TT: Miscommunication Epilogue: Chapter 12 Open Up

It wasn't long until the SCPD showed up. They took the frozen ex-HIVE students into the van followed by a weak Brother Blood. Cyborg walked up to him and the guards paused to let them talk. "Ya need to get this in your head, man. The Teen Titans will never give up." They glanced at the other Titans who had approving smiles on each of their faces. Blood just glared at them before the police brought him in the van.

Over the clear blue sky, the sun crawled over the horizon. Its soft rays blanketed the city in a warm embrace. The Titans smiled at each other, a promise of a new day. Cyborg stretched and yawned. Everyone ended up following him. "Haha, oops. I forgot yawning was contagious," he joked.

"Not as contagious as Beast Boy's stupidity," Raven added which caused everyone to erupt in guffaws.

"Hey!" Beast Boy replied, but decided to shrug it off. "C'mon dudes, we should celebrate!" The Titans shared shrugs, knowing that they couldn't talk Beast Boy out of it.

"Alright! Let's have another..." Cyborg and Beast Boy shared knowing looks.

"BREAKFAST EXPLOSION!" they cried in unison.

The other Titans shared a small laugh at their two comedians. Cyborg jumped inside his car, buckled up, and started the engine with a bad boy grin on his face. "Let's go!"

Everyone was in their same vehicle, but for the girls, Kid Flash, Mas, Menos, and Jinx.

"I'll carry her, " Kid Flash grinned to Jinx. She gave a shy, small smile in response. "Meet ya at the tower!" he saluted before carrying the pink hex.

"Yes, let us go please, I am feeling the sleepy," Starfire interjected. Robin smirked a little at the princess's cute response.

"You heard her," Robin smiled, "let's go home." Then he looked at Starfire, "Hold on tight." She smiled warmly to Robin before revving off to the direction that led to Jump City. Followed by Mas and Menos then Cyborg and the others.

Back at Titans Tower, Cyborg and Beast Boy raided the fridge with Kid Flash assisting them. Raven, Starfire, Bumble Bee, and Jinx sat on the couch sharing gossips, spells, and plans about the trip to the Jump City mall later. Speedy, Aqualad, and Robin talked about their past crimes and discussed about their practice work outs to improve in fighting.

The girls quieted eventually, growing sleepier every minute. The bustling, bashing, and clashing sounds that reverberated from the kitchen became hushed lullabies to their ears. Without a second thought, each girl huddled near each other and fell asleep on each others' shoulder.

The boys walked in to see the sleeping beauties on the couch.

"Poor girls, must've been exhausted from the fight," Aqualad commented.

"We could all use a nap," Speedy added.

"Ya'll get your grub!" Cyborg hollered.

Robin gave him a glare then pointed at the couch where the sleeping girls rested. Cyborg rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed. "Oh... ugh... hehe," Cyborg said sheepishly.

"Dudes! Dudettes! It's chow time!" Beast Boy screamed excitedly.

"Huh?"

"What?"

The girls were instantly wide awake. The guys gave Beast Boy an irritated look.

"Could you be any louder?" Raven deadpanned.

"Wait, we fell asleep?" Jinx asked.

"I believe so," said a sleepy Starfire. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.

"Sorry guys," Bumble Bee apologized, embarrassed.

"Yes, forgive us. We did not mean to be rude," Starfire added.

"It's okay girls," Robin said then glared at Beast Boy, "we were going to let you rest."

"Hehehehehe... my bad," Beast Boy said while rubbing his head.

"Besides foods ready ya'll! Let's dig in!" Bumble Bee said enthusiastically.

The girls walked off to the table, gathered their food, and returned to eat on the couch. They boys sat themselves at the table, contemplating on random subjects such as movies.

"Might as well have a movie-thon since you guys are here," Cyborg suggested.

"Yeah, but we should be heading back by tomorrow morning, we don't want bad guys to know that Titans East is on vacation," Aqualad replied.

"It wouldn't hurt to relax, besides the last time we were here was because of the Brotherhood of Evil," Speedy pointed out.

"True," Robin skeptically considered.

"Then it's settled!" Beast Boy jumped off his seat, "horror movie night!" He looked around, noticing that three people were missing. "Hey, where's Kid Flash, Mas, and Menos?"

"They're probably racing each other again, probably passing by Steel City and making sure that everything's under control," Aqualad nonchalantly.

