I realise that the alliteration is somewhat of a theme. That will probably change...

This one is a RedRobin (as I like to call them) RobinX, RobRed, Red X / Robin pairing. Contains sex.

I hope you like it! It was inspired by episode 'Betrothed', I have no idea what number, but there are references to it :)

"Yo, man! They were my waffles!" cried Cyborg in distress as Robin put a dish in the sink, having previously contained the precious waffles. Robin smirked, wiping his hands on his tights, before strolling away, whistling merrily. Starfire giggled behind her hand and Robin, feeling bold and in a good mood, winked at her.

"Whoa, Robin's in a good mood this morning," Beast Boy said, staring after their leader in wonder. "Dudes, d'you reckon he'll let us play stankball now?!"

Raven glanced at him sideways. "Not that good," she said dryly, and hovered off, rolling her eyes at Starfire who still had a blush on her face from Robin's boldness. Everyone knew of his massive crush on her, they were just waiting for him to do something about it.

"Excuse me while I go and water my Bilzak plant," Starfire beamed brightly, drifting off down the corridors to her room.

A while later, as the boys played a space-ship game and Raven sat reading a book and sipping her tea, the Tamaranean returned. At first, no one spared her a glance – they were too engrossed in their activities – but after a while Raven noticed the orange-skinned alien standing watching the boys, looking very forlorn.

"Starfire," the dark girl frowned at her usually bouncing team-mate. "What's wrong?"

"I...just received a call from my home planet," the girl said sadly, and Raven frowned further.

"Usually you're a little happier after talking with Galfore...?"

"Yes, but it was not to Galfore whom I spoke," she said quietly, her bright green eyes staring down at the ground. For the first time, Robin realised that his crush was standing behind them practically crying, and leaped over the back of the sofa.

"Starfire! What happened?" he cried anxiously, and Starfire glanced up at him sadly.

"Galfore is dead, and his successor – his son – apparently cannot find a mate, so they have sent for me,"

Robin stared at her for a moment, and the other three glanced at each other.

"Three." Raven deadpanned.

"Two..." Beast Boy almost seemed excited.

"One-" Whispered Cyborg, and then...

"You're getting married?!"

Robin stared, wide-eyed, at the Tamaranean princess, who glanced at him sadly.

"Unfortunately so. But he is a kind man, like Galfore, so rest assured that it is not Glurtelschletsh," she said calmly, referring to the green, slimy thing that her sister had forced her to marry, to, so she said, keep the peace between Tamaran and a neighbouring planet, when in fact it was just a ploy to get an all-powerful stone.

"But...but...! You're getting married?" Robin, apparently, was not over this fine detail, and as the Boy Wonder was getting increasingly distressed, Cyborg put a hand on his arm.

"Hey, man, Starfire doesn't have to accept...right Star?" the meta-human glanced at her, and she rubbed her left upper-arm with her right hand, wincing.

"Well, as he is the Grand High Ruler...I must do as he asks," she said. "So I fly to Tamaran tonight."

"You're getting married. To someone you've only met once. Pretty much against your will, and the only argument he has is because he is Grand High Ruler?" an irate Robin ticked of his list as the five of them soared through space in the T-Ship. BB, Raven and Cyborg rolled their eyes – he had been through this many times before – while Starfire stared out of the window miserably.

Upon reaching Tamaran, they found the whole Tamaranean welcoming committee waiting for them, and as they stepped out of their ship, Starfire beamed at individuals and groups. Robin didn't meet anyone's eyes, staring resolutely ahead. This went beyond losing a teammate. This meant losing a friend. A very close friend.

Tears swam in his eyes behind his mask as it suddenly hit him that Starfire wouldn't be able to see them often at all. The girl that he'd crushed on for all this time was getting married, and she would be happy, and Robin wouldn't even be able to contact her that often.

Starfire was leaving the team. Her friends. Him.

"Starfire," a warm voice snapped him out of his thoughts, and he glanced sideways at the tall Tamaranean male that stood before him. A pointed headset sat on his forehead, shaped like an 'M'. Robin thought it looked stupid. He thought the man looked stupid, with his stupid crown and his stupid cloak and his stupid ring that he was offering to Starfire.

Stupid Tamaraneans and their stupid good looks and stupid kindness.

As Robin simmered away, everyone exploded in cheers as Starfire took the ring, a genuine smile on her face. She was happy to leave. Happy to marry this stranger, to leave the Titans, to leave Robin.

"Congratulations, Starfire," he muttered monotonously as Raven glared at him pointedly. The Grand High Ruler grinned brightly, and led them all indoors.

The ceremony was long and tedious and Robin glared at the man throughout all of it, hating him for taking her away from him. The party was even longer and Robin didn't even get to talk to her, as she was stolen away by Tamaraneans all evening. Goddamnit, this was the last time he'd see her in ages, couldn't they grant him some time with her?

"Yo, man," Cyborg said, clapping him on the shoulder. "Glaring at him is not going to help. Face it, Robin – we've just lost Starfire," he sighed and Robin didn't respond, instead looking at the floor, tears pricking at his eyes again.

