Dealing With It

It had been a couple of weeks since Raven came back. Every day, Starfire would apologize to her for lying, even though Raven was the one who needed to apologize and she had no idea what Starfire was rambling on about anyway. Every time she told Starfire that she didn't remember her being jealous of Robin, Starfire would only shake her head and continue with her apologies.

Cyborg was certainly glad to have her back, and Beast Boy, although still joking about her, was glad too.

The press had been more annoying than usual, (that was saying something, wasn't it?), and were bothering her with her appearance with Red X and what really happened. She tried to ignore them, as she usually did, but Robin had left quickly now, leaving her to the questions.

"I lost my memory. End of story." was all she said.

Raven looked at Robin, exercising with kicks and punches as he usually did, and was confused at the impassive look on his face. For the past few weeks, she had noticed his expression, it not being anything. Every time there was a villain attacking, Robin didn't say "Titans Go!" So nowadays, Cyborg had to do it. He would cover his emotions when he was around her. He would put up a wall every time she tried to sense his emotions.

"Robin."

He didn't stop kicking or punching for her, but only said, "Yes?"

She took a deep breath in, and walked towards him. "We need to talk."

"We did, a couple of weeks ago."

"You know what I'm talking about."

Where was their bond? Their connection? All she could feel was heartbreak and loneliness, and she wasn't sure if that was Robin's emotions or hers. She... missed him.

"Why are you acting like this?" She asked when he didn't reply. She sighed and rubbed her forehead with two fingers when he continued not to answer her.

"Robin... what's wrong?" Something was up; she knew it.

"Why won't you say anything?" She asked out of frustration. Even with Robin blocking his thoughts, she knew him well enough to know that he was just waiting until she kicked herself out.

That was not going to happen.

"I'm not leaving Robin." He was being a complete bastard, and he was going to stay that way wasn't he?

He picked up his towel, threw it around his shoulders, and then picked up his water bottle, drinking from it and leaving the room.

"Robin!" He plainly ignored her, and she followed him until he reached his door.

He shut the door in her face, and she felt pathetic, following him around like a lost puppy would. She eyed a piece of paper that was on the floor, it being crumpled up. Her eyes widened as she read the note, and she teleported herself to the roof, her eyes showing anger.

"X!"

"Yes beauty?"

"I demand you tell me what this is!" She held up the note high for him to see, and for a second shock overcame him before he replied.

"I think I need a new name for you beauty, since you've gone delusional."

"Excuse me?" Her eyebrow rose as she asked the question.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

She rolled her eyes. "Of course not. 'You better took good care of her.' Why wouldn't you write it, besides the fact that you were on a note frenzy that day?"

"See, you understand it princess, so what's with the questions?"

"X!" Raven said, yelling out of frustration and annoyance, and continued with her rant. "What makes you think I can't take care of myself? Do you KNOW what this note suggests?"

X shrugged. "That you're madly in love with me?"

"More like the other way around."

X sighed. "Okay princess, ya got me. Watcha gonna do?"

"Explain?"

X sighed again. "I'm sorry?" He said, trying to see if it would work.

The growl she emitted proved otherwise.

"Okay, okay. Is it so wrong to tell you I care?"

Raven raised an eyebrow. "You are so BSing."

He chuckled. "You know me well."

"I do, don't I?"

Silence ensued between the two of them.

"Why Robin?"

X shrugged. "He cares."

"Apparently you do as well."

He contemplated the thought, and the smirked, and although Raven couldn't see it, she knew it was there.

"So?"

He turned around, showing that he was ready to leave.

"By the way, I think Robin cares a lot-"

"He sure isn't acting like it."

"Maybe cuz he thinks he has competition."

This made Raven quiet, thinking about it.

"Are you saying-"

X cut her off. "I know you feel the same." He said unwillingly, but at least she would be happy with him, even though he was an arrogant, conceited bastard.

... He just explained himself didn't he?

Raven didn't say anything when he left.

There she was, in all her pathetic glory, knocking on Robin's door. She muttered something under her breath, wanting to curse X for all eternity.

"Robin." X was right, and she knew he knew it. It bothered her to no end... but his ego did help once in a while.

"Open this damn door before I invade your privacy completely and come in. You better be decent."

He opened the door; his mask off and showing Raven the glare he had readied for her.

Now, she already knew his eye color, fairly obvious with their bond and his memories. But she didn't know that the first time he actually showed her would be to show her his anger at her.

"Yes?"

"You're being a complete and utter moron."

"... Thanks. Can we stop talking now?"

"No!" She exclaimed, completely frustrated with the boy in front of her. "What's with you, just because you're a little jealous of X-"

"I'm not jealous of X!"

Raven smirked. "Of course not. Would you like to know what we did together when I was gone? We had-"

"Shut up Raven!" He said screaming, anger and jealousy taking over him.

"All I was going to say was that we had many fights with each other. Why so jealous Robin?"

"Because I love you okay? Now can you please leave me alone?"

He slammed the door on his face, and on one side of the door, Raven gave a small smirk, and on the other side, was a wide-eyed Robin as he realized what he had done. He could only think one thing.

The Next Day:

X stared at the window that came from Raven's room, him being able to see that Raven was not in her room.

Most likely she's in someone else's room, X thought was a forced grin. Considering she hadn't come back into her room to sleep all night.

X sighed. Sure, he hadn't been able to show her his love for her (he was getting soft, he knew, and he was going to kill himself later), but at least she was happy.

He thought that maybe if he took her, brainwashed her into thinking they were friends, she would... ya know.

But instead, she had fallen in love with Robin.

It was obvious, but he knew (and this wasn't his conceited side talking) that he had a small place in her heart, considering she hadn't ratted him out.

So, if they somehow broke up, which X knew they wouldn't do, he still had a chance.

But until then...

He would just have to deal with it, just like Robin did.

That didn't feel like an epilogue, did it feel like an epilogue? I don't think so. So, for now, this is just the last chapter of Devoted.

FINALLY! It's over! But I'm gonna miss writing it.

THANK YOU ALL for you REVIEWS! You are amazing, and if you're still here, still reading this story, still excited about the ending, wow, you're a true reviewer, since it took me a while to end it.

Now if I could only end my other stories... oh God. Too many. lol.

I hope you guys liked the ending, for you RedX/Raven fans out there, if any, I was kind of sad when I had to end it the way I did. I know I'm betraying my Robin/Raven side... but... when I wrote the last chapter, I just finished read Passing Judgment: Playing by the Rules, which is an AMAZING story, and I had a lot to catch up on, so when I did, I was thinking of Red X/Raven only. Sigh

I hope you enjoyed it, thank you all!

Love,

Ivy