X-Marks the Spot

Chapter 4: I Walk the Line

For the next few days, Raven and Robin wouldn't even dare to make eye contact around the others. One mistaken look of flirtation or longing and the others would play detective till they got to the bottom of it. Raven couldn't go more than a few hours without feeling his lips on hers. He was like an addiction flowing through her body. Whenever Robin would leave to be Red-X, Raven would cover for him. The thought of him being caught was as unbearable as the thought of going a day without his kisses. She would be sitting on the roof meditating, when he would grab her from behind and attack her with his mouth. Or maybe, she would be drinking green tea and he would gently brush his hand against hers while "reaching for the sugar" across the table. He drove her crazy and he knew it or else he wouldn't be doing this.

One day, Raven was walking down the hall reading a new book, when a hand grabbed her and whirled her around. She came crashing into Robin's toned body. She grunted slightly at the impact of his chest on hers.

"No, Robin, no here. Someone is bound to see," she told him but finding herself losing sense in his green eyes.

"Then let them look," he responded kissing her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled against his lips. His lips slipped to her neck and she pressed his head into her neck as her breath hitched. Robin turned her around and slammed her against the wall. She immediately responded by jumping up and wrapping her legs around his waist. He grinded his hips against her, she moaned and a lamp nearby shattered. Robin looked at the glass pieces of the once tall green lamp in the hall. Raven slid down off him breathing hard.

"I don't think you were into it that much," Robin joked removing a small brush from his utility belt.

"Oh shut up," she snapped snatching the brush from his hand to clean up the mess.

That night, Raven was lying in bed. She knew Robin was off playing villain that night. Nights like these, she would just wait for him to come home. Usually she would sense his presence in the house. Sometimes, he would come into her room and check on her before going to bed. Tonight, however, she was startled by a noise outside her window. She walked over to it ready to fight off any unwelcome guest, when she saw Robin in his Red-X suit before her.

"Robin!" she gasped opening the window for him. He slumped into the room clutching a cloth to his side. Blood had already drenched it and was now working on covering his hand. "Shit Robin," she muttered helping him to her bed. She removed his mask so he could breathe easier. "What the fuck did you do?"

"Guards… six of them… took me by surprise… silent censors in the museum…" he explained between deep intakes of breath.

"What did they do to you?" she asked removing the cloth to see the damage.

"New weaponry," he said.

"Be more specific," said Raven shocked at the size of the wound.

"Lasers," he told her. "They've traded in their 9mm for lasers…. this one just grazed me… barley got away…"

Raven began to heal his wound but it wouldn't quite close.

"Raven," Robin whispered. "I know about your special ability."

"How do you know?" she asked.

"I've done research on all the Titans. You know that if you lick my wound, it will close. Every person born on Azerath has that ability," he said through winces of pain.

Raven began to blush fiercely. She had never told anyone about her "talent" before, for healing someone's wounds in that fashion was a very intimate experience for the people of her planet. She slowly took off Robin's Red-X costume and slowly lowered her head to his open wound. She began to slowly move her tongue across the injury and it slowly closed. She raised her head to him once he was healed.

"Thank you," Robin breathed before nearly passing out on her bed.

Raven looked at him for a while before lying down beside him. He has no idea what that meant she thought to herself. Right as she was about to fall asleep, she felt a pair of arms wrapped around her and pull her into the chest of the boy lying next to her. She smiled to herself as she feel asleep in his arms.