CHAPTER THREE— Underneath The Mask

"Why are you with him?" "He's helping me Robin…" "What, to become evil? I thought you said you-" "To get rid of all the emotions I have for you…" "What…Are you saying?" Robin asked. "This isn't real Robin…But what I am saying is" "I don't…I don't get it" "You're dreaming…I slipped inside your dream to talk to you without having the others interrupt us" Raven said. That explained why no one was in the café they were in, he looked outside the windows and the streets were empty, not even cars were out. "I want to know then…Why are you with Red X?" "I already told you…To get rid of the emotions I have for you, that's why I left to Azarath…To get stronger, I'm slowly learning to control my powers without the clash of my emotions" "how…How come you didn't just tell me? How come you didn't just stay in Azarath? I rather have that then you being with Red X!" Robin snapped slamming his fists on the table. Raven didn't flinch; she was calm and emotionless as always. "How is he even helping you?" "He has his ways…" "You can't be serious Raven, you can't just leave us…You can't just leave me" "don't!" Raven snapped, their surrounding suddenly changed they were now on top of the Titan Tower. The sun was just setting, "what happened…Is wrong, you hurt me Robin and I won't let that effect my powers anymore" "what happened back then was real" "you were with Starfire!" "No! I was with you…" Robin said taking a step towards her but she backed away. "Physically yes…But you and Starfire were dating what we did was wrong" "we kissed…" Robin said remembering the memory clearly. "We did more than just that…" "You and I both know…We enjoyed what we did and-" "Stop Robin!" Raven cried. As Raven fell to her knees she pulled her hood over her face to hide the heavy tears, Robin didn't hesitate to go over to her, to embrace her in his arms. "I'll break up with Starfire…Just come back to the Titans" Robin said against her ear, she smelled like a rose. "I can't…And I won't…You love Starfire, you always have Robin" Raven said looking up at him. "You love Starfire, Robin…Not me, you'll forget me soon enough…This is our goodbye" she said as she kissed his lips.

Robin suddenly sat up in his bed, looking at the clock on his night stand, it was noon. He got dressed and went out to the living room where the others were chatting. "Took you long enough" Beast Boy said, "We found where Raven and Red X are hiding and we're ready to go whenever you are" Cyborg added. "What..?" "Is that a what like…You didn't hear him or a what like you don't understand?" Beast Boy asked. "I…Don't know who you guys are talking about" "we're talking about Raven" Starfire said, "Raven…? Who's that?" "Raven…As in our best friend, as in the dark, mysterious chick who won't laugh at any of my jokes, Raven!" Beast Boy said, not knowing if Robin was trying to make a joke. "Look, Slade is still somewhere out there…I don't have time to be talking about a made up person" Robin said about to leave. "Wait…Slade has been dead for years Robin" Cyborg mentioned, "is this some type of joke?" "It is not…" Starfire said putting her hand on his shoulder. "Don't you remember when Trigon came here and almost killed everyone? Raven banished him along with killing Slade" Cyborg said. Robin looked confused, he suddenly fell to his knees in pain as he tried to remember. His friends quickly went to his side; he suddenly caught a glimpse of himself holding a white cloak. "Robin…What's wrong?" Starfire asked, "n-nothing…I just suddenly got a sharp headache, no more games…We have to look for Slade" Robin said.

