Chapter Six – Truth
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October 9th
How could she? How could she have done such a thing! She let another man into her room! How could she do that to him? She never let anyone into her room! It must have been the boy blunder…it must be his doing. She would not betray him like that. Yes…it had to be him. And he was going to pay for it to! He must be trying to steal her away! After all, hadn't he wanted to spar with her alone just the other day? And wasn't he the one who sent her the message to go eat with them at the mall? And wasn't he the one she sat next to! Yes this was his doing!
Still…he felt so much pain. How could she have shown him the letters? Why had she done that? She hadn't needed to do it. So why had she? Why had she shown the Titans leader his letters…perhaps…to reject the traffic light titan. Yes that had to be it. He had tried to seduce her. That was why he had gone into her room. She had shown him the letters to reject him, to let him know that she was already taken. Yes, taken by the only person who could ever truly love her. Robin would have to pay for stepping into his territory. Yes. He needed to be taught a lesson and he was just the person to do it.
Robin frowned. He looked at the two letters in his hands again. They weren't very explicit, but they were creepy. He could see exactly why they bothered Raven. The writer appeared delusional, like they actually thought Raven was in love with them…if Beast Boy or Cyborg were playing a joke on her he'd be relieved, but after studying the text he doubted it. Neither of the boys had this fine a hand.
He found them in the training room still. Dodging a ball formed by numerous sweaty socks, mold and various other unidentifiable stinky objects Robin called for their attention.
"Starfire, can I talk to Beast Boy and Cyborg alone?" Robin asked.
"Is there something wrong friend Robin?" Starfire asked concerned for her friends.
"No Star, I just need to ask them something." Robin replied, giving her a reassuring smile. The girl nodded and left.
"What's up man?" Cyborg asked suspicious.
"Yeah, and when is Raven ganna apologize for trying to kill me!"
"Soon Beast Boy. But I need to ask you something first and I want an honest answer."
"Go ahead." Cyborg replied.
"You two aren't playing any pranks on Raven right now are you?" he asked.
"Not yet, but if she doesn't apologize soon I will be." Beast Boy growled.
"Nope." Cyborg answered.
"Can I get your answers in writing please?" Robin asked.
"Sure man, but what is this about?" Cyborg asked.
"We'll talk about it later. Just come with me to the main room."
The three walked briskly towards the main room. Robin had two sheets of paper and two pens on the coffee table. "I want each of you to write 'No I am not playing a prank on Raven' on those pieces of paper. One at a time. Beast Boy you're first."
"Dude. What does this have to do with anything?" Beast Boy asked, growing impatient for his apology.
"Trust me. If I get the results I think I will, I'll get Raven to apologize to you right away." Robin replied.
"Fine." Beast Boy huffed. He wrote the words fairly quickly. Then Cyborg, after giving Robin a suspicious look. Neither hand looked anything like the letter's author. Beast Boy's was fairly sloppy and Cyborg's, though neater still didn't look anything close. He doubted Beast Boy could ever had mastered the hand needed for the letters and it would probably have been difficult for Cyborgas well. There was no way they could have written the letter. He sighed. Raven was not going to be happy about this, he was not happy about this.
"Wait here." He frowned. He himself had been hoping it was a joke. The idea that someone was so easily able to follow one of his team members was not a pleasant one.
Raven paced her room. She knew Robin would find out which one of the knuckle heads had been teasing her right away. Five minutes passed, then ten and finally almost fifteen before Robin came back. He knocked and she let him in again right away.
"It was Beast Boy wasn't it?" she stated quickly, more than asked.
"…I'm afraid not." He sighed showing her both their hand writing. She stared in disbelief. It just had to be one of them…right?
"Did you check Starfire's hand writing…maybe they got her to write it for them." She suggested, not really believing it herself.
"I think we need to consider that it's not a joke." Robin said seriously. She sat on her bed looking at the ground. Just great. "Look. Beast Boy wants an apology but, after that I want you to tell me everything that was in the first two letters."
"Fine." She sighed, defeated, not even bothering to argue on apologizing to the green boy. She did owe one to him. They left the room. Raven was moping. Beast Boy looked pleased by her presence.
"I'm sorry I hurt you Beat Boy." She sighed.
"I forgive you." He smiled cheerfully, feeling like he had somehow won something. Despite the fact that he had nearly been mauled by a girl.
"One of you go grab Starfire. We've got some work to do." Robin announced. The two other male titans glanced at him curiously. Cyborg leaving to go grab Starfire who was probably in her room.