Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
It was a hot summer's day in Jump City like any other, except for Robin. For the young eighteen year old Titan, today had special meaning. It was the day that Raven was coming home from her one month mission in Africa. He had missed his dark teammate more then he let on. The others thankfully had not caught on to the fact that a fowl mood had settled in on him the day after her departure. Furthermore, they had been thrilled at his sudden uplifted spirit the day before her return. However, Cyborg seemed to have an idea as to what was going on with Robin.
The Tower was buzzing with preparation for the welcome home party for Raven. Starfire had gone all out with the decorations. Robin felt himself smirk when he imagined Raven's face when she saw the brightly colored streamers hanging from the ceiling. Raven had always hated surprises and parties even more. Shaking his head in anticipation Robin donned on a pair of dark sunglasses before leaving his room. Robin was going to the airport as Richard to pick up one Rachelle Roth. As Richard he wore khakis and a dark blue polo shirt. Robin left his room with his thoughts focused on her.
Raven had been his best friend for years. He went to her for everything including all those years ago when he had been dating Star. However, recently their relationship had been strained and difficult. There was a big secret between them, and for once it wasn't Raven creating the distance. It had all started innocently enough . . . they were fighting a bad guy and Raven got hit. It happened all the time, but this time Robin had freaked out. He had gone crazy and beaten the villain senselessly all the way to intensive care. When he went to her hospital room that day it felt as if his heart had been ripped in two.
It had taken him some time to figure out his excessive reaction. Then on a calm morning he had been watching Raven read one of her old dictionary sized books when he realized that he was falling in love with his best friend. He loved everything about her from the way she gently bit her lower lip during the exciting moment of a book and her utter aversion to the color pink. She was his perfect match in ways Star never could be. Raven helped him out of his darkness and understood him all at the same time. He assumed she reciprocated because she confided in him things she never told the others. But, there was a problem. Robin was terrified that she only saw him as a best friend and nothing more. If he confessed his feelings then he could lose her.
That was why he had kept his emotions from her, and Raven knew it. She may not have known what the problem was, but she had certainly felt the ever growing chasm between them. That was going to change today because Robin was going to express his feelings to the dark empath. He just was not certain how to tell her. How do you exactly tell your best friend that you are in love with them? Robin paused in front of Raven's door.
He got strength from looking at her empty room. She had probably taken the mission to Africa to give him some space. He was determined never to push her away again like that. Robin smiled his heart full of hope when he left her doorway and walked into the main room of the tower.
Starfire was hovering in the air putting the finishing touches to the streamers. Cyborg was blowing up some more balloons to add to the large pile that had already been inflated. Beast Boy was suspiciously inching over to the small cake with mischief in his eyes. They all stopped once they noticed him. Starfire let out a squeal of delight before running into Robin to give him a fierce hug. Robin gasped for breath as the strong Tameranian released him from her death grip.
"Are you leaving for the port of air to pick up friend Raven?" Star demanded in her singsong voice. Putting down the balloons Cyborg walked over to Robin and Star with a large grin on his face. Robin hadn't been the only one to secretly miss Raven.
"Yeah, I'm leaving to get her now. Her plain touches down in an a half an hour so we'll be here in about an hour. I'll call when we leave the airport so that you know when to expect us," Robin explained and then turned sharply on Beast Boy. "If you stick your finger in the cake Beast Boy so help me I'll have you doing training from sunup to sundown for a week!" Robin said through clenched teeth. Looking properly reprimanded Beast Boy abandoned the cake and came to stand in front of Robin.
"Why is she flying in a plain when she can just fly herself? You know, Air Raven?" Beast Boy asked. Cyborg punched his smaller teammate affectionately.
"Do you think Raven could fly that far? She's powerful, but not that powerful," Cyborg explained. Beast Boy seemed to contemplate that for a moment. He was probably wondering if Raven could actually even carry out all the threats she made to him. Cyborg pulled out the T car keys from one of his many compartments and handed it to Robin.
"Now, bring both my little sister and my baby car home in one piece," Cyborg said with a stern look in his eyes. Robin nodded in agreement before leaving the tower.
Okay so here is my new story. It was actually inspired by my bio class. How knew you could get story ideas from a boring biology class? Anysway here's the deal. I'm starting a new policy for all my stories. I am going to respond to all your comments. So look for a response to your review in the next chapter. I love feed back! Anyways I hope you like it so far.