Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans or any of it's characters. If I did, I wouldn't be writing FanFiction, Robin and Raven would've gotten together, and there would've been a lot more seasons.
Raven and Robin shared something in the show no one else could compare to. A kiss in Tokyo can never compare to scavenging the depths of hell with your mortal enemy to find the girl everyone thought to be dead. A kiss in Tokyo can't compare to reaching out to save him from personal destruction. A kiss in Tokyo can't compare to letting her enter your mind and know your thoughts and memories.
A kiss in Tokyo, can't compare to what Raven and Robin have.
"Talking"
'Thinking.'
Raven hated partying The clubs were too crowded, too messy, and it was a waste of time. But, of course, she lived with three people who loved partying. Just her luck.
Bumblebee and Aqualad were visiting them for a few weeks. Of course, Beastboy used that as an excuse to have go partying. Which was typical, as he uses everything as an excuse to go partying.
But the odd thing is that Robin actually agreed to, allowing alcohol and everything! He despised partying almost as much as Raven did. Yet, he was supporting the idea.. Raven wondered if Cyborg put something in Robin's breakfast..
They all begged her to go with them, but she flatly refused. She was not going. Nope, no way in hell. They had defeated Trigon long ago and she could express her emotions without worrying about the end of the world. But that didn't change the fact she hated partying.
She got tired of the constant begging, so she went to her room and began meditating.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos.. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos.. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos..."
As she grew calmer, she began levitating a few feet off the ground. All was quiet and peaceful.
But in Titan's Tower, that could never last.
"RAVEN!" Robin shouted, banging on her door.
Her eyes snapped open and she stop levitating, meanwhile a pillow exploded.
'Seriously? Does he have a death wish?'
She went over to the door and slammed it open.
"WHAT?" She growled, her eyes going red as she glared at Robin.
He shrank back. "Oops, are you meditating?"
Raven's eyes narrowed. "I was."
"Hehe, oops. Sorry, Raven."
An innocent lamp lost it's life as rage threatened to over take the young half-demon.
"What do you want, Boy Blunder?" She said, stepping into the hallway with him.
"Oh, right. We're leaving for the club in an hour, I came to get you to remind you we have to wear disguises."
"That's what you interrupted my meditation for?" Raven asked in a tiny voice.
The tone of voice she was using scared him, of course he didn't show it. "Yup." He answered.
The door ripped off it's hinges and threw itself the wall, mere centimeter from Robin. He didn't even flinch.
"YOU INTERRUPTED MY MEDITATION FOR THAT! ARE YOU WANTING TO SEE THE SEVEN DEPTHS OF HELL, ROBIN?"
Robin wasn't backing down, he really wanted her to come. "Raven, please? It's one party! I'll let you have an entire day to meditate without a single interruption as soon as Aqualad and BumbleBee leave?"
A sigh of defeat sounded through the hallway. "Make it three days and you have a deal."
"Okay, three days. But only if you get ready for the party with the girls."
"Why's that matter to you?"
"She keeps bugging me about it. Plus they're your friends, Rae. You should spend time with them." He answered.
"Ugh, fine. But, I am not subjecting myself to one of Starfire's make-overs again!"
"C'mon, you didn't look that bad."
"Of course you would say that! I was practically half naked." Raven grumbled as she leaned against the wall next to her team leader.
Robin smirked, turning his head to face her. "Well I mean..." His words trailed off and the smirk fell from his face when he realized their close proximity, their noses almost touching.
They both held their breathe as they stared at each other. Neither could look away, silently hoping the other would lean just a little closer..
But this was still Titan's tower, of course.
"ROBIN! COME ON WE HAVE TO GET READY!" Beastboy's voice rang through the halls, effectively ruining the moment.
The birds jumped away from each other, blushing as red as Starfire's hair.
"Well, uh, I should go get ready." Robin managed to choke out. "I'll see you later though?"
Raven smiled. "Yeah. gruWe'll catch up after I get ready. I'll tell you all about how awful it all was."
"It's a date." The Boy Wonder called out as he walked down the hall.
Blushing at the idea of a date with Robin, she used her powers to fix her door, pillow, and lamp. Raven composed herself as she went down the hall to Starfire's room.
'And now begins my torture.' She thought grudgingly to herself.
She raised a fist to knock on the door, but before she could knock the door flew open to reveal a beaming Starfire.
