Chapter 10: Winter Love
A/N* This whole chapter is dedicated to all of my reviewers. Thanks so much
for your help in getting this far with a story! ^__^
Oh yeah. Sorry I couldn't update this. ^^;;; school started last week so I had a lot of school stuff to do and finish. Well, hope you like this one..
and it's not quite over yet. (
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After days of spending nights in the hospital, Raven finally got to go home. Robin went to go pick her up and as they rode in a taxi, Robin tried desperately talking to her but all she did was look at him and nod her head or shake it. Raven was too ashamed and embarrassed that she let their enemies actually injure her. How could she have not known that they were actually trying to kill her too? She felt weak. And as they finally reached the tower she only walked ahead into her room. He repeatedly knocked on her door for a few hours, taking breaks. He was worried about her. She didn't even say, 'What is it you want this time, Robin?' like she always did when he knocked at her door.
"I know you're in their Raven! Let me in!" Robin shouted, making a passing half robot man cover his ears and yelling at Robin to shut up. "Ok, geez."
In the room, Raven was lying on her bed, in between covers. She tried to get away from it all. From Starfire's and Robin's little confession to each other, from their enemies trying to kill Robin- wait, she remembered, the day she and him went onto the killer roller coaster, those melted tracks. It was Jinx and the others. They must have done before the roller coaster was opened. After all, Robin and Raven were the first ones to go after they were fixing technical difficulties in the control system. She was now incredibly angry at the evil doers. Raven just shut her eyes and ignored everyone trying to call her. They all gave up after a few minutes. She didn't move that much for the fear of hurting herself from the dagger injury. Day after day, she laid in the bed and took quick painful showers. Raven hadn't eaten anything for a few days, but drank from the water in the sink of the bathroom.
"Hey! Get your little dark butt out here and eat!" Cyborg yelled. Everyone on the team was worried about her. Beastboy tried to get through the door but the door contacted the ground. Starfire tried to blast open her door, but it only left scorch marks. Robin tried freezing the door with his disks and tried to crack it open. Nothing worked against the almighty door.
Raven laid in her bed, her pain from surgery finally leaving but left a scar in her ribs. After another few set of days with the daily routine, she got up, took another shower and went out. Beastboy turned into a baby bear and hugged her. She only smirked a little and traveled on ward to the kitchen. She looked at the calendar and asked Cyborg, who was also wandering the halls, what day it was.
"Raven!" Cyborg yelled, squeezing her, possibly adding more damage to the ribs. She smirked like when she was with Beastboy but just shook her head when he finally put her down. Raven clutched her side as she just nodded at all his comments about how worried everyone was for you. She cleared her throat to get his attention. Cyborg turned around and smiled at her. "Yeah?"
"What day is it?"
"Oh yeah!" Cyborg poked the calendar in a harmful way, pointing at the 24th of December. "It's Christmas Eve! Glad your back. Robin got you something real nice." He walked past her and patted her head. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion at his last comment. 'Real nice?' She thought. She read everyone's mind except for Starfire or Robin because she hasn't seen them yet. Neither Cyborg nor Beastboy knew what the present was but they knew Robin got her something nice.
She sighed in her impatient state and looked out the window to see snow everywhere. Beastboy was still trying to decorate the place but failed so Starfire and Cyborg helped him. There was a large Douglas fir tree standing by the T.V. The place was decked with Christmas lights everywhere and cotton snow, ornaments were hanging from the tree with ginger bread men, half eaten string of popcorn, fake plastic candles (the kinds were the flame part if clear glass with a little orange light bulb inside), and an angel on top. The ceiling had lights criss-crossing each other as well. Little Santa hangings each had a name on it from the Teen Titans' team. It in was candy canes and Christmas treats. Under it was presents. She forgot to get them presents! She blushed in her dismay and dressed in clothing for winter.
"Where are you heading off to, Raven?" Starfire asked. She shook her head not wanting to answer and headed outside where Beastboy and Cyborg were having a snowball fight. Starfire had bought some Missile Toes to hang on the middle top of each doorway, still not knowing what they do to two people who came across it. When she walked out of the doorway, Beastboy ran away from the snowball that was going to hit him but instead hit Raven in the face.
