Birdflash Soulmates AU

Hurts So Good

| Soulmates who can feel each other's pain and gain each other's cuts, bruises, and sometimes scars.

*Warning* Talks about cutting just a bit |

The Titans, having just defeated Trigon, were tired. They had to help clean the city up tomorrow, and Robin was debating whether he should ask Titans East and a certain speedster to come down to help. Without telling them that, of course.

That way, they'll be forced to help clean up as well. He let a soft smirk fall on his lips.

'Yea, I just might do that.'

The Titans knew they had to speak to Raven, but the poor girl had run off to her room. She seemed fine when they were on their way back, but Robin knew she could hide her emotions very well.

Each Titan took her lead and headed towards their room. On the way down, Robin felt a sharp pain in his ankle. 

'Must have sprained it,' he thought, heading to his private bathroom to inspect it. 

Taking off his suit, standing there in nothing but his boxers, he grabbed the first aid kit before getting to work.

But the pain in his ankle slowly went away with each passing second. There was a bruise, but touching it, there was no pain. He wrapped it in some gauze just in case, then turned in for the night.

~~~~~~~ 

The following day he woke up stiff and sore, but as he lay there, the feeling became no more than a phantom pain. Grunting in confusion, he finally decided to roll out of bed. 

Grabbing his suit, he headed to the bathroom. Stripping until he was bare, he glanced at himself in the mirror. He was covered in bruises, some staying while others, the ones that were phantom pains now were healing at such a quick speed he had to do a recheck to make sure he didn't imagine it.

He wanted to see what was happening, but a reminder from his communicator reminded him of their daily cleanup of the city. 

Stepping into the shower, he had a fleeting thought. 'Maybe it just has to do with Raven's magic still being a bit present.'

~~~~~~~

Walking into the kitchen, Cyborg and Beast Boy oddly weren't arguing about what they should have for breakfast. Instead, they were looking at Beast Boy's arms.

"They just appeared overnight, dude! I swear, I would never-"

"What are you two doing?" Interrupted Robin, walking over to get a closer look. 

They both jumped before Beast Boy was shoving his arms in Robin's face. "Dude! I just randomly woke up to these on my wrists. Also, last night when I was getting ready for bed, there were bruises all over my body, some I don't even remember getting. But when I woke up, over half of them were gone!"

Robin thought back to the bruise that was on him, quickly shaking it from his head. "Are you sure your animal DNA didn't help heal them? I mean, out of all of us, you are the one who heals the fastest."

"Not that fast!"

"Well-"

"Good morning, glorious friends," Starfire's enthusiastic greeting interrupted. 

Each one chorused a good morning back before Beast Boy was out of his seat again and explaining his bizarre morning to Starfire. At that moment, Raven walked into the room. Her hair was back to its short style with her regular cloak on instead of her new white one. 

When Beast Boy approached her and showed her his wrists, she froze, if only for a second. Her eyes widened, and her frame tensed a bit before she was snatching up Beast Boy's wrists.