Hey guys. This is my first official post! I've been reading a lot of Teen Titans fictions here lately (many of you are very talented and should totally find a way to get these on TV XD), and today an idea came to me in physics. What I write/wrote is all mainly what I see in my head. Like my own little personal episode of teen titans. Since I'm a new writer here and I missed something or messed up on a guideline, telling me is all I ask. Reviews are more than welcome, especially on the writing and characters, etc.
Here's the summary, and thanks for reading :D
Full Summary: Here, the Titans come back from Tokyo victorious. But...nothing ever happened between Robin and Starfire. The closest they got was the scene on the roof where he told her they could be nothing more than heroes. After that, all events unfolded the same. Robin spoke only two words to Starfire throughout the rest of their trip. An indirect, "Titans GO!". Starfire feels hurt and angry, and is dangling on the edge of losing all hope in Robin. Once they're back at home, she reluctantly decides to gradually let go. But can she do it? Or will she inadvertedly push him to admit his feelings?
Chapter 1
Beast boy ran towards the couch the second they re-entered their much missed home, gracefully transfigured into a sloth and plopped down face first, butt up onto the cushions.
"Yeah Ha! I missed it too BB." Cyborg said as he managed to drag his exhausted parts next to Beast boy.
Raven stared for only a few seconds before she let the corners of her mouth curl up slightly, "I'll be in my room. It's no dirty couch of course. But I missed it there."
Only Robin and Starfire remained tense by the door. Robin let his glance slip towards her.
I'm such a dick, he thought. He forced his hand to tentatively reach towards her turned shoulder, he took a deep breath, but before he could get her name out, she swiftly turned and followed Raven.
"I agree friend Raven. I too have missed my own comforts." She forced herself to look only at the back of Raven's hood, leaving Robin's hand limp at his sides. She had kept a cool demeanor the entire trip back, but the second her door slid closed, Starfire slammed herself into bed and painfully reviewed the fact that the boy she loved had distinctly said they would never be anything more than heroes. The angry crease in his brow never ceasing to hesitate as he spoke to her.
"Oh goodness.." she said softly to herself, placing her hands protectively over her chest, "this is a painful realization.."
"It doesn't have to be.." Raven spoke, slowly making her way to Starfire's bed.
"Oh! Raven, you have frightened me..may I ask what you are referring to? I..fear I do not know what it is you speak of.." Starfire cast her eyes down, hoping her moody friend hadn't made out her words.
Raven sighed, "Star, it's kind of hard not to notice when you and Robin are cold and aren't speaking. Especially considering the way the two of you usually treat each other. So talk. What's gotten between you two now?"
Starfire curled up with her knees towards the wall. "If you must..Robin has said we are never to be more than heroes. Nothing more..we were so very close to sharing a.." she looked at Raven, "well it does not matter now."
Raven's indigo eyes searched for her friends, "Star..look Robin's just being...Robin. He didn't mean it. He's crazy fo-'"
"NO!" Starfire abruptly burst into the air, her eyes glowing green with frustration, "He does NOT go the crazy for me! He does not and he has proved himself so!"
Raven was uncharacteristically speechless. She'd never seen Starfire speak with such anger..but within it she felt..hope fading. She started getting angry as well. At Robin, for being so dense and refusing to let himself to feel.
She grabbed her floating friend's hand and brought her down gently, "Listen Star..If you truly believe he's not interested, and he's not willing to show you otherwise, what are you going to do?
Starfire looked down solemnly and said, "Then I will be doing the moving on."
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Robin had come directly to his room after Starfire's "unintended" rejection and attempted to bury himself in paperwork. He found his head wandering to Starfire...
The way her eyes lit up when she was happy..the way her scent had been so close when they'd almost kissed.
But no, He had to be an idiot and told her they would be nothing more.
A frustrated groan escaped him as he banged his fist against his desk, rattling his walls.
"Why am I so STUPID?" he wondered. He loved her. He had since the second she's planted that harsh, but hauntingly memorable kiss on him. She was beautiful, and made him happy. HIM. Happy. Two things that didn't go together, Starfire managed to tie them together so simply. Just by being with him...near him..
But by being with her...he'd put her in danger wouldn't he? He couldn't be that selfish.
