Note (6/20): Hey guys! I just wanted to apologize for the long update. Of course once I finally graduate from high school (yay!), We're bombarded with visiting family members AND mah birthday and now my dang internet's out. It's incredibly annoying! Argh well, luckily I kept writing and have Chap. 5 complete and ready to upload. We're getting our computer fixed this week (finally!) so I can assure an update within this week! Promise, it'll be the first thing I do :)

The Morning After...

Chapter 7

Robin rolled over and opened his eyes, grumbling as the bright morning sun hit his features. He pulled his hand over his eyes, feeling for a blanket with his other. Instead, his palm fell on top of a soft, warm surface. He lifted his head and and squinted at the figure, coming into focus. The events of the previous night coming back to him, he smiled, throwing an arm over Starfire's sleeping form, feeling her shift and mumble something in her sleep. They were on his bed, their clothes from the previous night still on. Robin scooted closer towards her; with her back to him, he studied her body, rising and falling to a steady rhythm, completely enveloped in the morning's tranquility. Slowly, Robin brushed her hair behind her ear, smiling at the silkiness of it.

She rolled over onto her back, her eyes fluttering open. Her lips were slightly parted and rosy, in a husky voice she said, "Good morning Robin."

He grinned and lightly pecked her on the lips, relishing in the delicious mix the slight exterior dryness and moist warmth, "Mornin' Star. Sleep okay?"

"It was truly wonderful Robin. I may never go back to my own bedroom." She teased, turning to face him and rubbing her eyes.

Robin chuckled and wrapped an arm around her waist, bringing her closer. "Well I couldn't very much let you go back to your own room with Speedy passed out in there could I?"

Starfire giggled and shook her head, bringing her head closer into him, "I did not have the heart to remove him. He was even cuddling with the Robin puppet!"

It was an initial fright for Starfire; the previous night, around 2 am, when there were still quite a few Titans dancing like mad, she'd said good night to Robin and retired to her bedroom. It'd been dark and she'd slipped off her shoes, stretching as she flew into her bed. However, she hadn't expected to ram into Speedy, fast asleep on her bed. She had not realized it was him and screeched in a terrible fright; a screech that had sent Robin into a panicked frenzy, running into her room, ready to attack. Starfire was moments away from blasting Speedy with her eyebeams when Robin turned on the lights to reveal their drunk, passed out friend. After laughing at the situation, Robin offered Starfire his bed for the night, making it clear he would sleep on the floor with a few pillows.

Robin was on the floor, a light blanket covering his body. He was settled on the ground, right next to his bed. Starfire peeked over the edge and ran her hand through his hair, "Robin you do not seem comfortable down there." She murmured. It was dark and he could barely make out her face, however her emerald eyes stood out, bright in the shadows.

He truly wasn't the least bit comfortable, but he didn't want to violate Starfire's personal space, especially not now when they'd just gotten together, but he tried making it sound better than it was, "Nah. It's not so bad."

"You are lying." She spoke after a beat of silence. "Come. Get up here."

Robin swallowed hard, "Star, I don't know if that's... appropriate."

"It is appropriate for me. And I'm sure you will keep your hands to yourself. After all, it is the first night together." She said; he could hear the tender smile in her voice.

He stood up, hesitantly walking around the bed and stiffly laying down next to her, clearing his throat. "Is..uh. This okay?"

Starfire turned to him and giggled, "You must get under the blanket with me you know."

Robin sighed and chuckled, lifting the blanket and slid underneath, fluffing his pillow and rolling over to look at Starfire. "Better?"

"Very much." She whispered, leaning closer to him and closing her lips around his; caught off guard Robin moaned quietly, placing his hand on her lower back. She pressed her hand against his chest, kissing him slowly and sensually. Robin's body responded, heating up and aching to feel her closer. However, realizing their current situation, his mind dominated his body, just barely, and pulled back.

"Star... we should rest. I don't know if I can pull back the next time we kiss like that." He murmured huskily against her lips. She nodded and pecked his cheek, whispering good night and turning over towards her side of the bed. Robin sighed contently and drifted off.

"What are you smiling at?" Starfire asked, scooting closer and throwing her arm over his chest.

"I was just thinking about that good night kiss." He said quietly, kissing her forehead.

Starfire sat up and grinned at him, shaking her head. Her hair was a mess; a mass of red hair, tangled and strewn about in different directions. Robin began to laugh, however Starfire's next movement made it catch in his throat; she was on her knees, sitting against her heels, stretching her arms over her head with her chest jutting out; the dress from the previous night clutched against her body. It was wrinkled and the hem rode up on her thighs, the straps falling over her shoulders, teasing any onlooker. Robin scooted up, bunching the blanket up against his crotch; it was already morning and her position didn't help his 'situation'.

"Star, maybe we should uh. Shower." He mumbled, scanning her body once more.

She grinned, a mischievous glint in her eyes, "Together?"

Robin nearly choked, "What?"

