Chapter 9: Difficult

Starfire pulled away from Robin and stared at his motionless face.

"Was that the difficult?" Starfire asked before Robin kissed her again. Starfire opened her eyes to see Robin's face inches away from hers. She smiled and took his hand.

"So, Robin. May I ask again what is so difficult?" Starfire asked as her grin grew larger.

"How is it you're always right?" Robin asked and smiled. There was a pause before Starfire asked,

"What does this mean?"

"Yes Dick, what does this mean?" Bruce asked from behind Robin. He spun around to face Bruce, still holding Starfire's hand.

"Mr. Wayne!" Starfire exclaimed.

"Dick, in my office… now," Bruce said before he started walking off.

"Robin...," Starfire whispered. Robin turned to face her and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

"Dick, now!" Bruce yelled from the end of the hall. Robin let go of Starfire's hand and ran down the hall to catch up with Bruce.

In Bruce's Office:

"What was that Dick?" Bruce asked from his chair. He was turned away from Robin who was at the opposite side of his red wood desk. The room smelt of new leather and dust. There was a small lamp at the left edge of his desk that eliminated his messy work space and laptop.

Looking around, Robin saw the pictures on the walls. Some of the pictures were of meetings and from big parties, but most of them were of Robin. There was a black and white picture of Robin at his parent's funeral and the rest were in color. Some of them were of baseball games Robin had. (How do you think he learned how to throw?)

"Dick, answer my question!" Bruce ordered.

"What was it?" Robin asked.

"The kiss! Why did you kiss her?!" Bruce yelled. He spun around in his chair and slammed his fists on his desk.

"It was a kiss! What more do you want from me?" Robin answered.

"What did I tell you about getting involved and attached?" Bruce asked Robin.

"You said not to. That it could endanger your life and theirs," Robin mumbled.

"So do you mind telling me why you kissed her?" Bruce asked.

"First off, she has a name! It's Starfire! Secondly, I kissed Starfire because I love her!" Robin yelled standing up.

"You will follow my rules! Now go tell her it was a mistake!" Bruce yelled, also standing.

"I don't have to follow your rules! You're not my father and you never will be!" Robin yelled, slamming open the door and running off.

"Dick Grayson get back here!" Bruce yelled down the hall to him. Robin just ignored Bruce's yells and kept running. He ran out the front door and down the driveway, heading for the streets.

Starfire finally came out of her room. Her eyes were red and slightly puffy with some tears on her face. She slowly walked down the hall and headed for Bruce's office. She was going to listen in on their conversation and she managed to get there in time to hear,

"First off, she has a name! It's Starfire! Secondly, I kissed Starfire because I love her!" Robin yelled, it sounded like he stood up so Starfire backed up slightly.

"You will follow my rules! Now go tell her it was a mistake!" Bruce yelled back, also standing.

"I don't have to follow your rules! You're not my father and you never will be!" Robin yelled before the door slammed open and he went running past her. Bruce then yelled,

"Dick Grayson get back here!" but he didn't come back, he kept running. It was Starfire's turn to run into Bruce's office and ask the questions.

"Where did Robin go?" she asked.

"He ran off," Bruce said. His head was in his hands and his back was hunched over.

"To where?" Starfire quickly asked.

"I don't know. Somewhere in the streets probably," Bruce said before Starfire took off flying down the hall heading for the front wall.

"Star where are you goin?" Beast Boy asked, stopping her.

"I'm goin going to find Robin," Starfire said before leaving Beast Boy. She flew out the front door and was soon out of site.

With Robin:

Robin ran through an alley and stopped at the end. It was dark, but only because the dark clouds that hung in the sky and the shadow of the building. He put his back to the building and slowly slide down the cold brick wall to the ground.

"Now what am I going to do?" Robin asked aloud.

"You could come with me," a voice said from about Robin. He looked up to see a pair of emerald eyes.

"Starfire!" Robin exclaimed. He stood up as Starfire's feet touched the ground. Starfire ran over to Robin and hugged him.

"Why did you leave?" Starfire asked after she pulled away from Robin.

"I didn't want to be around Bruce anymore," Robin said. It was part lie, part truth.

"Was that all?" Starfire asked. She could see the pain in Robin's face and knew there was more. (I almost said eyes, but I then remembered, 'Oh yeah… he wears a mask')

"Robin, is that all?" Starfire asked again. Robin didn't answer her, he kept quiet.

"Robin answer me!" Starfire yelled.

"Starfire… Bruce doesn't want me to be with you."

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So that is where I cut off chapter 9!! My writers block is finally leaving!! But I think it's catching again. I'm writing a Danny Phantom story right now called, Whispers and I'm starting to get some major writers block!! But no need to worry, I have already written the rest of the chapters for all the other stories. So there shouldn't be any delay on updating. Speaking of updating!! I'll next be updating next some time around 9-10 am next Saturday.

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