"Oh, how joyous! Friend Raven is here to get ready for the partying!" Starfire exclaimed, grabbing Raven's arm and dragging her into her room.
She sat down on Starfire's pink bed while Starfire went to pick out her outfit.
Starfire ran out of her closet holding a bright pink dress so short, it probably would cover half of her ass.
"Oh, friend Raven, this is perfect for you!"
'This is gonna be a long night.'
Cyborg, Aqualad and Beastboy were all sitting on the couch waiting for the girls to come down.
Robin walked in wearing a red v-neck shirt, black skinny jeans, black converse, and black sunglasses. He'd straightened his hair, instead of his usual spiked hair. He made her way over to the couch, noticing the boys in their disguises.
Aqualad was wearing a light blue button-up, dark blue jeans, and black dress shoes.
Cyborg was in full-human mode. He was wearing a white shirt, light blue jeans, and dark blue converse.
Beastboy had tan skin, green eyes, and dirty blonde hair. He was wearing a purple T-shirt with dark green stripes, dark green skinny jeans, and purple converse.
Suddenly they heard a crash from upstairs. Then they heard yelling.
"NO, STARFIRE! NO WAY IN HELL AM I WEARING THAT!"
"FRIEND RAVEN! Please, just-" bang. "try-" bam. "it-" crash."ON!" BOOM.
"BEE! I GOT HER ARMS! GET HER LEGS!"
"I GOT HER LEGS, TERRA!"
"STARFIRE! HURRY! PUT THE DRESS ON HER! WE CAN'T HOLD HER MUCH LONGER!"
"RAPE! RAPE! THIS IS RAPE! I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU ALL FOR RAPE! I SWEAR TO AZARATH IF YOU DON'T LET ME GO NOW I'M SENDING YOU TO A DIFFERENT DIMENSION!"
CRASH.
The boys all exchanged concerned and amused looks.
Ten more minutes went by before the crashing stopped. Fifteen minutes after that the yelling stopped. Five minutes later all the girls were all down stairs ready to go [with only a few bruises].
Starfire swept her bangs to one side and curled her red-orange hair. She was wearing a bright pink strapless dress with a white belt, that ended just under her ass, and white high heels.
Terra pulled back her bangs with her butterfly hair clip. She was wearing a light blue shirt, a shiny silver skirt and blue high heels.
Bumblebee's hair was down and straightened. She was wearing black high heels and a short yellow dress that only had one long sleeve.
Raven's curled violet hair was considerably longer, flowing past her breasts that were on display in the dark grey spaghetti strap dress. Robin looked away and blushed, telling himself that he was admiring her crystal necklace she wore to match the earrings.
"Hey, where's Beastboy? We looked in his room for him and he wasn't there. So we assumed he was down here." Terra asked, hoping to break the boys out of their spell
"Oh, he went upstairs fifteen minutes ago. We thought he went to his room." Robin replied, curiously.
"Guys, I think I know where BB is." Cyborg said, looking at Raven.
"Wha-" Raven's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, hell no!" Raven teleported herself up to her room.
Yelling could be heard from upstairs.
"BEASTBOY! YOU BASTARD!"
"Ah! Raven! I'm sorry! I-I just.."
"DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO NEVERMORE? ALONE THIS TIME? AND I'LL BE SURE TO MAKE SURE NONE OF MY EMOTIONS HELP YOU THIS TIME! YOU'LL BE ALL ALONE IN MY MIRROR WITH THOSE BIRDS AGAIN!"
"Raven! I'm sorry! Please don't send me back into th- Wait, what're you doing? Raven? RAVEN, NO!" Crash. "AH!"
"AGH! I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR EYELIDS OFF! GET BACK HERE!"
Beastboy scrambled into the room, shortly followed by a seething Raven.
"Let's go." She deadpanned, trying to fix her modest black heels.
"You guys look hot!" Beastboy said, putting his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders.
"Uh. Yeah. Well, let's go." Robin replied as he looked away from Raven, blushing again.
They walked to the car, just to remember all eight of them couldn't fit in the five seats.
"Me and Raven could take my motorcycle." Robin suggested, looking at Raven for an answer.
"Sounds good to me." Raven replied. Her heart fluttered, although she was careful not to let it show.
"I could go with friend Robin instead." Starfire said hopefully.
"Star! Your hair will get messed up!" Terra exclaimed.
"Oh." Starfire said, disappointed. "But then where will I sit?"
