Sorry for keeping you folks waiting! I was really busy. Anyway, I've actually written thre stories just for this chapter. The first one (written months ago) was kinda boring. So I deleted it. Then the second one was kinda childish. So I deleted it too. Then this one. While I wrote, I actually cried. (Voila!) The image is so vivid in my mind. But my standard of writing skills is so horrible, I dont think this story will sound touching to you guys :(

But I uploaded anyway because this is my best story out of the three.

This story is inspired by Captain America: The First Avenger

Setting: Titans world (a little crossover to JLA and Batman)

Rating: K+ (or T because of a swearing word)

Note: Itallics are flashbacks (excluding the quote)

Enjoy!


Just smile

"Consider me a memory, consider me a past.

Consider me a smile in an old photograph, someone who used to make you laugh"


"So… we're a couple now," Robin grinned as he held Raven's hand, making Raven blush.

"What are you doing?" Raven wrenched her hand off Robin's. "We're in public!" her eyes scanned everywhere, like a student afraid to be caught cheating.

"We're official!" Robin beamed, grabbing her hand again.

"But—"

Robin silenced her mouth with his. "You worry too much."

"Mmph!"

The charming leader smiled against her lips, "Shut up."

xRobinxRavenx

"Hey! Look what I've got here!" Robin smiled.

"Tickets… to a ball?" Raven raised her brow, amused.

"It's not just any ball, it's a Christmas ball!" Robin exclaimed.

"You know I don't dance."

"It's pretty simple. And you have such a charming and talented boyfriend with you, I'm sure you'll do fine."

Raven just rolled her eyes, yet she couldn't help but smile.

"You should smile more. You look really really pretty like that," Robin looked into her eyes.

"You said that on our first date," she looked skeptically at him. "Are you running out of pick-up lines?"

"Nope, definitely not." His eyes never once breaking the gaze, he whispered, "Damn, can I marry you already?"

xRobinxRavenx

"What's wrong?" Raven asked.

"Batman needs me on a mission," her boyfriend furrowed his brow. "I'm leaving tonight. I'll be away for quite some time."

"How long?"

"A couple of months."

"You know," Raven put her hand on his shoulder, "Saving the world is our job. It's our responsibility. So if you decide to go, I'm okay with it."

"Really…?"

"Yea… I mean… It's okay… Not like I'm gonna miss you when you're gone." Raven looked away.

That night before departure, Robin repeated his instructions to the second-in-command. As he approached his bike, Raven ran and hugged him. Robin joked, hoping to lighten the mood, "I knew you'd miss me."

"No I'm not!" Raven closed her eyes, savoring the last moments with her boyfriend.

"You still remember that ball? I'll try to make it."

"Just… Be safe okay?"

xRobinxRavenx

"Rae…?" Robin spoke through the communicator. Something went wrong while he was on his mission. The space craft he was on was programmed to crash into America. Despite how hard he tried, he can't stop the crash. The only thing he could do was to steer it towards the Poles. That way, countless of innocent lives could be saved.

10

"Robin…?" Raven responded. She knew the news, of course. (She was coincidently at JLA's headquarters when she was told of it.)

9

"Just calling to inform you that I need to take a rain check for that dance," he tried to keep his voice as cheerful as possible.

7

"Next Saturday at 8?" Raven's voice was thin and broken, but she played along with it anyways.

6

"Just present yourself in a nice dress. Maybe the dress I bought you?"

5

"Yea…" Raven suppressed a sob. "Sure."

4

"Don't worry so much about the dance. I believe you'll do great."

3

"Just… Don't be late, okay?"

2

"I love you."

1

"Love you forever."

Robin smiled.

0

The control tower was silent except for the unbroken buzz of the communicator.

xRobinxRavenx

"Raven?" Cyborg knocked onto her door. "Can I come in?"

When Raven didn't reply, he pressed his super-sonic ear against the door. It broke his heart when he heard his "little sister" cry. "It's okay, Raven. If you want to cry, then go ahead. Cry your heart out. There's no need to hide in your room."

After a long silence, Raven finally spoke, "He missed his date again."

"I'm… I'm so sorry," Cyborg whispered.

"He promise me…" Raven gazed at the two tickets on her nightstand. "He said he would teach me how to dance. He said he wanted to marry me. I waited… I waited for a ring from him, but I guess… I guess he's just kidding" tears were gushing out from her eyes like waterfalls. "God, I hate him so much."

Cyborg glanced at the black velvet box that Batman passed to him a while ago. "No. Robin still kept his word. I think you should take a look at this. It's from him."

When Raven still did not come out, he left the box and an envelope outside her door.

Later that night, Raven went out of her room and stumbled on the box. She was too exhausted to do anything about it. She picked it up and opened it instead. To her surprise, it was a ring. That super expensive ring that she kept staring at whenever she passed by the shop. At further inspection, she realized that the words "Forever yours" were carved onto it.

She picked up the delicate red envelope on the floor. She opened it and there was a photograph of them during first date.

Smile more.

Raven bit her lips to prevent her tears from flowing out. Her hands trembled as she unfolded the letter behind the photograph.

Dear Rae,

If you're reading this letter now, I've probably left. I'm sorry I can't make it for the dance. But regardless of anything, I just wanna pass you something that is long overdue.

I know you really wanna hear this. But I can only pen it down (sorry!):

I LOVE YOU. WILL YOU BE MY WIFE?

Love you always and forever will,

Richard. G

Raven burst into tears immediately.

In between the sobs, she managed to choke out, "Yes."


So how was it? Okay? Lame? My grammar is still horrendous, sorry for that!