Little One, Little Danger
A/N: Hey you guys, sorry it took me so long to give up chapter 7 but here it is. It might not be as exciting as the others but it's apart of the story and gives you a heads up on what's going to happen later on in the story. So enjoy!
Chapter 7: Back home
The next morning Robin awoke, alone in Raiden's bed and didn't know what was going on. "I wonder where the others are." He said to himself while he walked out of Raiden's room and headed to his own. When he got into his room he decided to take a shower, brush his teeth, and wash his face. When he walked out the bathroom with just his towel on, he heard the door fling open.
"Good morning Robin!" Starfire yelled while giving him a hug.
"Uh…good morning Starfire." Robin replied barely breathing. "Um Star…maybe you should have knocked first."
Starfire looked Robin up and down and blushed, "Oh I'm so sorry Robin!" Starfire said as she let him go. "I just came to tell you that breakfast was ready."
"Well thanks for the info Star and I'll see you for breakfast in five minutes."
"Okay!" Starfire said while skipping towards the entrance of the door.
"Hey Star…is Raven and Raiden down there already?" Robin asked stopping her in her tracks.
Starfire slowly turned around and smiled, "Of course they are."
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When Robin started walking down the stairs towards the dining room, the doorbell rang. "I got it!" Alfred yelled from the kitchen.
"No, I got it Alfred!" Robin yelled to the butler as he ran to the door. As he opened the door he noticed that a young man, a little older than himself, stood in the entrance. "May I help you?" Robin asked him.
"I'm looking for a Mr. Harry Osborne." The young man replied.
Robin looked at the young man in confusion, "Um…who are you?"
"My name's Peter Parker and Harry told me to meet him here." The young man said handing Robin a piece of paper.
Robin looked at the paper a few times, "Uh…you got the wrong address man. I mean the wrong address, the wrong town, city, man just the whole damn setting for you is wrong."
"Damn! I knew Harry would play this kinda trick! Thanks anyway…?"
"Name's Robin and don't forget it."
"Don't plan to." Peter said as he walked away and Robin closing the door behind him.
At the breakfast table sat the titans, Bruce, and Raiden, was waiting for Robin to join them. As he walked into the dining room, Bruce asked him, "Who was at the door?"
"Some dude name Peter Parker?" Robin replied. All of a sudden he felt someone's arms around his neck in which he thought it was Starfire.
"Good morning daddy!" Raiden shouted in excitement.
"Good morning!" Robin said while returning her hug. After Raiden took her seat back next to Raven he saw Bruce winking at him from across the table which made him a little angry.
"How did you sleep last night Robin?" Bruce asked while taking a sip of his black coffee.
Robin glared at Bruce and took three deep breaths, "I slept fine thank you." He then looked away and continued to eat his waffles.
All of a sudden he saw Starfire watching him in the corner of his left eye. Starfire suddenly lifted her fork up to Robin's mouth, "Here Robin, try the frying of sausage. I figured since you did not get to have any of it, that you might want to take a taste."
Robin looked at her fork and back to her face which had a big smile on it. He gave her a smile and took the piece of breakfast meat on her fork and ate it. He saw the joy and satisfaction on her face and looked to his right where he saw Beastboy and Cyborg laughing under their breaths. Robin started to blush and turned catching Raven's eyes which made him blush even more.
"Master Robin, there's a phone call for you on your cell phone." Alfred said while he walked in the kitchen to refill the glasses of juice and milk.
"Thanks Alfred, I'll get it right now." Robin said happy to get away from the table. As he got to the living room where he left his cell, he wondered who would be calling him. "Hello?" Robin replied into the phone.
"Hello, Robin?" the voice replied back.
"Yeah, this is Robin. Who is this?"
"Hey Robin! This is Karen!"
"Oh hey! How are you doing?"
"I'm doing fine. I was just calling you to know if you wanted to do something Tuesday because I'm off."
Robin thought to himself, "Is she asking me out on a date?" "Um…I would have to see what I have planned since the city needs protecting and everything."
He heard her giggle on the phone, "I'm sure you deserve a break to have a little fun with a new friend."
"I just don't know I mean…"
"Oh come on Robin, please? I promise you won't regret it okay."
Robin sat on the sofa and rubbed his temples, "Sure…why not Karen. Just tell me where and I'll meet you there."
"Really? Thank you so much Robin! I owe you one and we're going to have a great time, I'm sure of it!"
"Alright then, see you Tuesday?"
"Tuesday, bye!"
"Bye." Robin said as he hung up the phone. "What have I gotten myself into?" he thought to himself.
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Later on in the day Robin barely said a word which made Bruce a little suspicious, so he invited Robin to the training room to do a bit of combat training.
