A.A., U.L

By:Wrenna

A/N: Wow! I just remembered I write FanFics..hmm.. hehe. I'm very very very very very very very very, (did I mention very?) Sorry that I haven't updated. It's my Sinus season, and it's hitting hard. I was sick, then I was just tired, and didn't feel like writing, and I couldn't think of anything to write..

then I discovered Escaflowne and Fruits Basket...god I love Fruits Basket...-drools-

But i kicked myself and said hey write something...so here you go...it's the discussion...not too angsty..lots of mush...mmmm...mush. my Fav.

It's not a long chapter either, nor is it the last, there'll be a few more, but not alot... i plan on doing a follow up or sequel or something...and'll try not to take forever again...but I may have to do Jury Duty...-has panic attack-..me..public..people...NOO...don't mix well.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.

Uh I was really tired when I typed this..so don't mind typos and stuff...yeaah...oh and the line break in the middle of the chapter is to seperate the two songs...cuz it was looking like one without it, hehe.

Chapter Twelve

Raven sighed heavily as she rammed her body through the crowd, her head turning back to check that Robin was following. He was, at a slower pace. His head lowered slightly as his hands mussed his perfectly spiked hair so it hung limply over his eyes. Raven raised her brow some at the action before looking forward and purposely pushing against a blond and perky cheerleader.

Said nameless blond squeaked out loudly as she stumbled into her group of brain-dead buddies. The buddies, who witnessed that Raven was the culprit, let loose a string of nasty insults and hand gestures at the goth. Raven snorted and returned her own hand gestures before trudging forward once again. Following a short distance behind, Robin sent an unamused glance at the cheerleaders as he passed by, they didn't notice however.

Sighting the staircase, Raven made her way to it and climbed the steps, slowing to catch a glance at Robin, who peered at her through the sweep of his onyx colored bangs before falling into step behind her. The stairs where less crowded then the main rooms. But it still had enough traffic to slow their progress going up them. After clearing the stairway and landing, Raven and Robin made there way down a hall. Raven paused every few feet as she opened random doors. Some led to closets and bathrooms. Others led to bedrooms, a few occupied by some of the more hormone driven party goers. Robin peered over Raven's shoulder with a interested grin when she came upon these rooms. She only rolled her eyes before slamming the door shut and moving on to another.

This is how they came upon the most horrid sight in their young lives.

Raven and Robin had just closed the door of a small closet and moved on to the next. Raven sighed as she opened the door before her, Robin peeking over her shoulder innocently. 'He looks cute like that.' She thought as the door swung open on the lit up room. Robin's eyes widened as her head turned to see if the room was empty. It wasn't.

On the bed before them, laid the Clone. The Robin Clone. Larry. Beneath him laid one of the few people to make even Raven cringe in fear. The perkily sinister; Kitten. And to make matters worse. They were both in the nude.

Raven gagged. Robin stared on with equal mix of shock, horror, and pride at his underling. From the bed of pure wrongness, Larry looked at the pair in the doorway in stun. Kitten, too lost in...Larry, hadn't even noticed. Raven gagged again at the sweaty, moaning, withering mass that would turn her dreams into nightmares for years to come.

With another choking heave, Raven turned away quickly, pushed Robin to the side and moved down the hall to the bathroom they had recently passed by. Robin glance at her long enough to see what door she entered before turning back to the room. Larry blinked at his mentor, his buddy. Robin smirked and gave the younger man thumbs up before stepping forward long enough to catch the door and close it.

Robin inhaled and exhaled deeply. With a slight shake of his head, he turned and moved back down the hall a few steps. He stopped in front of the bathroom, the door stood open enough to peek in. From the other side, he could her the tap running. He rapped his knuckles against the door lightly.

"You decent?" he asked in a low and calm voice.

Raven filled her cupped hands with cool water and gulped it down before answering. "Yeah."

She shook the excess water from her hands as Robin came into the room. She watched him from the mirror over the sink as he closed the door slowly and turned to her. She held his gaze for a second before looking away and drying her hands on a hand towel.

Robin cleared his throat and tucked his hands into his jean pockets. Suddenly feeling shy and nervous, he lowered his head again. And almost felt naked and bare without his sunglasses. Shifting his weight from foot to foot, he sent a quick glance up at Raven.

She was facing him, her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes locked on the tiled floor under his feet. He watched through his bangs as she sighed and closed her eyes languorously.

He cleared his throat again. "Well after seeing that, I'm afraid to check the other rooms." He said evenly.

Raven nodded with her eyes still closed. "It's weird."

Robin snorted lightly and rolled his eyes in a cocky manner. "Yes it was. Larry and Kitten?" He shuddered dramatically.

