Disclaimer - I do not own Teen Titans.
First step
"Sha la la la la la"
Ugh.
"My oh my, looks like the boy's too shy, ain't gonna kiss the girl"
Raven was trying so hard to get this song out of her mind.
"Sha la la la la la"
She tried to distract herself by reading a book. She even tried to meditate.
But the song kept repeating itself in her mind.
"Ain't that sad, it's such a shame, too bad, you're gonna miss the girl"
She was getting embarrassed now. She tried again by counting the number of pages of the book she was holding.
"Don't stop now, don't try to hide it how you wanna kiss the girl"
But still she couldn't get rid of the song. Instead it kept screaming at her as if she had eaten a gramophone for lunch.
"Go on and kiss the girl, kiss the girl"
She knew she was wasting her time. "At least listening to BeastBoy wouldn't be so bad". Finally she accepted defeat, giving up on her vague attempts. Clutching the book to her chest, Raven stood up to go to the main hall.
"Hey" The masked leader greeted her as Raven entered the main hall.
But she didn't take any effort to reply. She obviously didn't want to take her anger out on her leader. "…not because I'm afraid of him" Raven confirmed herself.
She wouldn't mind beating BeastBoy into a pulp. Raven couldn't stand Beastboy. He was very annoying. At least she could enjoy the look on his face. But Robin was harmless.
"Well…most of the time."
"When he isn't teasing anyone….or beating anyone" She added.
Yes, he always tried to avoid making her angry.
"Maybe HE is scared of me" Raven was satisfied.
Smiling to herself, she settled down on the couch and opened her book.
"Hey" Robin greeted her again.
"What?"
"I thought you didn't hear me"
"I heard you before, birdbrain" Raven replied impatiently.
"You should have replied then."
She chose to ignore his comment. When did Robin start annoying her?
"Do you want to try?" Seeing that he wasn't getting any reply, Robin tried again pointing at the remote control. He knew Raven hated video games. But he didn't want to miss his chance.
"Can't you see that I'm reading a book?" Well… trying to read…
"Why don't you join me?" Robin offered.
"…. for a change?" He added again.
"No thank you" She replied showing her irritation.
Unfortunately, Robin decided not to give up.
"Do you want to play chess?"
"No"
"Scrabble?"
"NO"
"Checkers?"
"Tic-tac-toe?"
"I said NO" Raven managed to shout through gritted teeth still maintaining her monotonous voice. She felt her anger rising through her body. Oh, yeah, she couldn't even meditate today.
"Hangman?"
"Fine, I'll give you a word to find, and you'll let me read my book till you find that word. Deal?"
"Deal"
Robin knew he was risking his life. He even knew that he would get a long and difficult word to find. And he also knew that he would end up asking Raven for the answer eventually. At least Raven agreed to do something he asked without hurting him.
He admitted that there were sometimes that he thought Raven should allow others to see her true self. But she seemed to be content living in her own world. Therefore, he didn't force her to come out of her shell. But now Raven was his best friend. He never thought that, out of his teammates, Raven would ever understand him. Raven was mysterious…and quiet. But he knew that Raven cared for others. So he wanted to help his best friend. And he enjoyed every second he spent with Raven.
Raven was a puzzle. And he enjoyed solving puzzles. It was simple.
Robin Smiled.
"Here you go" Raven said holding a piece of paper. Robin came closer and took the paper from Raven.
He almost cried when he looked at the paper.
There were 12 letters in the word. And only the first letter and the last letter were given as clues.
Seeing his disappointment, Raven could not help but smirk.
"Are you sure it's a real word?"
"Are you accusing me of lying?" Raven asked dramatically. Robin couldn't decide how to respond. Instead he scowled at her and concentrated on the word. He knew he was asking for his death when he challenged Raven to a game. But he couldn't blame anyone. After all it was his doing.
Raven was satisfied with herself. Now she could read the book without any interruption.
After two hours….
"Raven?"
Silence…
"Raven?"
"hmm?"
"Fine, I give up."
Raven looked up. She smiled at Robin's confused expression. Oh, how she loved teasing her leader.
"You really do have a bird-brain, don't you?"
"Thanks" Robin was obviously upset. He turned his attention again to the video game. He only wanted to spend his time with her. But he had lost.
Raven saw Robin's uneasiness. She knew Robin was only trying to be friendly. But she always liked to keep herself away from others. No one dared to invade her privacy. But after getting rid of Trigon, such things changed slightly. After what he had gone through for her, she owed Robin her life. Raven felt bad for him.
So she finally decided to let him win.
"It's your turn" She smiled.