"Hey that was my slice!" Beast Boy whined as he watched the last slice of pizza enter the mouth of Cyborg.
"You have to be quicker than that!" Cyborg laughed as he continued to enjoy the slice and Beast Boys misery. My eyes landed onto my own slice of pizza as I contemplated what to say to my team members about going out tonight with Red X.
I knew the mentioning of Red X was not something that I was wanting to bring up, because of how Robin will react, but I did not want to lie to my friends. They would wonder if I just disappeared tonight and I already went through that once with Robin. I did not want to see his sad face again. 'He would be angry if he knew it was Red X' I thought with a frown as I placed my slice down.
"Hey Starfire are you okay?" I heard the concern in Robin's voice as I bring my gaze onto him.
"Yes I am okay it just I was feeling the full" I gave a true smile to him as I focused onto everyone else. "Friends I must tell you I am going to be going out tonight" when the words came out I felt my insides start shaking. What if they started asking questions that I could not answer?
"Out? Where are you going?" Cyborg asked as he snatched his paper cup up to take a drink. 'Where?' I thought in a panic. 'Calm down he just asked where' I tried soothing the panicked voice in my mind. I was not cut out for this. I should just tell them, because I did not like lying to my friends.
I study each one of their faces to try and pick up on their mood, but there was nothing that I could read from them.
"I am going to the carnival that is out tonight," I spoke while thinking of the next thing to say. "Why not join me?" when the words came out a weight was lifted off my chest. I would not feel the guilt of not inviting them. If they wanted to come then Red X would have to deal with it. Maybe the others would see that he was not as bad as he portrayed to be.
"I'm sorry Star, but I have plans to kick BB's butt in the new racing game that came out today" Cyborg nudged Beast Boy with his elbow as he let out a snicker and a wink.
"Yea, like you will get close to beating me!" Beast Boy shoved Cyborg away from him as he shot to his feet knocking over his cup of soda. "I won the last few times we played! I'm undefeated!" he gloated with a smile that reached ear to ear while he stood tall on his stool with his thumb pointed to his chest.
"That's because you cheat!" Cyborg burst, his palms slamming to the table causing the other beverages to shake. Beast Boy glared at Cyborg as he jumped down to be once again sitting.
"Do you have any proof that I cheat?" Beast boy crossed his arms over his chest never breaking eye contact from Cyborg.
"I've caught on with your little tricks BB," Cyborg sat back down as well while pointing his finger to himself. "This time I will win."
"Fine, then let tonight's battle decide who is the champion" they both shook hands in agreement. I was glad that they finished their argument, but sad that they couldn't come along. My attention moved to Raven who shocked me into fright from her death glare towards Beast Boy.
"Is everything okay Raven?" I asked in a worried voice.
"Does it look like everything is okay?" She snapped back as she stood up to where I could see her cloak dripping from Beast Boy's spilled soda.
"Oops." He cringed at the sight while a nervous laugh escaped through his grimace. Raven turned sharply around so her back was to everyone. Her hood flipped up over her head to conceal her face as she walked away from the table.
"I-I am taking you would not want to come along to the carnival?" I stammered while she continued off without hesitation. Feeling a little bummed at the outcome I turned my attention to Robin who was also staring at the spot where Raven once was.
"How about you Robin?" I gave him a big smile in hopes he would say yes. He needed time out from being locked away in the tower. "It will be fun to go to another carnival like last time!" he turned his attention to me and my whole mood went down. Words did not have to be spoken with the look he was giving me. Everything about his facial expression was apologetic.
"You know catching these perps is important," he spoke. "We can't let them run around and cause harm to the town." Like all the other times he has spoken these words I understood. They were the truth when spoken, because we were the superheroes. We stopped the bad from running around.
Sadness filled my heart as I stood up from the table. For some reason it was hard to look at Robin at the moment. I thought we were at an understanding since that time at the tower when he was worried about me, but he still was focused on figuring things out.
"Starfire I didn't-,"
"No." I interrupted. "I understand what our job is to this world, but that is not all we are Robin." My feet left the ground as I hovered a few feet. "We once had fun even when we were protecting the people." I flew away before hearing anything else.
It was not hard to find the alien chick amongst the crowd of people. Who could miss a tall, fiery red head, and orange skin toned girl? 'Not you' the voice in my head chimed in as I headed towards her. With each step I took I got the chance to study her. There was something different about her today than most of the days I have bumped into her. Today she almost looked lost as she stood alone in the crowd where some people would walk by her and stare.
"Hello there cutie" I grinned inside my mask as she turned around with little shock in her eyes.
"Your outfit will have eyes looking over here," she pointed out. "I would not think you would have come here wearing that." A smirk formed on my face as I started to walk forward aware the she was in pursuit.
"You did not think I would show up without my cover?" I questioned her while she was beside me. "The last thing I need is you to know who I truly am so you can go tell chuckles." When I looked over to her I can see confusion written on her face at my nickname for Robin. "Never mind cutie, but together we will turn the heads of people."
