"C'mon Raven." Beast Boy begged. "Just one movie! Please?" The elfish-looking boy got on his knees and begged. The girl called Raven sighed before responding.

"What movie?" she asked, standing up.

"Wicked Scary Two!"

"I'll blow something up if I do." Raven's voice was flat and emotionless. Her violet eyes glared harshly down at the small teen she (unbelievably) referred to as a friend.

"Oh, come on, Raven." said another of her friends as he entered the room. This boy was slightly taller than her at this point, with jet black hair and a uniform that resembled a traffic light. He smiled, leaning against the frame of her door coolly. "Just because tomorrow is Valentine's Day doesn't mean you have to lock yourself away in your room and remain dormant until the fifteenth.

"I'm not hiding from that stupid holiday, Boy Blunder." she replied hotly. Robin's constant ways of being able to read her like a book bothered her. Then she realized something the two shouldn't have done… "And speaking of my room, get out!"

To the girl's great surprise, the changeling pulled a pair of handcuffs from his pocket and in one fluid motion, attached himself to her bedpost. He sat himself down and crossed his arms. He put on a childish face as if to pout.

"No." Beast Boy replied. Raven could tell she wasn't going to win this fight. But she could try. She pulled out her communicator and pressed a button before speaking into it.

"Cyborg, could you do me a huge favor and bring a lock pick or a saw up to my room?" She waited for an answer.

"Beastie Boo lock himself in your bathroom to read your diary again?"

"No."

"Okay… I'll be right there."

Robin chuckled from his place at her door. He truly found the situation utterly amusing. He'd also learned his dark friend kept a diary.

Raven looked the Boy Wonder over. Only, she disguised her look of slight longing with one of her signature glares. He truly was a boy of wonder. His hair always looked the same; there was never a hair out of place on his head. His eyes- oh! His eyes were a constant mystery. She'd, on several occasions, caught herself pondering his eye color. She liked to imagine them as an icy blue or a shining green. The girl moved down his face to his lips. She wondered what it would be like to kiss him…

Raven had never kissed an "Earth boy" as Starfire would put it. All of her relationships in Azarath had been long ago. It had been four long years since she'd kissed anyone and had the overjoyed thought that someone loved her. But since she'd gotten her powers, she couldn't risk such emotions.

But she couldn't help but wonder… Her eyes took a glance at his muscular chest and moved downward slightly to his stomach. She imagined him in his bathing suit. He had six-pack abs and strong shoulders. Before she went farther and risked his noticing, she stopped.

"What about you?" she spoke to the Boy Wonder. He gave her a mocking questioning look. "You aren't incapacitated by your stupidity…at the moment. Get out."

"Someone's got to look out for BB. You can't kill him. He's the punching bag of the whole team." Robin said without skipping a beat. Beast Boy gave a huff of annoyance on the other side of the room. Raven opened her mouth to retort, but Cyborg entered the room.

He got to work without a word, wrestling a struggling Beast Boy in the process. Cyborg finally managed to remove the cuff from Raven's bedpost and literally dragged the shrieking boy along behind him. The two left the two birds standing there in silence.

"So…How's your diary coming?" Robin asked casually.

"Medication. You need it." Raven snapped back.

"No need to be touchy, Rae. It's called a joke. Even though it doesn't really make you laugh…So, was I right?" His dark companion let a skeptical look fall over her face. "I mean, was I right that you'd hide away from the world tomorrow?" Sharp, piercing violet eyes stared at him for a moment before, to his surprise, changed. They widened slightly and shone more. She seemed slightly hurt.

Raven slumped down on her bed with her back to Robin. She didn't want him to know she really wanted someone to spend Valentine's Day with. He could read her like an open book or like the giant "E" on the eye chart. He was a detective. He knew how to decode actions and body language and voice tones. Robin could piece together a seemingly impossible million piece puzzle in an instant.

So Raven saw no point in not admitting it. She told him. "As much as I say things like "It's pointless." and "It's a stupid holiday." I sort of wish I could be a part of it as well."

"Then why don't you become a part of it?" he questioned. He joined her on her bed. A tingling feeling spread threw the girl as the boy placed a consoling arm around her shoulders.

"My emotions, Robin. They'll destroy-"

"Everything. I know, but I thought you said your emotions are easier to control now that Trigon is gone." Robin cut in. Everyone in the tower had heard Raven's lame emotions excuse a zillion times. It would be a year next month since the demon controlling and contorting Raven's powers had been defeated.

Raven, unsure of what to say next, sat silent yet again. Isn't my control problem supposed to be gone by now? Its been nearly a year. Surely, that's enough time. Why do things still blow up, especially when I'm around or thinking about Robin? She thought to herself.

As if on cue, a book on her bedside table exploded, sending half-charred pages across the room. She suppressed a blush with difficulty. Crap. He probably knows I like him now. God! Why can't I get this under control? Now he's going to think I'm a total dork! Why did I have to develop feelings for our leaderRaven panicked.

Robin did nothing about the papers. He just glanced at them, though Raven couldn't tell. He didn't flinch or scream like the others did or make fun of her as a childish BB. He just focused on the girl before him.

God! Why can't I tell her how I feel? he thought. Because you're the leader of the team and you don't have time for romance. another voice of his answered. Oh, grow up, Dick. Tell her! Ask her out for V-Day! Just as Robin was about to say something, the door opened without warning.

"Are you guys coming to watch Wicked Scary Two with us or not?"the green boy said indignantly. It was then that he noticed Robin's arm around Raven and the fact that they were sitting on a bed. Robin, knowing his teammates suspicious glare, instantly moved his hand away from his crush. "I am so not going to ask." BB added, hands in the air defensively.

Without another word, the three walked out to go get the hell scared out of them.