Rate: T (just for sure!)

Under His Mask

Under his mask he didn't hide just his eyes and identity, but also his feelings. It's already been a year since the trip to Tokyo and the beginning of Starfire and Robin's relationship, and as always, he never got out his mask, even for his girlfriend, even if she asked to see his eyes.

But it wasn't exactly his fault, he just didn't seem to have the courage enough to do this. Both of them were already used with Cyborg's jokes about the relationship, and there was no problem for Robin to tell her that he loved her, but take off his mask was something that he just wasn't ready for. He wanted it, though it still was a risk to take it off, after all, he couldn't let everyone knows it, right?

He was at his room, lied on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. Some memories played on his mind: it was sunset, and they were both at the roof, watching the sun slowly gets down.

"It's beautiful the way the sky gets a lot of colors like that..." She said

"Yeah…" He mumbled, he was about to say something like 'you're also beautiful' or something like that, but it was too cliché, instead, he just asked "In Tamaran it doesn't happen?"

"In Tamaran things are different, the colors are different, because of the atmosphere that has the composition in a different way of the Earth"

"Oh..." He replied not really understanding when it become the scientific part of it...

"What is the name of it anyway?"

"It's twilight" There was a small moment of silence, before she speaks again softly his name.

"Robin..."

"Star?"

He asked sill looking at the sunset, but how she didn't speak a thing, he looked back at her and they entered in another moment of silence, staring at each other eyes, or almost… The sky was getting darker and darker as the minutes passed, a few stars were appearing as the sun settled.

"Take it off..." Anything more had to be told, he knew she was talking about his mask, again...

"Star, you know it's not a good idea, I mean, what if someone sees my identity?"

"Robin, there's no one else here, besides I could not know who are you, I'm not from around here, so I could not tell anyone, even if someone tried to make me tell it… You have nothing to fear…"

"I know, but I can't do it, you know this…"

She sighed giving up, sad expression, he noticed that she tried hard to hide it. He could do nothing but feel sorry.

Robin slammed the wall next his bed, he was furious at himself, for not having courage enough to just take it off. It was suppose to be simple, so why he couldn't do it? Was he that shy with his feelings? He sat up, even Raven and Beastboy, the oddest couple in the world to say the least, were better than him and Starfire, way better, actually.

He rested his head on his hands, as he remembered the day Raven and Beastboy got together, half year ago. It was kinda funny, as anything related to BB is…

They defeated the enemy in a hard and tiring battle, they stopped to have some pizza, since no one wanted to cook their own dinner as tired as they were. It was an enjoyable dinner, everyone laughed and had fun. When everyone finished eating, they started to play, challenging each other.

"I bet Cyborg won't eat the last slice of the vegetarian pizza" Beastboy challenged his half metal friend.

"Man, you should already know that's nothing in the world I can't eat, even if I already have eaten 2 pizzas and a half" Cyborg said grabbing the last slice of BB's vegetarian pizza "I can even eat Tamaranian food!" He than put it all on his mouth, as usual.

"Hey!" Starfire replayed with her eyes glowing bright green.

"Sorry, Star..." He mumbled hiding himself behind Robin, who tried to calm her down, and when she did, he now challenged Beastboy "So, BB, now is my turn!"

"Ok, I'm ready for anything you challenge me!" He said with pride.

"I bet you can not…" He whispered in BB's ear.

"WHAT?!" He yelled "It's not fair! Besides, how do you know it?!"

"I have my sources" Cyborg said smiling an evil smile.

"But, but, but…"

"Didn't you say you were ready for everything?" Robin played along, smiling just as Cyborg.

"But, but, but…"

"Come on, dude, you'll do it or not?"

"Ok, I'll do this… I just hope to see the sunshine tomorrow…" He whispered to himself the last part, though everyone could hear. He turned to Raven, Robin and Starfire didn't know what Cy has challenged, but they knew it was something good "Hmm, Raven…"

"Yes?" She asked not taking her eyes out of her book that she brought.