Her laughter filled the room and she crawled closer to him, "Oh Robin. My goodness, I am simply joking! You are too easy."

Robin stuck his tongue out, when he was interrupted by Starfire's soft body landing next to his, her arm draping over his chest. She looked up at him and smiled, and he could no longer help himself. He brought himself up and rested his weight on his forearm, hovering over Starfire as he rested his other hand on her hip, he leaned down and whispered, "I love you Starfire."

Her eyes widened slightly and she mouthed his name as he closed his lips around hers. With a barely audible whimper, Starfire slid her hand up Robin's arm to rest at the nape of his neck, threading her fingers through his ebony hair and pulling his head down, crushing his lips against hers with fervent need. As their kisses became more demanding, Robin's grip tightened on her hip, clutching at the wrinkled fabric of her dress and inadvertedly raising the hem; sliding a knee between her legs as she traced his calf with her bare foot, she raised her knee to accommodate his weight.

"Holy Shit!"

Robin rolled off Starfire, gasping and looking around the room.

"Beast Boy! What the hell are you doing in my fucking bedroom?" Robin growled, throwing a pillow in the changeling's direction. Starfire sat up and raised an eyebrow at Beast Boy, readjusting her dress and patting her wild hair down.

Beast Boy shuffled out of Robin's closet, clutching a blanket around his waist and holding an arm up defensively, "Sorry! I'm sorry! Dude I just woke up."

Robin jumped off the bed and crossed his arms, "Obviously! But why were you sleeping in my room?"

"Well after I completely owned everyone at dancing, I got tired so I went to my room, but Bee was sleeping in there and when I tried to poke her awake, she smacked me in her sleep! And I didn't think it'd be appropriate to sleep there so I came here. I didn't know Star was in here too!" As he said this he turned to Star and waggled his eyebrows, "Ohh. Shit. Star's in here too! In your bed! Oh my God! CYBORG!"

As Beast Boy ran out the door, calling Cyborg's name, Robin rubbed his temples and turned to face a giggling Starfire. "I'm sorry Star. That...wasn't exactly how I planned on telling everyone about us."

Starfire swung her legs around and sprung from the bed, sauntering towards Robin and placing her hands against his stomach, "Well, at least Beast Boy has taken the initiative to spread the news for us. And we can spend more time here, kissing no?"

Robin lips split into a smile with each word that trickled out of her lips; he stood staring at her dotingly, attempting to comprehend his luck as he stared into her emerald eyes.

"What is it? Why are you looking at me with such a strange expression?"

Robin chuckled and pecked her nose, wrinkled in confusion, "I'm just glad I finally told you how I feel."

Starfire threw her head back and laughed, "Oh Robin, I am as well.. I must admit, if I knew this is how it would feel, maybe I would have done the planting of kisses on you a long time ago."

As Robin lowered his gaze on her lips and leaned, Cyborg bellowed, "Robin! Starfire! Quit knockin' boots and get down here for breakfast!"

Robin dropped his head on Starfire's shoulder and sighed loudly, "Oh God. At this rate, I'll never even get to second base."

Starfire rubbed Robin's back and raised an eyebrow, "Robin? What is 'second base'? I thought that was a baseball term."

Robin groaned again.

TTTTT

"So they were lying in bed? Like together?" Bumblebee asked, grinning as she dug into her fresh pancakes, drowned in syrup.

Beast Boy rested against the counter and nodded rapidly, the blanket still wrapped around his shoulders, "Totally! I woke up and I heard all these smoochy noises and I peeked out the closet and I was like, holy shit! And Robin was like, roar! And then I ran out and told Cy."

At the mention of his name, Cyborg turned his head and tipped his chef's hat at Bumblebee,"Well it's about time ain't it?"

Bumblebee snorted and drove her fork through her food, "Hell yes! But damn, the only bad thing about it is that we should've placed bets. That way at least one of us woulda profited from them two finally getting their asses in gear. Mm."

"Who got what in gear?" Raven asked as she sat next to Bumblebee with a steaming cup of tea in her regular olive mug. Her hair was brushed back and still wet from her shower and she had light skinny jeans and a fitted black tank top on. She looked up towards Beast Boy briefly and twitched her lips into the slightest form of a smile, lasting barely a second before turning to Bumblebee and raising an expectant eyebrow.

"Well?"

Bumblebee swallowed, "Well you see, it seems our Robin and Starfire finally got together."

Raven snorted, "Finally. I'm sure Star's gonna be hacking up rainbows for days."

"Pshh. If they ever make it out of Robin's bed." Beast Boy smirked.

Raven locked eyes with him, "I actually think Star's gonna be the more dominating one in the relationship."

"By 'dominating', do you mean horny?"

"Must you be so vulgar?" Raven deadpanned.

"Must you be so uptight?" Beast Boy challenged, staring into her violet eyes, daring her to be the first to turn away.

However, it was Bumblebee who broke the silence; rolling her eyes, she hopped off the stool and walked towards the sink, calling over shoulder, "Sheesh. All this damn sexual tension in this house."

