Heyyyyyy, it's me with another RobRae story brought to you by procrastination! Dreading school tomorrow so here you go, enjoy.
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"Robin, where are you going?"
"Away from here," he spits, grabbing his motorcycle keys from the counter and storming off. Starfire looks at the other two Titans in horror.
"I did not know his reaction would be so..."
"Violent?" Beast Boy pipes up, mashing the buttons on his controller before raising his arms up in a victory salute. Starfire gives him a look.
"Moody?" Cyborg adds, staring up at the screen with a forlorn look on his face.
"How did you expect him to react Star, y'all had been together for years."
"Yes but I, I-" Starfire feels her eyes begin to fill with tears, and she (unsuccessfully) turns and tries to hide her sobs. Cyborg leaps to his feet and comes by her side, wrapping his arms around her and enfolding her into one of his renowned bear hugs.
"It'll be ok Star, you'll see," he whispers into her ear. He shares a look with a skeptical Beast Boy.
"BB, you'd better call Raven and tell her to find him. I think out of all of us she has the best chance of calming him down."
"Are you sure about that?" Beast Boy replies. Cyborg shoots him a glare. The changeling sighs andpicks up his communicator.
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The night was young, the stars were out, and Raven could think of no better way to spend her Thursday evening than at the Jump City Municipal Library. It was her day off, so to speak. The Titans (Titans meaning Robin) had decided that organizing their going out time would help prevent everyone on the team taking off time right on top of each other. So each member officially had one weeknight off. They all usually did some group outing or team bonding activity.
Raven shuddered at the thought. Last time they had gone bowling, and let's just say Beast Boy didn't take his loss very well. Thankfully Robin had persuaded the owner not to sue for the many, many damages. Didn't mean Raven had any fond memories of being kicked out of Pin Palace.
But with a chamomile tea and a chocolate croissant from the little bakery down the street and a stack of Edna Short mysteries, she was all set for a relaxing evening all by herself.
And then her communicator went off. Raven sighed and flipped it open, hoping desperately it was just Beast Boy butt dialing her again. Of course she would understand if it was a mission, but even so it seemed like this one night was her only real freedom sometimes. She was 22 god damn it, if she wanted to spend some time by herself reading books and drinking then she would, Beast Boy's jokes be damned.
"What," Raven barked, earning a hush from the withered old librarian. She was too pissed to care. Their had better be a damn good explanation for this or so help her-
It was Beast Boy. But he looked weary and a little- scared? She regretted raising her voice, but there was no time for apologies. Something was wrong.
"It's Robin," he said, his eyes cast down like the sad little kitten he'd often turn into to get Starfire to forgive him.
Raven's heart caught in her throat.
"What happened?" She croaked, although a horrible suspicion popped into her head.
"Um, Star broke up with him, and he didn't exactly take it well." Raven cursed to herself. But a loud "young lady be quiet!" told her that she hadn't succeeded in keeping this to herself.
"Did she tell him about you know who?"
"She didn't have the chance, he ran out of there before she could say anything else."
Shit. This was not good. Raven grabbed her keys and shoved the books and what was left of her food into her bag. She balanced the tea and the still open communicator in her other hand.
"Hey, where do you think you're going? Did you check those books out?" Raven picked up the pace, although she doubted the old man could catch her.
Beast Boy continued to mutter nervously through the other side of the communicator. Through the sounds of cars honking she could hear something about death and the team breaking up.
"For God's sake Beast Boy, no one's going to die. Pull yourself together, ok?" He looked even more nervous and upset, and Raven wished she didn't have to try and be nice to people right now.
"Do you know where he went?" She asked, trying to make her voice as gentle as possible. She needn't have worried. Beast Boy was never down for very long.
"I don't know, but it's probably some place with lots of alcohol."
Double shit. He did not need to be drinking right now. Or ever, really. The one time Raven saw him with a hangover was enough to make her wish she'd never joined the team at all.
"You're going to have to be a bit more specific, BB. There are hundreds of places that could fit that description in Jump."
"Um, a bar I guess?"
"Well that really narrows it down. Good luck finding him, then."
"Um..."
Raven stopped in her tracks, nearly bumping into a street light.
"You can't be serious."
"You're already in town, you have a better chance of finding him than I do."
"Not really, considering how long it will take me to go to every bar in the city if he's not in this area."
"Please Raven, you're the only one who could deal with him right now, considering, well, everything. Just this once. I'll make it up to you, you can take my night off next week if it helps."
Damn Beast Boy, thinking he could get her agreement through flattery and bribery. It totally worked.
"Fine, but if anything extra shitty happens I'm blaming you." His face lit up.
"Rae you're the best, see you later." He exits the chat, leaving Raven staring st the dark space on her communicator.
"You're welcome," she mutters to herself, shoving the communicator in her back pocket and continuing on her way. The nearest bar was probably over on Iveson lane, just a few blocks a way. She was in the most child friendly part of the city, so to speak, and the only night life around there besides the library were the youth clubs, which they had outgrown years ago.
As Raven passed the parking lot where her car was parked, she realized that she wouldn't be able to go home for hours.
"Damn you and your broken heart, Robin." She said, and she didn't care if everyone in Jump City heard it.
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So as of right now I'm planning to make this a three parter. Hopefully I'll be able to update soon, but it's this and Prince Charming and my Penderwicks fanfic. Lemme know what you think so far! I appreciate any and all reviews. Thanks for reading :)
