'Why do I love you?'

Robin heard the question in the back of his mind, but he still didn't understand why he was asking. He felt a burnning sensation fill his body and he looked down. Raven was sharing her emotions, her feelings with him and he really didn't have a choice. "Raven!"

Her grip slowly began to fail. Slowly, her fingers began to slide off his sleeve, but he took her hand in his. Slowly, he slid his glove off and held her hand in his, nothing between it. Raven's body began to spew blood everywhere from small punctures in her skin from her toes to her nose. She gripped his hand as best she could and the gem on her forehead was sparking even more and her eyes were begining to flush out with white, illuminating her face to a degree.

Starfire, BeastBoy, and Cyborg came forward and knelt at Raven's side as her body began to glow with a white brilliance. Robin held Raven's hand in his and slowly brought her head up to rest on his chest and he gently rocked left and right. He was quietly starting to kiss her forehead and he felt the tears straining to come out. There was a bright flash and Raven vanished into oblivion, her cape remained in Robin's arms. He felt that small crack in his heart shatter his heart into a million pieces. He didn't dare cry.

BeastBoy suddenly kicked Robin. "It's okay to cry. Crying releases the soul. Raven told me that once."

Robin's face thanked BeastBoy while his lips couldn't and he collapsed, holding what was left of Raven close to his heart, tears over-flowing and dripping down, staining Raven's cloak, releasing his sorrows. He thought of Raven solely as he always had, a special person that he wanted to live with until oblivion blew them away. He closed his eyes.

'What can I do but cry?'