The goodbyes were the shortest part of the day as Starfire hugged them each in turn, smiling brightly at Robin, who cracked a smile back, just for her benefit. A few words, a promise to contact them soon, and then she was gone, with that stupid attractive ruler leading her to their bedroom.

Robin felt sick to his stomach thinking about it.

The ride back was quiet, and Robin really hoped there hadn't been trouble since they'd been gone. Titan's East had split up for the short while they were gone, half taking over Jump, half staying in Steel City.

Now, as they returned, Mas y Menos and Aqualad greeted them, gave them some updates and left back for Steel City, and Robin went in his room to sulk and maybe cry a little. It had been so quick, so easy. She hadn't even seemed that upset about it once she met him. Robin couldn't help but feel like she was replacing him with that ruler man, who he hadn't even tried to remember the name of.

Robin stripped off his
mask quickly, not even flinching. Tears still stung his eyes though, but tears of betrayal rather than pain. Well...there was pain too, but not the physical kind. He sighed, dropping onto his bed, staring at the floor, ready to wallow, when the blaring alarm went off and everything flashed red.

Huffing, he carefully but quickly reapplied his mask and dashed into the main room, where the others were already gathered. The room looked strange with only four people ready for action, but Robin tried to shake it off as they went to beat the shit out of Plasmus, again.

It wasn't right. The team still fought excellently; Cyborg blasted his cannon, Raven used her dark magic, Beast Boy shifted from form to form effortlessly, and Robin used his explosives perfectly. But the bright green surges of energy were missing, the shouts from Starfire, the purple and red blur speeding through the sky.

Not long after they defeated Plasmus, they were called in again, and this time it was a thief. A certain suit-stealing xenothium-crazed thief. Robin scowled, he didn't have the patience to deal with a guy who had the means to block all of the titans. He just wanted to go home, but he let BB fly him to the high-security vault, catching a glimpse of a tattered cape before leading his team onto the offensive.

Red X was as good as ever, binding Raven so she couldn't cast spells, blocking Cyborg's sonic cannon, tying up BB in a material that made it impossible for him to get free no matter what animal he became.

Now, Robin chased X alone, needing to vent his frustration, not having time to free his friends. He jumped from roof to roof, so close to the masked thief, yet not close enough. Suddenly, Red X stopped and spun around, binding Robin so he couldn't attack, but instead of escaping, he stood over the teen.

Robin said nothing, just glared at the thief, not in the mood for clever wit and his sharp tongue.

"So what happened to my favourite Titan, kid?" Red X asked curiously.

"She's not here," Robin muttered sullenly. Red X paused.

"I was talking about you...not Starfire...but I guess that's what happened to you? Upset because your little girlfriend isn't here?"

"I—since when am I your favourite Titan?" Robin asked, bemused, then hurriedly added, "and she's not my girlfriend!"

"Since always, kid," not that he could tell under that mask, but Robin was pretty sure Red X was grinning. "And why isn't she your girlfriend?"

Before he could stop himself, Robin replied, "because she's married some jerk king from her own planet, who she hadn't even met before today,"

There was a pause, and then Red X unexpectedly sat down beside Robin, legs dangling over a rooftop. He glanced at Robin, then shrugged to himself and, to the Titan's surprise, used a sharp X to free Robin. Neither of them attacked, just sat there on the rooftop, Robin staring out at the city.

"Just when I thought she started to like me back. She didn't even seem upset," he muttered, voicing his woes to his enemy.

"I know what that's like. Liking someone really badly who won't like you back,"

"Really?"

"Yeah. The villain thing is a turn off, I guess," he chuckled, and Robin laughed softly too, despite himself.

Then, to his utmost shock, Red X pulled his mask off and set it on the roof beside him.

"There's no one to protect but myself. And I don't even know why I'm doing that," Red X's voice was softer and much more pleasant without the scrambler, and Robin couldn't tear his eyes away from him. Long-ish, fiery red hair and pale complexion, with bright green eyes, currently staring into the distance, Robin could safely call him good looking, and then some.

"Hey," Robin said softly. "Don't be down, you've got a cool suit, cool gadgets, and you're pretty damn talented,"

"The suit's yours. The gadgets are yours. And, well...I only got the moves because..." the thief, looking to be about three or four years older than him, suddenly had a red tinge to his cheeks. "Because I was kind of a stalker and looked through videos of you fighting and copied them," he said in a long breath, not looking at Robin now.

Robin stared for a moment.

"So you're like...a copycat? But...on the other 'side'?"

"I thought if I could catch your attention, you'd like me. I...you're pretty much my hero, Robin. You're only a teenager and yet you have your own team of heroes to take down villains, and you don't have meta-powers. You're human and you can kick butt better than they can. I wanted to be a hero, get on your team, so you would like me, but I didn't have a suit, or anything...so I became a good enough thief to steal your apprentice suit...and things just escalated from there..."

Robin was shocked, speechless. Red X had done all that to get his attention? He was his hero?!

"I...Red..." he paused. "You're not such a bad guy," he smiled, and Red smiled back tentatively.

