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hey here it is...

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"He loves me so much...but...I can't love him back..." Raven confessed to her pillow. "And Cyborg and Beast boy know now..." she cried into the pillow. "I can't take it!" she screamed, throwing her head into the softness to avoid being heard.

2 AM

Raven lay, asleep on the couch, dried and new tears streaking her face. A rustle, she stirred. "Who--who's there?" she asked, still half asleep.

"Robin. And you?"

"Raven..." she whispered quietly. "Raven." she repeated louder.

"Hi...why'r you in here?"

"I felt like it...go away. I'm asleep."

"You sure sound it," he sat down beside her head and pulled the pillow out from under her head.

"Hey!" she said, with no anger or feeling at all.

"Talk to me--"

"No! Just go away!"

"Raven...I'm sorry...I never meant to act like this, it's just that...I love you so much, but you hate me--"

"I don't hate you Robin," she sat up and looked at the dark outline of his face. "I just can't. I can't hate you; and I can't love you...I can't do anything really...just live, fight, sometimes take risks...but never love, or hate, or--"

"Raven...you may think you can't do these things, but you can. Have you ever tried to love? Or tried to hate--"

"Yes! I can't!" she yelled, then turned her head down in shame. She couldn't yell at him again. It hurt too much, and someone might hear.

"Raven..." he remained silent after that.

4 AM

"Robin?" Raven asked in the dark.

"Yes?"

"Why do you love me?"

"Because I know you better than anyone, and you trust me, and I trust you. It's not that hard to see," she could since him smiling at her.

"I...I can't..." she stopped and sighed, not knowing what to say.

She heard Robin move. He was standing now.

She closed her eyes and let tears roll down her cheeks.

Nothing could be heard. Robin's footsteps were nowhere, and not even their breathing was audible.

Then, suddenly, Raven stood and turned to Robin. she heard him step back, then forward. She could feel his breath on her face, he was so very close, and she couldn't help but lean forward. He kissed her. They wrapped their ams around each other, and the couch flipped over, crashing through the floor.

Raven jerked away and swore. "I'm sorry..." then she ran from the room with the kiss still playing in her mind.

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