He Saved Me

Thoughts

"Speech"

Chapter 2

She watched her mirror shatter as the black magic enclosed it. Raven pushed up the left sleeve of her leotard. She picked up a big piece of her broken mirror. She put the shard against her wrist and pressed, HARD! Blood started flowing freely from the wound on her wrist. The blood came slowly at first, then it started coming faster and faster as she widened and deepened the cut. Raven started making cut after cut on her wrist.

He knocked on her door gently. "Raven" Robin called quietly, hoping he was right in his thinking that she would still be awake. "It's Robin, are you ok?" He stood quietly listening for a sound, any sound. What he did hear though was ragged breathing. Worried now, he rapidly punched in the over-ride code. Robin was beyond shock at seeing the state she was in.

Raven heard her door open but couldn't look up. She knew who it was; he was the only one who knew the over-ride code. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. Her anger at him for knowing her feelings but also NOT knowing they were hers just encouraged her. Raven just pressed harder as she started on her next cut.

Her hands and arms were covered in blood, as well as everything around her. Seeing Raven like this dragged Robin from his shocked state. He ran to her side. Robin took the shard from her with surprising ease and put it down on the carpet. Raven was visibly shaking though, weather it was from the chill of her room or from loss of blood Robin didn't know. What he did know was that he needed to help her. Fresh tears were rolling down her cheeks, gently he wiped them away. Going as fast as he could he ran down the hallway to the bathroom. Soaking a few towels and grabbing a small first aid kit he went back to her room. When he got back he found Raven trying to reach for another piece of mirror. Pushing all the pieces farther away from her, Robin looked into her eyes, seeing all the emotion she had stored up over the years. The pain she was in… Putting down the towels and first aid kit he gently pulled her into his arms. Robin merely said "It's ok Raven, its ok." Raven slowly stopped crying and shaking. It took a while but she eventually fell asleep in his arms. While he was holding Raven, Robin had slowly and carefully been cleaning her cuts. Gently he moved her onto her bed and went to get the first aid kit off the floor. Looking back at her Robin realized how much blood was on her leotard and cloak. While he was bandaging her, she winced and moaned "No please….." in her sleep. Just as he managed to unbutton her cloak Raven woke up. Sitting up she moved away from him and stuttered "R-Robin, w-what are you doing?" Robin's cheeks burned crimson and he was grateful for the dimness in her room. "We need to get you out of these clothes, they're covered in blood." "But…but why do y-you care?" She asked in a depressed and lonely voice. "Raven, I'm worried about you. Everyone is. You haven't come out of your room in days and you're way too thin, please let me help you." She was looking at the floor, anywhere but at him. "I couldn't take it anymore… I didn't think anyone would notice if I disappeared. I just figured that the team would be better off without me…" Raven stopped as a fresh tear rolled down her cheek against her will.

Some of the items in Ravens room were starting to float, as Raven lost the last shred of control she had on her emotions. "Raven don't ever think like. I don't know what I'd ever do if I lost you! Rae, the team needs you…I need you." He said sitting on her bed and pulling her into his lap. "Wh-what about Starfire, she's perfect and in love with you! I'm just dark and creepy." Raven asked through sobs. Things were exploding all over her room. "She's just a friend and you're not creepy. Don't worry about it right now. Shhhh its ok" Robin could already hear her breathing deepening as she drifted back to sleep. He looked around her room; it looked like a tornado had come through. According to her clock it was almost four in the morning. He gently laid Raven on her bed. Robin sat on the edge of her bed and watched her sleep for a while and eventually gave in on his impulse to kiss her forehead. Right when he was turning to leave she said something. "Don't go…" she said in her sleep. Raven started tossing and turning. She looks like she's having a nightmare. He debated staying with her. When will I get another chance like this? And Robin crawled in bed next to Raven, putting an arm around her waist as she calmed.

As usual Robin was up with the sun, even though he couldn't see it with Ravens curtains. As he moved to get up he realized Raven had turned towards him and was curled up against him. She stirred when Robin was halfway off the bed.

Raven slowly sat up while moving away from Robin. All she could do was stared at him. What happened last night? "Y-you shouldn't be here, what about-" She was silenced by Robin putting a finger to her lips. "Raven, no one else is up yet. I didn't leave because last night you were talking in your sleep and said 'don't go'. You looked like you were having a nightmare so I stayed to make sure you were ok" She nodded. I hope I didn't say anything else. Motioning to her wrist he asked "May I?" When Raven didn't object, Robin removed the bandage. As soon as Raven saw what the cuts looked like she gasped and pulled her wrist away from Robin, embarrassed that he saw, fighting back a whimper of pain as she does. Using her signature monotone voice she said "I'm going to take a shower" and walked out of the room leaving the door open as an invitation for him to leave. Not taking her hint, Robin started cleaning up the rest of the blood and pieces of mirror from the previous night.

The hot shower stung her wrist, but felt good on the rest of her body. Looking down Raven was horrified to see how much blood was still dripping from her wrist. Still feeling light headed from all the blood she lost Raven leaned against the shower wall for support. She quickly washed her hair and scrubbed the rest of the blood from her body. After she wrapped a towel around herself she started making her way back to her room. God I hope he's not still in my room when I get there. I don't know what I'll do if he is….. Her thoughts stopped right there after she stepped into her room. None other than the Boy Wonder was sitting on her bed….waiting for her?

"Rae," he started hesitantly hoping she wouldn't be mad he was still there. "Here…let me help you" Raven blushed as she remembered she was still in her towel. "Umm no…. I need to get dressed" Her blush deepened. "Your wrist needs to be wrapped" She just shook he head 'NO'. With a small smile he said "I'll wait outside, and then I'm wrapping your wrist." And with that he went to wait in the hall. After Robin left Raven got dressed and ran a brush through her hair. She sighed. She knew he was still waiting outside her door, knowing he wouldn't leave her alone. Raven opened the door and cooly stated "My wrist is fine, now, if you don't mind I'm going to go make some tea" and headed to the kitchen. Robin quickly followed her after grabbing some bandages from her room; she's not getting away that easily.