A/N: I took some time and reworked the first chapter so that it is better. I try to improve where I could I make it easier to read.

U1: Any story I post that has this in the title means that they are all part of one universe.

The work of a princess never ends.

V 2

Starfire was the one who had to work to get things to happen, ever since she was a child and enslaved. She had to work to get out of captivity, work to fend off those who pursued her, work for the Titans to triumph, and work to get that stubborn Robin to finally admit his feelings and kiss her. She could be rather patient, be everyone has that metaphoric line that screams out when enough is enough.

Four months of kissing and going out on dates, Robin still wasn't "comfortable" putting a label on them. She brought this up in a conversation the night before and Robin told her some line about how his enemies would use her to get to him. He also said that he wasn't the type of person would was into relationships. She decided right then and there that she was the kind of person who was into relationships, and she wanted to be in one with Robin. That's it, no more goodie goodie princess, time to get to work.

She was sitting in her room as she thought up of two situations in particular to draw information out of. There was the day they crash landed on that alien planet, when Robin made a very clear declaration that she was not his girlfriend. Then there was Tokyo which was an emotional roller coaster for her at least. She felt really bad when she found out how important lip contact was to humans. She felt amazing when she thought they were going to kiss on top of the tower, only to feel like she was dumped. By the end of the day though she got what she wanted at the time, a kiss.

These memories didn't struggle to be grasped by Starfire, they were on the surface of her mind, seemingly in perfect condition. She thought about those times quite often in fact. They were the times where her patience worked and she got through the personal defenses of Robin. Crash landing on the planet she ignored him, cold shoulder all the way. That had some effect but he only seemed to let her in once he realized that she was confused and hurt. Tokyo was a far improvement she thought, until Robin ruined a moment they were having. Afterwards she fled from when while crying and hurt. When they finally grouped back up he seemed to want to kiss her, however they got interrupted. Later they finally did kiss after he finally shut him up, he kept apologizing...

Starfire's eyes seemed vacant all morning,not at all like they usually were. Now there seemed to be some life returning to them as her mind started to piece things together. 'Wait a minute... When we were on the alien planet he finally started letting me in because I was hurt... In Tokyo almost the same thing happened... and I feel that I am hurt just like those times but he isn't here trying to comfert me'. She came to the conclusion that while she was pushing her affection at him, he held firm to his mental defenses he practiced to the point of perfection. However when it is when he needed to act, when he needed to show affection, he drops those defenses.

She needed a plan that would cause Robin to act. Since their conversation the night before she had just been sitting in her room letting sorrow build up inside her and that was not how she wanted things to be. It wasn't like she could summon a big, ugly, evil monster to put her in danger, besides that would put her friends at risk. She wasn't going to purposely get them stranded on some alien planet either. She needed something though, but she couldn't think of anything that would help. After a little bit of time it dawned on her, she didn't need something, she needed someone.

It was early in the morning when Starfire left her room but she knew that the person she wanted to talk to was already up. She made her way over to Raven's room and now stood in from of a large metal door, taking a breath before gently knocking on it. After a few moments it opened slowly showing that shadow veiled eyes of Raven. Star felt those eyes on her, she always did. "Friend Raven, can we talk?" Her voice was soft and seemingly distant.

Raven was meditating, although at this time in her life it took much less effort and she could better handle being interrupted. She took no time to open the door and see who could be knocking at her door this soon before 10. Truth be told she was rather annoyed that Starfire chose this time to bother her, bu then she heard Starfire speak. Starfire's voice was low and seemingly weak which was quite different then one would expect from the bubbly alien. Feeling negative emotions from across the tower was not uncommon, hearing the beacon of happiness that was Starfire become weak with sadness was another. Raven sighed and tried her best to lighten the mood for her friend "Do you want to talk before or after I throw him in another dimension?"

The joke did make Starfire feel a little better, first that it came from Raven, and second that means Beast Boy must be rubbing off on her a little. This wasn't the time to think about the possibility of Raven and Beast Boy however. She walked into Ravens room, though the invitation was not voiced. The invitation was in Raven's body language, the dropping of her shoulders, the slight step backwards, the sharpness of the eyes softening.

