He Saved Me
Thoughts
"Speech"
Chapter 10:
Robin woke up around 6 to see Cyborg making his way to the kitchen. Cyborg saw Robin watching him and whispered "Go back to sleep Rob" and Robin lay back down after checking again on a finally peacefully sleeping Raven pulling her closer against him. Keeping the lights off so the others wouldn't wake up Cyborg started resetting the appliances clocks and checked to see if their food was ok after almost 12 hours without power. The rain was still coming down hard but the thunder and lightning had stopped, which was a plus. Hearing something in the living room Cyborg turned to see Raven tossing and turning. Poor kid has barely gotten any sleep. Cyborg continued to watch as Robin whispered something to her, helping her to calm down and go back to sleep. God Robin probably got less sleep than she did, and yet I still don't get how he calms her down like that, it's like he knows what she's feeling or something. Looking at the clock on his arm Cyborg got out the ingredients to start a waffle breakfast.
Beastboy was awoken by hunger. Sitting up he looked around; Cyborg was in the kitchen Starfire was still sleeping and Raven was curled up twitching from a nightmare or something in Robins arms. Getting up he tripped over Starfires legs, falling on her and thus waking her up in the process. They both sat up to see a cross Cyborg glaring at them over the stove. "I swear if you two wake them up you'll regret it for a VERY long time" Cyborg threatened. Raven and Robin barely slept last night and Cyborg was determined to try and let them sleep in and at least keep these two from waking them up. "I want tofu for breakfast" declared Beastboy. His voice echoed loudly in the quiet living room, the only other sound being the rain on the windows. "Fine but only if you keep you trap shut and stay quiet" Cyborg agreed, hating the idea of making tofu anything.
Robin was instantly awake when he felt Raven tossing and turning. She woke up in tears in Robins arms. Raven was freezing; he grabbed a blanket and draped it around her shaking figure. Raven threw her arms around Robins neck and cried into his shoulder. Looking up from his poor Raven he saw the others eating breakfast at the table "Cy what's the temp in here?" Robin asked nervously. "Um bout 82 why" answered the tin man. "I think Raven's sick" he told them taking the whimpering girl in his arms and made his way to the door "I'm taking her to the med lab" when Robin left, Beastboy ran to the game station while Starfire followed to watch. "So you are just going to play video games when we have a sick teammate?" Cyborg muttered shaking his head in annoyance at them before making a cup of coffee for Robin and following him to the med lab.
When Cyborg got to the med lab he gave Robin the coffee and started hooking Raven up to machines. She was still crying and whimpering. Robin got off the bed to make room for Cyborg. "God she's freezing" exclaimed Cyborg. "Robin do you know what these are from" he asked pointing to the cuts Raven had inflicted upon herself. Not wanting to answer the question Robin put down his coffee and put another blanket on her and grabbed her hand. "What are these from?" Cyborg asked Raven. She looked away from him, wiping some tears off her cheek with the back of her hand. "Raven, what are they from?" Cyborg asked more sternly. He tightened his grip on her when she tried to pull away. "Let go" she said softly. "Cyborg" Robin's voice warned. "What are these from? They look like they were deep" Cyborg loosened his grip just a tad. He didn't want to hurt her. "They were" Raven looked at Robin and he came to sit on the bed with her. "What happened?" Cyborg asked again worried when the tears began to come faster. "I cut myself" Raven said not meeting anyone's eyes. "Why Rae?" Cyborg was extremely worried she would do it again and end up killing herself. She just shook her head, leaning into Robin. I don't want him to know anymore. He doesn't need to know anymore. "I don't wanna talk about it" Raven said quietly."Raven, why would you cut yourself?" Cyborg asked again. "Just let it go, she won't do it again. I won't let her" Robin told Cyborg.
Slowly but surely Raven's tears were subsiding. "I'm gonna go get you some herbal tea Rae, it will help to warm you up" The Boy Wonder said. "P-please don't go" she said with a few fresh tears falling. "Ok I won't go, I'll stay here with you if that's what you want." Robin said wiping her tears away. Going to stand with Cyborg he asked "What's wrong with her" "According to this, nothing, she's just cold" said a stumped Cyborg. Robin looked over at Raven. She was fingering one of the cuts on her wrist. "What should we do" worry laced its way into Robins voice. "Just try and keep her warm. That's 'bout all we can do" replied Cyborg as he unhooked her. "Come on Angel, how does a nice hot bath sound?" Robin asked taking her into his arms. "You don't have to carry me Ro-" but was interrupted as a yawn escaped her. Chuckling he said "It's fine" and started for his room.
When they got to Robins room Raven was asleep in his arms and to his surprise she felt…normal. Quietly shutting the door behind him he laid Raven down on the bed. Since she was peacefully sleeping he decided to take a quick shower but left the bathroom door cracked to he could keep an eye on her.
When Raven sat up she saw Robin come out of the steamy bathroom in nothing but a towel. When he saw she was awake he came over and kissed her. "Have a nice nap?" he asked moving to his closet to find some clothes. "Yeah actually I did" she had a hint of a smile on her lips. "I think I'm going to take a shower" "Sure. Meet me downstairs when you're done" Robin said walking to the door. "Ok, I'll be down soon."
Raven came downstairs as everyone was filling their plates with spaghetti. "Perfect timing Raven" called Cyborg from his spot on the couch. Raven made herself a plate and took a seat next to Robin on the couch. Finishing in record time Beastboy and Cyborg put their plates on the coffee table and continued the videogame. After everyone finished their food Robin got an idea. Picking up everyone's plates he brought them over to the sink. Before he put his own plate in sink though, he rubbed some sauce all over his lips. Walking back to the living room Starfire asked "Friend Robin, why do you" he silenced her by putting a finger to her lips. After making sure Raven wasn't paying attention he whispered in Starfires ear "Just wait and see."