There was a moment of silence between them before Red muttered something about leaving, but Robin, even surprising himself, grabbed his hand.

"No...stay. It's nice talking to you." It took away the pain of thinking about Starfire.

When Red still continued to try and pull away, muttering excuses with a bright red face to match his name, Robin yanked at his arm, and a moment later found Red landing on top of Robin, their faces inches apart, bodies pressed together, legs entangled.

And then Red was kissing him, his hot, wet lips surrounding Robin's, and fuck if Robin could push him away. He wrapped his legs around his waist – in case the thief tried to leave again - and entangled his fingers in his hair, suddenly addicted to the sweet-tasting lips that devoured his.

"Well," panted Red as he pulled away to breathe. "That escalated quickly,"

"What can I say, I like to reward my fans," Robin grinned breathlessly, and pulled him down for another kiss.

Starfire be damned, this red-head was here, willing and able, kissing Robin enthusiastically, grinding his hips against Robin's, who revelled in the feeling of Red's 'interest' against his own. Only two pairs of tight trousers and equally tight underwear stopped them getting intimate, and Robin gasped as Red set about fixing that.

"Red, we're on a roof," he gasped as the thief started to steal this suit as well, starting with the cape.

"Don't care."

"My friends could come back any minute-"

"Fine!" Red snapped, and then Robin was being carried through the skylight of the hotel they had been making out on, the room luckily unoccupied. They dropped onto the bed, and then their hands were everywhere, and Robin couldn't get enough. Belts, boots, capes, tops and tights were pulled off before leaving two horny, desperate teens in their underwear, grinding against each other, kissing each other's necks and lips, desperate for more. Robin felt his mask being torn off and froze for a moment, then met Red's eyes, who looked stunned for a moment, before grinning and starting to kiss him.

"Shit, kid, you got a nice body," Red X grinned, trailing his fingers over Robin's abs, and then his hands were stroking the hero's cock and his lips were biting their way gently down his body, his underwear being torn off as Red's lips enclosed Robin's eager length. He moaned loudly at the hot, pleasuring feeling of the wet mouth surrounding his erection, and then again as it was taken away, but then he noticed that Red was taking his own briefs off and grinned, suddenly not nervous.

It didn't matter that he was losing his first time to a villain. Red was actually a pretty cool dude and Robin kind of liked him, so he trusted him as he grabbed his belt and picked up some lube from one of the pockets. Robin wanted to comment on misuse of uniform, but he didn't want to be fucked dry so remained quiet as Red coated his fingers in lube and then gently pushed one inside.

Robin gasped at the alien feeling and Red smiled, kissing him gently. Suddenly the finger didn't seem all that bad, and then he bent it slightly and Robin groaned, hips arching, clenching around the finger as it hit a spot that made him dizzy with pleasure. Red chuckled.

"You like that? Want more?"

A minute and an almost-orgasm later Red decided Robin was as prepared as he was going to get and liberally coated his own length in lube, bit Robin's neck to take his mind off the pain and pushed himself balls-deep in one thrust. He groaned loudly, arching his back and thrusting his hips up and Red moaned too, lips claiming Robin's again as he began to move.

Robin had never imagined having such an overwhelming feeling before. Red's tongue either danced with his own or ran up his neck, his lips left hickeys all on his collarbone, his hands played with his nipples and cock, and fuck, the amazing feeling of the full, hard length brushing his prostate every time he moved was bliss. Everything was amazing, everything was new, and Robin couldn't get enough, his own hands tugging Red closer or ravishing his mouth or neck, or going further down to brush over his ass (but only when he felt daring).

It was fucking amazing.

But it ended all too soon, with a mind-blowing (and cock-blowing) orgasm in which Robin was sure he had gone to heaven. He came back to earth sweating, panting and very satisfied. Red was lying next to him, gasping for air, and Robin frowned as the warm tingling sensations began to disappear.

"Robin? Dude?! Where are you?!" Robin jumped and groaned at Beast Boy's voice, and he and Red turned to face each other.

"Thanks," they both breathed at the same time, with identical smiles on their faces. Robin was truly happy knowing that he and Star were over each other and he had such a handsome, sexually pleasing partner, at least for now. They gently wrapped their arms around each other in a hug and kissed in a very mushy-gushy-romance kind of way, and then pulled away.

The moment was only broken when Red, with a smirk, announced,

"Same time tomorrow?"

Robin only grinned, hurriedly dressed and gave Red a goodbye wave just as BB could be heard on the roof, having found Red X's mask. Robin jumped outside and tried as hard as he could not to look like he'd just been fucked very thoroughly and was now very ready to sleep.

"Hey, Beast Boy. Red X vanished, I didn't get a proper look...how about we just get some pizza and call it a day? No weird mustard flavouring to put you off...?"

Beast Boy laughed and they began to go home, meeting the others on their way. Robin felt brighter now, although it still hurt that Starfire had left, he knew they'd be okay. He had his team, and now he had Red X.

Cheesy? Like a Titan's pizza. But I hope you liked it anyway :)