Starfire walked over to the bed and lowered herself into a sitting position, back hunched ever so slightly. "Friend Raven, as you know, Robin and I have been doing the "dating" for some time now." She looked up to Raven who gave her the briefest of nods to encourage her to continue. "However last night while talking her told me he wasn't a relationship person".

It was obvious by Raven's face that she bought that line just as much as Starfire did, which was not at all. It was clear to Raven why Starfire was talking to her, Robin was being an idiot. Raven wasn't sure why she was chosen as the relationship counselor but she wasn't going to let her friend down. Besides, how often does one have to give Robin a verbal beating.

Starfire felt some guilt because she was putting her friend in the middle of all this. Tf the last thing she said wasn't enough to get Raven to act then the next sentence was going to push it over the edge. Making Raven act thereby making Robin act. "I know I love Robin, but I'm not sure that I can continue what we have if he isn't going to take it seriously."

The feeling of guilt in the Tameranian didn't go unnoticed by the empath, however it was misread by her. Raven though that the guilt flowing off of Star was from admitting that she wasn't sure about Robin and the connection she felt for him. Ravens emotions wanted to scramble all over the place however they were kept in check. She looked at the clock and she noticed it was 6 minutes to 10 am. (You'll understand the importance of this in BBxRae's story) She needed to get this settled and quick though she didn't want to leave her room quite yet. The feeling in the air grew stale as Star's words hung, answered only in silence as Raven thought about the situation. "Starfire, I understand why you are so worried. I'll take care of this, trust me. You just be on the roof at 12 o'clock." Raven said definitively.

Starfire seemed to brighten up upon her friend's deceleration to help. A smile once again adorned her face and she couldn't help but to give Raven a huge hug. Afterwards the two girls said their goodbyes before Starfire went floating down the hall.

The Roof at noon

Robin appeared on the roof exactly at noon. He was sweating, with his trademark stoic face planted on. At least to the untrained eye. Starfire spent way to much time looking at that face not to notice his slightly more open eyes and lips that were more firmly pressed together then usual. She wasn't sure what Raven said or did to fluster Robin, but it must have been good. Silent seconds ticked by as the two looked at each other on the roof. The Tamaranian decided to speak first, figuring that Robin has already gone through a stressful conversation before appearing on the roof.. "Hello friend Robin" Her voice definitely became more lively than it was this morning but it still had a ring of sadness to it.

"Hello Star" He made sure to keep any hint of anxiety out of his voice. After a rather... interesting conversation with Raven, he wasn't going to be quick to piss off another super powered girl today. Raven told him about an hour ago that stringing someone along wasn't right, and that she deserves to be in a relationship or let go. In that conversation Robin, not in his proudest moment, managed to bring up. Afterwards she opened a portal and put his head into it. Just so he knew what was in the dimension she kept using as a threat. Though he knew she would never throw him in it, the point was made.

"Listen" Robin said with some of the anxiety slipping into his breath, he was never good at this sort of thing. Letting that word hang in the air her calmed his nerves before continuing "I have realized that I haven't been the best I could be to you. You do deserve to be taken seriously. I am sorry". He made up his course of action and this speech just after the conversation with Raven an hour ago. "I want you to be happy, and I want you to be with me. So I guess what I am saying is, will be my girlfriend." He asked even though he knew what her answer would be. For the life of him he couldn't get his eyes up to meet Starfire's own.

She lift him off the ground with the unbridled happiness she now felt. Not only did her plan work, which still made her feel guilty. Robin decided on what Starfire wanted, for this relationship to mean something to the outside world. She didn't know why that was so important to her but this wasn't the time to delve into such thoughts.

Then she flew right to him and him a bone crushing hug. "Of course boyfriend Robin". Her trademark bubbly personality returned to her being. She relaxed her arms to turn the hug into a warm, enduring hug that Robin always melted slightly into.

Robin felt a bit stupid, he didn't know why it took him so long to ask such a simple question. All the anxiety her had floated away and he let a caring smile wash over his face. He had never been in a relationship, perhaps he was scared on everything that involved. Robin snapped out of it as she weakened her grasp on him. Perhaps the sudden ability to breath played apart of him coming to his senses. He returned the hug in such a fashion that his left hand was able to gently scrape the back of her head.

There were problems he knew they would face, relationships were never easy for super heroes. He allowed himself to forget these problems for the time being. He would address them as they came, but for now no force in the cosmos was going to ruin this moment.