"Space"
"I'm going to my room," Raven stated before grabbing her book and beckoning Oso to take the trip down the hall.
"Alright," Robin nodded his head.
Cyborg looked aghast at Robin. That was a perfect opening for spending alone time together with Raven! And the dummy didn't take it? Was something wrong? Feeling upset at the thought the two birds broke up, Cyborg resolved to get to the heart of their relationship woes.
"Is Rae mad?" Cyborg asked Robin for the lack of any other way to ask.
Robin gave him a strange look, "No?"
"Oh," Cyborg nodded. The boy was obviously in denial or completely unaware of Raven's emotional distancing from him. "I just noticed she's been spending more time in her room lately. Are you guys, you know, okay?" Cyborg hedged.
Robin set the video game console in his hands down carefully. He turned his body to give Cyborg his complete attention and said, "What?"
Cyborg gave him another look of sympathy, "Robin, it is okay if you and Rae are having problems. Everyone has them. I could help you with her moods if you need it."
Robin gave him another blank look and opened his mouth once, then twice.
"Man, it's okay." Cyborg whistled between his teeth. "I mean she doesn't seem to mad, so you should be in the clear."
Cyborg gave Robin another look of pity before finally leaving the befuddled boy on the couch.
"What?" Robin asked the room.
"Raven?" Cyborg asked softly of the dark witch whose head peeked out of her door with a suspicious look.
"Yes?" Rave asked with her tone dry.
"I wanna talk to you about something important, not only to Robin and you, but the whole team." Cyborg deplored the girl.
Raven's purple eyes seemed to be weighing him heavily before she sighed heavily and she allowed him entrance into her room. Cyborg glanced around her room hungrily (once, three years ago, wasn't nearly enough) and noted the new stack of books and new figurines around her room and Cyborg couldn't help but smile slightly at her room. It was entirely her.
"Now, what did you want to talk about?" Raven asked, and Cyborg noted she liked him enough not add the "And hurry up about it because I have better things to do" part she usually used on Beast Boy.
"Can I sit down?" Cyborg asked a tad uncomfortably. The only spot available for his body was her bed and he felt extremely nervous to sit there. It was like the ultimate invasion of her privacy he could think of.
"Go ahead," and only when he saw her hand wave towards the bed did he allow himself to gingerly sit down.
"I wanted to…I wanted to talk about Robin and yours relationship." Cyborg said under her heavy stare.
"Why?" Raven asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Well, we both know Robin can be an idiot and a moron all mixed in one. Just try not to stay mad at him too long? I mean the team needs to be strong and if you and Robin are having relationship difficulties and it disrupts the team…well, um, that'd be bad. I mean, our team has weathered a lot of relationship glitches and I think I speak for all when I say I don't want to see you or Robin leave the team because of a fight." Cyborg managed to tell the dark witch with minimal twitching.
Cyborg tried not to stare at her as the silence weighed heavily upon them. When he finally realized Raven wasn't going to say anything, Cyborg risked a one look at her and instantly beat a retreat.
"I'm gonna go now, nice talking to your Raven!" Cyborg rushed almost stumbling over his own feet trying to get out of her room.
Cyborg only rested safely after having reached the safety of his garage.
Why was it when he tried helping people with their relationships, they just didn't appreciate it?
"How was your time to yourself?" Robin asked Raven with a grin and a kiss on the cheek.
"It was fine," Raven nodded also giving Robin a chaste kiss to the cheek.
Robin sat delicately on Raven's bed, right next to the witch. He took his gloves off and laid the green plastic on her side table, careful not to knock anything off. Raven gave him her hand and in the quiet they shared a companionable silence before with a quiet chuckle, Robin broke the silence.
"Cyborg told me the funniest thing to today," Robin began but at seeing Raven's head jerk up. "What, he said something to you too?"
"He told me to always forgive you for being an idiot."
"Huh, I think he was trying to warn me against being an idiot." Robin frowned. "I'm not an idiot all the time, am I?"
Raven remained silent with a slight smile of her face.
Robin made a disgruntled noise before continuing his line of questioning, "So, you enjoy your alone time today?"
"Very, I finished my book."
"Really what was it about?"
"It was about…"
Cyborg scowled as he saw Robin leave the room and Raven calmly sitting on the couch. They would never learn, would they?
Explanation: Raven and Robin are two people used to their space, Cyborg and the other titans are more tactile and don't understand that Raven and Robin can function without being all over each other all the time. Hopefully it came off cute and funny. :) I like Confused!Cyborg a lot...especially when it concerns Robin and Raven since he knows them best. :)