"Why you-" She gathered all the snow from the tree tops in her hands and rolled it in two very heavy and very big balls throwing it at them.
"Dude, I think Raven won," Beastboy said, shaking the snow off of his head. Cyborg popped out from a pile of feather soft snow.
"But I ain't gonna give up," Cyborg grinned. He rolled am almost larger snowball than Raven's and threw at Beastboy. As they were still fighting, Raven flew off in her grey, wool hooded sweater with black cotton/wool gloves and a matching black scarf with little dangling strings at the ends of it. She wore little flare jeans with black boots. This was what Starfire had given to her as a Christmas present last year. She never thought she'd wear it.
As Raven headed into the mall, she bought Starfire some pretty but expensive perfume and a dress. She got Cyborg portable recharger and a few hats he wanted; as for Beastboy, she got him a few chew toys, flea/tick sprays and one of the largest stereo systems (with speakers of course) they had in the electronic stores. It was larger than his original stereo system. For Robin, he didn't really know what he wanted. He was such a pure hearted guy that it was like he didn't want anything. After an hour of searching for what he wanted, she plopped down by the food court and the dance area where they were holding a contest. She watched every line up to sign up. She shook her head and just looked some more for him.
"This is beginning to get pointless and excruciatingly arduous," Raven mumbled and ventured out of the store with all her belongings wrapped up by the customer service staff. She remembered how much he liked going to see movies, how much he liked playing video games, going to the amusement park and eating cookies. She flew to the nearest electronic store since she was already a few miles from the mall and bought him Game Cube and a few games for it, a PS2 and a Dream Cast. A couple of action games for those two. She also purchased the game: Animal Crossing for Starfire who loved animals. She also got him a two year pass to see any movie he wanted and a one year pass to the amusement park. With all those also wrapped up, she flew home.
"Whoa, that's a lot of presents. Did you max out your credit card?" Beastboy presumed with him and Cyborg still fighting.
"No. Unlike you, I don't max out any credit cards I have and I use a debit card," she scolded. Beastboy lowered his head to stare at the ground but fell over as a snow ball hit him in the face.
Raven continued her way into the rec. room and set down her presents over under the tree. Starfire came out of the kitchen with a tray full of M&M's sprinkled cookies.
"Raven! Shall you try our cookies? It is so tasteful!" Starfire exclaimed. She held out the tray.
"Our?" Raven asked.
"Yes! Ours: Robin helped with the cooking," Starfire told. She held out the tray. "You shall try." Raven nodded in everyone's happy mood and ate a cookie.
"This is better than all your other cookies. What'd you do to it?" Raven asked.
"Well, Robin-" The green eyed alien was cut off by Beastboy who grabbed a couple of handfuls and threw some in Cyborg's mouth.
"Probably did most of the work," Cyborg finished. He was munching on the cookies.
"Yes, and I will have to thank Robin for it," Starfire put the tray in Raven's hand and flew to the door way where a missile toe was hanging and bumped into a Robin. "Oh Robin! Thank you for helping me with the cookies." Beastboy and Cyborg chanted 'Kiss, kiss, kiss' over and over again.
"Kiss? For what?" Starfire asked.
"When two opposite genders are under a missile toe, they are forced to kiss," Raven informed. Starfire let out an 'Ohhh'.
"Then we shall kiss!" Starfire clapped her hands. Raven, not wanting to see any of this put down the tray as Cyborg and Beastboy fought over the biggest cookie. Starfire and Robin inched closer and each other's lips finally touched. Starfire giggled and clung onto Robin's arm. Robin felt a little awkward because he didn't have those special feelings for her but only played along.
"Geez, who are these from?" He noticed the five large wrapped boxes.
"They're from Raven," Beastboy said.
"She actually got us presents?" Cyborg asked.
"She always does."
"Well sorry! I forgot what she got me last Christmas!"
