I...just read a really disturbing book, but the worst part is...I loved it. Lord help me.
Distraction
"You know, you really don't need to-"
"Stop."
"But it isn't necessary-"
"I'm warning you."
"It's-"
"Richard Grayson, I swear if you don't stop trying to run I will send you to another dimension long enough for you to lose the little sanity you still have left."
"You're mean."
Raven tried to hide her smile when Robin actually pouted and sat back down on the couch. He had been late night patrolling again, and come back to the tower with little to no injuries; however, there was a deep scratch on his arm that needed to be treated or else it could get infected. Problem was, her 'fearless leader' wasn't so fearless after all; he wasn't all too fond of the disinfectant, mostly the burning feeling it brought.
"It won't hurt that much, calm down." She assured, after cleaning the wound with water, her amethyst eyes shot up to see him still pouting, maskless eyes refusing to look at her.
"That was the same thing Joker told me, before kicking me off a building."
Raven rolled her eyes and sighed. "You are such a little kid, you know that? And do I look like the Joker to you?"
His eyes finally set on her...with a glare. "I am not a little kid; mind you."
"You're acting like one!"
"I just don't like the burning feeling of the disinfectant!" He protested.
Raven closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. "Robin, you've taken hits from top criminals, been shot at, thrown of a building, been cut, been tortured by the damn Joker for God's sake! And a little burning from the medicine scares you?" Her voice was full of disbelief by the end of that sentence.
He snorted. "It isn't medicine; it's pure evil."
"As far as the people at Azarath know, I'm pure evil." She stated flatly, raising an eyebrow at him.
"You're the cute kind of evil, you don't count." He said simply, as if it was the most normal and logical thing in the world.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, I'm flattered I have your approval."
"I know, my approval means so much!" He returned her sarcasm twice as hard, blue eyes locked on her, just waiting for her next move.
Raven rolled her eyes, wondering just how her boyfriend went from a complete badass (she never said that), to a crybaby who flinched at each and every sound.
"Listen, it's either this or I use my powers to heal you."
He shook his head. "No, you're already weakened from turning into your soul-self earlier."
"Then don't make such a big deal about the disinfectant!"
"Don't make such a big deal about a minor wound!"
"Are we really having this argument again? If you think something is minor, then it's definitely not!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Robin, you thought a gunshot wound was minor!" She pulled away from him, eyes looking at him in disbelief.
He rolled his eyes. "It was! Like you said, I've been tortured before, a gunshot wound is nothing."
"If that's true, then why can't you just let me put on the disinfectant?"
"Because it's unnecessary!"
"Robin."
"Yes?"
"I already put it on minutes ago."
Robin blinked in surprise, he looked down at his arm, seeing it already bandaged. He frowned and looked up. "When did you-"
Her eyes glowed white and the first aid kid got put back in the cabinet. When her eyes went back to normal, she smiled and shot him a wink. "About the time you started rambling about how medicine was evil." She shrugged.
"You're fast, you know that?"
"Mhmm," she nodded, her eyelids lowering a little from the lack of sleep. "And you didn't feel anything, did you?"
He looked away, a bit sheepish. "It's because you were distracting me!"
"Yeah, yeah. Can we go to sleep now? Arguing with you is a little tiring."
A pause.
"Raven?"
"Yes?"
"Remember when I said you were a cute kind of evil?"
"Yes."
"Forget that, you're still cute, but cunning."
She leaned forward and placed a short kiss on his cheek. "Thank you, you're so nice!" She got up from the couch, floating towards the door. "I'd better get some sleep if I'm planning to survive through Beast Boy's nagging tomorrow."
With that, she left him there as she disappeared towards her room.
