The clock blinked 2:00 in it's usual flashing red color, not bright enough to cause a disturbance but just luminescent enough to cause Raven to roll over in her bed. Despite the fall of the Brotherhood of Evil, villains were still a very large threat to Jump City, and the massive power vacuum that the Brotherhood left behind was still trying to be filled. H.I.V.E Academy students rushed to take the place of the Brotherhood, as did regular criminals and assorted gangs, it was enough to make Raven's head hurt. Raven realized that she wasn't going to get any sleep any time soon so she slowly got out of bed, tangling the sheets and leaving her bed a mess on her way out of her room into the hallway.
Being as it was two in the morning, none of the other Titans were awake at this time. Beast Boy, despite the group being called the Teen titans, was still technically a boy, or at least acted like one, so he was already sound asleep. Cyborg and Starfire were probably the most normal ones on the team so count them out. The only person on the team who could possibly be awake at this time was Robin, even so the Boy Wonder usually tried to keep himself healthy and went to sleep at around 8-9 PM.
Raven ghosted her way to the kitchen, she never worried about waking the others as her flight made her almost inaudible to any of the other inhabitants. She wondered idle thoughts on her way there, "Why do we have such a small kitchen yet such a big tower?" "Robin is the only member of the team who is 100% flightless" and "Why do villains want to destroy the world instead of aiming for personal gain?" She could somewhat find answers to the first two thoughts but the last one bugged her. She put her thoughts aside as she usually did and floated over to one of the cabinets. She rummaged through the extremely unorganized cabinets, filled with junk food and half empty boxes, until she found one of her precious boxes of tea. She was the only Titan who drank tea, Beast Boy and Cyborg both preferred milk, Starfire drank one of her odd alien drinks, and Robin drank coffee.
Raven perked up, she had heard a sound coming from the lower levels of the tower. She sighed and continued sipping her tea, probably a faulty circuit or some other junk. The sound echoed a few more times before Raven reluctantly decided to investigate. She ghosted down the tower, checking each corner for any signs of danger or suspicious activity. She heard nothing out of the ordinary, well aside from the strange sound that was.
As she got closer she heard the sound echo with much more volume, it sounded more clear, more similar to someone hitting something. On her current level is where the training rooms were located, but who would be up this late aside from her? She heard the sound again, a heavy thumping repeated over and over again, and the door to one of the training rooms just slightly ajar.
She peeked into the room very slightly, hiding behind most of the door as to not interrupt whoever might be in the room this late at night.
She spotted Robin in one of the corners, mercilessly hitting a punching bag repeatedly. She kept watching as he just kept slamming his fists into the bag and muttering phrases under his breath, phrases that she was too far away to hear. She, however, could feel his emotions from her current position. She felt a myriad of feelings stem from the Boy Wonder, feelings such as frustration, anger, and determination. She calmly watched him slow down his harassment of the bag as the minutes past. She had taken an interest in the habits of her team, previously she was too new to the team to worry about the individual nuanced habits that every member developed, but now that she had settled in she could afford to be observational.
This led to her discovering things about each Titan that she doubted they themselves knew much about. Things such as Cyborg still being right handed despite both arms being mechanical, Beast Boy favoring modern animals despite prehistoric ones being more advantageous, Starfire preferring earth food over her own food despite her culture, and lastly Robin's secretive nature around the team.
She sighed deeply, almost losing herself in her thoughts again, however this sigh did not go unnoticed by the other Titan.
"Who's there?" Asked Robin in a spooked tone. He glanced around and noticed the door, and the person hovering behind it.
"It's only me." Said Raven shortly, as she opened the door and entered the room. She gently closed the door behind her as she took a seat on one of the nearby benches. "So what's keeping you up, Robin?"
"Nothing much." He responded curtly. "The new villains, and the fact that their abilities are a lot scarier than the previous ones we've fought is one of the reasons." He finished while sitting down nearby.
She felt his emotions spike with her question, ensuring that his statements made afterwards were lies, however she felt no need to press further, if he didn't feel like saying his peace she wouldn't force him to.
"So, Raven, why are you up?" Robin asked innocently enough.
"Just couldn't sleep I guess, these alerts have really been messing with my sleep schedule." Stated Raven as she took another sip of her tea. She stared into Robin's eyes, or at least as far as the mask would let her, trying to glean something from his unmoving countenance. Oftentimes she wondered about certain aspects of her team, however one thing that always came to the forefront of her mind was the color of Robin's eyes. When the team decided to steal his clothing the masks hanging on the rack were seemingly transparent, but the appearance of the mask on his face suggested otherwise. She often would dream about the possibilities, were his eyes a bright, sparkling sky blue? Or perhaps were they a dull, pure white? She could never answer those questions.
Robin stared her directly in her deep, amethyst eyes. He could feel that she wasn't giving him a complete answer. Little to Raven's knowledge, the emotional link between the two worked two ways, of course he couldn't see much as Raven usually kept herself very reserved, he could tell when she had spikes of feeling.
"I'd like the complete answer please." He requested, while continuing to stare into her eyes.