Sorry for the late update, I had to go get my eyes checked on Saturday (Which is when I usually do my typing for the week). The optometrist had to dilate my pupils so that she could see my veins in my eyes with her "reflective lens thingy." She said that I wasn't aloud to read or get on the computer for five to six hours before my eyes were normal again. Therefore, I couldn't get on and type up the next chapter to its normal length. Turns out, I'm near-sighted and have to get glasses. Well there you go, my excuse for the short chapter.

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Robin yawned as he got up and stretched. He changed out of his uniform from yesterday and pulled on a pair of red mesh gym shorts. He reached for a white T-shirt, but withdrew his hand as he concluded that no one would be up this early except Raven—and she wouldn't come out of her room until later. He picked up a towel and let it hang loosely around his neck as he exited the room.

He strolled down the hall, pausing briefly when in front of Raven's door to contemplate when he would go get the flowers for her. He decided that he'd get them just as soon as he finished training before continuing down the hall to the gym doors. He almost gasped when he saw someone already in the gym.

Raven grunted as she delivered a powerful kick to the suspended punching bag. She followed up with an uppercut, which lead into another series of hand and foot attacks. Robin sauntered over to her and grabbed the punching bag when it swung in his direction. Raven dropped her hands to her knees and bent over slightly to catch her breath. She was still in her pajamas. They again consisted of the camisole and shorts. The sweat glistened on her exposed skin while she retrieved a towel to wipe her face off with.

She didn't even glance at Robin when she asked, "What are you doing up this early?"

He felt as though she was mocking him. She of all people should know that he always got up this early to train! He picked the water bottle up off a nearby chair and tossed it to Raven as he replied, "I came in here to train, but seeing as you're in here…we might as well spar together. Besides, I think you'll need some hand-to-hand combat training."

Raven finally turned to him and replied sarcastically, "You and me spar? I hardly think that's fair. Me, against the Martial Arts Champ himself."

Robin shrugged and looked at Raven with a serious face. Raven's sarcasm faded almost immediately as she sighed. She took a quick drink from her bottle and walked over to the center of the padded gym floor. Robin stalked over to about three yards in front of her and took to a battle stance. Raven took her own pose and waited for Robin to initiate the fight.

Robin gazed upon Raven sternly and said, "No powers or weapons, okay?"

She waved it off with her hand and balanced her feet to about a shoulder's width. Robin smirked and charged Raven, attacking with a swift jab to the side—which Raven dodged. She countered with a roundhouse kick to Robin's face. He stumbled backward and quickly ducked to avoid a left hook from Raven. He delivered a hefty uppercut to Raven's jaw and then bent down to sweep his leg under her feet to knock her off balance. Raven landed with a thump and quickly rolled backwards—onto her feet—and launched towards Robin.

She regained her footing and grabbed Robin by the shoulder and arm to flip him onto his back. Robin, not expecting this kind of advanced combat from Raven, fell to the ground and rolled to the side to avoid a deftly kick from Raven. He cleverly managed to get behind her when she was regaining her balance, and placed her in the same kind of lock that Red X had put her in.

Raven smirked while bringing her free arm's elbow into his face. He grunted and lurched to the side—nearly falling over again. He didn't have time to recover though when Raven caught one of his arms behind his back and placed her middle and index fingers on a pressure point on his neck. He sighed quietly and knew that he'd been beaten. As Raven released him, she smartly slapped him on the head with his towel that'd been carelessly tossed aside when he'd walked in. He quickly turned around to glare at her when she smirked and began to walk towards the door.

He smirked and suddenly charged her, knocking her onto the ground. He pinned her arms to the floor and straddled her middle as he smarted, "Raven, Raven. You should know that you're never to turn your back on the enemy." Raven tried to wiggle free, but only caused the hip where her camisole had shifted to expose her skin, to abrade.

The two of them stayed in that position for a while. Both of them had several bruises and minor scrapes where either of them had been hit. Raven made a last effort to escape when she suddenly swung at Robin after pulling one of her arms free. He caught it in his hand by the wrist just as it neared his face. Heat radiated off the both of their bodies as the sweat glistened on their skin. Robin's bare chest lightly brushed against Raven's wrist as he held it in his hand. He smirked at her and lowered himself so that his face became even with the side of hers. Their skin lightly touched on either of the two's cheeks. Raven could feel Robin's breath down her neck and barely suppressed a shudder.

"You shouldn't let your enemies get the best of you either, even if they're your allies." He breathed.

She replied with a strained grunt as she arched her back to push him further up on her middle so that she could get her leg free. She kneed him in the lower back and used her legs to push against the ground to forcefully send him off of her, then onto the floor.

She glared at him after standing up, then left him to prop himself up on his elbows and watch her walk back to her water bottle and towel. He looked bewildered as he slowly got up and walked over to his towel. He grasped the material between his fingers and jogged after her as she left the gym and headed for her room. When he caught up, she only looked back, glaring, and sped up a bit. He sped up as well and looked at her sternly.

"Raven? What's wrong?" He asked. He'd suspected that she was just sore about losing until she turned her head away from him with a huff. He finally grabbed her shoulder and spun her around so that she was facing him. "Raven! What's wrong?"

She glared at him and retorted, "You should know better than to toy with me like that when I'm involved with Garrett." With that, she stalked off to her room.

He leaned against the nearby wall, placing his palm to his forehead. 'How stupid of me! Why hadn't I remembered? I should've stopped when Raven found the pressure point. What's gotten into me lately? Why do I have such a problem with Garrett? And why did it feel so good to get that close to Raven?' He only sighed and began to walk back to his room when he was almost sure of the answer his question. He couldn't like Raven! He was supposed to like Starfire. After all, she liked him.

He neared his bedroom door and typed in the password. The door hissed open to reveal a room with several crime files on an overly crowded wooden desk. The once red walls had been covered with newspaper clippings about criminals and his black bed had the sheets pulled back, waiting to be folded. He sighed and trudged to his bed. He pulled the covers back up and neatly placed the maroon pillows on top. He soundlessly went to the open closet and grabbed one of his many uniforms off a hook. He walked into the bathroom and closed the door as he pulled open the shower curtains. He rid himself of his current clothes and stepped into the shower.

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Robin slipped into his uniform and walked out of his room. Once in the hall, he went to the elevator to go down to the lobby. When the elevator doors opened, he walked over to the kitchen counter.

Robin picked up the mug of coffee from the coffee maker before he collapsed into the couch in the lobby and grabbed the nearby TV remote. He pushed the power button and began to flick through the channels until he got the news channel.

The brown-headed woman was on again with a report about the date Raven and Garrett were on. She said small tid-bits of information to lead into the next clip before the scene changed to the footage that the crew had gotten last night.

Robin felt jealously and anger grow within him as he watched the video of Garrett and Raven. He didn't want Raven to exposed like this, but he also didn't want Garrett near her. He mashed the power button again and placed his untouched coffee on the table. He was about to exit the room when the alarm sounded. He quickly went to the computer by the TV to see what was wrong. As the other Titans filled into the room, he grit his teeth. It was Red X again.