Chapter twenty one

Raven's eyes blinked back into focus and she reeled. Where was she again? Oh, that was right. The hospital.

Had it all been a dream? She gently moved her arms and legs. They seemed in perfect order. She moved her neck upwards, and saw a sleeping figure, with it's arm wrapped around her waist. She placed her head back down onto the form and sighed.

Allowing a small smile to creep upon her pale lips she remembered the beautiful moment of revelation and the way that they had fallen into a tired yet peaceful sleep in each others arms.

It was real. It was so real that it frightened her. But at the same time excited her and made her curious as to what was going to happen next. But for the moment, she wanted to make sure that Beast boy was going to be alright. She allowed herself a few more precious minutes of holding him closely whilst she decided what to do afterwards.

"Do you think that we should go in?" asked Starfire, clasping her hands together and floating gracefully. She span around and sighed.

"Give them a few more minutes," replied Robin gently, smiling. He was relieved that Raven had taken his advice. "They need some time."

"Aw, they look so cute together," whispered Cyborg, nearly in tears. Robin clapped a hand on his shoulder.

"You okay, man?"

"Yeah, I'm just…I just…feel really happy for them. They deserve it," sniffed Cy, wiping a tear from his real eye. He took a deep breath and began to explain.

"I've always thought it, ever since I first knew them. The way that they bicker all the time and y'all know that they're constantly flirtin'. Y'know, when BB had all that trouble with T in the first place, I thought about it and the way he acted with Raven really hurt her. And when Malchior came along – Rae just went completely off the rails – trying to push herself away from B. Then when it didn't figure out with Malchior…"

Cy exhaled sharply as the other two listened quietly. Robin looked at Cy earnestly, gently prodding him to go on.

"Well, I thought that was it. Raven would never love again. But you know what I saw instead? She found a kinda…consolation in B – he helped her through it and she hugged him. Call me naïve but I've never seen Rave hug ANYONE before. But BB freaked out – I knew I had to intervene before he said somethin' he regretted."

Cy let out a calmer breath and gave a huge smile.

"I'm just so glad they finally sorted it out. They seem an unlikely couple but…y'know…opposites attract."

"Yes, what you speak of is true! I am also overjoyed for their togetherness for I felt the sufferance of Raven when Terra returned to us," added Starfire, solemnly. Robin nodded and turned to the window, looking at the two titans sleeping peacefully.

"Well, I think it's time we go and join the party," he confirmed, pushing the door open as the other two trailed behind him.

Raven's ears pricked up as she heard the door open. She allowed one eye to open as she sat up and yawned. She didn't need to look. She knew who it would be.

"Hi," she nodded quietly as she swung her legs off the bed.

"Mornin' Rae," whispered Cy, so as not to wake BB. He ruffled her hair playfully and she looked at him with cheery scorn as she shook her hair back into place.

"How are you feeling, friend?"

"Pretty good, actually," replied Raven, patting Star on the arm. "Thanks Starfire."

"We're guessing that BB woke up then…" whispered Robin giving Raven a small smile, which to his surprise she returned. Her cheeks gave a faint glow.

"Yes, he did. But I guess that the battle wiped his energy clean out," answered Raven in hushed tones, as she stretched. "He'll be fine."

The other two nodded and went over to sit on the bed and wait for him to wake once again. The leader faced the Azarathian slowly.

"And you?" questioned Robin. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," droned Raven in her normal voice.

But she gave a half smirk anyway. "You're better at this advice thing than I thought."

"It comes with practice," countered Robin, looking towards Starfire. "How does it feel?"

"It feels…" started Raven slowly, struggling to find the words she was looking for. She searched the room with her eyes as if it held an answer. "Strange."

"In a good way?"

"Yes. In a good way."

"No more tantrums then," joked Robin, laughing openly. Raven felt the colour rushing back to her sullen face.

"About that…I—"

"Raven, there's no need to explain," interrupted Robin, placing his hand on her shoulder. "I understand."

Raven knew that this time, he really did.

She nodded and went to join the others at the bedside.

Quick chapter, just filling in at the moment, more to come soon! Again, I'm putting in some of my theories. I believe that Cy intervened at the end of Spellbound for that exact reason. He knows BB and Raven quite well in separate ways. It's cool. :shrug: well personal thoughts anyway, so it's not necessarily true!

Secondly, I'm so so so so so so so so SO sorry I haven't updated. Reason is this: I've been quite stuck on this story and I've been working on a couple of new ones…hmm…I'm thinking of wrapping this story up soon…so we'll see how it goes!

K, replies are going to be impossible this time seeing as it's been so long! I'll just say thank you for the kind comments, thank you for the criticism, and thank you for everything. You guys make this writing worthwhile…you are my inspiration! (:

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