Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
I don't know if you'll take this as a spoiler but, I'm going to do a songfic on a chapter. (Not the next one, but soon)
3 days passed. Raven was developing her powers again. The first day she could start flying, the second she could control her telekinesis without breaking down in middle of it, and the third day she could teleport, but only to a short distance. Red X respected her space, that was something she didn't understood. Maybe because she already knew who she was; or because something else? He was being more than kind, he was being flirty, but with some kind of respect. That made Raven even more interested in discovering him more. She would do anything to gain some attention, even if she had to be hostile. She saw X as a book pretty hard to understand; a very puzzled book.
But also, she was wondering what was happening between the Titans on her time off. How was Robin. She was definitely worrying for him, for his health, and more importantly: for his mind. She then stopped meditating and entered a daydream, she was thinking of what could happen while she was gone. Would her friends think she was dead? Would her friends give up on her after a while? She knew them very well, and she thought that maybe, they could do that.
Raven wasn't wrong. Back at the tower, The Titans were loosing hope. Yeah, pretty much dramatic for 3 days of disappeared and they are already expecting the worst. Even Starfire's hope wasn't enough. They were giving up. That day, Robin didn't came out of his room. It was full quite, nobody dared to enter or to even ask if he was okay.
And that how he stayed all day long. Nobody knew if he ate or drank anything, not even if he took a shower. But nobody in the tower cared for that, they cared that Robin was okay, and was doing his best to still hope for Raven's return.
"Hello, Sunshine to Earth." Red X said to her. She then realized on the trance she entered. She was sweating a bit, and shaking. "Sorry, just had a daydream." She said to him. "Oh okay. I've seen you're getting better with your powers, I decided to make you some tea, it helps me calm the nerves after a good fight. Maybe it helps you." He said, bringing her the mug with tea. Tea? Now Raven was amused. "How did you knew I liked tea?" She said curious. "You do? Well that's something new." He said a bit surprised.
They drank the tea, and after it they made the next move. "So what are you going to do now?" He said to Raven. "I was going to train a little my powers. Just to let them get stronger while they still come back. But maybe I can talk to you or do something with you if you want." She said to him. He could feel he had a smile on his face, which he quit fast so she couldn't notice, but she did. But she knew, she even noticed before he smiled; she could sense emotions. Remember? But Raven knew he didn't wanted her to notice, so she acted like she saw nothing and let him talk.
"I'll let you train. I get it. You wanna leave soon. Just remember to write, Sunshine." He said in a joking way, but deep inside, he knew she wanted to leave. She didn't wanted to be with a criminal; even worst, her kidnapper.
"You can come train. If you want to." Raven said, trying to smile. She really didn't wanted to, but, she needed him to get closer to her. She needed to know him, she didn't wanted to read his mind. She wanted to gain trust. "Thought you'd never ask." X said smirking.
Red X lived in the woods, even thought from one of his windows (from the barely he had), you could still see the city. They walked together to an area that didn't had so much trees and leaves. Raven guesses this was X's training place.
And right after they prepared everything they needed for a good training exercise, they started to train. They shared each other's moves and techniques; but Raven tried not to, she couldn't teach the criminal how to protect himself even more than what he did. Red X, in exchange, was giving all he got, and they were really nice moves and techniques, he forgot she was a hero, and even worst; his hostage (for the moment).