She was teasing him.

Not in the Haha you lost in a videogame or You've had bed head for the past three hours and still don't realize it kind of teasing, but she was definitely trying to mess with him. It was made worse by the fact that her teasing was so subtle, yet so prominent at the same time. He would be the only one bothered by what she was doing, and yet to the others she was doing nothing at all.

It wasn't strange for them to get pizza for lunch, and their favourite pizza store was nearby when they had journeyed into town that day. They had all sat down at the circular table and ordered, then began eating. Today wasn't different than any other day, and this meal wasn't different from the hundreds they'd shared together.

After all, they ate practically every meal together. They often looked at one another between bites of food and told jokes or talked to each other as friends. So what was Raven doing that was upsetting him so?

She was staring him down over a slice of pizza. Not just any slice of pizza, the last slice of pizza. It always came down to this; there was always a fight over the last slice and it was never the same person who wound up getting it. It had been Raven who earned it this time (after she used her magic to snatch it away from everyone else).

Of course the other four wanted it for themselves; pizza was a perfect food. Cyborg, Starfire, and Beastboy could tell that Raven was enjoying the last slice of pepperoni, but they were wrong in assuming it was because it tasted good (which it did).

Robin knew that she was smirking at him between bites because she had been doing it every meal for the past two days, ever since she had reclaimed her Almond Joy. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bring himself to look away, either.

"Hellooooo! Earth to Robin!" Beastboy's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Dude, we've all seen the jewel in Raven's forehead. You can stop staring at her." Cyborg said.

"He is staring at her because he wanted the last slice of the pepperoni." Starfire told the other two.

"You know Robin, if you wanted the last slice, we could always share…" Raven said. Her face was blank, but the tone of her voice betrayed her emotions. She was messing with him. She held the pizza toward him, its triangular shape lost since she had already taken a couple of bites out of it.

He was debating what to do. He could always decline the offer. He could say, 'Nah, you earned it. You can have it.' and play this whole thing off. If he leaned over and took a bite, she would continue to mess with him, taunting him at every meal.

'Actually, if I decline it makes her the winner. I don't know what kind of fight this is, but I refuse to lose!'

He leaned over the table and took a small bite off the end being offered towards him. Raven didn't react, just took the pizza back and bit off another section herself. Beastboy, Cyborg, and Starfire watched awkwardly.

"What was that about?" They all looked at each other with their shoulders shrugged.

"It's good, isn't it?" Raven asked. She may have sounded casual, but he could sense the smug satisfaction behind her words.

"Delicious." Robin was glaring at her, his gloved hands clenched into fists resting on top of the table, which only added to the confusion of their audience.

~Almond Flavoured~

The next day, they were having dinner in the common room, and all of them were sitting on the couch in front of the T.V. They were having chinese food for dinner. Robin was sitting at the far right end of the crescent couch, and to his left sat Beastboy, Starfire, Raven, and Cyborg at the opposite end.

Robin scraped the last of the rice out of the to-go box, and sighed contentedly after a good meal. He grabbed his fortune cookie (which he always saved for dessert), and cracked it open.

'You fail to see the obvious, but soon you shall understand it.'

Robin frowned at the paper. It didn't sound like a fortune at all. Regardless, he took the cookie and ate it in one bite. He put his empty box on the table in front of him, and threw the wrapper for the cookie on top into the empty box.

He had done a pretty good job of ignoring Raven during dinner; he hadn't looked at her once. He could feel her eyes drilling into his skull from her position on the couch, however. Robin wasn't going to look, and he grabbed the remote and began changing channels as the others continued to eat.

The T.V. took a break from its show and went to commercials, and Cyborg let out a loud belch. Robin tried to suppress a grin, and looked over as Beastboy laughed.

He had made a fatal mistake.

Raven had finished eating, and had just cracked open her fortune cookie and was reading the paper inside. She shrugged upon finishing it, and turned back to stare Robin down. Unable to look away, he watched as she opened her mouth and popped the treat inside. She swallowed and licked her lips (she was doing it slowly on purpose to try and get a reaction out of him), then held out the other half to him.

His mind was telling him no, but his hand was saying yes, and he reached out and grabbed the cookie half from her hand. She turned her attention to the T.V., and Robin ate the treat.

~Almond Flavoured~

Robin was sitting in the common room by himself a couple of days later. The others had gone up to the roof for a game of Stankball, and he had declined the offer to join. He was playing a video game and had just won an online match, standing up in victory with his arms above his head.

"Alright! Time for a snack." He had been playing for a few hours already, and was on a winning streak. He had felt hungry earlier, but had told himself, 'Just one more game, I can win this!' for seventeen games in a row. He stood up and turned around, and nearly had a heart attack.

