Fan Fiction ❯ The Real World: Teen Titans Style ❯ Just Almost... ( Chapter 11 )

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Which I must say is very immature. Don't you agree? And the person didn't even read it… People can be so cruel… -sigh- But…

 

Thanks for the GOOD reviews! ^^ I feel so giddy when I see new GOOD reviews. Well, nuff with the chitchat, here's Chapie 10. Oh yeah, I think this chapter is kind of weird, some of you might like it, and others might be like “Wtf?” so, yeah… lol…Enjoy?

 

After a good minute or two of simply pouring her frustration from her body through tears, Raven was done. A lot of her countless mistakes, disappointments, failures and hurtful experiences were let out, joining the mix of tears and raindrops in the puddles. How quickly it had changed from a small drizzle to a full-on pour down. Raven knew she felt a lot better, she felt freed, but she just couldn't get enough of it, crying was just as good as meditating. She had read somewhere that sometimes, a good cry or two would relieve stress and can actually help, at first she had thought the article was a bunch of nonsense, but now she knew it was actually working.

 

Even though she didn't need to anymore, she just sat on the rocks and watched the water dripping off of her chin and nose. If it was just the rain or still her tears, she didn't know anymore. Raven sighed as the rain gathered in her hood, tapping and splattering with each drop. She just sat there, motionless for a while; the moon's light was barely reaching the land with all the thick clouds in the way. It was dark, brisk and wet, it wasn't that bad to sit there a little more.

 

It was all very calming, but when she shifted her body, Raven slipped and fell right on her back. She let out a small grunt and rubbed her neck while repeatedly slapping herself for being so clumsy. She rubbed her eyes; the rain was starting to irritate them. As she walked back to the rock she was sitting, she breathed in the wet air, letting out a sniffling sound.

 

 

Back in the T-Cave, everyone had calmed down. Cyborg had set the table and placed everyone's serving on the table. Starfire was happily enjoying the meal, Beast Boy brought his food to his room to eat and Robin was cooling off on the couch. The only thing he wanted to do right now was calm down and relax, his appetite had been easily spoiled from the argument. When it rained, it seemed weird to him, it was so unexpected and boy was it pouring down hard. For a while, he sat on the hard couch and watched the droplets dancing in the wind until he heard some footsteps from above them. No one else cared; they were too occupied eating the delicious meal.

 

“Come to think of it, where's Raven?” Robin said to himself as he swiftly turned around to find her. “Didn't she go into her room?” He reminded himself. “But why was she taking this long? Should I check on her?” He pondered and without knowing, stood up and was walking towards her room. “No, she'll kill me for barging into her room like that…” A somewhat loud thump was heard from above him again. “But at the same time, I could be saving her from something… what if she's being attacked or something?”

 

“Ow…” He heard a soft cry coming from the room and before he knew it, he had quietly walked in but no one was there.

 

“Outside? What would she be doing outside?” Robin crept up to the small opening to the outside. The dark night had tainted the waterfall a midnight blue, the raindrops were shimmering like silver. He slipped his head out, letting the rain drench his hair and face. He heard the smallest sniffle through the sound of the waterfalls and pitter-patter of rain. “Might as well.” He was already wet from the rain, what's a little more going to hurt? He stepped off the sill of the hole and followed the sound of sniffling.

 

When he reached close enough to find who it was, he paused and spied on her for a few minutes. She was gloomily sitting in the rain, with her hood down and just letting herself become soaked from head to toe. It concerned him, why was she doing this? And, of course, he didn't want her getting sick. Finally, after gathering up all his courage to approach her, he sat down by her before she knew he was there.

 

“Hey, what're you doing up here in the rain?” Robin whispered to her.

 

“What do you think?” Raven stood up to avoid him and quickly took a few steps away.

 

“I don't know, but you're missing out on dinner.” Robin shrugged. “Now, what are you really doing here?”

 

“I'm dancing in the rain…” Raven rolled her eyes and shot back in a sarcastic tone.

 

“Really? Is it fun? I've never tried that before, I never knew you were the type to dance.” Robin laughed quietly, almost like it was a competition of sarcasm now. “Why don't you show me a few moves?”

 

“…” Raven sighed from Robin's presence, why did he come here for? Raven twirled her finger around and snapped her fingers. “There, happy?”

 

“Looks fun, mind if I join?” Robin laughed; he knew she was depressed, he saw it in her face. He wasn't going to stop until she was happy again. He wanted her happy. He couldn't stop himself from doing it, it seemed to be so much fun. “Care to dance?” He bowed before Raven and offered his hand.

 

“…” She silently blushed and watched the rain bouncing off of the green glove. Raven just couldn't help herself from taking it. She rose in eyebrow at Robin and placed her small hand on his, something about doing that made her heart skip a beat. Robin looked up and gave a grin before going back to his normal posture. Robin grinned and grinned; he couldn't believe that Raven had actually accepted his hand. Raven couldn't believe it either.

 

Taking the chance, Robin slowly stepped closer to Raven and reached over to place an arm around her slender waist. Raven instinctively held onto his shoulder with her free hand. What were they doing? Raven blushed even further; fortunately, the darkness blinded Robin from any shade of color in the night. Robin gazed at the girl in front of him, his face also burning from nervousness. They stood without moving for a while, until Robin stepped, beginning the little waltz. They didn't need music; the beat of their hearts and drumming of water was a song on their own. Raven giggled silently at what they were doing, Robin just continued to grinned. Finally, only a few minutes of their slow tango, they stopped.