"Well the first one I believe, but the second doesn't seem to fit them. Are you sure he's not showing off rather than checking up on Steel City? " Robin asked. Everyone smirked at his sharp observation. They all knew that the title for fastest Titan still bothered Kid Flash since he lost to the twins the last race. Plus, he would do anything for attention during his runs.

They drifted off, continuing their talk about the last race while the girls got back on track for their conversation.

"So, friends would you like to go to the mall of shopping with me?" Starfire asked.

"Well there is a sale on some clothes, wouldn't hurt to check them out," Jinx agreed.

"Man, I miss having these kind of talks!" Bumble Bee exclaimed.

"Is it not enjoyable to have the hanging out or talks with the boys?" Starfire wondered, she was curious to know if she had enjoyable moments with the guys like she had with Robin.

"Honey, it ain't the same like you and Robin. You guys got feelings for each other and your bond is on a deeper level," Bumble Bee replied.

"How can you not have the one of the deep talks with any guys? Not even friend Aqualad?" she asked.

"Starfire, I think she's trying to say that she doesn't have feelings for any guys on her team. Besides, boys tend to get bored of girl talks," Raven interpreted after seeing Bumble Bee's blank face.

"Since you and Robin are together, you guys have a special bond with him than anyone else," Jinx explained, "mostly you guys are staying low key."

"But how does a key being on the floor have to do with this?" she asked confused.

Jinx rubbed her head, patiently at the confused alien. "I mean he's trying to keep your status- your relationship a secret, just in case bad guys use you guys against one another." She paused to give a patient smile. "Like me and Kid Flash."

Starfire glanced at Kid Flash, who had returned with the twins, before meeting her eyes and nodded apologetically. "Well since we're on the boy subject," Bumble Bee eyed each girl, "ya'll needa spill some secrets."

"Uh, huh, as in you and Raven," Jinx pointed out. "We already have our men." Jinx folded her arms over her chest. Starfire blushed while playing with her point fingers. When no one answered, Jinx decided to choose a victim. "Bumble Bee. I know you got a thing for that robot man," she arched her eyebrow.

"Oh yes! Friend Bumble Bee, please say you have also get the feelings for friend Cyborg," Starfire clapped.

Bumble Bee looked at everyone, now regretting that she brought it up. She smiled, cold sweat forming on her forehead. "Well there's no point hiding it," she answered coolly.

Starfire let out a squeal, giggling with anticipation. Jinx joined in while Bumble Bee blushed. Raven just looked at them with one eye brow raised.

Robin glanced at Starfire when he heard her scream. For a split second he thought she was in danger, but relaxed when he saw her giggling along with Jinx. The other boys followed their leader's gaze to see a blushing Bumble Bee with her head held high dignantly.

Starfire clapped her hands together and they all looked at Raven. She was surrounded by them in a split second. "No way in- -" the girls tackled her. Raven's coat was wrapped around her small frame like a mummified body.

The guys watched with bewilderment as the three girls carried off the struggling girl. Her eyes glowed white while they carried her out and into the hallways. A shriek came from one of the girls when the door closed behind them. Followed by an explosion, smoked seeped out from the door. Beyond the door they heard the girls' conversation.

"STARFIRE!" Raven shrieked followed by giggles. Someone whispered then silence. The boys exchanged glances, debating whether or not they should check up on the girls.

"I KNEW IT!" Jinx screamed. More laughter then screaming.

"Now that's what I'm talkin' about!" Bumble Bee hollered.

"Glorious! Let us go to my room and continue the girl talk," Starfire said excitedly. They saw Raven fly back to the ops room, trying to escape.

"Noo!" Raven cried. Starfire flew after her and dragged her back. She glanced at the boys and giggled.

"Do not worry, friends, I will assure you that Raven will be unharmed," she said sweetly before dragging the empath back into the hallway towards her room.

"We're not done with you yet! Ya better spill us the whole story with your crush on -" the sound of Starfire's door closing cut off Bumble Bee before she could finish.

That caught the boys off guard especially Beast Boy. He was curious about who she liked. At one point he was worried if it was another demon locked away in her books. He couldn't trust any guy with her, not since the last time with Malchior had destroyed her heart. He considered Aqualad. In fact, she and Star did look gaga over him. But it sorta bothered him with the thought of it. Aqualad wouldn't understand her like I do. He couldn't lover her like I did - Oh wait. Did I just say I loved her? He paused in his train of thought and reconsidered. He did put a lot of effort just to see her smile, won her prizes at the carnival, and supported her when she was down, heck he even felt angry at the thought of Raven being with someone else. He looked back at the water bender, admitting that he was handsome, but he didn't have the upper hand advantage like he did. He wouldn't know what to do when Raven is upset, let alone keep her happy.

