Chapter 13: Fantasy
A/N** Even though everyone made their new Teen Titans home at the Cartoon section, I'd like to thank everyone for their reviews!!!!!! **MUAH!!** Lol. umm... Yeah. I'll be writing more Teen Titan fics at the Cartoon Section
after this. ^__^
As Raven stepped by the trees out side, (it was three days after she began the cold), she bit her lip in process then picked up a handful of snow. She threw it up and let her 'Happy' side show, laughing as if she was a child. With out realizing it, her happiness levitated her self as well as all the lumps of snow, making it pop, scattering all the flakes back to the snow. She then twirled around with her eyes closed, forcing a light winter wind to pick up and created a whirl wind of snow and leaves. Raven joyfully sighed and set her self down.
She started thinking what Robin told her.
Flashback
"Do you know what would happen to me if- if you ever got hurt? Do you know how I'd feel?"
End Flashback
She blushed at that quote. Sitting on a branch high above the ground, she mumbled it over and over again, re-playing the scene over again as she said those words. How could she have not said anything? She couldn't just. just. just tell him that she loved him? It seemed like it was the perfect timing, but perhaps it wasn't the prefect place. After all, it was kind of creepy, with books and statues everywhere. The only thing that did bring hope in her room was the candles.
Of course she told him she loved him before being completely brain-washed, but that didn't count. And of course, she meant it with all her heart, but that didn't count either.
She wanted her love to be out of comfort, not force. Raven watched Cyborg and Beastboy roughing it out in the ways of a video game while Starfire followed an impatient and worried Robin around.
Raven stepped at the edge of the branch, floating her body while her toes touched the edge, careful not to break it. She then jumped, head first, her gray scarf displaced itself from her slender neck and trailed behind her as she turned the other way, grabbing the scarf and landing on her feet. When she headed inside, Robin rushed up to her and put a hand on her forehead, checking her temper, a bowl in his other hand.
"Didn't I tell you to get rest?" Robin asked as if he was her older brother. She blinked twice and pushed past his shoulder, ignoring him. He stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder. He held out the bowl. "Umm. Starfire made this 'fever pudding'. It's supposed to help cure your. cold."
"I'm not sick. I'll be fine," she repeated. She took the bowl from him and walked over to the bathroom toilet to flush it down. Robin denied what she was doing and took it back.
"It's supposed to help you!" Robin cried out. She only tried to take it again, but he backed away, took a spoonful and shoved it in her throat. She scrunched up her face in disgust and almost spit it out in the toilet bowl. Robin recognized her behavior and covered her mouth, pressing his palm tightly against her lips. She was about to spit it out on him too. "Good, now swallow." Raven obeyed.
"This is humiliating," she said as Beastboy walked by, laughing at them. She pushed past Robin once more and kicked Beastboy in the shin, causing a glare effect to happen. Robin followed her through out the day, making sure she was swallowing what he thrusted into her mouth. When the bowl was empty he left her alone and went to play video games.
Meanwhile, Raven stayed in her room, looking through all her other gifts. She put her books in the unread section of the book case, her new Goth CD's in the Gothic section of her room and her diary. Under her pillow so that no one could read her thoughts.
She looked at the corner of diary sticking out. Raven pulled it out and opened it, reliving her feelings, reading the first entry from that morning. She then wrote some more in it, trying not to sound too depressed or too perky at the same time.
December 25, 2003
The fever got to me. I have a head ache, but I'm fine. Robin doesn't believe me.
I can tell from other's eyes that it's obvious that my feelings for him are true, but it's not the time-
Raven's headache grew suddenly horrible and throbbed through her head, her cheeks scarlet from coughing and suddenly she fainted. She fell forward on her bed and her pen ran a line through the page. Starfire knocked on the door just right after she did.
"Raven? Hello? Are you in here?" Starfire flew through the open doors. Her note held close to her chest, she continued, "I wanted to talk to you about a note. I have found it on the floor. it contains a message from Robin. Raven? RAVEN!" Starfire gasped and rushed up to the telekinetic. She shook her shoulders vigorously. "Raven!?" Starfire picked Raven up and carried her body to the couch.
"Oh yeah! I'm gonna get you!" Cyborg yelled before Starfire blasting him off the couch.
"Sorry, friend, but Raven is hurt!" Starfire nervously smiled. She smiled at Beastboy who was also on the couch and jumped off. Starfire gently laid Raven down. Robin sat on the ground by Raven and kept silent. They inspected her forehead and Robin was the first to reach the phone when they called their personal doctor.
"Raven's sick and we wanted you to check her," Robin calmly said. He was frantic inside. Raven never passed out on her own (except when she lost energy to fight). The doctor agreed and arrived shortly after.