As they got into the specialized room, Bruce spoke, "What's wrong with you today?"
Robin became surprised, "What do you mean?"
Bruce tied some tape around the palm of his hands and his knuckles, "You have been quiet lately."
Robin copied the same thing Bruce did, "Well, I got a lot of stuff on my mind, that's all."
"Oh yeah, what kind of stuff?" Bruce asked as he started to hit one of the punching bags with his fists.
"Nothing much." Robin said as he started to punch the second bag.
"Oh, I think it's a lot more than 'nothing much'." Bruce replied, "So tell."
"Well…this girl I met at the grocery store while shopping for groceries…"
"Hold up…you were shopping for groceries?"
"Forget about the groceries alright! This girl, her name is Karen and I kind of got a date with her Tuesday."
Bruce stopped punching the bag, "Won't Raven get mad at you?"
Robin stopped punching his bag, "Look Bruce, Raven and I are just friends and I think I have a right to go out with any girl I want to."
"So why have you been quiet today then?" Bruce asked as he started to punch the bag once again.
"Because I don't want Star to find out. I mean after the thing with Kitten, I'm scared to date."
"Well, do you like Starfire at all?"
"To tell you the truth, I really don't know."
"So what you're trying to say is, that you absolutely don't have any feelings for Raven, whatsoever?"
"I didn't say that."
"So you do have feelings for her?"
"I didn't say that either!"
"Then what are you saying Robin." Bruce said halting the assault on his punching bag.
"What I'm saying, is that Star and I are close friends. Also Raven and I are good friends, but it's different than the relationship I have with Starfire. Raven and I share this, bond…"
"Yeah yeah yeah, you both share this special bond and don't feel a thing for one another."
"I guess not." Robin said as he sat down at one of the benches.
"Well you both are as crazy as it comes!" Bruce said while walking to the exit door.
"What do you mean?" Robin asked following right behind him.
"Nothing Robin, nothing." Bruce said as they exited the training room. "Teenagers and their damn problems." Bruce thought to himself as he gave Robin a friendly smile.
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Starfire sat in the living room by herself waiting for Robin's return, "While I have the chance, I shall ask friend Robin out on the date to get closer to him." She thought to herself. All of a sudden she heard someone come in and jumped up thinking it was her hero. When she opened her eyes she realized that it wasn't Robin who she was hugging onto, it was Raven.
"Um…it's nice to see you too Star." Raven said a bit fidgety.
"Oh…forgive me friend Raven. I thought you were Robin."
"Oh he won't be back until five because him and Bruce went to pick up some things."
"Oh…he told you this?"
"Yeah, he told me to tell y'all to start packing your things because we're going to be leaving when he gets back." Raven said heading in the direction of the stairs.
"Um…friend Raven?" Starfire said stopping her in her tracks.
"Yeah Starfire?"
"Do you think…I mean…that…Robin would…"
"Mama!" yelled Raiden as she ran from around the corner jumping into Raven's arms.
"Hey you! I was looking for you, where were you?"
"I was playing hide-and-go seek with uncle BB." Raiden said as she let herself be held in Raven's arms. Starfire looked at the two girls and felt uneasy.
"Well tell 'uncle BB' to get his things packed because we're going to be leaving as soon as Robin gets back." Raven told the little girl while putting her down on the ground.
"Alright!" Raiden said as she happily ran away.
"You let her call you mother now?" Starfire asked Raven.
Raven looked at Star confused, "Oh…yeah, I kind of gotten used to it. after awhile."
Starfire lowered her head, "Does Robin…let her call him…daddy?"
"I really don't know. But you wanted to ask me something about Robin, what was it?"
"I changed my mind kind of. I will find out the answer myself, but thank you." Starfire said as she walked away.
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It was 5:03pm when Robin and Bruce showed up to the mansion carrying in some bags. "You guys went shopping?" Cyborg asked while he watched as they placed the bags on the dining room table.
"No, not really Cy." Robin told him.
"We got a few things for the 'T' tower and the training room." Bruce said taking the objects out of the bags.
"Where's Raiden?" Robin asked Cyborg.
"Oh, she's…"
"Right here!" Raiden yelled, this time flying around the corner right into Robin's arms.
"Whoa! Since when do you know how to fly?" Robin asked as he sat her on the table.
"That's not all I can do you know." Raiden giggled.
"Well you're going to have to show me later because…Bruce and I have a surprise for you."
"A surprise?!" Both Raiden and Cyborg said in excitement. Robin looked at Cyborg funny and shook his head and turned back to Raiden.
"Yeah a surprise." Bruce said.
"Can I have it, can I have it!" Raiden jumped up and down yelling.
