Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a few days, I've had midterms. And they're crazy. Argh. But I'm back on track now, and it's been really fun so far. It feels really weird to be writing for these characters now that I'm starting introduce the Titans into it. Here comes the juicy part though...hope you like it!
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Starfire awoke on the couch of the Titans' common room. Through her hazy vision, she could see the silhouette of a person sitting in front the massive, glowing monitor of the Titans Tower main computer system. When her eyes adjusted, she saw Robin passed out on the keyboard.
Slowly, she got up, sliding a layer of popcorn off of her. It was movie night, and she had fallen asleep to a very boring showing of TheMonkeyBride.
Beast Boy has the most peculiar taste in movies. thought Starfire.
She gently floated up off the couch and towards Robin. Robin tended to have bad dreams, and she wanted to wake him up gently. She positioned herself over his shoulder, and was about to gently shake him when a massive black shape thrusted itself up through the ground.
This successfully freaked the hell out of Starfire, which in turn, freaked out Robin.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Starfire screamed, and fell on top of Robin.
"SLADE, DON'T TOUCH STARFIRE!" shouted Robin, who picked up a donut on the desk thinking it was his two shot themselves around and made a pathetic battle pose. Robin was holding the donut above his head, while half of his hair was flattened into the shape of the desk. Starfire's hair was also a mess, and her eyes were twitching. The dark sphere folded out of existence, and Trevor fell out of the air onto his head with a loud "OW!" while Raven calmly floated in place.
"Next time you do that, warn me!" shouted Trevor from behind the kitchen counter.
"Sorry." Raven looked up and saw Robin and Starfire's failed pose, and said "Robin. Put the bagel down. We don't want anyone getting hurt, here."
Robin looked at his hand, then hid the bagel behind himself, embarrassed.
"Raven, you scared the blorghsched out of us!" sighed Starfire.
"Yeah, it's almost 3 in the morning...what's up Raven?"
Raven yawned. "Our little house guest is awake. And I'm out of candles. But we're mostly out of candles. I'm going out to get some more, soooo...have fun."
And with that, Raven disappeared into the black of the night. Robin and Starfire looked around the room for Trevor, and he popped up in the back corner of the room out of a pile of boxes. He awkwardly stumbled into the light. "Hey. I'm Trevor. Thanks for saving me and all...and...yeah, thanks."
"No problem, glad to see you're finally okay. I'm Robin, and this is Starfire." Robin loosened up a bit when he noticed how naturally awkward he was, and recognized he was a teen. And by the looks of it, a super powered one. This peaked Robin's attention.
Starfire flew forward off her feet to shake her hand. "Hello! Finally, an alien that does not wish me harm! How are you? What planet have you traveled from?"
Trevor was taken aback by Star's aggressive and cheery personality. "Haha, nice to meet you too...I don't really know where I'm from." Star noticed a sense of loss in his eyes, and drooped back down to her feet.
"Oh...I am sorry."
Trevor scratched the back of his head, embarrassed. "Oh, it's fine..." he paused, and looked at Starfire more closely, and had a burst of enthusiasm. "Oh! But I know that you're from Tamaran!"
Starfire was off her feet again, and flew up into Trevor's face with a huge smile-so fast, that Trevor almost fell backwards. "Yes! I am! How did you know?"
Trevor regained his posture. "I've been around...it's a very nice planet."
Starfire punched Trevor's robotic arm. "I think you are very nice for saying that!"
"I think you're pretty nice too." he smiled, and their eyes locked.
Robin's brain switched on and figured out what was happening here.
He cut himself between the two, and said cheerily "Staaaarfiiiiree, why don't you go up to your room an get some good ol' shut eye while I show Trevor to his room and ask him a few questions?"
"Okay Robin.", she dreamily replied. Their eyes were still locked. "I will indeed get some of the sleeping." She floated away to her room, and closed the door.
Robin turned to Trevor, fuming. "Hey, Trevor-" was all he could utter until the door opened again slightly with Starfire peeking out of the frame. "Oh, I forgot! Have a good night Trevor!"
"You too Star!" waved Trevor.
What? Star? He's already calling her Star? shouted Robin in his head.
Star looked back at Trevor with a smile, and closed the door once again. The speed of Robin's heartbeat must have been defying some natural law of how fast heartbeats should go. He started panting. Hard.
Trevor was still looking at the door, amazed by how nice these people were. No one was trying to kill him. Or capture him. They treated him as an equal. Like a person. Then he realized...no one knew who he was here. This planet was off of any galactic chart he had seen, and had fairly limited radio contact beyond their solar system. On this planet, he was, for all intents and purposes, a nobody. He would start crying at that moment if it weren't for the fact that he literally couldn't do it.
With that thought, Trevor broke the silence that Starfire left. "Man, she sure is something isn't she-hey, are you okay?"
Robin was still breathing heavily, and composed himself instantly. "I'm fine...I just get...allergies."
"Oh! Right. Sorry, I'm a robot, and I don't get stuff like that. Sorry for shaking things up in town the other day..."
Robin forgot the Starfire thing for a second when he realized that he failed to mention to Trevor how long he's been out.
"Um...Trevor. It's been more than a day." said Robin lightly.
"Like...a week?"
"Try 3 months."
Trevor froze with a look of disbelief. "Really." said Trevor. "That's..."
There was a slight pause, and Trevor asked "And no one even came looking for me?"
Robin put his hand on Trevor's shoulder. "No. I'm sorr-"
"YESS!" shouted Trevor while doing a little "yes" dance, hugging Robin right after. He was free, his hopes had been confirmed. He was finally lost from the public eye. Everyone thought he was probably dead, and in this wholly specific case, it was phenomenal.
Trevor noticed that Robin was staring at him, and stopped dancing abruptly. "Sorry, I have a glitch where I...dance sometimes."
Robin smiled. "Oh! Right. Sorry, I'm a human, and I don't get stuff like that." said Robin with a goofy smile.
Trevor chuckled. He extended his hand towards Robin. "Thanks Robin, for helping me."
Robin smiled, and accepted the handshake. "No, thank the team."
"There's more of you?"
"Yep. Five of us. We're the Teen Titans, a group of super powered teens that protect the Earth from anything that wants to harm it or anyone."
"I've heard. That's pretty cool. I bet you have a lot of questions for me..." laughed Trevor.
"Yeah, but not right now. How about we get some sleep?" said Robin.
"Yeah, that sounds nice." replied Trevor. He stood up straight, and said in a digital british accent, "You were showing me to my room, my good sir?"
Robin laughed. "Yeah. Right this way." They both walked down the center door, leaving the room quiet and dark once more when the door shut behind them.
The room was dead silent for a good minute before a little green fly on the wall morphed into a green boy in a purple suit, and gently landed on the floor.
"Gosh, I'd thought they'd never leave!" said the changeling.
Beast Boy opened the fridge door, and began consuming all of the ice cream and pizza leftovers that he could possibly consume until the wee hours of the morning. The next day, he would wake up tired, sick, and full. He does this often, and calls it his "Morning Stank". Although he is fully aware that history will repeat itself, he presses forward anyways. The only explanation anyone has cared to give for this is Raven, who put it rather nicely when she said that Beast Boy is a "complete idiot".
