Marry Who?
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. If I did, then Raven and Robin should've been together by now, don't ya think?
Chapter 2: Reminisce
"Raven, we have a bond remember…" A voice lingered through her mind. It had been bugging her ever since she left the tower.
"You've been inside my mind, let me inside yours." There it was again. Those lines, words, all that he said during her dark times. It all kept coming back to her, repeating over and over like a broken record.
They annoyed her. She didn't want to hear his voice again. She wants to get over him. But he won't let her. At least, his voice won't.
"How could I possibly move on if you won't let me be, Robin? Quit bothering my distorted mind!" She exhaled sharply, making her vexation be seen clearer. She closed her eyes shut. Darkness devoured her sight. But then again, a vision was seen. A memory replaying before her.
Flashback…
It was one summer day at the Titans' tower. The tower seemed to be in a weird state that day. There were no Beast Boy and Cyborg playing or fighting over a video game. No Starfire greeting everyone a glorious day or cooking one of her 'unusual' foods.
All that's there were Raven sitting by a counter, reading a thick book and a tea by her side, and Robin who just entered the room.
"Where is everybody?" Robin had one of his brows raised under that domino mask. He was actually trying to call his fellow bird's attention.
Raven didn't bother to look at him. "Cyborg and Beast Boy are at the Titans East helping them with the TURF (Titans Urban Reconstruction Fund. As far as I can remember, I read about this in one of the comics, not sure though.), just as you instructed them yesterday if in case you forgot. Starfire's at the mall, shopping for clothes and stuff."
Robin went by the counter, facing her. His arms were on top of the counter, his right hand holding his chin. He stared at her, it was an awkward moment for Raven but she showed him that she was unaffected with his stares.
"So…Why didn't you join her? You know, hang-out or something?" She continued reading as she gave his question an answer.
"It's hot. This book's good and I don't feel like going anywhere." The Boy Wonder's lips parted and mouthed the word "oh". It must have been stubbornness that got him and made him ask another question.
"So, what are you reading? How good is it?" Raven couldn't help it and raised a brow at him, looking straightly at his mask.
"It's called 'How to ignore a Boy Blunder standing in front of you.' It's pretty good and I am in the stage of proving it correct." She averted her gaze once more and focused on the book.
"Oh really? Seems interesting. What does it say about ignoring the handsome and irresistible Boy Blunder in front of you?" She scoffed at his statement.
"Way to go in praising him but I'm not buying it. For the first step, it actually says be engrossed with the book. Second, avoid eye contact, for it can be dangerous at times. Lastly, whatever he does, don't mind him. He just probably wants to annoy you to death."
Robin grinned slyly at her statement. "Oh, is that so, Rae-rae? What was the last step? Hmm... Ah! Don't mind him whatever he does, huh?" She scowled at the mention of the said nickname. He released a chuckle under his breath. Raven didn't budge at his actions, sticking to whatever she said.
"Can you really resist not minding me if I do this?!" He brought out a water gun and squirted water on Raven's face. It was too late for her to avoid the water. She didn't know when and how did his hand get a grip of one of Beast Boy's childish toys.
"What the-" Before she could even continue her sentence, he shot water on her again. He laughed at her upon seeing her face. She put her book down and had a glare on her amethyst eyes.
"You're so getting it, Boy Blunder." He eagerly shot her again, grinning cockily at her.
"Like I'd let you, Rae." With the use of her powers, she shielded herself from the liquid substance and was able to get a hold of the other water gun she spotted on the couch.
"No fair, Rae-rae! No powers!" He pouted at her, refilling the gun with water. He aimed it at her but she got him first. He wiped his face using his free hand and saw Raven smirking victoriously at him.
But of course, he didn't want to lose over her. His competitive side came out and their game against each other began. Water splashed everywhere around the common room and none of them minded that.
Their giggles and laughs could be heard; shrieks of happiness filled the air. They were really having so much fun. It was only once in a blue moon that both of their childish sides came out, so they made sure to get the best out of it.
"That's for calling me Rae-rae!" She yelled at him after hitting a direct shot on his face once more.
