by: RioN VhEnTeUnO

A/N: Now this is thethird chapter, one of my favorites. BTW, I forgot to mention that the POV changesall throughoutthe story. The character who narrates has his or her name in a parenthesis below the chapter title. That's all. Hope y'all enjoy this one...

Chapter 3

The Shelter

(Robin)

Raven was shivering and slipping in and out of consciousness. I laid her down on the cave's floor and wrapped up the wound on her head with a bandage from the first aid kit. Her leotard was still soaking wet. This was bad, and I had no other choice.

If she were awake, she would have killed me…

I gently took off her leotard, leaving her in her underwear. I started to dry her up by wiping her with a portion of my coat. Feeling my face burn up, I tried to shake it off. I then proceeded to wrap her around the spare fur coat. This didn't seem enough to warm her up, so I took off my coat and wrapped it up around her too.

It was horribly cold… but I didn't care.

I had to get wood for a bonfire. Raven needed it more than I did. I decided to go out and chop some off the trees. It was lucky that we were in a forest. As I stepped out, I felt a little numb as the wind tore at my bare skin.

This is for Raven, I thought to myself, and that simple conviction kept me going. I was able to harvest about two and a half dozen thick pieces of wood before I decided that this was enough. My body screamed that too.

I piled them on the center of the cave, igniting them by rubbing two stones together. The temperature soon rose and I sat beside Raven moving my hands closer to the flames.

It seemed to work. The fire warmed the place up well, but it was still quite cold. I gave Raven a glance. She was fast asleep, breathing heavily under the pair of fur coats wrapped around her. Her cheeks were rosy. I couldn't help but smile.

She's so beautiful, I thought to myself. It really was a wonder why you could miss those things you get used to every day in a split second. Her deep blue eyes, her monotonic voice, and even her dry humor. It wasn't just her looks. It was something else about her that made her so… different. She might not admit or even accept it, but she really is very beautiful.

I moved closer to Raven and stroked her hair. She moaned gently in her sleep. She looked so peaceful. Makes me wonder what her dreams were. As for me, I can't, and won't go to sleep. I have to watch over her no matter what.

Its amazing when you realize how important a person is to you at times like this. I've always liked her company better than the other Titans, I already knew that. Well, excluding Starfire maybe… But now it feels that it goes deeper than that. Much deeper. When I sensed her a while back, it seemed that I was a part of her, and she was a part of me…

I shook my head hard. What's this all of a sudden? The cold must be really getting into my brain. Yeah, that must be it.