A/N: This takes place an hour after Starfire talks to Raven in chapter 1 of "The Princess and the Bird."

A/N: Which is the same conversation hinted at in Chapter 2 of "The Empath and the Beast"

A/N: "When Two Birds Have a Chat" Is the overall tittle of the stories of this collection about Robin and Raven.

A/N: I don't own the Titans or Pantera

When Two Birds Have a Chat

A Vulgar Display of Power

Robin thought life was going pretty well. His team stood strong, and he formed a world wide network of teenage superheros. On top of everything else he was dating his best friend, although it was hard to let her in, she was making steady progress.

While doing a cool down jog to finish his workout he heard the door of the training room open. He turned his head to see Raven walking towards him in her usual outfit, not her workout clothes. He knew his teammates well enough to see the minor changes of body language. She was using shorter steps then usual, her shoulders were more square, but it was always were eyes that made it easy to tell when she was annoyed.

She continued to walk till she got to the treadmill, there she stopped and just stood there. She crossed her arms over her chest as she waited, the two titans have known each other long enough that she didn't need to tell him she was there to talk.

Robin got the hint almost easily, he knew she wanted him to stop jogging and give his attention to her. He allowed the jog to continue on for a few more seconds before he figured it was time to get the lecture over with. There was only three people in the world he would let give him a lecture, Raven was one of them. He hit the stop button on the machine and hopped off, grabbing a towel and wiping off his forehead. "Hey Raven, what's up?"

Raven couldn't help but to think about how she was declared to be there couple counselor among the group. Sure none of the titans were exactly love experts but she was the least experienced of them all. Starfire went up to her though, so she might as well try. "Starfire came to my room an hour ago. It seems you two had an interesting conversation last night."

Robin took an exaggerated breath before looking down slightly. He shook his head thinking back to last night. "Then I guess she would told you everything. Is it really difficult to think that I wouldn't be a relationship person."

Raven stood there completely unimpressed by the answer she received. This was Robin 101, figure out what the person already knows, tell them the same thing so it seemed like he answered all the while avoiding the actual subject like it was the plague. She didn't want to be having this conversation in the first place much less playing Robin's little game. "Exactly how do you know your not a relationship person Boy Blunder? Did I somehow miss the long line of girls just waiting on your beck and call."

It was like playing chess with her all over again. They simply knew each other too well to fall into traps like this. Raven was trying to get him annoyed with this little jest. He hated to admit it but it worked, luckily he knew how to keep his composure, unless it was with StarFire. "Its just part of me I know. I'd be worried to much, over protective and a major pain in the ass. I never thought I would even date someone as Robin but here I am."

Raven couldn't help but to shake her head. She was convinced that Robin had to be the stupidest genius she had ever met. He was smart, that wasn't something you could deny but sometimes she just wanted to slap him in the back of the head. "Starfire knows you, she know how you would be in a relationship. You need to give her a little more credit then that. She feels like you are just stringing her along and she isn't happy about it."

Robin's annoyance finally started to show. His lips pressed firmly together and he shoulders squared off. "I don't need to to be told I'm stringing someone along from you."

Raven couldn't help but to have her eyes widen a little when he said that. "And what does that mean?"

Robin let a little confidence show in his voice, it wasn't like her to be baited so easily and finally he wasn't the one on the defensive. "I know of those little notes Beast Boy has been leaving in front of your door. You know he likes you but you aren't telling him to stop."

'Did he really just bring that up!?' She thought to herself. At that time, inside her, something was happening that Raven couldn't remember ever happening before. Passion and Rage joined forces to make one perfectly passionate pissed off Raven.(1) In one smooth motion she grabbed the raven haired boy with her powers, she was going to teach him a lesson right here and now. She opened a portal that entered one of the realms of hell that once belonged to her father. She moved his head into the portal so he can see what was in that alternate dimension she has used as a threat so many times.

What he saw was one of the worst things he has ever witnessed. When Trigon took over the earth it was hellish and desolate. This wasn't desolate, it was just tortuous. The screams he heard and the devices he saw were worse then any he had ever known on earth. His head was only there for three seconds but it made enough of an impact that Robin knew he would remember it for the rest of his life.

Upon returning his head to the training room Raven turned him around so he was looking directly into her eyes. Her voice had a bit of anger inside it. "I am going to say this once. You NEVER bring up Gar's name like that with me unless he is directly involved. He is showing more back bone and care in those notes then I have seen you show to Starfire since you have been dating. Second, she is a friend of mine and you better hope she doesn't run to my room crying because of your stupidity ever again. Now you have to decide if she is worth keeping because I'm not sure she will stay around long if she feels this isn't important to you."

With that she let him go, turned around, and made an exit without looking back once.

He was there, completely shaken, her points were made. The only thing to do now is figure out what he wanted to do with Star. 'I would have never thought that I would be beaten in romance by a guy who made a game called Stankball.'

-Foot Note-

1: Three or more words start start with the same letter or sound is known as an alliteration. (I think this is the second time I've made this foot note now lol)