Jasmine sat on her bed in the Cave, thinking about what happened over the past few months.
-Flashback-
As Batman introduced Jasmine AKA Blue Jay to the Team, Robin sneered, "Why do we need her on the team? We don't need her."
Jasmine flinched, but she hoped nobody noticed. Thankfully, nobody did. But Robin continued to glare at her.
-End of Flashback-
Why did he hate her? What did she ever do to him? Jasmine held back the tears she felt gathering as she recalled another memory.
-Flashback-
As they got back from a mission, Robin shoved past Jasmine, knocking her to the floor. He kept walking without looking back. "You're useless and weak, why would we need you?"
Jasmine felt tears in her eyes.
-End of Flashback-
Jasmine buried her face in her knees, tears dripping down her face.
-Flashback-
As Jasmine walked into the living room, she bumped into Robin and fell on the floor. Robin scowled down at her. Jasmine looked down, trying to apologize. Robin scoffed and kept walking. "Go kill yourself."
-End of Flashback-
Jasmine felt more tears pouring out. The memories just wouldn't stop coming.
-Flashback-
Jasmine had decided to start cutting, since she couldn't think of anything else to do. While she was sparring against Robin, though, he saw the cuts. Robin had pinned Jasmine down onto her stomach with her wrists held together behind her back. When she felt Robin freeze, she began to worry. "Jasmine…"
Jasmine tried to look at him, but she couldn't. "What?"
Robin got off her, but held on to her wrist. "What…"
Robin rolled Jasmine's sleeves up. "Is this?"
The sleeve revealed the cuts from this morning, which hadn't fully healed. Jasmine looked down and tried to pull her wrist out of Robin''s grip, but he held on too tightly. "Robin, let go of me."
"Not until you tell me why the hell you've been doing this to yourself!" Jasmine glared daggers at him. "Maybe if you wouldn't treat me like s*** all the freakin time I wouldn't!"
Robin's eyes widened, and Jasmine tore her wrist free. "Besides, its none of your business. Oh, unless you want to tell me to kill myself again."
Jasmine walked off rubbing her wrist gingerly, not wanting to face Robin.
-End of Flashback-
Jasmine was now sobbing loudly. Good thing nobody was here to hear her. "Jasmine?"
And, she jinxed it. Jasmine looked up through teary eyes to see Robin standing in the doorway. "Go away Robin! I don't want to hear you insult me again!"
Jasmine heard footsteps coming toward her. She looked up and saw Robin heading for the bed, then sitting down. Jasmine began backing away from him. "Get away from me!"
Robin didn't listen and grabbed her by the arms, pulling her close. Jasmine kicked and screamed telling him to let go, but her words fell upon deaf ears. In the end, Robin had brought Jasmine up against his chest, his arms around her.
Jasmine kept trying to get away from Robin, but he was far stronger than she was. Robin began rocking back and forth on the bed, holding Jasmine. Eventually, Jasmine stopped trying to escape and simply rested again Robin's chest, sobbing. Robin continued to rock back and forth, now running a hand down her hair repeatedly.
After a while, Jasmine stopped crying and wiped the tears from her eyes. Then she heard Robin whisper, "Please promise me you won't ever do something like this to yourself again."
Jasmine scoffed. "Give me one good reason why I should promise you anything other than I'll kill myself!"
Robin looked down at Jasmine, the anger and sorrow evident in his eyes. "Because we care about you! Why would you want to kill yourself and do this to yourself?"
"Thats bull! All you've ever done is treat me like crap since day one! You hated me for no reason!" Jasmine snapped back.
Robin widened his eyes in shock. "Why would you think I hate you? That makes no sense."
Jasmine's eyes widened before she began yelling. "Doesn't make sense?! Are you freakin kidding me!? Name one time where you haven't pushed me down!"
Robin opened his mouth to speak, then thought about it and realized Jasmine was right. Every time he saw her, he treated her like crap. Robin looked down at Jasmine with a sincere look in his eyes. "Jasmine, I'm really sorry-"
"Sorry?! You're sorry?! Sorry doesn't even begin to cut it!" Jasmine screamed. She began kicking at Robin, who let her go out of shock. Jasmine ran out of her room. It was time to end this. She heard footsteps behind her. "Jasmine, wait!"
Jasmine didn't wait for Robin to catch up. Instead, she ran faster. She ran outside the mountain to a cliff. "Jasmine, no!"
Jasmine almost reached the edge, when she felt a pair of arms grab her midsection. Jasmine kicked and screamed, knowing it was Robin. But he didn't let go of her. Instead, Robin carried Jasmine back inside the mountain to his room and locked the door.
Robin turned to Jasmine with his arms crossed. "You done yet?"
Jasmine didn't answer, only looked around trying to find an exit. Robin sighed and began walking over to her. Jasmine backed up quickly, and soon found herself pressed against a wall. She whimpered and buried her face between her knees. "Just leave me alone!"
Robin looked at her incredulously. "And let you kill yourself? Hell no!"
Robin knelt down in front of her and pulled her chin up, making Jasmine look at him. "I know I've been a jerk, but I have never wanted you to cut or kill yourself!"
Jasmine couldn't hold the tears back anymore. She was tired of arguing and fighting. Robin pulled Jasmine into his lap, wrapped his arms around her protectively, leaned against the wall, and began stroking her hair. Jasmine cried into Robin's chest, suddenly very exhausted. She began to yawn more than she cried.
Soon, Jasmine found herself getting drowsy, being pressed against Robin's chest. He was warm, she realized. Jasmine snuggled closer to him, trying to get warmer. "Will you talk to me now?"
Jasmine didn't look up. Instead, she yawned again and tried to snuggle closer to Robin. "I'm tired…"
Robin chuckled. "Ok, you wanna watch a movie with me in here?"
Jasmine looked up at him sleepily with a frown. "Well, considering you won't let me go anywhere else, I don't see why not."
Robin smiled and picked Jasmine up, walking toward his bed. He put Jasmine down then walked around to the other side of the bed. Robin jumped onto the bed, causing Jasmine to land extremely close to him when the bed finally stood still. Jasmine snuggled into Robin's chest as he wrapped an arm around her and turned the TV on. He put the remote down so he could wrap both arms around Jasmine protectively.
Robin felt himself gradually grow drowsy, then got an idea. "Hey, you wanna go get ice cream?"
Jasmine was barely awake, but she heard him. "Mm, maybe later. I wanna go to sleep."
Robin chuckled and pulled Jasmine closer. "Ok, ice cream later. Promise?"
Jasmine nodded. "Pwomise."
Robin smiled as the two drifted off into a slumber, Jasmine being wrapped in Robin's arms protectively and Robin nuzzling Jasmine's neck.