"No." She answered slowly, her eyelids sliding open to again stare at the floor. "Well, yeah that was ..but I meant us. You and I, in this situation. It's...weird." She squinted her eyes as her brow furrowed.

Robin stared at the silver bat hanging from her delicate neck, his head nodding slowly. "Yeah."

Raven shifted so she was perched on the lip of the tub. She slid her hands between her knees and bounced her feet lightly. Robin leaned back against the door, turning his head to the side to hide his face.

Neither felt like talking about the said situation. The discovery of each other was too fresh. Too weird. It was something that should be talked about. Yes, without a doubt. But neither knew exactly how to go about it. They were both bold when it came to expressing themselves. But this.. this was.. This needed to be handled correctly and in the mature manner, that they, as young adults had learned.

Raven looked at the boy..man..before her. Her annoying pesky house mate. Her possible love. "Why are you doing that?"

Robin turned toward her and arched a brow. "Doing what?"

Yes, yes. Like mature, responsibly adults. They skirted the real matter at hands. At least temporarily.

"You've been hiding your face since left downstairs."

"No I haven't."

"Yes you have." She flapped at hand at him and squinted. "With your hair, and turning your head, or lowering it."

Robin shrugged. "So what If I am."

"Well it's annoying!" She huffed at him.

"You find everything annoying."

Raven sighed and rolled her eyes. Robin turned again, his arms crossing over his chest. "And you over do that!"

She glared up at him. He shifted and jerked his head toward her. "And that!"

Raven crossed her legs angrily and glared at the wall to her left. Her voice rang out evenly. "I've already seen your eyes, so you can stop hiding them."

Robin stilled only long enough to blink before spitting out a response. "Why should I! Do they disgust you?" Raven's head shot up and she stared at him, but he only continued. " Oh, don't look surprised, they do for everyone else, why should you be different! It's why I wear those damn shades." Robin exhaled loudly, his pale gaze burning into Raven's.

She lowered her head with a shy shake. Her voice was a soft whisper that echoed in the small room. "I think they're beautiful."

Robin grunted in disbelief. "Yeah, sure. I may look blind, literally. But you seem to be the one suffering from it."

Raven turned an angered glare at him. Her hands grasping for the nearest object, the hand towel. With a small grunt, she threw it at him. Seeing it coming, he ducked out of the way as it met the door with a clear smacking noise. He returned his gaze back to her as she growled out.

"You're such a bastard! I liked you better On line! I can't believe I thought I was falling for you!" Raven plopped her head into her hands with a depressed moan.

Suddenly feeling guilty, Robin sighed deeply and moved across the small room. Uncrossing his arms, he sat down next to Raven on the tub. He placed a hand on the back of her neck, rubbing it gently as he leaned toward her, trying to catch her eye. He softened his voice and tried to sooth her.

"Hey. Everything is weird right now, but It'll be fine. Don't cry and get mopey on me." Raven snorted loudly at him. He shook his head and leaned away, his forearms resting on his knees. "I don't know why I even bothered. You're as ever the bitch."

Raven turned her body fully, facing him. Seething with anger, she sent her fist flying again as she yelled at him and made contact with his bicep. "And you're forever reminding me!"

He jerked away from her as her fist fell from him. Both stilled. Their gazes locked onto each other. Time passed slowly. Their gazes never leaving one another. Their breathing slowing from an anger induced pant to an even and calm rhythm.

Raven sighed, her eyes roaming over Robin's somewhat relaxed face. Her gaze lingering on his overly pale eyes. 'He does almost look blind.' Shaking the thought away, she focused her eyes and steadied herself.

"Why are we like this? When we're together we fight like crazy. But when we are on-line it's.. perfect. No fighting. No hurtful words. Just..." She lowered her gaze and sighed.

"It's because we don't have to hide on-line. No sunglasses. No persona to uphold. Just who we should be, who we really are, I guess. And not what we've been donned as." He stared at her hands, fiddling with the ribbons of her dress as he spoke. She stared at him without really seeing. "Just Richard and Raven. Silent and Shadow. Not Jock Prince and Goth Queen."

He raised his eyes slowly. Sliding them over her figure, her neck, her lips. To settle on her eyes. He watched as she focused her gaze upon his. He leaned toward her. His eyes ablaze with heat and wanting. She inhaled sharply, her eyes darting from his eyes to his approaching lips. His voice washed over her in a deadly whisper.

"As for our fighting, I think part of it has to do with us wanting to rip each other's clothing off and not being able to"

He stopped mere inches from Raven. Their breathe mingling. His lips turning to a slow grin. Raven raised her head and squinted down her nose at him.

"Cocky as ever, I see."

