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Chapter One – The Departure
"Raven, it has not been 'the same' since we split apart back in the September. I no longer feel joy and I do not wish to stay here any longer. Please, friend, you must let me go." Starfire plead with her friend, sitting on the edge of her fuchsia colored bed, picking at the fluffy comforter as Raven stood in front of her.
The telekinetic sighed , crossing her arms over her chest. She licked her lips and thought deeply; what could she say? She didn't want Starfire to leave, but she didn't want her to stay and be miserable forever. "Just... give him a little time, hm? Maybe he'll come around." She finally said, uncrossing her arms and turning around to leave the nauseatingly pink room.
"Thank you for this talk, friend." Starfire called after her, sniffing. She wanted to leave more than anything. Robin and she had split apart back in September and now, the anniversary of the split creeping slowly upon them, it was awkward to be living in the same home. He was the same Robin around everyone but her and she wished she could take back everything and go back to silently liking him. Before Tokyo had happened.
She silently stood up and walked from her room, bumping into the spiky haired hero in the corridor outside her bedroom.
"Oh. Hello friend, Robin." She said with a smile. His masked eyes looked at her with no feeling and he mumbled a stiff, "hello" as he walked away from the girl that used to be his girl friend.
Starfire held back her tears and kept walking to the common room, silently entering the kitchen. She took a soda out of the fridge and going to sit on the couch where Cyborg and Beast Boy battled each other in another one of their racing games.
Raven saw her grim expression and put down her book, coming over to the red headed titan and sitting down next to her. She got closer to her ear and whispered, "I think you should go," in a mournful tone.
Starfire turned to her friend and gave her a smile full of relief. "Thank you, friend. Please. Do not tell any of the other titans until the morning." She said, getting up from her seat and walking back to her room.
She picked up the suitcase she'd gotten after Beast Boy had told her the one from Tameran was not normal. She unhinged the locks and began folding up her skirts and shirts, realizing she would need to get new clothing if she wanted to blend into the rest of the human population.
A knock on her door zapped her from her thoughts as she walked to slide it open. Raven stood there with a glass jar full of bills in her hands.
"Friend Raven, what is this you bring me?" She asked, utterly confused.
"This is all my money. And some money I took from the emergency safe. And some I stole from Beast Boy; he won't notice it's gone. I put a sandwich in it's place." Raven replied, shoving the jar in Starfire's direction.
Starfire took the jar and looked inside, her eyes welling up with salty tears. "This is most kind, Raven. Thank you again."
"It's no problem, Starfire. You need more than I do. Or Beast Boy. He'd rather have the sandwich." She said, keeping her usual monotone voice.
Starfire giggled. She would miss Raven making fun of Beast Boy all the time. She'd miss Cyborg's 'BOOYAH's after every fight they won. But most off all, she'd miss seeing Robin, even if he wouldn't miss seeing her.
"He will miss you, Star. He just doesn't know that he will yet. You never know what you've got until it's gone." Raven said, sensing what the alien had been thinking.
Starfire lunged forward, embracing Raven. Raven stiffened and patted her on the back, not to familiar with hugs.
"I will miss you." Starfire whispered, finally releasing her grip on Raven. Raven nodded and said, "I'll miss you too, Star. Take care."
The door slid shut and Starfire stood there, looking at the big rectangle of metal. She finally turned around and slid down the door, bring her knees up to her chest and holding the jar of money in between them. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the life she had at the tower flashed before her eyes.
After a few minutes of good crying, she stood up and walked to her bed, sitting down on it and emptying the contents of the jar on the bed spread. She counted them out and came to a conclusion that she had $2,003.23.
The abundance of money put a smile on the Tameranian's face as she shoved the money into her suitcase, buckling it up and going over to her window, opening it as wide as it would go.
She stepped up on the ledge and looked back at her room, silently saying good bye to it, she fell from the window, gliding just above the ground as the fresh night air hit her face.
After debating on whether or not to board a plane, she'd decided against it. She could easily fly to Los Angeles on her own and use the money she'd gotten for something she'd really need later on.
She landed on the ground near the outskirts of Jump City and looked back at the big T she'd called her home for so long, tears nearly escaping her emerald green eyes once more. She blinked them back and whispered, "Good bye, Robin," as she took flight into the night sky. She flew as fast as she could, trying to get away from her past.
Away from him and all the pain he'd caused her.
She silently wished that she'd find a home quickly and that all the titans would be safe while she was gone. She tightened her grip on her suitcase and flew faster, her tears sliding across her temples and disappearing into her hair.
She was really and truly leaving. For good.