"She got you a game."
"Oh. yeah." Cyborg remembered. It was that racing game they always played. He turned on the TV and played that game again with Beastboy shaking his presents to try to figure it out. Starfire and Robin talked away into the night as Raven sat glum in her room, watching the city out of her window. She remembered she heard Robin whisper 'I love you' when she woke up finding him in her room but fell back to sleep. She wasn't pretending she was sleeping, she was too tired to keep her eyes open but she heard Robin and sensed his essence.
'If he loved me, why does he kiss Starfire?' Raven was jealous but cooled won after reading dark poetry. It was Christmas Eve's and everyone was cheery. Even if she thought celebrating was pointless, she'd come out once every hour to go check on their celebration. This time although she stayed out in the rec. room.
"Finally out? You want to grab something to-" Robin quizzed her.
"Eat? I'm not hungry, and even if I were, I'd have no intentions of gaining more weight," Raven returned her reply.
"Er- ok," Robin "You're already thin." Robin complimented. Raven blushed. She took a step back towards the door and headed out to the roof. No one ever complimented her on how nice she looked. Never. Robin was the first. She shook her head at the thought but ventured on some more about how Starfire always go the compliments.
Flash back
The group of teen fighting heroes just fought off a few burglars with extraordinary powers. They were at the bank and talking with the manager that they will see to it that no one ever tries to rob a bank without having being beaten first. Everyone seemed to be admiring Starfire's face and body but no one ever noticed Raven.
Jealousy.
"My, isn't she beautiful?" A lady pushing her 40's cried out in joy. Starfire was in the middle thanking them and laughing with them while everyone pushed Raven to the side to take a quite peek at the Tamaran Beauty.
"Your hair looks so soft and nice!" A man called out to her. They took many pictures of her as her orange skin glowed. Raven watched then teleported to the outside where the rest of the Teen Titans were waiting. She was supposed to wait for Starfire but it had been a mere 15 minutes when people started to notice her 'sweetness'. Finally after another hour and then they headed to towards home.
End Flash backs
Robin climbed the stairs to roof to find Raven sitting at the edge. The wind blew to her right side to cause her hair to be flying in this way and that. She looked down at the city. Christmas lights lit the city like it was on fire. Parties were being thrown but she knew, everyone knew, that after Christmas, one of the happiest times of the year for most, it would soon be over.
"Hi!" Robin smiled. The soft snow crushed beneath his feet. Raven turned around with such sad but envious eyes that it startled him.
"Don't you have Starfire to watch over?" she snipped through his good beginning of welcoming.
"Actually I wanted to spend time with you," he almost whispered. Raven didn't know this. He had gotten so much better at blocking people reading his mind unless he had his guard down but right now, his guard was up.
"Spend-time-with-me," she repeated slowly. Robin nodded and sat next to her. "What makes you want to?"
"Er- well- er- you should spend 'quality' with everyone here, and you probably start with-" Robin cut off in what Raven was about to say.
"You should spend time with Starfire; she's the one who likes you," she whispered in his ear, getting up walking to the door. Robin sprung up as well and stopped Raven in her tracks. She was halfway to the door when Robin stuck his hand out placing it on Raven's wrist.
"I don't like Starfire in that way, I only like her as a friend," Robin described. Raven stiffened her body at the new fact she just received. She lowered her head to the ground.
"You two kissed! Twice!" Raven shouted in truth. The boy wonder let go of her wrist and they stood facing each other, the girl's hand, clenched, the boy's head, looking down in defeat.
"It didn't mean that much to me," Robin broke the silence.
"But it did mean something to you," Raven told.
Silence.
"Well it would be better if it were from you!" he shouted.
Battle Commence.
"She likes you though! Don't hurt her!"
Defeat.
"I know that." Robin trailed off. He grabbed her wrists again and held tightly but not so tight that it burned her.
"I'm dark," Raven tried to get him away from her before he would hurt her.
"I like insane evil girls," Robin stepped closer.
Rooted Feet.
"You don't understand me," Raven let out.
