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Starfire floated down to her team and tried to calm Robin by telling him how X had not done anything evil.
"Just because he saved you does not mean he isn't after something." Robin growled not knowing if he was madder at the masked man for showing up, or being the one to save Starfire.
"You are correct. He did say he was after something." She said putting her finger to her cheek in thought. "But he said it was not illegal."
"I'll believe that when I see it." Robin mumbled. "Everything clear here?" He asked hearing the sirens of the police approaching and collecting himself.
"All clear." Cyborg said holding up a bloody and unconscious bad guy. Raven nodded as she picked up and contained the pieces of a broken Cinderblock.
"I guess that's the way the cookie crumbled." Beast Boy chuckled at himself, everyone else just groaned at the bad joke. "What? Don't you get it? Crumbled? Cinderblock!"
"We get it… it just wasn't funny." Raven said as she levitated the broken bad guy out of the warehouse.
"Good Job Titans! Let's go home!" Robin concluded and the team handed the criminals over to the authorities before returning to the tower.
It was nearly nightfall before Robin had finished his daily report and needed to make a kitchen stop.
Most of the Titans had gone off to do their own thing, but Starfire did not feel like lifting weights with Beast Boy and Cyborg, nor did she want to meditate with Raven at the moment. Instead she decided to watch some television to try and clear her mind.
With a sleeping Silkie curled up in her lap, Star stared out the window, the TV program not even registering with her anymore.
This was the scene Robin walked in on. He had missed the evening meal and was quite hungry.
As he entered the room, he noticed an unusually quiet girl on the couch watching a particularly boring documentary. Now, he knew her tastes with food and even movies were odd at times, but something about the history of pencils did not seem like Starfire's usual watching material.
"What's wrong?" He asked after getting a glass of water from the sink and walking over to her.
"Robin!" She seemed a little surprised to see him. Her movement to look at him had disturbed a slumbering Silkie and now the worm demanded to be rocked, something that Star did without question. "You are out of your room, so you have finished the work of papers?"
"Yeah… so what exactly are you watching?" He asked jumping the back of the couch and sitting down next to her.
His weight on the couch caused the worm to once again stir in Star's arms. The strange pet gave an annoyed cry before calming down and going back to sleep.
"Um.. it is about…" She didn't even know. "Well, it was about the forests of rain, but now I am unsure… some sort of writing utensil."
"You're watching a show on pencils." Robin said giving her a strange look.
"I guess I was too busy thinking about things…" She confided in him feeling a bit foolish and turning off the television.
"About what?" Robin asked not knowing if he wanted to know what was troubling her. He hated to think that he could be the reason she looked rather glum. He was rather mean to her back at the beach… not that he really wanted to be mean. It just kind of happened.
"About…Red X." She said looking down at Silkie. She sighed when Robin did not make any move to reply or say anything. "He has proven to be good twice now, has he not?" She continued.
"Star, you don't have to make friends with everyone." Robin sighed knowing that the kind heart of hers wanted to try and make friends with the person inside that suit. It was that same heart that had endeared him to her. From what he had pieced together from her stories, Starfire had a hard life, but she was still so happy and willing to allow others to have second, even third chances. She had not become overly defensive like he had become. Sighing again, he secretly admired the alien girl as he looked into her confused green orbs.
"But…"
"Star, he is still a criminal. He has broken more laws and done bad more than he has done good."
"But Robin, aren't we both also guilty of breaking Earth Laws?" Starfire asked. She knew she was. The damage she had done when she first arrived was still something that weighted on her heart from time to time, and she knew that Robin's past did so as well.
"We were given the chances… why must we give up on the X?" She inquired wandering how things were different with this particular person. Had not their other friends also done evil, only to change and make amends?
"Star, some people are just evil. Would you be willing to give your sister another chance if she came to Earth again?" He asked knowing how hurt Star had been when her sister had hurt her.
"Yes… I would." Star said looking at Robin. "If she truly meant it… what if X really means it?"
"Star… don't worry about such things. We will deal with that when the issue arises, ok?" Robin said not wanting to see her waste anymore of her time worrying about X.
Later that night, when most of the tower was on lock down, Starfire awoke in her bed with a start. Something had startled her. Not knowing if it was just another dream, or really someone calling to her, Starfire sat up in bed. Silkie snored peacefully in his little nest of blankets undisturbed by her sudden movement.
Stepping out of bed she pulled on her night robe and left her room. Finding no one awake in the tower, she was about to turn in, when something caught her eye from outside the window of the main room. Running to the top of the tower, she punched in the access codes and the doors opened allowing her to reach the landing strip atop the giant T.
"Who are you please?" She called out feeling that she was not alone there.
Again something caught her eye, this time she made out the flying red X that whizzed by her. It looked so much like RObin's birdarangs, but she could tell it did not belong to Robin. She had seen these many times... she knew who they belonged to...
As it made another round towards where she was, Star flew up and followed the X carefully, knowing that this could be a trap. Making sure she had her communicator in her gowns pocket, she knew she would be fine.
She was flying towards the bridge when she heard his voice.
"I am glad you decided to come."
"Why did you want to speak to me at this hour?" She questioned not getting too close. She was a trusting person, but not stupidly so.
"Would you believe just to talk?" The masked figure said; she could almost imagine a smirk on his face with the tone he used.
"I would like to believe you, but Robin says…"
"Do you listen to that kid all the time? You can decide for yourself on what YOU want to believe." X cut her off, knowing exactly what the creator of the suit would say about him.
"I…"
"I haven't done anything bad for quite some time." X said stepping closer to her. "And I promise nothing bad will happen tonight. So, can we be friends?"
"But why just me?" Star questioned not understanding the reasoning behind the man to only be her friend and not the others.
"Because they don't want to believe that I can be something other than evil; and you're the best looking."
"If you wish them not to think such things, maybe returning the suit…" She said after blushing a little from the last comment.
"Not going to happen sweet heart." X said flatly. "Sorry. I am enjoying the freedoms of this suit, even without the cool toys in that belt. I get by." He said showing her a make shift belt. "Your birdie isn't the only one who is handy with gadgets."
"So if you are not a bad guy, what is it that you want?"
"Not to be alone."
A/n: Oh SNAP! We gots ourselves a love triangle!
You saw it coming… besides, X on several occasions has made a cute comment towards the alien girl showing interest. And I know as much as you all love Robin/Starfire fluff, the drama beforehand is oh so delicious!
So tune in next time to find out what exactly X plans to do with Starfire! Will he sweep her off her feet? Kidnap her and keep her for himself, or ….
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