In Love With My Lust

Author: YolandaFriella

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Every one of the characters belong to whoever made them.

Summary: While Starfire is trying to get more accustomed to the ways of Earth, she struggles to rid herself of these strange, foreign feelings toward a certain thief. Rated M for a reason!

Info: Story following the one shot On One Condition.

Chapter One: Hey cutie

Starfire hugged her pillow tightly to herself, a distressed frown adorning her features.

The wind howled outside the Titan's tower, much to Starfire's further worry. She tried to block the eerie sound from her ears, but no matter how hard she tried, it only returned.

Shadows danced along her walls. She eyed the wall nervously, trying to make out obscure shapes the shadows created. She gulped. For some odd reason, something was plaguing the Tamaranian girl, and it refused to leave.

Robin, she came to a realization, I shall go to Robin to seek reassurance.

With her mind set, Starfire rose from her bed sheets and drifted to her door. She even glanced around in a paranoid manner, goose bumps forming on her tanned arms, and slid from her room to the awaiting hallway.

The hallway was dimmer than usual. Starfire hurriedly ambled to where her team leader's room was, which wasn't far from her own. She hugged herself self-consciously, glancing in every direction frequently. The girl couldn't help but think someone—or something—was watching her.

Finally her destination was reached. Robin's cool metal door stared back at her, and she already felt a little better. Robin was indeed her closest friend on earth so far, even though she often found herself conversing with friend Raven about personal aspects, but she held the most trust in Robin. She smiled a bit to herself before knocking softly on the door, a warmth feeling spreading throughout her chest. Yes. She made the right choice to come to Robin's room.

She waited patiently in the hallway for Robin to reply or open the door. However, after a few minutes of staring at the door, Starfire's smile vanished from her face. She leaned her head against the door, closing her eyes to hear better. Nothing. Absolutely silence.

Her stomach lurched. Was there something wrong? She wanted to at least peek through the door to see what Robin was doing, but she knew perfectly well how rude that was. She nibbled on her bottom lip as she contemplated what to do next.

Perhaps, she thought inwardly, he didn't hear me. I didn't knock very loud in the first place.

Starfire knocked on the door once more, but this time, she knocked a bit more firmly. She waited again, only to be faced with the same silence as before.

Perhaps hunger spoke to him, Starfire wondered curiously, making her way to the living room. The double doors parted as Starfire flew through, immediately seeing a dark and empty kitchen.

Where was he…?

"Hey there, cutie."

Starfire's blood ran cold as she whirled around, still midair, to see none other than Red X leaning against the wall. Her heart skipped as she looked him over, seeing his dark figure hidden by the shadows of the night; however, even in the immense darkness, she could see the pale mask hiding his features. And as her thoughts froze, the happiness of "flying" froze as well, thus, causing her to fall to the ground heavily.

She fell on her bottom but didn't dare avert her eyes. Red X simply gazed down at her, his mask hiding every single emotion that he felt. Starfire looked down at his shoes, slowly drifting her eyes south over every little detail about the oh-so-mysterious thief that the Teen Titan's had yet to decipher. The warmth she previously felt was swiped away with a cold, nervous shiver. Even though Robin and Red X were extremely alike in certain ways, they were completely different in certain ways as well.

Robin was her friend. Red X, most certainly, was not.

"I thought you'd be happy to see me." Red X said. "Especially after our last date."

Starfire instantly felt blush rise upon her cheeks. For some reason, she thought he wouldn't bring their little incident up.

The thief moved away from the wall, his movements fluid and graceful—not making a sound whatsoever, towards Starfire. Quickly, she retaliated and took flight, fleeing away towards the back of the living room; where the windows were located.

Of course Red X easily followed her. "Hey, hey, hey, don't get all panicky on me. Don't want little wonder boy finding out I'm here."

"Leave this once," Starfire seethed, hiding her fear with fake anger.

"But I thought we were off your cold shoulder!" Red X shot back, holding out his gloved hand as if he was offering something. "I didn't even do anything to you."

"You're a thief." Starfire said.

"You're right." Red X confirmed. "That's what I am—but that's it. I'm not even threatening your previous city! I'm just looking out for number one."

"You are a horrible man!"

"Now that was a little harsh there." Red X withdrew his hand, tilting his head to the side to survey Starfire with a sly manner. "Do we have to do this the hard way again?"

The fear hit Starfire again, and she accidentally let it slide across her features. "L-leave me alone. Do not lay a hand on me."

"Don't be such a party-pooper," Red X shot back, getting annoyed. "I just came here to talk. That's it."

"How could I trust you?"

Just as Starfire spoke, the sound of shattering glass spiked through her ears. She didn't even have time to utter a noise as wind rattled through her long hair. Her flight-mode was cut off, sending her toppling to the ground. The wind had an effect on her, giving her angle as she fell—sending her out the window.

Starfire had never felt so scared before. But as she fell violently through the air, she experienced the very opposite of her element; falling. Her mouth opened to let out a shriek, but that was blocked out by the wind swarming around her lithe body as she continued to spiral down towards the rocks of the ocean waiting below.

It felt like seconds, only mere moments, before a hard body hit hers. And just like she fell out of the window, Starfire felt herself in the very arms of Red X himself. She looked up in shock, seeing that familiar mask staring down at her, feeling completely in his hands as they both—not her—tumbled to their own deaths.

And just before they landed on the sharp, jagged rocks, Starfire closed her eyes.

And woke up.

A/N: Wow! That was really, really short! I'm sorry! This is the first chapter, which means (for me) that it's going to be the shortest of all! I promise my later chapters will be longer. Also, if you haven't read On One Condition, I'd strongly advice you to do or you may be a bit confused about what's happening in this. Thank you and if you have time, leave me a review! :)

This chapter was dedicated to Suna Kokaru for leaving me such an aspirational review on my one shot! Thanks so much! I hope this story is worth what you wrote :)

Sincerely,

YolandaFriella