"Then let me try."
Another step.
"But Starfire likes you a lot," Raven didn't know what else to say, she turned her head away from his face.
"ARGH! I KNOW YOU LOVE ME THOUGH! I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES! Geez! Do you think I'm blind!? You love me, Starfire only likes me! There's nothing wrong with you loving me! Tell me you love me. Give the whole routine a break already! I've known for weeks now and you still deny it!" Robin roared at her. Raven stood still, emotionless. "Just admit, ok!?" Robin was now grappling with her wrist. She wrenched it away and stared him in the eye. Being offended by what he just said, she raised her right arm and brought it down to his face, slapping him. He was now the one ashamed, he didn't mean for it to happen like this. He wanted to tell her he loved her while she was awake. She started to fly off as he kneeled and punched the ground, being angry with himself.
It was now their celebration dinner and Starfire and Beastboy were dancing to a few of his salsa songs. Beastboy tried to teach her how to but failed.
"Move over, I'll show you how a real man would dance with a fine lady," Cyborg shoved Beastboy to the ground and turned to one of his favorite song on the CD. Starfire looked mused over what he was doing. Being dressed up, Cyborg in his black suit and Starfire in a red strapless dress, danced to the song. Starfire got the hang of it when it was done. And with the last bit of ending to the song, Cyborg tipped Starfire over and laughed at Beastboy, almost dropping Starfire but held onto her. Beastboy widened his eyes at how well they danced.
"I could do better!" Beastboy lied. Cyborg huffed. Starfire placed her gloved arm-hand over her mouth to surpress a giggle.
"Wanna bet?!" Cyrborg leaned over Beastboy, who was now terrified. Just then, Robin walked in trying to look cheerful, red from embarrassment from what he did to Raven. He looked up at the Mistle Toes and glared at them, trying to burn it down. He didn't succeed and after a few hours a door bell rang. Since there was nothing better to do than watch Beastboy get jealous at Cyborg for dancing so well.
"Uhh-Hi," Robin greeted.
"I lo-l-love you, then."
A/N* This whole chapter is dedicated to all of my reviewers. Thanks so much
for your help in getting this far with a story! ^__^
Oh yeah. Sorry I couldn't update this. ^^;;; school started last week so I had a lot of school stuff to do and finish. Well, hope you like this one..
and it's not quite over yet. (
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After days of spending nights in the hospital, Raven finally got to go home. Robin went to go pick her up and as they rode in a taxi, Robin tried desperately talking to her but all she did was look at him and nod her head or shake it. Raven was too ashamed and embarrassed that she let their enemies actually injure her. How could she have not known that they were actually trying to kill her too? She felt weak. And as they finally reached the tower she only walked ahead into her room. He repeatedly knocked on her door for a few hours, taking breaks. He was worried about her. She didn't even say, 'What is it you want this time, Robin?' like she always did when he knocked at her door.
"I know you're in their Raven! Let me in!" Robin shouted, making a passing half robot man cover his ears and yelling at Robin to shut up. "Ok, geez."
In the room, Raven was lying on her bed, in between covers. She tried to get away from it all. From Starfire's and Robin's little confession to each other, from their enemies trying to kill Robin- wait, she remembered, the day she and him went onto the killer roller coaster, those melted tracks. It was Jinx and the others. They must have done before the roller coaster was opened. After all, Robin and Raven were the first ones to go after they were fixing technical difficulties in the control system. She was now incredibly angry at the evil doers. Raven just shut her eyes and ignored everyone trying to call her. They all gave up after a few minutes. She didn't move that much for the fear of hurting herself from the dagger injury. Day after day, she laid in the bed and took quick painful showers. Raven hadn't eaten anything for a few days, but drank from the water in the sink of the bathroom.
"Hey! Get your little dark butt out here and eat!" Cyborg yelled. Everyone on the team was worried about her. Beastboy tried to get through the door but the door contacted the ground. Starfire tried to blast open her door, but it only left scorch marks. Robin tried freezing the door with his disks and tried to crack it open. Nothing worked against the almighty door.
