Final chapter! I hope I explained well enough to you about how Robin switched labels on the regular and permanent markers, that's why he didn't wake up from the smell. Anyway this story is now done, finished. So have fun reading the last chapter.
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Raven stepped out her room. It was now around midnight and almost all of the titans were asleep. She knew she should be too, today was exhausting, but she was so tired she wasn't anymore.
Cyborg had gone to his room at around nine thirty; he said he had to make sure everything was working properly. Starfire had gone to bed at around the same time as Cyborg, right after she fed Beast Boy some green goop. Beast Boy was either asleep or barely awake on the couch. He had wanted to watch to twelve-hour movie marathon that had started at eight P.M. and ended at eight A.M. Raven didn't think he'd last three hours, maybe four, but she doubt it, he was probably fast asleep. The last titan, Robin, had gone to the training room and was most likely still there. So Raven made her way to that one room.
After walking down a flight of stairs she opened the door. Robin was attacking a punching bag. Clearly, he had cleaned up the mess Silkie had made. There was some damaged equipment, but not too much harm been done. Not as Raven's room anyway. She spent two hours fixing and replacing things in there.
Raven walked up to Robin. He was facing the other way so he hadn't seen her. Robin had taken off his shirt and cape, so his back was exposed, sweat glistened on his bare shoulders. 'He must have been working out for at least an hour. How long was I in my room?'
As she got closer, Raven tapped his left shoulder. Robin was taken by surprise. On instinct he spun, punching Raven in the face with such a force she fell to the ground on impact. He jumped down on top of her, pinning her arms. Only then did he see her face. "Raven?"
"No it's Cyborg." She said sarcastically. "Of course it's me!"
"Oh, sorry." Robin apologized; his breath was hot on her face that was only mere inches from his. His eyes bore into hers. He expected to see anger in them, but he didn't. Instead he saw something else, but he couldn't place what it was. There were a few seconds of awkwardness, then Robin hopped off Raven and offered a hand. She took it, rising to her feet. Raven held on for a few seconds, then she let go and her hand went to her face.
"God," Raven said, voice muffled by her hand holding her nose. She dropped her hand looked at the smear of blood on it. "You sure pack a hard punch."
"Sorry." Robin said again, and laughed a nervous chuckle. "Instinct."
Raven winced as she wiped her nose. "Should have known better to sneak up on you, I guess." She said smiling slightly.
Robin looked at her, worried he had hurt her bad. "Are you okay?" He asked concerned.
"I'm fine, just wait a minute." After a few long passing seconds, Raven sniffed a few times and rubbed her nose. "I think you had broken it, but it's healed now."
"Sorry about that."
"I told you I'm fine."
"Okay." Robin grabbed his towel and wiped his shoulders free of sweat. He looked around for his shirt. He had left it in his room. "I left my shirt back in my room, do you mind?"
"Not really." Raven said not caring. "Just don't start flaunting your muscles."
"You so want me too." Robin said posing.
Raven rolled her eyes. "You are so full of yourself."
"I think you're mistaking me for Speedy, now that guy is full of himself. Have you seen the all time he spends on his hair?" Robin said un-approvingly. "I guess there is some resemblance, I can give you that, but he's obviously not as attractive as I am." Robin joked, earning a playful shove from Raven.
"You say he spends too much time on his hair? What about you?" Raven asked him unconvinced that any guy or girl could care more about their hair than Robin did.
"Okay maybe a spend a bit of time on mine, but at least mine looks good." Robin said, his pride undamaged.
"You keep telling yourself that Robin." Raven said patting him on the shoulder and walking ahead.
Robin stopped in his tracks. "Wait! What's that supposed to mean?" He called after her, but she just gave him a smug smile.
"Fine. Maybe I could spend a little less time on my hair." Robin admitted.
"A little?" Raven asked unbelieving.
"Okay, a lot." Robin confessed.
"But wouldn't that be too hard for poor little Robin?" Raven asked giving a sad face. Robin punched her in the shoulder lightly.
"That's the second time you've punched me, remember what happened the first time? I don't think I feel safe around you anymore." Raven said shaking her head.
"Who will feel safe then?" He asked. "Cyborg, you can't stand it when he goes protective about his car, Starfire is too 'happy' for you, and you would end up dead if you had to trust Beast Boy with your life."
"So I guess I'm stuck with the hair gel aholic." Raven muttered.
"You'll live." He said placing his arm around her shoulder. Raven felt shivers when he touched her. 'Why?' Why did she feel this way about him? They weren't that kind of friend; they were best friends, weren't they? She didn't want to think about him that way, but she just did.
Raven smiled, hoping he wouldn't notice. He didn't. Robin was too focused on the green changeling sleeping on the couch. He took his arm off her shoulder and ran to the kitchen, rummaging through drawers nosily, looking up every few seconds to make sure Beast Boy was still sleeping.
"Yes! Found it! I think," Robin removed the cap of the marker and sniffed it. "Yep, that's definitely a sharpie."
He walked over to Raven who was standing over the green boy who was drooling all over the couch, sleeping like the dead. Robin stared at Beast Boy, his plan unchanged, even after seeing how innocent he looked.
"He's still asleep." Robin whispered to Raven.
"No shit Sherlock." She whispered back. "You going to do it?"
"Yep. Feel free to watch." Robin brought the marker to Beast Boy's face. "He's going to have a hell of a time trying to get this off."
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