Jump City, daylight.

Things are business as usual for the Teen Titans. They've just stopped Dr. Light from attempting to nefariously illuminate innocents with his ill will, and now the heroes have decided to celebrate with lunch at the local pizzeria.

However, things aren't entirely copacetic. No one can remember if it's Beast Boy's turn to pay for lunch, or if it's actually Raven's.

"I've only had one slice of pizza? And it's purely vegan! You should pay for it!" Beast Boy contends as he picks up another slice of said pizza. "Okay, this will be two, but you get my point."

Raven rolls her eyes and snarls her lip. "It doesn't matter. It's your turn to pay for lunch, so just pay up already so we can go home."

"Well what if I forgot my wallet at home? I think I left it in my other leotard," Beast Boy retorts, realizing he may have actually forgotten his wallet as he dons a worried expression while digging through his pockets.

Raven groans. "Ugh, well I don't care! I'm not paying for it when it's not my turn!"

The other three Titans: Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin simply awkwardly watch as their friends continue their contremps.

"Jeez, what are you making such a big deal about this for? It's like, twenty bucks? What do you need that money for, stupid Pegasus books?" Beast Boy argues.

The Azarathian girl grows wide-eyed at the sudden reference to a certain saccharine comic book franchise, but shakes it off to return to rebuttal form with a familiar sour glower.

"It doesn't matter, Beast Boy! You have to learn to take more responsibility, and start considering how your actions affect other people!"

"Oh, here we go again," BB bemoans as he rolls his eyes now and leans his head on his hand, preparing to endure the same spiel he's heard for what feels like a million times now.

Finally, Starfire decides to intervene. "Friends, can we not simply resolve this conflict and get back to eating the earth pizza?" she pleas with a nervous smile.

Beast Boy meets her with indifference, Cyborg and Robin look to her with pained, almost sickly grimaces, and Raven…

"No! I'm not letting him weasel his way out of paying!" Raven defends.

"Was the weasel thing a pun? Because that's not fair. You know I wanna laugh at that…" Beast Boy responds.

"Ugh… This is exactly what I mean…" Raven adds.

"You know, I get that you two are all broken up and all now and ya wanna throw shade like Shado… But somebody has to pay for the pie," Cyborg reminds them, partly because the waiter keeps looking at them with a disgruntled expression.

"Oh, Cyborg…" Robin says with a face-palm, fully understanding just what kind of angst is now about to ensue.

Yes, Beast Boy and Raven have recently decided to "just be friends." BBRae is a thing of the past, for better or worse. The two just couldn't work through their irreconcilable differences, but were mature enough to mutually agree on moving on and starting fresh.

But sometimes, like right now… It's easier said than done.

Raven's eye twitches like she may literally explode, and the other four Titans, and even disgruntled waiter, all cower in fear as they anticipate what is sure to be the proverbial fury of a woman scorned.

But, it doesn't come. Raven simply pulls out of her seat, all while wearing a hateful scowl directed at Beast Boy.

"I'm going for a walk," she simply says, and she slowly but surly makes her way to and out the door.

The others cautiously fix their postures, and exchange concerned looks with one another.

It's Robin to break the awkward silence. "Let's just… go Dutch on this one," he suggests as he reaches into his pocket for some money.

Beast Boy frowns at Cyborg. "Nice going, chrome-dome. Why'd you have to bring up our break up?" he scolds.

"What? Don't turn this around on me, string-bean! It's not my fault you forgot cash!" Cyborg retorts. "Although I really do think it was Raven's turn to pay for the thing…" he adds, and he too begins searching his person for some simoleons.

However, Starfire's empathetic nature hasn't allowed her to look anywhere else but to the very door that her friend Raven left out of.

Robin notices this. "Star?"

Belatedly, she responds. "Oh, I feel so bad. I think I should go talk to her," she thinks aloud, and she begins to pull herself out of her chair.

Robin stops her, gently taking her by the wrist. She looks to him, he looks to her… and he can't help but feel the tension that comes with every form of intimacy- big or small, that manifests between the two.

Starfire, she isn't ever sure what to make of it. She's heard of the "feelings," she's even seen it between Beast Boy and Raven, as well as Jinx and Cyborg. But she still doesn't know what exactly the feeling of the feelings is, or if this is what that is, or if it might just have something to do with what the earthlings call "indigestion" from the pizza.

For a moment, they just gaze into one another's eyes…

But then, Robin finally says what he needs to say.

"Starfire… You gonna help us throw down on this pizza?"

…

She blinks a few times, confused- a little disappointed even by his lack of compassion for Raven. She brushes it off though, literally and figuratively, as she slips out of Robin's gentle grasp and begins to follow Raven's trail.

"I am sorry. I cannot let Raven be upset all alone," she explains to the boys. "I also think that I too have left my money in another leotard," she mutters to herself.

With that, she exits the establishment, and Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy are left to face a foe most formidable…

Disgruntled waiter, and his bill.

He clears his throat, "Ahem," while staring at the boys all hoity toity like. The three exchange more concerned looks, realizing they may not have enough money to pay the overworked, underpaid background character enough for his service.

"Uhm… Any chance we can get a superhero discount?" Beast Boy nervously asks.

"That depends, you guys part of the Justice League?" disgruntled waiter replies.

They consider their response. "I was in a movie with the Justice League?" Cyborg answers on their behalf.

"Then no," the waiter coldly responds.

"Rats…" Robin curses.

Beast Boy thoughtfully digests his blurb. "Was that another pun?"

A few blocks away from the pizzeria, Raven makes her way down the sidewalk, refusing to acknowledge any of the pedestrians that pass her by.

