A week had gone by, a long uneventful week. No one had threatened the city yet- no one dared to. Not with the Titans there and the stories that went around about them defeating all evil.

Robin was a little on the edge because of this, something had to go wrong soon... something always went wrong whenever he let his guard down. But while Robin was tense and uneasy, everyone else was enjoying themselves. The others were happy that they didn't have to constantly fight every other minute, it was nice to just sit on the couch and watch the T.V.

But that didn't mean no one noticed their team leader acting strange, they all knew he was stressing out about Slade, and while Starfire insisted everything was, "the okay" Robin didn't believe it, he just nodded it off to get her to leave him alone. Not only that, but Beat Boy and Cyborg pestered him and made fun of him for his 'obsession'. They might have thought they were just joking around, but Robin was tired of them making childish jokes and laughing at him. He spent more time in his room just to get away from everyone.

The only exception was Raven.

At the beginning of the week, she had asked if he was okay, and he claimed to be fine. She just went back to her book reminding him that if he needed to talk to some one she was always available, she wasn't going to waste time pestering him because she knew trying to force him to talk would only result in fighting and arguing.

Raven just wished the other's felt the same way about the subject as well. Starfire was okay because even though she was pestering Robin, she was only trying to understand, she wasn't deliberately trying to annoy him. Beast Boy and Cyborg on the other hand were joking around and intentionally making Robin mad, and that made Raven mad too.

They said he was to strict about the situation, and he needed to learn how to relax, and what they were trying to tell him wasn't all bad, until they called him names and make fake scenarios of Robin stalking Slade, and that's where Robin had snapped at them to back off and he went to his room.

Beast Boy had apparently got offended and had yelled at Robin to "chill out" and get a sense if humor. Raven had chosen to stay out of it and made a mental note to bolt Beast Boy's door shut while he was sleeping.

It was dinner time and Robin was still in his room.

"Robin is not the okay, and perhaps we should invite him to potato the couch while we watch a movie?" Starfire suggested.

"Leave him alone Starfire." Raven replied making the other girl slouch in discouragement.

"But he has been in his room all day, he would not be mad at us would he?" Starfire asked next starting at the doorway as if Robin would appear and be his usual happy self.

"He's not mad at us, but he's most likely annoyed at Cyborg and Beast Boy." Raven growled while giving the boys a small but pronounced glare.

"We can't help he doesn't like to joke around." The green teenager shrugged off as if it was nothing.

"You should know better." Raven snapped at Beast Boy who jumped in alarm at the girl's tone of voice. "You know how he gets when that subject and while you think you're joking around and being funny, you're actually acting like immature jerks."

The boys decided not to respond to that and choose to instead stay silent before Raven decided to throw and lock them outside for the night.

There was a few moments of silence before the door opened and Robin walked in silently grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge.

"Oh joy! Robin, you have come out of your room, do you wish to-"

" Not now Star." The teen mumbled before leaving just as quiet as he came in.

"I'm going to talk to him." Raven stated as she stood up. Starfire eagerly followed until Raven turned around shaking her head. "Alone."

The girl walked until she was in front of Robin's door pausing as she heard him growl a few things. Without further hesitation she knocked.

"Go away."

"Robin, it's me." Raven replied not surprised when the door opened automatically.

She stepped in and the door closed sealing them inside.

"I already know you're going to try to make new forget about the subject and you are going to try to get me to come back out there, but I can't. I need to stay ready for when he attacks."

"I understand, and I didn't come here with the mindset to change you, you have your own feelings and you need to express them in your own way, but all I want to tell you is to be careful. Don't let your fear control you-"

"I'm not scared of him." Robin replied with a small laugh. "I'm anything but afraid of him."

"I never said you were afraid of him. I just said you were afraid. I know you fear for the safety of the city and the people inside, we all do. But the difference between us is you're also afraid of disappointing someone." Raven noticed Robin stiffen at her words and paused to let them sink in. "But that doesn't mean you should stay in your room writing."

"So what? You're on their side of this argument?"

"No." Raven looked Robin in the eye. "I am not in their side, but I'm not on yours either and neither is Starfire. She doesn't understand how her words are effecting you, she is just trying to fit in with the boys. We'll be on your team as long as you can control yourself."

Raven turned away and left leaving Robin to think to himself for a while.

It was no surprise that when she reached the living room, Starfire was already asking questions about Robin, and should she bake the cake to make him happy.

After Raven had gotten the alien girl to calm down she mediated, trying to calm herself down as well. It angered her that the boys didn't even care about Robin, and Raven was afraid that I'd she didn't mediate more, one of them was going to lose their head.

They all heard it, loud and clear. It sent a wave of minor panic through them all as an alarm sounded.

Silently Raven hoped it wasn't Slade, and that they'd be okay for another day, but fate had other plans. The report just said of a masked man who had an army of more masked men breaking into an empty warehouse.

It was enough to cause a panic.

Robin insisted he was okay, and he just wanted to get this over with, but Raven had a feeling...

She couldn't put her finger on it, but something was off in the leader's "reassuring" smile, something she hadn't seen in a long time.

Just thought I'd say sorry if it was boring, and action will come up soon, and sorry if the characters are off and the story's too predictable. Anyway, reviews are nice and everyone I read a comment I smile because I know someone took time to read my stupid story!