It was a sunny afternoon in Jump City and 5 friends happened to be enjoying a pleasant meal together. At least, they should have been.. if they could decide what to order... The Teen Titans were currently in the middle of a heated argument over which type of pizza to get.

"Dude, get it through your head for once! I turn into the animals on the menu!"

"Doesn't mean you've got to ruin it for the rest of us!"

"Please, friends, stop! I am sure we can come to a decision. Besides... it is obvious that we should order the pizza of cheese!"

Robin sighed and slumped forward, bringing a gloved hand up to rub his temples. "Come on, guys," he grumbled, "Can't we for once just have a nice meal.. without the arguing? I've got a headache..." Raven glanced at him as the other Titans were silent.

"..Robin, if you truly wish to end the arguing, then perhaps you should simply agree with me on the pizza of the cheese. 'Majority rules', yes?" Starfire offered, blinking sweetly.

"Now hold on a minute!" came Cyborg's yell, interrupted by Beast Boy's hasty words. "Robin, old buddy! I'm sure you'd agree that it's like, totally not fair to make me eat animals I turn into..." Robin groaned put his head down on the table, letting his friends resume their bickering session.

"Black olive, dude!"
"All-meat!"

"Cheese?"

"I'm beginning to think," Raven said to her leader, "That going out for lunch wasn't the best idea you've ever had, Robin.." She continued to look at her hands, clasped together neatly on the table top. She waited for his answer.. and waited. It was silent (save for the other three Titans absorbed in their.. 'discussion') and this made her slightly uneasy. Raising her head, she turned to her friend. "Robin?"

He was resting his head on his hands, propped up by his elbows. But something was wrong. He was staring straight off into space..

"Robin!"

He jumped, swiveling his head to stare at her. This time there was a real silence; the others had quieted and turned their attention to the Boy Wonder.

"Sorry...," he mumbled, "Like I said, I have a really bad headache.. sort of hard to ... concentrate." Shrugging with a helpless expression despite the mask, he fell limp, exhaling deeply in a sigh yet again.

"Robin, you have not fallen ill?" his Tameranian friend inquired worriedly. With a frown, Robin sat up straight. He shouldn't have said anything. "I'm fine, Star.. don't worry. Just a little headache." As if to prove his point, the spiky-haired teen got to his feet, looking at the sky, the buildings, anywhere but his friends' concerned faces. He started to walk away. "I'm going home.. you guys have fun, okay?"

After he had gone, the Titans turned slowly to stare at each other. "What was that about?" Beast Boy wondered aloud. "I don't know," Cyborg said, "But we're going to find out."

Starfire smiled sheepishly. "Yes, of course, but first.. the pizza of cheese?"

Instantly the two boys' voices rose in protest. "You mean meat!" "No, black olive!" Raven blinked and then let herself fall back in the chair. This might take a while.

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The little birdie's wings are breaking

A/N: I'm sorry if you came here from my other fanfiction, yeah, that tiny little 472 word thing "I'm Human Too." It was very literate and serious as are my normal fanfictions; this story, however, is not. Although it is serious near the beginning and at least presentable, I don't think it's my best work, simply a work of boredom and Writers' Block.

Don't own Teen Titans, in case you didn't notice.