Raven laid in her bed, her pain from surgery finally leaving but left a scar in her ribs. After another few set of days with the daily routine, she got up, took another shower and went out. Beastboy turned into a baby bear and hugged her. She only smirked a little and traveled on ward to the kitchen. She looked at the calendar and asked Cyborg, who was also wandering the halls, what day it was.
"Raven!" Cyborg yelled, squeezing her, possibly adding more damage to the ribs. She smirked like when she was with Beastboy but just shook her head when he finally put her down. Raven clutched her side as she just nodded at all his comments about how worried everyone was for you. She cleared her throat to get his attention. Cyborg turned around and smiled at her. "Yeah?"
"What day is it?"
"Oh yeah!" Cyborg poked the calendar in a harmful way, pointing at the 24th of December. "It's Christmas Eve! Glad your back. Robin got you something real nice." He walked past her and patted her head. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion at his last comment. 'Real nice?' She thought. She read everyone's mind except for Starfire or Robin because she hasn't seen them yet. Neither Cyborg nor Beastboy knew what the present was but they knew Robin got her something nice.
She sighed in her impatient state and looked out the window to see snow everywhere. Beastboy was still trying to decorate the place but failed so Starfire and Cyborg helped him. There was a large Douglas fir tree standing by the T.V. The place was decked with Christmas lights everywhere and cotton snow, ornaments were hanging from the tree with ginger bread men, half eaten string of popcorn, fake plastic candles (the kinds were the flame part if clear glass with a little orange light bulb inside), and an angel on top. The ceiling had lights criss-crossing each other as well. Little Santa hangings each had a name on it from the Teen Titans' team. It in was candy canes and Christmas treats. Under it was presents. She forgot to get them presents! She blushed in her dismay and dressed in clothing for winter.
"Where are you heading off to, Raven?" Starfire asked. She shook her head not wanting to answer and headed outside where Beastboy and Cyborg were having a snowball fight. Starfire had bought some Missile Toes to hang on the middle top of each doorway, still not knowing what they do to two people who came across it. When she walked out of the doorway, Beastboy ran away from the snowball that was going to hit him but instead hit Raven in the face.
"Why you-" She gathered all the snow from the tree tops in her hands and rolled it in two very heavy and very big balls throwing it at them.
"Dude, I think Raven won," Beastboy said, shaking the snow off of his head. Cyborg popped out from a pile of feather soft snow.
"But I ain't gonna give up," Cyborg grinned. He rolled am almost larger snowball than Raven's and threw at Beastboy. As they were still fighting, Raven flew off in her grey, wool hooded sweater with black cotton/wool gloves and a matching black scarf with little dangling strings at the ends of it. She wore little flare jeans with black boots. This was what Starfire had given to her as a Christmas present last year. She never thought she'd wear it.
As Raven headed into the mall, she bought Starfire some pretty but expensive perfume and a dress. She got Cyborg portable recharger and a few hats he wanted; as for Beastboy, she got him a few chew toys, flea/tick sprays and one of the largest stereo systems (with speakers of course) they had in the electronic stores. It was larger than his original stereo system. For Robin, he didn't really know what he wanted. He was such a pure hearted guy that it was like he didn't want anything. After an hour of searching for what he wanted, she plopped down by the food court and the dance area where they were holding a contest. She watched every line up to sign up. She shook her head and just looked some more for him.
"This is beginning to get pointless and excruciatingly arduous," Raven mumbled and ventured out of the store with all her belongings wrapped up by the customer service staff. She remembered how much he liked going to see movies, how much he liked playing video games, going to the amusement park and eating cookies. She flew to the nearest electronic store since she was already a few miles from the mall and bought him Game Cube and a few games for it, a PS2 and a Dream Cast. A couple of action games for those two. She also purchased the game: Animal Crossing for Starfire who loved animals. She also got him a two year pass to see any movie he wanted and a one year pass to the amusement park. With all those also wrapped up, she flew home.
