Chapter Nine:
Expect the Unexpected
Pt. II
"How do you expect me to understand when you won't let me?" Robin asked, speaking softy but the anger and hurt was noticeable in his voice. He was slowly walking towards her and she didn't even realize she had been backing away from him until she backed up on her bed andlost her balance, fallingback on it in a seating position. Raven opened her mouth trying to answer the Boy Wonder's very good question but found her vocals had failed her, or rather, she just didn't know what to say to that. It didn't help that he was pissed and upset and walking towards her. It just made her nervous. Her bravery and anger had left her to fend for herself.
"Well?" Robin asked expecting an answer Raven didn't have. She pushed herself to her feet so she could leave the room, run from her problem, deal with it another day, but the movement had put her very close to Robin and just when she thought her emotions had abandoned her she found out she was very, very wrong.
Bravery heard Beast Boy's yells of surprise coming from the other side of the door and didn't know where to laugh or panic. Laugh because Beast Boy was probably being kissed to death by one of Raven's rarely used emotions, or panic because of what it might be doing to Raven and/or anyone around her.
Not good, not good, not good... Raven's mind reeled. She closed her eyes and moved around Robin, only opening them to look for her door. When she successfully moved around Robin she turned on her heel and went for the door,but Robin grabbed her arm, stopping her and forcing her to look at him.
They had a moment where it seemed like all time stood still; that their gaze lasted for hours rather than mere seconds. Raven blinked and the moment was gone. Then she blinked once more because she was once again inches from Robin's face, only she didn't remember moving closer to him. She mentally cursed herself and tried to move away but failed and that failure had nothing to do with Robin. She shook her head rapidly and tried to pull away from him.
"Let me go, Robin." She said, voice cold as ice. Robin didn't release her. If anything his grip on her arm tightened. "Trust me, you don't want to be in the same room with me right now." Raven tried again.
"No, it's more like you don't want to be in the same room with any of us. At all." Robin said. Raven let out a frustrated grunt. He was not about to start arguing again. "You're frustrated?" Robin asked, raising his voice. Okay maybe he was. "How about me? Shouldn't I be frustrated because no matter how hard I try you just won't talk to me!" Raven just glared at him.
"Fine I don't want to be in the same room with you at this time, but for reasons that don't concern you." Raven snapped back. Okay, she'd play his game if it got him to do what she wanted.
"They never concern me." Robin said hotly. "Or anyone else. They only concern you, but you forget Raven. When you live in a house with four other people your problems are everyone's problems."
Raven just glared at him. If he wanted to be stubborn fine, let him be. But don't say she didn't warn him. Raven stopped fighting her emotions and instead embraced them.
"That's what being a room-" Robin was cut off by Raven's lips suddenlycrashing against his.
Bravery opened the door and pulled the green changeling out of the mysterious room she had sent him into. He pulled out of her grasp and fell onto all fours gasping slightly and she slammed the door back into place. The door shook violently for a couple of seconds before resuming its normal stillness.
"Good God, what the hell was that?" Beast Boy said looking up at her. Bravery laughed. His face was almost as red as a tomato, but the lip prints that covered his face were adarker red making them stand out.
"That room would belong to Miss Desire and Miss Lust. The only emotions scarier than Anger." Bravery replied. He gave her a look of disbelief.
"Then why did you send me in there?" He asked sounding a little horrified. He hadn't been in there for more than two minutes, five tops. He couldn't imagine what they would've done had he been in there longer.
"I didn't send you anywhere, you went in on your own account. It's not my fault you're too blind to see that big 'Caution: Enter at own Risk' sign that's on the door." She said pointing to the yellow and black sign. He looked behind him and groaned. He was sure that if Raven wasn't angry before she was now.
Raven opened her eyes. She realized that embracing her emotions was a bad idea. She hadn't meant for them to start making out, only to show him why he didn't want to be in the room with her. She put her hands on his shoulders and shoved him away from her. He looked as shocked as she felt.
He opened his mouth to say something but she shook her head.
"Don't, just... don't." She said andbriskly walkedout of the room. As she opened the door she nearly ran into Cyborg who looked concerned. He let her pass and then looked at Robin.
"Dude, is everything... okay?" He asked. Robin opened his mouth to answer, but closed and started walking out of the room, frown in place.
"I'll be in my room." He said as he passed Cyborg. He didn't want to talk; he just wanted to be alone. Alone so he could figure out what the hell just happened. Or why.
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