A lot of people stared with no shame as we squeezed through the crowd to get to the booths. In all honesty this was terrible for me. My idea of spending my free time did not include going to the carnival where I would be squished between bodies, because people did not know how to move. I don't dislike going to a place where it was populated by a lot of people, it makes it interesting when pulling a theft, but more gets done without a crowd. The only reason I mentioned the carnival was to see what the alien girl's response would be. In truth I thought she would've just laughed at me for the suggestion, but that wasn't who she was and in the end here we were.
"Is there anything in particular you want to do?" I stopped walking as did she while she seemed to be thinking. Everything about her looked sad. The way she held herself, eyes, and mouth all projected feelings other than joy.
When she swung her head to the right I followed with my eyes as she stared at the Ferris wheel that was all lit up with changing colorful lights.
"Okay, let's go." It was obvious she wanted to go on with the way she looked at it so I began to walk towards the giant wheel.
When the lap bar was put into place and the wheel began to move I noticed a little change in the alien girl. Her eyes kind of lit up for a moment as she stared out to the festival to watch the people and booths get smaller as we got higher.
"The last time I was on the spinning wheel was with Robin," she revealed suddenly into the silence. "He had me try this sweet cloud that would melt in your mouth." When I slid my gaze to her she has a real smile on her face as she stared up at the stars. Her eyes were not sad anymore as they sparkled like the stars.
"You mean cotton candy?" venom laced my words while I bought my attention back to the carnival's ground while we went around again.
"Yes!" so much excitement was projected in her voice that I kind of jumped on the inside. "It was like magic because it was there and then poof it was gone!" she leaned forward to have her elbows resting on the front of the Ferris wheel as her chin was cradled by the palm of her hands. "There were also fireworks that made the night more beautiful" she kind of mumbled the sentence, but I caught each word.
As of on command to her words fireworks began to light up the night sky with arrays of color. I was leaned back with my one of my arm lazily resting on the arm rest as the other stayed next to me. My hand that was on the arm rest turned into a fist as I tried to keep myself calm.
"It was my first time experiencing the kind of fun the people do on earth" it was like she was in her own world. She was remembering the fun night she had with Robin and that caused something inside of me to snap. I was usually good at keeping my emotions in-check, but I reached my limit.
Without thinking I slide my mask up to where my mouth was the only thing exposed and then my other hand grabbed Starfire by the shoulder to pull her back so she was slammed against the cart's back, interrupting her sentence of Robin. In a quick movement I cup her chin so I could force her to turn her head to me and slam my lips on top of her shocked ones.
The sudden kiss had my thoughts freeze as I placed my hands onto his chest and pushed him back. I watched as he slammed into the corner of the cart, causing it to swing a little with force, while he quickly adjusted his mask so I could not see his face.
"What was that?" I shriek as I hold back the urge to shoot him with my star bolt. He didn't seem fazed at being thrown back as he fixed his sitting position.
"It's called a kiss" he answered with all seriousness.
"I know that," I barked as my eyes stayed glued to him. "Where I come from we use lip contact to gain knowledge like what I did to learn English on this planet."
"Well I don't need to learn English" his sarcastic response gave me the urge to hit him as I glared.
"I have the understanding that here it has more of a meaning"
"It can matter on the person." His answer was something I was not expecting, but before I was able to say anything else we reached the bottom and the ride stopped to let us off.
"Hope you guys enjoy your night" the young teenager spoke as he let us off. His eyes were glued to Red X's outfit as it was when we got on the ride.
"That was my first kiss," I blurted after him while I grabbed his arm to stop him from walking away.
"You said you have kissed before to gain the ability to talk our language" he turned around causing me to let go of his arm. He stood straight making me have to look up a little to make eye contact as I took a few steps back. I couldn't read his expression due to the mask and for some reason it really annoyed me that he was wearing it.
"You're the one who forced the kiss on me," I began to speak with annoyance. "And as stated before it was not for knowledge purposes so why did you kiss me?" I saw him taking steps towards me and instead of backing away I held my stance. When I felt his arm brush against mine for the briefest of seconds I felt a warmth, but when it went away I twisted my head to see he wasn't stopping.
"Next time don't bring up the kid's name" I heard his words as he kept walking forward. I had the urge to run after him to get a more satisfying answer but someone calling my name distracted me.
"Starfire are you okay?" I saw Robin rushing towards me and all I could think about is if he saw Red X.
"Robin what are you doing here?" I gasped. If he saw me talking to Red X he may think I am betraying the team.
"When I got to the tower to do some work your words kept running in my head," he began as we stood face to face. "I don't want you to think that all I care about is catching the villains. I don't want to lose the fun we have as a team. We can have fun while we fight crime." A smile stretched across my face as I gave a nod of approval to what he said. "So, um, what do you want to do?" he smiled back as his cheeks turned lightly red. I grabbed his hand and led him toward the booths that held the games and food.
'In the end it will always be Robin' I hatefully thought as I watched the two disappear in the crowd of people. My back turned away from the carnival while I walked into the woods that were a few feet away from all the commotion.
"But still I cannot stop thinking about you" I spoke to myself in disgust. I did not understand why I was so interested in the alien chick, the whole teen titans' team interested me, but there was something about her that peaked my interest more than the rest. I have my fun with the kid, but hearing only about him tonight made me reach my limit.
"At least you got to experience something else, cutie" I spoke to myself with a smirk while I transported.
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