Author's note: Whew...Ok I know it's been a while...and I've been bummed out for a while so...forgive me if this is not so good... on with the fic... I don't think it'll be as funny... cold weather always makes me write icky mushy stuff or angsty sometimes so please bear with me...dumb title too...anyways..on with the fic...oh I said that already... (- -)
To Dark Weezing: I'd like to thank you for the the comments you gave me... And I thought of Raven as a more... Zen-ish type than a goth so I went for simplicity on the pendant.... my mistake... I'll be sure to remember that later on... I wish I could add more depth but...I'm not that good of a writer... I just type and it flows (T T)... but I will try. Thanks again ( ) I look forward to reading your fic...( )
Chapter 9: Long View
Raven perched on the roof again... She's always there now. Not just for meditating. But...she just stays there.
Beast Boy made a comment of turning her room into a bachelor pad considering she sometimes (according to him) "roosted" on the roof... which got him a deathglare and a sore backside for a while...
Raven no longer wore a long cloak... Her new limbs simply wouldn't allow it. She had it shortened to more of a hooded muffler. Her suit had to be backless to adjust to her new form...but she was still the same Raven... to Robin anyway.
Robin watched her sit down and fold her wings back. She turned her head to him... her blood red eyes gestured him to take a seat next to her... He accepted the invitation without hesitation.
It was now an early November afternoon... the trees were now blackened skeletons of their once life-filled appearance. The wind had grown colder. The skies threatened to shower the city in frozen tears that would fall ever so slowly... but it was beautiful... as she was to him...
It's been a week since he flew with her...in her arms. Her wings brought them a view of the city like no other... and he will always remember that day... when an angel brought him out of himself...He had been dying for her eversince he noticed her turmoil after the incident with Dr. Light... but then again, he was thankful for that event...otherwise, Raven might have never "come around" to show herself a little more. He remembered the last time he went after Slade, she always restrained him. He did get jealous, though he would never show it, whenever she and Beast Boy would trade smiles... even small ones, a slight touch, eye contact...even if it were a death glare from Raven's amethyst eyes... he would have gladly been blasted to God knows where by that death glare... but that didn't matter... her firey eyes buried him underneath his own slice of heaven whenever she turned her eyes to him...
"Robin...?"
His train of thought had been interrupted by her voice... and the warmth of her hand covering his own.
"Yeah...?"
"I think we should be heading back in... it's getting pretty cold."
"Really? I didn't notice..."
"...How could you not notice? Your hands are freezing... and your nose is red." She sneered.
Then he noticed... and made an effort to cover the tip of his nose...
"...dang it...I hate it when that happens."
Raven reached up to his hands and pulled them down to uncover his blush...of embarassment as well as cold... She slowly began to close the gap between their faces... He took in a sharp breath... she stopped only milimeters away from his face...and gave his nose a slight pinch with her right hand....
"Ow! Hey!..."
Robin glared at her from his mask and ruffled his hands in her hair "returning the favor"... He expected a death glare any second now. Raven had a different glare this time... annoying, playful, mischievous... her hair was messy but even then...the way they fell around her features, hightened them even more...they made her red eyes dance like fire and made him think of seeing that look in a different situation... well...it's not that annoying anymore now is it?
"Come on... wouldn't want to catch your death out here..." She got up and offered her hand to him in a manly manner... which he took in a very lady-like manner...
"...You're even better at being femenine than I am... "
"Let's keep that between us..."
They entered the common room to find a sleeping Starfire in the arms of a sleeping Beast Boy... they both had a serious horror movie marathon last night and were plopped dead on the couch. Cyborg was in the gym... playing loud R&B and Hip Hop music as always... Robin had no desire to wake or disturb any of his comrades and he could tell, neither did Raven. They quietly made their way to the kitchen. Robin sat down and watched Raven make them herbal tea, taking in every detail of her movements...
"Staring IS rude..."
"So is peeping into people's thoughts.."
