A/N: Aha! Youv'e been pondering who it was haven't you? Well now you find out. I bet you've already guessed by now though...

Chapter 3: Apologies with Feeling

The owner was Raven.

Fear was clearly evident in her eyes, from what Robin could see.Raven was able to express emotions to some extent, since she'd trained herself extenisvely in the last few month, but extreme cases of emotionwould cause uncontrolable events. This happened to be one of those; it was the window in Robin's bedroom that fell victim to her emotional outbreak, letting a soft breeze flow in, along with the moonlight that was already washing through the room. The two titans simply stayed there for a few seconds; Robin lying on the top of Raven, who had her right arm up, and eyes wide open.

"R-R-Robin?" Raven stuttered.

Realising what he was doing, Robin immediately let go of her arm and stepped backwards, leaving an expression of horror on his face that Raven noticed. Hesitantly, Robin extended his hand out to her. She too was slightly hesitant at accepting this, but did so in the end, allowing herself to be pulled up so that she could stand.

"Sorry... I was"
"Dreaming about Slade?" Raven finished.

Robin's expression became almost etched in his face, as her answer startled him. Did she enter his mind? Did he sleeptalk? Was it really that obvious?

"How did you know?"

Raven managed to pull a small, yet noticeable smile - something very odd for her.

"Well... There's only one person who could get you out of the tower at 3 a.m. without telling anyone else... You're almost possessed about him"

The obvious point it was then. Robin sat down on his bed and looked down toards the floor. Raven reluctantly sat down next to him, and almost copied his movement. Neither said anything for several seconds. Neither could think of anything to say. It was Raven who finally plucked up the courage to ask something.

"Erm... You ok?" She asked in a somewhat monotome voice. Robin chuckled slightly and turned to face her.
"I don't know." He said. "How long have I been... asleep?"

Raven looked up to the ceiling as if to search for the answer up there.

"Let's see... I guess it must be about four days now..."

Robin leapt to his feet. And began to run for the door of his room.

"Four days! That's enough time to let Sla-"

Robin stopped he turned to see Raven staring at him in horror. What was he thinking? He'd only just come out of unconsciousness and already he was hell bent on catching Slade. She was right, he was possessed about him. He walked back over to Raven and sat down next to her.

"Look... I'm sorry. It's just... I hate to see it when anyone escapes... Especially him..." Robin winced. He finally remembered that he had been injured.
"I know." Raven told him. "But the best thing you an do now, is rest. There's nothing really that any of us can do to stop you, so there's no point in trying. But if you're going to go after him, at least do it when you're healed..."

Raven looked pleadingly into Robin's eyes (or mask) during this, giving Robin the chance to notice something. He had never really looked at Raven properly before. He'd always thought she was cold and conservative, and had never realised she could be this caring about anyone, or anything, especially him. Staring deeper into her eyes, he noticed that the violet colour made her seem quite cute, despite her pale complexion. Robin's eyes were concealed behind the mask, so he took this oppotunity to check out Raven's body;it was almost perfectly curved. Robin jaw dropped slightly, but it was enough for Raven notice. She raised an eyebrow at him.

"Something wrong?"

That sentence snapped Robin out of his day dream and back into reality.

"Just... thinking"
"About what"
"About... Slade"
"Oh..." Raven began to turn to the floor with a look of slight disappointment on her face. Robin noticed this and tried to added something more.
"I mean... I just don't want him to hurt anyone. I don't want anyone to lose loved ones or people close to them, like friends."

Raven put her hand on Robin's shoulder. Goosebumps suddenly rose on his neck, and he felt his heart beat slightly faster, causing an uncomfortable ache in his ribs, but he managed not to express it.

"We all do Robin..." whispered Raven.
"I just..." Robin seemed to be going off in a sort of daze."I just... don't know what I'll do if I did lose you"
"Excuse me?" Raven was suddenly taken aback by his last statement. Robin also realised what he had just said and tried to quickly added something to the end.
"I-I mean...I don't kow what I'd do without you... and... the rest of the titans"
"Oh... ok..."

Robin began to to panic, and tried to change the subject quickly. He completely ignored the slight sound of disappointment in her voice.

"So... erm... How did you find me"
"Your bike... Cyborg had a tracer planted in it... Incase you did something like you did four days ago"
"Haha... I see... And I've been lying in here since then"
"Well yeah... I've been taking care of you kinda..."

Raven began to blush a slight red, something Robin noticed, but said nothing about. He began to be very intrigued.

"So... erm... Why did you... stay"
"I... I'm the only one with any real healing powers... I... thought you'd need them." She knew that answer didn't satisfy Robin. "I also wanted to make sure you didn't gocharging off after Slade straight after, since I was the only one worked out it was Slade who attacked you"
"Really? The others don't know?"
"No... I've kept it under wraps. Despite the entire incident blatantly showing them it was him."
"Oh... Well erm... Thanks."

Raven smiled at the young fighter and stood up.

"No problem."she said.

She moved over to the broken glass on the floor, and using her powers managed to seal up the broken window. When she turned round to ask Robin a question, she found he had fallen asleep again. Raven slowly walked over to Robin's bedside and leaned over him.

She stared down at him and suddenly noticedhe was actually half-dressed. How could she not noticed? His muscular, well-built body was- Wait... Raven shook her head to compose herself... What was she thinking. He's her leader and friend... Was this all due to the comment he made earlier, or something else?
If she was going to be completely honest with herself, she knew that she'd been developing a soft spot for Robin since he was blackmailed by Slade into becoming his apprentice. She had admired the fact that he refused to put any of the titans' lives in danger; this being at the cost of his freedom. However, Raven found herself bumping into the boy wonder more and more as the days moved on, sometimes literally. On the whole, she simply ignored this and tried to move on, but this was to no avail, as it simply made her think about him even more.
Raven leaned in closer to Robin and could hear him snoring quietly. It was actually cute looking at him like this, and she giggled. She didn't really know why; perhaps it was out of admiration for his work, or just because he looked cute, but she slowly, leaned over him and planted a quick small kiss on his left cheek.

"Goodnight... Robin." She whispered, and slowly walked out of his room. As the automatic doors closed, the "sleeping" body of Robin suddenly sat up. He turned to the door and felt the cheek that Raven had kissed, then slowly laid his head back on his pillow.

"Goodnight... Rae..."

And there you go folks... The biggest hint yet! Beware for this to carry on in the next few chapters! Mwahahaha!

Aww... And doesn't Robin looks cute whilst sleeping? Imagine what Batman would've thought if he found out someone thought of little Richard like that? Speaking of the Dark Knight...

Next Chapter: Awakened, but Unscathed