Be With Me, Please I Beseech You

Chapter 14

As Lovers Go

A/N:

Woot! Long time since I've last written. I really apologize and hope there is someone who'll still read my fic. I've just been so preoccupied with other things and I lost touch with fan-fics.

I also moved to Texas and started school here. But now, I finally have some time off.

So, enjoy!

FLASHBACK

Raven reached the warehouse, not certain how she was going to save Robin, or if she had just fallen into a treacherous trap. Sighing, she entered in, the door creaking, as to indicate her arrival. Slowly, she began to walk, having no idea where she should start her search.

It had been nearly an hour but she couldn't find Robin. Maybe, I shouldn't have come, she told herself bitterly. However, she began to notice a figure in the shadows. Hesitantly, she headed towards it.

There was a man tied to a chair, a cloth over his mouth, so he couldn't speak.

She ran over to untie the rope that was suffocating him. He didn't give me any reply. His eyes were closed and his face had become paler. He must've been injected with something. She removed the cloth, allowing him to breath in air.

"Robin!"

END OF FLASHBACK


ROBIN'S POV

I heard a voice. A voice so familiar to me. Every time I heard it, my insides took a curve.

"Rae?" He asked, slipping into the grasp of consciousness.

"What happened?" she cried.

"I don't…know," I answered, removing the cloth from his mouth.

"We have to get out of here," she breathed.

Nodding gently, I stood up, his figure balancing awkwardly at first.

"Do you need help?" Raven questioned.

"No, I'm fine," I mumbled as my hands rubbed against his eyes.

Together, we departed the room.

Hallway

Cautiously, we stepped, glancing around for a door.

Suddenly, the lights fused and darkness visited us.

"We should just stay still for awhile," Raven suggested quietly.

There was a lull in our conversation until I spoke.

"Raven, I think we should talk about what happened."

She remained silent.

"I meant what I said. I love you."

She smirked, shaking her head lightly.

She said, "I've got to be honest, you're wasting your time if you're fishing around here."

I widened my eyes. And I said, "You must be mistaken, I'm not fooling. This feeling is real."

She rolled her eyes.

She said, "You've got to be crazy.
What do you take me for? Some kinda of easy mark?"

She continued.

"Robin, you've got wits,
You've got looks,
You've got passion,
But I swear that you've got me all wrong."

All wrong
All wrong

"But you've got me," I heard her mutter.

I said, "Rae, I've got to be honest, I've been waiting for you all of my life. It's like for so long I thought I was asylum bound, but just seeing you makes me think twice. And being with you here makes me sane. I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side."

And in the darkness, I felt her smile radiating.

You've got wits,
You've got looks,
You've got passion

"Are you brave enough to leave with me tonight?" I challenged her.

"Robin…I…"

But before she could complete her answer, the lights returned and I realized that Raven and I were not the only two there.

I glanced towards Starfire, tears bursting out from her eyes.

"You don't love me anymore?" Starfire asked.

I bit my lip. "You're great but I can't say that I am."

Starfire wiped her cheeks. "I understand, Robin. Raven and you would make a lovely couple anyway."

"I know there's someone out there for you. It's just not me."

Starfire nodded and embraced Robin into a hug.

"I really wanted the festival though."

Festival?

Raven smiled, knowing exactly what Starfire meant.

She glanced towards me, her eyes expressing hope yet uncertainty.

We finally discovered a door which led to the exit of the warehouse. We returned to the Tower.

Tower

"Where were you guys?" Cyborg asked.

They didn't reply.

"I don't like this. You guys never tell us anything anymore. Unless…..someone took out your brains and didn't replace them."

"Yeah, I'm sure they did. Just like they did with you," Cyborg retorted.

"Hey, I have something that I need tell everyone, especially Raven," I announced.

I noticed Blackfire coming in.

I turned my figure to Raven and I gazed deeply in her eyes.

"I know I've hurt you and I'm pretty selfish for doing this. But I can't live without you. It took me a long time to realize this, I know. I know you feel the same way. You have to or else, I really am asylum bound. I love you," I stated.

There was a pause and I found myself choking on my words.

"Rae, I asked the wrong person this, months ago. It should've been you." I continued.

I tried my best to sound Shakespearian and romantic.

"This wait for destiny won't do. Be with me, please, I beseech you," I declared.

"Will you marry me?"

I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier,
I'll be yours my dear
I'll belong to you
If you just let me through

This is easy as lovers go.
So don't complicate it by hesitating.
This is wonderful as loving goes.
This is tailormade, what's the sense in waiting?

A/N:

I know it got a little fluffy in the end but hey, he's proposing to her. xP

Will she say yes? Or will she decline?

I hoped you like the update. I know it should've been better, considering that I made you wait so long for it.

Oh, well. Read and review please. )

If you noticed, parts of Raven's and Robin's speech were from the song.

-Rei

The song used in this chapter is As Lovers Go by Dashboard Confessional