I'm just calmly writing this and then BAM! Nightcore Masquerade comes on, I swear, it's destiny.

Mask

The mask was his...defense mechanism.

He was never seen without it, as a rule from Batman, but also because he felt safer with it.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the Titans- he trusted them with his life -but without his mask he just...panicked. He's been Robin so long; he was scared that if he took his mask off, he wouldn't know who Dick Grayson was anymore.

Which was why he was glad he had Raven. With her, he could just be himself, he didn't have to worry about anything. It was easy to find Dick Grayson at those moments; with or without his mask.

But if he was honest with himself, if she hadn't been in his mind then it would've taken him a lot longer before he revealed his identity to her.

The half-demon wore a mask of her own; although hers wasn't as obvious as his. While he literally wore a mask, hers was a lot more subtle.

Raven hid her emotions, only letting them show on accident or very very rare times. It was hard to get a smile out of the girl, although every Titan managed to do it; with Robin at the top because he managed to get her to smile the most. Cyborg a very close second.

And even if her mask wasn't as obvious, it was a lot better than his. People often confused her mask for her real personality, which she could definitely use to her advantage.

...Except for the Titan leader.

She didn't know how, but Robin managed to get close enough to become her best friend and learn everything about her.

At first the half-demon thought it was dangerous and tried her best to keep some distance between them. But after Trigon had been defeated she just...gave up.

Which led to the two birds being the closest on the team.

But if both of them had to be completely honest with themselves; they were glad they didn't have to wear their masks around each other.