Chapter Two
"Raven!" A series of knocks echoed through her room, and the warm embrace of slumber slowly let her go. As the last vestiges of contentment escaped her she rose from her bed and slipped on a robe.
She opened her heavy steel door and met whoever it was that had disturbed her. She was not in the best spirits to say the least. Raven was as susceptible to grumpiness as anyone else. "What is it, Robin?" she demanded in an uncharacteristically churlish way. She did not consider it a pleasant end to her seventeenth birthday to be awakened from a sound sleep in the last moments of it. Even if it was by the team member who had gotten her the only gifts she could really treasure.
"Come on, I want you to see this. You're the only one I know who can really appreciate it," he whispered excitedly, grabbing her hand and pulling her with him onto the roof. Raven did not regain her wits until they were out in the cold night air. She snatched her hand away and growled at him angrily.
"Robin, what is the meaning of this?"
"Look," he grinned, pointing at the midnight sky.
Her gaze followed his extended index finger and she gasped at the sight beholden to her.
A meteor shower was occuring, illuminating the moonless night. It dazzled her eyes and left the teenager speechless. Never had she seen something so brilliantly beautiful.
Robin watched the emotions that played across his comrade's face in the bursts of light. Stupefaction, then wonder, and finally pure delight, which cause a similar reaction in him. He saw the first real smile he had ever witnessed grace her face and for that moment in time she was breathtakingly pretty. The flatness that was ever present in her features melted away and real feeling radiated from her in waves.
The novelty finally wore off and Raven notice that her partner was now looking at her with the strangest expression she had ever seen on his familiar visage.
"Robin?" she questioned a bit uneasily.
He seemed to snap out of whatever stupor he had found himself in and sent her a slightly crooked grin.
Raven looked around and notice that the city was completely black. "Why is it so dark?" she asked aloud.
Robin shrugged. "Power outage," he answered. They stood there in vaguely uncomfortable silence until the final flash illuminated the city and all was cloaked in darkness once again.
She ventured quietly, loathe to reveal anything more of herself to this person who already knew too much, but feeling she had to just the same. "Of all the gifts I have received tonight... this is my favorite. Thank you" Answering the first silly impulse she had ever had in her life, and just as the clock tower in the old section of Jump struck midnight, Raven leaned over on her tip toes and gave him a light peck on the cheek. At least she though it was his cheek. Instead, her puckered lips somehow contacted with his firm, slightly parted ones. She froze, he froze, paralyzed in that position, neither able to extract themselves from the awkward situation. Neither wanting to, despite the faint sense of guilt permeating the sensation. Still, something very peculiar zapped from one to the other and they jerked away simultaneously.
"I-I'm sorry," Raven mumbled with traces of humiliation staining her hard-won poker tone and he heard the faint whisper of her robe twirling as she spun and rushed away.
Robin blinked and brought his hand up to touch his still tingling lips as he tried to catch a glimpse of her through the impenetrable darkness. Midnight was passed and the magic was ended. What really surprised him, all things considered, was that he did not regret the impromptu kiss or what had preceded it. Not in the slightest.
And that made him even sorrier than Raven. It was a tremendous betrayal to Starfire, but he was helpless to stop the turmoil inside him. One coherent, yet treacherous thought crossed his mind-
"Damn, I got the wrong team mate,"
So, how did you like it? I know it's a little short, but It makes up for that in volume doesn't it? I mean, they did kiss didn't they? Even if it was an accident. And even it made them both feel guilty.
I bid you all Adieu... until the next time.
"Raven!" A series of knocks echoed through her room, and the warm embrace of slumber slowly let her go. As the last vestiges of contentment escaped her she rose from her bed and slipped on a robe.
She opened her heavy steel door and met whoever it was that had disturbed her. She was not in the best spirits to say the least. Raven was as susceptible to grumpiness as anyone else. "What is it, Robin?" she demanded in an uncharacteristically churlish way. She did not consider it a pleasant end to her seventeenth birthday to be awakened from a sound sleep in the last moments of it. Even if it was by the team member who had gotten her the only gifts she could really treasure.
"Come on, I want you to see this. You're the only one I know who can really appreciate it," he whispered excitedly, grabbing her hand and pulling her with him onto the roof. Raven did not regain her wits until they were out in the cold night air. She snatched her hand away and growled at him angrily.
"Robin, what is the meaning of this?"
"Look," he grinned, pointing at the midnight sky.
Her gaze followed his extended index finger and she gasped at the sight beholden to her.
A meteor shower was occuring, illuminating the moonless night. It dazzled her eyes and left the teenager speechless. Never had she seen something so brilliantly beautiful.
Robin watched the emotions that played across his comrade's face in the bursts of light. Stupefaction, then wonder, and finally pure delight, which cause a similar reaction in him. He saw the first real smile he had ever witnessed grace her face and for that moment in time she was breathtakingly pretty. The flatness that was ever present in her features melted away and real feeling radiated from her in waves.
The novelty finally wore off and Raven notice that her partner was now looking at her with the strangest expression she had ever seen on his familiar visage.
"Robin?" she questioned a bit uneasily.
He seemed to snap out of whatever stupor he had found himself in and sent her a slightly crooked grin.
Raven looked around and notice that the city was completely black. "Why is it so dark?" she asked aloud.
Robin shrugged. "Power outage," he answered. They stood there in vaguely uncomfortable silence until the final flash illuminated the city and all was cloaked in darkness once again.
She ventured quietly, loathe to reveal anything more of herself to this person who already knew too much, but feeling she had to just the same. "Of all the gifts I have received tonight... this is my favorite. Thank you" Answering the first silly impulse she had ever had in her life, and just as the clock tower in the old section of Jump struck midnight, Raven leaned over on her tip toes and gave him a light peck on the cheek. At least she though it was his cheek. Instead, her puckered lips somehow contacted with his firm, slightly parted ones. She froze, he froze, paralyzed in that position, neither able to extract themselves from the awkward situation. Neither wanting to, despite the faint sense of guilt permeating the sensation. Still, something very peculiar zapped from one to the other and they jerked away simultaneously.
"I-I'm sorry," Raven mumbled with traces of humiliation staining her hard-won poker tone and he heard the faint whisper of her robe twirling as she spun and rushed away.
Robin blinked and brought his hand up to touch his still tingling lips as he tried to catch a glimpse of her through the impenetrable darkness. Midnight was passed and the magic was ended. What really surprised him, all things considered, was that he did not regret the impromptu kiss or what had preceded it. Not in the slightest.
And that made him even sorrier than Raven. It was a tremendous betrayal to Starfire, but he was helpless to stop the turmoil inside him. One coherent, yet treacherous thought crossed his mind-
"Damn, I got the wrong team mate,"
So, how did you like it? I know it's a little short, but It makes up for that in volume doesn't it? I mean, they did kiss didn't they? Even if it was an accident. And even it made them both feel guilty.
I bid you all Adieu... until the next time.