Chapter Four: Confrontation.
'Oh shit, I'm screwed' thought Robin as he whirled ninety degrees to be confronted with the questioning eyes of his teammate. He was relieved to see she was not all that mad at all.
'Err…well, I am… that is… because….' He stammered.
'Well?' asked Raven, raising an enquiring eyebrow. 'Spit it out, it can't be that hard'
'Well, it was because I was watching the sunrise?'
'Don't toy with me, if you make it a question then it can't be right. You're lying.'
As she spoke, Raven reached out her senses to scan him. His aura was definitely the one she had sensed, it was so different from what she remembered his to be. How was that? Well, first things first, for now, get him to confess to his stalking and take it from there.
Knowing he did not stand a chance against that famous gaze, Robin decided on the straight out confession tactic.
'Well, I see you want the truth. You have always valued honesty and I am going to give it to you. I was watching you, looking out for you, making sure no one disturbed you and you came to no harm,' he blurted in a rush.
'Well, as you may not have noticed, I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I need no one, not ever.'
'Everyone needs someone sometime, Raye. Even the most unlikely, the most evil of villains. Its because somewhere, deep down inside we are all people. I look out for you because I care, Raye, I care for you. Why can't you accept that? I am your friend and I want you to be alright.'
But I care for you so much more than the others. I am your friend, whether you like it or not, but I want to be so much more. I want to be able to look behind the walls, to see the real you, shining through, to light up your face like the dawn rising above the meadows. He could not help but think.
Something in Raven's heart started to wither at Robin's words, she could not meet his eyes, he did care for her, in a weird leader's way. She was just another teammate and a second to him, she started to turn away from him, her heart sinking, already beginning to resign herself to the fact that she had had a pretty flimsy position in the first place.
But Robin grabbed her arm, cursing himself inwardly for not saying his true feelings, what he had just thought, out loud.
'Raye, wait, look at me, really look at me.' He pleaded, he had nothing more to lose.
'I care for you not only as a leader but for you, for everything that makes you you. I care for you so much more than anyone else. You are special to me, no doubt of that, and there is something special about you that I wish to see, to be the only one to see. And I want you to be the only one to see the real me. I think I love you, and I hope you feel the same. I think I love you.
Please let me help you, let me help you open up. You cant go on like this, shutting everyone out. You have to open up sometime. Forget what Malchior did to you, that was only one experience. There are many people out there that would love you, and withought the lies he used, to love you for who you truly are. Let me love you, like he pretended to do, show you what he showed you. The only difference is that with me, with a new love, with someone else, there is a heart behind it, and let it comfort you as it is real and sincere. Please, open up and let me in.'
Raven stood frozen and uncomprehending. Then gradually, what he was saying began to dawn on her.
A/N: Sorry for the lateness and length of the chapter, major writers block. A legowyn (LOTR) has also been started, so if you like the pairing, it should be up soon. Sooner than this story finishing due to that it is already written, it just needs to be typed….. sigh.
Till the next time….
Cheers.