For the next few days Robin avoided Raven like the plague. On missions, during drills, even around the dinner table. She had tried to corner him several times, but he refused to be within five feet of her. It was time to resort to drastic measures.

Raven softened her footsteps as she approached the training room. She was hoping she could reason with Robin on his own turf. To explain herself better, and to tell him- tell him that his feelings weren't as one sided as they appeared.

She opened the door, and startled by the sound, Robin turned from the punching bag to see her standing in the doorway. Disgust crossed his face, and Raven started to regret coming at all. But Robin deserved more from her. She stepped forward.

"Hey, Robin, can I talk to you?"

"I'm busy." He replied, turning back to the bag.

"But we need to talk."

"I need to train." His words punched through her harder than fists ever could. But she had to remain calm.

"Train with me then." She raised her fists and took a fighting stance.

"Let's go." He turned to her, and let out a laugh, a cruel, forced thing.

"Come on, Raven, you'd never have a chance of beating me in hand to hand combat."

"Try me."

"Your funeral." They squared off, staring into each other's eyes, trying to sense a weakness. Robin's eyes, which had once looked at her with such softness, were now hard and unyielding. She wished she could make things right. True, she couldn't then, but she damn well was going to try now.

"I didn't mean for this to happen, when I asked Star for-"

"Oh, so now Star is in on this too? Who else knows, the rest of the team?"

"No, of course not, but she's my friend, and when she suggested you I didn't think- I didn't know- that you had...such strong feelings for me. I would have never-"

"But you did." She stumbled back, shocked by the ferocity in his voice, and he lunged at her, pinning her to the floor.

"I-I told you, but only because- because I realized I had...considerable feelings, for you." He looked down at her in distaste, and Raven felt her insides shriveling up.

"If you did, you would never have done this in the first place."

"But it's true. When Star suggested you, I-it seemed like the best solution. I-I didn't know that you...that you loved me." He stood up, and brushing off his hands moved away from her.

"No need to worry about that. I don't, not anymore." Her heart nearly stopped. He walked to the door, then turned back to her with a sneer.

"I could never love someone with no heart." Raven felt the air exit her lungs as she lay there on the training room floor. She closed her eyes, fighting back tears. It was over. She had tried to win him back, but he still hated her. And she deserved it. Raven had stuck with this- this perverse scheme, and with him of all people, for what purpose? Oh. She felt her chest inflate as a crazy notion entered her head.

She loved Robin. Perhaps she always had. They had always been their for each other, during their darkest trials, protecting each other from their demons, real or imagined. He had gone to hell to save her, for Christ's sake. Robin had always been there for her, and her for him, until now. Raven had just been too blind to see it.

.~.

"You did what now?" Cyborg exclaimed.

"Dude, that is so messed up." Beast Boy added.

"I know." Raven admitted.

"And you knew about this too Star?" Cyborg asked, turning to the Tamaranian with an incredulous look on his face.

"Yes, I am also to blame." Starfire sighed.

"No, Star, this wasn't your fault. I'm the one who did this." Raven put her hand on Starfire's shoulder.

"Did you even apologize to him girl?"

"Well- no, I didn't quite have the chance to." Cyborg groaned, while Beast Boy just shook his head.

"Messed. Up." He repeated.

"But the question is, what do I do? He won't even look at me now. How am I supposed to make this right?"

"The dude feels used, and who can blame him? The girl he loved was gonna-"

"But I didn't."

"You might as well have. That was a major betrayal, especially since he loves you."

"Loved. He told me he could never love someone who didn't have a heart." Raven recounted.

"The way he's been stomping and brooding around the tower, of course he still loves you. But you gotta put yourself in his shoes. Dude's pride has been seriously wounded. You just need to apologize and even the score."

"How?"

"You need to get him in a situation where he can't just walk away." Lightbulb.

"I have an idea. But I'm going to need some help." After looking around at each other, her three teammates nodded.

"We're in."

A/N: What do Raven and the rest of the gang have planned? You'll just have to wait til the next chapter to find out ;)