I know, I should be updating my other story instead of writing another one, but I've hit a writer's block! So for now, here's this story.

It was February 15.

Birds were chirping, the sun was shining, flowers were blooming, relationships were being made, and love was in the air. Especially in Jump City. It's inhabitants were walking the streets filling it with boisterous and heady energy. That's exactly what Raven didn't like.

It wasn't that she preferred to be alone all the time. It was okay to be in the company of people some of the-

"Excuse me."

…Some of the time. But, being an empath, her mind was influenced with others emotions and thoughts. That's why she usually avoided crowded and exciting places. And also why she was always so guarded and drawn. If she didn't throw up shields-

"Excuse me."

…If she didn't throw up shields…then her own emotions would be manipulated by those in contact with her mind. And since her powers reacted to her emotions then it was crucial to-

"HELLO? I said excuse-"

"What!?" Raven exploded. She quickly composed herself. "WHAT…would you like?" she asked, lamely trying to mask her anger as enthusiasm. The way the young man in front of her scrunched up his nose showed her he didn't buy it.

"I'd like a bouquet please." he sneered.

Raven turned her back to him and yanked one out of a box. "Sixty dollars." she murmured dropping the thing on the counter.

"Sixty!?" the guy squeaked. "The next stall over is selling them for Thirty-five!"

"Well. Then why don't you go over there?" Raven said calmly, knowing the reason already.

"Because, they're all out." he said glumly. "I'll take it."

Raven sat down after having made another sale. She had been inconspicuously shooing her clientele away to the competition all day long. After all, she hadn't been the one to volunteer to sell roses on Valentine's Day anyway. It had been Robin.

"Why so glum Raven?"

She looked up. Her eyes widened and she stood up so fast her chair flew backwards.

"Red-X." she hissed.

She reached into her cloak and pressed a button on her communicator- calling the other Titans. Black orbs of energy surrounded each of her fists and she crouched in a fighting stance.

"Relax, relax." Red-X waved his hands in front of him. "I just came to buy some roses." he teased, walking closer to Raven.

"Stay back." she hissed from behind the small stall. He still advanced slowly. Raven rose into the air but didn't attack. She wasn't going to make the first move. That was the kind of brash behavior she would expect Robin to have if he were in her position. Red-X always seemed to know what to say to get under his skin.

Raven reached out with her mind and felt for her teammates. They were close. She looked down at Red-X who's face was tilted upwards, staring at her. Needing to keep him busy, she attempted small talk.

"Who are you…buying flowers for?" she tried.

"Oh? You're interested…? Interesting." he considered for a few seconds. Suddenly he disappeared and Raven found she couldn't move her limbs. She blinked repeatedly trying to asses the situation. Her hands, feet, and torso were bound to the building behind her with those irritating X's. Along with her mouth as well.

"Raven!"

She looked towards the voice. It was Beast Boy. He turned into…a raven… and flew up to her. She gave him an irritated look when he cawed with laughter at his own little joke. He began to jab at the red gunk with his beak when he was suddenly hit with it as well.

"Red-X!" Robin yelled when he appeared on top of Raven's stall of (now-strewn-all-over-the-floor) roses.

"Ahh Starfire," Red-X crooned, holding a rose. "You're as beautiful as ever."

Starfire's only response to that was the angry green glow of her eyes. Robin's mask narrowed as his face pinched with anger.

"Teen Titans, go!" he shouted.

Robin charged at him and tried a series of punches which Red-X parried with expert skill. Cyborg took the opportunity to shoot him with his cannon. Red-X disappeared and reappeared behind Robin. Starfire shot her star bolts at him as she circled the air. Red-X did a back flip and landed in front of Robin again. He threw a punch and feinted, grabbing Robin's cape and pulling it over his head. While Robin was temporarily distracted, Red-X grabbed him by the belt, hoisted him in the air, and flung a red x at him.

Cyborg ran behind him and grabbed his arms and pinned them behind his back. "Star!" he yelled. Starfire raced towards them and pulled her arm back for a powerful punch. Just before it connected Red-X tilted his head sharply to the right and used Starfire as a springboard to back flip behind Cyborg. He stuck a red x on his back and Cyborg collapsed on the floor trying to get the thing off of him before he short-circuited.

"And then there was one." Red-X purred.

"You will be punished!" Starfire yelled as she shot a barrage of star bolts at him. He danced away from all of them and tossed a few red x's of his own. "Yes, Starfire, punish me!" he taunted. "I've been a very bad boy."

