Disclaimer – I don't' own Teen Titans or Young Justice.
Note – This story ties into my Beyond the Night series but is also slightly AU to the stories I plan on writing later. For example, I expect the team roster will differ by April 1, 2011. I do expect Artemis, Supergirl and Wonder Girl (Donna) will be additions to the team. When the team finds out Robin is leader also differs. Pretty much I was running with an idea that popped into my head for the April 2018 Just Write It, for which the theme was April Fools prank going terribly wrong. I didn't quite hit the 9.5-10k mark for the month, but may not at all, so I'm going ahead and posting the story. Here is what readers who don't want to go and read the other stories need to know.
- The Teen Titans came first, but were disbanded due to the incident with Trigon in the cartoon series.
- Roy feels the Teen Titans are why their mentors don't treat them like adults, yet outright says he hates the Teen Titans leader. Except, he's got a soft spot for Robin which teeters constantly between admiration, overprotecting and not knowing what to do with someone Robin's age.
- Robin is terrified of the team finding out. He's also allergic to cacti.
- Zatanna is not de-aged as much, but is den mother.
Beyond the Night: Beyond the Fool
Nagging Feelings
A pair of robin blue eyes stared out the pizza parlor window, wondering if the three were doing the right thing. Sunglasses covered his eyes, in part to block the bright sun of Happy Harbor someone from Gotham wasn't used to. In reality, the existed to hide his blue eyes which made him highly identifiable. In the back of his head, the thought of whether leaving the other members of the team to work things out among themselves nagged at the back of his head.
"Raven and I placed our order. It should be out in fifteen, thirty minutes."
Robin's head turned towards the voice, his small hands clutching the sleeves of his civvies. "Kaldur, are you sure this was a good idea. The Teen Titans and new team which doesn't yet have a name don't get along. In fact, outside of Zatanna, you're the only one from the new team who knows I was the leader of the Teen Titans and that…"
"You didn't mess up." Raven slid into the booth next to him, nudging him to scoot over with her elbow.
"Agreed." Kaldur took a deep breath. "They need to get along, but Red Arrow needs to stop making assumptions. Plus, what can go wrong? Zatanna's shown she is quite the capable den mother, has she not."
"It's just that…" Robin glanced down at his watch, noticing the date. "I'm not sure today was the best day to choose."
"You kept procrastinating about this, and I've been looking forward to a day away from Beast Boy, and the girls, and, well, everyone. Except you guys. You guys aren't annoying."
"Come on. They're not that bad." Robin flinched, watching Raven glare at him. He let the corners of his mouth twist slightly, as if tempting her to realize something important. "Are you sure there wasn't something else you were looking forward to, today?"
"You mean that date Beast Boy thinks he's taking me on, which he is absolutely not? No thank you."
Robin sighed, wondering if things could get any worse.