Red. Green. Yellow. Blue. The colors swirled in Starfire's mind, creating a picture as she watched the hand on the board before her spin rapidly. Her eyes traveled with it, fully aware of the other Titans around her, their bodies twisted together. Currently, her right hand was behind Raven's foot, and her left was between Robin's long arms.
"Please, why is this such an entertaining game on Earth?"
"Oh, c'mon, Star. Don't you love being this close to everyone?" Beast Boy replied, laughing at the miffed expression on Robin's face.
"Remind me again why String Bean over there didn't have to play." Cyborg said, trying his best to keep his foot from slipping.
"Becaaaaaaaause, my arm is broken, dude. You can't play Twister with a broken arm! Besides, you guys promised to find a way to cheer me up. And trust me, this is working. Now, Starfire, right hand green." Beast boy laughed, watching as Starfire put her right hand between Robin's arms, beside her other hand. She looked up at Robin helplessly, pushing herself up to keep from touching the ground. In the process, her back hit Robin's chest, and he shook, regaining his balance quickly.
The contact between the two Titans was greatly distracting for Starfire, and she felt the warmth from Robin's chest radiating down her back.
"Raven. Right foot blue." Beast Boy shouted amusedly, watching the cloaked girl stretch her foot out to rest in front of Cyborg's face. The green Titan laughed loudly as Cyborg's face shifted, taking on an awkward expression.
"I don't even like Twister." Raven mumbled, pressing her mouth into a hard line. Stupid Beast Boy and his persuasive ways. How had he managed to convince her, of all people, to play a game that made you twist your body into awkward positions? By being Beast Boy, of course, and laying out every plea and puppy dog face he had. And when a guy can shape shift into any animal, you find that there is a limitless number of puppy dog faces.
"Cyborg, right hand yellow." Beast Boy said, watching as the robotic Titan slid his hand behind him a few inches. A simple move, but the Titan could feel his muscles burning from holding up his heavy body. He groaned, leaning his head down.
"Robin. Left foot green." The Boy wonder moved his leg, pulling it over Starfire's to rest on a green spot. In the process, his body bumped against hers, and she lost her balance, toppling towards the ground. Instinct kicking over, Robin gripped her waist protectively, keeping her from touching the ground.
"Dude, that's not fair! She's out!" Cyborg shouted teasingly, catching the action out of the corner of his eye. Raven rolled her eyes.
"It really isn't fair, Robin," Beast Boy started, crossing his arms over his chest, "but I'll allow it." He decided, turning his attention back to the game board. Robin removed his hand from Starfire's waist tentatively, aching to put it back where it had been.
"Robin. Your emotions are making me sick." Raven groaned jokingly, smirking at the Boy Wonder under the hood of her cape. He smiled back, shifting his weight so that he wasn't pressing down on Starfire. Of course he was used to the teasing - after all, it had been half a year since Tokyo. In the beginning, however, there were days when Robin wanted to kill Cyborg and Beast Boy. Raven's teasing was nothing but sisterly love compared to the male Titans' comments. There had been times when they'd left him in extremely awkward positions with Starfire, simply because neither of them took the time to think before they opened their mouths.
For example, the time when the two male Titans had walked in on a rather... heated... training session between Robin and Starfire. The two really hadn't meant to spend their time making out instead of training. But when Starfire had lunged for Robin, pinning him against the wall, it had all gone downhill. So when Cyborg and Beast Boy walked in to see their fellow teammates crushed together, they'd joked about how Starfire and Robin needed a private, soundproof room.
Oh, the awkward explication that had brought on. Robin thought, gazing down at Starfire. Since they started dating, Robin had realized how innocent Starfire truly was. Not that he minded, at all. He loved teaching her new things, and since she was pretty natural at the simple stuff, it came easily.
"Robin! Hellooooo, Earth to Robin! Left hand yellow!" Beast Boy shouted, pulling the Titan out of his deep thoughts. Robin moved his arm to the nearest yellow spot, brushing Starfire's stomach in the process.
The touches between the two Titans were all brief, yet Robin found himself wishing that the rest of the team wasn't there with him. He'd spent the last few days holed up in his room, filling out endless paperwork, and had yet to have a moment alone with Starfire.
Robin glanced around him, trying to figure out how the other Titans' positions had changed while he was zoned out. Starfire's left knee was bent, but her right leg remained straight. Cyborg's leg had moved to rest under Raven's stomach, and raven's hand was now beside Robin's. They were beginning to take on a knot-like shape, and Robin could feel his body tiring. He didn't know how long he could keep this up; he also knew that he wanted to win the game, his competitive side kicking in as he watched Beast Boy spin the game board for Starfire.
