Chapter 6:
Arrow and Dragon were left in the room together. Alone.
Arrow looked like she was about to say something, but she stopped herself. Dragon waited expectantly for a second, and then stalked out of the room, into the kitchen.
Silence resumed.
In the other room:
Robin was leading the discussion. "I dunno guys. Arrow hates him-"
Raven coughed. Robin resumed.
"Arrow seems to hate him, but I can understand where he's coming from. He sounds like he's reformed. Raven, you're the only one in this room that actually knows him. Well?"
Raven thought for a moment. "He's a good guy. But, like he says, he hates himself. As an empath, sometimes it's hard to be even in the same room as him, the hate is so strong. When he saw Arrow it was worse than ever."
"Princess?" asked Beastboy after a moments pause.
"Yep, seems like it." Said Cyborg, sighing.
"Friend Arrow as a princess? The idea seems almost comical…if the history was not so depressing." Starfire mused.
"But we shouldn't treat her any differently," said Robin, regaining leadership. "What do you think Raven?"
"Hmmm? Oh yeah." Agreed Raven, absentmindedly. She was thinking of the unspoken tension between Arrow and Dragon. And the way he had touched her hair.
"Thought!" said Beastboy, "we've left them in the same room. Alone. I haven't heard anything breaking, but maybe it was over quickly."
The rest of the Titan's shuddered. "Okay gang. I've just remembered. When he came in, he said he needed help. We'll ask him what he meant and go from there. The team nodded and hurried out.