Bird Love! Raven's…Gratitude!?
By Sonic Angel

Disclaimer: Don't own TT!

"Hi, Rick here. Last time, me and the other Titans set up Raven and Robin."

"Let us hope the plan works, and the two lovebirds don't find out that we did this."

"Maybe they will, Starfire, maybe they won't. Let's find out, shall we?"

"You think Raven will get mad at us?"

"Maybe, Beast Boy. As I said before, Let's find out!"

Robin and Raven actually met each other in the Kabuki Theater in Japantown, and their faces showed a countenance of surprise.

Raven gasped, "You're Rob?"

Robin gaped, "You're… Ray?"

Unbeknownst to our duo, we were watching them.

I said, "Excellent. Everything is going according to plan."

Beast Boy quipped, "I was going to set them up."

I grinned, "Not like this, however! Whatever you had planned, Beast Boy, your operation didn't have intrigue and mystery… Such as mine."

Starfire sighed, "I sure hope we did the right thing."

I responded, almost automatically, "Something tells me, Starfire, we did do the right thing. I just know it."

Robin and Raven went inside the theater, and Robin asked, "You want some popcorn, Raven?"

For the first time, in her whole entire life, Raven actually blushed.

She regained her composure and replied, "No, but thank you, Robin. Just a bottle of water would be nice."

Cyborg smiled, "There's another one!"

I asked, "Cyborg, what are you going to do with those photos of my sister?"

He answered, "I'm going to make an album. I'm going to call it… Raven's Firsts."

I sighed, "She might kill you for that."

After the movie, Robin and Raven exited the theater.

Raven quipped, "Even though it was romantic in some parts, that movie was really good."

Robin nodded. He replied, "I have to agree. Except, it was too dark in many parts."

Raven sighed, "What do you mean, Robin. It was the perfect balance of Light and Darkness!"

Robin smiled, "I have to agree with you on that."

Then, Raven said, "I didn't write the letter."

Robin agreed. "Neither did I," he replied.

Robin and Raven looked at each other and they both exclaimed, "The other Titans!"

Raven said, "I have a feeling of who the mastermind of this operation is."

Robin replied, "So do I."

Beast Boy shouted, "We're DOOMED!"

Cyborg replied, "We are SO busted!"

The two hid and Cyborg asked, "Falcon?"

I stated, "This Falcon doesn't hide from anything."

Suddenly, Starfire replied, "Neither does this Star."

We all knew that Robin and Raven were heading this way, and Starfire and I walked to the couch.

I sighed, "Remember that vacation that I said I went to?"

Starfire replied, "You really didn't go to a vacation, did you?"

I sighed, "No, I didn't. In fact, after Rick and I met you… Both he and I were curious about you. Here's what really went down."

FLASHBACK

I donned my Falcon costume and surrounded myself with my pyrokenetic shield and headed to the Watch Tower. I entered the Tower and surprisingly, there he was. Jean, the Martian Manhunter.

He said, "Falcon. I've been expecting you."

I said, "You know Starfire of the Teen Titans, right?"

He nodded.

I asked, "Do you know what type of alien she is?"

He replied, "No, but maybe he can tell you."

I twirled around and saw Green Lantern.

He asked, "You've been wondering about Starfire, haven't you?"

My cheeks turned 5 shades of red and replied, "Yes, I have."

He replied, "Starfire's real name Kori'andr, Crown Princess of the Tamorian race."

I exclaimed, "AHA! I KNEW SHE HAD TO BE OUT OF THIS WORLD!"

Green Lantern replied, "The Tamorian race has been using solar energy not just to fly, but to power everything else."

I sighed, "Falcon Enterprises may be pioneering the way to using solar energy, but some people are not buying it, even with financial backing from both Wayne and Stark Enterprises."

He replied, "People aren't ready to embrace alternative solar energy yet, Falcon. But why are you wondering about Starfire?"

I stammered, "Well… Uh… You see…."

Jean read my mind and explained, "Falcon cares for Starfire deeply. His emotions for her have gone of what you humans call 'like'."

Green Lantern laughed, "So, you fell in love with her!"

FLASHBACK ENDS

I quipped, rather sadly "So you see, Kory, I am happy for your people, and I am a bit jealous. Happy, because your people have accomplished something that I have failed at doing."

Starfire said, "You haven't failed at anything, Falcon. Your people are not ready to embrace the technology yet."

Suddenly, Falcon heard a pair of footsteps. Two pairs of footsteps were heading this way.

I smiled, "Kory, I am happy that we have had this talk."

Starfire replied, "Like I said before, you do not have to be alone."

Robin and Raven found the Titan's Tower to be almost empty except for Starfire sitting on the couch, and I was looking at the stars through my telescope.

I said telepathically, You can find Beast Boy and Cyborg in their rooms. Cyborg is putting an album of your 'firsts', sister. >

I walked towards my room and passed the two lovebirds, and muttered something that Raven, Robin, and Starfire all caught.

I said, "I wonder, what would the stars feel, if they know, that they were loved… Loved by an earthly bird… Such as a falcon?"

Robin asked, "What… What was that about?"

Raven replied, "I think I know, but…"

Starfire said, "You need to talk to him alone."

Raven responded, "Exactly."

I entered my room. It was a normal room, except for the facts that it was in the Titan's Tower, and it also contained tomes upon tomes of spell books as well as a computer, a phone, and a bed. Sitting on a bed was a stuffed raven. It also contained my CD collection and my boom box. I turned my boom box on to CD mode, and I went to my CD collection, and I played Jump 5. Oh, which CD? 'All The Time In The World"

Once upon a late night dreary, as I sat there, weak and weary, I happen to hear a knocking upon my chamber doors, I said, "Enter." And there she was, out of her room, which only Jinx had dared entered, was my sister, Raven.

I telepathically sighed, I guess you want to talk to me, so, let's talk. >

Raven asked telepathically, Why did you set me up with Robin, my dear brother? >

I replied telepathically, You were dark, depressed, and pessimistic. You blamed yourself for you adopted mother's death. Now that you knew, you lightened up a bit. I had to break down your defensive walls. I knew you needed to love again. So why not Robin? He's the opposite of you, my dear sister! So I followed my heart, and I kind of rushed your emotions, both of them. >

Telepathically, quoth this Raven, Nevermore. Nevermore shall you do this again. But I was going to ask him out, you know! >

I spoke in my normal voice, and I sighed, "When, Raven? The year 2068, or something?"

Raven telepathically sighed, I was going to ask him out next week, brother! >

I said, "Oh."

Raven telepathically quipped, Thanks, brother. Now, I must thank the others. >

I replied, "Don't scare 'em too badly."

Raven smiled, "I won't."

After Raven exited the room, little did I know I was going to meet someone. Someone who would change my life… And Starfire's. Someone who would ignite our relationship.

Sonic Angel: Well now, that went well. Now, The Falcon meets… Starfire's dad? In hologram form? What would he say to change the lives of two Titans and ignite their relationship? Next time… "Falcon Star Love!"