Raven walked back over to the boulder that had once been their entrance way and leaned her back against it. She looked up at the rocky, uneven ceiling of the cave. Why me? She thought to herself, why am I the one that got landed with staying in a cave with this masked freak? I mean it could've been Starfire that he dragged down with him, but no it had to be me! She was jolted out of her thoughts by the sound of a bag opening. She quickly turned to face her smug roommate and saw that he held in his hands a bag of potato chips. Raven's left eye started to twitch a little. How could he eat at a time like this? Red X eyes perked up to face hers.
"Do you want some?" He asked holding the bag out for her to take. Raven let out an agitated sigh, then spoke in a calm voice.
"Where in the world did you get that bag of chips?" Red X shrugged. His shrugging was really starting to tick Raven off.
"I pulled it out of my belt." Raven looked at him strangely.
"How did you fit that large bag of chips in your small belt?" Red X lifted his mask up just enough so that he could toss a couple of chips in his mouth.
"Same way I did with the sleeping bad, Beautiful." Raven cringed on the inside.
"Okay that's enough information."
"hey, you asked a question and I gave you an answer." They sat there in silence. The only sound that could be heard was Red X munching away at his crunchy delicacies. Raven sat down, still leaning her back against the boulder. She pulled her knees to her chest and looked over in annoyance at Red X chewing the chip loudly. As soon as she looked at him it was as if she was under some sort of spell. She wasn't able to take her eyes off the criminals face. The skin that had been revealed to her was perfect and blemish free. She watched as he ate a handful of chips all in one swallow. She couldn't help but fantasize about what his eyes might look like. Were they sea foam green? Or maybe a deep blue, like Robin's?
Red X noticed her gaze. He put the bag of chips down and chuckled. "Like what you see, cutie?" Raven snapped out of her phase and quickly looked anywhere other than him. She hadn't even noticed that she had been looking at him.
"What are you talking about, X?" Red X smirked and this time it was visible, which made Raven all the more nervous.
"Come on, Beautiful, I saw the way you were looking at me. If you liked me so much all you had to do was say so!" Suddenly, the color that was left in Raven's face drained from her. How could even suggest something like that? That she liked him, hah! In his dreams.
"You wish, X!" Red X simply nodded.
"Yes I do, Love, yes I do." At this point Raven was more than a little aggravated by the nicknames that he had been giving her. Not once had he said her name. Not a single solitary time!
"Okay, Red X, this whole nickname thing has to stop. My name is not 'Hot Stuff', 'Beautiful', or 'Cutie'. My name is Raven, call me by my real name." Red X was about to respond when a voice could just vaguely be heard over head. Raven noticed it instantly as Robin's voice. She instantly got to her feet and started yelling.
"Robin! I'm down here!" she pressed her ears against the boulder, she could hear Robin yelling.
"Raven! Where are you?" yes! Thought Raven he can hear me, I'm saved!
"I'm in a cave just below you feet!" She could hear Cyborg's laser canon blasting its way through the snow. When she heard Robin's voice again it was right outside the cave.
"Raven, are you in there?" Raven nodded her head, even though he could not see it.
"Yes, we're on the other side of this rock!" Robin paused for a minute before speaking. We? Who was 'we' exactly?
"Raven, what do you mean when you say 'we'?"
"I mean Red X is in here too." Color instantly left Robin's face. Red X was in there with her? There was no telling what kinds of things he put her through last night! Cyborg also tensed. If that creep had laid a single finger on his sister-like friend there was going to be hell to pay.
"Alright, Raven, back up a few paces, Cyborg is about to blast through." Raven did as she was told, and covered her ears with her hand to prevent her ear drums from bursting. Within seconds the boulder exploded into a million little pieces with a loud bang. Robin and the rest of the Titans rushed into the cave.
Starfire flew in and threw her arms around the dark girl. "Friend, Raven, the Red X has left you unharmed, yes?" Raven hugged Starfire for a second before pulling away. She was about to respond before Red X interrupted.
"Don't worry, Star-Chick," Said Red X standing up while pulling his mask back over his mouth. "I left her alone, for the most part." Raven huffed and crossed her arms. That's a bit of an understatement. She thought. Robin marched right up to Red X and stared him right in the eye.
"If you so much as touched her you're going to pay!" Red X sighed dramatically as if he were disappointed,
"Hey, Chicken Wing, why did you have to come and break up the party? Things were just starting to get interesting in here." Robin's eyes widened and pushed Red X hard into a wall.
"What is that supposed to mean, X?" Raven intervened by gently putting her hand on Robin's shoulder.
"Come on, Robin, let's just go. He didn't hurt me." Red X chuckled.
"Yeah, Robin, I didn't hurt your girl." Robin glared at him,
"Fine, we'll go, but we're taking him to jail." Red X cleared his throat to get Robin's attention.
"Actually, you can't do that, Chicken Wing, I didn't break any of your silly laws."
"He's right, man," said Cyborg, "We have to let him go this time." Robin paused never letting his glared recede from Red X's skull mask. He wanted so much to put this criminal to justice, but Cyborg was right, he hadn't done anything this time. Robin sighed deeply.
"Fine, we'll leave him here." Robin let go of Red X's shoulders. "Lets move out, team." Robin stormed out of the cave and into the snowy atmosphere. The rest of the titans turned to follow their leader outside. On the way out Beast Boy started shouting joyfully.
"Dudes! Now that we have Raven back we should celebrate by having some ice cream, pizza, and tofu steak!" Raven quickly turned around to face Beast Boy.
"How about we don't and say that we did?" Raven crossed her arms and continued to follow the rest of the team. Beat Boy pouted and followed her.
"Aww come on, Raven, you've been stuck with a criminal all night. You could use some ice cream!"
"I said no, Beast Boy!"
"What if I promised that I would stop telling you jokes?"
"If only, if only, Beast Boy." Red X listened to their bickering until they were out of earshot. He looked at the spot where Raven had just been. He thought about her pretty face and stubborn personality. She didn't seem to like him as much as he would've hoped. Well that was about to change, very soon.
"Raven," He whispered feeling the sounds of her name rolling off his lips. He smirked. "I'll definitely be seeing you around."
A/N: smacks self in the face I'm so incredibly sorry for the long wait, again!! I haven't been motivated to write, lately. But now I really like where this story is going. I'm going to make this is to a love triangle between Raven/Robin/Red X and I'm seriously psyched about it!! Anyway, please review!