"I did no such thing... you were quite obvious...wouldn't even need powers to see that." She said as she sat down across him with the tea tray in hand.
"I like the view... is it so wrong?" He said with a smirk while she poured him a cup.
"Maybe." Her wings moved slightly... he noticed she does that whenever she was uncomfortable.
"And why is that?" He took a sip from his cup keeping his eyes locked on her.
"I'm just not used to the attention..." She took a sip from her cup... never looking up to grant him a view of her eyes.
"I think you ARE used to the attention. You just need to start getting used to LIKING the attention." He gave her a mischievous grin.
"...you really do annoy me." Death glare.
"I know and you know why..." Bigger grin.
"...fine...you win. For now." she returned to her tea.
For now? Whatever happened to just plain 'shut up'... Robin's thoughts began to wonder on just how she was going to win over him. Whatever witty attack she may have for him next time, he would be ready...he always was. Though she did have a tone in her voice that was unfamiliar...
"Excuse for interrupting you two...but even I need water..." Cyborg had entered the kitchen and had grabbed a glass for water.
Everyone else in the tower were utterly shocked to find that they were now a couple...except Starfire. They were both talented at keeping secrets so most of the other members were blind to what they felt for each other all this time. Robin was thankful that no bad blood happened between Beast Boy and him... Raven had informed him of Beast Boy's inclination towards Starfire which brought him a load of relief...
"S'alright." Robin had nearly finished his tea... Raven had finished and stood up walking away...
Before he could ask her where she was going and why...she turned her head to Robin.
"I'll be in my room..." then she continued walking.
There was that tone again... it wasn't dripping with the desire of being left alone like it always did. It sounded more like...an invitation. Raven may read thoughts but Robin had been trained to detect even the slightest changes in certain things...his own way of reading minds. Then it occured to him... he was the only one in the tower that hasn't seen Raven's room... so he figured...
' I'll drop by later....'
"So...how's everything going?" Cyborg looked at him with a very stupid looking grin on his face.
"As it should be." Robin finished his tea.
"Gee...you make it sound like a bad thing." Cyborg joked.
"Good morning friends!!!" Starfire had awakened.
"...uh Star... it's afternoon..." Cyborg stated.
"Oh...i see we were asleep for the morning..."
"-yawn- what's for breakfast?" Beast Boy entered the kitchen scratching his head.
Robin took this as the right time to leave... he wanted to be somewhere else with someone else. Raven was definately waiting...this he knew...he didn't know how but he somehow felt that...or maybe he was just telling himself that. His steps lead him to where his mind and body led him on... He was outside her door. Before he could even knock, the door opened and there stood Raven...
"... need something?" She was still as cold as always...even to him.
The way she stood there with her arms crossed over her chest, wings folded back and a few strands of hair falling over her magma stare... her uniform replaced by a pair of jeans and a black backless top...she had to get used to wearing those to get comfortable...not that he minded the view... with her pendant hovering over her chest...made him speak his mind...
"More like want." He smirked when he noticed her face change color... mind isn't the right word for this... I'd think more like testosterone.
"You don't NEED anything... you can do without wants." She glared at him playfully. She was playing hard to get...isn't that cute?
"Maybe so, but wanting something bad enough, like a drug, would get you addicted and dependant... making it become a need." He was getting impatient. He knew she knew this.
"Well...I guess you're gonna have to go through rehab and live with the withdrawal symptoms for a while." Evil...pure utter evil.
"Fine... can I join you then in whatever it is you're doing in there." He gave up...for now.
"I was meditating... and yes, feel free. Come in." He stepped into her room. The decorations were a bit... odd for a teenage girl but they suited her well. Antiquity always suited her best. It was dark and brooding except for a few lit candles...but he didn't care. It was her.
She motioned for him to sit next to her and began to take her postition.
"Do as I do... find your center...and 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos...' " She closed her eyes when she began to chant.
He just watched her.
