"Hey, Raven!" I groaned to myself, trying to hide my face in my book. Beast Boy had been bugging me all day. I finally had had my own quiet time, but now that he's back… What does he want?

"Leave me alone, Beast Boy. I'm busy right now." I quietly read the words to myself as I continued on in my book. Beast Boy came rushing over to my side, a large annoying grin on his face. "Come on, Raven! Come play Truth or Dare with us! You never do anything fun!"

I sighed. 'Why me? What did I do to deserve this?' Looking over my book, I glanced at his green face peering at me, and in the corner of my eye, I saw Cyborg walking over.

"Come on, Rae," pleaded Cyborg, "Don't tell me you're afraid of a little game."

Scoffing at him, I put down my book and stared at them skeptically. "Of course not, I just don't see the point. Besides, you of all people Cyborg know I greatly dislike telling others my secrets. They're for me to know only."

"But you let Friend Robin know about you prophecy." That came from Starfire, who flew over and joined us. 'Just great, more people begging me to play?'

"That's entirely different. And I didn't tell him about it, he found out. The only time I told someone about my secrets was… well, when Malchior was here. And look how that ended."

All three of them stared at me a moment, reflecting on that memory. "But Friend Raven, this will be so much fun! And you need not worry, it will not be too bad I don't think!" She gazed at me, flashing her usual kind smile. The smile I envied. Actually, I envied a lot about Starfire. She had strength as well as a super thin model-like figure, which is strange considering how she eats.

I pulled my hood on, hiding my pale face and violet purple hair. I slowly stood up and sighed, knowing I was going to regret my decision. "Fine, I'll do it, but," I said in my usual monotone voice, "Only one game, and that's it." Their faces lit up as they hovered around the dining room table. Robin was already seated. I took my seat across from him, studying him as he helped in preparing the table. I had always found Robin charming and somewhat attractive, but all we were and ever would be is friends. That's how I liked it, and that's how he liked it. Luckily, Starfire kept him distracted so it was easy to be nearly invisible to him. Although after the whole Prophecy and End of the World ordeal, he did make sure to check on me every now and then. I noticed that he had acknowledged my presence and sent a warm smile over to me. I nodded at him, usually hiding my smiles underneath my cloak.

"All right, ya'll, let's get this party started!" Exclaimed an excited and grinning Cyborg. "Who goes first?"

Beast Boy raised his hand, grinning like a fool. "I'll go first! Cyborg, truth or dare?"

Cyborg smirked at Beast Boy. "Dare all the way!"

"I dare you to eat 5 plates of my special tofu eggs and bacon!" Beast Boy smirked back, feeling as though he had won the competition already.

Cyborg grinned, and although he hated tofu, he devoured 5 plates of the nasty stuff within minutes. "Ahh… That hit the spot. All right then, Starfire, truth or dare?"

Starfire giggled to herself, "I choose the Truth!"

Cyborg thought for a moment and grinned, "Okay. So Star, who was your first kiss and how did it feel?"

Starfire turned a bright red, about as red as her hair as she glanced at Robin. "Well, my first kiss was Friend Robin. And that was because on my planet, if you kiss someone of a different language, then you can adapt to their sound and behaviors. I-It was nice…" She quickly looked away, still blushing miserably. Robin was a bit red as well, I noticed. I couldn't help but smirk to myself.

Starfire smiled happily, knowing it was now her turn. "Robin, do you choose the Truth or the Dare?"

Robin smirked, and even if he was still wearing his mask, you could certainly tell his eyes were glimmering with pride. "Dare."

Starfire studied him a moment, marveling in his braveness. "Okay. I give you a dare to kiss Friend Beast Boy's cheek!" She giggled, finding it humorous until Robin actually walked over to Beast Boy and kissed his cheek. I couldn't help but get a slight sick feeling in my stomach, I mean come on! Beast Boy and Robin together? I shivered slightly, allowing myself to relax and focus on silent meditation.

Robin took his seat once more, and his gaze travelled across the room until they settled on me. He smirked a bit. "Raven, truth or dare?"

I studied the meaning of his smirk, wondering what I should choose. After a couple of minutes, I knew I wasn't going to get out of it. "I guess I choose Truth."