"Will you… be my… girlfriend?"

"No" She said simply "Now that you asked it, you can go and continue to play your little game"

"But there wasn't really what Cy challenged me…"

"No?" Raven got her eyes off the book to look at him, not really understanding what the point of it was "So what was it?"

"This"

Now it surprised everyone, even Cyborg, after all, he didn't believe BB would do it. But he did kiss her, right on her lips.

"Great" She said ironically "It was to kiss me without being killed. I'll be a good girl this time, but just this once" With it she turned back to her book, she actually did like the kiss.

"Not exactly…" He replayed shyly. She looked up again to see him, still hiding the fact she liked it and her enormous curiosity "It was… to kiss the girl a like…"

Cyborg started to laugh so hardly that he felt from his chair, Star and Robin widened their eyes. It took 2 seconds to Raven understand his words, she raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure it wasn't to say the biggest lie ever?"

"I'm positive" He said.

She looked for more long 3 second to him, and then turned back to her book, and said

"In this case, I accept"

"What?"

"Didn't you just ask me to date?"

"Well, yeah… But why would you do it? I mean, you don't even like me…"

"Sort of… Sometimes I think you're funny…"

"You think I'm funny?" His eyes sparkled from happiness

"I said sometimes, not always. Besides, I want to know how it would work out"

"Yay! I have a date!" He exclaimed hugging Raven tightly.

"I have a bad feeling about it… I just hope I'm not gonna regret it any minute..." She replayed in her monotone voice as she was hugged by her new boyfriend.

Since then, their relationship was doing very well, so well that it almost made Robin envious. Almost.

Sighting again that day, he stood up from his bed and walked to the door. He found Starfire floating probably in the direction of the living room, where everyone must be, as always. Quietly he walked to her and embraced Star from behind surprising her.

"Robin?" She asked softly, even knowing that was him.

"Star, I have something for you…" He said in a serious but kind tone.

"What is it?" She asked curious, she could not see him because he was right behind her.

He gently kissed her soft hair and put something on her hands. She could not believe what was the thing he placed on her hands, it was his mask. Looking at the object, at first she thought it was some kind of joke, that he gave her one of his many masks and he was still using it. But he wouldn't do this, it would be too mean.

"Robin, are you sure of it?"

"Positive"

He said with a small smile and turned her around easily in mid air, since she was still flying, his eyes were closed, and she could see it, after all, he wasn't using his mask. She smiled whispering his name with happiness, finally she was going to see the color of his eyes, how they were, and how he really looked at her under his mask.

"I think it's about time to you to see my eyes, don't you think?"

"Yes" She barely managed to speak from the happiness she was feeling.

"But please, don't tell anyone, ok?"

"Yes" She repeated.

He slowly opened his eyes. It was a deep and beautiful blue just like the sky, besides it, and what made her even happier than she already was (if it was possible), was that she could see all the love and kindness he felt for her. It was completely obvious by the gentle way he looked at the girl in front of him. She grabbed him with careful to not let him without oxygen, he also embraced her tightly. They shared a deep and passionate kiss that worth everything, in his point of view, and continued to hug each other.

They could stay like that for a long time, but their friends interrupted the sweet moment.

"Oh, what a nice thing we see here!"

"As you didn't know we're dating…"

Robin said opening his eyes and separating from Star, still with his arm around her waist, forgetting the fact that there was something missing on his face… But when he noticed it was already too late, BB and Cy widened their eyes, not believing what they were seeing: Robin without his mask!

"Oh my God!" They yelled at the same time, pointing at him. All what he was trying to hide were ruined "You're Richard Grayson!"

I hope you all enjoyed this one-shot, I'll put more here, probably about ten or so, anyway, PLEASE read and review!!!! I love reading and receiving reviews!!!

I want to know what you guys think of it, and if everyone liked the BB+Rae moment, I'm not sure if I'll keep writing BBRae stuff, I don't think I do it very well, I rather StarRob!!! BUt still, I like both couples!!!

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