At her comment, Raven and Beast Boy broke eye contact and he briskly walked away, mumbling about a shower while she focused on blowing on her already tepid tea.

When she furtively looked up, she caught Cyborg's eye and scowled, "Don't look at me like that."

"Like what huh?"

Raven stood up and turned away, walking towards the couch, "You know why."

Rolling his eyes, Cyborg turned back towards the sink and caught Robin trying to sneak back to his room with a box of Cocoa Puffs. "Oh hell naw! Boy get your scrawny butt over here!"

Robin flinched and, discovered and defeated, walked towards Cyborg, frowning, "I'm not scrawny."

He placed the box of cereal on the counter next to Cyborg and toweled off his wet hair, plastered against his forehead. Cyborg crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow, "So where's Star?"

"In the shower..."

"Good! You and I can have a little talk."

"Ugh. Not this again." Robin grumbled, crossing his arms over his bare chest.

"Oh yes this again. Now," Cyborg cleared his throat and gestured towards Robin, "What are your intentions with my sister from another mister from another planet?"

Robin finally chuckled, unable to stay serious, "Do you really have to ask? You're the one who realized I liked her before even I did."

"Yes Robin. I know how you feel about her. Hell I think even the damn mayor knows how you feel about her. I'm saying I don't want you leading her on. This, this thing y'all are doing, it better not be some short term friends with benefits shit. Our Star deserves better."

Robin rolled his eyes, usually he would have been offended and defensive against his actions or feelings, but he was far too happy to do so, "Cyborg, I love Starfire. I'm not gonna screw anything up with her. She means too much to me."

Cyborg's mouth fell slightly ajar, he looked to Raven who smiled and shrugged from the couch. He looked back at Robin and clasped his hands together, "Well alright then! Pancakes?"

"Yeah man, I'm starving."

Raven watched from a distance, sipping her tea and watching Robin laugh and joke around with Cyborg. His emotions radiated off his body strongly and she could feel the completion and joy in her own heart. As much as he tried to be an impervious leader, she liked seeing him express his emotions. He was a part of her family, and like Cyborg, she was glad to see him happy.

"Oh Raven!"

There was a flash of purple. Suddenly Raven was pinned to the couch, Starfire's arms wrapped tightly around her shoulders and her giggling into her ear. "Star..breathing..off me."

"Oh!" Starfire shot up and pulled Raven up, straightening her hair for her and grinning sheepishly, "I apologize."

Raven cleared her throat and pulled her shirt down, "I'll let it slide. I gather you had quite the night?"

Starfire covered her mouth and began giggling, she took a breath and looked over her shoulder, flipping her hair and catching Robin's eye; he grinned radiantly at her, knocking over the syrup without a second look. Starfire looked back at Raven and sighed, "It was wonderful. Raven..." She said, lowering her voice to a whisper, "He confessed he loves me!"

Raven withheld a smile, remembering Robin's earlier declaration, "Oh really?"

"Yes! Oh I could just fly away I am so happy!" Starfire exclaimed, clasping her hands to her heart, her smile widened. Raven wondered if her cheeks hurt from so much smiling.

Raven touched Starfire's knee softly, she whispered, "I'm really happy for you guys Star."

Just then Herald walked into the kitchen, greeting everyone, while a sluggish Speedy shuffled in, holding his head with both hands as if to keep it together. He groaned as he slowly sat on the counter, wearing only a pair of black Darth Vader boxers. "Oh..God..I need water."

Robin, sitting across from him, chuckled and finished chewing, "Maybe you should put some clothes on?"

"Shhh!" Speedy hissed frantically, waving his hand in Robin's face. "Not so fucking loud. Shit."

Robin rolled his eyes, "I told you."

"Yeah mom you can shut up now." Speedy croaked, his voice hoarse and his lips dry. "Water? Aspirin? Please?"

Bumblebee appeared behind him and set down two small tablets of Advil and a full glass of water. She placed one of her hands on her hip and used the other to remove Speedy's hand from his head, leaning down to his ear, she yelled, "THIS BETTER TEACH YOU NOT TO DRINK LIKE A DAMN FISH ROY!"

Speedy squealed and winced, jumping off the stool and running behind Cyborg, "That was mean!"

Bumblebee rolled her eyes and wagged her finger at Speedy, "No. Mean would be putting you in a dress and taking photographic evidence. Now go get some pants on so we can go home and clean up."

Speedy groaned and hung his head, walking towards the hallway. As he passed Starfire, she raised an eyebrow, "Speedy, might I ask who that interesting looking individual strategically placed on your crotch?"

Hello! These damn last few days of high school getting in mah way :P Well! I finish this week (FRIDAY!) and I can definitely update some chapters faster than others now that I'm gonna be bummin all summer. I think.

Thanks for reading guys! This chapter was nothing special, just the best i could come up with.

The next chapter? Ahh..now there things might get interesting. I GUESS you'll just have to keep reading to find out XD

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