Um...hi.

For those of you who don't know me...hola! I'm Midnight and this is my first ever Teen Titans story. It'll be a few chapters long, I haven't decided how many yet. Updated sporadically. If you have ideas, I'm always open to hear them. I can use as many awkward moments between Rob and Star as I can get.

Now, uh, for the people who do know me, I know I have a weeeeee bit of explaining to do. Skip on down to the bottom of the story for that. Otherwise, onward to the story!"

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Now, Robin would be the first to admit that even though he was the son of the infamous Dark Knight, one of the world's greatest detectives, and the fearless leader of the Teen Titans, when it came to Starfire... Well, fearless leader or not, being around Starfire made him a little awkward.

Maybe a lot awkward.

And everyone thought that once they finally kissed in Tokyo, the awkward sexual tension between the two lovebird Titans would have pretty much disappeared. Even Robin thought everything would be better. Somehow, he thought after the kiss, just the sight of Starfire and her smile would no longer cause him to become a stuttering, blushing, pile of traffic light colored teenage hormonal goo.

For one of the world's greatest detectives, this was rather dense of him.

But the Boy Wonder quickly learned that things would remain wonderfully, deliciously awkward, a shared kiss or not.

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"Robin, may I speak with you?"

The problem with having a girlfriend who floated rather than walked was that it was so easy for her to sneak up on him. He couldn't hear her footsteps. And when Starfire floated soundlessly into his office, closing the door behind her, he was surprised. More surprised than his usual surprise. He damn near toppled backward out of his chair. He righted himself quickly and swiveled around to face her. She was floating an inch or two above the ground, her hands clasped delicately in front of her, her shoulder back and back straight.

She looked like she was ready to give a big speech.

Robin would like to pretend that he didn't know what she could want, but he was one of the world's greatest detectives. And he may or may not have been avoiding her ever since they got back from Tokyo. He may or may not have locked himself away in his office, claiming he had paperwork ("So much paperwork, Star!" he had yelled empathically before not-so-smoothly slamming the door shut). So he may or may not have known why Starfire was in his office, looking like she had a presentation on all the reasons he was an idiot.

He may or may not deserve it.

She probably wanted to talk about why he was avoiding her.

"What's up, Star?" he asked after clearing his throat a few times.

"I wish to know why you have been avoiding me," she said simply.

"Uh…."

"I know that I am still becoming familiar with Earthen courtship formalities," she began primly, "and that while we were in Tokyo, we never truly laid out exactly what sort of relationship we would be having. However, I was under the perhaps mistaken impression that following our…." She blushed and Robin's heart did this weird flippy thing in his chest. "Lip contact, we would be engaging in the typical Earthen boyfriend and girlfriend behavior. This behavior includes—at least I believe it does—us interacting with each other. As we did as friends but now incorporating more romantic traits too. Things like you not spending many hours in your office locked away doing the paperwork and more…."

Her blush deepened and Robin felt his knees shake. He hoped she wouldn't notice. If she didn't notice, he could keep noticing her blush.

"More lip contact," she finished quietly. Her eyes dipped down to the floor for a long moment or two before she lifted them back to Robin. "Would you please tell me if my perception is wrong? And why have you been avoiding me?"

"Uh…."

He would like to, but words failed him. Basic motor functions failed him. Brain power failed him. He could only think of one thing to say.

"Uh…."

Starfire tilted her head. "Robin?"

"Uh…." He blinked one hard time and attempted to pull it together. He had to explain himself. "Uh."

She looked at him patiently. Floated a little closer to him, remained silent, and waited for more.

As mentioned, words failed him around Starfire. That had always been the issue whenever she was near and asking him questions involving his…feelings. Robin blanched at the thought of expressing his feelings. He blamed some of this on the fact he was a teenage boy and teenage boys did not talk about feelings with ease. But mostly he blamed the man who put him in cape and mask and taught him to punch his feelings out into bad guys.

Goddamn Batman.

Punching his feeling away worked well enough when he and Starfire weren't a…whatever they currently were (excluding incidents where they were stranded on an alien planet). But now he had to be emotionally available. He had to express his thoughts.

He hadn't been thinking about that when she kissed him in the rain. But then really, he wasn't really thinking about much when Starfire was kissing him. Because Starfire was kissing him.

When he patrolled the streets, he was able to sort his thoughts. He could pull them together and organize and sort them and they made sense. Everyone liked to rag on him and Batman for brooding, but there was something so…calming about standing on the ledge of building, staring down at the citizens he protected while his cape billowed behind him dramatically in the wind.

It also looked like, mad cool.

But now, words failed him. And all he could do was stutter awkwardly.

So very awkwardly.

"I'm not…exactly…good at this," he told her, rubbing the back of his neck. A nervous tic that only made itself known when he was in the ruby haired alien girl's presence.

"What do you mean?"

"Your uh, perception of how relationship are supposed to work is not wrong. I'm just…." He struggled to find the words. "I'm not…" He defaulted to his go to word. "Uh."

"Not very good at this?" she offered generously.

"Yes!" he yelled enthusiastically. He clapped his hands together, startling her a little. "I'm awful at this!"

Her brow furrowed in concern.

"Wait! No, it's not like that. I just can't…"

He sighed.

He wanted to tell her that he adored her. He was mad about her. He felt…big feelings for her. Feelings too big for him to want to think about lest he scare himself more.

And that was the problem: Robin was scared. Scared to screw this up before it had a chance to begin. He was no knight in shining armor. He had flaws. Glaring ones. He had concerns. There were so many things. Feelings. Things he needed to lay bare.

Only he didn't know how to lay feelings bare. She had been merciful enough to pretty tell him to shut up and kiss her in Tokyo so he didn't have to do it then, but that couldn't be the solution to all of their problems.