"Whoa, that's a lot of presents. Did you max out your credit card?" Beastboy presumed with him and Cyborg still fighting.
"No. Unlike you, I don't max out any credit cards I have and I use a debit card," she scolded. Beastboy lowered his head to stare at the ground but fell over as a snow ball hit him in the face.
Raven continued her way into the rec. room and set down her presents over under the tree. Starfire came out of the kitchen with a tray full of M&M's sprinkled cookies.
"Raven! Shall you try our cookies? It is so tasteful!" Starfire exclaimed. She held out the tray.
"Our?" Raven asked.
"Yes! Ours: Robin helped with the cooking," Starfire told. She held out the tray. "You shall try." Raven nodded in everyone's happy mood and ate a cookie.
"This is better than all your other cookies. What'd you do to it?" Raven asked.
"Well, Robin-" The green eyed alien was cut off by Beastboy who grabbed a couple of handfuls and threw some in Cyborg's mouth.
"Probably did most of the work," Cyborg finished. He was munching on the cookies.
"Yes, and I will have to thank Robin for it," Starfire put the tray in Raven's hand and flew to the door way where a missile toe was hanging and bumped into a Robin. "Oh Robin! Thank you for helping me with the cookies." Beastboy and Cyborg chanted 'Kiss, kiss, kiss' over and over again.
"Kiss? For what?" Starfire asked.
"When two opposite genders are under a missile toe, they are forced to kiss," Raven informed. Starfire let out an 'Ohhh'.
"Then we shall kiss!" Starfire clapped her hands. Raven, not wanting to see any of this put down the tray as Cyborg and Beastboy fought over the biggest cookie. Starfire and Robin inched closer and each other's lips finally touched. Starfire giggled and clung onto Robin's arm. Robin felt a little awkward because he didn't have those special feelings for her but only played along.
"Geez, who are these from?" He noticed the five large wrapped boxes.
"They're from Raven," Beastboy said.
"She actually got us presents?" Cyborg asked.
"She always does."
"Well sorry! I forgot what she got me last Christmas!"
"She got you a game."
"Oh. yeah." Cyborg remembered. It was that racing game they always played. He turned on the TV and played that game again with Beastboy shaking his presents to try to figure it out. Starfire and Robin talked away into the night as Raven sat glum in her room, watching the city out of her window. She remembered she heard Robin whisper 'I love you' when she woke up finding him in her room but fell back to sleep. She wasn't pretending she was sleeping, she was too tired to keep her eyes open but she heard Robin and sensed his essence.
'If he loved me, why does he kiss Starfire?' Raven was jealous but cooled won after reading dark poetry. It was Christmas Eve's and everyone was cheery. Even if she thought celebrating was pointless, she'd come out once every hour to go check on their celebration. This time although she stayed out in the rec. room.
"Finally out? You want to grab something to-" Robin quizzed her.
"Eat? I'm not hungry, and even if I were, I'd have no intentions of gaining more weight," Raven returned her reply.
"Er- ok," Robin "You're already thin." Robin complimented. Raven blushed. She took a step back towards the door and headed out to the roof. No one ever complimented her on how nice she looked. Never. Robin was the first. She shook her head at the thought but ventured on some more about how Starfire always go the compliments.
Flash back
The group of teen fighting heroes just fought off a few burglars with extraordinary powers. They were at the bank and talking with the manager that they will see to it that no one ever tries to rob a bank without having being beaten first. Everyone seemed to be admiring Starfire's face and body but no one ever noticed Raven.
Jealousy.
"My, isn't she beautiful?" A lady pushing her 40's cried out in joy. Starfire was in the middle thanking them and laughing with them while everyone pushed Raven to the side to take a quite peek at the Tamaran Beauty.
"Your hair looks so soft and nice!" A man called out to her. They took many pictures of her as her orange skin glowed. Raven watched then teleported to the outside where the rest of the Teen Titans were waiting. She was supposed to wait for Starfire but it had been a mere 15 minutes when people started to notice her 'sweetness'. Finally after another hour and then they headed to towards home.