"This is weird..." Beast Boy said scratching his green hair, "do you think...Robin is pretending?" Starfire asked. "Something happened that we don't know about...It can't be Raven, she never used that ability before...To erase someone else's memories" "she was gone for a long time Cyborg, she had the time to practice" Beast Boy mentioned. "I'm right here..." Robin pointed out but they ignored him, "Robin...Do you remember us?" Starfire asked. "Yeah...But why does that have to do with finding Slade?" he asked but the three again ignored him. "I think...It is fine that Robin does not remember Raven, it could help us do it ourselves without him interfering" "what do you mean?" Beast Boy and Cyborg asked. "Raven is our enemy now, Robin kept denying it and told us not to fight back but now we can...Once Raven and Red X decide to attack us again he'll see her as an enemy, just like we do" "whoa, whoa...When did I say Raven was my enemy?" Beast Boy asked. "Beast Boy please understand...She attacked us and almost murdered innocent lives, she's no longer the Raven we know..." "Star has a point BB...This might be a good thing that Robin can't remember Raven, we might have a chance at defeating her without any hesitation" "Cyborg! What do you mean by defeating her?" "You know what I mean" "I'm not going to kill her" "who said we have to..." Cyborg snapped, "we'll just put her in jail like we do with the other criminals...We'll just lock her up until she's back on the Titan Team" "you really think that's going to work?" Beast Boy asked. "Robin did mention that he thinks Red X is controlling her, if we can kidnap her I can find out if he put any devices on her" Cyborg said, Beast Boy only nodded agreeing to that plan. Starfire walked over to Robin as Beast Boy and Cyborg were talking about the plan. "Robin...Slade isn't attackin or bothering Jump City right now...So, let's go on a date" Starfire smiled, she took his hands in hers. "Fine...Just for now"

"So does this mean you don't need me anymore?" "Do you really need to ask?" "I just wanna hear you say it…" Red X smirked. "You already know the answer" Raven said, Red X watched her closely, he enjoyed the view. "Do I need to force it out of you?" "Do you really need to hear it?" "Kind of…" "I still need you…Even though Robin can't remember me I still remember him" "not for long cause I'll make sure my presence replaces his" Red X said removing his mask.

"You always know what to say…Don't you Jason?" Raven said before he planted his lips on hers.

"Isn't this great...?" Starfire asked as she held Robin's hand, she felt happier than she ever did. Not only can she have a date with her boyfriend without any distributions but Raven was no longer on Robin's mind. "I feel like...I forgot something" "you didn't, we're only walking on the beach...We're not going to swim, unless you want to" "no...I feel like...Never mind" Robin said. The sun was setting, Starfire decided them to stay and watch, she thought it was romantic. Sitting on the white sand, with the fresh breeze flowing and the small waves clashing it was a perfect date.

Starfire had her head resting on Robin's shoulder, both admiring the sun as it slowly went down. Robin was going to say something when his head suddenly was in pain again, he fell on his back and put himself into a ball. Covering his ears as if a high pitch noise was the reason of his head pain.

Robin closed his eyes tightly just wishing for it to go away.

~FLASH BACK~

"Robin...? Is that you...Why are you in my room, it's almost midnight...Get out of my room...Robin, I said get out...S-stop, Robin I-I said-"

You're beautiful...Your soft lips tempt me, without hesitation I'll make sure you knows you're mine, all mine.

"You left bruises...What am I suppose to say if one of them notices?...You know they won't believe that Robin, I don't do much hand-to-hand combat...We can't keep doing this Robin even though I put the barrier up...It's harder than you think to control my powers when you do this to me, the things you do affect my emotions which affects my powers...You don't love me Robin, stop saying that..."

I love how your pale skin glows underneath the moon's light...How you gasp at every thrust, how you say my name...The faces you makes, the way you act like you don't care and how you act like it didn't feel good. I'll come here every single night...To hear those moans and to see that face...I'll make sure one day you'll scream my name so loud that they'll hear it even though the barrier is up...I'll make new marks on your body, to let anyone else who gets a chance to see your beauty, to let them know you're mine...You're mine to love.

~END OF FLASH BACK~

Robin's eyes slowly opened, seeing his friends gathered around him.

So it was a dream...Was it with Starfire? But that wasn't her voice...

"No brain damage that's for sure..." Cyborg said looking through some papers on a clip board, "Robin!" Starfire smiled as she realized he was awake.

Yeah, it definitely wasn't Starfire...I don't even remember us doing...It

"What happened to me?" Robin asked slowly sitting up, "you fainted...I was so worried about you" Starfire said kissing his lips.

It wasn't her...Their lips are different, why do I like the touch of the girl in my dreams more than Starfire? Because it was a dream of course...But it felt so real...

"Robin...?" Starfire said breaking his train of thoughts, "what...?" "It's nothing...Let's go eat some dinner, what do you guys think?" "Can we have pizza? I would kill for some pizza right now!" Beast Boy said.

"Pizza sounds good..." Robin said forcing a smile.

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