(Even though it would be so awesome if it was.)

He knew he needed to talk to her. Avoiding her was not the answer. But screaming "Paperwork!" was much easier than…feelings.

"I've never done anything like this before, Star," he admitted after several very long, very painful seconds of opening and closing his mouth, hoping words would come out. "I like you so much but I'm kind of scared. I don't want to screw this up. I like you too much to do that."

She smiled sweetly at that. It made him feel a little better.

"I'll probably mess this up before either one of us has any clue what went wrong," he finished honestly and in his opinion, a little lamely.

Starfire's smile widened. She began to close the distance between them. He could feel a sweat building on his brow and his heartbeat kicked up a couple more notches. He wanted to run away and then at the same time, he was so excited to see her growing nearer. She hesitated once she stood before him. They both seemed to be waiting for the other to do something. To initiate something.

Since Robin had been the one who had been so reclusive, he decided he should be the one to open up first. So he opened his arms for her in an obvious invitation. Timidly, Starfire perched herself on his knee. He was glad that she didn't settle herself on his lap.

He was very disappointed that she did not settle herself on his lap.

Stupid conflicting feelings….

And now the coherent thought that he was just starting to get back went bye-bye because now he could feel her nearness. Feel her warmth on his skin. Smell her hair.

She smelled quite pretty.

"I have more faith in you than that, boyfriend Robin," she murmured, giving him a look. This was a new look, one he had never seen. This look was all half lidded eyes, a tilt of the head, and a look on her face that Robin could not quite describe but it made him feel…funny. A good funny. Made him realize that maybe feelings weren't all terrible.

"I'll probably be a little overbearing," he warned her and she leaned down closer to him.

Starfire giggled. "I am afraid to inform you that shall be nothing new."

He made a face at her. "Funny," he deadpanned.

"You are nervous, yes?"

At that exact moment, Robin was praying that she could not hear his heart pounding in his chest or feel the sweat on his palms. So "nervous" was being quite generous. "I um…you could…uh…." He forced a weak smile for her. "Yes. A little. You could say that."

She dropped her gaze then. Her fingers fiddled nervously with the edges of her skirt. He felt pleased when he saw her skin heat up once more with a blush. It was nice to know that he was not the only one struggling here.

"I too am nervous," she admitted after a lengthy pause. "I have never felt for a boy as I have for you. Nor have I any experience with romance."

He considered that for a moment before he ventured to reach over and tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. A simple task, yet he managed to somehow tangle a strand of her ruby locks around his fingers and tug on it a bit too hard.

"Ow," she said, sounding more surprised than hurt.

"Oh. Sorry."

She just smiled. Robin decided that he would rather not risk yanking out any of her pretty hair and instead settled his hand on her knee. He hoped she could not feel the sweat on his palms. Through his glove.

God, he was pathetic for this girl.

"I think…." He cleared his throat. "I think we'll figure something out."

She dipped her head a little lower. Robin realized that she was getting awfully close. Which probably meant that she could totally hear his pounding heart. And feel his sweaty palms. And—wait why was she getting so close.

There goes his last semblance of formulated thoughts.

"Now that we have reached an understanding, there is one last issue I would like to address." Her voice was very husky, he couldn't help but notice.

"Uh."

"You have not participated in the lip contact with me since we left Tokyo."

"Uh."

"I would very much like to change that."

"Uh." He gave another hard blink. "Okay. I can…" His cheeks were on fire. Possibly literally. "I would like that."

She dropped her head a few more inches. "Most glorious."

Robin lifted his head to kiss his girlfriend (god, he still couldn't believe it. His girlfriend). But his aim was off (of course his aim was off) and instead of meeting her lips (god, he loved her lips), their noses bumped.

Roughly.

"Ow," she said, sounding more surprised than hurt.

"Opps."

They both reached up to rub their noses.

"Sorry, Star."

She just smiled, dropping her hand. "Do not fret."

"I'm still getting the hang of this. That's the other thing. I might be a little…."

"Awkward?" she offered generously.

"Yeah, awkward."

"That is the okay."

Robin took her chin in his hand. "Don't worry," he murmured, pulling her back down. "I won't miss this time."

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I hope everyone liked it! I haven't posted anything on this site for awhile so you'll have to forgive me if I'm a little rusty. But I really like this story. I have a few other chapters already typed up and I'm really excited for those. I may just post another one or two tonight because I love feedback.

Now, some of you who know me from X-Men Evo are probably looking for an explanation about what happened with my still unfinished story Thigh High Boots. First, I just want to say that I'm sorry for leaving you hanging. That was pretty crappy of me and I'm really sorry. I have no excuse but I do have an explanation. There was a death in the family that seriously derailed my world. After that, there were a series of unfortunate events that kind of got me down. I lost my passion for writing for a very long time. I not only stopped writing Long Black Gloves but also the manuscript I was working on in my limited free time. It was only in the last few weeks where I picked up a pen again (so to speak). I started my book again (yay!) and I'm going back over all of my previous pieces of Evo work so I can complete the Knee High Socks series. But I've been away from Remy and Rogue for a long time, so it's going to be a minute before I can start that again. I have every intention of finishing it, but I will need time.

Okay. Enough of that. More chapters to come. Bear with me, guys. I'm trying here.

And for those of you who stuck around this long, here's a preview for the next chapter:

"Is now when we commence with the mating?" Starfire asked.

Her skin was so soft, he thought. "Yeah." His mouth drifted back up to hers and he kissed her again. He really liked how soft she was. How she wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close. How he had to keep a tight grip on her to make sure she didn't float away because she was just so darn happy that she had trouble keep controlling of her power. He liked how her skin was always so warm and how her hair always smelled so nice and how DID SHE JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MATING?