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As the night came into view, everything was fine. Nobody is stone, no building was damaged and the world isn’t on fire. So everything should be fine right?

It doesn’t feel like it, not for one titan.

Raven sits in on her bed after a day of saving the world and hanging out with her friends afterwards.

She thinks to herself how could she not believe that there was another way to break her destiny until the very end. The Titans, they had hope even though it was the end. They kept on going.

Robin.. She thinks about him. How he went to the depths of hell just to get her, along with working with his worst enemy.

Just as she was thinking about him, he knocks on her door.

Raven gets up and opens up the door for the boy wonder. He greets her, “I thought you may want to have some company before the day ends” He tells her.

She lets him in her room, they both sit on her bed. “Sometimes I can’t believe that your own father is a demon, a destroyer of worlds. Let alone the fact that he only uses you as a portal to come here.” Raven is quiet but she understands where he is coming from. He doesn’t have a father who would sacrifice their child for world domination.

His biological father may be dead, but he has another in Gotham. Even if they’re not on Speaking terms.

“What was your father like” Raven asks. Robin didn’t need to know which one she was talking about. She never had a father figure like that before.

“He was… amazing. The way he flew in the air like he was flying, catching me when I fall, loving me and mom. I… miss him” Robin starts to get more emotional as her describes him from memory.

Out of comfort, Raven decides to hug the younger boy. Who starts to let the tears run down his face.

“Do you want to talk about your other father” She asks. They pull back from one another and he nods at the girl.

“Bruce, he is complicated but I love him. Sure we’re not on good terms but he and Alfred filled the void that I had after my parents passed. He wasn’t good at communicating his feelings; sure I gave him plenty of heart attacks of the stunts I did but I could tell when he understood me. When he’s proud of me, loving me” Rob- no Dick says.

Raven knew what his eyes looked like behind the mask, but seeing them up close hit different. They had emotion to them from Robin’s usual blankness for eyes.

At that moment, both teens just looked at one another, knowing that they could trust each other with their deepest darkest secrets. They start to giggle at each other, it feels like all the heavy burden they’ve been carrying has been put down.

“So… what about that crush you have on Starfire huh Robin?” Raven teases him.

He laughs it off while blushing and they talk for the rest of the night before sleeping by one another.

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Starfire walks into the hallway, wondering where could Robin be so late at night. ‘He’s not his room neither in the investigation room.’ She stops by Raven’s room asking herself if it’s okay to enter in her room.

Star goes into the room to find two asleep birds. She smiles and wraps them up with a blanket, wishing them a full night’s rest with bright dreams.

But before she leaves, she gets her phone and snaps a photo of the sleeping titans. Saving the photo for her picture album ever since she became a titan.

It wasn’t like she was going to show the other male titans what she found this night.

Maybe…

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Robins POV

I wake up after what felt like a long time sleeping. Just when I remembered I slept with Raven, my cheeks burn in embarrassment thinking about that. I hope no one thinks that we’re together… right? I only see Raven as a sister, not a lover.

I see that Raven has already gotten up, she probably just wanted me to rest even though I’m used to not getting enough sleep. It doesn’t matter as I walk to my room to get what I need to shower.

After getting out the shower, I put on my clothes and head to the common room. “Good morning Titans” I told my team. All I hear is giggles coming from Cyborg and Beast Boy.

“What’s so funny?” I ask to them, Raven just looks at me and sighs. “Why don’t you see yourself, Robin.” This makes me suspicious, what could’ve these two had done now I think to myself.

Raven shows me from her phone what those two fools were laughing. Me and Raven sleeping together. I felt my anger rise and was about to scream who took this photo when a soft voice behind me says “Oh sorry Robin, it was me who took the photo. I hope you’re not upset.” Starfire tells me.

My anger dissipates once she told me this. ‘Star probably didn’t have malicious intentions with this, it’s most likely she wanted to save this in the picture album I gave her for Christmas last year.’

“It’s okay Star, you can do nothing wrong in my eyes.”

Immediately, Cyborg and Beast Boy start laughing even harder. My face turns red like Star’s hair out of embarrassment. Raven smirks and the princess is pondering what is so funny.

This wasn’t how I wanted my morning to go, but I wouldn’t settle for less.

Star looks back at me, wanting to speak with me. “Robin could we talk with each other, if you aren’t busy” she asks. I nod my head and we walk out into the hallway leading to my room.

“So, what did you wanted to talk about?” I ask to the princess, my gaze never leaving her. “I wanted to ask… If I could talk to you what happened to me when you first saved me.” Well, that’s a shocker, Star never really talked about her time with the citadel. But when she did, her face grew pale and didn’t seem to want to recollect the memories surrounding it.

“You obviously know that I have two siblings, Komand’r and Ryand’r. Well when Komand’r betrayed us and Tamaran my father had to settle something in order to not prevent anymore death and destruction. So, he sold me to the citadel. It wasn’t like he had any other option. Komand’r was a traitor and Ryand’r was already sent away. So I as the middle child was taken away from my home and by then, my parents had fallen ill and it seemed like all hope was lost.”

Kory’s eyes started to water, she looks at me and says “I’m so glad I met you Richard, and the titans too.” She kisses me on the lips and I hug her. I push her back and wipe the tears off her face.

“I’m so glad I met you, Koriand’r. I love you so much and I’ll make sure that I’m always by your side.” We look at each other in the eyes. Emerald green looking back at whites.

She takes my mask off to reveal my crystal blue eyes that I hide. “I don’t get it, why continue to wear a mask when we know your identity.”

“It’s just like you all said, the mask makes me feel cool too.” We laugh it off and go back to the common room to eat breakfast. I start to think about my parents and Bruce.

Sure he may not be the best father, but I’m still glad I got him. I should call him later maybe when I have the chance.

Third POV

Few hours later in Wayne Manor, Bruce gets a call he didn’t expect to get, but the man answers. “Dick, it’s been a while since we’ve talked.” “I know Bruce, but I wanted another chance to talk to you and try to mend our relationship. Would you like to finally meet my team instead of spying on me kissing my girlfriend.”

Bruce was somewhat surprised that Dick had knew he spied on him. Perhaps it’s just a trait us bats share.

“Of course I would like to meet your team chum.” “Great, now let’s see when we can meet up.”

Father and son continued to chat till the man had to leave for patrol. Now Dear Robin had to tell him team it was time to visit somewhere else. Probably a little more damp and cold.