"Starfire, right hand red." Beast Boy called, and Robin maneuvered his body to allow Starfire to stretch her arm out beneath him. He felt her muscles trembling, and he carefully bent his elbow beneath her stomach, holding her up. She smiled beneath him, leaning her head back, allowing it to rest against Robin's shoulder.
"Raven, left leg green." Beast Boy called, and Raven shifted her leg slowly, moving it beneath Cyborg.
Bang!
Robin snapped his head to the side, almost laughing at the sight that met his eyes. Cyborg had collapsed on top of Raven, crushing the small girl beneath his enormous frame. Her face was flat against the floor, and she glared towards the pile of metal on top of her.
"You bumped me!" Cyborg accused, puling himself off of her.
"You were in my way." Raven responded, pushing the hood of her cloak back onto her head. Both Titans moved to sit with Beast Boy, eyeing Starfire and Robin.
"We are victorious?" Starfire asked, ignoring the fact that her arms felt like jello. So much for Tamaranean strength. Twister was kicking her butt faster than any training session or battle ever had.
"Not quite, Star. It's down to the two of us." He said, and Starfire glanced at him, a competitive - albeit joyful - look crossing her face. Robin knew he should have given up then. But he didn't.
"This. Is going to be interesting." Raven remarked as Beast Boy rubbed his hands together.
"Robin, right foot blue." Beast Boy said, and Robin moved his foot further from the other, praying that the next move would bring them closer together.
"Starfire, right foot green." Starfire moved her foot between Robin's legs, smirking up at him. He realized now that she was almost completely underneath him, and falling down would mean taking her with him. Granted, they would both loose, and the strenuous competition would end... but there was a part of him that wanted it to continue.
Robin, right hand blue.
Starfire, left hand yellow.
Robin, left foot red.
Starfire, right foot green.
It continued this way, back and forth, both Titans moving stealthily across the Twister mat, truly understanding how the game got its name. Now, Robin had almost untangled himself from Starfire. His legs were only one circle apart, and both of Starfire's were beside his left leg, pressed together. She was in planking position, her arms as close together as her legs. Robin's arms, on the other hand, were still tangled around the Tamaranean, one around her back, and the other right beneath her stomach.
More movements. More colors. More fidgeting and shaking.
Now, several moves later, Starfire was coming dangerously close to letting her back hit the ground as she struggled to move her foot to a yellow circle. Robin grinned as her knee brushed his leg, his arms flexing against her hips as he balanced himself out, hovering above her.
"Robin, right leg blue." Beast Boy said, amused at the competitiveness between his teammates.
"Starfire, right foot green." Beast Boy said after Robin had taken his move. Robin watched as Starfire moved beneath him, but her body gave out, collapsing on the ground. She let out a long breath, wiping the sweat from her forehead as Robin rolled over and sat next to her, winking at her.
"And it is official! Robin is the ultimate Twister champion!" Beast Boy declared, standing up quickly and punching his good arm into the air. Robin and Starfire laughed, laying back on the twister mat in exhaustion. They heard Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven get up to leave, but didn't dare stress their muscles any by trying to see where they were going.
"That was quite enjoyable." Starfire said, and Robin wondered what a stranger would say at the sight of the two of them. Lying side by side on the Twister mat, sweating, their chests rising and falling quickly. Starfire's eyes held a wild look, and Robin's spiky hair was now a tangled mess.
"You liked Twister? I figured you would find it-"
"Awkward?" She asked, finding his hand between their bodies and lacing her fingers between his. Robin smiled at the interaction, squeezing her hand gently. Even before they had gone from teammates to... more, holding hands was an instinct between the two. It was comforting: her hand in his when they were flying or attacking a villain.
"Yeah, awkward."
"I did at first. Until it was just you and I left. Then it was not so weird, moving around your body. It was like trying to put a puzzle together. A very complicated puzzle." Starfire said, blushing. Robin smiled. There was nothing sexual or suggestive about the words, not when they came from Starfire. They were simply natural. Her way of telling him she was comfortable around him.
Robin rolled onto his side and tilted her chin up slightly before capturing her lips in his. Starfire turned towards him, allowing their lips better access, and pushed him onto his back, straddling his waist as she kissed his jaw.
"This," he thought, kissing her again, "is my kind of Twister."