Ch. 6: Raven Vs. Robin
This chapter slightly M-rated because of alcohol and language.
Robin had seen what Beast Boy meant, over the last few days he knew that Cyborg is clearly a good leader. Maybe not better than him but a good leader indeed. His hard working around and on the tower was impressive to say the least. It was now two days later and for him and Raven it had been rough. Raven was upset with everyone, except Starfire and Cyborg. Beast Boy was another story. Raven could not understand why Beast Boy was so nice to Robin after what he has been doing to him. To Robin it was all a mystery, you never knew with Raven.
While Robin was thinking in his room this early morning, Beast Boy was outside the T-tower. Whenever he felt down he went here, to the rocky shore of the island.
"Mind if I join you?" he heard someone behind him, it was Robin. Just maybe Robin was not in his room. Beast Boy nodded and smiled.
"Not at all dude" Beast Boy said and it was all good.
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Raven was carefully watching Beast Boy and Robin from the inside. She was going to meditate but as long as Robin spent time with her sort of boyfriend she could not stay calm. Since that day when Beast Boy went missing she wanted him to get out of her way. The boy wonder was not the only one to watch Beast Boy like a hawk, there were two hawks around him. I hope we're okey, Raven thought and sighed, referring to her and Beast Boy.
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"You were right by the way, Cyborg is a good leader" Robin said. It is not often that Robin admits someone else is right like that.
"It's either him or you I guess, I will never be a leader. Raven is not stable enough and Starfire... yeah, she's just too innocent" Beast Boy remarked.
"I can see you as a leader Beast Boy, someday. You defeated the brotherhood of evil with some skill, You led that team succesfully" Robin said and that was big coming from him. Beast Boy thanked him and Robin gave his shoulder a hit and went back inside. He also noticed Raven with his upgraded animal eyesight. They stared at each other, then Beast Boy turned into a raven and flew away, god knows where.
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Sometimes you're too busy to be with your team, Cyborg clearly was. In two days he have been almost impossible to speak to. Starfire had tried to accompany him many times but he was never free. Raven had also tried that since he was the one to help her with Beast Boy. Cyborg was finally done, today felt like the best day of his life. He left his room, smiling. When he reached the main room however, it was almost empty. Except Raven who was standing near the window. Raven knew it was him and turned around, she had tears in her eyes. Cyborg got worried over this.
"What's wrong Rae?" he asked, his look forced her to be honest.
"I need Beast Boy" was everything she needed to say.
"You have sorta pushed him away" he answered. Cyborg got that information from Beast Boy himself. One day earlier he had told his half-robot best friend that she did react badly when he was around Robin. Cyborg could only listen to a little bit of that since he was working hard.
"Find him" Raven said with a cold voice. Cyborg took his robot-arm and looked into it. He could trace the communicators everywhere.
"He's at a bar on 33rd street" he said worringly. Raven gasped and was gone quickly. This day just got weird.
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When Starfire came into the main room 10 minutes later Robin and Cyborg were playing video games. She was so happy when her friends were happy! She flew to them, joining them on the couch. So much had been happening lately that Starfire had no one to be with so this was very good for her. Of course Silky was around but she wanted her friends around more often. Cyborg and Robin both smiled at her but did not stop playing. Then Starfire began to wonder where her other two friends were.
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Destination reached as Raven went into the bar. Beast Boy and the bartender were the only people inside. Mostly because of how early it was, no one was here at 2pm. She could see him sitting close to the bar, drinking vodka of some sort. That was not his first drink, she could tell. He was here because of her and she needed to fix this. She looked at him for a moment and then went for it. He could hear the steps and he could smell her. His animal sences too good for anyone to avoid. He did not say anything so Raven just sat down in front of him. Beast Boy could not control himself and he blacked out, then it just happened. He hit Raven hard in the face and Raven fell of the barstool. Normally she would hurt him really good for that but she knew that all of this was her fault. Half-avoiding him for two days, what was she thinking? The bartender was about to do something but Raven put up her hand.
"Don't do anything, I have done this" she defended him. The bartender could now understand why the green guy from Teen Titans was here.
"You are a good friend, taking hits for him is sweet" The bartender said. The bartender were a guy in his 30s with blond hair and trimmed beard. She smiled and sat down again, looking at Beast Boy lovingly.
"He's my boyfriend" she told him and was proud of calling him that. Thankfully Beast Boy heard that and looked back at her.
"I'm so sorry" said Beast Boy. He saw what he have done to her.
"I should probably let you hit me a lot more, I have been pestering you for years" Raven calmly stated and hugged him close. She could then feel him shudder and make a weird sound, he was crying. Then he laughed.
