he's just got a little bad stamina."

"Hey, I don't have bad stamina!" Beast Boy rose from his seat and leaned over Cyborg.

"Chill out man, I'm just messing with'ya." Cyborg assured. Beast Boy felt dizzy again and before he knew it he was laying on the floor.

"Beast Boy!" All of his teammates, save Raven, yelled as he fell to the ground. They all stood by him as he quickly sat back up on the floor.

"Dude!" He said. "What happened?"

"That's what we wanna know." Said Cyborg in a shocked voice.

"Friend, why did you fall to the ground?" Starfire asked.

"Yeah, and why has the mark on your neck gotten bigger?..." Raven asked.

"Does it still itch?" Robin asked.

"Man, are you okay?" Cyborg asked.

"Dude, too many questions!" Beast By yelled as he grabbed his head in confusion before looking back at his teammates. "I don't know, I don't know, no it doesn't and no I am not okay!" His teammates stared at him in confusion for a few seconds as they took in his sudden answers.

"Calm down Beast Boy, you're fine." Robin assured.

"No I'm not! I mean I thought I was, but my body isn't supposed to fall over like this." Beast Boy had a serious look in his eyes so Robin decided to back off.

"Alright, then you need to go to the medical bay. Cyborg…" Robin said, turning to Cyborg who nodded in reply.

"Okay B, let's find out what's wrong with you." Said Cyborg as he helped his friend to his feet. Beast Boy was frustrated over the things that had happened, and also a little frightened. Though the fear sort of drowned in the frustration…. When Beast Boy and Cyborg had left Starfire turned to her two remaining friends.

"Friend Beast boy, he will be alright?" She asked.

"I don't know Star, he looked… serious..." Said Robin, still a bit shocked from the look he had gotten from Beast Boy.

"He's probably faking it…" Said Raven as she moved to the door. "Are you coming?" She asked them as the door slid open. Starfire and Robin nodded and followed Raven to the medical bay.

Notes:

... yeh, no, I'm good... Any questions?.. anyone?..