I'm Fine (book 2)

Baby Crocodile Tears

Beastboy woke up on Raven's chest with her arms around him. He looked up and saw that Raven was still asleep. Her face was completely relaxed as she breathed through her nose silently. He buried his head into her neck and inhaled the lavender scent. He gave Raven a small kiss on her neck before going back to sleep.

Nightwing woke up early from a restless night of sleep and left Starfire to sleep longer. He went out to compulsively watch surveillance video of the city well before sunrise. He had slipped back into obsession without even realizing it. He scoured the screens looking for any inkling of Slade or Terra. He started his search at 3am and ended when Cyborg came out for to make coffee at 7am.

Cyborg walked up behind Nightwing, seeing a familiar sight. He started the coffee pot and went over to sit on the sofa next to Nightwing.
He watched the empty streets fill with cars going to work and glanced over at a determined looking Nightwing.

"How long have you been at this?" Cyborg asked. Nightwing glanced back, noticing that Cyborg was half robot again.

"Only a couple of hours..." he trailed off as he turned the screens off from the remote. "How do you feel?" Nightwing asked directing his attention to Cyborg. cyborg rubbed the sleep from his human eye and yawned.

"Really good actually!" Cyborg paused as he looked down on his metal hands. "The spell was a lot easier this time around, I just don't know if it'll actually work." Cyborg said quietly, staring out at the blank screen. "It is nice to be able to be normal for a day!" He confessed with a smile.

"Oh I bet..." Nightwing trailed off staring at the blank screen as well. He was deep in thought when Cyborg got up to pour some coffee and Nightwing followed. Cyborg took two cups off to his room and Nightwing stayed to read the newspaper.

Cyborg walked down the hall thinking about how out of it Nightwing seemed. He opened the door to his room to deliver some coffee to Bumblebee. She was sitting on their bed, pulling her hair up into a high bun. For the first time in months, she looked genuinely happy. She smiled at Cyborg as he handed her coffee in his favorite sky blue mug. He swooped in and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Even though they had interruptions, it was amazing to have a day to focus on each other. Today, Bee was supposed to go back to working with Titans global, only this time she would be communicating through video calls for safety. She dressed as Cyborg laid to watch. She changed her uniform from her yellow and black striped crop top to a black turtleneck. She put on a gold octagonal necklace that Cyborg gave her for her birthday overtop. She wore black pants topped with black combat boots. Overall the new look was much sleeker than previous but definitely allowed for her to hide any early bumps should she get pregnant again. She topped off the outfit with little gold hoops and gave Cyborg a kiss beige going to the living room.

Raven woke up late with her chin in a bed of soft green hair. She looked around noticing that she must've slept clutching Beastboy like a teddy bear. Feeling a little embarrassed, she carefully pulled her arm from under him and got out of bed. She quickly pulled a fresh jumpsuit on and grabbed her cloak before teleporting straight to the kitchen. She grabbed a green apple from the bowl of fruit on the table and saw Nightwing reading the paper. He was looking a little tired and scruffy but what bothered her was the anxious energy she was feeling from him.

"Morning..." Nightwing mumbled as flipped the page of the newspaper.

"Morning." Raven stated as she opened the refrigerator. She grabbed a couple of tofu jerky snacks for Beastboy. "Are you okay?" Raven asked bluntly.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Nightwing mumbled without looking up. Rolling her eyes, Raven teleported back to her room. She grabbed a bite from the apple as she opened the windows slightly. The cool air came in and Beastboy rolled in his sleep. Raven sat on the bed with a book and read silently while Beastboy cuddled in his sleep. She enjoyed these early mornings because this was their time. It was safe and relaxed, she couldn't get out of control in this scenario. She briefly thought back to the one time they made out and how out of control she felt, shaking the addicting thought out of her head, she focused in on her book. She knew Beastboy wanted more but she couldn't give him that yet.

Starfire woke up alone to a knock on the door. She got up confused wondering where Nightwing had gone so early when she opened the door to Robin.

"Starfire, something's up with Dick!" Damien came in stressing what he just saw.

"What is the matter?" Starfire asked still sleepy.

"He's super agitated this morning. I tried to get him to go train with me and he snapped at me." The young teen sat on her bed lamenting what had just happened. He appeared to be a the verge of tears but was holding it back well.

"I will speak with him. Go be with Beastboy and Raven." Starfire said calmly. Damien got up to leave, pulled his mask off to rub his eye, and quickly put the mask back on before Starfire could see. He knew better than to go straight to Beastboy's room in the morning so he went to Raven's instead. He quietly knocked and Raven opened the door without getting up. She looked up from her book with irritation but then softened her face when she saw how upset Damien was. Beastboy sat up with his green hair shuffled all over his head. Damien removed his Robin mask to reveal a pair of sad green eyes. He had a similar spattering of freckles as Dick whenever he removed his Nightwing mask but Damien's eyes were a different shape and color. Today his hooded eyelids were pink from being upset and the 14 year old sniffled in the doorway.

"Damien, what happened!?" Beastboy croaked with grogginess still settled in his throat.

"Something's wrong with Dick. He's angry with me and I don't know what I did?" Damien finally broke down and cried.

"I'll go—." Raven started but Damien stopped her.

"NO! Star is already going." Damien sniffled as he came in to sit on the edge of Raven's bed.

"Okay good. I sensed something was off this morning when I got my apple but I didn't ask..." Raven whispered as she handed him a tissue. He wiped his eyes and Raven could suddenly see how young he was. He was really just a boy trying to keep up with a bunch of young adult super heroes.

Raven got up and let Damien curl up in her bed. She tucked him in and Beastboy turned into a dog to keep him company. Raven left to see how Starfire was handling the situation. She had a really bad feeling about everything.