"You know, this isn't going to work..." He stated.
She opened her eyes...
"And why is that...?"
"It's kind of...difficult to focus with you...looking like that."
"That's why you 'close your eyes' ..."
He thought his through for a moment... he didn't want to take this that far just yet...but as Ben Harper once sang 'I always had to steal my kisses form you."
She turned her back to him and began to chant once more...
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos"
He got a good look at her wings... how her black feathers were neatly arranged and glistened in the candles' light... and the slope of her back that trailed to where her neck began... unconsciously, his hand reached out to the source of his fascination... He placed his fingers on the back of her neck...and slowly, ever so slowly slid them down her back in a feather-light motion to where her jeans ended the show of her flesh...She stopped chanting at that and inhaled sharply...her wings folded away from his touch...revealing more of her skin... He put both his hands through the journey from the small of her back... to her neck and shoulders...massaging them gently... she let her head droop a little bit, feeling her muscles relax. He put his mouth near her ear and inhaled her scent...
'Lavender' He smiled as he placed a kiss on her lobe... which made her head lean back towards him... he continued his assault on her senses then suddenly stopped.
"...God I hate you..." She muttered... her lamp began to shake.
"You can live with the withdrawal symptoms for a while..." He returned with a smirk.
She pulled away from his embrace and turned to face him... She put her hands to his mask... but hesitated...He placed his hands on her wrists and urged her to remove his bind.
He closed his eyes as he felt the grip of his mask leave him... and the warmth of her hands returned to his cheek... He slowly lifted his lids to meet her blazing orbs... and found her smiling; staring at his own eyes as if she were watching that sunrise all over again.
"...Now that's a nice view." She whispered before closing the gap between their faces... this time, she didn't pinch his nose.
He saw her eyes drift shut as she moved closer... He closed his in return, letting his blindness build up the anticipation growing within him. He felt her warm breath touch his lips before her own lips claimed them... and smiled.
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Let's leave that there... I think I'm going to make the next chapter in Raven's perspective...don't worry, I do not plan on putting any lemon content here... Remember, with me, when something good happens...something else always follows...see you next chapter.
To Dark Weezing: I'd like to thank you for the the comments you gave me... And I thought of Raven as a more... Zen-ish type than a goth so I went for simplicity on the pendant.... my mistake... I'll be sure to remember that later on... I wish I could add more depth but...I'm not that good of a writer... I just type and it flows (T T)... but I will try. Thanks again ( ) I look forward to reading your fic...( )
Chapter 9: Long View
Raven perched on the roof again... She's always there now. Not just for meditating. But...she just stays there.
Beast Boy made a comment of turning her room into a bachelor pad considering she sometimes (according to him) "roosted" on the roof... which got him a deathglare and a sore backside for a while...
Raven no longer wore a long cloak... Her new limbs simply wouldn't allow it. She had it shortened to more of a hooded muffler. Her suit had to be backless to adjust to her new form...but she was still the same Raven... to Robin anyway.
Robin watched her sit down and fold her wings back. She turned her head to him... her blood red eyes gestured him to take a seat next to her... He accepted the invitation without hesitation.
It was now an early November afternoon... the trees were now blackened skeletons of their once life-filled appearance. The wind had grown colder. The skies threatened to shower the city in frozen tears that would fall ever so slowly... but it was beautiful... as she was to him...
It's been a week since he flew with her...in her arms. Her wings brought them a view of the city like no other... and he will always remember that day... when an angel brought him out of himself...He had been dying for her eversince he noticed her turmoil after the incident with Dr. Light... but then again, he was thankful for that event...otherwise, Raven might have never "come around" to show herself a little more. He remembered the last time he went after Slade, she always restrained him. He did get jealous, though he would never show it, whenever she and Beast Boy would trade smiles... even small ones, a slight touch, eye contact...even if it were a death glare from Raven's amethyst eyes... he would have gladly been blasted to God knows where by that death glare... but that didn't matter... her firey eyes buried him underneath his own slice of heaven whenever she turned her eyes to him...
