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I care, I do. Those words had been ringing in her head ever since that morning. All day she thought about that. Brushing her teeth, taking a shower, drinking her tea, those words sat in front of her all the time.

She was done meditating when the alarm went off. "Titans Go!" Everyone sprung into action.

It was a bank robbery, probably second timers, smart enough to hide from cameras and leave no prints, dumb enough to trigger an alarm. It was two people, one tall, dark hair, skinny; the other was short, blonde and fat. Both carrying pistols.

Starfire blocked off their way out with star bolts, Robin secured the people in the bank. Beast Boy and Cyborg had caught them secured the robbers, and Raven saw the third person, a little too late. He came up behind them and shot the closest thing, Raven and Robin. Raven immediately protected Robin, engulfing him in her black energy.

It was instinct for her, for anyone, protection, protect the one you love. That's what it means.

She, however, was not that way herself. The bullet only caught her side, not enough to cause bad damage, enough to hurt her. Enough to knock her down, enough to make Cyborg take him, with everything less then grace. If you protect the ones you, you destroy anyone that harms them.*

She was unconscious, and he knew it was wrong. But he also had to know what was going with her.

Why was she acting so weird? Why was she always mad at him? Why were her powers so wild, but controlled when she was protecting him?

He had to know, it was his job as leader to make sure everyone was on point.

Yes, once he and Star started dating he did go a little out of his way to keep her safe, but at nobody's cost.

Right? Raven was hurt once, but technically that wasn't his fault.

Sorta. Robin remembered the look she gave him, so pained, he remembered how she brushed him off. '

I'm fine.' She had said.

It was a hostage situation. At the courthouse. He was well armed, and wanted revenge. Daniel. His name was Daniel. His daughter had been killed and the killer had gotten off with a slap on the wrists.

Robin was standing in between Starfire and Raven. Daniel had started firing off, just going berserk, Robin had taken up some debris that fell and immediately protected her. Protected Star. Raven had tried to get out fast enough but she was hit with a piece of the ceiling while she was flying out.

Robin had take Star and ran out. Daniel was taken away by some officers. BB had come out limping.

Where was Raven? He got his answer the second Cyborg came out of the smoke, holding Raven's groaning, aching form. Robin had Starfire's hand in his, but reached out to touch Raven with the other. Cyborg sidestepped so he couldn't. He saw the bruises and cuts, and it tore at his heart. "I'm taking her home." Cyborg said coldly.

Even Cyborg knew he messed up."That's some messed up stuff." BB had murmured following Cy.

He saw her bandages the day after, on the roof. She wasn't meditating. Raven was just staring at the sunset.

"Raven?" He whispered.

"Mmh?" She answered.

"I'm sorry, about yesterday. I should've protected both of you. Or at least tried." Robin admitted.

"I'm fine." Raven had muttered, then turned to look at him, her violet eyes looking dull.

"Yeah, but-" Robin started.

"If Star and I didn't have our powers, and we were drowning, who would you save?" She breathed.

He had opened his mouth to answer, about to give a very good strong and compelling argument about equality. She turned and faced the city again.

"Don't. I know your answer, you think you can hide it. I know who it is, but honestly, I'd rather save myself." With that, Raven flew away.

He was looking for answers. Robin was in her mind. Raven's walls weren't up, well they were, but he was able to get past them. Robin was searching, and finally he found them. He found them in the inner workings of her mind close to her heart.

Why are you acting so weird? My emotions have been throwing me off.

Why have your powers been so wild? Overload on emotions, too much to handle.

He so close to her heart, almost answering his last question. Why-

Raven woke up with a start, and Robin was pushed out. Less than two minutes later, Raven was limping over to Robin's room. She didn't even bother pounding on the door, she just came in.

"Why were you in my mind?! I was unconscious! Do you know how LOW and VILE that is?!" Raven screamed at him.

"You were never going to voluntarily let me in! So I-" Robin shouted back.

"So you poked and prodded in my mind?!"

"I needed answers! And you sure weren't giving them to me!" Robin's window had just shattered.

"Do you know how VIOLATED I feel? I have never gone into your mind without your permission, especially not while you were unconscious or doing one of your various activities with Starfire!" Robin's mirrors were cracking, sheets flying off the bed. His cheeks reddened at the word "activities".

"Never?" He asked rolling his eyes.

"Never." She said.

"Do you remember two weeks ago? After you got hurt? We were on the roof?"

"Yeah, vaguely."

"You said 'You think you can hide it. I know.' How else would you know?"

Her voice was small, almost like it wasn't there. "I didn't have to be in your mind to know to the answer. Your answer was in your heart anyways, and I can't go in there." She looked up at him with the same ghost eyes from that night.

The rest of the team burst in to Robin's room. "What's going on?" They all asked in unison.

"Stuff's been blowing up like crazy." Beast Boy said.

Raven looked at Robin while answering. "Nothing. I just need to go away for a while. I'll be back in a little. Make sure you stay out of my room."

Robin knew what that meant; out of her room, out of her mind.

Everyone was wondering where she was going. She didn't take any clothes. "I'll see you in a little Cy. You know where I'll be." Raven said.

Cyborg did know, he also knew not to follow her. It was her special place. It wasn't Azarath. It was right here on Earth.

He took her their once, on a day off. He took her hand and had her touch one. "So beautiful." She had whispered.

Beautiful indeed.

She didn't say anything else to anyone else, she just flew off. To her special place, to the place where her only emotion was calm, maybe even happy.

Raven had been there so often, they let her name some. Her own special three.

Cheyanna , Annabel, and Carolina. That's their names. It means "peace, joy, and happiness".

"Hey Chey." Raven called. Cheyanna immediately came over, obviously overjoyed to see Raven again. "Hey."

Cheyanna let out a happy squeak. Raven stroked her wet head, Chey got as close as she could, as if saying "I missed you."

"I miss you too Chey." Raven gave her snout a quick kiss. "I gotta go see Carolina and Annabel, I'll be back in a bit."

Raven walked away from the tank, and went to the lion's den. Even though her lions were a little rough with the staff, they were very sweet to her. They knew she was coming, they heard her sweet call. Carolina was always a little warmer than Annabel, coming over to Raven snuggling close. Raven let out a small whistle and Annabel came over as well. Raven sat down, and the two lions laid their heads down next to her lap.

"Baby girls. . . It's been so horrible lately. Robin and Starfire. I feel trapped in my feelings. Like you're trapped in this cage. Locked inside." She said looking at the stars. "We're locked under these stars, under these beautiful stars."

Okay, I love that you guys read and follow and favorite, but I would love some reviews. I haven't watched TT in years and we are all rooting for Season Six. Lawll. Okay. REVIEW. Please.

And, if anything is wrong or inaccurate, you need to tell me so I can fix, like I said, I haven't watched TT in years.

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