Robin and Raven appeared in the middle of the living room where the rest of the Titans had just walked in. It took Robin a fraction of a second to assess their position and conditions, and another fraction of a second to pull Raven into his arms. He covered her from the other's eyes as they all looked at him with confused expressions.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Cyborg as he positioned himself between Robin, with Raven still in his arms, and Beast Boy and Starfire who were glaring at the couple.
"Well… there was this kid, and he was about to get hit by a boat, so we saved him…" explained Raven as she stood with arms limply at her sides and trying to read Starfire's expression.
"That is understandable, but dear Robin, why is it that you hold on to Raven in such a manner?" asked Starfire as she looked up innocently at Robin. Still, Raven could swear she could see a hint of a green glow coming from her. You should let go of me, or we should get out of here… Huh?
"It's because we went in the water, so our clothes are all wet…" Cyborg nodded in understanding as Beast Boy's eyes widened.
"Dude! Move off of her!" Beast Boy started advancing towards Robin and Raven quickly turned him around so she was in the middle. Beast Boy stopped as he suddenly saw Robin looking at him and Raven's back facing him. Starfire reacted in the same moment and Robin noticed with certainty the green glow coming from her hands. He turned in just enough time that the starbolt graced his thigh harshly and Raven's arm lightly. Robin grunted slightly as Raven gasped in pain and surprise.
"Hey! What the hell are you thinking?" shouted Cyborg as he stood in between the small chaos. Raven gasped again and Robin slumped slightly onto her.
"Robin!" Starfire attempted to rush forward, but met resistance from Raven's shield as she openly glared at the young alien. Starfire hit the shield once before Beast Boy and Cyborg both held her back.
"What are you thinking hurting Raven like that!" yelled Beast Boy as he placed himself between Starfire and Raven's shield.
"You hurt Robin!" yelled Cyborg in turn, which made Starfire crumble to the ground sobbing. Raven's small shield fell away and she was hit with another starbolt to the same spot, making her scream out in pain. She struggled to keep herself, and Robin, standing.
"STARFIRE! QUIT IT! YOU DO THAT AGAIN, SO HELP ME GOD IT WILL NOT END WELL!" Beast Boy managed to scream at her as he turned into a lion.
"ENOUGH! BEAST BOY! STARFIRE! GO TO YOUR ROOMS! CYBORG, COME WITH RAVEN AND I! NOW!" Robin's order fell powerfully on them and they all reacted with amazing speed. Beast Boy and Starfire left one way, as Cyborg slung Robin's arm over his neck and helped him get to Raven's room.
"I did not sign up for this, Rob," stated Cyborg as he watched Robin grumpily accept Raven's healing. She had insisted on healing him first, and Cyborg had quickly wrapped up her arm. It was bleeding greatly and the gauze was almost fully stained red after only a few minutes.
"Cy, I need your help. Those two can't be anywhere too near me, or Raven, for at least twenty-four hours." Cyborg's eyes widened as Robin gave him a hard look. He merely nodded and turned to Raven.
"Don't over-exert yourself, Rae. Either heal yourself now, or I need to clean that up again." Cyborg motioned toward her arm as he spoke. Raven took a deep breath before answering.
"I'm almost done… then you can change the bandages of my arm." Robin frowned and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Her healing powers were definitely amazing, and the warmth was kind of like the heartwarming presence of her soul. Not that he would admit it aloud when he had decided to be stubborn.
"I'll rewrap it for you. Cyborg, please tell BB and Star that I'm sorry things got so out of hand, but that I can't deal with them yet. Make sure they get food and don't cause too much chaos." Cyborg stood up and headed towards the door.
"No problem. Take care, you two. Robin, watch out for her, she's gonna be beat." As Cyborg walked out, Robin looked at Raven in confusion as she finished healing him. When she stood up, that he finally saw her injury, he understood Cyborg. The blood was slowly making its way out of the bandage and down her arm. As soon as she stood up from the floor, she fell next to Robin unto the bed.
"Raven! What's wrong?" asked Robin as he turned to examine her face for an answer.
"I…" she took a deep breath slowly and closed her eyes. Healing takes a lot of energy away from me. Plus, the fact that I'm hurt makes it harder to concentrate so it makes me use even more energy. Robin nodded and slowly lifted her arm.
"You should have told me that! You should have healed yourself. I can deal with my injury, I've had my share of them to know how to take care of myself." He noticed Raven's eyes fill with hurt at his words and sighed. I'm sorry, that was mean and uncalled for. I'm grateful that you healed me, but I just wish you wouldn't push yourself to extremes to do it. Raven nodded and winced as Robin began unwrapping the bandages. Ouch! Robin jumped slightly and looked at her with worried eyes.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" Raven merely nodded and bit her lower lip.