End Flash backs
Robin climbed the stairs to roof to find Raven sitting at the edge. The wind blew to her right side to cause her hair to be flying in this way and that. She looked down at the city. Christmas lights lit the city like it was on fire. Parties were being thrown but she knew, everyone knew, that after Christmas, one of the happiest times of the year for most, it would soon be over.
"Hi!" Robin smiled. The soft snow crushed beneath his feet. Raven turned around with such sad but envious eyes that it startled him.
"Don't you have Starfire to watch over?" she snipped through his good beginning of welcoming.
"Actually I wanted to spend time with you," he almost whispered. Raven didn't know this. He had gotten so much better at blocking people reading his mind unless he had his guard down but right now, his guard was up.
"Spend-time-with-me," she repeated slowly. Robin nodded and sat next to her. "What makes you want to?"
"Er- well- er- you should spend 'quality' with everyone here, and you probably start with-" Robin cut off in what Raven was about to say.
"You should spend time with Starfire; she's the one who likes you," she whispered in his ear, getting up walking to the door. Robin sprung up as well and stopped Raven in her tracks. She was halfway to the door when Robin stuck his hand out placing it on Raven's wrist.
"I don't like Starfire in that way, I only like her as a friend," Robin described. Raven stiffened her body at the new fact she just received. She lowered her head to the ground.
"You two kissed! Twice!" Raven shouted in truth. The boy wonder let go of her wrist and they stood facing each other, the girl's hand, clenched, the boy's head, looking down in defeat.
"It didn't mean that much to me," Robin broke the silence.
"But it did mean something to you," Raven told.
Silence.
"Well it would be better if it were from you!" he shouted.
Battle Commence.
"She likes you though! Don't hurt her!"
Defeat.
"I know that." Robin trailed off. He grabbed her wrists again and held tightly but not so tight that it burned her.
"I'm dark," Raven tried to get him away from her before he would hurt her.
"I like insane evil girls," Robin stepped closer.
Rooted Feet.
"You don't understand me," Raven let out.
"Then let me try."
Another step.
"But Starfire likes you a lot," Raven didn't know what else to say, she turned her head away from his face.
"ARGH! I KNOW YOU LOVE ME THOUGH! I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES! Geez! Do you think I'm blind!? You love me, Starfire only likes me! There's nothing wrong with you loving me! Tell me you love me. Give the whole routine a break already! I've known for weeks now and you still deny it!" Robin roared at her. Raven stood still, emotionless. "Just admit, ok!?" Robin was now grappling with her wrist. She wrenched it away and stared him in the eye. Being offended by what he just said, she raised her right arm and brought it down to his face, slapping him. He was now the one ashamed, he didn't mean for it to happen like this. He wanted to tell her he loved her while she was awake. She started to fly off as he kneeled and punched the ground, being angry with himself.
It was now their celebration dinner and Starfire and Beastboy were dancing to a few of his salsa songs. Beastboy tried to teach her how to but failed.
"Move over, I'll show you how a real man would dance with a fine lady," Cyborg shoved Beastboy to the ground and turned to one of his favorite song on the CD. Starfire looked mused over what he was doing. Being dressed up, Cyborg in his black suit and Starfire in a red strapless dress, danced to the song. Starfire got the hang of it when it was done. And with the last bit of ending to the song, Cyborg tipped Starfire over and laughed at Beastboy, almost dropping Starfire but held onto her. Beastboy widened his eyes at how well they danced.
"I could do better!" Beastboy lied. Cyborg huffed. Starfire placed her gloved arm-hand over her mouth to surpress a giggle.
"Wanna bet?!" Cyrborg leaned over Beastboy, who was now terrified. Just then, Robin walked in trying to look cheerful, red from embarrassment from what he did to Raven. He looked up at the Mistle Toes and glared at them, trying to burn it down. He didn't succeed and after a few hours a door bell rang. Since there was nothing better to do than watch Beastboy get jealous at Cyborg for dancing so well.
"Uhh-Hi," Robin greeted.
"I lo-l-love you, then."