"Robin...?"
His train of thought had been interrupted by her voice... and the warmth of her hand covering his own.
"Yeah...?"
"I think we should be heading back in... it's getting pretty cold."
"Really? I didn't notice..."
"...How could you not notice? Your hands are freezing... and your nose is red." She sneered.
Then he noticed... and made an effort to cover the tip of his nose...
"...dang it...I hate it when that happens."
Raven reached up to his hands and pulled them down to uncover his blush...of embarassment as well as cold... She slowly began to close the gap between their faces... He took in a sharp breath... she stopped only milimeters away from his face...and gave his nose a slight pinch with her right hand....
"Ow! Hey!..."
Robin glared at her from his mask and ruffled his hands in her hair "returning the favor"... He expected a death glare any second now. Raven had a different glare this time... annoying, playful, mischievous... her hair was messy but even then...the way they fell around her features, hightened them even more...they made her red eyes dance like fire and made him think of seeing that look in a different situation... well...it's not that annoying anymore now is it?
"Come on... wouldn't want to catch your death out here..." She got up and offered her hand to him in a manly manner... which he took in a very lady-like manner...
"...You're even better at being femenine than I am... "
"Let's keep that between us..."
They entered the common room to find a sleeping Starfire in the arms of a sleeping Beast Boy... they both had a serious horror movie marathon last night and were plopped dead on the couch. Cyborg was in the gym... playing loud R&B and Hip Hop music as always... Robin had no desire to wake or disturb any of his comrades and he could tell, neither did Raven. They quietly made their way to the kitchen. Robin sat down and watched Raven make them herbal tea, taking in every detail of her movements...
"Staring IS rude..."
"So is peeping into people's thoughts.."
"I did no such thing... you were quite obvious...wouldn't even need powers to see that." She said as she sat down across him with the tea tray in hand.
"I like the view... is it so wrong?" He said with a smirk while she poured him a cup.
"Maybe." Her wings moved slightly... he noticed she does that whenever she was uncomfortable.
"And why is that?" He took a sip from his cup keeping his eyes locked on her.
"I'm just not used to the attention..." She took a sip from her cup... never looking up to grant him a view of her eyes.
"I think you ARE used to the attention. You just need to start getting used to LIKING the attention." He gave her a mischievous grin.
"...you really do annoy me." Death glare.
"I know and you know why..." Bigger grin.
"...fine...you win. For now." she returned to her tea.
For now? Whatever happened to just plain 'shut up'... Robin's thoughts began to wonder on just how she was going to win over him. Whatever witty attack she may have for him next time, he would be ready...he always was. Though she did have a tone in her voice that was unfamiliar...
"Excuse for interrupting you two...but even I need water..." Cyborg had entered the kitchen and had grabbed a glass for water.
Everyone else in the tower were utterly shocked to find that they were now a couple...except Starfire. They were both talented at keeping secrets so most of the other members were blind to what they felt for each other all this time. Robin was thankful that no bad blood happened between Beast Boy and him... Raven had informed him of Beast Boy's inclination towards Starfire which brought him a load of relief...
"S'alright." Robin had nearly finished his tea... Raven had finished and stood up walking away...
Before he could ask her where she was going and why...she turned her head to Robin.
"I'll be in my room..." then she continued walking.
There was that tone again... it wasn't dripping with the desire of being left alone like it always did. It sounded more like...an invitation. Raven may read thoughts but Robin had been trained to detect even the slightest changes in certain things...his own way of reading minds. Then it occured to him... he was the only one in the tower that hasn't seen Raven's room... so he figured...
' I'll drop by later....'
"So...how's everything going?" Cyborg looked at him with a very stupid looking grin on his face.
"As it should be." Robin finished his tea.
"Gee...you make it sound like a bad thing." Cyborg joked.