"Stupid Beast Boy… Of course he'd leave his wallet at home on pizza day. I guess I should've seen that coming," she thinks to herself.

"But I guess I could have maybe handled that better. God, Raven… You should've known better than to have ever even dated him in the first place. I knew things wouldn't work out in the long run. And now it's just making things weird for everyone, and even worse... it's ruining our friendship…"

She escapes from her internal monologue long enough to pay attention to the crosswalk before her, and notices two girls crossing the street… holding hands…

"Hmm. I wonder if those girls have ever had these problems?" she asks herself.

"Raven! Raven, wait!" she hears a familiar voice call out from not too far off.

She turns around to see Starfire chasing after her, drawing peculiar looks from the locals.

"Oh, Starfire…" Raven mumbles as she facepalms, feeling her cheeks flush with embarrassment.

"Raven! Oh, thank goodness I have caught up with you…" Starfire says through panting breaths.

Raven meets her with a piteous expression. "Why did you run after me? Please don't say-"

"Are you alright? Do you wish to talk about the awkward that has occurred with Beast Boy and the others?" Starfire asks.

"Of course," Raven grumbles.

She shifts back to her usual unenthralled demeanor, all while Starfire meets her with her usual, almost childlike puppy eyes.

"Awkward isn't a noun, and no. I don't want to talk about Beast Boy; I don't want to make things any weirder or more dramatic than they already are…" Raven stoically tells her.

Starfire considers her response for a moment, and settles for the following. "Friend Raven, I do not wish to bring you more discomfort. I only wish to help you feel better. I care about you," she says with a soft smile.

They just look at one another for a little while, retaining their respective deadpan and endearing expressions. The crosswalk sign changes from 'stop' to 'go,' and the nearby pedestrians begin shuffling through.

Raven looks away from Starfire's smiling face to guiltily eye the ground, and she sighs. "Starfire, this is just something I have to work through on my own. You just wouldn't understand," she tells her, and she turns to join the strangers in walking across the street.

Starfire sorrowfully stands in her same spot for another short while, and steels herself as she wonders what she can say or do to help her friend.

But as she watches the cloaked Titan distancing further and further, her emotions get the better of her. She begins to hurry after her, failing to realize that the crosswalk sign has again shifted from 'go' to 'stop.'

"But, I wish to understand! Raven, come speak with me and we shall-!" she calls out, but she loses her train of thought as a car horn begins blaring.

She and Raven both turn their attention to the commotion, and realize that a large, old-timey van is speeding towards Starfire.

"Starfire! Look out!" Raven shouts, and she instinctively channels her powers. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she calls as she uses her telekinetic abilities to encompass the van and bring it to a timely halt.

All the while, Starfire helplessly watches on, paralyzed with shock. But she soon realizes that no harm will come her way, thanks to Raven and her powers.

The two teenagers look to one another. "Are you alright?" Raven asks Starfire, the concern resonating in her voice.

Still in somewhat of a trance, Starfire takes a moment to register her words. "Yes, I am alright."

They then turn their attention to the van that almost careened into her, and rush over to make sure its passengers are safe. Inside the van there is a man, a woman, and eleven children, all stunned with mortification.

"Are you and your many children okay?" Starfire asks the father.

He's still very much shaken. "Every time we leave Royal Woods, something bad happens!…" he complains.

With no apparent physical harm done, the girls leave the family to their ramshackle van. It's Raven to start walking away first.

"Wait! Raven!" Starfire begins again, and the other girl groans as she turns back to face her.

"Starfire, I already told you-"

"I was… I just wanted to say… Thank you for saving me. That van is as large as it is ugly," Starfire tells her.

"We can still hear you!" the man in the van hollers.

Raven disregards his ambivalence to address Starfire's appreciation. Despite being, well, annoying sometimes… she can't help but admire her genuine compassion for others.

Even so, she can't actually tell her that. It'd just make her feel too weird. So instead, she just softly smiles.

"It really is an ugly van."

Starfire smiles back, enjoying some small satisfaction in seeing Raven do the same. However, her nirvana is cut short as Raven's smile fades in favor of her familiar somberness

"I'll see you later, Star," she glumly tells her teammate, and she resumes walking away until she's disappeared in the crowd of strange faces.

Starfire can't help but linger, hoping that maybe her friend will come back and decide she's ready to accept her invitation to help her work through her sadness.

But she doesn't, and even Starfire knows when to let someone be left alone.

However, not all is lost.

"I will give Raven the space tonight. But I will not give up on her. I will do everything I can to help her through her break up with Beast Boy. That is what friends are for, after all!"

Hey everyone, thanks for checking this out. This is my first time dabbling in Titans fiction, so any and all feedback would be appreciated.

That being said, for those new to my work, here's a secret: I'm the king of AN's, so here you go.

First, if you're wondering where this fits in the canon, it's up for you to decide. I like both TTG! and the 2000's Teen Titans, and drew inspiration from both shows, so there's that. I will be taking a mostly comedic approach with this thing though, just so you all know.

Second, I'm going to do the best I can to handle BB and Rae's break-up as well as possible. We all know BB's the coolest guy on the block. I'm also going to try and do Robin justice (that's kind of a pun, heh heh), which will probably be the hardest thing in my writing career, considering everyone seems to find at least one thing to hate about him. I digress.

Third, if you're scratching your head over the not so subtle Loud House cameo, sorry. I couldn't resist. That's my main fandom:p

Again, feedback is greatly appreciated, be it reviews, comments, or even PM's. Thanks again for reading, and please stay tuned for more!