Starfire ran a big circle around him, shooting star bolts and ending with a laser beam. Red-X sidestepped the star bolts but was caught square in the chest by the laser beam. He went flying backwards and hit the wall with a thud.

Starfire ran to him and held two star bolts in her hands. He wasn't moving. Out of nowhere, red objects were hurled at her hands and feet and a last one at her mouth. Red-X stood and dusted imaginary dirt off of his suit. Starfire squirmed and tried to free herself from the sticky bonds. No good.

Red-X grabbed her by the shoulder and brought her close to him. "You know, the only crime here is that you and I haven't gone out yet, cutie."

Starfire's eyes glowed a bright green and Red-X barely had time to duck before a beam shot out of them and left the air crackling with energy.

"I like 'em feisty." Red-X smirked behind his mask, though he released her and turned his back to her.

"It's been fun Teen Titans," he said loudly. "But I'm afraid I have more important things to attend to."

He glanced behind him at Starfire who was still writhing in the clutches of the goop. He stood in front of her until she looked up. When she did, he reached behind her ear and pulled out a bouquet of beautiful luscious red roses, which he stuck in the goop on her hands. Despite her dislike of him, Starfire eeped in delight. Well, she made a muffled noise that sounded like an eep.

What she did not find delightful, however, was when he leaned down, raised his mask slightly, lifted her chin, and planted a kiss on the x right over her lips. Her eyes glowed and multiple beams were shot all over the place in an erratic fashion.

Red-X strutted away from the titans, unaware that Raven was charging at him with goop still on her hands and a pocket full of vengeance.

She rammed right into him, hoping that the other's bonds were loosening as well. They ended up in a tangled heap on the floor. Raven struggled, disoriented, until she realized that the reason she couldn't breathe was that Red-X was on top of her. She kicked and punched violently until she was on top, sitting on his torso.

"You know Raven," he said lightly. "I think I should be on top." he reached up to stroke her hair but before he could, Raven slapped her two hands together, goop and all, and swung them heavily across his face. Her blow connected with a sickening crack that reverberated up her arm. His mask went skidding across the floor and the world tilted as Raven was flung to the pavement. She hit it with a hard thud. Ow.

Moments later she was righted roughly. Red-X was kneeled next to her, mask retrieved, and he pulled out a red rose from behind her ear. Raven scowled and her eyes shone white. Dark energy enveloped him and she flung him forcefully against a brick building. She had almost forgotten she could use her powers, though not as strongly, without chanting her usual phrase.

"I'm guessing you don't like red roses." a voice called from behind her. Raven didn't have to turn to know it was Red-X.

She ignored it and tried to work the crap on her hands off. It was only a few minutes (and a few angry marks later) that Raven had successfully taken all of it off and realized that Red-X had left.

"Agh, that dude is seriously annoying," BeastBoy, having been freed, stretched his arms.

"Yes I agree with BeastBoy, the Red-X is very annoying." Starfire nodded, holding her bouquet of roses.

"It didn't seem like you thought he was annoying when he was kissing you," a muscle in Robins jaw twitched.

"Huh?" Starfire tilted her head, clearly confused.

Cyborg whispered something in BeastBoy's ear and both erupted in laughter. A quick glare from Robin silenced them.

"He's just a petty theif. He's not worth you're jealousy Robin," Raven said coolly.

Robin's mask widened until is was bigger than his head. "What! I am not-"

"Raven's just angry 'cuz she didn't get any flowers," Beast boy elbowed Cyborg. But Cyborg wasn't laughing, he was backing up. "What-" BeastBoy began. He was cut off when a bunch of red goop was shoved against his mouth.

"That's better." Raven crossed her arms.

"Let's jus' all go home." Cyborg smiled.

A few hours later the Teen Titans were settling in for bed. It had taken a lot longer than they had previously thought it would. They had run into Doctor Light and, for reasons unknown managed to get beat up and lose him.

They had sworn to kick his ass next time they saw him. Because, it had just been a bad day. That's the reason they had lost him and Red-X, right? Yeah. It wasn't going to be the first in many failures, right? It had nothing to do with the fact that it was going to be a part in the plot of this story, right? Right. Nothing like that.

A/N: I kinda rushed through this, trying to finish it before spring break ended. And I did! Sorry if theirs any grammar mistakes. The crossing over will probably be in the next chapter! They were sort of in character, right? Please review, every review saves an author from orphanage. Give me a home?