"You can sit in Aqualad's lap, Star. Right, Aqualad?" Bumblebee grinned, well aware of his crush on the alien.
"Oh, uh, sure. Totally." Aqualad blushed as Starfire sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Okay, we'll see you guys at the club. You know where it is?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah. See you there. Let's go, Rae."
Raven and Robin walked to his motorcycle in silence, sneaking occasional glances at each other.
"You look beautiful tonight." Robin said, slightly blushing.
"Of course. You're just saying that because I'm wearing a tight, short outfit with make-up." Raven scoffed.
"No, Raven, you always look beautiful. You just look beautiful in a different way tonight." Robin said seriously.
Raven's face turned bright red against her will. "Oh..uh, thanks." She gave him a small smile, still blushing.
When they reached his motorcycle, Robin unnecessarily helped Raven onto his bike by grabbing her upper waist and lifting her onto the seat, causing her to blush uncontrollably.
Her blush only intensified when she had to wrap her arms around his waist to keep from falling off the motorcycle. Raven's heart raced, despite how she willed it to stop. Starfire liked Robin, and Robin liked Starfire. So why was she feeling like this?
She wasn't supposed to fall in love, not her. It wasn't in her future.
'Wait, who said anything about love? Agh! Stop thinking about stupid things, Raven.' She mentally cursed herself.
"What stupid things?" Robin asked, looking down at her.
'Shit! I was talking out loud?'
She realized they were in the parking lot of the club, and she was still sitting on his motorcycle.
"Oh, we're here. Sorry. I was sort of out of it." She chuckled nervously.
"Yeah, you didn't answer my question, Rae." He said, grabbing her hand and helping her up.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just forget about it. What all did you hear me say?"
"Just you saying to yourself to stop thinking about stupid things."
"Oh, okay. Just wondering."
She realized they were still holding hands when he laced their fingers together.
"Uh, Robin. You can let go of my hand now."
"Oh! Uh. Sorry." He blushed crimson.
"Still holding my hand, Robin."
"Oops." He reluctantly let her hand go.
They approached the entrance of the club to find the other Titans waiting for them.
"Oh, no! Raven! Your hair's messed up!" Terra exclaimed dramatically, running over to Raven and smoothing her hair.
"Uh, thanks, Terra. I guess."
"No prob. Now let's go party! Woo!"
They all entered the club after paying the admission and started dancing. Starfire kept dancing on Robin, but every time she did he would move closer to Raven. This soon began to upset her, so she found Terra and took her to the bathroom.
"Friend Terra, why is my Robin spending so much time with friend Raven? Is he not supposed to spend more time with me? And dance with me instead of friend Raven?"
"Yeah, Star. He is supposed to be dancing with you, you guys are together!"
"Then why is he spending so much time with friend Raven and not me?" Starfire asked innocently, her eyes tearing up.
"First of all, don't cry, it'll mess up your make-up. Second, I think he feels bad for her. She has no one that likes her."
"What ever will we do, Friend Terra?"
"I just got an idea, Star! We should get Raven and Aqualad together since they're both single!"
"Eeeep! That sounds perfect, friend Terra! Then everything will be joyous!"
"Okay, here's the plan.."
Terra and Starfire came out of the girl's room and went up to the DJ.
"Excuse me, sir? We'd like to request that you play your most romantic slow song you have, please." Terra said, using her sweetest voice and batting her eyes.
"Sure thing, baby." The DJ replied, grinning.
"Thank you." Terra grabbed Starfire's arm and walked towards their friends.
Raven was leaning against a wall talking to Robin, who was supporting himself against his hand that was on the wall by Raven's head.
Starfire was obviously saddened seeing Robin and Raven. Terra leaned over and whispered something in her ear then looked at Starfire expectantly. Starfire nodded. Terra smiled then walked over to Beastboy and kissed him.
Starfire started walked over to where Robin and Raven were.
"C'mon Rae! Admit it! You're having fun." Robin smirked.
"I am not! You know I hate clubs!" She protested, althoughthe smile trying to break through betrayed her words.
"Even with me?" He inquired, leaning closer to her.
Frazzled by their closeness, Raven stuttered. But before she could reply, Robin had turned away to see who tapped his shoulder.
"Hey, Starfir-" Robin's sentence was cut off when Starfire grabbed the front of his shirt and kissed him unexpectedly.