"Where is she?" the doctor interrogated. He pushed past all of them and rushed over. For a few minutes, he checked her temperature and blood pressure. "She has a very high fever, umm, pneumonia if you will. Just give her plenty of warmth, liquids and have her take these antibiotic pills every 6 hours and call me when her symptoms get worse or better. If her nails or lips ever turn blue or gray, call me about that too. Will talk about the bill, later and call me in the next hour or so.. Here's my number." He scribbled out all the information they wanted and they scribbled out all the information that they could answer about Raven.
"When's Raven's birthday?" Beastboy asked. Cyborg shrugged.
"Where was Raven born?" Cyborg continued.
"Azarath!" Starfire glumly exclaimed. Cyborg raised an eyebrow and shrugged his shoulders at Beastboy who was also confused and wrote it down.
Hours later, Raven awoke, shivering. Robin carried her to his room since her room was always cold. He turned up the temperature and threw the extra blankets on her. He boiled hot tea and left it by her bedside, always pouring it out and refilling it every time the cup became cold.
"You-You don't. ha-have to d-do-ddo thi-th-this for m-me," Raven quivered. Robin shoved the tea in her hands and forced her to drink. Several days passed and the doctor came in and out of their tower checking on everyone.
In a matter of days, (they skipped celebrating News Year but they did have a fancy dinner which Beastboy and Robin made), Raven's lips turned from blue to rosy and her shivering almost went away but on several occasions she would shiver. Her vomiting ceased and her appetite improved.
"Looks like you're getting better, Raven," the doctor spoke. Raven nodded. "Just a few more days probably and you'll be better. Just don't go out to fight or anything. Repeat what you did over these days and you'll be fine! Ok?"
"Thank you," she coughed. The doctor gave her warm water and placed a wool blanket over her shoulders. A knock came at her door after the doctor left.
"It is I, Starfire," she pronounced. Raven welcomed her in. "Are you alright?" Raven nodded. "Well, um. I would like to speak with you..."
"About what?" Raven asked.
"This message from Robin," Starfire held it between her index and middle finger. Raven grabbed it and read it.
"When was this?" Raven asked.
"I thought you knew!" Starfire protested.
Raven sighed. When did it pop out of hiding? It was dated on Christmas. but.
"Ok, tell me what exactly happened?" Raven clenched her fists together. Starfire stepped a few paces back just in case, with her arms in front of her.
"Well, I found it on the ground in the hallway! I was curious, as we say on earth, and I have read it! I am terribly sorry! Please forgive me, Raven!!!" Starfire closed her fingers on each other and squeezed her eyes shut. Raven only eyed her suspiciously.
"Is that all you did?" the hanyou quizzed. Starfire nodded her head so fast she got a whiplash. "Then you are forgiven." Raven whispered now, helping it to calm her anger.
"But, I have another question!" Starfire stated.
"What is the question?" Raven cross-examined.
"Are you in love?"
"In. love?" Raven repeated to herself.
"With Robin?" Starfire's eyes watered up. Raven furiously blushed.
"I'm in love with-"
"So you are in love with him!!" Starfire accused, pointing another finger at her. Raven pushed it away.
"Like I said, I'm in love with no one."
Lies. She told those to herself all the time, trying to make herself feel better.
"But-" Starfire began.
"He's all yours," Raven's heart began to ache as Starfire hugged her and ran out to Robin. She heard their conversation. She never really wanted Starfire to be sad, even if people thought they weren't friends, but she just wanted her and Robin to be happy. He didn't love her anyways. Or so she thought. She never heard him say anything about love to her. He never really said anything but how he cared about her. He also cared about Starfire. He hugged her and kissed her plenty of times. You could say they were together, almost married, already in love.
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Starfire ran up to Robin who was walking down the halls. She was so happy, she almost shimmered. Robin laughed.
"Why are you so happy?" Robin laughed again.
"Raven said she didn't love you!!! So we may be together now!" Starfire proclaimed, making him hers. She hugged him. "I love you, Robin!"
"R-Raven s-said. she didn't l-love m-m-e?" Robin's heart throbbed with pain. A tear almost slid down, but he swallowed it back, leaving a heavy lump in his throat. "I mean, of course she doesn't." he said to himself.
"Nope! We shall now go on a date!" Starfire kissed him on the cheek. "Where shall we go first? The movies?! Oh my! It's so exciting!"
"Sure." he managed to convene out. Did Raven really think that? Or was she playing a game of love with him? Or maybe she really didn't love him. Could ha have been fooled all this time? But she did confess her love. Or was this a cruel joke?
Flashback
It was after Robin and Raven had their little fight.
"Wanna bet?!" Cyborg 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 Missile 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."
End Flashbacks
"Let's go right, now," Robin ordered Starfire. She leaped in delight and dressed up. He decided that his and Raven's past experiences together were nothing but a fantasy.
