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Let Me Dream: Part Eight - We're Friends
Robin stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth. Despite the pain that laced him limbs he was completely happy to see her there. He reached over and placed his hand on her shoulder. He smiled, his eyes were lit with the joy of finding her.
"Raven! I'm so happy to see you. I've been so alone here, I thought I was going crazy. They didn't hurt you did they? Damn it is great to see you!" Raven's eyes shifted from Robin's hand on her shoulder to the grin that was plastered on his face. She lifted her own hand and meticulously pushed Robin's hand off her shoulder.
"Right." She slid to the right and stepped around him slinging her backpack onto her shoulder. She started to walk towards the main building. Robin followed.
"Raven, are you upset with me or something? Did I do something?" Raven turned sharply and stared at him.
"Of course not. You're a hero! How could you do anything wrong? Just..just, would you just leave me alone?!" Robin's face fell and he felt a thick lump forming in his throat.
"But.. why?" Raven's eyes narrowed and her voice turned icy.
"Why? I want you to leave me alone, because I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to be seen with you. I don't want you talking to me. Got it?"
"But Raven, we're friends.." Robin reached his hand out to her but she shrugged him away.
"No, we're not." Raven turned from him and continued walking towards the main building. This time, Robin did not choose to follow. He turned his back on the main building until he reached the spot where the fight had happened just minutes ago. He sat on the ground, pressed his back to the wall and pulled his knees to his chest. He could feel his heart thudding heavily, each beat sent shivers of pain though him. He drew in a couple of large gulping breaths. His chest hurt, his eyes burned and her words refused to leave him. No, we're not. He buried his face in his knees and cried. It started because of what had happened with Raven, but the more he thought about it, the more he thought about all of the other Titans. All of the friends that he never had. He just couldn't believe it. He just got his ass kicked by four guys, and for what? So he could find out that Raven hated him. Nothing was the same here. He wasn't even the same here. He couldn't fight. Even though the memory was so clear, it just seemed his body lacked the training and knowledge to pull it off. He couldn't manage to do anything right. He half wanted to call his mother and tell her to come and get him, but he could not bring himself to give in.
Robin sat there for a while before deciding that he should just press on with the rest of the day. He got up and went to the nearest bathroom. He cleaned himself up as best as he could. He was able to wash most of the dirt and blood off of him with water soaked paper towels, but there was nothing he could do about the red welt that was swollen on his jaw. It would bruise badly. It was bad enough he was going to be late, looking like this was sure to draw attention. He decided that he would rather push through the day that run from it though. He ran his fingers through his hair and checked the mirror a final time before he headed towards Music.