 

Raven stared at Robin and he stared back. Their faces were no more than a foot away; it was a perfect opportunity to kiss. But it had become so awkward again. A minute ago, they had been freely dancing on top of the T-Cave, and now they had wish they hadn't. Raven pulled away from Robin's hold and wrapped her wet cloak around her, as if to block all emotions from coming and escaping from her. Robin stepped forward, not wanting Raven to break from his hands but Raven kept walking.

 

“Robin…?” Raven said without turning back.

 

“…Yeah?” He answered hopefully.

 

“Never touch me ever again.” She angrily spat out at him. She didn't want this, she had already promised herself that she would forget about him and she didn't want him to change her mind. She didn't want to become weak, lose all control on her feelings and have to fix it all up again when her powers came back. It was too risky. No matter how much her heart begged, her brain was too stubborn to listen, she had made her decision, she didn't need to love, she didn't want to and she couldn't afford to.

 

Robin lingered in disappointment long after she had left for her room again. He clenched his fist in defeat and sighed. He had gone too far. He had pushed Raven onto the train track before finishing lining the tracks. He stood in the heavy rain and plopped on the cold floor. What had he done wrong? He tried to cheer her up, and for a while, he thought that it was going to actually work. But just when Raven was letting him be close to her, she slipped away and bitterly scowled at him.

 

Was he going to let her just go before he got to say anything to her? Could he afford another try? Robin stood up with newfound confidence, ready to fight for what he wanted. He dropped from roof and landed near the opening to Raven's cave, he wasn't going to let her go without trying.

 

“Raven.” Robin's firm call came from outside Raven's room, she didn't turn, she didn't attempt to leave, she just cringed and sighed. He was so stubborn but Raven couldn't help but be impressed by Robin's braveness to still strive on.

 

“Robin.” She addressed him back.

 

“Can I come in?” Robin asked but he had already let himself in before she could protest.

 

“What do you want…?”

 

“I just want to apologize… for what happened before, did I upset you? I mean… you just… left.”

 

“What did you want me to do? Stay out in the rain and catch a cold?” Raven said with not even a hint of warmth in her voice.

 

“No, but I really wanted to talk to you. I'm starting to know you a lot better and I wanted to learn more.” He tenderly whispered, making sure no one else heard but Raven.

 

“So lets talk, what do you want to know about me?” She quickly asked, hoping that satisfying his quench for information would be enough to get him to leave.

 

“Raven, what do you think when you see me?” It sounded so awkward coming out of his own mouth, Robin almost hesitated when he had only spoke his first word.

 

“A hardheaded leader, a friend I guess, nothing more.” She spoke of lies. Yes, he was hardheaded but also a very astounding leader. He was much more than a friend to her; he was possibly the only one who would understand her since they did have this…“bond” and these days more than ever, she would dream to become more than just friends, more than just the typical roommates, to become united.

 

“Is that all…?” Robin's face lined with dissatisfaction as his head began to bow from regret of asking. It was expected, he didn't really suppose Raven would say anything other than what she had already said.

 

Raven's mind clapped in approval, it was perfect, get rid of him, he wasn't going to do any good for her anyway while the other side screamed with frustration and regret, don't let him go, he was giving an opportunity to tell him the truth but she didn't have enough guts to take it.

 

“I had hoped… it would have been… more.” Robin's jaw stiffened as he began to walk out of the opening so that no one would see where he had been.

 

“Robin… wait.”

 

A new strip of hope filled him as he turned back to her. A pair of arms wrapped around his back, pulling him into a tight embrace. Raven couldn't take it anymore; she acted on impulse and ended up burying her face into Robin's shoulder. Her muffled voice whispered into Robin's ear as crisp and lovely as he imagined it. “But there IS more, much more.”

 

He stood motionless for a moment, drinking in what just had happened. Impossible, it was just impossible. Robin slowly drew his arms around her and returned the hug with a wide smile on his face. Finally, Raven broke from the hold and backed into the wall. “I'm sorry Robin.”

 

“Why should you be sorry? You cannot believe what this means to me.” Robin smiled like he couldn't stop.

 

“I can't do this Robin, it messes everything up. All my hard work to keep my feelings under control, it's like dropping a large rock into a motionless pond. It disrupts it and causes everything to move and come alive again. I can't let it come alive; these feelings are to be never shown, bad things happen when they do. I'll become possessed, killing everyone and everything in my path.” Raven explained, no matter how much she wanted to be with Robin, she had to fight it, for the sake of everyone and herself.

 

“So we'll just never go back to Jump City, who knows, maybe we'll never even find a way to go back.” He argued with frustration, she had tricked him again, first being compassionate and now, becoming hostile.

 

“How can you say that? You're Robin, leader of the Teen Titans, you can't just abandon the city we're supposed to look after just for… me. What am I? I'm just a girl who can never offer any form of affection. I'm worth nothing…”

 

“That's enough, that isn't true! You mean a lot to me, and to everyone else on the team. And… you can show affection, didn't you just hug me a few seconds ago?”

 

“It was a pity hug…” Raven lied again and she really hated it.

 

“Was it? Why can't you stop messing around with me?” Robin held his head, ready to break down to his knees.

 

“I'm sorry Robin, but you need to leave now.” Raven couldn't find anything else to say, her mind had changed so quickly and so did the events.

 

There was nothing left to say, he looked back at Raven one last time before disappearing into the dark night through her window again. Raven fell against the wall and buried her face in her hands as the rain outside began to fall with piercing speed and intensity.

 

Sorry… You all must hate me SO MUCH right now. Even I hate myself. I am terrible… truly I am… -sigh- I bet the majority of you already left your seat or exited the page when that happened. I'm such a disappointment-bringer. Lol. Next Chapter coming soon! Stick around! Please? ^^ Heh… sorry again.