"Well, this is for trying to ignore me earlier!" He made a shot but the gothic girl dodged it swiftly. She grinned at him.
"I guess that wasn't your lucky shot." She taunted him, too late to realize that he was already beside her. He squirted water on her right ear, receiving a jolt from her just like when Cyborg did a wet-willy on her before.
(A/N: Wet-willy, as far as I know, is a prank or trick where in you wet your finger with saliva and then insert it in the ear of the person you wanted to play a prank on.)
They played their little game until they both got exhausted with all the running around and squirting all over the place. Their bodies lay tiredly on the couch. Smiles were still on their faces.
Both were staring at each other, as if wanting to tell something to one another if only they weren't catching their breaths. It took them some minutes to recover fully.
"That was fun! I could do that like, forever!" He gleefully announced to the violet-haired teen beside him.
"You can't do it forever, Robin. Nothing in this world's forever, well at least except for change." She sounded down when she let those words out. Robin looked straightly at her, trying to find a reason behind those amethyst eyes of hers.
But as expected, he found none. After all, she was known for her ability to hide her feelings from everybody, but that didn't stop him from wanting to know why. Why did she say those words?
"Of course, there's still another thing that forever exists in our world." She gave him a curious look.
"And what is that? I highly doubt it though." He gave her a sheepish grin in return as he reached for her head and patted it gently. The dark girl didn't seem to mind this action of his.
"That my little Rae-rae is what we call love. Love is constant. It doesn't die even through time .It just continues over ages, passed from generation to generation. It's something we have since the time we were born and something that we'll give and receive as we get older."
"Love huh?" She scoffed as she rolled her eyes at him. "Is that what watching of romantic films with Starfire give you? Its creepy hearing it from you, trust me."
He chuckled. "What's so creepy about me telling you something about love? Tell me, Raven. Have you been in love with someone?" Her eyes widen at his bold and direct question.
'Have you been in love with someone?' The question repeated in her mind once more. A slight blush crept upon her cheeks. She was lucky to have her cloak to hide this.
"Y-yes, I mean no!" It was too late for her to take back her first answer.
"See! That's what I'm-" She cut him through his midsentence.
"Yes, I've been and am in love with someone." She averted her gaze. "But regarding love as something that exists forever is not even close to a fact." His brows furrowed.
"Why do you say so if you, yourself, had experience loving someone?"
"Because…"
End of Flashback…
"Because love isn't constant. It may not be affected by time but change affects it. Love changes. It's either going to grow or vanish into thin air. It can either be appreciated or turned down. It lasts as long as it's nurtured but is gone when people chose to forget it because of the pain they got from it. Only those who are currently enjoying it believe that it is forever, but those who were wounded by it knew better."
Raven uttered her answer to his question before. Each and every word was clear and not a single word forgotten. Those words she said were the exact description of what she felt. Love only brought her pain in exchange for some little happiness.
She hugged her knees to herself and bent her head to hide her face. She was thinking about her home, the Titans Tower. How were they all doing back there on Earth or when can she see them again? Those were the inquiries on her mind. It hadn't been one day passing and she was missing them, a lot.
A soft knock on her current room's door made her head look up again. The door opened before her and a figure was standing there.
"Race… It's time for the preparations. Your wedding's gonna be in just a countdown of weeks." It was one of the princesses just like her. It was Christina, also known as Chace in their nickname basis.
She was wearing a golden brown cloak and a creamy white dress that reached her knees. The dress was like those that the Greek goddesses wore. It had a small rope for the belt. Christina's hair was in the color of light-blue, tied in a messy ponytail.
(A/N: Sorry for the bad outfit description. I may be a girl but I don't know all about girl stuff or whatever you call them.)
She had a small smile on her face. She was pretty at her age of 17. She was the second among their ages. Justine was the youngest. Among the two, Raven was closer to Christina than Justine, maybe because of their small age gap.
She held out her hand to her, convincing her to stand up. Raven grabbed her hand and stood up from the floor. She dusted her uniform up and for the first time, smiled at Christina.
Christina's chocolate brown eyes widen but then recalled her composure. She turned her back from Raven and was about to leave the room with her when Raven placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Christina, Ch-chace, I need your help."