Beast Boy glanced at the other guys who were also interested on the crush topic. Robin blushed a bit at the topic, but he was happy that he already had the girl of his dream. He looked back at the couch that now had the twins sleeping peacefully, with funny grins on their faces.

"So, Cyborg," said the green boy, "who do you fancy?"

Cold sweat formed on the robot's forehead as he rubbed the back of his neck with a huge, wide grin on his face. "As much as ya'll would like to know, I'm pretty sure BB's crush would be more interesting," he shot back.

"Admit yours first!" Beast Boy declared when all attention was on him.

"Not unless you do it, ya lil' grass stain."

"Then what about Kid Flash?" Beast Boy suggested, smiling proudly when all attention shifted to Kid Flash.

"Uh, Beast Boy," the boy wonder answered.

"I'm taken," Kid Flash bragged.

"Aww... I mean, what about Aqualad? I mean c'mon don't tell me you don't have any chemistry with Bumble Bee?" Beast Boy smirked deviously.

To Aqualad's horror, his face contorted into a wide-eyed, teeth-clenched look. "No! Of course not!" the Atlantian half shrieked.

"Then who?" pressed Beast Boy.

"Oh no, I'm not going to play along with your dirty trick," he replied. "Besides it's obvious that you have a thing for Ra-"

"No I don't!" the changeling cut off.

Aqualad rolled his eyes in response. "You practically can't keep your mind shut about her," he retorted.

Cyborg and Robin exchanged devious glances and snickered. "Aww! Ain't that cute? B's got the hots for Raven!"

"And you don't for Bumble Bee?" Beast Boy shot back, embarrassed and hurt that his friends betrayed keeping his secret.

"Actually, I wouldn't be shocked if Cy likes Bumble Bee, it's pretty obvious. But I didn't expect Beast Boy to fall for the mysterious, dark Raven," Robin snorted. "Don't get me started on Aqualad's huge crush on Wonder Girl."

Aqualad glared at the boy wonder, "Oh yeah, like you didn't have the hots for Batgirl."

"That was decades ago, let it go. Besides she's like a sister to me. Starfire's my only true love," the boy said confidently, but his face transformed into a bright shade of red when he noticed what he had said at the end.

Everyone stared at Robin, surprised that he would even say such a cheesy line, especially Beast Boy and Cyborg. They shared knowing looks and guffawed. Robin knew that those two idiots would never let it go. Kid Flash and Speedy joined the two guffawing boys while Aqualad smirked silently at him. "Truce?" he offered him a hand and Robin shook it.

After rubbing the tears out of their eyes, Robin and Aqualad advanced on Speedy. "So who do you have the hots for?" they asked with similar sinister grins.

Speedy was quiet for a moment. Sudden realization fell on him, he was the only one who didn't admit his feelings. Sure she was cute, short black hair, punk-ish, but she was soft and caring, almost like Starfire, but more interesting.

"Earth to Speedy! Who's the girl?" Beast Boy knocked on his head.

"Probably Argent," Aqualad answered.

"Argent? No way!" Kid Flash and Beast Boy gushed in unison.

Speedy glared at the Atlantian, a vein visibly pulsing with his arms crossed over his chest. "Aright, so what if I do like her?"

"If? IF? You have pictures of her everywhere!" Aqualad exploded, his arms raised above his head. "I swear there's at least one picture of her in every room in the house!"

Speedy's cheeks were tinted red from Aqualad's hectic outburst. He quickly recovered and retorted, "Yeah, says the I lover Wonder girl fan club. Do you know how much you say her name in your sleep?"

In return, Aqualad was the next one whose face tinted red. Kid Flash turned his eyes at each of the guys, aside from the sleeping twins. "Why don't we skip the movie-thons tonight?" he suggested.

"Dude!" Beast Boy jumped, "Are you crazy? What could possibly be better than having a movie-thon?"

"Um, everything else?" he replied. The other guys nodded in agreement. They had way too many movie-thons already and were eager to try something new. "Let's all go out on a date, then," he suggested.

Each gave him a curious look, one eyebrow raised. Robin brought his hand over his chin and rubbed it. "What do you have in mind?"