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Chapter 8: Morning
Yet another one of those dreamless nights.
As Raven opens her eyes, the first thing that meets her gaze is the obsidian of the necklace still on her hand. Robin. Yet again, it is Robin who enters her mind first.
Why always Boy Wonder? It's as if I'm so obsessed with him…
Raven sits up and stares out the window. The sun's barely up. The city seems quiet and peaceful. Taking a walk in the park couldn't be so bad.
Still holding the necklace, she gets up and walks over to her cloak left hanging on a stand. Putting it on, she uses her power to open the door.
Where should I meditate?… Now in the hallway, she looks from one end to the other. One leads to the roof, the other to the living room. Making a quick decision, she starts walking down the path to the living room. Doesn't matter.
Walking, she tucks the inexpensive piece of jewellery in her belt again. So… quiet. A small smile appears on her face. Without anyone in the group awake and shouting, nor Robin's constant blabbering, Raven could actually find peace in the tower.
That is one of the advantages in waking early.
Already coming close to the living room, she could hear silent snoring. Without even bothering to turn the lights on or checking on the snoring from the sofa, she hovers to the kitchen area and uses her power to take an empty kettle from inside the cupboard and starts boiling water.
Since waiting for the water to be hot enough might take some time, she hovers towards the window. Distracted by more of the snoring, she lands her feet on the ground and turns to look at it's source.
There, flat and spread-out on the sofa, lays Terra, still wearing what she was wearing yesterday, on her ears are a pair of headphones connected to a cd player—which is still on.
Such a waste… Raven walks closer to her and reaches out to press the power button.
After doing so, she continues to the front of the window. But, she doesn't do her meditation at once. For some strange reason, she finds the early sunrise especially beautiful today.
I should come up here more often" he said. He liked the view of the sunset… Maybe we can look at the sunset again later…
She pauses, noticing that what she just said sounded very… disturbing. It's not like I like to be with him!… I just—never saw the sun set with anyone else… nor meditate with anyone else… other than Starfire.
She sighs and moves down to a sitting position. "Why always him?" she mutters, annoyed by this little confusion building up in her.
"Who?" a voice startles her. Raven doesn't even bother turning. Terra.
Ignoring her question, Raven asks "Why're you awake?"
"Dude, you turned the cd player off," Terra says, sounding like she just woke.
Believing that there's nothing more to say, Raven floats and starts meditating.
But, after a short while, Terra's voice breaks the silence. "Who?" she repeats.
"Who what?" Raven says, playing as if she doesn't know what Terra's saying.
"Who're you thinking of?"
"No one," Raven monotones. Why does she even want to know?
"… Robin?"
Hearing this, Raven suddenly feels her face go red. Good thing her back's against Terra.
"I take that as a yes," Terra says, along with a mischievous laugh.
"I know what you're thinking," Raven monotones, trying to hide her annoyance. "But—that isn't what I meant."
"C'mon, Raven," Terra says, taking the headphones off her ears and placing it on her side. "Your secrets are safe with me."
"I have no secrets in that area."
"Today—we're going to the park…" a voice suddenly says.
Great. He's awake… The kettle starts whistling.
"Quit lying to yourself."
Raven walks to the kitchen area and pours herself a cup of tea.
"Hey, it's Raven—and Terra seems to be awake too."
"Hey, Robin," Raven greets, bringing a cup of tea with her to the sofa.
"Seriously, she has eyes on the back of her head. Hey, Rae," he replies, walking over to the other couch beside the sofa.
"'Hey, Rae'," Terra silently mocks, facing Raven and giggling.
"Shut up." Raven hissed, turning her gaze at the warm cup of tea in her hands. Steam rises to her face.
Robin, then, suddenly sits beside Raven, a cup of tea in his hands as well. "Hehehe…"
"I never said you can have some of my tea," says Raven, turning to look at him.
"I never said you could have some of mine." Robin gives her a smirk and proceeds to drinking the herbal tea.
What is he talking about? Raven says in her mind, annoyed.
Robin sighs and looks back at her. "I left some the time I went out with Star—"
"You—went out—with Starfire?" Terra loudly interrupts in disbelief. Speechless, she looks around—wide-eyed—from Robin to Raven, and back.
Oh wow.
"Huh?… --Ooh…" Robin seems pretty slow at the moment… "Seriously Terra—I don't think you… --get what I meant. "I just had this coupon-thing sooo we just… ate…"
"Ooh…" Terra first looks blankly into space (trying to intake the new information, adds Raven.) then, starts smiling her psychotic smile again. "Cool."
"…"
Silence.
Change subject… "… So that was yours?"
"Yeah… How could she NOT know? I stuck a note to it," he points out.
"Wow. I never thought you could be so stupid."
"Hey!"
"How could I even read the note if it's wet?" Raven takes a sip from her cup.
"…Ooh…"
He's really getting quite slow nowadays…"I've been quite—distracted lately," he says, smiling.
"—Hey, I'll just get some mud on me—See you guys!" Terra stands and walks out the room.
Raven, then, takes interest in her tea. Distracted?
"Wait—maybe I said the wrong thing…"
Forget it… "Since when did you start drinking tea?" she asks.
"Since I realised how relaxing it is."
"…Which was when?"
"When I saw you really enjoying it—even if you don't exactly show it, I know you did."
"…When?"
"I dunno… Some weeks ago." Robin smiles and takes another sip from his cup.
I see…Yet again… Silence.
Not exactly an awkward one. Just a plain comfortable sharing of peace. Just some silent sipping of tea, occasional glances at the other, and Robin's thoughts. Nothing special about them… just his constant blabbering again.
"Raven." Thinking that it's just part of his mental blabbering, Raven ignores this.
"Raven," he repeats, a bit louder. Raven looks up at him. "...Wait... What was I gonna say?... How can I forget?... ... ... I really am quite distracted... We're going to the park today," he says, smiling. "Weirdo."
... "Unfortunately." Raven looks at his mask--as if she could see his problem by doing so.
"And YOU are gonna have fun," he declares, standing as if it's some big deal, gives her another smile and walks to the sink, empty cup at hand.
"I highly doubt that," she silently murmurs, watching him as he walks away to the kitchen area.
...Distracted?
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