Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, chapter twelve. Yay for me. I hope you guys like this and I also hoped I'm turning at least one person into a Raven/Robin fan. Enough of my mouth. Chapter twelve.
Chapter Twelve: Even the Worst Wounds Heal
Robin lowered Raven to her bed and she relaxed her head agenst the flat pillow again. Starfire tried to open her mouth, but didn't make a sound as she stared at Robin. Everyone else was just gawking at him, like he had bitten Raven or was a horrible monster. The nurse recovered the quickest. Even she was still a little shaky. "Miss Roth. You're awake. Good. Now, you have to eat something and get out of here soon." She turned to the titans. "It's been five minutes. Your friend requires my care. Come back tommorow. And, Robin, no kissing in my ward." Robin blushed and ran out of the room after his friends.
The group walked out, still stunned into silence, for which Robin was grateful. He wasn't sure how to explain what had happened in there to himself, let alone the others. Raven was finally awake, and she loved him. That was more than enough. He touched his hands to his lips, reliving the kiss, when Lecita spoke. "I'm glad to see Raven awake," she said, but there was a question to her voice.
"Me too," Robin said lightly. Lecita gave him a look, head cocked to one side. What, she thought, is going on in his head? Starfire saw him and...It's not my place to say anything, she told herself.
"What happened in there? Rave okay?" Cyborg looked at Robin, and noticed him touching his lips and then Starfire's expression. "Man, you okay?"
Robin looked up and formed the simplest explaination he could think of right now. "Raven is fine," he said, "but let's just say someone else is mad at me." He gave Starfire a look out of the corner of his eye, and Cyborg looked at Robin. Trying not to act shocked, he nodded.
"Are we going back to the tower?" Anna hoped to distract everyone from what had happened. Starfire wasn't ready to forget, however. She fixed Robin with a stare and began to cry.
"Robin, once you promised me forever. In the terms of Earth, I thought that we would be together until the day of our death. You were kissing Raven today. Please, what is going on?" Starfire fell agenst Beast Boy, who supported her shaking body, keeping her upright.
"Star...Star, things, people...Change. I think you and I have changed. I don't think we belong together anymore. Star, I think we should break up." Robin looked her straight in the eyes. Don't cry, don't blink, he told himself.
Starfire wiped a single tear from her pale cheek. She leaned futher agenst Beast Boy. I do not understand earth very well, she thought to herself, but I am almost certain that Robin and I are no longer together. She started to cry again, Beast Boy patting her shoulder almost mindlessly. What are you doing? he said to himself.
Cyborg sighed as they wheeled into the garage. Lecita said something to Starfire and Anna, and the three of them disappered up the stairs. Robin plunked himself down on the couch next to Cyborg, who was in the middle of a feirce race with Beast Boy. The two of them were betting and laughing. Robin felt glad that Beast Boy wasn't thinking about Terra, but, at the same time, felt his own thoughts drift back to Raven.
She had said she couldn't really show how much she loved him. Robin relised that outwardly displaying affection wasn't really what he wanted. He knew that she loved him, so why did he feel so low? He had to ask her how to deal with Starfire. What if I've ruined their friendship? They were best friends!
"Oh, ya!" Beast Boy stood up and grinned. "I belive you owe me twenty bucks, Cy." Smiling, Beast Boy held his hand out in Cyborg's face. Cyborg, muttering to himself, thrust twenty dollars into Beast Boy's hand.
Cyborg looked around. "At least no one saw that," he muttered cooly. Then he noticed Robin, who looked at them like they were from another planet, his face full of sadness. "Cheer up, man. She'll chill."
Robin sighed. "I guess." He walked upstairs and, yet again, flung himself across the bed. Listening to some vauge, quiet music, Robin sorted out his feelings. Raven's happiness was at the top, but then, so was Starfire understanding him. Robin groaned, rolled over, and slept until eight o' clock undisturbed.
Cyborg entered his friend's room and shook Robin by the shoulders. No wonder Raven doesn't let us in her room. She wants sleep, Robin thought to himself. "We're headed back to the hospital. We thought you would want to come. Did you kiss Rave or something?" Cyborg looked at Robin. He still didn't understand the scene in the car yesterday.
"Ya...We kissed and Star walked in...Cyborg, what am I going to have to do to make her understand me?" Robin looked at Cyborg. "Too much is happening at once..."