His grin turned cocky despite her as he leaned an inch closer. "And you love it."

Raven rolled her eyes with a loud exhale of disbelief and she placed her index finger on his forehand and pushed him away.

Robin's eyes widened slightly before he stood up and walked away from her. His arms crossed as he leaned against the sink staring hard at her. "You're so abusive."

Raven blinked at him. And blinked again. He just stared at her. She sighed and smoothed her dress out as she stretched her cramping legs out before herself.

"So what now?" She asked up at him.

"To be honest...I don't know. Good question though."

Raven nodded absently. "Yeah. It's THEE question, really." Robin nodded this time as she continued. "Another turning part in our story. Do they brave it and get together? Do they fight it and one another and possibly pass up the real deal? So many endings to their beginning."

From the sink, Robin furrowed his brow and nodded. He pushed himself away from the cold porcelain and moved to stand next to Raven, who was still perched on the tub's lip. She stared up at him in confusion as he smiled down at her.

Not grin. Not smirk. But smiled. It shined as brightly as his almost white-blue eyes. She blinked at him. His smile deepened for her as he spoke.

"Let's try something different. Without fighting. Without hiding." Robin retook his seat next to Raven on the tub, still smiling at her as he turned his body to her, swinging his right foot over the lip and settling it inside. Curious and still alittle confused, she turned her body toward him too, and also straddled the ledge of the tub.

With their knees touching, he cleared his throat and placed his hands on his thighs as he began. "Hello. I'm Rich. I'm eighteen and a senior at Titan High. I participate in a number of sports, and frequently called many names involving the words Jock and Cock." Raven smiled guiltily at him as he smirked lightly. "I drive a motorcycle. I like mystery and spy novels. As well as movies, but I don't mind Horror once in awhile." Robin winked quickly at Raven, who stared at him with a gentle smile. " I like hanging with my friends, who are awesome, by the the way. I love my parents, and pizza and working out." Robin's playful expression turned into a serious one.

"And if given the chance, and this works out well, I would love to make you smile everyday. To touch you, kiss you. To make you happy when you're feeling down. To kiss away your tears when you cry." Robin reached out and cupped her cheek, his thumb rubbing gently against her skin, a playful smirk taking form as he continued. "To be your punching bag when you're pissed off." Raven giggled lightly at the comment and leaned into his touch. "I don't want to fight with you. Well, unless there's good reason behind it. I want us to be us, the real us. And no matter what happens after tonight, I think you're the most beautiful being my freakish eyes has ever seen."

Raven placed her hand over his upon her face, and gave it a light squeeze. He smiled gently, shyly, at her. She pulled his hand away slowly, placed a kiss in his palm and held it between both of hers. She beamed a bright smiled at him before clearing her own throat.

"Hey, I'm Raven. I hate any form of "Ray" for a nickname, so be warned. I'm seventeen and a senior at the lovely embodiment of Hades, also known as Titan High." Both Raven and Robin smirked. " I'm not really into sports, unless you count torture as one. I'm also called a great deal of insulting names. To which I return, fight fire with fire and all. Motorcycle huh? I have my feet and a friend with wheels." Raven shrugged at the smiling Robin.

"Gets me by, so I can't complain. I prefer horror novels, and Paranormal Romances. But that's our secret." Raven winked at him, she turned his hand over in hers. One cradled it as the other traced over the lines of his palm. "I love horror films, herbal tea, and my pets. My friends are also awesome, even Gizmo, in his own creepy little way. And I think everyone knows they would fight to the end for me, as I would for them."

Raven looked at Robin with saddened eyes, her hands squeezing his again. "I love my mother and miss her everyday. I love Uncle Bob and Aunt Zoe. Hell I even love Gar. They're all the family I have left. And I would be as dumb as those Pom-Poms downstairs If I let loving you, and being loved by you, slip by. I just found your smile. I don't want to lose it. And I want to touch you and kiss you too. I don't want hurtful words between us anymore. I'll do all I can to make you happy, to be your pillow when you need to cry, to let you use Gizmo and Gar as your punching bag when you're mad." Raven grinned as Robin cocked a curious brow. "I just want to be with you. And I love your freakish eyes, you're gorgeous." Robin smiled shyly. Raven grinned evilly. " And I really really want to see you in a mask and cockring!"

Raven giggled. Robin shot her a cocky grin before leaning forward and capturing her lips in a slow and hungry kiss that left Raven dazed. Robin's gaze burned into her soul as he traced his tongue over her full bottom lip, sucking on it gently before whispering against her lips.

"And I really want to see you in a trash bag and clogs."

Both Raven and Robin let loose a small fit of laughter as they pulled each other into a tight hug. Embracing one another, as well as there budding relationship.

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