Trust... [A Robin Love Story]

Chapter 12: The Tears...

Author's P.O.V

The morning rays shining through Krystal's shades were too bright, causing her head to pound and eyes constrict. Memories of yesterday certainly did not help with her agonizing migraine. But she forced herself to get up from bed and trudge to the kitchen to make herself some herbal tea. The sunlight was even worse in the main hall because one wall was made entirely of windows. She turned her back against the sunlight and leaned against the kitchen counter tops as she took a slow and ravishing sip from her mug of green tea. She actually woke up earlier than she expected to, it was usually the time where everyone is awake but still in bed so she had the main hall all to herself. Memories of last night came flooding back and she was just shaken and overwhelmed.

"Troubled, I see."

Krystal dropped her mug on the floor, causing it to spill and shatter into a million pieces. She fumbled around in a panic, trying to figure out where that voice came from, failing to notice the controller on the floor, causing her to trip and fall onto the shards of the mug that she dropped.

'Remember, Krystal. You are my slave and you can never escape me.'

It's Slade yet again. Tears filled her eyes, as she brought her hands to over her ears and desperately tried to block out his voice from her mind. She clutched her ears, nearly tearing them off of her head.

"Woah, woah! What's wrong? You a'ight?" Cyborg placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her towards him. Krystal's heart shook and it became harder for her to breathe.

"Hey." He called her attention. "You don't have to be strong all the time. Now calm down and tell me what's wrong, girl." He took her wounded hand and cleaned it up. Krystal refused to open her mouth to speak because she had no idea what to say after a traumatic experience like that. Cyborg made her sit down on the couch then he made a cup of some strange drink, of something. She slowly took the mug and had a sip of the strange drink. The widened her eyes in surprise.

"It's my own special blend of honey and cinnamon tea. How is it?" He said.

"Its sweet..." she mumbled as a small smile appeared on her face and a small blush brought color back to her pale face.

"Glad you like it. Now, mind telling me what goes on in your head all the time that makes you act this way?" he asked her, gently.

"Where do I start?" She asked him, holding on to her mug, trying to keep her fingers warm.

"Well, you can start by telling me why you're crying." he said.

She scoffed and said, "I'm not cry-" she was cut off because of the tear that she felt on her hand. She's so used to crying on her own in the hide out usually after training and since she's not alone anymore, she forgets that she can't just cry it out anymore. She's been hesitant about opening up to any of the titans because she's also worried that they'll use it against Slade. No matter how he treated her, she still loved him deeply and will be devoted to helping him out however she can.

"Can you tell me why a person can love someone even though they've mistreated their whole life?" She asked, looking at her reflection in the tea, trying to ponder the answer to her own question.

"Krystal, I'm half robot. Aside from the fact that I was badly injured, I didn't want to become 100% robot because I didn't want to lose myself, the human side of Victor Stone. Trust me, I've spent my life trying to reduce the brain to a series of electrical impulses. I failed. Human emotion, it can contain illogical conflict. Like when you love someone yet hate the things that they've done. Machine can't reconcile that." He explained with a gentleness that you would get from an older brother. Krystal had never experienced that before. She thought hard about what he said and her puzzled look implied that she wanted him to elaborate more about what he said. He smiled and took a good sip of his tea then sat back and gazed out towards the magnificent view that they had of the ocean.

"You don't really have to have a reason to love someone, you know. Sometimes you love a person for all the reasons they're not like you. Sometimes you love a person just because they feel like home." He said. She put down her mug and snuggled up to him and sobbed quietly on his chest. He didn't just wrap his arm around her but actually scooped her up and placed her on his lap like a bridal carry and just patted her back. She continued to cry as she held on to him and felt that feeling that he described to her earlier, that feeling of just knowing that they feel like home. She tried her best not to cry for too long because she knew that the other titans would be going down to eat their breakfast soon.

"How 'bout I fix you up a plate of my famous syrup covered bacon and waffles?!" He said excitedly with a big goofy smile. She laughed through her tears and gave a cheerful nod.

"Alrighty then! Let's get cookin'." He said and she continued to laugh. Little did they know that there was actually someone eavesdropping on their conversation and feelings and questions started to build up within them that was just waiting to cause chaos and misfortune to anyone it involves.

(A/N: Sorry if this chapter took so long! Been really busy and expect binge chapter posting and then sudden silence, so so so sorry. Been pretty busy with with senior high school applications and stuff, it's just my future lol. Anyway, thank you so much for the continuous support, love and patience hehe!)