"It must be really bad if it hurts that much…" Robin said more to himself than to her. Raven shifted to sit as Robin finished unwrapping her arm. He gasped at the injury and Raven looked away.
"What exactly did she do to you!" Robin looked enraged as he looked up at Raven, who still forced herself to look away.
"The second one hit my arm right on… It's healing quickly though… demonic blood does that to a person…" she forced a small smile as she looked up at the ceiling. Robin placed his hand against her cheek and made her look straight at him. I won't let her get away with this. I don't know how, but she will pay for this! Raven's eyes widened and she pulled her arm away from his grasp to hold on to his hands.
"No, please! We'll all talk, and we'll straighten this out. Don't do anything rash! She's still our friend!" The panic in her eyes made Robin hesitate and agree with a nod. He resumed wrapping her arm and she looked at him in silence. Every time she winced, he stopped to let the pain subside with pain filling his own eyes. Once he finished, he place her arm carefully on her lap and looked up at her.
"You should rest. You've used up a lot of energy and I don't want you to get worse." He stood up swiftly and was about to walk away when he felt Raven's small hand reach out for his. He froze as the touch sent an electric shock through his body.
"Please don't go. I'm not that tired… And I don't want to just sit around here by myself doing nothing." He turned to face her and couldn't help but smile. He carefully pulled her to her feet and pulled her forward.
"Let's watch T.V. then, that way you're still resting and not too bored." She smiled and nodded as he led the way out. Raven was glad to find that Cyborg had managed to get Beast Boy and Starfire out of the apartment. She was sure Robin wouldn't control himself very well in front of them just yet. As they settled into a couch and began flipping through channels, the small fight was almost forgotten as Robin wrapped his arms gently around Raven. The moment of peacefulness was enough so that Raven slowly dozed off.
Raven shifted sleepily as she slowly woke up. She accidentally lay on top of her arm, and the pain that shot out of it made her scream out loud as images of the day's events came flooding back to her. Her eyes snapped open to reveal that she was in fact in her room, and she sat up slowly cradling her arm. Suddenly, the door that divided her room and Robin's flew open as Robin burst in at top speed. He landed next to her on the bed with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong? Are you okay? Do you need anything?" He softly pushed her back against the bed and picked up her arm gently to look at the bandages. Raven looked as well to see the blood starting to cover the gauze and groaned. The sound in turn threw Robin into a bigger frenzy as he began undoing the bandages.
"I'm okay. It hurts less now… How did I get to my room?" Robin answered while still working on her arm.
"You fell asleep watching T.V. I brought you here so you'd be more comfortable." Raven nodded slightly as she bit back a grunt of pain. She watched him work on her arm for a while and let the steady pace of his hands ease her pain.
"How long have I been asleep?" Robin looked up at her as he finished wrapping her arm once again.
"Few hours. It's seven in the night." Raven nodded and carefully stretched out her arm. It hadn't healed as quickly it usually did, but she had given up a lot of her energy to heal Robin. It would be back to normal in just a couple of days. She looked up at Robin and smiled. Robin returned the gesture and stood up.
"How about some dinner?" He asked as he slowly walked back to the door. Raven merely nodded.
"Be ready in twenty, Rae." She smiled at him again as he disappeared through the door. Thank you, by the way…thought Raven as she began showering.You're welcome. I'm sorry I wasn't there to make sure you didn't hurt yourself more. That's not your fault. You were still paying extremely close attention to me… hey, what were you doing this whole time? Robin froze half way from grabbing a towel to think about it. I tried to sleep as well… but I just stayed up listening to your thoughts… making sure I knew if you woke up or anything happened. Raven smiled to herself. Oh, thank you. Not at all, Rae. He smiled as well as he stepped into his shower. You know, your dreams are kinda funny… Raven froze as she maneuvered to wash her hair without getting her arm wet. What do you mean? Well, there was you in your normal uniform, and then there were a bunch of other you's in different coloured uniforms. It was hard to understand. Raven sighed and shook her head. And this is where you find out just how weird I am… those other 'me's' as you say, are my emotions. In my mind they take up a physical form and the different colours represent my different emotions… just like they say that dreams are your subconscious mind's way of telling you things, my mind takes that saying to a whole other level. Robin chuckled as he turned off the water. Wow, I guess so. It's entertaining. The green one has cool moves, I must admit. Raven smiled to herself as she turned off her shower as well. That's courage. Hard to keep up with sometimes… actually, they're all hard to keep up with all the time… Again Robin chuckled. Well, I think my favorite one is the pale purple-pink one… I think it's because it reminds me of your eyes when you look at me and they change… Raven froze in her spot as she finished wrapping a towel around herself. Wait, you mean the hot pink one? The flirty one? Robin frowned. No, but I kinda like that one too. Raven ran out of her bathroom, pulled the door between the two rooms open, and surprised Robin who had just walked out of his bathroom.
