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I lay in the middle of my bedroom, bathing in a pool of blood. The world was slowly fading away, gray and fuzzy.
Hearing a frantic knock on my door, I used the last of my energy to yell at the perpetrator.
"Go…away…" My voice was strained and weak, worrying that person more. They clawed at the door.
"Raven, open up or I'll knock this door off its hinges!" Sighing, I began to heal myself, but I couldn't muster up the energy to do so; I couldn't bring myself from the brink. Coming to this realization, the darkness would swallow me up--this time more than ever before.
A sudden blast got my attention as the Mechanical Man and Boy Blunder stumbled into my room. Seeing my frail body sprawled in a puddle of my own blood, they gasped. Robin ran to me, taking me into his arms. The body warmth radiating off him warmed my cold soul, and for once in my lifetime, I felt. I was finally paying notice to the emotions that raged inside of me.
I felt sadness and regret. I felt guilt and unhappiness. But most of all I felt love. Love for the Titans, love for…Robin. There was no more denying it--I loved Robin.
As he picked me up bridal style, I saw the tears forming in his eyes. The image burned into mind as the darkness consumed me and I slipped into unconsciousness.
The bright white ceiling of the med lab greeted me as I slowly fluttered to life. My vision blurry, I could barely recognize the bright costume belonging to Robin.
"Raven, why'd you do it?" The quiet voice of Beast Boy rang in my ears as I became cognizant. It sounded as if he had been crying. Silently, I gazed around the room, the events of the last hour slowly seeping back into my mind.
Starfire was huddled in a chair at the back of the room, her tearstained face full of sympathy. Cyborg hovered above me, wrapping my wrists in bandages and checking my vital signs. Beast Boy was standing besides Starfire, apparently comforting her, an apprehensive expression painted into his face. Even behind Robin's masked eyes, I could see the sadness in them. The sadness that I had caused. It was always my fault; I always caused someone pain.
"All my fault…" I murmured, barely audible even to Beast Boy who had an increased sense of hearing.
Quickly, if not impulsively, I huddled into a protective ball, rocking back and forth, muttering softy to myself. Not caring who saw me, I continued for what seemed like hours before a gloved hand tenderly touched my shoulder.
"Raven, please talk to me." I nodded, shying away from the human contact.
"Please, I'll make all the others go away…" He tried again; this time, his voice was begging with me. Reluctantly, I agreed to those terms. Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy filed silently out of the room, and tension filled the air.
"How long, Raven? How long have you been like this?"
"What do you mean? How long have I been ugly…creepy…weird? All of my life…all seventeen years of it." Agony filled my voice; I wasn't supposed to still be alive. By now, I was supposed to be rotting in Hell, free of all my emotions that trapped me inside of myself…that made me half a person.
He sighed and rolled his eyes, mentally kicking himself. "No, that's not what I mean. You're not ugly, and you never have been. How long have you been slitting your wrists? Starving yourself?" I avoided his icy stare.
"I dunno…" I was barely audible and rolled away from him.s
"Raven…" He begged with me, once again placing his hand on my shoulder. Refusing to respond, I shut my eyes and succumbed to the passing of time, not noticing his hand stopping to rest on mine.
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