Teen Titans: Smile

Chapter One: Watching The Stars

Three weeks had passed since Starfire left Titan Tower. It was true that all of the titans missed their friend, but Robin was taking it the worst. He sat at the top of Titan Tower every night. No one knew what he did up there. All they knew was that Robin had deep feelings for Starfire. It was Cyborg's opinion that the rest of the team should let him work it out in his own time. But when Robin showed no signs of improvement it was time for action.

"It's time for action!", Cyborg declared. "I'm tired of seeing him like this. All he does is mope. He mopes at breakfast. He mopes before a fight. He mopes after a fight. And when we come home at the end of the day he goes up there and mopes a couple hours before he goes to sleep. And he probably mopes while he's sleeping too."

Raven sat with arms crossed. "You can't mope while sleeping"

"I don't know, that kid's pretty good at moping", Cyborg retorted. "Someone needs to go talk to him".

Beast Boy stuffed a slice of pizza into his mouth. "Well, I'm not going up there", he protested with a mouth full of chewed food. "I went up there last night and tried to cheer him up".

Beast Boy had both Cyborg's and Raven's attention. "What did he say?!", they asked simultaneously.

The mannerless Beast Boy continued to talk with his mouth full. "I'm not in the moooood...", he said immitating a depressed Robin. "And then he went to doing something...I can't remember...Oh yeah, he moped some more".

"Surely he'll get over her eventually...right?", Raven asked looking at Cyborg.

"I don't know", Cyborg answered. He was serious in saying this. "I really don't know. I think that you should go talk to him".

The girl raised an eyebrow, "And why should I go talk to him? Why not you?"

"His name's Robin, your's is Raven. They're both birds", Cyborg replied.

Raven sighed, "That's your reasoning for sending me up there?"

"Yep, pretty clever huh?", Cyborg said with a big silly smile.

"Oh yes, and completely irrational", added Raven. "Why don't you go? I never talk to him".

"He'll expect it coming from me or Beast Boy, that's why you have to do it", answered the mechanical man.

Raven looked, puzzled, at her friend, "What?"

"Just do it! Please! I don't want to have that akward convo with him! It has to be you!", Cyborg exclaimed.

Raven returned her arms to their crossed position. "Fine, but you're doing it next time".

"Deal", Cyborg agreed with a smile. "Now go get 'em Tiger", he raised his hand as she was walking away.

"If you spank me, I'll kill you", Raven warned without turning around. She entered the elevator and pressed the 'Top Floor' button. The doors closed.

Beast Boy threw a video game controller to Cyborg. "I would have spanked her"

"Yeah, and you would have been ANI-HIL-ATED!", Cyborg said laughing.

O O O O O

The elevator arrived at the top floor and Raven stepped out. At the edge of the tower there he was. Sitting. Looking up at the sky.

Robin spoke without looking to see who this new company was, "Beast Boy, not tonight. I'm...just not in the mood..."

Raven stood beside the sitting Robin, "Good, because I'm not Beast Boy". She sat down on the edge beside her ally.

Robin's sadness was momentarily overshadowed by confusion, "Raven? I didn't expect to see you".

"I know, yet here I am", she said with little enthusiasm.

Robin smiled. He knew that she'd say something like that. "So what brings you up here?"

"I like watching the stars", she said. "It's a good way to relax and forget about things".

"Raven relaxing? This is a first", Robin said with a grin.

Raven though of something sarcastic to say back at him, but then she stopped. That wasn't what he needed right now. Robin needed a friend. "There's more to me than you think"

"I know that's true", Robin replied. "You're such a mystery. But that's what makes getting to know you so fun"

"So you're having fun now?", she said quickly. "Dammit, that wasn't right. He was being sincere"

Robin laughed, "You know what? I am. I didn't want to talk to Cyborg or Beast Boy. I knew all they'd say is 'Cheer up dude!' or 'There's a million fish in the sea' or something like that".

"That sounds about like them. But they just want you to be happy. We all care about you", Raven said as she focused on one star.

Robin looked over at her, "We? So you care about me?"

"We?", Raven thought, "I did say 'we' didn't I. That came out all wrong. I have to recover myself". She turned and looked at Robin. "Do you honestly believe that I don't care about you?", she asked.

"It's not that. It's just...I didn't expect to hear it from you", Robin answered.

Raven didn't know what to say. She thought about Robin's reply. She thought about it alot. And then she realized that she had been staring at Robin the whole time. Raven quickly looked back up at the stars. "Well...I do...", she said softly.

"You should wear your hood down, you know?", Robin stated out of nowhere.

"What?", Raven asked slightly confused.

Robin smiled, "Why would you hide such a pretty face?".

Raven wanted to take her hood down, but she knew that she was blushing. She could only hope that the shadows of her cloak would obscure the irregular facial color. "It's...it's just how I like to wear it".

"What a shame, you could brighten someone's day up with a face like that", Robin said kindly.

"What am I supposed to say to that?", Raven thought. "Thank-you", was how she replied.

Not much was said after that. Both Raven and Robin sat and watched the stars. An hour must have passed before Raven looked over at Robin again. He was smiling. "He's not even upset?! What am I doing out here?", she thought just before standing up.

Robin watched her stand and his smile faded, "Are you leaving?"

"Well...", she noticed that the smile was gone now and it all became clear. She had cheered him up with her company. To let him down again would be a terrible thing to do. "I'm just stretching my legs", Raven explained as she sat back down.

"Oh", said Robin, relieved. "I really appreciate you coming up here".

"Anytime", she said.

End of Chapter One

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