After shopping for a solid 3 hours, Raven checked her communicator to find out that it was 2pm. Robin had suggested they get lunch and Raven agreed. To their surprise, the food court was almost empty. Raven picked out a table that felt somewhat secluded from the rest while Robin got them their food. They had debated over pizza or sandwiches, and once they got to the food court, they suddenly both agreed to Chinese. Raven smiled as she sat back thinking about their day together. She closed her eyes and let her mind drift off.
They had shopped for so many things they decided they needed new suitcases to take with them. The store they went into had just been opened, and it was full of so many different kinds of suitcases that they suddenly felt like they had no clue what they were looking for. They were walking around when suddenly Raven had gasped and Robin turned to look to where she was looking. There was a set of suitcases that seemed to scream her name. She remembered walking towards them and standing in front to inspect them. They were the same purple as her eyes, and to her surprise, had swirls as a design in the same blue of her uniform. She had turned around to call Robin over, when she saw him talking to one of the employees. They came over and Robin pulled her away as the guy got the bags ready for her to take them. They got Robin a pair which was dark red with a black outline that he wouldn't keep his eyes off of. They bought them and returned for them a while later, then sat in the middle of the floor outside the very store, and stuffed most of their shopping bags in them. That was when Raven noticed that her name had been sewn into the front of the three bags in the same blue thread as the swirls. When she'd asked Robin about it, he had just smile. She hadn't stopped saying thank you to him yet. He'd also had his name sewn unto his, and it somehow flattered Raven. They had been walking around with suitcases almost totally full ever since.
"Hey, what are you dreaming about?" Raven's eyes shot open as she heard Robin's voice.
"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about today… Thank you again for my bags…" Robin smiled at her.
"No need. I enjoy making you smile." Raven blushed and smiled as she grabbed a plate from the tray. Robin chuckled.
"So, what next?" Raven thought for a while.
"Oh… I need… well, I need underwear also…" as soon as she said that, she saw Robin turn bright red. She held back from laughing, but smiled. Robin took a gulp of his drink before talking.
"Oh… yea… I guess I do too… um… how do we… you know…" With every second that went by, he seemed to get redder and redder. Raven took a deep breath before answering.
"How about, once we're done eating, we split up and go our separate ways to get what we need…" Raven noticed that when she said they should 'split up' Robin's happiness seem to fade slightly and his face dropped a bit. Raven frowned and changed her mind.
"Or, how about you just come with me and then I can go with you. We can help each other out." She couldn't believe she had suggested it, but was hoping Robin would agree. She looked up at him to see that his eyes were wide with shock and he was blushing again.
"Um… yea… we can do something like that…" Raven smiled and kept eating. Robin took a deep breath and did the same. Half an hour later, they were standing in front of a Victoria's Secret. Raven was ready to go inside, but felt Robin hesitate next to her. She faced him and smiled.
"You could just wait outside, or go next door. It's a men's store and I'm sure you will be able to find what you need in there. As soon as we're done we'll meet right here." Robin looked at the stores and turned to her.
"I think that's a good idea." Raven laughed and walked ahead inside. Robin watched her go in and then turned into the other store.
Cyborg was going crazy. They had managed to get everything they actually 'needed', and Starfire and Beast Boy were moving on into what they 'wanted'. He didn't mind them getting what they wanted, but the fact that they were running off without him being able to finish a single sentence was driving him nuts. He picked up his communicator and decided to get some advice.
"Robin here." Cyborg saw Robin holding up a pair of boxers and laughed.
"What are you doing?" Robin hid the boxers and glared at his friend. Then just as suddenly he laughed as well.
"Raven and I decided we needed clothes before we left, so we're out shopping. What's going on with you?" Robin suddenly looked leader-like and Cyborg sighed.
"They're driving me crazy! Starfire blurs in and out and so does Beast Boy! I can't even talk to them!" Robin chuckled.
"Watch this…" Robin punched a few buttons on his communicator a Starfire and Beast Boy popped up on the screen.
"Yes, friend Robin?" "What's up, Rob?" Cyborg just smiled.
"Hey, you two, I need you both to stop moving and take a deep breath." They did as they were told.
"Now, you know that when you are with Cyborg, while you can have all the fun you want, you also have to listen to him. He's been trying to get through to you two for a while, and you won't listen. So, Cyborg, you're up." As he said this, he let Cyborg take over and kept sifting through underwear.
"Ok, I've been trying to get you two to tell me if you're hungry and want to get lunch. And to please stop running around and just dumping stuff on me… at least get shopping carts and run around with them so I'm not left carrying everything!" Robin chuckled, but didn't say anything. What's going on? Oh, hey Rae, Cyborg's having issues with Star and BB, pretty hilarious. Here, you can hear for yourself. Robin punched in another button and Raven popped up on the screen. Robin looked at Raven's communicator as she set it down in front of her. She was holding up a black lace bra with matching panties, and Robin blushed. He looked around the store and was glad there weren't many people there, as what he had just seen was having obvious effects on his body. He noticed Raven smiling and it did nothing to help out his small dilemma. Raven noticed Robin's change in emotion and looked at him on the small screen. When she scanned his mind from afar, she could tell his mind and body were going crazy with emotions. She noticed he was looking at what she was holding up and she quickly put it away. Robin shook his head and Raven smiled. I… Cyborg interrupted her thought.
"You guys up for that?" Raven and Robin both looked at Cyborg.
"What's that?" asked Raven, as Robin was trying to compose himself.
"We think it'd be a good idea to go to Pizza Parlor and have a last dinner there for the rest of the summer!" replied Beast Boy. Starfire was squealing in excitement and Raven smiled.
"Sounds good. We'll meet you there at 7."
"Awesome! Beast Boy out!"
"That is most glorious! Starfire out!"
"K birds, see you then! Have fun! Cyborg out!" Raven smiled at their excitement.
"Ok well, how much more time do you need Rae?" Raven was surprised to find that Robin was fully back to his normal self by now and was rummaging through boxers. She laughed at the picture.
"Um… about 15 minutes. We still need bathing suits. I'm not planning on wearing this bikini out in public." Robin pouted.
"Why not?" Raven smiled.
"Too small now. Need a new one. Oh, get those! The light blue ones with Snoopy! Those are nice!" Robin's eyes widened and Raven laughed.
"Really?" Raven nodded in reassurance. Robin shrugged and placed them in a basket he'd been carrying around.
"OK, then you have to get the black lace one." Raven blushed.
"Already got that one… and other lace ones…" Raven winked at Robin whose eyes widened more than Raven ever remembered seeing them.
"Raven out!!" She said and closed the communicator quickly. She had seen Robin trying to form words, and was sure he was still having a tough time doing so. She looked around for a while longer and finally went over to pay. As she was handing the cashier her credit card, she saw an arm reach over and take it away, and another arm reached over to hand the cashier a different one. She turned around surprised to see that Robin had in fact made it into the store. He smiled and put his hands on either side of Raven against the counter. He leaned in and whispered in her ear.
"I bought them, I get to see them." Raven's eyes widened and she blushed as Robin chuckled.
"Thank you… again…" Robin moved sideways to get his card from the cashier and got the bags of what Raven had just purchased. He nodded her towards the door and she headed forward. She was definitely registering a new feeling in both herself and Robin… and she had to admit she liked it… she liked it a lot…