Raven was in the kitchen.

'How does she know?' Robin thought to himself. Raven was standing in front of the counter, and was eating something, but he couldn't tell what it was from his current angle. He walked to the kitchen and started rummaging through the fridge. Beastboy had gone shopping a few days prior but they had already run out of food.

He heard crunching, and turned to face his demon.

Raven was eating Oreo's, and it was probably the only snack food they had left. Robin remembered it was his turn to do the shopping next. He steeled himself and walked over to her and grabbed an Oreo out of the plastic tray they were in.

Raven didn't say anything to him, just continued eating. She glanced at him from time to time, but she wasn't staring him down like she had been doing the past few days. 'Maybe she decided she's had enough fun and decided to stop?' Robin thought to himself. He reached for another Oreo, and realized he couldn't have been more wrong.

The tray was empty, and Raven had just grabbed the last one.

She stared at it for a moment, similar to a spider contemplating the fly caught in its web. She glanced at Robin, at his outstretched hand, then back to the Oreo. "You wanna split it?" Raven asked.

"Why are you doing this?" He asked. Raven smiled, and turned so she was facing him.

"Doing what? Sharing?" She asked sarcastically.

"No, you're messing with me. Ever since that day with the Almond Joy, anytime we've been eating you're always staring at me and offering me some of your food." Robin pointed out. This was the only time he'd be able to get an answer, since none of their other friends weren't around to call him crazy or weird.

"I'm only offering. You're the one who's accepting." She held up the cookie between them. "You don't have to if you don't want to, you know."

Then she put the cookie halfway in her mouth, similar to what he had done with her Almond Joy so long ago. She stared at him, not blinking or moving.

Robin stared back at her from behind the mask. His mind was working overtime, trying to figure out what the best course of action could possibly be. There was some sort of hidden meaning behind her words, that much was certain. If she wanted to share, she would've broken the cookie into two and given him half. She wouldn't try and make him kiss her.

You don't have to if you don't want to, you know.

She wasn't forcing him to do anything, he realized. If he turned around and went back to the couch, this would be the end of it. Raven wouldn't bother him with anymore weird food innuendos again.

I'm only offering.

Offering what? To kiss him? Why was she offering that? What was she trying to tell him?

Or maybe Almond Joys had nothing to do with it.

He thought back to what she had told him after the inciting incident. She hadn't acted this way before then (at least not that he had noticed). He thought that she had given him another Almond Joy as way of an apology, but now he wasn't so sure.

You fail to see the obvious, but soon you shall understand it.

The words of his fortune cookie rang into his mind like a bell, and everything fell into place.

Raven still hadn't moved. She was waiting for him to make his choice.

Slowly, he leaned forward and took the other half of the cookie into his mouth, placing his lips gently on hers. He saw her eyes close, and when she placed her arms around his neck, he did the same. He wrapped his arms around her back and brought her close to him.

The cookie had been swallowed by both of them already, but neither one of them pulled back. Robin was still familiarizing himself with the way Raven's lips moved against his, trying to savour the aftertaste of the Oreo's she'd eaten a moment ago. Her tongue gently prodded against his lips, and he parted them, allowing her tongue into his mouth.

It was different from the first time she'd kissed him; it felt as though Raven were slightly nervous as she explored his mouth. Though judging from the way her fingers had started to run through his hair, he could tell she was enjoying herself. Robin had to admit he was too; it was strange having another tongue in his mouth, but it was sending sparks throughout his body in a really good way.

"Ew! Get a room you two!"

Robin's eyes snapped open as Beastboy's voice rang through the room. Raven pulled back, and turned to glare at Beastboy. "We're having a moment here. Go back to your game."

"Have your moment somewhere else! We eat there!" Beastboy pointed a finger at the kitchen.

"I thought you two had a thing going on." Cyborg said as he crossed his arms over his chest. "You've been acting really weird these past few days."

"Wait, you knew? Or suspected?" Robin asked. "How?"

"Remember when I scanned you a few days ago? Some of Raven's DNA was on your lips." Cyborg grinned as Robin turned red. "I thought it was a fluke, but then I started watching you two around each other. You aren't as subtle as you think you are."

Robin opened his mouth to respond, but everything turned black and for a second, he was in free-fall. He fell onto something cushioned a moment later, and looked around to gather his surroundings. He was in his room. Then he became acutely aware of something else.

He was on his bed, and Raven was straddling his waist.

"Uh… Raven?" He asked nervously. "What are you doing?"

"Beastboy told us to get a room. I figured we'd use yours." Raven leaned down so her face was an inch from his.

"I was enjoying our little moment…"