"I know, man. We can't worry about it too much, though." The two of them left Robin's room without another word. Starfire was between Lecita and Anna in the back seat. Robin climbed in next to Cyborg, trying to ignore the fact that Starfire was giving him an evil look. They drove on in a heavy silence, broken only by Lecita and Anna talking to one another and Beast Boy muttering to Starfire.
The same nurse, dressed in the same starched white clothing, was in the hall as they walked in. "Miss Roth has changed wards. You're visit has worked mircales. I'll take you there. Robin, kissing is not aloud in this ward either." Robin's face flushed as they followed the nurse. Starfire refused to look at him.
Raven was sitting up this time, reading a heavy horror novel that was from a fan. Her face was serious, but she relaxed her gaze on the book and turned to look at her friends as they walked in. "Hello." She marked her page. Everyone crowded around her bed and began talking at once, which made her say, "Calm down."
Anna and Lecita spoke first. "Raven," Anna said in a heavy voice, "Do you blame Lecita for your injury?" She knew Lecita wouldn't ask, so she asked for her. Anna had never been the kind to mess with her words to make someone happy.
"I don't blame either of you. I hope you didn't get that idea from my friends. I wanted to help you. If I got hurt, it's my fault I offered." Raven straighed out. Where, she thought, did she get the impression I hate her?
Lecita nodded and smiled. "Thank you, Raven. I was just so worried...It was my own thought." Lecita hugged Raven, and Raven sighed and hugged back. If these people don't quit hugging me, she thought, I'm going to have to hurt them. Lecita and Anna muttered something about going to get some coffee, which made everyone give them an odd look, and left.
Beast Boy moved forward. "So, are you okay?" He asked her, his eyes concered. Raven groaned inwardly. This has got to stop. I like Robin, but how can I tell Beast Boy...
"Beast, I'm okay. Please, get off me." His hand was laying on hers. "Please just find someone else. I'm not Terra. Please, don't try to pretend I'm Terra." Beast Boy looked at her and shook his head. He took his hand off hers and she relaxed.
"I know who you are, Raven. I'm just kinda...Well, I dumped you for Terra. I guess I thought I could just come back and make everything good again. You've moved on, though. I think I'll go down and have something to drink with Lecita." Still wondering how he could have been so stupid, Beast Boy headed out of the room.
Cyborg moved up to Raven and the two of them talked lightly about different things. For them, they were still friends. The fight, even though a few people had died, hadn't changed anything. Robin envyed Cyborg, who could talk to Raven and Starfire without guilt. Cyborg stood up and streched. "Well, see you later, Rave. Take care of yourself." She nodded and he left. Only then did Robin relise he was all alone with Starfire and Raven.
Starfire moved forward to Raven's side and began to talk to her quietly. "Raven, perhaps you and I are not still friends. Are we still friends?"
Raven gawked at her. "Look, I was stuck in your body once. I think that a little guy trouble shouldn't change anything between us. Starfire, unless you don't want to be friends, then we are."
Starfire hugged Raven, who almost died from lack of air. "Glorious! I wish to recite the poem of Friendship now." She relesed Raven, who rubbed her neck.
"How long is that one?" She asked lightly. Do people on that planet have a poem for everything? I think they might, she thought to herself. Starfire stopped reciting when she remembered Robin was there.
"This poem is only to be preformed in front of people who are friends. I cannot recite it for you now." Starfire turned and left. Raven couldn't figure out what she meant until she noticed that Robin was still there. "You two are still fighting?"
"Ya. Raven, what am I going to do? I like you, but I can't make her see that." Robin groaned in his mind again. Raven probably won't know, he thought.
"Even the worst wounds heal, Robin. She'll find someone else. Try again to make her understand, but don't worry too much if she doesn't. It'll be okay."
"Thanks, Raven." Sounds like she didn't know what to tell me, he added in his mind. he gave her a hug and she considered yelling at him, but let it go and hugged back. The nurse grabbed his shoulder.
"Getting ready to kiss again, are you? Miss Roth, I expected better. Get out, Robin. Your visiting time is up." She pushed him gently toward the door, and he could hear Raven pleading their case. Now to talk to Star, he thought. Oh, boy.