"What does pestering mean?" He asked, confused and looked into her eyes. She leaned forward and kissed him, now showing him that they were more than friends. She could not have him less, she needed him that much. He kissed back of course and things were okey, finally.
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Back at the Titans tower it was now past dinner time and Cyborg had started cooking some food for everyone. Late dinner-evening in front of the TV was on the schedule. Beast Boy and Raven however had sent him a message, that they wont make it to dinner. They were eating in Jump City somewhere. Starfire was extremely happy because of it. Cyborg took their food to the main room table and everyone sat down, eating peacefully. Or thats what Cyborg thought.
"Our friends is in love, glourious!" she exclaimed happily.
"It depends, Raven is very unstable" Robin said seriously.
"You are sooo serious all the time man, stop that! Beast Boy is helping Rae bigtime with this, she needs him to be stable enough to do stuff with us" Cyborg explained. Starfire clapped her hands wildly, Robin was still not pleased with the idea.
"Rob, don't try and stop them. Accept it like a normal human-being" Cyborg continued.
"I'm not convinced they are good for each other" he mentioned before putting the fork in his mouth. Cyborg suspected Robin would do something radical, even if it was good thinking.
"I gotta warn you, don't interfere. Raven will hate you for that" Cyborg warned him. Robin put his fork down and glared at Cyborg.
"I'm eating in my room" he said and left the room with his food. Starfire shrugged and Cyborg watched Robin the whole time, until he could not see him. He sighed and hoped that Robin would calm down soon.
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The new decleared couple stayed at the bar for dinner. Raven choose and paid for everything, her green boyfriend was too drunk to choose. She got some water for him to sober up. They got a dinnertable in the corner where they could be alone and talk some things over. Nothing to worry about in the end, Raven understood that it was wrong to avoid him for two days. He needed her as well, before they were together also. He constantly tried to get her involved, his annoying jokes trying to get her attention. Her secret was that she loved that and she told him that right now. After that Raven asked Beast Boy to hit her again but he refused to do it, he would never do it when he was in control of his body.
"Rape me then" Raven asking for the impossible. Beast Boy blushed and of course said no. He stroked her cheek over the table carefully. He could see one tear make its way down her cheek. He brushed it away and smiled.
"I'm not worthy" Raven said, looking into his green eyes.
"Haha, there's no such thing. I'm the boss, I can choose who I want" he was confident and nervous at the same time.
"Thank you" she said and nothing more came out. He kissed her again, breaking away shortly after and they ate dinner in peace.
They were going home hand in hand. The day was feeling complete. Her emotions could handle it today but she did need to meditate when she woke up. If she woke up alone that is, she wanted him to sleep with her tonight. She felt secure when she was close to him, sleeping with him would make it even better. Her powers were stronger when she was calm.
One hour later they were back at the tower. The sun was about to go down, it was getting late. Not in middle of the night like days before but late evening. When they came into the tower Robin was the only one in sight. He was sitting on the couch looking slightly unfocused, Raven did not care though. She could not care less about him right now and began to push Beast Boy towards her room. It was time for some alone time with him. Surely that was never gonna happen, not tonight anyway.
"Wait" Robin said and took a few steps their way. Raven sighed angrily.
"He's with me, now let us be alone" Raven requested, kinda forced. Robin walked in front of them and prevented them from going anywhere.
"I just want to talk" Robin said calmly but Raven was not in the mood for this. He was making it hard and Raven had enough of it.
"Move or you will regret it" she answered coldly. He did not move and Raven took that as a no. Robin never knew that her powers were better around her loved one and that would cost him dearly. She used her powers on him and threw him into the wall, hard. Robin got up quickly and took a fighting stance. Robin did not want to fight her, they were like brother and sister before this incident with Beast Boy and he valued that very high.
"Raven, I'm not your enemy. I just want to know if..." He never completed his sentence, Raven threw him into the wall again and grinned evilly. He slowly got up again, he was not at all peachy. He could barely stand up.
"Rae, stop!" Beast Boy screamed at her, this was too much. She turned back to look at the changeling and calmed down. She lost the ability to talk and teleported to her room in haste. Beast Boy checked on Robin before nodding to him. Knowing that Beast Boy needed to take care of Raven, Robin nodded back and Beast Boy ran after her. Robin limped into the kitchen with one simple mission, get some ice for his leg. What he have seen today was all he needed, Cyborg was right about that too. Beast Boy is the bridge between her and the real world. Otherwise she is unbalanced. After getting some ice for his leg, he walked slowly towards his bedroom. He got inside and closed the door, hoping to apolgize to Raven tomorrow.
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