AN: Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter took so long. I hope you all enjoy it :)

Chapter 8 VR Shenanigans

Many days passed, each one as nerve wracking as the last. Beast Boy often felt the need to check on Raven, as much of the last few days involved her staying in her room. Locked away from the world, locked away from her friends, locked away from him. He didn't know if she would necessarily appreciate the fact that most if not all of his thoughts and concerns had been directed towards her and her safety, but he was not about to stop. No way was he going to stop.

"BB!"

Beast Boy did a double take, nearly dropping his spoon in his bowl of cereal when he did. What did Cyborg want? Why was he calling out to him? He didn't sound frightened. If anything…he sounded excited.

"What is it?" Beast Boy called out.

"Friend Beast Boy!" This voice belonged to Starfire; if the high pitch wasn't indication enough, the "friend" she put in front of his name was more than enough to tip him off to that fact. "Robin is doing the session of the VR again!"

Beast Boy perked up. Robin was doing another VR session? Ohhh, this was too good! He bolted out of his chair and made his way into the living room. There, he saw Cyborg and Starfire holding what appeared to be a dirty sock right in front of the occupied Boy Wonder's nose.

"You have no hope of defeating someone as awesome as me!" he exclaimed. He sniffed the air. "Especially seeing how I am clearly the superior Robin when it comes to smell!"

Beast Boy couldn't help but giggle. Turning into a fly, he flew up to his boss's ear.

"Oh Robin!" he said, his voice as high pitched and swoon worthy as possible. "I love you so much!"

Robin cracked a smile. "Oh, other me, you have every right to fall head over heels for me!" He chuckled. "In fact, I would question your sanity if you didn't."

Starfire chuckled, rising about a good inch into the air as she did so. "Oh, he is so the clueless!"

"Yeah!" Cyborg grinned. "Well, it's a good thing I'm here to give him a clue!" He picked up the self proclaimed leader of the Titans, holding him a loft about a good foot into the air. Robin's feet dangled, his confusion visible even with the VR headset on.

"This is weird," he said. "I didn't know this simulation had an anti-gravity feature."

With an extra wide and wicked grin, Cyborg shook Robin like a maraca. The Boy Wonder's teeth rattled. He resembled a bobblehead figurine now more than ever.

"WHHHHATTTTTS GOIIINNNGGG ONNNNNN!" Amidst all the shaking, the headset fell clean off his head. He blinked before noticing the arms gripping his torso. He growled. "LET ME GO, Cyborg!"

All three Titans laughed like clowns as Cyborg dropped their leader. Robin wiped some dust off of the front of his shirt, his expression the furthest away from amused as could possibly be.

"That's not funny," he huffed.

"I thought it was the funny," said Starfire.

"Me too!" said Beast Boy.

Robin shook his head, his facing turning crimson. Although, whether that was due to embarrassment or anger, none of the Titans knew for sure.

"Well," he said. "I guess that serves as further proof that you guys' senses of humor are fundamentally broken."

Beast Boy rolled his eyes. Often, he would have times where he would question why someone as stuck up and annoying as Robin managed to become their leader in the first place. It made no sense! Robin's leadership "skills" mostly involved yelling at the top of his voice and breathing down the Titans' necks. The closest thing he had ever done to heroism was make the citizens of Jump City realize how much they valued other superhero teams, like Titans East and the Justice League, much more.

"Now, if you'll excuse me…" Robin picked up the VR headset. "I need to get back to training."

"Why?" asked Cyborg. "Why are you so obsessed with fighting a simulated version of yourself?"

"Yeah," Beast Boy said with a grin. "We'd be more than happy to beat you up ourselves!"

"I second that," said Starfire.

Robin sharply exhaled as he set the headset to the side. "It's not about getting beaten up! It's about bettering yourself, in all ways that you can."

Beast Boy blinked. "Oh my gosh." He smiled. "Dids I hear you finally admit that you's have areas to improve in?"

Cyborg whooped. "That's awesome, man!" He grabbed hold of Robin's cape. "After you better yourself in fighting, you might want to consider bettering your wardrobe next."

"And your big head," said Starfire. "It is the size of my home planet."

Robin shook his head, his eyebrows scrunched up with a special kind of annoyance. "I hate you all." He placed the headset back on. "You guys are the ones who need to better yourselves. The way Raven took down Gentleman Ghost shows me that we have so much more to offer as a team."

Beast Boy pursed his lips. Did Robin seriously mean that? Didn't he see that the fight with Gentleman Ghost had a horrible effect on the team's sorceress? She hadn't come out of her room in three days! Sure, she wasn't one to stay in the company of others very often, but even this was getting to be a little to much. She would at least have come out to get some food by now.

Cyborg chuckled. "He does have a point. I mean, the way Raven turned into a mega demon….that was straight up awesome!"

"Oh, yes!" Starfire replied. "She is definitely doing the stepping up of her game."

Beast Boy's heart sank. These guys too? Come on! They should be helping Raven, aiding her along on a journey that was clearly taking a toll on her well being. Sure, Beast Boy wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knew that he could give his ex-girlfriend some relief.

And you know what? That's exactly what he was going to do.

"Speaking of Rae rae," he said as he turned toward the door. "I'm going to go check on her."

"Sounds good, BB!" said Cyborg. Just as Beast Boy was about to exit was when Cyborg gave Robin a wet willy. The angered leader let out a yell.

"YOU ALL ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT! MARK MY WORDS!"