"Mmmph!" He struggled against the kiss, but her grip was strong. He glanced over to where Raven was. She was looking at him with a look on her face that he couldn't decipher. Then she was engulfed by her black magic and disappeared.
Then Starfire broke the kiss and looked down at him grinning.
"What the hell was that?"
"Robin, you need to be spending more of the time with me. I am your girlfriend, and I-"
"Girlfriend? Wait, Starfire, we aren't together."
"Yes, we are. We kissed in Tokyo and did the holding of hands."
"So? Nothing's happened after that. I'm sorry, Star. I don't like you like that, I thought I did. But, I don't. I like someone else."
"Bu-but.."
"I'm sorry."
Robin walked away from Starfire and scanned the room for Raven, who was nowhere to be found.
Deciding to get some air, he headed to the door as he thought about Raven. He'd found himself falling for the young empath quite some time ago. He'd tried to hide it, but as time went on his feelings had only gotten stronger. So he'd decided to tell her, but whether it was someone interrupting or him chickening out, he had never followed through. But after what just happened, he knew he had to. Tonight.
The cool air hit him as he opened the door to the roof, just to see Raven looking out to the city. His breathing quickened when she turned around and saw him. She looked stunning in the moonlight.
"Raven, there you are. I've been looking for you." Robin breathed out, as if he'd been running a marathon.
She sighed as she felt a familiar ache in her heart. She'd almost allowed herself to believe Robin could ever have feelings for her. That was until Starfire bluntly had reminded her, that would never happen. She forced her herself to start walking towards the door. "Well, you found me. So you can stop looking." Her reply was as cold as ice.
He stepped in front of the door to stop her, a hurt look etched on his features. "Wait, Raven. I need to-"
Raven couldn't bear this, she needed to get away from him. She turned her head away from him, despite how much she wanted to look at him. "I'm going back in. Get out of my way, please."
"What's wrong?" He asked with concern.
"Nothing is wrong, okay? I'm going now." Unable to stand this any longer, she teleported herself back inside. Leaving Robin with an ache in his chest she knew all too well.
Just as he felt like giving up, a wave of determination hit him. He couldn't give up, he was in too deep. She had to know how he felt.
Robin practically ran back inside. He almost immediately spotted Raven on the edge of the dance floor standing next to Aqualad and talking to Terra. He began to walk over there.
When he got close he heard Terra say, "Dance together! I'm not going to stop bugging you until you do."
Raven opened her mouth to protest once again. But, she closed her mouth once she saw Robin and held her hand out to Aqualad.
Aqualad looked surprised for a moment, then began to lead her out to the dance floor. They swayed back and forth while they held each other close. Terra nodded approvingly and walked away.
Robin was seething, some people in the club saw smoke rising from him.
"TEAM!"
All the titans looked at Robin, who was obviously pissed.
"We're leaving. Everyone outside."
Everyone walked out of the club and to their vehicles in awkward silence. Starfire kept shooting longing glances towards Robin. She had told Terra what happened, and Terra had simply said Robin was probably drunk and not to worry.
Robin and Raven watched the T-Car speed away. Raven started to get on Robin's motorcycle when he grabbed her wrist to stop her. She looked at him, a confused expression etched on her face.
"So, you and Aqualad, you're together now?" He asked, looking at the ground. His was voice drained of all emotion. He was still holding her wrist.
"Is that any of your business?" She retorted hotly. She was still pissed at him, but her denial convinced her that she didn't know why.
His grip on her wrist tightened. "So you are."
"So what if we are? You're with Starfire!" She attempted and failed to jerk her wrist out of his grip.
His head shot up faster than the speed of light. He grabbed her other wrist and tightened his grip again. He jerked them to get her to look at him, which she did. "No, Starfire and I are most certainly not together."
Her expression softened. "But.. I-I thought.."
"You thought wrong. Because we're not. But you're with Aqualad now. So what's it matter?" He released her wrists from his hold and turned towards his bike.
She put a hand on his shoulder to stop him. "Robin, me and Aqualad aren't together. Terra made us dance, it meant nothing to either of us."
He turned towards her with relief written all over his face. "You're not?"
She smiled softly. "No. We're not."
He smiled and didn't say anything else, he didn't need to.
They got on his bike and rode to the tower in silence, both wearing smiles on their faces.
A/N: Re-wrote this chapter! Thought it could use some updating, I was very young when I first wrote this!