A/N** Even though everyone made their new Teen Titans home at the Cartoon section, I'd like to thank everyone for their reviews!!!!!! **MUAH!!** Lol. umm... Yeah. I'll be writing more Teen Titan fics at the Cartoon Section
after this. ^__^
As Raven stepped by the trees out side, (it was three days after she began the cold), she bit her lip in process then picked up a handful of snow. She threw it up and let her 'Happy' side show, laughing as if she was a child. With out realizing it, her happiness levitated her self as well as all the lumps of snow, making it pop, scattering all the flakes back to the snow. She then twirled around with her eyes closed, forcing a light winter wind to pick up and created a whirl wind of snow and leaves. Raven joyfully sighed and set her self down.
She started thinking what Robin told her.
Flashback
"Do you know what would happen to me if- if you ever got hurt? Do you know how I'd feel?"
End Flashback
She blushed at that quote. Sitting on a branch high above the ground, she mumbled it over and over again, re-playing the scene over again as she said those words. How could she have not said anything? She couldn't just. just. just tell him that she loved him? It seemed like it was the perfect timing, but perhaps it wasn't the prefect place. After all, it was kind of creepy, with books and statues everywhere. The only thing that did bring hope in her room was the candles.
Of course she told him she loved him before being completely brain-washed, but that didn't count. And of course, she meant it with all her heart, but that didn't count either.
She wanted her love to be out of comfort, not force. Raven watched Cyborg and Beastboy roughing it out in the ways of a video game while Starfire followed an impatient and worried Robin around.
Raven stepped at the edge of the branch, floating her body while her toes touched the edge, careful not to break it. She then jumped, head first, her gray scarf displaced itself from her slender neck and trailed behind her as she turned the other way, grabbing the scarf and landing on her feet. When she headed inside, Robin rushed up to her and put a hand on her forehead, checking her temper, a bowl in his other hand.
"Didn't I tell you to get rest?" Robin asked as if he was her older brother. She blinked twice and pushed past his shoulder, ignoring him. He stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder. He held out the bowl. "Umm. Starfire made this 'fever pudding'. It's supposed to help cure your. cold."
"I'm not sick. I'll be fine," she repeated. She took the bowl from him and walked over to the bathroom toilet to flush it down. Robin denied what she was doing and took it back.
"It's supposed to help you!" Robin cried out. She only tried to take it again, but he backed away, took a spoonful and shoved it in her throat. She scrunched up her face in disgust and almost spit it out in the toilet bowl. Robin recognized her behavior and covered her mouth, pressing his palm tightly against her lips. She was about to spit it out on him too. "Good, now swallow." Raven obeyed.
"This is humiliating," she said as Beastboy walked by, laughing at them. She pushed past Robin once more and kicked Beastboy in the shin, causing a glare effect to happen. Robin followed her through out the day, making sure she was swallowing what he thrusted into her mouth. When the bowl was empty he left her alone and went to play video games.
Meanwhile, Raven stayed in her room, looking through all her other gifts. She put her books in the unread section of the book case, her new Goth CD's in the Gothic section of her room and her diary. Under her pillow so that no one could read her thoughts.
She looked at the corner of diary sticking out. Raven pulled it out and opened it, reliving her feelings, reading the first entry from that morning. She then wrote some more in it, trying not to sound too depressed or too perky at the same time.
December 25, 2003
The fever got to me. I have a head ache, but I'm fine. Robin doesn't believe me.
I can tell from other's eyes that it's obvious that my feelings for him are true, but it's not the time-
Raven's headache grew suddenly horrible and throbbed through her head, her cheeks scarlet from coughing and suddenly she fainted. She fell forward on her bed and her pen ran a line through the page. Starfire knocked on the door just right after she did.
"Raven? Hello? Are you in here?" Starfire flew through the open doors. Her note held close to her chest, she continued, "I wanted to talk to you about a note. I have found it on the floor. it contains a message from Robin. Raven? RAVEN!" Starfire gasped and rushed up to the telekinetic. She shook her shoulders vigorously. "Raven!?" Starfire picked Raven up and carried her body to the couch.
"Oh yeah! I'm gonna get you!" Cyborg yelled before Starfire blasting him off the couch.
"Sorry, friend, but Raven is hurt!" Starfire nervously smiled. She smiled at Beastboy who was also on the couch and jumped off. Starfire gently laid Raven down. Robin sat on the ground by Raven and kept silent. They inspected her forehead and Robin was the first to reach the phone when they called their personal doctor.
"Raven's sick and we wanted you to check her," Robin calmly said. He was frantic inside. Raven never passed out on her own (except when she lost energy to fight). The doctor agreed and arrived shortly after.