Robin sighed and rested his head against the wall. What was he doing? Pushing away the one person that filled him with hope..
He opened his eyes, and sat up in realization. He was hurting her. She wanted to be with him, WANTED him, and he was doing nothing to let her know her feelings were more than welcomed and in fact...reciprocated.
He breathed in and out, his head spinning with indecision. He threw his clothes off and crawled in bed, exhausted. He was still unsure about what to do about Starfire and keeping her protected but..having her all to himself at the same time. With so many thoughts, he grew tired and soon he was asleep.
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The next morning, Starfire woke tucked in her bed with her uniform still on. She assumed she must have fallen asleep while talking to Raven the previous night. And like every single other morning since her arrival to Earth, Robin quickly entered her mind. She had made up her mind to focus only on herself and the team. Not Robin. He had had his chance. He had rejected her..and she was going to slowly attempt to deject her own feelings for him.
Starfire floated over to her curtains and "cheerfully" tore them open. Early morning sunshine burst through her large window, illuminating the sad eyes, but fixated smile on her face. "Glorious! It is..a brand new day and I will no longer feel the 'disappointment' feelings."
Starfire, showered and changed, entered the kitchen making herself a bowl of mustard and cheerios. She sighed, it was these small pleasures that would get her through, she thought. As she put the mustard vat away in her personal fridge (which contained her..exotic Tamaranian delicacies the others did not wish to "disturb"), Robin entered the kitchen. Starfire tensed, but considering she had always been polite, she spoke before he had a chance to say good morning.
"I bid you good morning Robin." she stared only at her hands, digging for a spoon. "You slept well yes?"
she walked away before Robin had a chance to answer.
Robin felt her tone tug at his heart. He hadn't even gotten a word out.
His thoughts were interrupted by a green monkey (literally) jumping on his back and onto the cabinets.
"Ahhh! Beast Boy what the hell?" Robin scowled as Beast Boy hopped off and started snacking on tofu.
"Dude. Relax. I just needed my early morning tofu cakes!" He thrust an astoundingly slimy, vanilla scented oblong object near Robin's face. "I invented them! I'm gonna get a patent and sell these babies. See the secret's in the-" Robin put a hand up, stopping Beast Boy in his tracks. He sighed.
"Look Beast Boy..Trust me I'm not really in the mood to hear anything." Robin walked towards the couch, and started playing video games.
"Well I figured that much man." He said, nonchalantly, shoving more tofu cakes in his mouth, "You and Star haven't been talking much since Tokyo. If I* had the girl I loved ticked at me, I'd be having a bitch fit too. Heh."
Robin did a double take when he heard the last few words of that sentence. "What? What are you talking about? I don't love her! She's..she's like a sister." He was defensive and hoped Beast Boy would drop it.
He didn't.
"HA! Sister? Sorry Robin but I don't think you're allowed to look at your sister the way you look at Starfire." Beast boy burst into laughter, "Oh! Oh! Maybe in the old days of redneck states!"
"Shut up! I'm..I'm..ugh just get over here so I can kick your ass at this." That got Beast Boy off the subject. Robin just had to deal with obnoxious (in his mood, a baby panda would be obnoxious) insults. At least they were under another subject.
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A few hours later, Robin packed up his courage and tried seeing if Starfire would talk to him. He knocked on her door, where she'd disappeared to all morning.
Knock knock
He waited.
He got impatient. What was taking her so long?
The door slid open, he saw her green eyes look right through him. She looked sad. But other than her eyes, her expression remained stoic.
"Yes Robin? Is there an alert I did not hear?"
He rubbed his neck nervously and cleared his throat. "No no..it's nothing like that. But..um..Star? Do you think we could talk?"
He could feel his heart threatening to pound its way out of his chest waiting for her response. His stomach tightened in anxiousness...and hope.
She looked at him for a few seconds and spoke. "And we are to speak of details regarding the team am I correct?"
He took a breath. He realized he'd been holding it in.
"No..no Star..I wanted to talk to you about us-"
"There is no us Robin."
The door slid closed before his mind could register what was said. But his heart figured it out the second they'd escaped her lips.
There is no us Robin.