Raventhedarkgoddess: NO! Writers block in the middle of the chapter I was writing. I guess I'll just post what I have. Please review.
Chapter Twelve: Even the Worst Wounds Heal
Robin lowered Raven to her bed and she relaxed her head agenst the flat pillow again. Starfire tried to open her mouth, but didn't make a sound as she stared at Robin. Everyone else was just gawking at him, like he had bitten Raven or was a horrible monster. The nurse recovered the quickest. Even she was still a little shaky. "Miss Roth. You're awake. Good. Now, you have to eat something and get out of here soon." She turned to the titans. "It's been five minutes. Your friend requires my care. Come back tommorow. And, Robin, no kissing in my ward." Robin blushed and ran out of the room after his friends.
The group walked out, still stunned into silence, for which Robin was grateful. He wasn't sure how to explain what had happened in there to himself, let alone the others. Raven was finally awake, and she loved him. That was more than enough. He touched his hands to his lips, reliving the kiss, when Lecita spoke. "I'm glad to see Raven awake," she said, but there was a question to her voice.
"Me too," Robin said lightly. Lecita gave him a look, head cocked to one side. What, she thought, is going on in his head? Starfire saw him and...It's not my place to say anything, she told herself.
"What happened in there? Rave okay?" Cyborg looked at Robin, and noticed him touching his lips and then Starfire's expression. "Man, you okay?"
Robin looked up and formed the simplest explaination he could think of right now. "Raven is fine," he said, "but let's just say someone else is mad at me." He gave Starfire a look out of the corner of his eye, and Cyborg looked at Robin. Trying not to act shocked, he nodded.
"Are we going back to the tower?" Anna hoped to distract everyone from what had happened. Starfire wasn't ready to forget, however. She fixed Robin with a stare and began to cry.
"Robin, once you promised me forever. In the terms of Earth, I thought that we would be together until the day of our death. You were kissing Raven today. Please, what is going on?" Starfire fell agenst Beast Boy, who supported her shaking body, keeping her upright.
"Star...Star, things, people...Change. I think you and I have changed. I don't think we belong together anymore. Star, I think we should break up." Robin looked her straight in the eyes. Don't cry, don't blink, he told himself.
Starfire wiped a single tear from her pale cheek. She leaned futher agenst Beast Boy. I do not understand earth very well, she thought to herself, but I am almost certain that Robin and I are no longer together. She started to cry again, Beast Boy patting her shoulder almost mindlessly. What are you doing? he said to himself.
Cyborg sighed as they wheeled into the garage. Lecita said something to Starfire and Anna, and the three of them disappered up the stairs. Robin plunked himself down on the couch next to Cyborg, who was in the middle of a feirce race with Beast Boy. The two of them were betting and laughing. Robin felt glad that Beast Boy wasn't thinking about Terra, but, at the same time, felt his own thoughts drift back to Raven.
She had said she couldn't really show how much she loved him. Robin relised that outwardly displaying affection wasn't really what he wanted. He knew that she loved him, so why did he feel so low? He had to ask her how to deal with Starfire. What if I've ruined their friendship? They were best friends!
"Oh, ya!" Beast Boy stood up and grinned. "I belive you owe me twenty bucks, Cy." Smiling, Beast Boy held his hand out in Cyborg's face. Cyborg, muttering to himself, thrust twenty dollars into Beast Boy's hand.
Cyborg looked around. "At least no one saw that," he muttered cooly. Then he noticed Robin, who looked at them like they were from another planet, his face full of sadness. "Cheer up, man. She'll chill."
Robin sighed. "I guess." He walked upstairs and, yet again, flung himself across the bed. Listening to some vauge, quiet music, Robin sorted out his feelings. Raven's happiness was at the top, but then, so was Starfire understanding him. Robin groaned, rolled over, and slept until eight o' clock undisturbed.
Cyborg entered his friend's room and shook Robin by the shoulders. No wonder Raven doesn't let us in her room. She wants sleep, Robin thought to himself. "We're headed back to the hospital. We thought you would want to come. Did you kiss Rave or something?" Cyborg looked at Robin. He still didn't understand the scene in the car yesterday.
"Ya...We kissed and Star walked in...Cyborg, what am I going to have to do to make her understand me?" Robin looked at Cyborg. "Too much is happening at once..."
