"I'll be with you in a minute," said the waitress, handing them two menus. "Thank you," they said, almost in unison.
They looked at each other and smiled. "I really am sorry for getting that tattoo," Starfire said. Robin took her hand, kissed it softly and said it was okay.
They talked for a little, about the tattoo like "did it hurt? "where, when, That kind of stuff. After she answered, she felt like a great lift had been taken off of her shoulders.
The waitress came back and asked for their drinks. "We'll have two Pepsi's please," Robin ordered as she scribbled down their order. "And your meals?" the waitress asked. "We'll have two steaks," Robin said handing her the menus. "Thank you, I'll be back. She said as she walked away.
As she went, she dropped a piece of paper. Robin picked it up and looked at it.
"What is it?" Starfire asked as he looked at the ad, puzzled. "Here," he said with a confused tone. She took the piece of paper cautiously and read the ad:
Hey all you ladies out there!
Don't you want a super-hero to protect you and your needs?
Then come to the Jump City's first annual
BOY TOY AUCTION
Every male superhero will be fairly auctioned off the highest bidder.
The boy's will be yours for 5 hours and then at the stroke of midnight, the superhero will
reward you with a good night kiss.
All money goes to St. Judes Children's Hospital
List of superheros:
Aqualad, Speedy, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Mas, Menos, Robin…
Starfire's eyes bulged out. "You're doing this?" she asked holding up the ad. "I guess…it's for a good cause," he said.
She looked at him with defeat then looked down.
"hey…" Robin said, taking Starfire's chin and pushing her up to eye level gently, " I wouldn't do this if I didn't think that things could go wrong."
She pained a smile as he let go of her chin.
She looked down again. Her steak was cold, and she wasn't hungry anymore. This night turned out to be the worst night of her life.
She didn't want to argue with him, or anything, but she had that urge that was digging and stinging her at the back of her head that she couldn't—
"ROBIN, YOU CAN'T HAVE THESE-THES-THESE KLORBAGS ALL OVER YOU!!!" Starfire screamed.
Her eyes widened and her body stiffened. Robin's eyes widened too as the few people in the restaurant had turned around.
Starfire banged her head on the table. Robin still looked at her in shock. "Starfire?" She still looked down. "Please…," Starfire got up slowly and carefully, barely making sound. She went into the bathroom.
Robin watched her go. It's not like he was doing this to sabotage them, and she was overreacting just a little. "Is your friend okay?" someone from the table asked. "I don't know…"
The bathroom looked like a lounge, and had individual stalls. Starfire took a chair and locked the door. Perfect.
She went to a stall and locked the door. She thought about what she was going to do. She told herself she would never, and that it was so shameful. But as she was telling herself these things, he knees kneeled down and she stuck her head in the toilet.
Twelve minutes later Starfire came back, looking completely flushed. She was walking sluggishly, and she looked like she was in a daze.
Robin gaped at her appearance. "Starfire, lets go home," Robin said.
Just as she went to sit down, she fainted, thankfully into Robin's arms. "Why is she like this all of a sudden?" Robin thought as he quickly paid the bill with Starfire in his arms.
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When they got back to the tower, Starfire was sitting on the couch with a cooling pad on her forehead and her head was supported by a small pillow. Raven gave her some of her tea, Beast Boy got the heating pad, and after, Cyborg gave her some advil and water.
After some Advil, she felt completely better. Maybe it was just had a headache. No, she couldn't convince herself.
As she took the cooling pad off her head, she thought about the Boy Toy Auction again. "Why must he do this?" Starfire asked herself. She felt sick again. She shook it off with quick chills and turned on the TV.
"I don't know what happened to Starfire today! She was fine, but them the Boy Toy Auction Paper appeared and she came back as if she…threw up? What if she's bulimic? I don't think so, but it really has me thinking." Robin put his journal down and wondered if he should do the show or not.
"It would matter, but it's so akward." Robin thought. After 10 minutes, he decided what he was going to do.
Robin came into the common room quietly and placed a small blanket on Starfire. She looked at him and smiled. He gave her a small kiss on the cheek and sat down next to her. Starfire looked at him happily as her.
He rubbed his thumb over her knuckles. "Starfire,… what exzactly happened in the bathroom?"
She looked away for a minute. And she sat up. " I know that it is shameful, but I was so angry and upset that I forced myself to throw up."
She looked at Robin and he looked down. She knew he is dissapointmed with her. "Well…," He finally looked at her, "you're not going to do it again right?"
She shook her head furiosly. "I hated doing it! It felt so vile and and I felt so weak! It also hurt very-" She was cut off because Robin leaned over and kissed her full on the mouth.
She put her hand on his cheek and they broke away. "I'm not doing the Boy Toy Auction," Robin said. Starfire smiled and gave him a hug.
She kissed him lightly on the cheek. "Thank you," she said lightly.
Robin smiled as she broke away to put the blanket over him as well and they both slept together on the couch peacefully in each other's arms.
