Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven's Feelings ❯ A Book and A Dream...Or Nightmare ( Chapter 5 )

Ch. 5: A Book and A Dream...Or Nightmare
It was three weeks later that the titans found out that Skai can pull his own weight and more. He did all the laundry even Beastboy's. He could cook which made Cyborg happy; no tofu in his plate and that he was an excellent cleaner, leaving the Titans Tower spotlessly clean. He was even a good sparring partner. They enjoyed his company but he seemed to spend more time his new room than hanging out with anyone else. Sound familiar?
It was a beautiful autumn's day. Raven was walking down the hall whilst reading her new book. She had gotten a mild interest in romance novels lately. Her book was about Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Deep into her book as she turned the corner, she crashed right into someone. She had crashed into none other than Skai. Unfortunately, he was writing in his own little book that looked similar to hers.
"Sorry...." Skai said. Raven rubbed her head. She opened her eyes to find herself looking into cute little reddish brown eyes. She then realized that Skai was wearing normal human clothes; normal as in normal goth clothes. He wore a black t-shirt over a red long sleeved one. He also wore black cargo pants with red chains hanging from his sides. "When did you get those clothes?" Raven asked. Last time, she remembered, he was wearing a light weighted armor (something like Sango's armor from Inuyasha) and he also had a sword. "This? My armor was ripped so I had to put this on while I repair some damages. Starfire had taken me to the m..mall. She wanted to buy me this pink shirt but when I saw a store called Hot Topic, I asked her to buy me this instead. I have a mild interest in Earth goth. She seemed upset when she bought it but she didn't seemed to mind. "
She understood. Though, she thought it was funny. Skai got up and offered a hand. Before taking his hand, Raven grabbed a book. "Um, thanks." she said as she walked away. Skai watched her leave as he picked up his book. He looked at the book and read the title. His eyes widened in horror, "D'arvit!" (D'arvit - other language no idea which one but it's a bad word...)
That night, Skai waited for Raven to come out of her room. He hid in the shadows and kept calm. 'I hope she didn't read it....' he told himself. He had already mastered human literature and poetry; which meant his book was in human writing. It was mostly about poems, but what scared him most was that it was about... her. He hit himself for being so stupid. Why in human writing when he knew they could read it?!
He then heard the door open and held his breath. Raven was coming out of her room, possibly heading to the roof to meditate or to get some fresh air. As soon as she had disappeared, he closely examined the door. "Whatcha doing there, Skai?" said the voice behind him. He turned around and was relieve it was just Beastboy. Beside him was Cyborg.
"Yeah, what are you doing near Raven's room?"
"I was.... looking for her?"
"Dude, we'll give you a good advice."
"And take our word for it."
"NEVER! We mean NEVER sneak into Raven's room! Especially her room!" they both said.
"Look, I was just going to get something in there that belongs to me!"
"If you go in there, you're just asking for a death sentence."
"Well, I'll take my chances. Do you mind not telling her?"
"Fine, but you have to get out as soon as possible."
"Yeah and if Raven gets back, we'll uh give you some kind of signal."
"Thank you, friends..."
"Dude, don't say that. You sound like Raven."
Skai smiled weakly. He opened the door and looked around. He walked inside and closed the door behind very gently. It took him about fifteen minutes to find his book, making sure he didn't touch anything else. He sighed in relief but it was too early to celebrate. "Uh, hey Raven!" he heard Cyborg shout. He froze. "D'arvit!" he whispered. "What are you doing near my room?" he heard Raven's voice. He looked around; he had no time to listen but his feet couldn't move. 'Remember your training, Skai Hitari!' a voice said in his head, 'What happened to your warrior spirit?! You've gone soft!!!' He shook his head. 'I just fell in love that's all. As the humans say, love at first sight and I'm just a fool who believes it.' he told the voice.
"Do you mind getting out of my way?"
"Raven! Why uh don't you uh hang out with us?"
"No."
"Uh, I need another witness when I break the world record of eating thirty pounds of tofu under ten minutes. Will you be my witness?"
"No."
"Wanna play stankball with us?"
"No. Now move!"
Without another thought, Skai dropped his book and hid under Raven's bed. He heard the door slide open and he held his breath again. He felt her sitting on her bed and kept still as she picked up his book. "D'arvit!" By mistake he thought he had said it to himself but instead whispered it which caught Raven's attention. She got off her bed and slowly kneeled down. Skai knew she was coming from the left and rolled out to the right side. When she lifted the sheets and let it go after that, he rolled back under. It was a close call. But now Raven was reading his poetry; out loud.

She had read it. His heart sank. There was silence in the room from then on. A few hours later, Raven had fallen asleep. Skai slowly stood up and looked at the sleeping girl. He felt his face grow hot. She looked so beautiful when she was asleep but she had a sad expression on her face. She was probably hurt too many times in the past. He slowly took his book out of her hand and made his way out of her room. He looked back at her and wondered what she was dreaming.
Raven's Dream:
Raven walked slowly as she found herself in a place of beauty. It was full of luscious trees and so many flower fields. It was like heaven. She heard laughter further ahead and had ended up near the biggest tree in the whole place. It must be a Sakura tree because of its pink leaves. She stared at it for a moment until she heard the laughter again. She hadn't notice the two people there sitting under the tree. They were side by side and the girl was resting her head on the boy's chest. They were two lovers just spending time together. As soon as Raven had caught a glimpse of the girl's face, she gasped.
It was herself and... well she couldn't tell who the boy was because everything became a bit blurry every time she looked at him. What had surprised her was that her image was actually smiling, having fun and possibly enjoying this. To make it worst, the boy reached down and kissed her.
Back to Reality:
With a cold sweat to her face, Raven abruptly sat up. She touched her lips in horror. 'I kissed someone?' Raven thought. Even in her dreams, she wouldn't do that. She didn't want to be hurt for one reason and the fact is she didn't know who the boy was. She hugged her knees and closed her eyes. 'Please let it be a dream and not a vision!' she told herself.
[sorry this chapter really really sucks!!!]

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