"No, not until we get back home." Robin said.
Raiden's face suddenly dropped, "But…why?"
"Hey, it's worth the wait." Robin said while giving her a smile in which she stopped pouting.
"Robin, you are back!" Starfire yelled in joy as she gave him a hug.
"Took you and Bruce long enough." Raven said as she walked from around the corner.
"Well Bruce ran into a couple of old friends." Robin said as he smiled slyly at Raven with Starfire still around his neck.
"So, got everything you need?" Raven asked Robin.
"Yeah…and then some."
"Robin I have something important to ask you when we get back to the tower." Star said finally releasing him.
"Okay Star. So are you all ready to go?" Robin asked. Everyone shook their head as a yes, except for Bruce and Beastboy who was no where to be found. "Okay, where's BB?"
"Sorry I'm late you guys. I was taking a nap by the pool." Beastboy said out of breath from running.
"Okay, I guess we're good to go now." Robin said leading the team to the front of the mansion.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye for awhile." Robin said as he turned around to look at Bruce with the team doing the same.
"You know where to find me." Bruce said as he shook all their hands and watched them pack their things into the T-car. Alfred came to the opening of the front door and stood beside Bruce. They both waved as the T-car drove off.
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The titans got back home late that night and ended up being extremely tired. Raiden was asleep in Cyborg's arms. Beastboy was half asleep and struggling to get to his room.
"Hey Cy, can you take Raiden to her room?" Robin asked flopping down on the couch.
"Sure man. I gotta go that way anyway. See y'all in the morning, goodnight." Cyborg said as he walked down the hall.
"Starfire, didn't you want to ask me something?" Robin asked as he slouched more in the couch.
"I have decided to wait until the new day comes to ask." Star yawned.
"Okay then, I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow then. Goodnight." Robin said waving at her. She gave him a smile and a kiss on the cheek, leaving him on the couch. Just as he was dosing off, he heard a rattling in the kitchen. He sat himself up and looked towards the kitchen door. As he looked at the door a figure walked out of it, "You still awake Raven?" He asked as he laid himself back down on the couch.
"I was about to ask you the same thing bird boy." Raven replied while sitting next to him on the couch with a cup of herbal tea.
"How can you drink that stuff?"
"It calms my nerves. Don't say it's not good, unless you try it." Raven said while blowing the surface of the tea to cool it down.
"Well, give me a sip then." Robin said sitting himself upright.
Raven looked at him from the corner of her eye and then closed both of them, "Here." She handed him the cup of tea. Robin looked down at what was in the cup and back up at his friend. "Go ahead Robin."
"Don't rush me." Robin said while bringing the cup slowly to his lips. He could smell the tea, which actually smelled kind of alluring.
"I'm waiting." Raven said looking at her wrist as if a watch was on it.
"Okay…one…two…" Robin counted until Raven suddenly raised the cup for him to his mouth with him taking a huge gulp. Robin's face turned green while Raven laughed at him. As soon as his face turned back to his original color, he gave Raven an annoyed glare.
"What? You were taking too long." Raven chuckled.
"Well you could've given me a heads up or something."
"So, how did you like it?"
"To tell you the truth it's not bad, if you rush it down your throat." Robin chuckled.
"Whatever." Raven said as she stood up with the half drunken cup in her hand. Robin laid back down on the couch looking up at the ceiling while she went to the kitchen.
"Raven?" Robin called from the couch.
"What is it?" Raven said as she came back out the kitchen into the living room.
"How strong do you think our bond is?"
Raven looked at Robin confused, "I don't know, what about you?"
"I don't know, that's why I asked you."
"Well, what do you want me to say…?" Raven said as she tripped and fell on-top of their team leader. She lifted herself up a little to where they were face to face. He was looking into her eyes and she was looking into his mask.
"I want you to say, yes." Robin said as they stood still, one on top of the other, faces inches apart. All of a sudden realizing what position they were in, Raven quickly removed herself from upon Robin.
"Yes…what?" Raven asked as she turned her head in shame and embarrassment.
"I…I…don't know." Robin said as he stood up facing the other way from her.
"Well, I guess I'll go to bed…goodnight Robin."
"Night Raven." Robin said as he watched Raven fly down the hall to her room. Suddenly he felt the growing feeling inside of him again.
"Damn." Robin said to himself smiling because he knew Raven probably felt it too.
A/N: Did you all like it? I know it's kind of a dilemma for Robin. So you're not going to know how some people feel about it. At first Karen wasn't going to be brought back, but I was like "why not" for a bit of drama to make this story a bit more interesting. Oh oh Raven and Robin getting a little close there, you're just going to have to find out how that goes.