"Where is she?" the doctor interrogated. He pushed past all of them and rushed over. For a few minutes, he checked her temperature and blood pressure. "She has a very high fever, umm, pneumonia if you will. Just give her plenty of warmth, liquids and have her take these antibiotic pills every 6 hours and call me when her symptoms get worse or better. If her nails or lips ever turn blue or gray, call me about that too. Will talk about the bill, later and call me in the next hour or so.. Here's my number." He scribbled out all the information they wanted and they scribbled out all the information that they could answer about Raven.
"When's Raven's birthday?" Beastboy asked. Cyborg shrugged.
"Where was Raven born?" Cyborg continued.
"Azarath!" Starfire glumly exclaimed. Cyborg raised an eyebrow and shrugged his shoulders at Beastboy who was also confused and wrote it down.
Hours later, Raven awoke, shivering. Robin carried her to his room since her room was always cold. He turned up the temperature and threw the extra blankets on her. He boiled hot tea and left it by her bedside, always pouring it out and refilling it every time the cup became cold.
"You-You don't. ha-have to d-do-ddo thi-th-this for m-me," Raven quivered. Robin shoved the tea in her hands and forced her to drink. Several days passed and the doctor came in and out of their tower checking on everyone.
In a matter of days, (they skipped celebrating News Year but they did have a fancy dinner which Beastboy and Robin made), Raven's lips turned from blue to rosy and her shivering almost went away but on several occasions she would shiver. Her vomiting ceased and her appetite improved.
"Looks like you're getting better, Raven," the doctor spoke. Raven nodded. "Just a few more days probably and you'll be better. Just don't go out to fight or anything. Repeat what you did over these days and you'll be fine! Ok?"
"Thank you," she coughed. The doctor gave her warm water and placed a wool blanket over her shoulders. A knock came at her door after the doctor left.
"It is I, Starfire," she pronounced. Raven welcomed her in. "Are you alright?" Raven nodded. "Well, um. I would like to speak with you..."
"About what?" Raven asked.
"This message from Robin," Starfire held it between her index and middle finger. Raven grabbed it and read it.
"When was this?" Raven asked.
"I thought you knew!" Starfire protested.
Raven sighed. When did it pop out of hiding? It was dated on Christmas. but.
"Ok, tell me what exactly happened?" Raven clenched her fists together. Starfire stepped a few paces back just in case, with her arms in front of her.
"Well, I found it on the ground in the hallway! I was curious, as we say on earth, and I have read it! I am terribly sorry! Please forgive me, Raven!!!" Starfire closed her fingers on each other and squeezed her eyes shut. Raven only eyed her suspiciously.
"Is that all you did?" the hanyou quizzed. Starfire nodded her head so fast she got a whiplash. "Then you are forgiven." Raven whispered now, helping it to calm her anger.
"But, I have another question!" Starfire stated.
"What is the question?" Raven cross-examined.
"Are you in love?"
"In. love?" Raven repeated to herself.
"With Robin?" Starfire's eyes watered up. Raven furiously blushed.
"I'm in love with-"
"So you are in love with him!!" Starfire accused, pointing another finger at her. Raven pushed it away.
"Like I said, I'm in love with no one."
Lies. She told those to herself all the time, trying to make herself feel better.
"But-" Starfire began.
"He's all yours," Raven's heart began to ache as Starfire hugged her and ran out to Robin. She heard their conversation. She never really wanted Starfire to be sad, even if people thought they weren't friends, but she just wanted her and Robin to be happy. He didn't love her anyways. Or so she thought. She never heard him say anything about love to her. He never really said anything but how he cared about her. He also cared about Starfire. He hugged her and kissed her plenty of times. You could say they were together, almost married, already in love.
___________________________________
Starfire ran up to Robin who was walking down the halls. She was so happy, she almost shimmered. Robin laughed.
"Why are you so happy?" Robin laughed again.
"Raven said she didn't love you!!! So we may be together now!" Starfire proclaimed, making him hers. She hugged him. "I love you, Robin!"
"R-Raven s-said. she didn't l-love m-m-e?" Robin's heart throbbed with pain. A tear almost slid down, but he swallowed it back, leaving a heavy lump in his throat. "I mean, of course she doesn't." he said to himself.
"Nope! We shall now go on a date!" Starfire kissed him on the cheek. "Where shall we go first? The movies?! Oh my! It's so exciting!"
"Sure." he managed to convene out. Did Raven really think that? Or was she playing a game of love with him? Or maybe she really didn't love him. Could ha have been fooled all this time? But she did confess her love. Or was this a cruel joke?
Flashback
It was after Robin and Raven had their little fight.
"Wanna bet?!" Cyborg 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 Missile 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."
End Flashbacks
"Let's go right, now," Robin ordered Starfire. She leaped in delight and dressed up. He decided that his and Raven's past experiences together were nothing but a fantasy.