"I know, man. We can't worry about it too much, though." The two of them left Robin's room without another word. Starfire was between Lecita and Anna in the back seat. Robin climbed in next to Cyborg, trying to ignore the fact that Starfire was giving him an evil look. They drove on in a heavy silence, broken only by Lecita and Anna talking to one another and Beast Boy muttering to Starfire.
The same nurse, dressed in the same starched white clothing, was in the hall as they walked in. "Miss Roth has changed wards. You're visit has worked mircales. I'll take you there. Robin, kissing is not aloud in this ward either." Robin's face flushed as they followed the nurse. Starfire refused to look at him.
Raven was sitting up this time, reading a heavy horror novel that was from a fan. Her face was serious, but she relaxed her gaze on the book and turned to look at her friends as they walked in. "Hello." She marked her page. Everyone crowded around her bed and began talking at once, which made her say, "Calm down."
Anna and Lecita spoke first. "Raven," Anna said in a heavy voice, "Do you blame Lecita for your injury?" She knew Lecita wouldn't ask, so she asked for her. Anna had never been the kind to mess with her words to make someone happy.
"I don't blame either of you. I hope you didn't get that idea from my friends. I wanted to help you. If I got hurt, it's my fault I offered." Raven straighed out. Where, she thought, did she get the impression I hate her?
Lecita nodded and smiled. "Thank you, Raven. I was just so worried...It was my own thought." Lecita hugged Raven, and Raven sighed and hugged back. If these people don't quit hugging me, she thought, I'm going to have to hurt them. Lecita and Anna muttered something about going to get some coffee, which made everyone give them an odd look, and left.
Beast Boy moved forward. "So, are you okay?" He asked her, his eyes concered. Raven groaned inwardly. This has got to stop. I like Robin, but how can I tell Beast Boy...
"Beast, I'm okay. Please, get off me." His hand was laying on hers. "Please just find someone else. I'm not Terra. Please, don't try to pretend I'm Terra." Beast Boy looked at her and shook his head. He took his hand off hers and she relaxed.
"I know who you are, Raven. I'm just kinda...Well, I dumped you for Terra. I guess I thought I could just come back and make everything good again. You've moved on, though. I think I'll go down and have something to drink with Lecita." Still wondering how he could have been so stupid, Beast Boy headed out of the room.
Cyborg moved up to Raven and the two of them talked lightly about different things. For them, they were still friends. The fight, even though a few people had died, hadn't changed anything. Robin envyed Cyborg, who could talk to Raven and Starfire without guilt. Cyborg stood up and streched. "Well, see you later, Rave. Take care of yourself." She nodded and he left. Only then did Robin relise he was all alone with Starfire and Raven.
Starfire moved forward to Raven's side and began to talk to her quietly. "Raven, perhaps you and I are not still friends. Are we still friends?"
Raven gawked at her. "Look, I was stuck in your body once. I think that a little guy trouble shouldn't change anything between us. Starfire, unless you don't want to be friends, then we are."
Starfire hugged Raven, who almost died from lack of air. "Glorious! I wish to recite the poem of Friendship now." She relesed Raven, who rubbed her neck.
"How long is that one?" She asked lightly. Do people on that planet have a poem for everything? I think they might, she thought to herself. Starfire stopped reciting when she remembered Robin was there.
"This poem is only to be preformed in front of people who are friends. I cannot recite it for you now." Starfire turned and left. Raven couldn't figure out what she meant until she noticed that Robin was still there. "You two are still fighting?"
"Ya. Raven, what am I going to do? I like you, but I can't make her see that." Robin groaned in his mind again. Raven probably won't know, he thought.
"Even the worst wounds heal, Robin. She'll find someone else. Try again to make her understand, but don't worry too much if she doesn't. It'll be okay."
"Thanks, Raven." Sounds like she didn't know what to tell me, he added in his mind. he gave her a hug and she considered yelling at him, but let it go and hugged back. The nurse grabbed his shoulder.
"Getting ready to kiss again, are you? Miss Roth, I expected better. Get out, Robin. Your visiting time is up." She pushed him gently toward the door, and he could hear Raven pleading their case. Now to talk to Star, he thought. Oh, boy.
Raventhedarkgoddess: NO! Writers block in the middle of the chapter I was writing. I guess I'll just post what I have. Please review.