"Good morning friends!!!" Starfire had awakened.
"...uh Star... it's afternoon..." Cyborg stated.
"Oh...i see we were asleep for the morning..."
"-yawn- what's for breakfast?" Beast Boy entered the kitchen scratching his head.
Robin took this as the right time to leave... he wanted to be somewhere else with someone else. Raven was definately waiting...this he knew...he didn't know how but he somehow felt that...or maybe he was just telling himself that. His steps lead him to where his mind and body led him on... He was outside her door. Before he could even knock, the door opened and there stood Raven...
"... need something?" She was still as cold as always...even to him.
The way she stood there with her arms crossed over her chest, wings folded back and a few strands of hair falling over her magma stare... her uniform replaced by a pair of jeans and a black backless top...she had to get used to wearing those to get comfortable...not that he minded the view... with her pendant hovering over her chest...made him speak his mind...
"More like want." He smirked when he noticed her face change color... mind isn't the right word for this... I'd think more like testosterone.
"You don't NEED anything... you can do without wants." She glared at him playfully. She was playing hard to get...isn't that cute?
"Maybe so, but wanting something bad enough, like a drug, would get you addicted and dependant... making it become a need." He was getting impatient. He knew she knew this.
"Well...I guess you're gonna have to go through rehab and live with the withdrawal symptoms for a while." Evil...pure utter evil.
"Fine... can I join you then in whatever it is you're doing in there." He gave up...for now.
"I was meditating... and yes, feel free. Come in." He stepped into her room. The decorations were a bit... odd for a teenage girl but they suited her well. Antiquity always suited her best. It was dark and brooding except for a few lit candles...but he didn't care. It was her.
She motioned for him to sit next to her and began to take her postition.
"Do as I do... find your center...and 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos...' " She closed her eyes when she began to chant.
He just watched her.
"You know, this isn't going to work..." He stated.
She opened her eyes...
"And why is that...?"
"It's kind of...difficult to focus with you...looking like that."
"That's why you 'close your eyes' ..."
He thought his through for a moment... he didn't want to take this that far just yet...but as Ben Harper once sang 'I always had to steal my kisses form you."
She turned her back to him and began to chant once more...
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos"
He got a good look at her wings... how her black feathers were neatly arranged and glistened in the candles' light... and the slope of her back that trailed to where her neck began... unconsciously, his hand reached out to the source of his fascination... He placed his fingers on the back of her neck...and slowly, ever so slowly slid them down her back in a feather-light motion to where her jeans ended the show of her flesh...She stopped chanting at that and inhaled sharply...her wings folded away from his touch...revealing more of her skin... He put both his hands through the journey from the small of her back... to her neck and shoulders...massaging them gently... she let her head droop a little bit, feeling her muscles relax. He put his mouth near her ear and inhaled her scent...
'Lavender' He smiled as he placed a kiss on her lobe... which made her head lean back towards him... he continued his assault on her senses then suddenly stopped.
"...God I hate you..." She muttered... her lamp began to shake.
"You can live with the withdrawal symptoms for a while..." He returned with a smirk.
She pulled away from his embrace and turned to face him... She put her hands to his mask... but hesitated...He placed his hands on her wrists and urged her to remove his bind.
He closed his eyes as he felt the grip of his mask leave him... and the warmth of her hands returned to his cheek... He slowly lifted his lids to meet her blazing orbs... and found her smiling; staring at his own eyes as if she were watching that sunrise all over again.
"...Now that's a nice view." She whispered before closing the gap between their faces... this time, she didn't pinch his nose.
He saw her eyes drift shut as she moved closer... He closed his in return, letting his blindness build up the anticipation growing within him. He felt her warm breath touch his lips before her own lips claimed them... and smiled.
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Let's leave that there... I think I'm going to make the next chapter in Raven's perspective...don't worry, I do not plan on putting any lemon content here... Remember, with me, when something good happens...something else always follows...see you next chapter.