"Then I would like to know, have you ever had any dreams about any of us? And if so, you must tell every single detail." He smirked, probably hoping to get something "good" out of me.

I shrugged a bit. "Yes, I have once. But not in the way you think, and you probably don't want to hear about it, it's…it's pretty gruesome." I looked down, recalling the dream.

Robin studied me a bit, and smiled a soft smile. "Come on, it can't be that bad Rae. We can handle it, I mean after all, we've eaten Beast Boy's tofu."

"Hey!" Beast Boy pouted.

I sighed and looked back up. "Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you. It started off as a sweet dream, one I had never before had. We were all having lunch in the park, the sun was out and shining on us, and everything was calm. Then, as if in a blink of an eye, you guys were being ripped apart limb from limb as I stood there and watched, horrified. This occurred around the time Trigon, my father, came forth. He laughed, filling the sky with crimson evil. Before I knew it, I was screaming out for you guys to be safe, for one of you to be safe. That's when I awoke with sweat all over my face." Their faces somewhat amused me, as well as proved what I had expected. Robin's eyes were wide, and his mouth was open. As was everyone else's though. "I told you so."

Robin cleared his throat. "Ahem… okay Raven, thanks for that."

I glanced around at all of them and smirked. "Well then, since I got asked a question, then I call on you Robin. Truth or dare?"

Robin of course chose dare, grinning like crazy. "I dare you to take off your mask and keep it off until the game is over."

Everyone gaped at me, amazed I had chosen such a dare. None of us had ever seen Robin without his mask on. It was almost as if that mask of his was painted onto him. Robin stiffened some, but sighed, knowing that his ego wouldn't allow him to throw the towel in. He put his hands behind his head as he began to untie his mask. We all gazed at him, anticipating what his eyes looked like if he had any at all. The mask came off and revealed a pair of soft hazel eyes. Everyone gasped but me, I held it in. I couldn't believe he actually followed through with it, and the outcome of this dare… his eyes were absolutely out of this world. I know, eyes are just eyes, but the intensity and layers of warmth that lay behind them revealed so much about him.

Robin laughed. "Okay guys, you can stop staring. They're just eyes."

Starfire blushed like crazy. "Oh but Robin they are absolutely beautiful! So amazing!"

"Star's right, Rob!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"Dude, I thought you had green eyes!" Beast Boy smiled.

Robin looked over at me, and I felt as though I wasn't wearing my leotard. I had never felt so uncomfortable by his gaze before, and yet, it brought me some warmth. I felt as though I had been stripped down to just skin, and that everyone was staring at me. My face flushed a bright crimson as I bolted up and took off into my room. I quickly checked my body, assuring myself that I was still fully clothed and was not sitting there naked. Breathing somewhat heavily, I pulled off my hood and tried calming myself. 'Why am I acting like this?' I thought to myself. 'It's just Robin, only without a mask. Nothing has changed, so why do I feel so… so open and ready to throw myself at him? Robin is my friend, one of the closest friends I have here at the Titan tower.'

A knock at the door nearly made me jump out of my clothes and slowly I made my way over to the door. When I opened it, it revealed the unmasked Robin, looking genuinely concerned.

"Raven, are you okay? You took off like crazy, I thought maybe…"

"You thought that it was Trigon coming back?" I slightly smiled, not entirely meeting his gaze. "I'm fine, I just needed to calm my emotions before I had let explosives go off."

"You sure you're okay? You seemed pretty shaken up by my looks." The way he said that made me meet his gaze and study him, somewhat leaning away from him. He took this as a chance to pin me to the wall and smirk at me. "What are you afraid of? It's still me, Robin. You're good friend." His face was placed close to mine, only about a foot away from making contact. Another blush filled up my face, causing my heart to race quickly. I didn't want to look at him anymore, not at those eyes. I turned my face from his, and he moved away from the wall, chuckling. "Calm down Raven, I was just kidding. I didn't know you could blush that badly though. Well, it's late anyways, so I'm going to turn in. Goodnight Raven." He walked down to his room and entered it, with the other titans making their way to bed. I closed my door and leaned against it, placing a cold hand to my hot cheek. With that, I ventured off to bed and found myself dreaming of that last moment, when Robin took off his mask and the scene afterwards. 'Robin… What are you doing to me?'