Chapter Two :: A Stolen Kiss

The next few days went by alright. Robin found himself staring at Raven more often and so he took to locking himself in his bedroom, or the evidence room as a way to escape his thoughts. There were a few light robberies, but nothing serious, or time consuming. Later in the week they decided to spend two days fixing up the training course. In the process they added 6 more levels of difficulty to it.

Yes, things seemed to be fine. Until Friday that is. Star had talked them team into a movie night and volunteered BB and Cy to go with her to rent the movies. Robin had decided to stay home to straighten out the television room and hook up the surround sound again (since BB had broken it when he tried to re-wire the VCR). Raven wanted to finish the last few chapters of her current book.

So the team was out and much to Robin's dismay, he was left alone with the cold little gothic girl. She sat on the couch reading her novel while Robin fiddled with wires, trying his best not to let his gaze wander over to her. He tried so hard, but his eyes were like magnets to her body. He couldn't help but look at her. She was glowing with beauty. He hadn't looked at her long enough to see it. He hadn't taken the time to see the sparkle her eyes gave off when she was really getting into something (the climax of the book must've been in full effect), he hadn't noticed how dainty her hands were. She looked so girlish and innocent sitting there, her legs laying straight across the couch, her back against the arm rest.

She felt his eyes on her, and glanced over when she turned the page. He felt his face turn warm as he looked away back to the wires that he noticed he had only tangled up.

'He keeps looking at me like that. But why? What have I done?' Something was definitely different about Robin. He wasn't himself. She could sense it. He had lost so much of his control. He was acting strangely. And oddly, she felt herself caring. 'Why am I so intent on thinking about what might be wrong with him? Why does it matter so much?'

She had been feeling odd. She had been thinking of Robin a lot these days. The thought of it frightened her so she had been burying herself in her books to keep her mind off him. He had been acting oddly around her for a few weeks and she had been feeling odd because of it. Robin had always given her a tingly feeling under her skin. Walking past him would make her nervous. He was handsome, and very strong. Granted, he had no real powers of his own, but he was still powerful. He was smart, and kind, the type of guy any girl could easily fall in love with. She had often thought that he would have been dating Star already, but he wasn't. She had asked Star about it once before. Star had told her she liked Robin, but would never wish to date him. He was just too serious and headstrong for her. He couldn't give her the attention she wanted. But he had never asked her for a date, so she didn't feel it would matter.

But why was Raven caring about what type of boyfriend Robin would be? She didn't like him. Did she? She couldn't like him, there just was no way. It couldn't be possible. She was very attracted to him. But she needed to keep her emotions in check. And there was just no way that they could be together. Not like he would be interested in her anyway. But then again, he was staring at her again. Why was he looking at her like that? Why did his eyes always seem to wander towards her lately? She couldn't take it anymore.

"What?"

Robin jumped lightly, realizing he had been staring at her for a little over 3 minutes.

"What do you mean?" he asked looking away and blushing profusely.

"You keep staring at me. Do I have something on my face?"

He shook his head vigorously, trying his best to keep his eyes on the wires so she wouldn't see how red his face was becoming.

"Whatever" she said before getting up off the couch, placing her book on the coffee table.

Robin snapped out of what he was doing and stood up, some of the blood drained from his face causing him to look a bit pale. He began walking towards her. He didn't know where she was going, but he didn't want her to leave.

"Where are you going Raven?" he asked her, trying not to sound suspicious.

"To get some Tea. Want some?" She replied without even glancing at him. If he didn't want to tell her what was going on, then she wasn't going to mess with it.

"Sure. Here, let me help out." He replied while getting the tea kettle out of the cabinet.

"Erm... Ok." she went over and turned on the stove while he filled the kettle with water. He was standing very close to her and she felt a little uncomfortable. She turned around to place the tea bags next to the stove and tripped over his foot.

He caught her, but he didn't let go. He was holding her around her back, his arms slowly reaching further around, pulling her tighter towards him. She looked up at his face, not sure what was going on. He was looking deep into her eyes. He had that look again, that same look in his eyes he had had for the past few weeks. What was this look? What did it mean? Before she had to time to figure out answers to them, she felt his lips press up against hers. It took her by surprise, but she didn't pull away. She looked at his face to see his closed eyes, and felt his arms wrap around her tighter. His lips were warm and inviting and she felt herself leaning into the kiss, accepting it. The moment seemed to last a lot longer than they thought it had. Finally the whistle of the tea kettle pulled them apart.

She looked into his face when he pulled away, slightly confused, yet somehow very pleased. He looked into her eyes and began to blush profusely.

"Erm..I-I-I...Err... Um... Sorry." He stammered before rushing off to finish messing with the surround sound.

'He kissed me.' Was the only thing she could get to run through her head. She poured herself some tea and was walking back towards the couch when the rest of the titans came bursting in.

"Friend Robin! Friend Raven! We have brought films to be watched on the night of movies! Beast Boy even brought home popping corn for the eating of the junk food!" Starfire exclaimed, seeming quite proud of herself.

The team sat down to begin the movie night. Robin and Raven sat on complete different sides of the room from each other. Every now and then they would catch each other looking at one another. Raven couldn't handle it. She couldn't sit there so confused. After the first movie was over she faked a headache and went upstairs to her bedroom. Shortly afterwards Robin claimed he was tired and went up to his room. He needed to think. The other team members bid him goodnight before skipping past the previews for the horror film they had just put in the DVD player.

Why had he kissed her? What came over him? Why did he do that? 'Stupid stupid stupid! You just screwed things up Robin. Now she isn't going to want to talk to you, you've scared her away.' he thought to himself. He stopped short in front of her bedroom door. He wanted to badly to knock on it, have her come out. He wasn't sure what he wanted more; to hold her in his arms, and kiss her till the morning came, or if he wished to say he was sorry for what had happened. What was coming over him?

He walked off towards his room with a sigh and decided to try to get some sleep. He kept waking up throughout the night. He would wake up from dreams of Raven. He would always shake them off and return to his slumber, but around 5am he sat up in his bed, a shocked expression on his face.

"I love her!"