"What do you mean? You're not talking about the flirt? Which one are you talking about?" Robin's eyes widened at her frantic demeanor.
"I'm telling you, she's the same colour of your eyes when they change. Remember I told you yesterday that they change colour?" asked Robin while looking perplexed. Raven merely nodded while looking at the floor trying to make sense of his words.
"Well, like that. She was calmer than the others. And whenever you mentioned my name, she would blush. I was looking at her because she was the only one that didn't run out to crowd you. She just looked at you with a smile. Why are you so worried?" Robin took a few steps towards her while Raven lowered herself to sit on his bed.
"I… there's no light purple-pink, whatever coloured emotion that I know of… at least not the last time I checked… I'm not sure if it is even possible for there to be a new one… I don't even know what that one is!" Robin sat down next to her as he noticed the panic in her eyes. He held one of her hands in his and she calmed down slightly.
"Why are you so worried? Is that a bad thing? Did I do something wrong? I shouldn't have been listening to your dreams… I'm sorry…" Raven shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair, pulling it away from her face.
"That's not it, I'm not sure if it is a bad thing… or a good thing… I'm gonna have to meditate to figure it out… but, if it was something bad I would know… my other feelings would have communicated it to me." She looked up at Robin with a small smile that he returned easily.
"I'm telling you she wasn't bad. She seemed happy and patient. Like she was waiting for something…" Raven frowned at his comment and looked down at the floor in thought. Robin smiled at her and pulled her chin up to look into her eyes.
"Don't worry about that now. Let's go get some dinner, maybe take another walk. Okay?" Raven nodded at him and he smiled. He caressed her face and Raven closed her eyes. Without thinking too much about it, Robin tilted his head down and gave her a soft kiss, which Raven quickly returned. As he pulled away, Raven's eyes fluttered open and Robin's mind lost focus as he noticed the change in her eye colour. It was just so tempting and distracting! Your new emotion is that colour… He stated simply before pulling her into another kiss, this one longer and more passionate than the one before. Raven couldn't organize her thoughts at all as she began feeling light headed and light-hearted. She pulled away first and Robin held on to her. She smiled as she looked down at the floor and he caressed her cheek once again. Robin now took the time to look her over and finally noticed that she was wrapped in just a towel. Raven noticed the change in his emotions, and as she let her eyes slowly drift up to his face, she noticed he was only covered by the towel that was wrapped around his waist. They both snapped their heads up to look each other in the eye. Raven gasped in surprise. In the middle of the turmoil of her confusion, she hadn't noticed. How could she not have noticed the difference! As she stared up at him, her hand unconsciously moved up to touch his face. Robin's eyes widened at the unexpected touch in surprise, and then in terror. As Raven traced her finger over his eyebrows, Robin jumped back and looked away with eyes closed.
"I thought you said they were hazel." Robin's fists grabbed at a bunch of blankets.
"They are…" Raven moved carefully closer towards him.
"But they're so blue now…" Robin forced himself to keep his eyes shut and turned his face downward, letting his hair fall over his eyes.
"They change a little bit sometimes. My mom used to love it when they were fully hazel. She used to say it made it hard to understand what I was thinking." His eyes snapped open and he shook his head. He never talked about his parents. He never shared anything of himself with anyone. How was it that now he gave up that information so freely? Raven noticed his hesitation and the reasons behind it. She reached her hand forward, and as she touched one of his hands, Robin snapped his eyes closed again.
"You don't have to be afraid of me. You're secrets are safe with me." Robin opened his eyes slowly and held one of her hands tightly.
"Do you really mean that?" Raven smiled at him. Of course I do, Robin. You know I would never do anything to hurt you! I care for you like I've never cared for anyone else ever before. I would never betray your trust. She gave his hand a squeeze and noticed Robin smile slightly. Raven stood up quietly and began heading for the door. Robin followed her path with his eyes, but didn't turn his head up for her to see.
"Get ready. We still need to get dinner." Raven smiled at him again as she closed the door behind her. Robin carefully touched his face where Raven had caressed it and smiled to himself.